Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf's furry friends

2016-04-03 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 31/03/16 03:00, Steve Langasek wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 09:10:27PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote: >>> DebConf14 had a near miss with a bear: >> >>> http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/06/black_bear_found_in_ne_portl

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian wine, again?

2016-04-03 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Hideki I think beer would be a better bet :) I say this tongue in cheek as my personal preference is beer, but I do have two other reasons for saying this: 1. I don't know any winemakers in SA who are passionate about Debian or open source generally, mainly because I don't know winemakers. But

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Money matters and air travel queries - 1 -2 stops and being in South Africa morning or afternoon.

2016-05-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi shirish, all Thanks for working this into a wiki. > If time is not a BIG issue, land at Johannesburg & take train to Cape > Town. Very cheap deal. [I evaluated this option for me virtually ;-) ] > Yeah it's approximately 1300 kilometers 1 way journey, but that's > again if you have time & int

[Debconf-discuss] Debian Open Weekend: 2 - 3 July 2016, Cape Town

2016-05-06 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Please add your thoughts, ideas, suggestions to the wiki page, or on this thread, regardless of if you plan to attend or not. https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/DebianDayMessy We will start finalising things by next week (around 13 May), so general major bikeshedding only until then, ple

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

2016-06-01 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > Hello, > > On 1 June 2016 at 16:47, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> 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 p

Re: [Debconf-discuss] hardware which runs Debian or a blend or a sub-set, debian blends, gaming on open day/week-end.

2016-06-01 Thread Bernelle Verster
hi On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Keerthana Krishnan wrote: > Wow, that sounds like a great idea if done! It showcases the versatility of > Debian beautifully, but is it possible to pull it together? I would like to try. :) I know nothing of any of this though (I'm a Debian and IT noob), so the

Re: [Debconf-discuss] hardware which runs Debian or a blend or a sub-set, debian blends, gaming on open day/week-end.

2016-06-02 Thread Bernelle Verster
thanks Shirish On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > at bottom :- > > On 02/06/2016, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> hi >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Keerthana Krishnan >> wrote: >>> Wow, that sounds like a great idea if done! It s

Re: [Debconf-discuss] FYI: Terror warning for Cape Town

2016-06-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Wookey wrote: > On 2016-06-05 18:07 +, shirish शिरीष wrote: >> On 05/06/2016, shirish शिरीष wrote: >> >> >> >> > see >> > http://www.statista.com/statistics/193533/growth-of-global-air-traffic-passenger-demand/ > > Whilst this is a good thing from the POV of

[Debconf-discuss] Posters at DebConf16

2016-06-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all We hope to display some Debian posters at DebConf, this is not dependent on your actual attendance! More info, and to list your poster for inclusion: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/DebianDay/Posters Please feel free to add suggestions, comments by replying to me directly or addin

Re: [Debconf-discuss] hardware which runs Debian or a blend or a sub-set, debian blends, gaming on open day/week-end.

2016-06-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I wrote up this thread into the wiki, please edit, add, remove as you wish. This is for something open hardware /embedded systems related at the Open Weekend at DebConf16. Whatever you want to happen, put it on the wiki, and I'll try to make it happen. :) https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Deb

[Debconf-discuss] DebConf16 Merch, especially stickers

2016-06-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all I am trying to organise some stickers for sale/giveaway during DebConf. I'm not too bothered about you bringing stickers and sorting yourself out, but I would love to have a few swirls at least, for sale (to cover cost of printing). It may be nice to have a record of them for attendees, bu

Re: [Debconf-discuss] clothes, dress code for debconf

2016-06-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi shirish On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 10:58 AM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > I have made a link for clothing in debconf in logistics. I tried to > figure out if there was something in either the debconf-discuss or > debconf-team archives but was only able to dig out past threads, > nothing abo

Re: [Debconf-discuss] clothes, dress code for debconf

2016-06-11 Thread Bernelle Verster
Thanks cate On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > >> On 11 Jun 2016, at 12:36, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> >> Hi shirish >> >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 10:58 AM, shirish शिरीष >> wrote: >>> >>> Can somebody share s

Re: [Debconf-discuss] status of the showmebox initiative ?

2016-06-13 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Shirish On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:04 PM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > Just wanted to know the what is the status quo of the showmebox > initiative that Bernelle had. Has there been any participation either > locally or internationally for the showmebox initiative or has this > been defe

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Water supply at the venue

2016-06-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Sven On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Sven Bartscher wrote: > Greetings, > > I remember reading that tap water is not generally drinkable in South > Africa (unfortunately I don't remember where). Water is drinkable in the towns and metropolitan areas, regardless of what some people may tel

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

2016-06-14 Thread Bernelle Verster
hi On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 08:21:36AM +, Holger Levsen wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:29:51PM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >> > [0] https://people.debian.org/~anibal/ksp-dc16/ksp-dc16.html >> >> I'd probably partici

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

2016-06-15 Thread Bernelle Verster
hi On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Wed, 2016-06-15 12:08:01 +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: >>> only the hash of the document containing all the fingerprints >>> will be read aloud (ideally by everyone reading a single number >>> (*) of the hash), not everyones

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Hepatitis A" vaccination recommendation was Re: Water supply at the venue

2016-06-15 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:05 PM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > at bottom :- > > On 14/06/2016, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > >> Just to add: A "Hepatitis A" vaccination is recommended for South >> African cities (at least in Germany it's recommended). It has a >> tendency to spread with water. >> >> -- >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

2016-06-22 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Carter wrote: > Hey Wouter > > On 01/06/2016 17:47, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> >> 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 t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

2016-06-22 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Lucas On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 22/06/16 at 16:32 +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote: >> Hi all >> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Carter wrote: >> > Hey Wouter >> > >> > On 01/06/2016 17:47, Wouter Ve

[Debconf-discuss] Food places in CT [Was: Re: [Debconf-team] volunteering for the debconf by non-locals - queries.]

2016-06-22 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > shirish शिरीष dijo [Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 06:30:36PM +]: >> (...) >> There is another way I would like to help in case I'm part of the >> debconf (this time purely selfish >> reasons). I do remember reading that some teams also do some so

[Debconf-discuss] 5km parkrun: Saturday morning 8:00am

2016-06-24 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Graham (ginggs) and myself (indiebio) and my two dogs are avid parkrunners. We are going to the Greenpoint parkrun tomorrow, and will have space for about 4 more people to join by car (we're both taking cars, for this purpose). We will leave Fuller at around 7:35am. We are very slow (about 42

Re: [Debconf-discuss] 5km parkrun: Saturday morning 8:00am

2016-06-24 Thread Bernelle Verster
hi On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Eugene Zhukov wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Bernelle Verster > wrote: >> Hi >> >> Graham (ginggs) and myself (indiebio) and my two dogs are avid >> parkrunners. We are going to the Greenpoint parkrun tomorrow, and

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Open Weekend: 2 - 3 July 2016, Cape Town

2016-06-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all The Open weekend is getting more structure. It is now called the Open Festival :) https://debconf16.debconf.org/open-festival/ On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Bernelle Verster writes: > >> Please add your thoughts, ideas, suggestions to the wiki

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Tennis courts

2016-06-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > 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 >>

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Laptop to give away @dc16: HP 630

2016-06-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 2:26 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > Hey, > > I have a HP 630 notebook to give away. If someone wants to put it to > good use to further Free Software, it's yours. > > http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-630-15-6-p-p6200-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-4-gb-ram-320-gb-hdd-series

[Debconf-discuss] Discuss: where do you draw the line of "Open" in open hardware?

2016-06-27 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all If you are interested in open hardware, please indulge me. The context: On our trip to the Honingklip brewery, Andy and I got talking about open hardware, a big mutual passion. The conversation continued all through the trip. I would like to write this up as a blogpost, and a draft is copi

[Debconf-discuss] Hiking Wednesday

2016-06-28 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi There's much talk of hiking going on, it's likely there's groups going today, tomorrow, various times, routes, lengths... This email is about only one of those groups... If you're keen for a fairly relaxed (apart from the first half an hour of straight uphill) walk with dogs tomorrow morning,

[Debconf-discuss] One bicycle, no lock, free to use for DebConfers

2016-06-28 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi I've brought my bike to DebConf for some reason. If you wish to use it, please let me know. It's old and not had a service in a while, and I don't know where my lock is, but it's available. Cheers B ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@l

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Hiking Wednesday

2016-06-29 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi > > There's much talk of hiking going on, it's likely there's groups going > today, tomorrow, various times, routes, lengths... This email is about > only one of those groups... > > If you

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DoubleTree Shuttle vs. a cab & Doubletree taxi-pooling plans?

2016-06-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Bradley On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote: > Due to personal scheduling, I'm arriving a bit late to DebConf, on late > Monday night (2016-07-04). > > I'm staying at the DoubleTree, so I'm writing for two pieces of > advice/info: > > * The DoubleTree has a shuttle from th

Re: [Debconf-discuss] 5km parkrun: Saturday morning 8:00am

2016-06-30 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > hi > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Eugene Zhukov wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Bernelle Verster >> wrote: >>> Hi >>> We will leave Fuller at around 7:35am. >>> &

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] iThemba Labs Tour

2016-07-01 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi all Now confirmed: Expect one 40 seater bus to arrive at UCT Club (lunch venue). Departing around 1pm. Cost: R120 per person, to be paid to Graham Inggs (or his minions). On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote: > Hi Jonathan (2016.06.29_14:37:02_+0200) >> == iThemba Labs To

Re: [Debconf-discuss] France vs Iceland : Euro cup

2016-07-03 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 3:46 AM, Zlatan Todoric wrote: > > > On 07/03/2016 01:59 AM, Julien Fortin wrote: >> Where can we watch the game tomorrow night? Sunday 9PM >> >> Is the organization planning on a live stream or something like that? > > UCT Pub, live streaming at 9pm and as Icelander fan I a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Important Day Trip announcements for 2016-07-06

2016-07-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Solveig wrote: > >> * Fairie Glen (Safari, R1150) departs at 7:00 >> * Cape Point (R) departs at 10:00 >> * Table Mountain to Seal Island. Departs at: 7:30am. > >> == Lunch Bag == >> >> You can fetch your lunch pack at breakfast, it will be on a table. > > From S

[Debconf-discuss] NOTE: All busses for day trip leaves from the pub.

2016-07-05 Thread Bernelle Verster
Due to the size of the busses, they cannot pick up in front of Fuller. Please meet at the UCT Pub where DebCamp meals were, where the good beer is, and the same place where the trip to iThemba labs went. ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@l

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Anybody attending DebConf16 and coming to Madrid afterwards?

2016-07-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi Alberto On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:43 PM, alberto fuentes wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Laura Arjona Reina > wrote: >> >> Hi >> If you are attending DebConf16 and plan to come to Madrid afterwards (no >> matter if it's some months later), please ping me. I would be very happy if >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Packaging tutorial - newcomers welcome! 14:00, Friday, Menzies 11

2016-07-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
Hi On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > (ADVERTISEMENT: This message brought to you by the how-can-i-help package! > Try it today to find out how YOU can help Debian!) > > This event is a self-driven packaging tutorial. Attendees of all backgrounds > are welcome. You will work

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Packaging tutorial - newcomers welcome! 14:00, Friday, Menzies 11

2016-07-07 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:57 PM, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:43:36 +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Asheesh Laroia >> wrote: >> > This event is a self-driven packaging tutorial. Attendees of all >> > ba

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Bdale Garbee's 'what is Debian' is not recorded in Debconf videos ?

2016-07-26 Thread Bernelle Verster
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:01 PM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Hi all, > > I was looking at the schedule https://debconf16.debconf.org/schedule/ > > and in that I saw Bdale Garbee's talk on 3rd july which was on menzies > 9 but I don't see his talk in the videos shared at > http://meetings-archive.debian