On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 02:52:18PM -0400, Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote: > On 2022-04-08 14 h 35, Julian Andres Klode wrote:> I think individual > travel to DebConf and similar events is somewhat> out of our control, as > is the personal behavior of individual> submitters. > I'm not an expert on estimating CO2 output, but I'm pretty sure DebConf > is our largest contribution to CO2 emissions, mainly because of air travel. > > The question I've been asking myself these past few years is: "Are > in-person DebConfs worth it?" I think the answer is very clearly yes.
Yes, I got 0 benefit from the 2020 debconf, did not attend 2021, but every in-person debconf yielded interesting apt discussions with eventual useful outcomes. Rotating DebConf between continents is a bit problematic from a CO2 perspective, but then it also enables some people from those continents to join in the first place, and I think that's valuable to have. -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en
