[Pkg-r-builders] Restart?

[Michael Rutter]

Yes, I agree we need a little reset to get going.  I, without warning, 
got a new job this summer, essentially associate dean of the School of 
Science at Penn State Behrend.  That has taken some time to adjust to, 
but now that the semester has started, my schedule is settling down.

I think we need some sort of road map.  If we can break things up into 
smaller chunks, that would give me a target to work towards.

My mornings (eastern time) are free for a meeting.

Slowly creeping towards the dark side of administration,
Michael

On 08/22/2017 06:42 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I hope summer has been good to everybody.  We have one or two open issues
> with the ISC itself (need to sign contract, they want status reports). I have
> no issue saying that we were slow starting.
> 
> But I am a little worried that we never got going. I remain motivated, and
> maybe the best thing to do is to just ... get going.
> 
> So here are two quick proposals:
> 
>   - We need another quick call, if possible. Timezones are an issue. When/where?
> 
>   - I think we should just start hacking. In two largely independent moves:
> 
>     - Generate packages: maybe I can work on that, and maybe off Michael's
>       code base?  Is that somewhere?
> 
>     - Build package: I am perfectly happy to just "hack" away with pbuilder
>       before Don sets up something better.  Other thoughts?
> 
> 
>   - Shall we set up a Slack channel or something more informal?
> 
> That's all for now.  Let's try to catch up on a few days.
> 
> Cheers, Dirk
>