Brion -- Perhaps a couple of core MediaWiki techs can be actively involved in hacking days plans. I'm sure b6s would appreciate their input and energy; and it might be a good rule of thumb for future hacking days.
Also, if people who like hacking MediaWiki (or MediaWiki interfaces and skins) but aren't core developers or techs, want to get together and hack, that sounds like a good idea to me. This would be separate from an event designed for the core developers to hang out and have fun, but this doesn't mean they can't both happen.
--SJ
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Jakob Voss wrote:
Thanks for asking about the hacking days. You wrote:
We'd like to have the techs a little more involved in Hacking Days planning than last year; Ivan did a fantastic job at arranging a tech-themed mini-conference, but it wasn't really what we expected and I think it ended up less productive and more stressful and hectic than it should have been because of that.
Who should we be talking to on the program committee or whatever to make sure everybody's on the same page? I want everybody to both have a blast and get some stuff done at the same time. :)