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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
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* 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
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* 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)
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* aarowlaptop (130)
* anitsirk (94)
* dajan (40)
* anzeljg (34)
* rkabalin (33)
* dobedobedoh (30)
* robertl_ (25)
* sonn_ (10)
* iarenaza (3)
* maharameet (3)




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