Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf17: Last call for keys for keysigning in Montreal, Canada

GnuPG should be updated so that the system does not ask for a comment by default, but when they exist, they may sometimes provide valuable information. e.g., Wouter Verhelst (XMPP only) If you send email to that address, it is highly unlikely that I'll see it (I open that mailbox once a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Speeding up the installer (Was: installation report on installation failure and having net install for minimal installations .)

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 03:43:55AM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Another query, is the eatmydata-udeb available in net install image ? That's easy to figure out: https://cdimage-search.debian.org/ Do switch on the "daily-builds" option (since jessie doesn't seem to have an eatmydata-udeb package

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 01:48:32PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi, > > On 05-07-16 11:45, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Wouter Verhelst [2016-07-05 11:10 +0200]: > >> So rather than trying to organize a tournament, I'm going to call > >> Connie l

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

So, On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 05:47:20PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > 3. If there are enough people answering in the affirmative to 2., and >the price for a court is not too high (or we get the courts for >free), how would people feel about a little tournament? I get the fee

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Last call for keys for keysigning in Cape Town, South Africa

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 05:12:42PM +0200, Nicolas Braud-Santoni wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 02:05:18PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > It's too late for this now, but for future reference: > > [...] > > note the "XMPP only" bit on some of the

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

Hi all, On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 04:32:27PM +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > Started a wiki page for this so that others can easily find this information > > too as it becomes available: > > > > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Tenn

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Last call for keys for keysigning in Cape Town, South Africa

this now, but for future reference: #117 Wouter Verhelst (rank: 45 ) [ ] Fingerprint(s) OK[ ] ID OK pub rsa4096/2DFC519954181296 2016-04-11 [SC] Key fingerprint = 9B69 FDF3 F0DA 0948 0661 29F7 2DFC 5199 5418 1296 uid Wouter Verhelst uid Wouter Verhelst ui

[Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

Hi all, I noticed a while back on the photo of the campus that there are tennis courts on-campus not too far from the buildings where debconf will be. I love playing tennis (although I'm not terribly good at it), so it'd be great if I could play a game or two against whoever is interested. Quest

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf post cards are here!

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 01:38:02PM +0200, chrysn wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:57:54AM +0200, chrysn wrote: > > post cards have arrived! [...] > Please don't sue me over it I'm not planning to :) However, those of you wanting to send this postcard to someone else might want to write (one of

Re: [Debconf-discuss] gbp skillexchange II

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 02:13:27PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Guido Günther wrote: > > Hi, > > > > we're having another git-buildpackage skill exchange on Friday > > 17:00-17:45 in Amsterdam. Newcomers welcome! > > I know this is probably difficult, but it wo

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Volleyball / Beachvolleyball

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 08:19:56PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:43:48AM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote: > > > > If you know a beachvolleyball-court nearby, I'd love to play some "hard" > > non-geeky 2-on-2 too ;-) > > There are beach volleyball courts near next to the river

Re: [Debconf-discuss] FPGA firmware hacking?

Hi Tim, On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 04:31:39PM +0200, Tim Ansell wrote: > My main interest in developing FOSS firmware for FPGAs is to develop fully > open > source video capture hardware for live streaming of user groups and FOSS > conferences like DebConf (the main reason I'm here at DebConf is to

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Installing Debian on a macbook pro 5,1

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:00:38AM +0200, Christian Kastner wrote: > On 2015-08-17 18:14, Eder L. Marques wrote: > > My first question is: > > - Is rEFIt or rEFInd still necessary? > > No, it isn't. Booting grub from the EFI system partition works just fine > here, however, you might need to use t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] FTWCA DebConf15 in Germany^Wmechelen

On 29-08-13 00:23, martin f krafft wrote: > #debconf15-germany > http://lists.debconf.net/mailman/listinfo/debconf15-germany > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf15/Germany > > this is the last message of this kind Actually, it isn't ;-P We're planning to hold a first meeting for debconf15 in

[Debconf-discuss] FTWCA meteor showers

This time of year is home to a meteor shower known as the "perseids", named so after the constellation of Perseus from which they seem to radiate. This meteor shower is a fairly active one; if you find a spot after sunset well away from any light sources and look up at the sky, you will easily see

[Debconf-discuss] Lost headphones

Hi all, I seem to have lost my headphones. They're the in-ear kind of things, with a red dot on the plug that's meant for the right ear. They're not exactly the expensive kind, but I brought them for a reason, and I'd like them back... If you have them, or know where they are, I'd appreciate it

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Football please

On 08-08-13 20:58, martin f krafft wrote: > [To the Americans among us, s/Football/Soccer/] > > If you have a ball, please bring it. There's a nice field right next > to the hack lab and we {c,sh}ould repeat the Argentina experience. For full information, there're fields for volleyball and basket

[Debconf-discuss] Sports (was: Re: Bicycle?)

On 23-07-13 18:06, Bruno Kleinert wrote: > Hi there, > > I consider taking my mountainbike with me to explore the area around > Vaumarcus a bit. Does anybody else plan to take a bicycle to DC? So I'm not very good at endurance sports, especially not things that involve climbing hills[1], so I won

[Debconf-discuss] coming by car (was: Re: DebConf: Disabilities and other special requests)

On 02-07-13 08:11, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Hi all. > > I am a reconfirmed attendee. I'll come from Rottweil / Germany by my car > and can provide a trip for three more passangers with a small > luggage or two more with some more luggage. I'm coming by car, too, and there's space for one more

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Group photo ready

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 02:56:10PM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > The group photo is ready. > > [sigh] Ah, yes, you missed the first bit. Grmbl. I've taken your head out of one of the other pictures, and put you in at a convenient spot (righ

[Debconf-discuss] Group photo ready

Hi all, The group photo is ready. I tried uploading it to gallery.debconf.org, but the file is large enough that I manage to hit some timeouts in some scripts which are used to gather some statistics on the file. So I've uploaded it to flickr instead: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wouterverhelst/7

[Debconf-discuss] Group picture for those who missed it

Hi, If you're among the unlucky ones who for whatever reason missed the group photo, I'm going to be friendly and allow you to still be in it (long live The Gimp!) Since I'd rather not have to paste in dozens of separate pictures, however (I already have to do three of them as it is right now, an

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Badge adjustment

On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 05:50:34PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:57:09AM -0600, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Or maybe you think the length of the cord is just right and don't want > > to lose the plastic bead? There's no knot at the end, and it mig

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Call for photographer

Hi Gunnar, On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 09:03:43PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Hi all, > > We have our usual, fun, beautiful and always important souvenir, the > group photo, scheduled for July 12, at lunchtime. However... We have a > problem: This year, our usual paparazzi Aigars will not be attendin

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Badge adjustment

On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:44:54AM -0500, Moray Allan wrote: > If you have a black plastic bead between your neck and your > DebConf12 badge, then you are probably wearing your badge > non-optimally. If you instead locate the bead behind your neck, > then you can use it to adjust the position of t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Arriving at Managua airport

On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 09:52:25PM -0600, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Though I suppose it can't help :-) Er. s/help/hurt/ -- The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by the following formula: pi zz a ___ Debconf

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Arriving at Managua airport

On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:15:41PM -0600, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 07/02/2012 09:37 AM, gregor herrmann wrote: > > Customs was not also painless but also quick. Smile, put your bags on > > the belt, smile, take our bags, hand over your custom declarations > > form (where I had checked "no" o

Re: [Debconf-discuss] The Return of the Assassins

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 07:26:13AM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Giacomo Catenazzi (c...@debian.org): > > > Could we require that assassins must have a public (and faithful) > > image on penta? > > > Agreed with Holger:no. It's part of the fun. This only reinforces my resolve not to

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Final Report for DebConf 11 available!

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 06:43:10PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Hi all, > > After quite a bit of work, we have done it! I have just released the > Final Report for DebConf 11, held in Banja Luka in July 2011. Download > and share it! And, of course, get it across to decision makers, as we > are in

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Your biggest achievement during past DebConfs (aka new DebConf promoting campaign)

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 04:22:02PM +0100, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > Hi all, > members of the Debconf Team and Publicity Team need your help!!1!! > > (nooo! don't hide!!) > > We'd like to have a quote from all Debian Developers and contributors > naming their most important technical and/or socia

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf13 in Vaumarcus, Switzerland bid

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 01:20:35PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 08:15:01AM +0700, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On 11-12-27 at 12:02am, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 09:08:12AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > > > >  

Re: [Debconf-discuss] pictures and privacy (was: my pictures so far (including the bicyle tour))

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 03:40:06PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > I really would have wished that people had been much more > considerate about uploading other people's pictures to the public > Web. > > I for one do not want my pictures on the Internet. > I also realise that this is a fight again

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Visiting zageb on Sunday 31st

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 08:55:25PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 03:11:06AM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > ps: the n900 email client wrapping sux :P > > You mean, there is someone actually using it? It used to be better (you could sort, and you could request "more" mails

[Debconf-discuss] My yelling last night

Hi, Just wanted to say that I don't hold a grudge or anything towards the people who were talking and having fun and keeping others awake last night at 3AM. But I do hope you understand my needing to drive ~1600km (that's kilometer, not convertible mark) today requires that I'm at least somewhat w

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tollef's backpack

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:29:02PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Wouter Verhelst] > > I'm off with him to the rafting station again, to see if it maybe > > has been left behind; but if that isn't the case, and someone has > > it, could they please step forw

[Debconf-discuss] Tollef's backpack

Hi, Yesterday, during the day trip, Tollef gave me his backpack and asked me to take care of it while he went on a rafting trip with the second group. While he was out, the first busses left, so I decided to join them. Since I was the last to leave the table where Tollef's backpack was left behin

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Border/Customs Inspections Slovenia/Croatia/Bosnia

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 04:27:56PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know how "hard" the border inspections are once one > leaves Schengenland. Is a German Citizen with a bag full of technical > stuff including two notebooks calling for trouble, or are croatian and > bosnian borde

Re: [Debconf-discuss] V Pay cards at ATMs in Bosnia and Croatia

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 06:40:50PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:11:55AM +0100, Jose Calhariz wrote: > > I think the ATM at Hotel Bosna only accepts Visa. I have a Maestro debit > > Card and it didn't work. > > I heard that from two more people (Jeroen and IIRC

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf runners, one year later

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 09:49:19AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > made. My pace and endurance are greatly inferior to yours, but I can > do my 5Km at least, after also ~15 days without running :) I'll run €5 instead. -- The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by the follo

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Finding my way to Paris post-Debconf; requesting help+tips

On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 01:11:37AM -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > * Does anyone have particular suggestions for how to get to Paris > from Banja Luka? (Actually, that's probably a plane flight, and I > will shop at kayak.com. But maybe there's some awesome magic trick > that's way cheaper (?).) I

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Going by car -- anyone going with me?

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 07:05:12PM -0400, Jeremy Baron wrote: > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 06:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm interested in taking on anyone who lives (or can get by their own > > means) somewhere along a reasonable route between Mech

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Going by car -- anyone going with me?

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:07:53AM +0200, Joost van Baal wrote: > Op Sat 28 May 2011 om 12:53:46 +0200 schreef Wouter Verhelst: [going by car] > Sounds interesting. When are you planning to leave & when are you planning > to drive back? Er, yeah, that'd be pretty important i

[Debconf-discuss] Going by car -- anyone going with me?

Hi, I've decided a while back to go to Debconf11 by car. This is mainly because I've never done such a long road trip, and I would like to do so once. However, for now, it looks like I'll be doing this alone, and I would appreciate a companion. For clarity, I am specifically *not* looking for a s

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Wanted: a PL2303 USB-to-serial convertor

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:32:31AM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 07/27/2010 03:45 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Does anyone have a spare PL2303 USB-to-serial convertor that they don't > > mind borrowing to the video team for the duration of debconf? I was > > s

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Pollen in NYC

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 09:58:26PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > Now there are some Debian folk on the ground in NYC, I hope somebody can > give an idea of what pollen levels are actually like, rather than relying > on weather report readings. > > My hayfever is particularly bad here

[Debconf-discuss] Wanted: a PL2303 USB-to-serial convertor

Hello World, Does anyone have a spare PL2303 USB-to-serial convertor that they don't mind borrowing to the video team for the duration of debconf? I was supposed to bring four, but miscounted and only brought three. If there's no PL2303, something else that has working DTR would work, too, but co

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Table tennis tournament?

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 01:08:12AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > So, that 'deadline' has now passed, and I drew lots (literally) to > determine pairs of players. The wiki page has been updated accordingly; > people who signed up should check the page to determine against whom

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Table tennis tournament?

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:14:13PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Oh what the heck, I went ahead and did stuff anyway. If you want to join > in, go to http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf9/TableTennis and add your > name, preferably no later than tomorrow night. If it turns out ther

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Table tennis tournament?

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 08:25:36PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > If there is sufficient interest, I hereby volunteer to organize the > details. Oh what the heck, I went ahead and did stuff anyway. If you want to join in, go to http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf9/TableTennis and add you

[Debconf-discuss] Table tennis tournament?

Hi, Since there's a table tennis table, and it seems unused for most of the time (although not /all/ the time), I wonder: would there be interest in a table tennis tournament? I'd think that would be nice, but of course holding a tournament all by yourself isn't going to get you much of anywhere.

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG keysigning?

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:24:29AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Giacomo Catenazzi writes: > > A naive question: why does not FSF check identity of contributors? > > They must sign a copyright assignment (or disclaimer), send this > > document to FSF, but I see no identity check on FSF side. > > >

[Debconf-discuss] Debian Secrets

Hello World, I'll be holding a talk titled 'Debian Secrets' at DebianDay targetted to moderately advanced users, which aims to give an introduction in a number of useful things about Debian that not every Debian-user may know about; see . S

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Bus from EZE to MDQ

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:06:02PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 09:43:26AM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > > I'm currently pondering options but could very likely decide to > > > finally fly from Buenos Aires to Mal del Plata, whatever the cost > > > might be (assumi

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration FAQ

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:32:47PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting MJ Ray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I mean the preliminary schedule of which general topics are hoped to > > > be on which days, so part-time visitors can prioritise [...] > > > > I thin

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Lost Wiskey

On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 01:18:49PM +0200, Annabelle Tully wrote: > David Noble found a bag of whisky and he was looking for the owner. I > suspect that might be yours then :-). Go talk to him. Right, that appeared to be the case. Whiskey has been found now, and is back in my possession. Thanks! -

[Debconf-discuss] Lost Wiskey

Hi .*, I sorta promised my brother to bring him a bit of whiskey home; so I bought a bottle of Glenfiddich and a bottle of Highland Park two days ago that I have been slightly imprudent with. By now, they have been left 'somewhere', but I do not remember where exactly. If I recall correctly, the

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Queues

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 04:29:11PM +0100, Kevin Campbell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:04:52PM +0100, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > > What about non-sponsored food? > > If you don't have food sponsorship, please just try and avoid peak > times. Alternatively, do what I did for lunch today: a

[Debconf-discuss] Music, part II

Hi, So some people have clearly reacted positively to my request to bring their instruments: we now have a flute (yours truly), a violin (Heike). I've also seen a guitar bag which presumably contains a guitar, but I don't know whose guitar that is. It'd be cool now to start playing. There aren't

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Music

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 03:48:20PM +0200, Martin Man wrote: > Hi, > > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > >Hi all, > >So if you play an instrument, are not afraid to play along with some > >people whom you've never played with before, and the instrument doesn't >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Music

On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 04:35:54AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > martin f krafft dijo [Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 03:57:55PM +0100]: > > also sprach Gustavo Franco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.06.12.1436 +0100]: > > > I would be glad to play acoustic or electric guitar, note that I'm > > > left handed and bri

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Music

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 07:36:15PM -0700, Patty Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 12:06:23PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > I brought my flute with me to Debconf. There are some rooms here with > > great accoustics, and it'd be nice to have more people with inst

[Debconf-discuss] Music

Hi all, Some people have suggested that I send an email about this, so here goes. I brought my flute with me to Debconf. There are some rooms here with great accoustics, and it'd be nice to have more people with instruments, because frankly playing music in a group is way more fun than playing it

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Non-Sponsored Hostel block booking information

On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 03:00:27AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > Also, for those that did not ask for food sponsorship. How will it be > arranged so that we can eat with the other people attending that do have food > sponsorship? You can just go to the same place and pay with mone

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Call for keys for keysigning in Edinburgh during DebConf7

On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 05:51:22PM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > I really see few people that check identity AND the email (people tend > to sign all key-identity of a key). That's wrong. > How to do this check in a reliable and completely secure way? > (I think that a man on the middle at

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Cheese and Wine BoF: reminder

On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 05:15:11PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:14:49 -0500 > Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I shall bring some Sbrinz then, just so that people get something > > > tasty while you too battle over your inferior mould. > > > > You criminal ma

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Call for keys for keysigning in Edinburgh during DebConf7

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:59:22AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Christian Perrier wrote: > ... > > As a tentative help to Manoj's concern (getting the list of such > > untrustable people), I add my own little brick by suggesting to use > > the ou

[Debconf-discuss] Re: Please revoke your signatures from Martin Kraff's keys

On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:41:52AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 02:48:33PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Then there's the issue of tracing who did an actual upload into the real > > world. A name on a GPG key is not, by any means,

[Debconf-discuss] Re: Please revoke your signatures from Martin Kraff's keys

On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 10:37:39PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On 27 May 2006, martin f. krafft spake thusly: > > From within the project, what matters is that everything you do > > within the project can be attributed to one and the same person: the > > same person that went through our NM pr