Content Apps Hackfest 2019

mid-May, Brno, Czech Republic

Primary contact: Debarshi Ray

Secondary contact: Jean Felder

Description & Goals

Hackfest to work on GNOME's content applications: Files, Music, Photos and Videos and their dependencies (Tracker). It will bring together developers and designers.

The event is aimed to be organized as a sprint. This means coming up with plans before the event and spending the time on intensive hacking, possibly with designers in the loop for rapid iteration.

Agenda

These are just ideas - feel free to add more.

• gtk4 ports

• ListBox and FlowBox scalability problems

• Tracker future plans

• File & Data storage

• Online accounts

• UI design patterns and support for them in GTK
• Mobile/Adaptive designs and ports

Venue

Tentative dates

Mid-May seems like a good candidate to get a maximum number of attendees. Please, specify more concrete dates if you wish to attend the hackfest. As an alternative, it could be possible to co-locate the hackfest with Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) at the end of May.

Location

The venue is Red Hat's TPB-B office building in Brno, Czech Republic. It's in Technology Park that's in the Královo Pole district of the city.

Address: Purkyňova 111, 61200 Brno

Tram stop: Technologický park

How to get there

While Brno does have a small airport, it's usually more convenient to fly to Vienna or Prague. There is a direct RegioJet bus from Vienna airport to Brno that takes around 1:45 hr. There are buses from Prague airport too, but those involve a change in Prague city centre, and the travel time is slightly longer. The RegioJet buses will drop you across the street from the Grand Hotel (ie. AN u hotelu Grand), which is near the Brno main train station (ie. hlavní nádraží). From there it is half an hour by tram to the venue.

Tram number 12, which passes through the main train station (ie. hlavní nádraží) and other parts of the city centre, terminates at the Technology Park tram stop, which is right in front of the Red Hat offices.

Tickets for the Brno public transport can be bought from the main train station, newspaper stands or tobacco shops (ie. tabák), from the drivers, or from the yellow vending machines. If asked, it's unlikely, it is enough to buy a ticket that covers zones 100 and 101. When Don't forget to get the tickets puched in the yellow machines inside the vehicles!

Attendees

Please indicate your intended arrival and departure dates prior to booking.

Accommodation and food

Hotels close to the venue:

• Hotel Prometheus

• Hotel Vista

Reports