Sprints

KDE Developer Sprints are focused gatherings of KDE developers to work on a specific part of KDE. They are supported by KDE e.V. financially and organizationally.

Upcoming Sprints

Add planned sprints here.

• Mulitmedia Meeting, Randa, May 2010
• KDE Finance Apps Meeting, Frankfurt, April/May 2010
• Akademy-br, Praia do Forte, April 2010
• Plasma Meeting, Tokamak 4, Nürnber, February 2010
• KWrite/Kate & KDevelop Meeting, Berlin, February 2010

Past Sprints

2010

• Tokamak 4 Tokamak 4 Plasma, KWin and Oxygen Meeting, February 2010, Nürnberg, Germany
• KDE PIM Meeting, Osnabrück, January 2010
  • Linux Magazine article about the KDE PIM Meeting

2009

• KDE Imaging Sprint, Essen, November 2009
• KDE Marketing & Promo Meeting, Stuttgart, November 2009
• KOffice Meeting, Oslo, November 2009
• KDE Coherence Meeting, Barcelona, October 2009
• KDE Games Meeting, Munich, October 2009
• Akonadi Meeting, Berlin, October 2009
• Plasma Meeting, Tokamak 3, Randa, September 2009
• KDE Wiki Meeting, Berlin, July 2009
• KOffice Meeting, Berlin, June 2009
• Nepomuk Meeting, Freiburg, June 2009
• Network Manager Meeting, Oslo, June 2009
• GSoC Meeting, Boston, May 2009
• Amarok Meeting, Berlin, May 2009
• KDE Coherence Meeting, Paris, May 2009
• KDevelop Meeting, Mykolayiv, April 2009
• Akonadi Meeting, Berlin, April 2009
• Plasma Meeting, Tokamak 2, Oporto, February 2009
• KDE PIM Meeting, Osnabrück, January 2009

2008

• KOffice Meeting, Berlin, November 2008
• Akonadi Halloween Sprint, Essen, November 2008
• KDE Graphics, Genoa, October 2008
• KPhotoalbum Sprint, Aalborg, September 2008
• Syncing Meeting, Berlin, August 2008
• KDE Bindings / Kross Meeting, Berlin, July 2008
• KDevelop Team Meeting, Munich, April 2008
• Tokamak Plasma Sprint, Milan, April 2008
• Kate Developer Meeting, Darmstadt, April 2008
• Akonadi Developer Meeting, Berlin, March 2008
• KDE PIM Meeting in Osnabrück, February 2008
• KDE 4.0 Release Event, Mountain View, Janury 2008

2007

• KDE EDU Meeting, Paris, December 2007
• KOffice Spit'n'Polish meeting, Berlin, October 2007
• KDE on Windows Meeting, Berlin, September 2007
• Amarok meeting at aKademy, Glasgow, July 2007
• Oxygen meeting in Milan, June 2007
• ODF meeting in Berlin, May 2007
• Akonadi meeting in Berlin, April 2007
• KDE PIM Meeting at Osnabrück, January 2007

Sprint HOWTO

before the sprint:

• Decide on a topic
• get a date (e.g. a weekend)
• get a list of developers (around 10)
• estimate travel costs
• send the data to the KDE e.V. board
• when it's approved, tell people to book their flights
• put up information about how to get there n'stuff

during the sprint:

• hack

after the sprint:

• get people to write dot articles

References

Alexandra Leisse: Organize a sprint and keep your sanity

More details to be added.