Rails 3.1 HackFest

Posted by spastorino July 14, 2011 @ 09:02 PM

Have you ever wanted to contribute back to Rails? This is the opportunity you've been looking for. We're organizing a Rails 3.1 Hackfest on the weekend of July 23rd and 24th!!!

GOAL

The goal of this event is to have Rails 3.1 as the most stable version as possible. So, in this event we will focus on working on 3-1-stable branch of the project.

HOW

In order to achieve this we encourage you to:

  • Upgrade your existing apps to Rails 3.1 and report any existing issue if it doesn't already exist
  • Test your favorite plugins/gems with Rails 3.1 and report any existing issue if it doesn't already exist
  • Review all the open issues and pull requests
    • Check if issues can be reproduced
    • If so provide as many details as possible (for example it's important for us to know which Rails version/s are affected. They could be 2-3-stable, 3-0-stable, 3-1-stable or master)
    • If it's not possible to reproduce the issue, add a comment on github issue tracker indicating that
  • Provide test cases and patches for 3-1-stable blockers only (blockers will be tagged as 'blocker')
    • Follow the contributing to Ruby on Rails guide
    • Try to provide a failing test case (if you can't figure out the whole solution)
    • Try to provide a full patch (tests, code and docs if needed)
  • Write documentation (guides, API), you can push modifications directly to docrails
  • Write blog posts about your experience using 3.1

Please note that since we are on the release candidate already, only patches for blocking issues will be accepted.

WHO

From the core team: Aaron Patterson (tenderlove), Xavier Noria (fxn) and Santiago Pastorino (spastorino), and the core contributors: Damien Mathieu (dmathieu), Prem Sichanugrist (sikachu) and Josh Kalderimis (joshk) will be around, so don't hesitate to ask whatever questions you may have.

WHEN

The weekend of July 23rd and 24th, 2011

WHERE

On IRC:

Server: irc.freenode.net Channel: #rails-contrib

In real life:

What could be better than gathering together in real life and hacking (and drinking?) on the weekend!? It's the best chance to get together and getting into the depth of Rails core. Contact your friends, your boss, your co-workers, and get them organized!

These are the places that have confirmed the gathering:

Keep watching this list as it continues to grow. See you on 23rd!

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  1. Holy Jebus on 14 Jul 21:30:

    Dang! And I thought 3.1 was supposed to be released a month ago!

  2. Jérôme Cognard on 14 Jul 21:37:

    Ok I’ll try to give back to Rails what Rails gives to me ;)

  3. Jeff Coon @ Makegood on 14 Jul 22:32:

    We’re amped about 3.1. Seattle area hackfestivus?

  4. John on 14 Jul 23:17:

    Are the two remaining issues 1822 and possibly 2015 going to be blockers. 1822 would seem to be.

  5. Jarred Sumner on 15 Jul 00:03:

    Why isn’t there one in SF?

    Someone could plan an SFRuby meetup for this probably.

  6. leepfrog@mochaleaf.com on 15 Jul 00:10:

    I don’t mind hosting in SF.. we could seat about 10 (with chairs) or 15-20 (if 10 people don’t mind taking the floor…

  7. Jones Lee on 15 Jul 00:43:

    Can we expect rc5 release by the time of the Hackfest?

  8. Damien on 15 Jul 00:48:

    @Jones Lee : RC5 should be released shortly after the hackfest.

  9. Keil Miller on 15 Jul 03:06:

    News is good news! :)

  10. Ray on 15 Jul 03:28:

    How about NYC?

  11. Jack Bean on 15 Jul 04:19:

    I’ll probably be working on it most of saturday afternoon in Peets in Berkeley, if anyone is interested.

    Email: 20000.legua@gmail.com

  12. Hemant Kumar on 15 Jul 04:48:

    Some of us will be hacking together in person at following venue in Bangalore, India:

    http://bit.ly/crri_bangalore

    Can anyone update the blog post with:

    Bangalore, IN CastleRock Research (http://bit.ly/crri_bangalore)

  13. Adam McDonald on 15 Jul 05:09:

    I’d be interested in a Seattle location! Sounds like a fun event.

  14. Ganesh on 15 Jul 05:48:

    Great Event…

  15. arunagw@gmail.com on 15 Jul 06:12:

    This is Awesome.

  16. Vishnu Atrai on 15 Jul 07:04:

    Great, I will be here http://bit.ly/crri_bangalore

  17. Linda Cao on 15 Jul 12:18:

    New York hackers will gather on July 24 for a Rails 3.1 hackfest. Please post this link into your blog for RSVP. http://www.meetup.com/ruby-75/events/25578641/

  18. Ryan Brunner on 15 Jul 13:23:

    The Toronto Ruby Brigade will also be helping out – http://www.meetup.com/torontoruby/events/25743841/

  19. Evan Farrar on 15 Jul 15:04:

    If Linda is doing Sunday in NYC, we will happily cover Saturday at Pivotal Labs.

    Saturday July 23rd. 10-6pm Pivotal Labs 841 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10003

  20. y0rch on 15 Jul 16:00:

    Me apunto jeje !!!!!

  21. Mike Moore on 15 Jul 16:53:

    Great idea! We’re opening space in Utah at the Bloomfire office. If you are in Utah please come by!

    http://utruby.org/2011/07/15/rails-hackfest

  22. foo on 15 Jul 17:12:

    cool!

  23. Andy Leeper on 15 Jul 17:47:

    I posted up info for a San Francisco meetup!

    http://blog.mochaleaf.com/?p=198

  24. Dan on 15 Jul 20:00:

    What’s a good way to track the 3-1-stable branch across a group of applications ? I’ve put this in my Gemfile:

    gem ‘rails’, :git => ‘git://github.com/rails/rails.git’, :branch => ‘3-1-stable’

    That seems to be sufficient to get started, but how do it keep the 3-1-stable branch up to date ?

    I see multiple rail-<id> subdirectories in my ~/.bundler directory but I’m not sure what is required to update these or my app to keep these tracking the git repo.

    It’s probably really simple but I’m not sure what the best way is to do this. Thanks,

  25. Santiago Pastorino on 15 Jul 20:09:

    bundle update rails

  26. Dan on 15 Jul 20:23:

    @Santiago : ack. nothing like reading the manage :-)

  27. Nick Howard on 15 Jul 20:52:

    The Boulder, CO meeting is tomorrow. It’s our 2nd quarterly Regional Rails BugMash.

    It looks like we might have a meetup next weekend for the official hackfest, though the details haven’t been worked out yet.

  28. Frank on 16 Jul 08:18:

    I’m a rails developer and I want to setup a “In real life” location in Munich, germany.

    Who is responsible to add it to the list?

  29. thoefer on 16 Jul 10:36:

    Twitter -> spastorino

  30. vzmind on 16 Jul 10:46:

    Sounds like French Alps are joining you.

  31. Joe Fiorini on 16 Jul 15:47:

    We have space in Beavercreek, OH. Details at: http://midohiorailshackfest.eventbrite.com/

  32. Xuhao on 18 Jul 04:25:

    Cool!

  33. John Wang on 18 Jul 08:36:

    The aloha.rb Group will be meeting up as well in Honolulu, HI

    http://www.meetup.com/aloharb/events/25987651/

  34. Lee Quarella on 18 Jul 16:04:

    South Jersey Rails Group will be meeting in Vineland, NJ

    http://www.meetup.com/South-Jersey-Rails-Developers/events/26142331/

  35. JR Fent on 18 Jul 22:24:

    We respectfully ask that you add LOS ANGELES to the list of LIVE Hackfest locations!

    Los Angeles Ruby/Rails Meetup Group will be meeting in Hollywood or Santa Monica on Saturday to contribute. I’m confirming location by Tuesday at noon (PST).

  36. Raphael Almeida on 18 Jul 22:50:

    Guru RJ aka. RubyonRio will be meeting in Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil.

    Follow us for more informations in http://rubyonrio.org and http://www.twitter.com/rubyonrio

  37. Karunakar Revuri on 19 Jul 06:54:

    Nice Opportunity. I will be here http://bit.ly/crri_bangalore

  38. Lance Vaughn on 19 Jul 13:40:

    The Rails 3.1 Hackfest in Austin, TX will be held at @gamesalad. Signup sheet is here: http://bit.ly/peVC3B

  39. Jason Noble on 19 Jul 15:25:

    Pivotal Labs Boulder will be hosting a hack fest Sunday 8/24 from 10am to 5pm at the Pivotal Labs Boulder CO office.

    Details: http://plancast.com/p/6h5w

  40. Ricardo Gonçalves on 19 Jul 19:20:

    There was going to be a Hackathon in Porto in the very same weekend, so let’s join forces! – Porto, Portugal

    http://hackathon.afuradavalley.com

  41. Alf Mikula on 19 Jul 20:53:

    Here’s the page for the Los Angeles hackathon:

    http://www.meetup.com/laruby/events/26196011/

    It would be awesome if we could get that added to the list above.

  42. Sam Umbach on 20 Jul 13:00:

    Relevance, Inc. is hosting Friday and Saturday in Durham, NC.

    http://thinkrelevance.com/blog/2011/07/20/rails-3_1-hackfest-bull-city.html

  43. Joey deVilla on 20 Jul 21:31:

    Shopify will host a Rails 3.1 Hackfest on Sunday, July 24th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Ottawa, ON.

    http://www.shopify.com/technology/3657292-ottawa-rails-3-1-hackfest-this-sunday-july-24th

  44. http://prostitutciulianovska.blogspot.com on 03 Aug 13:56:

    http://prostitutciulianovska.blogspot.com

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