On 2012-10-25 00:55, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
Just FWIW (and not as a explicit vote, just as an opinion): We have
the tradition to have a two week long DebConf+DebCamp. I would prefer
having a shorter period (say, 3 days of DebCamp and 4 days of
DebConf,
no DebianDay nor daytrip) if we need to cut on expenses. Of course, I
am talking without knowing the resulting savings this would achieve
(predictably, half the time does not directly translate into 50% of
the cost) than the two alternatives you suggest.
Already in the past couple of years I was worried at the proportion of
money we spend on DebCamp, which can seem out of proportion to the
additional benefit to Debian. (I am also been worried about the
increasing proportion of people whose DebCamp work plan is to help
organise DebConf. Even without a DebCamp, we would need some people
there a couple of days early to arrange things, but not everyone there a
week early.)
The current form of DebCamp is also less relevant due to the increasing
number of sprints etc. Our best intention with DebCamp has still been
to encourage group work on projects, which is what can justify paying
for the facilities for those days (rather than just telling people to
find somewhere quiet to hack at home/in a library/etc.), but groups who
want such meetings have increasingly arranged separately to hold them at
other times of year.
Therefore, quite apart from this year's budget questions, I would be
happy with a plan to shorten the overall DebConf+DebCamp period.
Despite my concerns above, our sponsors do want to know that hacking
happens during DebConf(+DebCamp), and I would tentatively suggest that
recently we didn't really have enough strong talks to justify a week
long talks period, so I agree that even with a week-long
DebConf(+DebCamp) allowing for some "no official events" hacking period
would make sense.
--
Moray
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