FOSS@RIT Tech Team meeting minutes - 2020 Feb. 16

jwf · February 16, 2020, 8:37pm

Hi folks! The FOSS@RIT Tech Team convened for our first meeting of the semester today. Below is a brief recap of the notes from our call. The next call will be Sunday, March 1st at 3pm EST.

Roll call

Justin W. Flory (@jwf)
Kevin Assogba (@kta7930)
Tim Zabel (@Tjzabel)

Agenda for 1st Tech Team meeting

Introductions / roll call

Name, year/major, last thing you read (book, article, anything)

Announcements

Runbook making steady progress (see latest PRs)
Begin planning for PyCon (do folks already have tickets?)

Project updates

TeleIRC (@Tjzabel)

Done:
- Met yesterday for weekly dev meeting
- Finished Go testing sprint
Doing:
- Writing tests for new code (e.g. handlers)
  - Migrating handlers in Node version to Go
    - https://github.com/RITlug/teleirc/tree/master/lib/TelegramHandlers
    - https://github.com/RITlug/teleirc/tree/master/lib/IrcHandlers
- Set groundwork for new contributors
  - Move closer to minimum viable product
Concerns:
- Go testing is tricky; need to lay out foundation for testing up-front

Foss-profiles (@kta7930)

Done:
- Planning deployment (from BrickHack)
  - Jekyll / GitHub Pages
  - OpenWhisk
  - Docsify
- Reviewed project linked by @kennedy from RIT Croatian developer team
  - Used single YAML file for multiple profiles, but probably could split off into different files like we do for foss-profiles
Doing:
- Continue research and decide on final deployment option
- Likely focus on Jekyll + GH Pages for simplicity
Concerns:
- None so far; pretty straightforward so far
- How best to categorize profiles (e.g. students, alums, staff, mentors)?

Open floor

PyCon…?!?!?!
Splitting off foss-profiles into a v2.0 branch for a rewrite

Tjzabel · February 16, 2020, 9:23pm

PyCon

Pycon tickets are available!! PyCon is taking place in Pittsburgh from April 17-19. Student tickets are $150, and if we can get enough RIT students to go, we may be able to rent a van to all drive down together!