Dear Debian Science/Med Community, We had a very successful Debian Science BoF! Thanks to all who participated this time and hope to see more of you next time!
The videos are available here: https://mirror.netcologne.de/debian-video/2025/DebConf25/debconf25-606-debian-science-team-bof.av1.webm https://mirror.netcologne.de/debian-video/2025/DebConf25/debconf25-606-debian-science-team-bof.lq.webm There is a short summary: =========== The Debian Science BoF at DebConf25 gathered contributors from academia, industry, Debian Med, Debian Astro, GPU computing, CERN, AMD, and general QA. Key points: * Status: >1000 packages maintained; stable and collaborative team; recent updates include VTK 9 and ParaView. * Challenges: Improve coordination on transitions (e.g., OpenMPI), ensure CI is green or disabled, and upstream Debian patches where possible. * Opportunities: Use openQA for GUI testing, expand Debian’s presence in Docker/Singularity, and collaborate with PyPI/WheelNext for shared library usage. * Community: Keep team membership permissive, promote outreach at conferences/universities, and run joint sprints with Debian Med. * Actions: Audit CI status, identify GUI test candidates, maintain list of missing software, and plan a 2026 Debian Science Sprint. ========== Best regards Anton Am So., 13. Juli 2025 um 22:55 Uhr schrieb Anton Gladky <[email protected]>: > > Dear all, > > I'm happy to share that our Debian Science BoF has been accepted and > is scheduled for Saturday, 19 July 2025 at 10:30 (local time). The session > will run for 40 minutes. > > https://debconf25.debconf.org/talks/114-debian-science-team-bof/ > > It would be great to meet at least part of the team face-to-face with those > who are here in Brest! > > I've drafted a short plan for the BoF on Etherpad. Please feel free to update, > correct, or add suggestions: > > https://pad.dc25.debconf.org/p/114-debian-science-team-bof > > Looking forward to the discussion and seeing some of you in person. > > Best regards, > > Anton > > > Am Fr., 18. Apr. 2025 um 20:26 Uhr schrieb Anton Gladky <[email protected]>: >> >> Thanks all for your replies! BoF is requested. >> >> See you all in Brest! >> >> Anton
