On 10:43 Tue 02 Oct , Tim Bird wrote: > On 10/02/2012 07:31 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > On 21:44 Mon 01 Oct , Ruud Derwig wrote: > >> We're always open to suggestions on topics to improve the conference, > >> thanks! > > I'd like to propose to have to have sponsored Presentation as you do for > > projects work, and maybe include in the project work sponsoring a > > presentation > > about the project or about the work done. > > We have done this in the past. For example, we've had developers report > on squashfs mainlining work, or the watchdog framework work, that was funded > by the > CE working group. It is very common for us to include in our contractor > budget some money for 'event sponsorship', so that we can help publicize > the projects we are funding. (We wouldn't fund them if we didn't think > anyone was interested in them.) > > Unfortunately, the timing just worked out poorly for ELCE. I had > hoped to get a report on the UBI fastmap work that was recently completed, > but it just missed the deadline for inclusion in the program. We > are working on a project that is nearing completion now, > on kernel dynamic memory allocation analysis, and trying to have > it reported on at ELC early next year. That one was also not quite > ready in time for ELCE. > > I share your concern that we try to get cutting edge topics of interest > to as many developers as possible. And, I completely agree with you > that it would be great to have ongoing discussions about the types > of things that would benefit from CE Workgroup funding and sponsored > exposure at conferences, I'd like to propose a brainstorm on the ML with few pre-selected topics such as bootloader, kernel, embedded distribution. Where people will ask about what they would to see happening. No necessarily something they want to implement more something they would like to have. And then this could be propose for the next funding.
But I'd like to see those proposition targeting real problem for the embedded. And implemented on real hw. Best Regards, J. _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list Celinux-dev@lists.celinuxforum.org https://lists.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
