Discussion about Mercurial 4.8 Sprint

[Augie Fackler]

> On Jun 7, 2018, at 14:50, Kyle Lippincott <spectral at pewpew.net> wrote:
> The arguments, as I understood them, for it being NOT Europe taking this initial hit was that the Spring 2018 sprint was that there were issues that prevented some people who would otherwise have attended it in from doing so such as travel restrictions (can't attend ones in USA, but could presumably attend *anywhere else* - Canada included, not just Europe), but the *primary* reason they couldn't attend was that it was scheduled with relatively short notice.

It's worth pointing out that the /reason/ the sprint was short-notice was that nobody really stepped up to organize it, so I took charge at the last minute and basically made the only sprint that could work happen. The alternative to a short-notice sprint was no-sprint, because nobody else was going to organize it.

Along those lines, it'd help if those that'd prefer a European sprint could pony up someone to sponsor with space. Right now the only proposal I see is Japan, so I'd say a small sprint in Japan beats the current alternative of not having a sprint. I'm more interested in this discussion if someone wants to find a place in Europe and be a champion for it, but so far I'm seeing complaints without alternatives. Sadly, I won't be able to offer organizational assistance: I'm oversubscribed on things to accomplish already, and I wouldn't be able to organize a sprint even if it was in Pittsburgh, much less in another timezone.

Summary: if you want to make a sprint in not-Japan happen, find a host and get it in the wiki so we can compare potential attendee lists etc, otherwise it'll probably be Japan by default.

AF