ReleaseEngineering:2012-Q1-Workweek

Details

Location

Oahu, Hawaii

Hotel

Queen Kapiolani

Important Dates

• Travel:
  • Arrive on or before Feb 5th, 2012
  • Depart on or after Feb 11th, 2012
• Working: Feb 6th - 10th, 2012 inclusive

Schedule of Talks/Presentations

• Monday
  • morning:
    • MoFo/MoCo call: 9am Hawaii == 11am SF/MV
    • reviews:
      • (coop) armenzg, jhopkins
      • (catlee) lsblakk, nthomas
      • (joduinn) hwine, aki
  • afternoon:
    • (joduinn) how to scale *lots* ?
    • (bear) Metrics, Dashboard, Buildduty Automation

• Tuesday
  • morning:
    • reviews
      • (coop) jhford, joey
      • (catlee) rail, joduinn
      • (joduinn) catlee
  • afternoon:
    • (catlee) how to support custom toolchains? e.g. b2g, emscripten, clang
    • (lsblakk, mjessome) autoland code-review

• Wednesday
  • morning:
    • reviews
      • (coop) bear
      • (catlee)
      • (joduinn)
    • (hwine) Roadmap for git support
  • afternoon:
    • (aki) mozharness walkthrough with concrete script & config-file examples.

• Thursday
  • morning:
    • (hwine) code hygiene sprint (e.g. bug 644578)
    • (catlee) RaaS (releng-as-a-service)
    • (jhopkins) publish/subscribe release automation system
  • afternoon:
    • (coop) Improving efficiency: Process changes, Email/Bug triage, Managing interrupt-driven work, refocusing on Windows and mobile

• Friday
  • morning:
    • (catlee) relengbot sprint
  • afternoon:
    • (joduinn) past-experiences at RelEng

Meal Planning

Breakfast will be provided each day between 6:30-9:30 at the hotel, Monday through Friday

Group meal suggestions - obviously open to change if needed

Lunch:

• Monday
• Tuesday - Pho Bistro 2 1694 Kalakaua Ave link
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday

Dinner:

• Sunday - Tiki's Grill & Bar 2570 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI gmap link
• Monday - DK Steak House 2552 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI gmap link
• Tuesday - Wander the strip, get something to eat, then gay karaoke?
• Wednesday - Sansei Sushi (same location as DK)
• Thursday - First Stop, Aloha Shirts 517 Kapahulu Ave, then Uncle Bo's Pupu Bar & Grill - 559 Kapahulu Ave Honolulu, HI 96815
• Friday - Hula Grill - 2335 Kalakaua Ave Ste 203

Post-Dinner hangouts:

• Monday - Mai Tai Bar
• Tuesday - gay Karaoke bar anyone?
• Wednesday -
• Thursday -
• Friday

Things to Do

• Whale Watching - we'll be taking a slight detour to the 'office' on Friday morning, eating breakfast while watching whales.
• Hawaiian shirt shopping for everyone (joduinn) --- see Thursday evening, we'll leave the 'office' promptly at 5pm and head to Aloha Shirts
• Snorkeling
  • coop is organizing an excursion for Sat. Feb. 11th for anyone who's still around + interested
  • see also "Kapiolani Park Beach, Oahu" on http://www.bestplaceshawaii.com/tips/10_best/snorkeling.html
    • 10 minute walk from hotel
    • coop - I went on Monday morning and saw a fair number of fish, but the water was choppy and visibility wasn't great.