Re: Debian/Xen microsprint, Cambridge, 10th September

2018-08-27 Thread Leonard Wallentin
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Den mån 27 aug. 2018 15:51Ian Jackson 
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> Ian Jackson and Hans van Kranenburg will be holding a small meetup to
> work on the Debian Xen packages for buster.  This will take place on
> the 10th of September.  Ian will be hosting it in Cambridge, at the
> Citrix offices [1].
>
> Nothing really formal is arranged.  The agenda is:
>   * Work on the blockers for Xen 4.11 in sid/buster
>   * Work on other bugs
>   * Meet a few of the other Xen folks at Citrix, who may drop in
>
> If you would like to come along, please email me, Ian Jackson, at
> the special address y44...@fyvzl.net, so I know to expect you.
>
> The Citrix office [1] is 4-5km from Cambridge city centre.  (Cambridge
> is best traversed by bike.)  If you would like to stay in a chain
> hotel near the Citrix office, the Orchard Park Travelodge[2] and
> Premier Inn[3] are a 30-min walk or a <10-min cycle.
>
> The nearest train station is Cambridge North, 1.3km from the office
> (15 mins on foot).  That is convenient, although the train service
> there is not very frequent and there are no shops or anything.  If you
> have or want to rent a bike go to Cambridge (Central) instead and
> cycle from there.  Cycle hire is available from Rutland Cycling at
> Cambridge (Central) station [4] and a variety of other places in
> Cambridge.
>
> Ian.
>
> [1] Citrix, 1st floor, Building 101 Cambridge Science Park, CB4 0FY
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28875290
> Entrance is on the N side.
>
> [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/140358724
> [3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/41272790
>
> [4]
> https://www.rutlandcycling.com/pages/rutland-cycling-cambridge-station.aspx
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Re: Bits from the DPL (December 2017)

2017-12-31 Thread Leonard Wallentin
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Den 31 dec. 2017 7:04 em skrev "Chris Lamb" :

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> Dear fellow developers,
>
> I hope you have all had a merry Christmas and are currently enjoying
> seeing in
> the New Year.
>
> Before I head out myself for this evening's festivities, here's a brief
> update
> on what I've been getting up to as your DPL during December 2017:
>
> Finances
> 
>
> I pre-approved, evaluated and/or answered queries on a number of travel,
> conference and general financial enquiries requests this month, including:
>
>  * Further followups to FOSScamp [0] funding.
>
>  * Various DSA [1] expenses, such as a new hard drive and machine
> replacements
>in general.
>
>  * Outreachy internship sponsorships. [2]
>
>  * MiniDebConf 2017 in Toulouse, France expense handling
>
>  * Reproducible builds summit [3] expense administration.
>
>  * A Debian Ports / Rebootstrap reimbursement request.
>
>  * FOSDEM 2018 [4] requests.
>
>  * Treasurer and auditor team [5] sprint funding approval.
>
>  * Video Team Sprint [6] reimbursement admin.
>
> In addition, I:
>
>  * Responded to a request to post Debian merchandise to Mexico.
>
>  * Fielded initial enquiries or feelers regarding a potential MiniConf
>in India.
>
>  * Participated in a discussion about being lent hardware, re. taxes/import
>duties etc.
>
>  * Responded to donation from Tuxis Internet Engineering [7].
>
>
>  [0] https://fosscamp.cc/
>  [1] https://dsa.debian.org/
>  [2] https://www.outreachy.org/
>  [3] https://reproducible-builds.org/events/berlin2017/
>  [4] https://fosdem.org/2018/
>  [5] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Treasurer
>  [6] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2017/
> MiniDebConfCambridge/Videoteam
>  [7] https://www.tuxis.nl/
>
>
> Events
> ==
>
> Winter in Europe can be grey and boring, and FOSDEM is too short to
> satisfy our
> need to meet Debian people, so isn't this a good time to spend near the
> Italian
> lakes where the weather is dry and relatively warm? If you are tempted,
> please
> see the SunCamp 2018 wiki page [8].
>
> In addition, registration and a call for speakers for a MiniDebConf in
> Curitiba
> [9] has been announced [10]. The 2018 edition will happen at the main
> Campus of
> The Federal Technological University of Technology of Paraná (UTFPR
> Curitiba),
> between April 11th and 14th 2018.
>
> Two people claimed the small token of appreciation if they managed to
> attend
> both MiniDebConfs that took place during November (in Toulouse [11] and
> Cambridge [12] respectfully) which I sent out during the month.
>
> On the topic of events, I also sent a number of followups after Debian was
> represented at the SFLC 2017 Annual Conference [13] at Columbia Law School.
>
> Lastly, I sent a number of follow-ups ensuring people posted updates to
> Planet
> Debian [14] if they attended a conference using Debian funds.
>
>
>  [8] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/it/2018/SnowCamp
>  [9] https://minidebconf.curitiba.br/en/
>  [10] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/12/msg2.html
>  [11] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/fr/2017/Toulouse
>  [12] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2017/MiniDebConfCambridge
>  [13] https://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2017/conference/
>  [14] https://planet.debian.org/
>
>
> BSP Reimbursements
> ==
>
> The Debian Project is willing and able to reimburse up to USD 100 (or
> equivalent in your currency) for accommodation/travel expenses to attend
> Bug
> Squashing Parties (BSP) [15]. If there are no BSPs near to you (see [16]),
> please do help organise one!
>
> Reimbursement requests must meet the following conditions:
>
>  * The requester should agree to communicate about their activities
>during the BSP (in blog post or similar). The goal here being to
>increase the visibility of such work.
>
>  * The requester must be a Debian contributor or have demonstrated an
>ability to contribute to that kind of work.
>
>  [15] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL/Reimbursement
>  [16] https://wiki.debian.org/BSPPlanning
>
>
> Other
> =
>
> In addition to the above, I spent time on:
>
>  * Connecting Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) [17] with the
> Manifest.fm
>package management podcast [18].
>
>  * Engaging in further issues / conversations in the area of
> anti-harrassment.
>
>  * Moderating and contributing to the /r/debian subreddit [19].
>
>  * Responding to queries regarding a potential new Technical Committee
> member.
>
>  * Redirecting more private support queries sent to the `leader@` alias
> to more
>suitable venues. I also fielded even more requests to remove emails
> from our
>bug tracking system.
>
>  * Enquiring why a particular developer does not providing attribution
>for patches.
>
>  * Responding to leader feedback as requested in my previous emails.
> Thanks to
>all who responded to this!
>
>  * Yet more administrative work on Debian