Re: [Debconf-discuss] Thinkpad T4x Docking Station

2010-08-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:18:22PM -0400, chris-deb...@coredump.us wrote: >On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:20:06PM -0400, Michael Banck wrote: >> Hi, >> >> my Thinkpad T42 reboots instantly (with no output) when I try to boot >> the Xen hypervisor. I thought maybe it makes sense to wire up a serial >>

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Columbia Debian mirror

2010-08-01 Thread Yasuhiro Araki
Luca and dkg, Thank you for requesting cdn.d.n updating request. I just has added mirror.cc.columbia.edu to list of cdn.debian.net. > But whoever manages cdn.debian.net > could point that to the columbia mirror for queries from IP addresses in the > 128.59.0.0/16 range. I hope to support this

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Lunch now!

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 07/29/2010 04:48 PM, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > children (ages three and five) are both below it. (My family will > likely be joining me for dinner on August 3.) > Sounds like a nice idea. Mine might too. Wonder if anyone else has family/friends/whatever that would like to have dinner here that

[Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
Hi folks, One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are looking at KVM. There was a big discussion on -devel about this a few months back. I'd be interested in hearing what others are doing with vi

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Russ Allbery
John Goerzen writes: > One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for > awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are > looking at KVM. There was a big discussion on -devel about this a few > months back. I'd be interested in hearing what others a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Schultheiss
John Goerzen wrote: > Hi folks, > > One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for > awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are > looking at KVM. There was a big discussion on -devel about this a few > months back. I'd be interested in hearin

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandise BoF?

2010-08-01 Thread Luca Capello
Hi Alexander! No need to Cc: me, I read the list, thank you. Please let me know if it is the same for you :-) BTW1, I set Reply-To: to the debconf-discuss@ mailing list, to drop commun...@lists.debian.ch from the loop, since I do not think it is at this point useful (and to keep the discussion i

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > > virtualization and where we see it heading in Debian. Is anyone > > knowledgeable about these things here, and willing to share? > I propozed a Virtualization BoF but it was rejected from the official > schedule partly due to the lack of a Debi

[Debconf-discuss] Setting up APs in the dorms...

2010-08-01 Thread Christian PERRIER
Something I wanted to share and get advice about: In the room I share with Jean-Baptiste, we did set up a small AP for our own use so that we don't have Ethernet cables flowing around the room. I initially set it as "bubulle" for ESSID and a private WPA2 pwd. Yesterday, I changed this to "debcon

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf runners: maps link for morning run on Aug 1st

2010-08-01 Thread Iustin Pop
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 03:35:47PM -0400, Christian PERRIER wrote: > For tomorrow's morning run, I propose going through Riverside Park > down along the Hudson River, via the "Hudson Greenway". That involves > going through 114th St west for two blocks, then follow Riverside Park > and cross Henry

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Excerpts from Michael Schultheiss's message of Son Aug 01 11:03:23 -0400 2010: > John Goerzen wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for > > awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are > > looking at KVM. There w

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 11:03 AM, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > John Goerzen wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for >> awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are >> looking at KVM. There was a big discussion on -devel about

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 11:03 AM, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > I propozed a Virtualization BoF but it was rejected from the official > schedule partly due to the lack of a Debian focus in my proposal. I > wouldn't mind scheduling an ad-hoc Virtualization session. Is it possible to link to the ad-hoc event

[Debconf-discuss] noisy hacklab x quiet hacklab

2010-08-01 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
Hey all, I've seen in past debconfs a kind of natural consensus having a noisy hacklab and a quiet (actually a not-so-noisy) one. As it hasn't naturally happened (yet) this year I'm doing such 'proposal'. Considering we have some orga stuff in Carleton I think that CS hacklab would be the best ch

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Schultheiss
John Goerzen wrote: > On 08/01/2010 11:03 AM, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > > I propozed a Virtualization BoF but it was rejected from the official > > schedule partly due to the lack of a Debian focus in my proposal. I > > wouldn't mind scheduling an ad-hoc Virtualization session. > > Is it possi

[Debconf-discuss] init systems ad-hoc/BoF

2010-08-01 Thread Jameson Rollins
Hi, folks. I know there's a scheduled BoF on upstart [0], but I was wondering if there is any interest in a separate ad-hoc or BoF on Debian init systems in general, and what we can expect for the future. I'm personally particularly interested in runit, and how to encourage wider adoption, but I'

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Jose Antonio Quevedo Muñoz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi there, I'm another attendant interested in virtualization solutions like KVM and Xen and if you prepare a BoF around this issue I'll join you, sure! On 08/01/10 20:19, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > John Goerzen wrote: >> On 08/01/2010 11:03 AM, M

[Debconf-discuss] Debconf runners: morning run planned Aug 2nd 7:30am...or 7:00am

2010-08-01 Thread Christian PERRIER
For tomorrow's morning run, I propose going through Riverside Park to north, this time, up to George Washington Bridge (that links Manhattan to New Jersey over the Hudson river). The run will involve crossing Hudson by using the bridge and (I guess), get spectacular views of Manhattan. That would

[Debconf-discuss] BoF: RC bug squashing (campaign) - minutes

2010-08-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:34:23PM -0400, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Hi everybody, it wouldn't be nice to campaign for preparing BoF in > advance and not doing it for a BoF I've submitted myself! So, if you > are interested in fixing RC bugs and in SPAM-ing planet about your > initiatives in that

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf runners: morning run planned Aug 2nd 7:30am...or 7:00am

2010-08-01 Thread Iustin Pop
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 02:48:16PM -0400, Christian PERRIER wrote: > For tomorrow's morning run, I propose going through Riverside Park > to north, this time, up to George Washington Bridge (that links > Manhattan to New Jersey over the Hudson river). > > The run will involve crossing Hudson by us

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 02:19 PM, Michael Schultheiss wrote: We discussed alternative times on IRC, as this conflicts with Puppet and many other enterprise topics are that day. Some alternatives are 9:30 or 5:00 on Aug 5, or 5:00 on Aug. 6. Thoughts? > ___ >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf runners: morning run planned Aug 2nd 7:30am...or 7:00am

2010-08-01 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Christian PERRIER dijo [Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 02:48:16PM -0400]: > (...) > - leaving at 7am and run about 6'/km so that we run for 1.5hours, plus > keep about 10 minutes for sightseeing and/or rest, and > be able to be back on time *and showered* for Zack's "Bits from the > DPL" talk > > - leaving

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Gunnar Wolf
John Goerzen dijo [Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:24:30AM -0400]: > Hi folks, > > One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for > awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are > looking at KVM. There was a big discussion on -devel about this a few > mo

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Some quieter bars and cafes

2010-08-01 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 02:51:25PM -0400, Gabriella Coleman wrote: > I have scoped out a few places and asked around for bars and cafes in > the area that are quieter. > > One bar is Amsterdam restaurant: > > http://www.amsterdamrestaurant.com/ > We visited Amsterdam restarurant last night in d

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Some quieter bars and cafes

2010-08-01 Thread tony mancill
On 08/01/2010 03:40 PM, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 02:51:25PM -0400, Gabriella Coleman wrote: >> I have scoped out a few places and asked around for bars and cafes in >> the area that are quieter. >> >> One bar is Amsterdam restaurant: >> >> http://www.amsterdamrestaurant.c

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Some quieter bars and cafes

2010-08-01 Thread Hector Oron
Hello, > We visited Amsterdam restarurant last night in desperation, and > found: > > - draft ales > - excellent food > - wall power by tables > - free wireless, no key required > > There was fairly loud music by midnight though, so it may be just quiet in > the day time. I do not remember

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Prokop
* John Goerzen [Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 03:23:27PM -0400]: > On 08/01/2010 02:19 PM, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > We discussed alternative times on IRC, as this conflicts with Puppet and > many other enterprise topics are that day. > Some alternatives are 9:30 or 5:00 on Aug 5, or 5:00 on Aug. 6.

Re: [Debconf-discuss] BoF best practices (Notmuch, Math Software)

2010-08-01 Thread David Bremner
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:37:05 -0400, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > That is quite simple to achieve. It just takes the BoF coordinator to prepare > some > [**working > questions**](http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20080712.235543.c0310e7e.en.html) > and/or *detailed* discussion topics, and ad

Re: [Debconf-discuss] BoF best practices (Notmuch, Math Software)

2010-08-01 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
Hello David, Le dimanche 01 août 2010 à 11:42 -0400, David Bremner a écrit : > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:37:05 -0400, Stefano Zacchiroli > wrote: > > That is quite simple to achieve. It just takes the BoF coordinator to > > prepare > > some > > [**working > > questions**](http://lists.debconf.org

[Debconf-discuss] Laundry at debconf10

2010-08-01 Thread geoffc
Anyone know if there are washing machines in carman, or nearby? ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Laundry at debconf10

2010-08-01 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, wrote: > Anyone know if there are washing machines in carman, or nearby? Yes: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Welcome#Dorms -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Laundry at debconf10

2010-08-01 Thread Hector Oron
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 06:46:14AM +1000, geo...@trinity.unimelb.edu.au wrote: > Anyone know if there are washing machines in carman, or nearby? http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Laundry Cheers, -- Hector Oron ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Deb

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Laundry at debconf10

2010-08-01 Thread Jonny Lamb
On Mon, Aug 02, 06:46:14 +1000, geo...@trinity.unimelb.edu.au wrote: > Anyone know if there are washing machines in carman, or nearby? Yes. http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/Laundry -- Jonny Lamb, UK jonnyl...@jonnylamb.com ___ Debconf-discuss ma

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Merchandise BoF?

2010-08-01 Thread Didier Raboud
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:15:58 -0400, Luca Capello wrote: > Hi there or, better, here :-) > > (...) > > Moreover, since debian.ch will also produce quite soon a Debian (not > debian.ch) Swiss army knife (Victorinox, not Wenger), it would be a good > idea to discuss about which type of knife people

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Laundry at debconf10

2010-08-01 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 06:46:14AM +1000, geo...@trinity.unimelb.edu.au wrote: > Anyone know if there are washing machines in carman, or nearby? In Carman there're both coin-operated laundary machines and dryers. One load costs five quarters each. Detergent is available for 2-4 quarters from a ven

Re: [Debconf-discuss] BoF best practices (Notmuch, Math Software)

2010-08-01 Thread Jameson Rollins
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:42:12 -0400, David Bremner wrote: > After some consultation on IRC, I started an Unofficial/Talks hierarchy > on the debconf wiki for just this purpose. For the BoF's I am > coordinating on notmuch [1] and mathematical software [2], I encourage > people to edit the pages an

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 04:08 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: > * John Goerzen [Sun Aug 01, 2010 at 03:23:27PM -0400]: >> On 08/01/2010 02:19 PM, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > >> We discussed alternative times on IRC, as this conflicts with Puppet and >> many other enterprise topics are that day. > >> Some alterna

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Schultheiss
John Goerzen wrote: > 9:30 on Aug 5 sounds good. Works for me - I've updated the wiki. ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Virtualization?

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Schultheiss
Gunnar Wolf wrote: > John Goerzen dijo [Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:24:30AM -0400]: > > Hi folks, > > > > One topic of interest to me is virtualization. We've been using Xen for > > awhile, and have had some issues with its state in squeeze, and are > > looking at KVM. There was a big discussion o

[Debconf-discuss] Debconf runners: morning run planned Aug 2nd 7:00am

2010-08-01 Thread Christian PERRIER
(re-sending this with a definitive schedule, after the two answers I got. Sorry for the late annoucement) For tomorrow's morning run, I propose going through Riverside Park to north, this time, up to George Washington Bridge (that links Manhattan to New Jersey over the Hudson river). The run will

[Debconf-discuss] Cheese, Wine material (and other stuff) for tomorrow's Cheese and Wine party

2010-08-01 Thread Christian PERRIER
In order for all the needed material to be ready on time for the C&W party (that will happen tomorrow MONDAY at 9pm in Havemeyer building), I will setup some "cheese trips" to the place we'll be hosting the party. These "cheese trips" will happen at the following hours: - 10:45 - 11:45 - 12:45 -

[Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Shuler
I volunteered to add an AdHoc Session and I'm thinking about the time slot just prior to the main KSP session on Friday evening - opinions? (it's a related topic and after looking through the rest of the schedule, I don't wish to step on any other talks) The Carman dorm basement was suggested as a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 11:03 PM, Michael Shuler wrote: > I volunteered to add an AdHoc Session and I'm thinking about the time > slot just prior to the main KSP session on Friday evening - opinions? > (it's a related topic and after looking through the rest of the > schedule, I don't wish to step on any oth

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-01 Thread Chris Knadle
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:35:43PM -0400, John Goerzen wrote: > On 08/01/2010 11:03 PM, Michael Shuler wrote: > > I volunteered to add an AdHoc Session and I'm thinking about the time > > slot just prior to the main KSP session on Friday evening - opinions? > > (it's a related topic and after looki

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-01 Thread Judit Foglszinger
> My understanding is that those of us that are staying off-campus aren't > permitted in the dorms, so that may not work out so well. Is that an > incorrect assumption? The policy, they told to me was: You can enter, but someone staying there has to sign you in, and you must give an ID to the guar

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-01 Thread Adrian Knoth
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 04:44:33AM +0200, Judit Foglszinger wrote: > > My understanding is that those of us that are staying off-campus aren't > > permitted in the dorms, so that may not work out so well. Is that an > > incorrect assumption? > The policy, they told to me was: > You can enter, but

[Debconf-discuss] Debconf10 Schedule App for Android

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Prokop
Hi, one developer in my Grml team decided to take the fosdem-android app and adjust it for Debconf10. This means that there's an Android application available to check out the official event schedule. It provides offline support, you can create your own schedule with favourites and get notifcatio

Re: [Debconf-discuss] BoF best practices (Notmuch, Math Software)

2010-08-01 Thread David Bremner
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:37:10 -0400, Jameson Rollins wrote: > > Hey, David. I think the notmuch BoF is "official", right? It's > certainly on the schedule as such. And I thought I already saw a wiki > page for it, but maybe I was mistaken (since I can't find it at the > moment)... Err yes. Th

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf10 Schedule App for Android

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 11:09 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: >http://dc10.spamt.net/ Awesome. Thanks! I had been trying to get Google Calendar to subscribe to the iCal feed, but without success. this is nice to have. -- John > > PS: If you want to see the app in action feel free to ping me in > RL, I'

Re: [Debconf-discuss] GPG Key Management Best Practices BoF

2010-08-01 Thread Jameson Rollins
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:03:36 -0500, Michael Shuler wrote: > I volunteered to add an AdHoc Session and I'm thinking about the time > slot just prior to the main KSP session on Friday evening - opinions? > (it's a related topic and after looking through the rest of the > schedule, I don't wish to s

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf10 Schedule App for Android

2010-08-01 Thread Michael Shuler
Oh thank you! Perfect. John Goerzen wrote: >On 08/01/2010 11:09 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: >>http://dc10.spamt.net/ > >Awesome. Thanks! I had been trying to get Google Calendar to subscribe >to the iCal feed, but without success. this is nice to have. > >-- John > > >> >> PS: If you want

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf10 Schedule App for Android

2010-08-01 Thread John Goerzen
On 08/01/2010 11:09 PM, Michael Prokop wrote: > Hi, > > one developer in my Grml team decided to take the fosdem-android app > and adjust it for Debconf10. This means that there's an Android > application available to check out the official event schedule. Could I add a feature request? I'd like