EuroPython 2016 Sprints

• Features

  • Be able to manage cancelled talks.
  • REST API for some tools (mobile app, access from ep-tools....).
  • Management of volunteers and tasks.
  • Connect the ticket search app to the database or REST API.
  • Add more "types" of participants: "keynote", "sponsor".
  • Tinder-like interface for talk votings, or something more dynamic. (Right now, the position of the talk influences the voting).
  • Management for financial aid.
  • Scheduler/Queue (Celery) for mailings.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote for the talk voting

• Bugs to fix

  • Critical

    • Improve the setup, be able to startup without an initial DB.

    • Improve the CONTRIBUTION/GET_STARTED documentation.

    • Give details on the models/domain parts in the documentation, e.g., how to modify the talks, users.

    • Cleanup users with duplicate accounts.

    • Fix the issue with duplicate accounts.

      • It seems that the current codebase is using some features of django_social_auth that are not supported by the current version of django_social_auth. An update Django (specific version TBC).
      • Another detail is that django_social_auth is deprecated and the recommended module to do this is python_social_auth.

    • Update to Django 1.8, check dependencies with Django CMS.

    • Python 3?

  • Not critical

    • Remove the SIM card sale part.
    • Remove the left-side menu in the schedule page for mobiles.
    • Manage refunds through the website.
    • Should we use PostgreSQL instead SQLite.

• Ideas on the refactoring

  • We need tests
  • Merge of p3 and conference
  • Simplify the codebase