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v6: 24/02/10 09:32 - jonasbn
v7: 25/02/10 19:50 - Patrick Michaud (‎Pm‎)
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 The Perl 6 Hackathon is organized by the Open Days Conference organizers and Copenhagen Perl Mongers.
 
-The hackathon is and aimed at raising some awareness around Perl 6 and to give people a chance to get some hands-on with Perl 6 assisted by the actual Perl 6 people.
+The hackathon is and aimed at raising some awareness around Perl 6 and to give people a chance to get some hands-on with Perl 6 assisted by the actual Perl 6 people.  In addition, several of the core Perl 6 developers are planning to meet to continue work on the Rakudo Star release.
 
 In addition to the hackathon we are running a short track of Perl talks as part of the OSD conference.
 
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         * Landing in Copenhagen... (pub meet-up)
     * Saturday 2010-03-06 ([TheVenues|ITU])
         * Open Source Days (day 2)
-        * Perl 6 Hackathon (day 1)
+        * Perl 6 Hackathon (day 1, presentations)
         * Scrollbar Event at Open Source Days
     * Sunday 2010-03-07 ([TheVenues|Kvarterhuset])
         *Perl 6 Hackathon (day 2)
         * Perl 6 Hackathon Wrap-up and goodbyes (pub meet-up)
     * Monday 2010-03-08 ([TheVenues|Kvarterhuset])
-        * Perl 6 Core team meet-up? (only by invitation)
-        * ?
+        * Perl 6 Core team meet-up (mainly for core contributors, others welcome)
+    * Tuesday 2010-03-09 (???)
+        * Perl 6 Core team meet-up, core wrap-up
 
-== Invitees ==
 
-This is a list of invited Perl 6 people.
+== Attendees ==
 
+This is a list of key Rakudo contributors who have confirmed their attendance
+
     * [user:6476]
     * [user:630]
     * [user:1174]
     * [user:4915]
     * [user:1692]
 
-All invitees have now been confirmed.
-
 == Participation and Registration ==
 
 If you want to attend the Perl 6 Hackathon, you have to [http://opensourcedays.org/2010/node/201|register for the Open Source Days conference] in addition to registering here on this site.
 
 == Goals ==
 
-There is of course the overall goal of getting some awareness and hands-on experience with Perl 6. So no matter what you level is on Perl or Perl 6 you are most welcome. Another goal is to contribute to the Perl 6 implementation. The specific goals for that part have not been decided at this time.
+There is of course the overall goal of getting some awareness and hands-on experience with Perl 6. So no matter what you level is on Perl or Perl 6 you are most welcome. Another goal is to contribute to the Perl 6 implementation and prepare for the Rakudo Star release in April 2010.
 
+Some specific tasks for the hackathon and core hacking sessions:
     * To get [http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/master/docs/release_guide.pod|a Rakudo release named "Copenhagen"]
-    * More to come...
+    * Review existing RT ticket queue for outdated tickets, identify "low hanging fruit"
+    * Draft Rakudo Star release announcement
+    * Identify basic module packaging guidelines and protocols
+    * Review roadmap tasks, make sure things are on track
+    * Work on "getting started with Rakudo Star" materials
+    * Identify any core modules to be packaged with Rakudo Star
 
 == Preparation ==