Midgard Gathering: October 2009

Friday 23. October 14:00 - Sunday 25. October 2009 16:00

Location: Hietalahdenkatu 8, 00100, Helsinki, FI

Before the Gathering:

Make sure that you have a working Midgard installation. (There is no point to waste time for that at the Gathering.)
Install midgard-python, QT4 and QT4-python

There is public WiFi network called NemeinGuest
If you come late, or leave the place and you want to come back it's better to know that doors are locked. Call: +358405251334 (Bergie) or +358405401446 (Rambo)
Please respect our privacy and do not enter the office rooms without permission. Doors are locked, but anyway.
If and when you want to smoke, go downstairs with the elevator. Leave no trace.
There are two toilets. Leave no trace. Toilets are not for smoking, either.
For cooking we have a mini stove and a microwave oven.
For presentations we have a TV and a projector available.
We have two different rooms, in case that some off you want some privacy.

Common guidelines

Henri Bergius:
+358 405 251 334
henri.bergius@nemein.com

Following the timetables:

Tero Heikkinen
+358 443 494 221
tero.heikkinen@rohea.com

Networks and infrastructure:

Eero af Heurlin:
+358 405 401 446
eero.afheurlin@nemein.com

Nemein will give the space, Internet connections and breakfast every day. There will also be some coffee, tea and Coca-cola.
If you want to drink some beer etc. Please take those with you. There is a shop nearby.
We are trying to find if there is sauna-space available. (Baby, stay tuned for more information.)

16.00 - 17.00 feel free to come to the Nemein office.
17.00 kick-off speech by Henri Bergius and Tero Heikkinen
17.10 - 17.30 Agenda for the weekend. What is important and what is not? See the topics below and choose how to proceed.
17.30 - 18.00 Tero Kojo, Nokia. What is going on at Maemo.org? (Please don't change this time..)
18.00 - 20.00: Workshop, Tero Heikkinen: "Plain" Midgard - what can you do with it?
20.00 - 20.10 Piotr Pokora: Lightning talk about new authentication system
20.10 - 22.30 ....... (Still open)
22.30 Out of the Nemein office.
23.00 Regrouping at Teerenpeli. Please take a look at: http://www.teerenpeli.com/sivu/kamppi_yhteystiedot

10.00 doors will be open. If not, call: +358405251334 or +358405401446 (Rambo or Bergie)
10.00 - 11.00 light breakfast at the Nemein office. (Some coffee or tea, porridge, eggs, sandwiches and vegetables.)
11.00 Official start by Henri Bergius and Tero Heikkinen
11.00 - 11.30 Discussion about days agenda
11.30 - 13.30 Quality assurance & security in the project (Whole stack) & stabilization of mjölnir (important!)
13.30 - 14.30 Pizza time. Please take a look for your favourite from: http://www.kotipizza.fi/Suomeksi/Menu/Pizza (Phone number is: 0600 307 000) Please, be ready to pay your food with plain cash. To avoid hassle, take some euros.
14.30 - 18.00 Implementing automated test cases, stabilization of mjölnir. Splitting in groups
18.00 - 20.00 ....... (Still open)
20.00 Out of the Office.

10.00 doors will be open. If not, call: +358405251334 or +358405401446 (Eero or Henri)
10.00 - 11.00 light breakfast at the Nemein office. (Some coffee or Tea, porridge, eggs, sandwiches and vegetables. Beer, if needed;)
11.00 - Official start
11.00 - 11.15 Discussion about days agenda
11.15 - 13.30 ................. Still open.
13.30 - 14.30 Lunch Break. Some Nepalese food downstairs. Please, be ready to pay your own food.
14.30 - 17.00 ................. Still open.
17.00 - end of the Gathering.

use of php-5.3+ features (new SPL). discussion: which? since what point?
creating separate glib-extension for php, moving relevant parts out of midgard-extension
possibility of better splitting of http-related stuff (maybe using one more extension for that)
possibility of bundling libgda with midgard-core
OpenPSA demo by Andreas
Ragnaroek object cache
Ragnaland
Midgard Runtime on Mac and Maemo (MDK)
Midgard in Debian/Ubuntu
the situation of the association?
google-integrations
situation of APML in Midgard
midgard and microsoft/apple
state of Midgard now and in the future
Midgard marketing stuff. (With Edi & Tero and maybe Bergie?)
Writing a script to a Screencast -video: What is Midgard?