[mahardev] Meeting of 5th September 2013

Signed-off-by: Andrew Robert Nicols <andrew@nicols.co.uk>

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+#mahara-dev Meeting
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+
+
+Meeting started by aarowlaptop at 08:01:15 UTC. The full logs are
+available at
+http://meetbot.mahara.org/mahara-dev/2013/mahara-dev.2013-09-05-08.01.log.html
+.
+
+
+
+Meeting summary
+---------------
+* anitsirk is Kristina Hoeppner, Catalyst IT, Wellington, NZ  (anitsirk,
+  08:01:49)
+* aarowlaptop is Aaron Wells at Catalyst IT in Wellington, NZ
+  (aarowlaptop, 08:02:03)
+* robertl_ is Robert Lyon, Catalyst IT in Wellington, NZ  (robertl_,
+  08:02:30)
+* dobedobedoh is Andrew Nicols at Lancaster University, UK (just)
+  (dobedobedoh, 08:02:47)
+* sonn_ is Son Nguyen at Catalyst IT in Wellington, NZ  (sonn_,
+  08:02:55)
+* Items from last meeting  (aarowlaptop, 08:04:44)
+  * to see about changing the channel operators on the #mahara-dev IRC
+    room, and running his own copy of meetbot  (aarowlaptop, 08:05:21)
+  * dajan - Dominique-Alain Jan coordinator of the francophone community
+    (dajan, 08:06:47)
+  * ACTION: Aaron to see about changing the channel operators on the
+    #mahara-dev IRC room  (aarowlaptop, 08:07:12)
+  * anzeljg is Gregor Anzelj, translator & developer from Ljubljana,
+    Slovenia  (anzeljg, 08:09:25)
+
+* Aaron to discuss switching to "asynchronous meetings"  (aarowlaptop,
+  08:10:22)
+  * kabalin is Ruslan Kabalin, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
+    (rkabalin, 08:11:05)
+  * Keep developer meetings synchronously in irc.  (anitsirk, 08:14:00)
+  * IDEA: Should we make the meetings less developer-focused?
+    (aarowlaptop, 08:18:20)
+  * IDEA: one or two meetings a year where the focus is brainstorming
+    new features  (dajan, 08:23:09)
+  * IDEA: Occasional dev meetings that use Google Hangouts or BBB or
+    other webinar software, rather than just IRC  (aarowlaptop,
+    08:25:40)
+
+* Dajan improvements to the Mahara admin interface for
+  installing/deleting plugins  (aarowlaptop, 08:28:08)
+  * LINK: added to
+    https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Developer_Area/Current_Tasks
+    (anitsirk, 08:30:39)
+  * dajan negotiating funding for the development work to get Patrick
+    Pollet's CAS plugin into core  (aarowlaptop, 08:32:46)
+  * LINK: CAS plugin
+    https://github.com/patrickpollet/mahara_plugin_auth_cas
+    (aarowlaptop, 08:33:20)
+
+* Aaron: Exceptional cases when an approved code reviewer may push code
+  directly without another reviewer looking at it  (aarowlaptop,
+  08:34:04)
+  * 1. Cherry-picking of already approved commits, that touch relatively
+    few lines of code, to other supported branches (if the cherry-pick
+    applies cleanly)  (aarowlaptop, 08:38:33)
+  * 2. Patches that only make changes to comments or documentation files
+    but do not touch executable Mahara code  (aarowlaptop, 08:39:05)
+  * 3. (Possibly) changes to development tools, like the pre-commit
+    hooks and Makefiles  (aarowlaptop, 08:40:02)
+  * 4. Patches to revert already-approved patches which have caused
+    major regressions  (aarowlaptop, 08:40:47)
+  * In the case of Item 1, the cherry-picked patches should be verified
+    (this can be by the dev who is pushing them)  (aarowlaptop,
+    08:46:58)
+  * AGREED:   (aarowlaptop, 09:03:39)
+  * AGREED: : +2 Reviewers can commit things without getting review from
+    others in the following scenarios: cherry-picking already-reviewed,
+    cleanly applied, patches from one branch to another (though they
+    should verify them on the target branch); changes to non-code files
+    and to comments; Reverts to already-approved patches that caused
+    major regressions  (aarowlaptop, 09:06:04)
+
+* Update on the 1.8 release (Kristina)  (aarowlaptop, 09:07:01)
+  * Mahara 1.8 will have a lot of new features and lots of new
+    Javascript that can cause a number of regressions and sticky points.
+    Anyone who is interested in testing even only one feature or a work
+    flow would be adding a lot of value to making the stable release a
+    good one.  (anitsirk, 09:12:24)
+
+* Deciding the time and chair for the next meeting  (aarowlaptop,
+  09:19:09)
+  * AGREED: The next dev meeting will be on 3 Oct, 8pm UTC
+    (aarowlaptop, 09:26:25)
+  * LINK:
+    http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20131003T20&p1=1440
+    (aarowlaptop, 09:26:27)
+  * ACTION: Ruslan to chair the next dev meeting  (aarowlaptop,
+    09:27:09)
+
+* Any other business?  (aarowlaptop, 09:28:11)
+  * LINK:
+    https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Talk:Developer_Area/Coding_guidelines
+    (rkabalin, 09:29:33)
+  * the coding guidelines require updating  (anitsirk, 09:29:40)
+  * IDEA: rkabalin outlined changes at
+    https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Talk:Developer_Area/Coding_guidelines
+    (anitsirk, 09:29:56)
+  * Gregor has completed a profile completeness block  (aarowlaptop,
+    09:44:16)
+  * LINK: https://twitter.com/anzeljg/status/375481998074068992/photo/1
+    (aarowlaptop, 09:44:27)
+
+Meeting ended at 09:51:47 UTC.
+
+
+
+
+Action Items
+------------
+* Aaron to see about changing the channel operators on the #mahara-dev
+  IRC room
+* Ruslan to chair the next dev meeting
+
+
+
+
+Action Items, by person
+-----------------------
+* **UNASSIGNED**
+  * Aaron to see about changing the channel operators on the #mahara-dev
+    IRC room
+  * Ruslan to chair the next dev meeting
+
+
+
+
+People Present (lines said)
+---------------------------
+* aarowlaptop (130)
+* anitsirk (94)
+* dajan (40)
+* anzeljg (34)
+* rkabalin (33)
+* dobedobedoh (30)
+* robertl_ (25)
+* sonn_ (10)
+* iarenaza (3)
+* maharameet (3)
+
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