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Hotel for FOSDEM
by Jeremy White Jan. 22, 2014

Jan. 22, 2014

Hi Folks, The nature of FOSDEM means that people can stay wherever they like. And the FOSDEM page itself lists a bunch of places, including a bunch of inexpensive options. However, I thought it would be useful to pick a 'default' hotel; that's where I and all the CodeWeavers folks will be staying, so other people from Wine might want to stay there as well. We have chosen the Best Western Hotel Royal Centre: http://www.royalcentre.be/ It's fairly close to the Grand Place, which Wolfram suggested. It is a fair way from FOSDEM itself. But I gather that most hotels are, so we're not unique in that regard. Google transit suggests it's faster on the public transit (30 minutes) than the hotel Mozilla used last year, so it doesn't seem worse than most. We were quoted a rate of 89 Euros per night, and we were told that rate would be offered to anyone else that called. Of course, we're fairly naive, so maybe you can get an even better deal...<grin> You may need to call or email them; when I tried their online system yesterday, it wasn't working. One key feature of this hotel was a bar, which means people have a place to connect. So that's where I'll be on Friday, testing Alexandre's claim that Belgian beers are the best... <grin> Cheers, Jeremy

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"libmsi and msitools: the missing link for Windows cross-compilation"
by Paolo Bonzini Jan. 9, 2013

Jan. 9, 2013

Presenters: Paolo Bonzini and/or Marc-Andre Lureau Abstract: Many GNU/Linux distributions include a cross-compilation environment for Windows that is easy to install and use. Some of these also provide the Nullsoft installer (NSIS) to package build artifacts into a Windows executable. NSIS has the advantage that the compiler is portable to POSIX systems, but does not support corporate deployment and component management as well as .msi packages generated for the Windows Installer. libmsi is a port of Wine's MSI database code. The talk will present the rationale for the library, its current state and msitools, a small set of programs that we implemented around it. We will also present plans for future development of libmsi and msitools. Expected time: 30 minutes

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talk proposal: wine mono development
by Vincent Povirk Dec. 17, 2012

Dec. 17, 2012

I am proposing a talk about Wine Mono. Instead of providing an overview of how Wine and Mono work together and Mono's status as a .NET replacement, as I've done before, I'd like to give an introduction to Mono development in the context of Wine. I will demonstrate some of the tools I commonly use to debug .NET applications with wine-mono, and how to use modified builds of Mono in Wine.

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Re: We're in at FOSDEM!
by Jeremy White Dec. 14, 2012

Dec. 14, 2012

Hey Jerome, On 12/12/2012 07:04 PM, Jerome Leclanche wrote: > Has there been any further decision about this? I'll be at FOSDEM on > behalf of Razor and would love to sit in at the Wine talks. I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. We will definitely be at FOSDEM and will have a DevRoom on Sunday. We don't (yet) have a hotel, nor do we have a full agenda. But we're not alone, I gather it's typical of most projects to scramble at the last minute. At the moment, I'm considering booking the Best Western Royale Centre: http://www.royalcentre.be/ It has the right combination of moderate price and a hotel bar :-/. It's really hard to judge location; it's a 30 minute tram ride away from the conference, but it seems as though most hotels are going to be a fairly ways away. Of course, everyone is welcome to make their own decisions, but it seems like it would be more fun if we all stay together. Again, if anyone has any opinion on this, or first hand knowledge of Brussels, that would be welcome. Cheers, Jeremy p.s. Please follow up on the wineconf list.

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