[Microbit-Python] Fwd: Re: MicroPython on micro:bit TODO list

[Nicholas H.Tollervey]

Hi Howard,

Apologies if you get this twice - conference WiFi had the collywobbles
as I was sending it so I'm unsure if the message was actually sent properly.

Many many thanks for the prompt reply!

I'm on holiday next week too (and totally off the grid - a remote island
in Scotland).

I am completely free on the week commencing 3rd August apart from on
Tuesday 4th (I'm in London) and Wednesday 5th (my son's birthday). Happy
to work around whatever is most convenient for everyone else.

I'm guessing we all understand the concerns about the DAL being a moving
target. So, as I understand your explanation - Joe and Jonny have no
problem allowing people from the wider Python / MicroPython
community[ies] access in a "read only" mode..? (i.e. they don't have to
have gone through the faff of the NDA.)

Best wishes,

Nicholas.



On 23/07/15 12:06, Howard Baker-IF&L wrote:
> Hi Nicholas,
> 
> As will all things on this complex project the outcome is not
> straightforward. What I'd like to do is meet up with you, Jonny and
> Damien in Cambridge as soon as is practicable (next week?) and work
> through the outcome. I would have also liked Joe to be there as well
> but I know he is on leave next week.
> 
> Everybody recognised MicroPython is a brilliant achievement and
> everybody is supportive of it as a solution. However there are a
> number of resourcing decisions (both internal and external) that need
> to be made to make it work and that's what I'd like to work through
> with you. Of course, anybody else on the team is welcome to come,
> however we do need to fix a time without too much complexity.
> 
> The other thing I'd like to say is that all this work *will* be open
> sourced. It is a public promise and is an essential part of the
> Micro:bit project. The runtime will be made public as will a process
> to add to it. It has never been a question of *if* but *when*. At the
> moment the runtime is in a state of flux, it is changing daily, and
> is being worked on by a small number of people with a strong focus on
> making sure it is fit for purpose and does the things it needs to do
> for launch. It would not be fair to that team in Lancaster University
> or practical to open up the runtime before they have completed that
> work to their own satisfaction; it is a matter of personal pride as
> much as workflow. However, Joe Finney and Jonny Austin are happy to
> give access to the runtime so its status can be shared by teams
> needing the information and who are building projects based on it,
> which I believe has already been done.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing back from you Howard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Microbit
> [mailto:microbit-bounces+howard.baker=bbc.co.uk at python.org] On Behalf
> Of Nicholas H.Tollervey Sent: 23 July 2015 08:26 To:
> microbit at python.org Subject: Re: [Microbit-Python] MicroPython on
> micro:bit TODO list
> 
> On 20/07/15 12:59, Howard Baker-IF&L wrote:
>> of the project. I have a meeting on Wednesday which will start to 
>> explore the PSF's recommendations and the requests around
>> open-source and lifting NDAs. Part of the answer of course revolves
>> aroun when
> 
> Hi Howard,
> 
> We would love to know the outcome of this meeting. :-)
> 
> N.
> 
> 
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