Steve Langasek dijo [Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 06:37:01PM -0700]: > FWIW, I had decided that next year I would not be giving any talks at > DebConf because I regard the paper submission process as a farce. (I also > found that material preparation for the talks substantially interfered with > my ability to enjoy the conference itself, so I'm not sure I would give a > presentation next year either, but that's somewhat beside the point.) In > both of the talks I co-presented this year, I consider the papers a waste > *of* paper containing no original information, being entirely secondary to > the talks themselves. I find, looking at the proceedings for the first time > as I write this mail, that other papers are definitely more worthwhile, but > either there's a double-standard for paper quality based on the identity of > the speaker, or the standards are so low as to make the paper requirement > itself, and the coupling of paper-writing with sponsorship money, wholly > insulting.
Hmm... And I think this brings another topic I was thinking a bit about, on how Debconf has changed its focus over the last years - Of course, everything evolves, but still... I felt that in Oslo/Brazil, the motivation was mostly "let's get together, hack and have fun. Oh, and we will throw in some conferences, just to make it a bit more attractive". Some people attended the talks, some didn't. That's fine. In Finland, most people attended. Also, the density of talks grew tremendously - I am talking from memory, but in Brazil IIRC we had three or so scheduled talks a day, and anyway, most people stayed at the hacklab instead of going to _every_ talk (Corroborating: We _did_ have more talks scheduled [1], but a good deal of the talks are _real_ BoFs, sometimes not even Debian-related). I think this happened because the increased distance at the two last conferences between our hacking and talking areas - And yes, I'd like to push back towards a less formal, more relaxed environment, where talks are just one _more_ feature of Debconf, and not anymore the central one. Greeteings, [1] http://debconf4.debconf.org/schedule.html -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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