January 2014 - WineConf - list.winehq.org

Dinner Sunday at 7:30
by Jeremy White Feb. 1, 2014

Feb. 1, 2014

The Software Freedom Conservancy is helping put together dinner for us on Sunday night. Right now, we're tentatively set for 19:30 at Chez Leon, although that is not yet confirmed. This dinner will be paid for by the Wine Party Fund, so it's a Wine party! I gave them a 'guess' of 25 people. It would be helpful to have a more accurate estimate. To that end, please reply to me privately and let me know if you plan on coming to the Sunday night dinner. Thanks! Jeremy

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Re: Wine developer room recordings
by Wouter Verhelst Feb. 1, 2014

Feb. 1, 2014

Hi, On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:40:21PM -0600, Jeremy White wrote: > > So I thought I was politely, and silently, declining to accept your help > > with video recording. > > > > I see now that, instead, I was rudely ignoring your call for > > unanimity. > > > > As I say, we do have a small group of people who are interested > > in recording the talks. I'll put a call out and see if we can get > > some volunteers to help. > > Urk. There were no volunteers, and I remain a video grinch. > > To be clear, I refuse to volunteer myself, as I am hostile to the whole idea. > > We have all attendees on high alert on an email list here: > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wineconf > > You could put out your own direct appeal and see if someone will > respond to your cry for help. They ignored mine: > http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wineconf/2014-January/000854.html Right, here's a request, then. We really need someone to look after the video gear in the Wine devroom. Starting this year, we really want to record *everything*. Including your devroom. That requires at least one, but preferably two or more, volunteers to man the video gear. It's not difficult. I've already sent out a few mails with details to all our other volunteers; please see <https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/video/2014-January/000078.html> and <https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/video/2014-January/000163.html>. If you're going to be in the Wine devroom most of the day anyway, you would be a perfect candidate -- even if you have no prior A/V experience: there will be a training session, there will be documentation on how everything works, and we'll be there to help you should things go wrong. If you don't have the time to put in a whole day, but can do half a day or even just a few talks, that's also helpful; if there's more than one of you doing so, you'll probably manage a full day. Note that if there is no video volunteer at all this year, this will be taken into account when we need to decide whether Wine will be able to get a devroom next year. Thanks, -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/

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Plan for Saturday
by Jeremy White Jan. 31, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

Folks, We have no formal plan for Saturday. You are all expected to be in our room (AL W 120, afairc), by 9:00 am on Sunday. Andre suggested that some group of interested parties meet in the lobby at 9:30 to travel to FODSDEM together. Hans also advised that if you walk North about a block, you'll get to a metro stop, where you can go down and buy tram tickets. He purchased two round trip tickets; one for Saturday, and one for Sunday; that may be your most economical choice. Also, recall that we take the 92 or 94 to Louisa, get off, and then take the 92 or 94 on to ULB. (Yes, that sounds wrong, but yes, it's right). Cheers, Jeremy

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Diner tonight
by Hans Leidekker Jan. 31, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

Hi all, We're going tot have dinner at two places: 1. Across the street from the hotel at the Italian restaurant 2. Magic Rubens near the novotel, Bergstraat 4 It's up to you.

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FOSDEM Arrival times
by Jeremy White Jan. 31, 2014

Jan. 31, 2014

Myself, Aric, Vincent, Caron, Josh, and Andrew are all on the same flight from Minneapolis and we in theory arrive at 2:20 pm on Friday. With luck, I imagine we'll be at the hotel by 3:30. It's nice if folks can share their arrival time; it's nice to know to look out for someone. That's particularly important if you're new or new-ish. Cheers, Jeremy

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Fwd: [devroom-managers] Devroom information and instructions
by Jeremy White Jan. 30, 2014

Jan. 30, 2014

I'm hoping to ask others to help me remember all these details, and help keep the room in good order. Thanks, Jeremy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [devroom-managers] Devroom information and instructions Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:35:50 +0100 From: Gerry Demaret <gerry(a)fosdem.org> To: FOSDEM Devroom Managers <devroom-managers(a)lists.fosdem.org> Hi devroom-managers, With FOSDEM just a few days away, we would like to supply you with some information and instructions. Your room Your room should already be equipped with a projector. If this is not the case, or it is malfunctioning, please contact us as soon as possible. House rules First aid: In case of an emergency, stay calm. Make sure the attendees are safe and contact the nearest infodesk as soon as possible. We have Red Cross volunteers on-site. Room capacity: Your room has a capacity limit. Please make sure the number of people present in your room never exceeds this limit. We will provide you with a sign that indicates the room is full. Please hang this sign on the entrance door and make sure it is being respected. Do not take this lightly. The event can be cancelled if the guards notice a dangerously overcrowded room. Safety: Do not block the exits. Do not allow the pathways in your room to be obstructed. Some rooms have had problems with high temperatures. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about that. Should this occur, please try to leave the door open while keeping new visitors out. Trash and bottles: We will provide you with garbage bags. Make sure you and your attendees use them. Please keep your devroom clean and tidy. Glass bottles are collected at drop-off points in the hallways. Do not throw these in the garbage bags. Ask visitors to bring them back to the nearest drop-off point, the cafetaria, or an infodesk. Closing and cleanup Saturday: The devroom schedules end at 19:00. By 19:30 everyone should be out of the building. We will all be very hungry, please respect this timing! Sunday: The devroom schedules end at 17:00. The closing talk ends at 18:00. Please clear your room by 18:30 at the latest. Cleanup: Please leave your room in the state that you received it. We kindly ask that you collect all the trash and put it in garbage bags outside your room. Keep glass bottles may not be put in garbage bags, please put them at a drop-off point in the hallway. There will be a broom in the hallway, should a quick sweep of the floor or tables be needed. If you are in the K building, please put all folding chairs in the racks outside and redistribute the tables. If every devroom takes a little time to clean up the room, you will save the FOSDEM staff hours of work! Have a great FOSDEM 2014! _______________________________________________ devroom-managers mailing list devroom-managers(a)lists.fosdem.org https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/devroom-managers

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FOSDEM plan
by Jeremy White Jan. 28, 2014

Jan. 28, 2014

The basic plan for FOSDEM is as follows: Friday afternoon / evening: Congregate in the hotel lobby Small groups break off for dinner as events unwind The non jet lagged folks go out for night fun after the jet lagged ones crash Saturday: Morning: the hotel provides breakfast; we usually meet informally during that time. I don't recall the exact time range. Day: Everyone is on their own, but feel free to chatter about plans on this mailing list. It's nice to travel together. Sunday: We start in our room (AW1.120) at 9:00, and we'll finish about 17:00. We (hopefully) have a reservation for 25 people at Chez Leon at 19:30 on Sunday, for those that are staying on. Cheers, Jeremy

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FOSDEM planning - last mailing list warning
by Jeremy White Jan. 28, 2014

Jan. 28, 2014

Hi folks, This is it. If you are not subscribed to the wineconf mailing list, but you're planning to be at FOSDEM, you are going to be left out of all the cool parties and fun. We'll move our chatter and planning exclusively to that email list. So, if you're coming to FOSDEM, and you didn't get two copies of this email, sign up for it now: http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wineconf Cheers, Jeremy

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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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Could I get a volunteer to help me with name tags?
by Jeremy White Jan. 21, 2014

Jan. 21, 2014

I'm wondering if someone would be willing to help out with name tags for FOSDEM. The Wine project can pay the costs. I'm thinking of just buying cheap name tag holders, and pre-printing (with a nice logo, of course) name tags for people we know will be there. And then having blank ones (with the nice logo, of course) for guests to our devroom. Any takers? Cheers, Jeremy

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Social plans at FOSDEM
by Jeremy White Jan. 20, 2014

Jan. 20, 2014

Folks, I've been thinking about FOSDEM. Bradley has kindly offered to organize a dinner on Sunday night, just like we had last year. That sounded great, so I asked him to go ahead. On Friday, we traditionally gather in the hotel bar, with the jet lagged folks dropping out early, and others going off to have fun. I don't recall what we did for Saturday dinner last year. I know we did the FOSDEM beer thing, with mixed results, but I think that was after dinner. For dinner, I seem to recall that we split up into ad hoc groups and roamed around town. That seems like a fun idea. But it does get awkward to coordinate. Would it make sense to instead see if the hotel will let us use their dining space and have food ordered in? Does anyone have a strong memory / preference? And do we want to do some pre planning and pick a Saturday night watering hole ahead of time? My instincts suggest that avoiding the FOSDEM beer thing would be a good idea... Anyone care to volunteer? Cheers, Jeremy

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Favor: help me fill two holes
by Jeremy White Jan. 13, 2014

Jan. 13, 2014

Folks, I think I'm down to having two 30 minute holes. The schedule should now be starting to be visible here: https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/wine/ Pipelight and a 'user focused topic' are going to go in until 11:30. I've got mingw-64 going in from 3:30 until 4:10 or so. That leaves me a 30 minute gap in the morning, and a 40-50 minute gap in the afternoon. Vincent was willing to be made to do a Mono talk again, but I think it'd be a mistake to make that more than a few minute cry for help. So, anyone have an itch? I was thinking of doing a brief make test / winetestbot review for 30 minutes. Anyone willing to lead that? Michael, you've got to be able to do something funny and fun about being a janitor, right? Austin, anyone, want to talk about bugs or appdb? Cheers, Jeremy

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FOSDEM talk on tangential topic in wine devroom
by Adrien Nader Jan. 7, 2014

Jan. 7, 2014

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

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Call for help with video recording
by Jeremy White Jan. 4, 2014

Jan. 4, 2014

Folks, The FOSDEM folks want to record every single talk in every single room. They have got all the equipment set up, but they have requested two volunteers from each dev room to help monitor the equipment. If you'd be willing to help monitor their AV equipment (which means being in the room most of the day), please email me and I'll put you in touch with the right party at FOSDEM. Thanks, Jeremy

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