Re: [Debconf-team] Bug#776982: Bug#776982: Request for summit.debconf.org pseudo-package

2015-02-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 03 Feb 2015, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > > 1) name of the psuedopackage > > > > Presumably, that's "summit.debconf.org" in this case. > > Correct. > > > 2) a short description of wh

[Debconf-team] Bug#776982: Request for summit.debconf.org pseudo-package

2015-02-03 Thread Don Armstrong
ckage in the archive. [Given the name chosen, that seems fine.] -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com What I can't stand is the feeling that my brain is leaving me for someone more interesting. ___ Debconf-team mailing lis

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored meal projections?

2014-08-13 Thread Don Armstrong
nevitably make people > to miss the dinner times). Rogue has a hall right next to PSU, and Full Sail is less than 3km away. Not to mention numerous sports bars and other establishments... -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com "People selling drug paraphernalia

Re: [Debconf-team] Bug#720996: Bug#720996: please create debconf-kids@lists.d.o

2013-08-28 Thread Don Armstrong
still subscribe, and privately archive the messages. We shouldn't give parents a false sense of security. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com The attackers hadn't simply robbed the bank. They had carried off everything portable, including the sec

Re: [Debconf-team] Next DebConf11 IRC Meeting on Nov. 12 19:00 GMT+1

2010-11-11 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Adnan Hodzic wrote: > Since couple of you already asked me about "GMT +1" what I meant is > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT_%2B1 Or if you're still confused, you can just run date -d @1289584800 Don Armstrong (Who votes for always giving times in u

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] About BoF scheduled not on time

2010-07-13 Thread Don Armstrong
now I've been involved in some impromptu uses of a conference room at Debconf to discuss something which wasn't properly scheduled.] Don Armstrong -- Vimes hated and despised the privileges of rank, but they had this to be said for them: At least they meant that you could hate and despi

Re: [Debconf-team] talks team reportback (and block on meeting results)

2010-06-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 09 Jun 2010, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > IIRC we _had_ implemented this idea for DC5 or DC6 (which ran using > a different CMS - One written by me, and scratched since. Don > Armstrong made the subsystem for voting for talks. But no, it's not > adapted for Penta... and I doub

Re: [Debconf-team] Importing TK servers, does it worth it?

2008-05-23 Thread Don Armstrong
gentina, but there may be customs exemptions/refunds for goods that will be transported back out of the country at the end. Has anyone examined these details? Don Armstrong -- Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great w

Re: [Debconf-team] Andreas Schuldei resigned - Restructure of the DebConf Team

2006-07-11 Thread Don Armstrong
, I'd prefer to do so in a behind the scenes role as I've done in the past two years (so I can be lazy and not get blamed. ;-)) Don Armstrong -- Where I sleep at night, is this important compared to what I read during the day? What do you think defines me? Where I slept or what I did a

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: [Debconf-announce] Debconf Talk, Workshop, and BoF Schedule

2006-05-03 Thread Don Armstrong
and Directions; Packard, Keith (78) > I just registered a BoF for X.org status and plans; again, I can do that > anytime between 16 may am and 20 may evening. Thu 18 10:05 Parlimentary Tower [150-0] 3710:50 X.org status and plans; Packard, Keith (0) Don Armstrong -- My spellin

[Debconf-team] Debconf Talk, Workshop, and BoF Schedule

2006-05-02 Thread Don Armstrong
and get me involuntarily committed. Don Armstrong -- LEADERSHIP -- A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with autodestructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own. -- The HipCrime Vocab

Re: [Debconf-team] Talk/Workshop Schedule [First Try]

2006-05-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 01 May 2006, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > Just to be sure, it won't get lost in the nirvana of irc: > > * Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060501 06:33]: > > Attached is the first Talk/Workshop schedule; Assuming people have > > specified their arrival/depa

[Debconf-team] Talk/Workshop Schedule [First Try]

2006-04-30 Thread Don Armstrong
d your BoF to comas, I'll consider slot requests for them after wednesday, assuming the academic committee agrees.] Finally, if there are any questions or concerns about the schedule, please let me know. Don Armstrong -- "Ban cryptography! Yes. Let's also ban pencils, pens and pap

Re: [Debconf-team] First stab at the Overall Talk/Workshop/Bof/Lunch/Dinner schedule

2006-04-28 Thread Don Armstrong
eduling these first come first served; those that manage to give this information to us early enough will have it included in the official schedule; the late commers can fill in the information on the wiki and have it announced by the scheduling bot in the debconf irc channel. Don Armstrong -- This

[Debconf-team] First stab at the Overall Talk/Workshop/Bof/Lunch/Dinner schedule

2006-04-23 Thread Don Armstrong
staurant is open; if someone could correct me if I've guessed wrongly, that would be ideal.] Don Armstrong -- Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. -- Richard Feynman http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu #

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: questions for the local team: talks and bofs

2006-04-17 Thread Don Armstrong
these rooms. The last bit I need is for someone to remind me of what times meals are going to be at, so I can cook up the timeslots themselves. Don Armstrong -- "People selling drug paraphernalia ... are as much a part of drug trafficking as silencers are a part of criminal homicide.

Re: [Debconf-team] procedings

2006-04-12 Thread Don Armstrong
> talks, but not to workshops or round tables? Yeah, I don't remember getting one for the GPLv3 round table either. [I of course knew that there was a paper; I just forgot to send the information off to anyone. ;-)] Don Armstrong -- It seems intuitively obvious to me, which means th

Re: [Debconf-team] (no subject)

2006-04-09 Thread Don Armstrong
ts will need to be extra careful; even foods that are prepared in the presence of nuts can cause an onset of a serious allergic reaction. [They should be carrying epinephrine or whatever their doctor has advised them to take in case they accidentally injest some.] Don Armstrong 1: Cardiac arre

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: [Debconf-announce] Please reconfirm your attandance

2006-04-01 Thread Don Armstrong
s who cannot attend because they're speaking at the same time. [Obviously, the algorithm keeps two speakers from speaking at the same time.] Don Armstrong -- Grimble left his mother in the food store and went to the launderette and watched the clothes go round. It was a bit like colo

[Debconf-team] Re: [Debconf-announce] Please reconfirm your attandance

2006-03-31 Thread Don Armstrong
can attend the lectures and > meetings they are interested in. If voting is not open yet when you > read this, you can come back later. This is now working, at least for the accepted talks; the sorting is still suboptimal, but I should have that fixed shortly. Don Armstrong -- "There a

Re: [Debconf-team] budget woes

2006-03-30 Thread Don Armstrong
llery.donarmstrong.com/2005/07_july/022_aschwin_forces_safir_to_eat_while_andreas_looks_on_20050717.jpg has a graphic example of how many people did not eat breakfast... Don Armstrong -- An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p244

Re: [Debconf-team] Re: Infrastructure Meeting minutes

2006-02-02 Thread Don Armstrong
o it does not weight 0.5 tons (500Kg), just 26Kg. Or maybe a ton in > Mexico is something else :) In the US, cooling capacity is given in the cooling you get from a ton of ice melting in one 24 hour period; one ton is about 12000 BTU, or ~3.5kW for those not stuck in non-SI lands. Don Armstrong