[pypy-svn] r8747 - pypy/funding

[hpk at codespeak.net]

Author: hpk
Date: Sun Jan 30 21:59:38 2005
New Revision: 8747

Modified:
   pypy/funding/justificationpycon_pypyproject_050128.txt
Log:
ok, and another round on the clarification request. 
Yes, i do think it's worth to invest some time 
into refining this document.  If there really 
is a need for asking permission from the EU 
then some perfectionism can't hurt :-) 



Modified: pypy/funding/justificationpycon_pypyproject_050128.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/funding/justificationpycon_pypyproject_050128.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/funding/justificationpycon_pypyproject_050128.txt	Sun Jan 30 21:59:38 2005
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-PyPy Sprinting in non-european countries 
-======================================== 
+PyPy: Sprinting in non-european countries 
+========================================= 
 
-Request for clarification/confirmation for upcoming sprint work 
-at Pycon, Washington D.C, PyPy project
+Request for clarification/confirmation for upcoming 
+sprint work at Pycon, Washington D.C, PyPy project
 
 Background
 ----------
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 The Pycon conference is being held at the George Washington
 University in Washington D.C 23-25 March 2005. Before the
 conference, between  19 and 22 March 2005 there are community
-sprints planned. Last year there where 5 different projects
+sprints planned. Last year there were 5 different projects
 sprinting.  This year there will be 9 different sprints before
 the conference, PyPy is scheduled to be one of them.
 
@@ -47,37 +47,38 @@
     Programming) More conferences will be added once the project
     gets started. 
  
-Pycon is an important opportunity for the project 
-------------------------------------------------- 
+Pycon is an important opportunity for the PyPy project 
+------------------------------------------------------ 
 
-It is the intention of the PyPy team to participate and host a
-sprint focused on the PyPy work and the open & agile development 
-model at the Pycon Conference.  Other goals are to disseminate
-knowledge about the technical content of PyPy as well as get
-active contribution from developers in the community on PyPy
-work that is the focus for phase 1 of the project.  
-
-Pycon is the yearly Python conference, our presence there as a
-project is expected.  The planned work of phase 1 fits very well 
-with involving early many key python developers and other experts
-so that they can follow and contribute to the project.  
-
-There will be a focus on the Microsoft's  "Python on the 
-.NET platform" during the conference. This proprietary 
-aspiration and interest of Python calls for our nonproprietary 
-counterpart and PyPy is expected by some to be the next 
-generation of Python in the community. We should be present 
-there as much as possible to present our views and presenting 
-our open agile development process in contrast to Microsoft's 
-rather closed development process.  
+It is the intention of the PyPy team to host a sprint focused
+on the PyPy work and the open & agile development model at the
+Pycon Conference.  Goals include disseminating knowledge
+about the technical content of PyPy as well as getting active
+contribution from developers and feedback from the community 
+on PyPy work (especially for phase 1 of our project).  
+
+Pycon is the yearly Python conference, our presence there is
+expected.  The planned work of phase 1 fits very well with
+involving key python developers and other experts so that 
+they can follow up and contribute to the project.  
+
+This year there will be an extraordinary a focus on the 
+Microsoft's  plans regarding "Python on the .NET platform". 
+This proprietary aspiration and Microsoft's recent interest on 
+Python calls for our nonproprietary counterpart. 
+
+PyPy is a candidate for the "next generation" Python version
+in the community. We should not only present our views and
+early results but emphasize especially our open agile
+development process in contrast to Microsoft's rather closed
+one.  Therefore we want to have our full team present during
+the Pycon sprint days.  We also want to be able to handle what
+we expect will be a good follow up of interested and
+contributing developers and researchers from the Python community.
 
-There will also be talks from the PyPy team (by Holger Krekel 
+There will be talks from the PyPy team by Holger Krekel 
 and Armin Rigo during the conference. They will both present
-first results of the ongoing project. 
-
-We want to have our full team presence to able to handle what
-we expect will be a large follow up of interested and
-contributing developers and researchers from the Python community.
+first results of our ongoing project. 
 
 Participants
 ------------