Debconf in Porto Alegre (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-08-05 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 07:37:29PM +, Michelle Ribeiro wrote: > Em 30 Jul 2003 15:09:51 -0400 > Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > > I've been waiting for them to speak up as they have said they > > would. I am in favour of holding Debconf 4 in South America, but > > will organise it i

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-03 Thread Joel Baker
On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 08:05:01AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Joel Baker wrote: > > > Diesel locomotives are a giant diesel generator hooked up to electric > > traction motors, running through the switchbox at something like 600v > > (I haven't read the specs in a while, this might be of

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-03 Thread Andreas Metzler
Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Riku Voipio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> Trains (atleast the newer ones in finland) have electric sockets, > > This is still quite rare. For instance, in french trains (TGV and > "Teoz", formerly known as "Corail"ie Intercity trains), electri

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-03 Thread Andreas Barth
* Matthias Urlichs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030803 08:35]: > A few years ago in Germany there was a huge stink raised by the > environmentalists (rightly so, IMHO) because the mid-range trains running > on nonelectrified trains sometimes ran with two Diesel locomotives so that > the coffee machines in

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-03 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joel Baker wrote: > Diesel locomotives are a giant diesel generator hooked up to electric > traction motors, running through the switchbox at something like 600v > (I haven't read the specs in a while, this might be off - but it's high > enough to warrant being really careful around). Don't ev

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-03 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 21:31, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > You are aware that due to the high heat we had in france this early > > summer, lot of train going to the south of france did blew a fuse or > > something because of the climatisation or something such, and thus where > >

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-02 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Sven Luther wrote: > You are aware that due to the high heat we had in france this early > summer, lot of train going to the south of france did blew a fuse or > something because of the climatisation or something such, and thus where > delayed various hours (until the time became cooler, the clima

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:34:10AM -0600, Joel Baker wrote: > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > > > > Yes. a debcamp of users would probably blow some fuse :) > > Speaking as someone who's held an FRA (US Federal Railroad Administration) > crew and fireman cert - it's

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Joel Baker
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > > Yes. a debcamp of users would probably blow some fuse :) Speaking as someone who's held an FRA (US Federal Railroad Administration) crew and fireman cert - it's unlikely, unless you do something that would overload a normal house ci

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Keith Dunwoody
Riku Voipio wrote: On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:32:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: This is still quite rare. For instance, in french trains (TGV and "Teoz", formerly known as "Corail"ie Intercity trains), electric wires are only available in the most recent coaches and only in 1st class usua

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:06:48PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > A quick grep on bahn.de says that ICE-T trains (presumably the most ~ > expensive ones..) have power sockets for every seat. Anyone with > experience on german/austrian railroad? > > > So, IMHO,

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Riku Voipio
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:32:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > This is still quite rare. For instance, in french trains (TGV and > "Teoz", formerly known as "Corail"ie Intercity trains), electric > wires are only available in the most recent coaches and only in 1st > class usually. > Fr

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Martin List-Petersen
Citat Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting Riku Voipio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Trains (atleast the newer ones in finland) have electric sockets, > > > > This is still quite rare. For instance, in french trains (TGV and > "Teoz", formerly known as "Corail"ie Intercity trains)

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.08.01.0846 +0200]: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 03:24:22PM +0200, Martin List-Petersen wrote: > > Citat Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:48:01AM +020

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Riku Voipio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Trains (atleast the newer ones in finland) have electric sockets, This is still quite rare. For instance, in french trains (TGV and "Teoz", formerly known as "Corail"ie Intercity trains), electric wires are only available in the most recent coaches

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 03:24:22PM +0200, Martin List-Petersen wrote: > Citat Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:48:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Be

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:15:43PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Jonathan Walther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > 4 hours to get somewhere is just an enjoyable Sunday drive. > > Not on german Autobhanen... :-). And especially if this happens during > the week. But it will be on sunday lat

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Joerg Wendland
Fabio Massimo Di Nitto, on 2003-07-31, 21:04, you wrote: > nice to start together. If you force overlapping days than you force > people to choose something when there is no reason to and noone can be in > two places at the same time ;) Did Joey still not manage to implement fork(2)? SCNR, Joerg

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:29:27AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > > > > Some of us do not want/cannot go to linuxtag, but we could be in vienna > > > already friday evening or saturday morning. > > > > Please no. Do not schedule overlapping e

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Martin List-Petersen dijo [Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 08:02:05AM +0200]: > Actually the bustour from Stockholm to Copenhagen is 8 hours and it is cheaper > than any low price airline (38 EUR, if you are max. 25, it's actually 31 EUR). > It's about 670 km. > > I know of no low cost airline that can match

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Martin List-Petersen
Citat Riku Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:25:24AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:44:26AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > But trains would be much more expensive, i think, than a common (full) > > > bus. > > > Probably yes. Of course it depe

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Martin List-Petersen
Citat Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:48:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:08AM +0200, Amaya wro

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Riku Voipio
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:25:24AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:44:26AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > But trains would be much more expensive, i think, than a common (full) > > bus. > Probably yes. Of course it depends on your preference, and what you can > afford. Tra

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Jonathan Walther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 4 hours to get somewhere is just an enjoyable Sunday drive. Not on german Autobhanen... :-). And especially if this happens during the week.

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Nick Bannon
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:52:51PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: > You haven't lived in North America, have you. An 8 hour drive is easy. > I can't even get into the next province in 8 hours; it takes 16 hours. [...] Yeah, we've got cars like that too. Nick. (from Perth, Western Australia, "the

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Sven Luther wrote: > But trains would be much more expensive, i think, than a common (full) > bus. Sure, if you compare everybody-pays-for-their-own-train-ticket with everybody-pays-their-share-of-a-bus. I expect the train fare to be somewhat more competitive if you get a group ticket. --

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Martin Schulze [Thu, Jul 31 2003, 08:26:53AM]: > WhereverHeim... *lol* > > > Sunday evening : folks travel to Debcamp in Vienna, Austria > > Monday-Friday : Debcamp > > Saturday, Sunday : Debconf > > Sounds good. Now LinuxTag manages to be at the end of the uni semester > and Debcamp

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Andreas Barth
* Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030731 11:20]: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > There is also a direct night train, takes 9:30 hours. Just look at > > http://www.bahn.de. > But trains would be much more expensive, i think, than a common (full) > bus. Prices

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Oliver Kurth
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:44:26AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:48:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:22:34AM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:48:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:08AM +0200, Amaya wrote: > > > > Martin List-Petersen dijo: > > > > >

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Oliver Kurth
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:48:01AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:08AM +0200, Amaya wrote: > > > Martin List-Petersen dijo: > > > > Something like that sounds sane. It gives even the possibility > > > >

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Jesus Climent
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:29:27AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > > Some of us do not want/cannot go to linuxtag, but we could be in vienna > > already friday evening or saturday morning. > > Please no. Do not schedule overlapping events. People interested in both > than will be in tro

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Jesus Climent
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:18:34AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Sven Luther > > It was very nice to have a few guinea pigs to test the organization > with at this year's Debcamp, since making changes when you have a few > people is a lot less work than making changes with 50-60 people. This

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:08AM +0200, Amaya wrote: > > Martin List-Petersen dijo: > > > Something like that sounds sane. It gives even the possibility > > > organising a "shuttle"-bus or something likewise from LinuxTag to > > >

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Josip Rodin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Please, let's decide based on facts rather than some hopelessly obsolete > sympathy for the so-called Eastern Europe(TM). Loooks like I've hit some sensitive point here, which I'm really sorry for. I probably shouldn't have specifically mentioned so-call

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Sven Luther [...] | What is the problem with that ? This is exactly the way the | debcamp/debconf in Oslo was scheduled. Debcamp is a somewhat informal | thing, and it is no problem that some people already get there on friday | evening, those that don't want/cant/wahetver attend LinuxTag. I

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 06:29:27AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Jesus Climent wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:22:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > Quoting Karsten Merker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > Anyway, that could give the following schedule 

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Martin Schulze
Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Yes, that's what I thought about initially, too. Joey? When does > LT 2k5 happen to be? ,) If I only knew... Pester me when you need to know the date. It's not yet decided but several dates are under discussion already. Regards, Joey -- In the beginning was

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Martin Schulze
Christian Perrier wrote: > > > But close to it would be a good idea also. Dunno whether LinuxTag > > > happens on a week-end or during the week, but it would be ideal to > > > have Debconf one week after LinuxTag (so that people attending LT > > > could come at DebCamp in the between). > > > > Lin

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Martin List-Petersen
Regards, Martin List-Petersen martin at list-petersen dot dk -- The surest protection against temptation is cowardice. -- Mark Twain Citat Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > >> That sound so appealing that

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: That sound so appealing that I would even consider also attendig LinuxTag :-) Keep in mind, this is 730km and will take up to 8-12h Wien is not exactly close to western europe. You haven't lived in North America, have you. An 8 hour

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:22:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Quoting Karsten Merker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Anyway, that could give the following schedule : > > > > Thursday-Sunday : LinuxTag at WhereverHeim, Germany > > Sunday evening : f

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Artur R. Czechowski
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:29:06AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:08AM +0200, Amaya wrote: > > Martin List-Petersen dijo: > > > Something like that sounds sane. It gives even the possibility > > > organising a "shuttle"-bus or something likewise from LinuxTag to > > >

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:08AM +0200, Amaya wrote: > Martin List-Petersen dijo: > > Something like that sounds sane. It gives even the possibility > > organising a "shuttle"-bus or something likewise from LinuxTag to > > Vienna > > That sound so appealing that I would even consider also attend

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Amaya
Martin List-Petersen dijo: > Something like that sounds sane. It gives even the possibility > organising a "shuttle"-bus or something likewise from LinuxTag to > Vienna That sound so appealing that I would even consider also attendig LinuxTag :-) -- .''`.A woman must be a cute, cuddly, naiv

Re: DebConf in Vancouver (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-07-30 Thread Michelle Ribeiro
Em 30 Jul 2003 15:09:51 -0400 Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > I've been waiting for them to speak up as they have said they would. I > am in favour of holding Debconf 4 in South America, but will organise it > in Vancouver if necessary. Yeah, we would like to host the next Debconf in Bra

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Steve Langasek dijo [Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:22:44AM -0500]: > Yes, Tijuana is a notorious destination for US college students seeking > to evade certain legal prohibitions in this country, chosen for its > proximity to the border. Not a serious suggestion :) -- I'd much prefer > the conference to

Re: DebConf in Vancouver (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Drew
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 14:54, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > On that note i heard from people in south america (with quite a > bit of local and national support) who wanted to hold next years > debconf/camp. This might be a good time for them to make their > preliminary plans heard. I've been waiting fo

Re: DebConf in Vancouver (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-07-30 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Joe Drew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030730 16:22]: > On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 22:09, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > > > > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. > > > > That would be excellent. Who is organizing it? > > Me

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 09:22, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Karsten Merker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > But close to it would be a good idea also. Dunno whether LinuxTag > > > happens on a week-end or during the week, but it would be ideal to > > > have Debconf one week after LinuxTag (so that

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:36:15PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > > I have coordinated some Free Software conferences in Mexico, and I know > > > I can easily get some universities to host us. Mexico is quite a cheap > > > country, so that would be a very good point for us. > > Oh, by the sounds o

Re: DebConf in Vancouver (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-07-30 Thread Joe Drew
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 22:09, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. > > That would be excellent. Who is organizing it? Me, if it ends up happening in Vancouver.

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Gerfried Fuchs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Which brings me to one point: My wife plans to do handling of children > during the stay. She is about to start studying paedagogy and had one > test for her A-levels in paedagogy too, so I am quite confident that she > will do the right thing[tm].

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Jesus Climent
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:22:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Karsten Merker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Anyway, that could give the following schedule : > > Thursday-Sunday : LinuxTag at WhereverHeim, Germany > Sunday evening : folks travel to Debcamp in Vienna, Austria > Monday-Frid

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:22:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Anyway, that could give the following schedule : > > Thursday-Sunday : LinuxTag at WhereverHeim, Germany > Sunday evening : folks travel to Debcamp in Vienna, Austria > Monday-Friday : Debcamp > Saturday, Sunday : Debconf Just m

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:50:20PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: > >Please, let's decide based on facts rather than some hopelessly obsolete > >sympathy for the so-called Eastern Europe(TM). > > What sympathy? The Slavic nations should form their own union, and > Canada, the USA, Australia, and

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Karsten Merker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > But close to it would be a good idea also. Dunno whether LinuxTag > > happens on a week-end or during the week, but it would be ideal to > > have Debconf one week after LinuxTag (so that people attending LT > > could come at DebCamp in the between).

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-29 17:37]: > Quoting Sebastian D.B. Krause ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> > July in Vienna! More power to you! >> >> Well, but then try not to be on the same date as LinuxTag 2005. :) If you would have read the paragraph that was quoted you would have s

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-30 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 10:23:16PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Cheap hotels, cheap booze, cheap food, and cheap whores. :-) More or less like here... In fact, if you look hard enough, maybe you can get them cheaper here ;-) Two questions; where is "here" for you, and when is the debconf happening in

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Cardenas wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Some people were talking me into proposing Mexico for a future > > Debconf, but I don't think it would be that good an idea until we > > had some more developers in the country, but... Maybe for 2006? :-) > > Is thi

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Jonathan Walther dijo [Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:51:12PM -0700]: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:36:15PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > >Tijuana?! > >Being curious... What would you expect to find in Tijuana? > > Cheap hotels, cheap booze, cheap food, and cheap whores. :-) More or less like here... In fa

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:36:15PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Tijuana?! Being curious... What would you expect to find in Tijuana? Cheap hotels, cheap booze, cheap food, and cheap whores. :-) Jonathan -- It's not true unless it makes you laugh, but you don't

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:00:03AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: Please, let's decide based on facts rather than some hopelessly obsolete sympathy for the so-called Eastern Europe(TM). What sympathy? The Slavic nations should form their own union, and Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand should

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Joshua Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Feh, we need one in the States... I'm totally raring to go to a debconf > in the states, but there is a severe lack of $ (and parental permission) > with regards to going to one in europe :( Don't worry; as far as I know, the proposed conference in DC nex

DebConf in Vancouver (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-07-29 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. That would be excellent. Who is organizing it? -- - mdz

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:37:49PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Another good argument for Vienna : being central in Europe, it is > close to the most eastern countries of the continent...which could > help our friends from Eastern Europe to attend the conference more > conveniently Being

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Gunnar Wolf
> > I have coordinated some Free Software conferences in Mexico, and I know > > I can easily get some universities to host us. Mexico is quite a cheap > > country, so that would be a very good point for us. > > Oh, by the sounds of how DebConf 3 went, I figured Tijuana would be the > first choice

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:36:34PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Joshua Kwan dijo [Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0700]: > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Some people > > > were talking me into proposing

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Cardenas
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Some people > were talking me into proposing Mexico for a future Debconf, but I don't > think it would be that good an idea until we had some more developers in > the country, b

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Joshua Kwan dijo [Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:35:51PM -0700]: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Some people > > were talking me into proposing Mexico for a future Debconf, but I don't > > think it would be that

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:22:00PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Next Debconf is scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada. Some people > were talking me into proposing Mexico for a future Debconf, but I don't > think it would be that good an idea until we had some more developers in > the country, b

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Joshua Kwan dijo [Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 09:51:03AM -0700]: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > Why Vienna, Austria? Because it is a quite central place in europe, > > it isn't that expensive like Oslo, and I also want to be able to visit > > a debconf myself, of c

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Riku Voipio
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:43:50PM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > Even if you are stepping in our idea of making it in Madrid, Vienna is > cool... I hope it's more cool than Oslo this summer was ;) -- Riku Voipio|[EMAIL PROTECTED] | kirkkonummentie 33

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Thorsten Sauter
* Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-29 13:32]: | I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, | Austria. cool. Is the registration page already online? :-) Bye Thorsten -- Thorsten Sauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Is there life aft

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 19:39, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Alexander Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > So we found a location for DebConf 7, too? :) > > Or 2 Debconfs a year ? I don't think that would be a good idea. It will split the whole thing, because especially people that attend from

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Sebastian D.B. Krause ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > July in Vienna! More power to you! > > Well, but then try not to be on the same date as LinuxTag 2005. :) But close to it would be a good idea also. Dunno whether LinuxTag happens on a week-end or during the week, but it would be ideal to h

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Alexander Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > So we found a location for DebConf 7, too? :) Or 2 Debconfs a year ?

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Mario Lang
Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, Great idea! -- CYa, Mario

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:32, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Why Vienna, Austria? Why not :) Vienna isn't bad at all. Regards, Martin List-Petersen martin at list-petersen dot dk -- But in our enthusiasm, we could not resist a radical overhaul of the system, in which all of its major weaknesses ha

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Why Vienna, Austria? Because it is a quite central place in europe, > it isn't that expensive like Oslo, and I also want to be able to visit > a debconf myself, of course ,-) Feh, we need one in the States... I'm totally raring to

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Sebastian D.B. Krause
"Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: >> Of course the date hasn't been decided yet, but I guess it will be >> around the same time like the last two: in july, with no conflict >> with other important events. > > July in V

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030729 14:43]: > > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, > > Austria. Why that early announce? So we have time enough to find > (...) > Even if you are stepping in our idea of making it in Madrid, Vienna is >

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Roland Mas
Gerfried Fuchs (2003-07-29 13:32:39 +0200) : > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in > Vienna, Austria. Cool :-) > P.S.: It would be more than helpful if someone can write a report > about this years debconf for the events page that we can take a look > at to see how to

debconf 2004? (Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria)

2003-07-29 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > has been in europe and 2004 should be on a different continent (Asia, > America, Australia -- there are many nice places that start with A :-) I would love to see another debconf in North America because I was unable to make it to

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Wendland
Gerfried Fuchs, on 2003-07-29, 13:32, you wrote: > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, Yeah, great! Joerg -- Joerg "joergland" Wendland GPG: 51CF8417 FP: 79C0 7671 AFC7 315E 657A F318 57A3 7FBD 51CF 8417 pgpeYxNbqoJy1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, > Austria. Why that early announce? So we have time enough to find (...) Even if you are stepping in our idea of making it in Madrid, Vienna is cool... Regard

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi Alfie, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, > Austria. Why that early announce? So we have time enough to find cool. Grüße/Regards, René -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Of course the date hasn't been decided yet, but I guess it will be > around the same time like the last two: in july, with no conflict > with other important events. July in Vienna! More power to you! -- Marcelo

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:32:39PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, > Austria. Why that early announce? So we have time enough to find > sponsors, get the location fixed and find the time to raise the money > needed for the trave

debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-29 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi! I'd like to start organizing the debconf for the year 2005 in Vienna, Austria. Why that early announce? So we have time enough to find sponsors, get the location fixed and find the time to raise the money needed for the travels and such. And 2005 because this years debconf has been