This year, Hurd has got many awesome advances, like Rumpkernel. Maybe, it could be interesting that some developers explain their progress in the work during this year.
El mar, 8 dic 2020 a las 9:43, Martin Decky (<mar...@decky.cz>) escribió: > Microkernel Devroom at FOSDEM 2021 > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > On-line version of this CfP: http://fosdem.microkernel.info/ > > The developers and users of several free and open source > microkernel-based operating systems will meet on-line as part of > FOSDEM 2021 [1] and will share a developer room. The devroom is > currently looking for content in the form of talks and activities > related to the area of microkernel-based, unikernel-based, > component-based operating systems and similar topics. > > The devroom has been preliminarily scheduled to Saturday February 6th > 2021. The devroom will take place during European day hours. > > Possible topics of the devroom include, but are not limited to: > > * introduction of a specific OS or framework > * design of subsystems and the general architecture of an OS > * used languages, tools and toolchains > * enabling support for hardware (architectures, device drivers) > * enabling support for programming languages > * development processes, debugging > * maintenance, testing and release engineering > * security and robustness > * trends and challenges > * community and governance > * use cases, experiences and status updates > * best practices, lessons learned and demos > > This is a call for your participation. We kindly ask you to submit > your proposals no later than on December 26th 2020. Please use the > Pentabarf website [2] to submit your proposals. If you already have > a user account in Pentabarf, please do not create a new one. > > Please make sure to select the Microkernel devroom as the track when > submitting your talk and include at least the following information > in your proposal: > > * title of your talk > * your full name > * short abstract of your talk (one or two paragraphs) > * duration of your talk (at least 20 minutes and no longer than 50 > minutes), excluding a Q&A part > * your short bio > * your photo > > The talks will be pre-recorded in advance in January and streamed > during the event. This means that you will need to complete and > submit your talk by around mid January. However, each speaker should > be also present on-line just after the streaming of the talk for > a live Q&A. You can specify your prefered time slot of your talk. > The communication language of the devroom is English. > > The official devroom schedule (along with the accepted talks) will be > announced on December 31st 2020 on the devroom's mailing list [3] and > the speakers will be notified via e-mail. The schedule will also be > published on the FOSDEM website. > > You are also invited to send any other suggestions for what you want > to see or do at the devroom to the mailing list. > > About the Devroom > > Since the first Microkernel devroom at FOSDEM 2012 [4], this devroom > has been part of each following FOSDEM. The focus gradually widened > to include component-based and unikernel-based operating systems. By > now it has become a somewhat institutionalized tradition for the > community to meet there. To this date, over a dozen projects have > participated in one way or another. Each of the projects face similar > challenges but come up with partially different solutions. Therefore, > the goal of the devroom is to bring the various projects together, > let them exchange ideas, cross-pollinate and socialize. > > Extraordinary Circumstances in 2021 > > Due to the extraordinary mode of organization of FOSDEM 2021 (being > an on-line event for the first time), many practical aspects of the > devroom are still in the process of determination. For example, the > devroom talks will be required to be pre-recorded in January and > streamed during the event (with a live Q&A), but the technical > details are still sketchy at this moment. > > The talk videos will be published under Creative Commons license by > FOSDEM. By submitting a recorded talk, the speaker agrees to have it > made available publicly indefinitively. For organizational purposes, > we also need contact information of the speakers of accepted talks. > > Please check the official CfP page [5] of our devroom regularly. We > will keep updating it as new guidelines will be determined by the > FOSDEM organizers. > > Sadly, it will not be possible to arrange our traditional microkernel > dinner and other in-person social gatherings in Brussels this time. > However, we plan to organize an on-line replacement. The details will > be announced later in January. > > On the other hand, the on-line nature of the devroom allows us to > "overflow" to a second day in case we receive a substatial number of > quality proposals. > > About FOSDEM > > FOSDEM [6] is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the > widespread use of free and open source software. FOSDEM is widely > recognised as one of the best such conferences worldwide. FOSDEM > covers a wide spectrum of free and open source software and hardware > projects and offers a platform for people to collaborate. > > To this end, FOSDEM has set up developer rooms (devrooms) where teams > can meet and showcase their projects. Devrooms are a place for teams > to discuss, hack and publicly present latest directions, lightning > talks, news and proposals. Besides developer rooms, FOSDEM also > offers main tracks, lightning talks, and in the past instances > certification exams and project stands. > > In recent years, FOSDEM has been hosting more than 5000 developers at > the ULB Solbosch campus. Due to the circumstances, FOSDEM 2021 will > be organized as an on-line event. Despite this, the participation in > FOSDEM is still totally free, although the organisers gratefully > accept donations and sponsorship. No registration is necessary, but > attendees are expected to follow the FOSDEM's code of conduct [7]. > > Important Dates Recap > > * 2020-12-26: Deadline for talk proposal submission > * 2020-12-31: Schedule published and speakers notified of acceptance > * mid January 2021: Time frame for talk pre-recoding > * 2021-02-06: Devroom taking place on-line > > Contact > > In case of any questions, comments and suggestions, please do not > hesitate to contact the devroom organizers via the devroom's mailing > list [3]. > > The primary organizers of the devroom in 2021 are: > > * Martin Decky > * Jakub Jermar > > Links > > [1] https://fosdem.org/2021/ > [2] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM21/ > [3] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom > [4] > https://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/microkernel_os_devroom.html > [5] http://fosdem.microkernel.info/ > [6] https://fosdem.org/ > [7] https://fosdem.org/2021/practical/conduct/ > > > >
