Sprints/MegaSprint/2026
KDE Mega Sprint 2026
Contributors working on KDE Goals, as well as on Plasma, Frameworks, Apps, and everything in between, are invited to join.
Date
Monday 2026-04-06 - Saturday 2026-04-11
Arrival day is Monday 2026-04-06
If some people already arrive on Sunday 2026-04-05 then we can gather at the local hackerspace "realraum" again
Departure day is Sunday 2026-04-12
Location
The Sprint will be hosted at TU Graz, Campus Inffeldgasse. We'll be located in building 11
- https://hoersaalinfo.tugraz.at/lecture_halls.php?id=11074
- https://hoersaalinfo.tugraz.at/lecture_halls.php?id=11080
Will be partially co-locate with the Grazer Linuxtage. Also see https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2024q4/008161.html
On Saturday we will have a booth at Grazer Linuxtage again, also submit talks.
Topics
| Topic | Description | Proposed by |
|---|---|---|
| Union + Ocean | Create more Ocean-supported components. Decide where to store Ocean tokens. Decide how to consume Ocean tokens. | Andy Betts (anditosan) |
| Making our libs portal-read | To ensure our apps work perfectly when delivered via flatpak or similar packaging let's go through our libs and see where they need/should defer to portals (or maybe it should just be in Qt). Depending on the amount of people interested in this we can split up in groups. | David Redondo |
| Testing | Tests are important to catch bugs and regressions, and our testing story has serious issues (like running locally, flaky tests in CI, etc). How can we make testing easy and reliable? | Kristen McWilliam |
Attendance
Please put your name below if you're coming along with arrival and leave dates.
If you need support for travel or accommodation, please file a reimbursement request asap.
Please join the dedicated matrix channel for the sprint for announcements, coordination and general discussion: https://matrix.to/#/!okZUBjWLBEqqCgIzmD:kde.org?via=kde.org
| Name | Arrival | Leaving | Needs accommodation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volker | Mon/Tue tbd | Sunday | ||
| Albert Astals Cid | Monday evening | Sunday | No | |
| Harald Sitter | Sunday | Sunday/Monday | No | |
| Kristen McWilliam | Sunday | Sunday | No | |
| Tobias Fella | Sunday or Monday | Sunday | No | |
| Nicolas Fella | Sunday | Sunday | No | |
| Jakob Petsovits | Monday | Sunday | No | Booked at a&o Hauptbahnhof |
Hotels
- Motel One Graz is super central and about 10 minutes by tram from the venue
- Ibis Styles Graz Messe is a bit outside but 10 minute walk from the venue
- Near the train station there are a Hotel InterCity, Best in Hosting, a&o, B&B. About 30 minutes to the venue by tram
There's also a useful list at https://www.linuxtage.at/en/stay/
You may also organize sharing an AirBnB.
Getting there
Closest Airport is GRZ with connections to many of the German airport hubs.
From the airport you can take the local "S5" train to Graz main station. On Sunday and Monday (public holiday) they run once an hour, otherwise every half hour. If you choose a destination in the city center, routing apps might suggest to switch from train to bus. Theoretically faster but far less convenient than going through the main station.
Closest not tiny airport is VIE. From VIE there are direct train services to Graz every couple hours, or hourly services with a change in Wien Hbf. Don't take the CAT (City Airport Train), that is just an express service into Vienna's city center.
Speaking of trains, you can also catch a (night) train to Vienna and then hop on a connection to Graz.
When you leave the main station through its main entrance, you will find busses to your left and the tram station to your right. Tram station is under ground but the stair case portal is pretty easy to see. Right side set of stairs/escalators lead to the platform for trams heading into the city. All of them run through the main tram connection hub called "Jakomini Platz".
Getting around
Graz has a magnificent tram and bus network. You can get tickets at ticket machines at some stops - or at the bus driver, trams have a ticket machine inside.
It is also possible to buy tickets with the local public transport app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.upstream.grazmobil&hl=de_AT https://apps.apple.com/at/app/grazmobil/id1368430213?l=de&ls=1
Week long tickets are available both in the app and at the ticket machines. There are ticket machines at the train station tram stop (see above for how to find the tram stop).
Tram lines 6 and 16 stop at the university campus where this happens. Closest stop is called "Schulzentrum St. Peter": https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3789094988#map=19/47.059706/15.464292 About 2min walk from there to the buildings our rooms are located in: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/27758183
Food & Drink
TODO
Notes
Photos
Blogs
TODO