se, and it's not generally believable that someone needs
two laptops for personal use.
If you're taking them both out of the country again when you leave, there's
probably a way to not have to pay duty on them. If you're planning on
leaving one in the country, you almost certainly h
/? There are plenty of home electronics and other
equipment sold with only two-prong plugs (US style ungrounded), *because*
they need to plug into non-grounded outlets; so yes, a two-prong plug will
work fine in a grounded outlet in Mexico, just as in the US.
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have only 3 people travelling together you can take a sedan taxi instead,
but then you save US$16/person by taking the bus.)
So now you can make an informed decision whether to take the direct route,
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y. Other people should be free to
decide for themselves whether they trust Anibal's signatures, instead of
having to implicitly trust Anibal by trusting my signatures.
So if you don't get a signature from me this year, come to DebConf again
next year and this time don't let
one that was read aloud at the KSP and is the same
one that was pre-filled on the photocopies that were distributed. If your
fingerprint in ksp-dc6.txt is incorrect, or if the checksum of this file
does not match the checksum listed above and on your photocopy, please let
us know.
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si
a foregone conclusion that people at KSPs, including DDs,
will exercise poor keysigning practices, why attend the KSP?
I attend KSPs because I'm comfortable that *I* am still checking IDs and
fingerprints properly for all keys I sign, in spite of the circumstances.
But if the KSP size a
eed people to cut corners in the name of
upping key rankings. I'd much rather be promoting responsible keysigning
practices than worrying about whether my key is the 250th or 249th
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empting to "standardize" them
likely just means fewer KSP participants in the future.
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cover things like
trojaning packages or rooting Debian servers.
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/185.htm suggests that EU
member states should have laws criminalizing such activities as well, though
I don't know the implementation details of any.
That would certainly cove
r_ government
> > ID's when practising his art.
> How is it "cracking" to use Bubba's documents? People who do not know
> and trust Bubba should not accept the ID, period.
Heh, I think you missed the subtext of Manoj's hypothetical, which is that
Bu
ically demote any talks not approved by the speaker
committee to BoF status; so many talk proposals were given BoF slots and
represented as BoFs, with responsibles arriving with the intention of giving
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oking at the proceedings for the first time
as I write this mail, that other papers are definitely more worthwhile, but
either there's a double-standard for paper quality based on the identity of
the speaker, or the standards are so low as to make the paper requirement
itself, and the coupling of p
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 11:08:18AM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> * Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060610 03:37]:
> > I find, looking at the proceedings for the first time
> > as I write this mail, that other papers are definitely more worthwhile,
> can you come up with
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 09:17:10AM +0200, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> * Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060611 00:03]:
> > (Or even,
> > IMHO, in whether they should be given travel sponsorship.)
> there are very few people who got money purely because they were
> presentin
and heck, my country starts with 'U' -- this is
why good browsers allow alphabetic shortcuts in select lists...
Hoping he'll be able to register for DebConf even from Uzbekistan,
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 01:16:53PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> thanks to Steve Langasek debugging the browser failures today we now
> have the Pentabarf site (penta.debconf.org) working fully with epiphany
> and galeon. (And probably others based on same rendering engine, only
>
That doesn't seem to be the question he was asking though, he seems to be
asking to be able to go directly to the hostel instead of having to go to
Teviot first to pay.
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pointer to
> your photos to:
> http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf7/Photos
Done.
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should be googleable as it is a pretty common standard.)
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> > Zealand, you have to bring power adaptors. These *will* be rare stuff at
> > debconf, definitely.
> Btw, one can buy adaptors very cheap in BsAs in the street.
Since I won't have much time on the streets of BBAA, could I pay someone to
pick up such an adapter for me before t
;t a big certainty
> (Wouter just told me that his got cancelled).
So yes, I can confirm that flights are actively being moved around...
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local time in Mar del
> > Plata).
> Noon is 12:00pm. :)
Noon is meridies.
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good set of Argentinian (and some chilean) wines, as well as a good
> assortment of liquors.
If this is the same supermarket that we visited: turn left out of the hotel,
turn left again at the first street (Rivadavia), and walk down about one
block, you'll find the supermarket on your left.
the answer to this? :)
Also, would it be worth posting this info to a wider audience on
debian-devel, rather than just on debconf-discuss?
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the matter?
I think you've sent this to the wrong mailing list. debconf-discuss is a
mailing list for discussions surrounding the annual DebConf conference - it
has nothing to do with package bugs.
For a list of user support mailing lists in Debian, please see
<http://li
ries
either.
(Hmm, will have to make sure to mention in the Portland DC12 bid that Oregon
has no sales tax)
> though certain convenience/food stores include the tax in the price for
> efficiency's sake.
Heh, must be a New York thing.
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gt; the US.]
Well, no, that's "use tax", and I think foreigners who receive the laptop
and carry it out of the country immediately might be exempt. :)
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ter late (after April 15th) will need to pay at least
> the Professional fee (EUR 300).
May I ask why this is? Late planners are already hit with the double
penalty of higher plane ticket prices and ineligibility for sponsorship; is
there some inherent reason that it's less possible to perm
t seems unreasonable to me that late registrants would have to
pay such a sum for registration in addition to paying their own room and
board, when AFAICS the venue costs are largely fixed.
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amp/DebConf split disappointing, because DebCamp
sounds like something I would enjoy a lot but I find it difficult to justify
taking two weeks off for both and I give priority to DebConf due to the
greater attendance. I would be very happy if there were some way to make
DebConf itself more DebCamp-y.
-
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:38:27AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Samstag, 14. März 2009, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > I would be very happy if there were some way to
> > make DebConf itself more DebCamp-y.
> what would more DebCamp-y be? No talks? Half the the people? Anything
ally seem to
be all that much?)
> It might be asking a bit much to expect people to know whether
> a given country actually exists, too. I remember people asking me
> where the Transnational Republic was.
I don't think it's too much to ask that people not sign keys based on
ully (or
we'll assume this is the case if you receive this email at some point before
Friday ;), thanks for the recommendation. :)
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to.
> Warning: Prices are somehow high, but everything is high quality and
> even hand-made by the owner.
> Those wishing to go could join me at the exit of MT at 17:00.
Since you've been there, do you happen to know if they sell high-quality
olive oil? That's one of
r
arrival info and only put your name, it's helpful to know who's going to be
there and short-circuit the n^2 exchanges of "are you going to DebConf?"
that otherwise follow. :)
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nts, socks, and whatever
> it takes to keep you warm. It is not horribly freezing but perhaps
> more chilly than expected.
I'm planning to bring my oven of a laptop and 100 of my closest friends to
help keep the hacklab warm. :)
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ng Dong is a perennial after hours favorite (very new york).
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-ding-dong-lounge-new-york
May I suggest capturing this wealth of information on the debconf.org wiki?
That will be a bit friendlier than directing people to the list archives. :)
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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 02:27:40PM -0400, micah anderson wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:14:31 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > May I suggest capturing this wealth of information on the debconf.org wiki?
> > That will be a bit friendlier than directing people to the list archives
't know.) I believe the ical file you have currently is
/correct/, but it appears gnome clock-applet does not manage to process this
VTIMEZONE data (even though evolution itself does).
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elCoordination/Arrivals>; to
find other people who have already arrived, you can query the 'DCschedule'
bot on the #debconf IRC channel on OFTC; for people who have not yet arrived
(which represents a rapidly diminishing proportion as the week wears on), or
to see a whole list of attendee
Patty has taken care of closing up the frontdesk.
BTW, if anyone sees Vagrant, please send him in Patty's direction, I believe
he still wants us to courier a laptop back to Portland and we're leaving at
5pm sharp today.
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isputed preference, they have no incentive
to give us a better rate because they're assured of having our business
anyway. :)
Skepticism aside, if someone thinks it's worth their time to look into
working with a travel agent to find out what it would cost us and what it
might save u
believed it was appropriate to sponsor,
with money left over. Instead of saving the money for the next conference,
the remainder was spent in much lower-priority areas.)
There's a lot of work to be done to flesh out such a plan, obviously. If
there's support for this in principle, I wou
This is precisely the sort of thing the experienced traveler *does* worry
about in advance. :)
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old
of your phone company's customer service from there, they may be willing and
able to get you the unlock code.
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you can insert compatible debit cards into
> any ATM, regardless of whether the banks or issuers don't match, and they
> only thing that may differ will be the fees.
This is implemented by way of a service such as Maestro (or Cirrus, or Visa
Electron). It works ubiquitously because the
ery deficient).
> At least in Russian most is bridge so chances are good that this part of
> the translation is correct. But my Serbian is worse than my Italian[1]
Green bridge. "South" is... "Jugo", as in the slavia of yesteryear ;)
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by company Pepex, is 31.50KM,
with 2KM (or 1€) for a luggage charge.
Hope that helps!
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Though if there are particular shops that are better
choices for English-only attendees, I guess there may be others on the
mailing list who would be interested in this information too.
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f.org/map.xhtml
> There are plenty of other places where you can buy cheaper clothes,
> souvenirs, rum, or whatever you want nearby UCA (10-15min by car).
So it sounds like there are definitely some options here.
Thanks all for the answers.
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a nice thing to
mention in the announcement.)
If people choose not to attend the day trip, will the venue (and in
particular, the hacklab) be open to them?
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ve filled it out is
another matter.
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slanga..
#x27;ll be leaving at 7pm sharp
from hacklab 1.
Please note the operating frequencies listed on
<http://debconf12.debconf.org/local-information.xhtml#phone-internet>:
although this is an unlimited plan and nominally provides 3G service, my
experience is that my phone will only talk 2G.
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't "promote" this, then.
There will be almost no space available at LeCamp that could be used for
family accomodation. It's best for you to assume it will not be possible to
bring your family to LeCamp.
I don't know what the DC13 team's plans are for communicat
It doesn't make sense to me to make each attendee spend
~8CHF/person on adapters when the problem can probably be solved centrally
for half that.
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r anything about them.
Ah, that's a good price and lets me get them before I leave, so I'm picking
up a pack. Would anybody like me to order additional for them?
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t;These plugs are universal. Point. They work in all the 26 cantons of
> >Switzerland. [0]
> Really the Swiss plugs are so weird: the ISO standard based them for
> standardization (with small change, but only Brazil will use them).
Which puts your plug on an equal footing with Microsof
G that a session isn't
needed? :)
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here" location.
> This is to notify that for the purposes of the group photo, the
> "Elsewhere" location is defined as the soccer field.
Where is that? Is that behind the football pitch?
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look at this proposal - and the questions I had regarding the necessary
interfaces - and discuss how this could be moved forward? In light of the
"debhelper comaintainers" topic earlier in the week, this seems like a good
time for us to put our heads together.
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be interested.
> Cool. Would saturday morning (sometime between 10:30 and lunch) work
> for you, say in bof room 2? (I don't know how to check if that room's
> available though)
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x27;ll be able to make it at this hour on such short notice, but I'll
try.
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Hi Hideki,
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:50:30AM +0200, Hideki Yamane wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:43:36 +0200
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> > - We will be having a raffle this evening. Plat'Home, one of our DebConf
> >sponsors, has generously donated a pair of their
captured it
here:
https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/RequirementsGathering
At the end of the day, we still need to make sure that people who have
registered as vegetarian/vegan have their food preferences respected, which
might still mean waiting until they've eaten before opening th
s allocated for the advanced setup
team on campus at PSU, starting from the evening of the 20th.
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ibute!
Well, also to ensure that the DebConf team no longer has to maintain a
parallel account database. The fact that the signup also sets DebConf
attendees up for contributing to the project is a side benefit...
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On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 02:18:40PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 06 May 2014, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > What would really be nice would be if someone would make another run
> > of the shaped swirl vinyl stickers. I think I last saw these for sale
> > back in ~2006,
just want to be
clear that there's nothing in the approved DebConf14 budget for this, and
unless it can be done very cheaply, it seems unlikely to me that we would
be able to add it in at this late stage of planning.
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funds they were promised have been
distributed to someone else. ;)
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We do need to
send out an announcement with more details so that people can decide / plan,
I'm hoping we'll get this done in the next couple of days.
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(not counting the day trip day)
and run classes in the morning before breakfast.
Details can be found here:
https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/Yoga
It's not the worst thing to do with your time if you're jet lagged and
involuntarily waking up at 5am ;)
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both going up and coming down (note that the entire loop /averages/ a 12%
grade), and I would not attempt it without good hiking shoes/boots. If you
don't know what "good hiking shoes/boots" means, then you are welcome to
check out REI while you're in Portland - they have a stor
nt your head
covered so you don't get a sunburn. This is merely a reminder, to help
people pack appropriately... I don't believe we will actually turn people
away for not wearing hats.
(And in fact, most of this hike is fairly well shaded by the trees. But the
recommendation stands.)
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On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 08:42:09PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Steve Langasek
> > Patty and I have arranged for a local certified yoga instructor to come in
> > to PSU on the weekdays during the conference (not counting the day trip day)
> > and run classes in the mor
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 04:33:08PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> On 2014-08-17 05:00, Steve Langasek wrote:
> >Patty and I have arranged for a local certified yoga instructor to come in
> >to PSU on the weekdays during the conference (not counting the day trip
> >day)
already. :'(
> There was some way I needed to sign up for this "moderately difficult"
> hike, other than clicking the box for attending the day trip? If so, I
> managed to somehow miss that.
http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20140816.061618.4b064f56.en.html
Are you n
ttle time on Google maps
> scoping out some nice locations. :)
I would suggest http://www.lansugarden.org/, but they're not open at 6am. :)
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o make sure we notify
> staff
> > of your arrival.
>
> Ok, my flight arrives at 20:40 from Philadelphia. Maybe I arrive before 22.00,
> but also maybe not, so just in case I tell you in this email.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
>
>
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 09:56:22AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> The mail that PSU seems to be sending out to all attendees says:
> 2. If you are planning to arrive after 10:00pm, you must let us know in
> advance by responding to this e-mail. We want to make sure we notify staff
&g
re arriving before August 25,
things will be open through the weekend, and available free of charge to
anyone staying in the PSU dorms.
http://www.pdx.edu/recreation/
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 08:25:19PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> El 20/08/14 19:36, Steve Langasek escribió:
> >Also, I just noticed that in your mail exchange with them you said you *may*
> >arrive after 10pm. I think it's better to tell them you *will* arrive after
> >
reat if future KSPs could include a print-ready file for this,
or if someone would improve gpgparticipants in the keysigning-party package
to let users do this in a standardized way given the main file.
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ommit to this until we have more of the team on site and we can discuss it.
But as far as PSU's procedures for late-night check-in, yes - it is what it
is, and they're not going to change it for us on the spot. We'll make this
work, I'm sure nobody will have to sleep on the street
residential access only.
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:09:09PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
> So, I want the 6th avenue address for the taxi?
Correct.
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- so
please take advantage of the lovely caffeine. :)
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On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:22:01PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 02:15:18PM -0700, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> >Le samedi, 23 août 2014, 01.56:04 Steve Langasek a écrit :
> >> the DebConf team has arranged a package deal for attendees with a
in knowing
who I can pass my cheese and wine to and when for transport to the C&W
venue. Given that the party is tomorrow already, there's not much time left
in which to organize this. Can our cheesemeisters please explain ASAP when
and where we should deliver these aromatic foodstuffs into
tive statement of the C&W team, it's only my best
guess.)
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d for people to have the option to take a tour of the roof
on Thursday at 9am. The tour will last less than an hour; and
unfortunately, only 30 people can be up there at a time.
If you're interested in this, you should meet in the Broadway ground floor
lobby on Thursday morning.
If you have an early morning departure from the dorms, you might want to
know that there is an after-hours key drop on the 2nd floor of the Broadway
(just outside the main 210 office).
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g my own bag lunch for the day
> trip. Is that correct?
We are bringing enough lunches for everyone attending the day trip. If you
have any special dietary needs that are not documented in summit, you may
want to bring your own lunch anyway, but you don't have to worry about there
not b
n at Debconf?
> > I'd attend it.
> I've created the event in summit and will probably try and schedule
> it for Friday.
> https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/153/running-a-debian-packaging-workshop/
Just to know, are you familiar with the packaging-tutorial pac
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 04:50:18PM -0700, Hideki Yamane wrote:
> For sponsorship, probably we need to sign some papers, right?
> Then, where should I go to do so?
http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20140822.080312.3082e0d6.en.html
Sorry for the suboptimal email title :)
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extensive changes to cope with our current subclassing.)
> Roles are still confusing (and not so much used). We need to improve
> this, so to delegate more.
What other roles are you looking for here?
> And IMHO we disclose too muc
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 01:27:00PM -0700, Matthew Vernon wrote:
> Last Sunday, the Ola Latte cart was open by special arrangement, and
> it was good. Is it going to be open tomorrow, does anyone know?
Yes, it is. The hours I've been told they'll be open are 9am to 1:30pm.
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at 4:45am; if you need to be at the airport earlier than
this, please make appropriate alternate plans. And the goodbye page in
the wiki with transit details is the same as the welcome page:
https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/Welcome#More_details
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