Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf videos on Youtube?

2011-04-07 Thread Adnan Hodzic 
> There is a GSoC proposal going on about reworking the hosting/presentation
> of Debian talks. Are the mentors the same persons as those working on this?

Well I'd love to participate in GSoC, I'm just not sure I'll enough of
time this year. And next year is my final uni. year so not sure if
that will make me eligible for enrolling.


Adnan

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Obey Arthur Liu  wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Victor Martinez 
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Adnan Hodzic wrote:
>> > Hey,
>> >
>> > If anything it'll bring more publicity to Debian, and will bring the
>> > ideas we are discussing to a much broader audience. AFAIK the only way
>> > to access these videos now is by visiting
>> > http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/
>> >
>> > Either way, would like to hear your ideas on this one.
>> Not long ago on d-video list where the discussion about Miro and
>> probable changes on community pages and also if my memory serves right
>> video.debian.net redirects to that more longer URL.
>>
> There is a GSoC proposal going on about reworking the hosting/presentation
> of Debian talks. Are the mentors the same persons as those working on this?
>
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Adnan Hodzic 
@Ralf,

Thank you so much for this information, this is great!

@Gunnar,

Yea, at the times I said if I had to make a wild guess I said it would be ~30-35

@Arthur,

> Are they using age as a proxy metric for rowdiness/cleanliness?

No, they just asked, had no particular reason.

It was me that was curious, because I'm planning to have two seperate
daytrips, just as organizing a concert specifically for DebConf
attendees so for these kind of things age comes as a very important
factor.


Adnan

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Obey Arthur Liu  wrote:
> Are they using age as a proxy metric for rowdiness/cleanliness?
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall 
>Adnan Hodzic dijo [Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 11:05:37PM +0200]:
>> Hey,
>> 
>> On one of my visits to Banja Luka, one of the hotels owners asked me
>> what is the average age of DebConf attendees? This made me think
about
>> it, does anyone have any number on what could be/or what is the
>> average age?

>We don't have that information in our DB, so I cannot give you a real
>answer. I'm tempted to say ~30, but that's just a guess.

If I attend Debconf it typically throws the whole average off by at
least +5 years. :-)

md

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Holger Levsen 
Hey,

On Donnerstag, 7. April 2011, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> If I attend Debconf it typically throws the whole average off by at
> least +5 years. :-)

Ui, considering 300 attendees being 30 years old on average, you must be 
301*35-300*30=1535 years old at least! 8-)

/me bows.


cheers,
Holger


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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall 
>you must be 301*35-300*30=1535 years old at least!

On a good day I feel that young!

md

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Andreas Tille 
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 08:04:41AM -0400, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> >We don't have that information in our DB, so I cannot give you a real
> >answer. I'm tempted to say ~30, but that's just a guess.
> 
> If I attend Debconf it typically throws the whole average off by at
> least +5 years. :-)

Ahhh, not really.  We have quite a share of potential grandfathers
who are now for three years united in their own project[1].  :-)))

Kind regards

 Andreas.

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-custom/2008/04/msg2.html

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall 
>Ahhh, not really.  We have quite a share of potential grandfathers
>who are now for three years united in their own project[1].  :-)))

>Kind regards

> Andreas.

>[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-custom/2008/04/msg2.html

Andreas,

I would have more enthusiasm for the project if it was:

(1) More inclusively aimed at "grandparents" rather than just
"grandfathers", with "godparents" as an addition
(2) Did not have the requirement of a "grown-up child" (for those aged
people who do not have oneor for those aged people whose children
never seem to "grow up")
(3) If the project had not been started on April 1st.

But I appreciate the thought

Warmest regards,

md (who actually prefers the sound to be of minimum volume most of the
time)


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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Gunnar Wolf 
Jon 'maddog' Hall dijo [Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 08:04:41AM -0400]:
> >> On one of my visits to Banja Luka, one of the hotels owners asked me
> >> what is the average age of DebConf attendees? This made me think
> about
> >> it, does anyone have any number on what could be/or what is the
> >> average age?
> 
> >We don't have that information in our DB, so I cannot give you a real
> >answer. I'm tempted to say ~30, but that's just a guess.
> 
> If I attend Debconf it typically throws the whole average off by at
> least +5 years. :-)

Hmm, given that we have (roughly, rounding) 300 people averaging 30
year old, having you as the attendee #301 and increasing the average
by five years, it means you are around 1535 years old.

Man, and there are still some people who doubt Santa Claus' existence!
;-)
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[Debconf-discuss] Motorbike trip to Banja Luka

2011-04-07 Thread Luca Capello 
Hi all!

Some of you maybe remember that for DebConf7 I travelled from Genève to
Edimburgh with my motorbike and maybe even more of you remember that,
while I did the same for DebConf9, I was not alone, given that Zack and
Roland joined me for an indeed beautiful trip:

  
  

For this year DebConf Zack and me are planning to arrive in Banja Luka
again with probably not the best comfort in the world (especially for
your back).  Nothing is decided yet and again the two major points are:

- dates

  I am quite free for the arrival ride, while I must be in Genève on
  Saturday, August 6th, which means that we should leave Banja Luka soon
  after DebConf ends.

- route

  The trip distance from Genève is around 1130km with motorways:
  Mont-Blanc tunnel, Milano, Venezia, Ljubljana, Zagreb and finally
  Banja Luka.  This in no way can be completed in a single day.  We have
  not discussed this in details, but a good option would be at least two
  stops somewhere on the road.

  Or we could decide to avoid tolls as much as possible, thus the trip
  distance, always from Genève, would be around 1430km: Bern, Zürich,
  München, Salzburg, Graz, Maribor and finally Banja Luka.  This will
  need at least three stops.

Is anyone else interested?

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca


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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Road trip to DebConf 11?

2011-04-07 Thread Steve McIntyre 
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 03:06:53PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 01:35:37PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 01:08:04PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>>Hey folks,
>>>
>>>As DebConf is in Europe again this year, a group of us are considering
>>>doing the trip by road. Yes, we're probably mad but the trip to
>>>Extremadura was fun and we expect this to be as well!
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'll put this in a wiki page at some point...
>>
>>http://wiki.earth.li/DebconfTravel2011
>
>Ping? No more takers?

Last call for people interested in the road trip from the UK. If
you're interested, add yourself to the wiki page here. We'll be in
touch next week to confirm, then it's time to start looking at:

 * hotel and ferry bookings
 * working out who's travelling in which car
 * insurance
 * logistics: motorway passes, low emissions zone passes etc.

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Christian PERRIER 
Quoting Gunnar Wolf (gw...@gwolf.org):

> Man, and there are still some people who doubt Santa Claus' existence!

Eh, so now we have the Answer to the Question: Santa Claus indeed
exists and Jon *is* Santa Claus.


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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall 
Ladies and gentlemen,

>> Man, and there are still some people who doubt Santa Claus'
>>existence!

>Eh, so now we have the Answer to the Question: Santa Claus indeed
>exists and Jon *is* Santa Claus.

I do not want anyone to think that I would even *pretend* to be the
esteemed Saint Nicholas, who hands out free toys to good little girls
and boys.

http://www.orkut.com/Main#AlbumZoom?uid=12387958635028851457&pid=1228772086960&aid=1$pid=1228772086960

I am really the older brother of Saint Nicholoas, and I believe in promoting 
free software
and free beer all year long.

md



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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Andreas Tille 
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 08:55:18AM -0400, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> >you must be 301*35-300*30=1535 years old at least!
> 
> On a good day I feel that young!

Maddog has gathered the wisdom where usual people would need at least
2000 years - but he looks way younger. :-)

Kind regards

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration now open for DebConf11

2011-04-07 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor 
On 04/07/2011 03:16 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Registration is now open for DebConf11. For registration instructions,
> please see:
> 
>http://debconf11.debconf.org/register.xhtml

perhaps https://penta.debconf.org/ should be updated?  It seems to refer
to dc10 right now.

Thanks to everyone for all the work that went into getting this
registration process open!

Regards,

--dkg



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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Motorbike trip to Banja Luka

2011-04-07 Thread micah anderson 
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:06:04 +0200, Luca Capello  wrote:

> Is anyone else interested?

I would be interested if you had a bike I can use!

micah


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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration now open for DebConf11

2011-04-07 Thread Gunnar Wolf 
Daniel Kahn Gillmor dijo [Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 03:25:44PM -0400]:
> On 04/07/2011 03:16 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> > Registration is now open for DebConf11. For registration instructions,
> > please see:
> > 
> >http://debconf11.debconf.org/register.xhtml
> 
> perhaps https://penta.debconf.org/ should be updated?  It seems to refer
> to dc10 right now.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for all the work that went into getting this
> registration process open!

Absolutely - Didn't check it at all before. Thanks for the heads-up!

Admin team: Please help here - I need write access to
skinner:/org/penta/www/static (as user penta is OK).

Thanks a lot,


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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration now open for DebConf11

2011-04-07 Thread Rogério Brito 
Hi there.

On Apr 07 2011, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On 04/07/2011 03:16 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> > Registration is now open for DebConf11. For registration instructions,
> > please see:
> > 
> >http://debconf11.debconf.org/register.xhtml
> 
> perhaps https://penta.debconf.org/ should be updated?  It seems to refer
> to dc10 right now.

Well, while the URL that I got mentions dc10, I just logged in to the system
and it says dc11.

Anyway, I guess that I am not the only one to have problems answering some
questions of the registration form:

* In the general part of the registration, the Debian status field gives the
  options:

  + Debian Developer
  + Otherwise involved in Debian
  + Not yet involved but interested
  + Accompanying a Debian participant
  + DebConf Organizer
  + DebConf Volunteer
  + Press
  + Sponsor

  Would it be possible to have a category for Debian Maintainers [0] that
  aren't Debian Developers there, distinguished from the 2nd option above?

  [0]: http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003

* In the DebConf part of the registration, what is the question "Printed
  proceedings?" asking me? If I want a version of the printed proceeding
  sent/mailed to me? If I allow any work that I publish to be part of a
  printed version of the proceedings? It's not clear from that.

* In the DebCamp part of the registration, the DebCamp options are:

  + I won't be attending DebCamp
  + I have a specific work plan for DebCamp
  + I don't have a specific plan for DebCamp (week payment (450) required)

  Do the people "I don't have a specific plan for DebCamp, but I am willing
  to do some slavery Debian-related work while I am on a trip far, far away
  from my country" have to pay for that fee?

  This was my reason for not checking that box the past year and I see that
  it is still there, causing me confusion once again.


Thanks for any help with this,

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Road trip to DebConf 11?

2011-04-07 Thread Adnan Hodzic 
Love the idea, since Google Maps may won't give you directions to
Banja Luka I advise you to use www.viamichelin.com to get your trip
routes as it works perfectly.

Good luck!


Adnan

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Steve McIntyre  wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 03:06:53PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 01:35:37PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>>On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 01:08:04PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
Hey folks,

As DebConf is in Europe again this year, a group of us are considering
doing the trip by road. Yes, we're probably mad but the trip to
Extremadura was fun and we expect this to be as well!
>>>
>>>
>>>
I'll put this in a wiki page at some point...
>>>
>>>http://wiki.earth.li/DebconfTravel2011
>>
>>Ping? No more takers?
>
> Last call for people interested in the road trip from the UK. If
> you're interested, add yourself to the wiki page here. We'll be in
> touch next week to confirm, then it's time to start looking at:
>
>  * hotel and ferry bookings
>  * working out who's travelling in which car
>  * insurance
>  * logistics: motorway passes, low emissions zone passes etc.
>
> --
> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                st...@einval.com
> "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of
>  course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus 
> Torvalds
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Motorbike trip to Banja Luka

2011-04-07 Thread Adnan Hodzic 
Just saw Debian UK people organizing the same thing with cars. What to
say except I love the ideas! From my side all I can say is since
Google Maps may won't give you directions to Banja Luka I advise you
to use www.viamichelin.com to get your trip routes as it works
perfectly.

Good luck!


Adnan

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:20 PM, micah anderson  wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:06:04 +0200, Luca Capello  wrote:
>
>> Is anyone else interested?
>
> I would be interested if you had a bike I can use!
>
> micah
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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Attendee average age?

2011-04-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez 
On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 09:15:14PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 08:55:18AM -0400, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> > >you must be 301*35-300*30=1535 years old at least!
> > 
> > On a good day I feel that young!
> 
> Maddog has gathered the wisdom where usual people would need at least
> 2000 years - but he looks way younger. :-)
> 
I just saw Maddog again last weekend at the Northeast GNU/Linux Fest in
Worcester, MA.  I can confirm the following:

 - He is in fact as wise you would expect of someone with a couple of
   millenia
 - If he is in fact that old, he looks great for his age

:-)

Regards,

-Roberto

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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration now open for DebConf11

2011-04-07 Thread Paul Wise 
2011/4/8 Rogério Brito :

> * In the DebCamp part of the registration, the DebCamp options are:
>
>  + I won't be attending DebCamp
>  + I have a specific work plan for DebCamp
>  + I don't have a specific plan for DebCamp (week payment (450) required)
>
>  Do the people "I don't have a specific plan for DebCamp, but I am willing
>  to do some slavery Debian-related work while I am on a trip far, far away
>  from my country" have to pay for that fee?
>
>  This was my reason for not checking that box the past year and I see that
>  it is still there, causing me confusion once again.

Probably the best idea here is to pick something you always wanted to
work on but never had a nice concentrated chunk of time to make any
progress on. Failing those, there are always plenty of RC bugs to work
on and lots of DDs to sponsor NMUs or there is usually lots of
infrastructure work to do (dak, bts, pts/ddpo, packages.d.o, wiki,
fonts review, buildd stuff, d-i etc). If you don't want to do those,
then fixing all of the bugs in your packages or your team's packages
would be good too :)

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