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WineConf agenda ideas
by Brian Vincent Feb. 25, 2005

Feb. 25, 2005

Over the the past week or so I've harassed some folks about the agenda for WineConf. At this point there's a lot that remains to be filled in, but I need some feedback. Also, I need more ideas for presentations. Does anyone want to present something? It'd be great if someone would volunteer. I think what we're shooting for is a presentation followed by discussion all contained within about one hour. In total we'll have 10 - 12 different topics. Here's the items that are definitely going to be on the agenda: WRS intro Keynote - Alexandre Road to .9 and 1.0 - Dimi ReactOS update - all the ReactOS guys Wine / networking / Samba issues - Juan Lang We've also got some other items, but I need feedback as to whether any of you find this stuff interesting. (So reply and tell me if any of these items sound interesting.) Windows authentication - Andrew Bartlett (um.. haven't asked him yet though) Something else Samba related? - Samba guys Commercial port of a Winelib app and using Wine - an enterprise user CXTest and regression testing - someone from CodeWeavers Version control - Mike Hearn wearing a fire retardant suit DCOM work - Mike or Rob DirectX update - ? Also, if you need to make hotel reservations, there's just a few weeks left to do that. Check out the WineConf page for details: http://www.winehq.org/site/wineconf As people begin to figure out travel plans, the wineconf mailing list will pick up. How to join: http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wineconf Let me know if you have any questions. -Brian

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WineConf Preliminary Agenda
by Brian Vincent Feb. 20, 2005

Feb. 20, 2005

I sent some emails this week to get a preliminary agenda together. I'd say it's about half complete. So we've got: Keynote - Alexandre Road to .9 and 1.0 - Dimi ReactOS demo - all the ReactOS guys Version Control - Mike Hearn Something related to RPC + Wine + Samba - Juan Lang We've got a few other items as well, but I think we need to make sure we're not overlooking other topics. I'd hate to put something on the agenda and then pull it back off. I think 10-12 different topics is the goal. Last year we had 12, so I'd say that's definitely an upper bound; we couldn't have squeezed another in. As far as other topics, I'd really like to see something fun on there - maybe DirectX eye candy. Also, Andrew Bartlett is the Samba authentication systems guru and will be there. I'm not sure if he'd be willing to present anything, nor am I sure anything would be relevant to Wine. However, it seems to me it could be interesting (of course, since it's an area of Windows and Wine I know nothing about I could be way off base.) At this point I think we just need to fill in the gaps. I'm not sure if there's a lot of people who want to present something or not, but I think it's time to ask on wine-devel. First, however, does anyone on this list have any ideas? (If I've already asked you, don't worry - I made a note.) I'm not sure how many WineConf attendees have subscribed to this list so far, but I bet it's less than half. The next step after finalizing the agenda will be putting together a short email outlining presentation guidelines and what equipment will be available. Someone asked if there would be a community laptop containing all of the presentations so we didn't spend time shuffling equipment around. I think that's an excellent idea, what do you guys think? -Brian

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Agenda
by Jeremy White Feb. 11, 2005

Feb. 11, 2005

Hi Folks, Okay, it looks like we've got about 41 people RSVP'd. About 5 from CodeWeavers that are going haven't RSVP'd, and a number RSVP'd to say no, and there were 1 or 2 dups. So I would make a WAG (wild ass guess) that we're going to have about 50 when the dust all settles. It looks like a pretty eclectic mix, too. A lot of Samba, a lot of ReactOS, really quite a mix. So I have no idea how we want to structure an agenda. We need an agenda, and someone (or multiple someones) to serve as the M.C. At this point, I think the only givens are a short intro and welcome to Stuttgart by WRS and then a keynote by Alexandre. Last year, we ended up having no shortage of speakers. At first, I was panicked because we were short, but it filled up (and we even had to cram people in a bit). Personally, I think we should try to be pretty severe in limiting the number and length of presentations. In fact, I think the ideal may be a short (< 30 minutes) presentation followed by a 30-45 minute break. Everyone can come to the start to be polite, and people really interested can stay and discuss further. Everyone else can head back to the other room for general topics. I had one ISV that was using Wine express an interest in presenting; I've emailed him just now to see if he's still interested. I'd like to present (and pitch) the cxtest visual regression stuff we're doing, but that's my personal agenda, and could take a back seat to something else. Anyone else have something they'd like to present? Or something they'd like to see covered? We tried last year to have a session on Games and a session on COM (aka InstallShield); any other hot topics that are obvious? Cheers, Jer

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