Hello Marc, and everyone else. This is going to be my first Debconf. I am a total beginner and have never contributed. However, I would really like to get involved since I have been using Debian for over 2 years now and I absolutely love the project. Hence, I thought that I would be able to learn a loads of new skills and meet a lot of people with whom I can share all different kind of interests at Debconf. Professionally, I am not doing anything with Informatics - I am a Biology student - but I am familiar with at least the basics and looking forward to learn a whole lot more. I am however a bit scared about how to get started and with whom I could speak but I am really excited for Debconf and looking forward to meet you all!
Kind regards, Felix > Hi, > > this will be my first debconf where I am not busy with organizing. So I > will have time to talk to people and to cooperate with people. Earlier > this year, I was visiting MiniDebconf Hamburg and found it enlightening > to be able to directly talk to people. The MiniDebconf only had 30 > people, and it was easy to find people to talk to about certain topic. > > Debconf, with several hundred people, is different. Is there a > list/medium/webpage/database where people can record their skills that > go beyond their packages? I mean, when I want to talk about security, I > seek a member of the security team. When I want to talk about a certain > package, I seek its maintainer. > > But what do I do when I have a question about git? Or about "which idiom > is the most pythonic"? Or about "is the new Arista datacenter switch > really THIS cool"? > > For example, I would probably be one of the persons to talk to about > IPv6, in-car networking, big scale DNS, adduser, sudo, exim, aide, > network management and 1980/1990ies chart/dance music. And I would like > to talk to people knowing advanced git, advanced ansible, advanced > systemd, using KDE, booting the Raspberry Pi and living in a smart home. > > Do we have support infrastructure for that? Where would I enter my > non-obvious skills that can be useful in Debian? > > I am looking for a casual way to find people to talk to, for example > during meals. I could submit bofs about "my" topics, but I need to be > in the mood to talk about certain things and would not enjoy having to > do that on a schedule. > > I am looking forward to my first Debconf where I can do technical work > and improve my technical skills! > > Greetings > Marc
