Category: Open Source

Community Working Group posts: Code of Conduct team update: July 27, 2022

Posted on by Michael G

As previously reported, the Community Health Team has started to have regular, bi-weekly meetings in an effort to develop and update the Code of Conduct (CoC) for the Drupal community.

Community Health Team members present at this week’s meeting were

During the meeting, we created milestones leading up to our December 14 goal of having a revised Code of Conduct ready for adoption. This time frame allows us ten 2-week sprints. We settled on a timeline based on one, 2-week public review period and two, 2-week community stakeholder review periods. We created a Trello board with initial tasks for each sprint.

George DeMet will be responsible for managing and prioritizing our backlog of tasks. Donna Bungard will facilitate our meetings and hold us accountable and ensure all team members have tasks for each sprint.

Our main task for the current sprint is to populate a new Miro board with elements of our current Code of Conduct and other Codes of Conduct that we’d like to include in our community’s next Code of Conduct. Jordana Fung will schedule daily Slack reminders to the team to add things to the board.

At our next meeting on August 10, we will discuss and decide which elements will be part of an initial outline to be shared with community stakeholders for feedback. This outline will include what, if anything, we are proposing to keep or discard from our current Code of Conduct as well as any elements that we are considering adopting from other Codes of Conduct.

In previous outreaches to the community related to our current Code of Conduct, the most common request has been that our Code of Conduct be more specific and actionable; this will be an important guiding principle for the team.

If you know of any Code of Conducts from other communities that you feel have elements we should emulate, please let us know at drupal-cwg at drupal dot org or via Twitter @drupalcommunity

A number of Drupal-related groups and individuals have confirmed their willingness to provide feedback to this effort as the process proceeds. If you, or a Drupal-related group, is interested in being part of this process as a community stakeholder, please let us know at drupal-cwg at drupal dot org.

VirtualBox Explored (Part 1)

Posted on by Michael G
Many people that use VirtualBox, at some point come across a problem they have not encountered before.

In this article, I want to cover as many issues that may arise and how to fix them. This may be hum drum to some, but I’m sure there may be some tidbits in here that can be useful. The first part of the article is more basic than the second part.

NOTE: There are two things to keep in mind. One, the Host System is the main computer on which VirtualBox is being run. Two, the virtual…

https://www.linux.org/threads/virtualbox-explored-part-1.40456/

Mozilla celebrates groundbreaking creators in new docuseries “Firefox Presents”

Posted on by Michael G

Different is dope. Firefox has always stood by this. It’s also the mantra of Abby Wren, the woman featured in the pilot episode of our new docuseries, “Firefox Presents.” Launching Friday, April 15, “Firefox Presents” is a documentary series featuring colorful and inspiring creators who each have a unique journey of finding themselves or their […]

The post Mozilla celebrates groundbreaking creators in new docuseries “Firefox Presents” appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

PyCharm 2022.2 Is Out Now

Posted on by Michael G

PyCharm 2022.2 introduces support for several Python 3.11 features, such as exception groups and the except* operator, new notations for individual TypedDict keys, and variadic generics. With the improved HTTP Client, you can select a run environment using an icon on the gutter and send queries over HTTP and WebSocket protocols out of the box. The new Run Current File feature allows you to instantly run and debug a single file without a dedicated run configuration.

New in PyCharm

  • Code insight for exception groups and except* operator
    Get helpful warnings about forbidden combinations, like except and except* operators in the same try statement, or continue, break, and return operators inside except* clauses.
  • Code insight for marking individual TypedDict items as required or potentially missing
    Make use of the new notations instead of creating complex class hierarchies that use the total parameter. PyCharm 2022.2 understands Required[ ] and NotRequired[ ] notations for individual keys of TypedDict and provides code insight for them.
  • HTTP Client
    Enhance your productivity in web development. You can now select a run environment using an icon on the gutter and send queries over HTTP and WebSocket protocols out of the box.
  • Initial Support for PyScript
    Put new technologies to work and experiment with new things! PyCharm 2022.2 recognizes Python syntax, including NumPy and Matplotlib libraries, for code inside <py-script> tags in html files and provides proper code completion and highlighting for it.

Find more details about new features and improvements on our What’s New page.