I was planning something inbetween "for completely beginners" and "I packaged gcc", with the intent of showing fun stuff to both parts of the audience.
There's a lot of things about packaging that can be said, and most of it is very well documented already - so I do not plan to go into the very gory details there, but show an example or two instead, so people will get the hang of it. Once they have the hang of it, they can always consult the documentation later, if they wish to know more; or, find me or anyone else with suitable packaging knowledge, and just ask them. Contrary to Enrico, I'd ask interested people to NOT read the documentation just yet. It's a bit dry and boring, and can be dishartening at first: it is a *lot* of text to wade through. Even Lucas' excellent packaging-tutorial is a lot to read in an overnight. Instead, I propose to show interesting things, and explain the very basic parts briefly (but in detail enough to be understandable), and show that packaging can be a fun and rewarding experience. If and when I succeed, the brain-washed victims^W^Waudience can go out and read the documentation, knowing that in the end, reading through that big pile of text is going to be worth it. It is also easier to digest, once one had first-hand experience with packaging. (Now if I only had an idea how to achieve this... but alas, the night is long, and the talk isn't scheduled yet, so I'm going to be just fine! :) -- |8] _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
