Hi Everyone!
I'm happy to announce that there will be two Panopoly-related sprints coming up at DrupalCon Amsterdam!
The first will be on Monday, September 29th, starting at 3pm (local Amsterdam time) - it's the Phase2 Distribution Hack-a-Thon. There will be prizes sponsored by both Pantheon and Phase2, to create the best Panopoly App!
Then on the official sprint day on Friday, October 3rd, starting at 9am (or 7am UTC), there will be (among several others) a Panopoly sprint. Virtual participation will be possible in this one, meaning anyone can participate over the internet from anywhere in the world. Please sign up on this spreadsheet.
A "sprint" is an event where a group of people get together to work on something for a few hours. Sprints aren't limited to technical people or coders - people of all skill sets can contribute. However, as a virtual sprint, it will be a little easier for more technical people to get involved.
Here is a documentation describing all the ways you can contribute:
We really need help with these things in particular:
- Confirming bugs, ie. trying to reproduce the problem and see if it's a real bug
- Testing patches and seeing if they do what the issue says they do
- Tagging and triaging issues, ie. organizing the issues so they're easier to manage
- Doing code review on patches to make sure they follow best practices (for coders)
- Writing patches to fix confirmed bugs (for coders)
But you're not limited to those things! You can also help by writing documentation, creating Behat tests, finding new bugs in Panopoly, etc.
Read these articles for more information:
- Drupal Distribution Hackathon + Panopoly Code Sprint at DrupalCon Amsterdam on the Pantheon blog
Hope to see you there!