FOSDEM talk on tangential topic in wine devroom

[Adrien Nader]

Hi,

I'm the main guy behind http://win-builds.org which is a project to
bring package management and packages _for_ Windows (through
cross-compilation) and _on_ Windows (directly).
The ultimate goal is to put an end to the compilation and building mess
of free software when it comes to Windows; should give enough work for a
few more years.

I'd like to do a presentation about this project and mingw-w64 at
FOSDEM 2014. I know proposals go through pentabarf but I think I need,
at least for politeness, to ask here first.

The topic is not Wine and I'm not really involved in the Wine community
either; the target audience is also probably not so much the Wine
community but more general.

That said, I still believe a presentation in the wine devroom is
appropriate.

I was pondering going for a maintrack talk at first but it didn't feel
completely right (scale, slight topic mismatch and not really a format I
would feel comfortable with). That made me look for a devroom instead.

Last year, a windows-only topic in the LibreOffice devroom attracted
quite a lot of people who didn't attend the other talks. This makes me
believe there can be an audience from outside the wine community for
such talks: getting your free software running on Windows or getting
others' free software to run on your Windows.

PS: I'm on #winehackers as "adrien" so you can ask me questions there if
you want.

PPS: apologies if you get two messages since I'm re-sending using the
right email address (the other one wasn't registered and the list is
subscriber-only).

Regards,
Adrien Nader
http://win-builds.org

[Jeremy White]

Hi Adrien,

We are low on topics, so having your talk would be great.

However, I was hoping to ask a favor.  Could you change your topic title 
to start with the two project names.  That is, something like this:

mingw-w64 and win-builds: Modern compilers, APIs and a package manager 
for Windows

(and if that's too long, trim something on the end :-/).  I found the 
title more informative if I understood it was a discussion of two open 
source projects.

Also, do you have a strong preference for time of day on Sunday?

Cheers,

Jeremy

[Adrien Nader]

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014, Jeremy White wrote:
> Hi Adrien,
>
> We are low on topics, so having your talk would be great.

That's very nice to hear, thanks. :)
> However, I was hoping to ask a favor.  Could you change your topic
> title to start with the two project names.  That is, something like
> this:
>
> mingw-w64 and win-builds: Modern compilers, APIs and a package
> manager for Windows
>
> (and if that's too long, trim something on the end :-/).  I found
> the title more informative if I understood it was a discussion of
> two open source projects.

I'm sorry it wasn't clear and I'm going to work on it. I've had quite a
bit of trouble trying to find a clear and concise title. Your suggestion
looks balanced and as you said, the thing to check is the length. I'll
let you know how this changes.
> Also, do you have a strong preference for time of day on Sunday?

No strong preference here, I'd prefer at some point around the beginning
of the afternoon but that's only a light preference.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Adrien Nader

[Adrien Nader]

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014, Jeremy White wrote:
> Hi Adrien,
>
> We are low on topics, so having your talk would be great.

That's very nice to hear, thanks. :)
> However, I was hoping to ask a favor.  Could you change your topic
> title to start with the two project names.  That is, something like
> this:
>
> mingw-w64 and win-builds: Modern compilers, APIs and a package
> manager for Windows
>
> (and if that's too long, trim something on the end :-/).  I found
> the title more informative if I understood it was a discussion of
> two open source projects.

I'm sorry it wasn't clear and I'm going to work on it. I've had quite a
bit of trouble trying to find a clear and concise title. Your suggestion
looks balanced and as you said, the thing to check is the length. I'll
let you know how this changes.
> Also, do you have a strong preference for time of day on Sunday?

No strong preference here, I'd prefer at some point around the beginning
of the afternoon but that's only a light preference.

Thanks again.

PS: sorry for the lag, I first sent the mail from an email address which
isn't subscribed to the list and wondered what was going on.

Regards,
Adrien Nader