Re: Guix Days and FOSDEM 2021?

[Manolis Ragkousis]

Hello everyone,

I will create two pages on libre planet, one for Guix Days and one for fosdem so we can start collecting ideas! :D

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 12:33 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> wrote:

I can talk more about rust if anyone wants. My wife still chides me for
"going into the Rust Room at FOSDEM and telling them they're doing it
wrong." I can even tie it in with the go-build-system and what the
Debian folks talked about during their BoFs on Rust/Go during Debconf.

I can also talk about user services or something about using Guix
environments/system-containers for deploying software on foreign
systems.

I'm sure there's also something there about guix-past and reproducible
science.

On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 12:12:14PM +0200, zimoun wrote:
> Dear,
>
> Maybe it is a bit premature, but there is an high probability that the
> next FOSDEM 2021 will be an online event; because of COVID-19.
>
>    https://fosdem.org/2021/
>
> Therefore, we should start to discuss how to organize the Guix Days.
>
> In July, I proposed to organize a first online event as a small repeat
> of the Guix Days.  I am proposing it again. :-)
>
> Well, I am proposing to do that on the week-end November, 21th,
> 9:00am-6:00pm CEST.
> As for EmacsConf and others, I propose to send a call for "talks", say
> deadline the week-end before.  Talks meaning short prepared
> presentations between 15 min and 30 min; prepared could mean
> pre-recorded to avoid technical issues on live.
>
> Ideas of topics:
>  - Guix daemon, maybe resume the last GSoC on the subject and then
> discussed some milestones of guile-daemon
>  - Recent work on:
>    + Hurd
>    + Secret Services
>    + Installer
>    + Cuirass
>    + Authentication
>    + Maven build system
>    + etc.
>  - The last Outreachy about the website
>  - Translation infrastructure
>  - etc.
>
> The schedule of the day could be:
>  - introduction
>  - 2-3 short presentations
>  - smaller discussions and working groups on specific topics
>  - break
>  - short live demo: how to submit or test a patch, how to configure
> Emacs (or others), how to use Data Service, etc.
>  - 2-3 short presentations
>  - smaller discussions and working groups on specific topics
>  - end
>
> Well, what is missing is a kind of social event but I have no idea.
> Maybe, something real life by city: the Parisian Guix could meet
> and/or diner together, idem for the Londonians, Berliners, etc.
> However, I do not know if enough Guixers are clustered in the same
> place or if they are too scattered.
>
> About the tools, we need to test and benchmark.  Volunteers to help me?
>
> If someone knows someone who knows someone who… well if someone has experience
> on streaming events, please share. :-)  Maybe we could ask to Amin
> Bendali and Emacs or FSF folks their feedback about EmacsConf and
> LibrePlanet 2020.  Even, maybe the FSF could provide some technical
> support?
>
>
> What do you think?
>
> All the best,
> simon

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