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= Project Call August 2019 =

GRCon 2019

 * About a month away!
 * 16-20 September, in Huntsville, AL (USA)
 * Schedule is packed
 * 3 keynotes: Travis Goodspeed, Mark Shuttleworth, Robert Suggs, Mark Spencer
 * Workshops: ADI on IIO, Ettus Research on RFNoC, Intro to GNU Radio, Co-channel awareness and mitigation
 * There are still tickets! Prices go up before September 1st, so buy your tix now!
 * There will be no project call in September

Release 3.8

 * It's finally happened!
 * 3.7 will not die, but it's limited to important bug fixes
 * master branch will become 3.9
 * 3.8 has its own maint-3.8 branch
 * Important updates:
 * Python 3 support!
 * Modern Qt
 * CMake overhauled
 * Clang-format applied
 * OOTs will still work
 * Code fixes to master/maint-3.8 will need to be reformatted if they're not yet merged
 * Our .clang-format is in the tree, and you can use it!

GRC Documentation

 * Marc L and Notou have been working hard on page-per-block documentation for GR Blocks
 * Please help us add to the documentation!

Announcements

 * GR Folks will be at the CCCamp!
 * We will apply for a FOSDEM devroom again (Free Software Radio)
 * We are experimenting with the idea of office hours, still fleshing out the details, but the gist of it is that we want to provide a way to connect experienced SDR developers with newcomers
 * You can fill out this survey if you want to participate: https://forms.gle/UAzM8vR3x1MkNXvS7