Andreas Tille dijo [Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 04:22:38PM +0100]:
Am Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 08:56:06AM -0300 schrieb Antonio Terceiro:
I understand that not everyone has the availability for longer trips for
several reasons, there are carbon footprint concerns, etc. But DebConfs
outside of central Europe already have a smaller attendance, it would be
nice if we could avoid giving people one more reason not to go.
MiniDebConf can be held at any other time of the year.
Please put a big “+1” from my part to Terceiro's words here. Thanks for
articulating them.
Besides this we have
MiniDebConf in Mai in Hamburg
Rumors about MiniDebConf in August in WinterThur
Considerations about MiniDebConf in Cambridge
Considerations about MiniDebConf in Toulouse
if I'm informed correctly.
So besides this competition in time with main DebConf we have
competition between several European DebConfs which might make another
MiniDebConf in Europe questionable.
I am sure there can be a covenient time for a MiniDebConf in Portugal that
_does not_ clash with either our global conference (as we _want_ Europeans
to attend DebConf whether it is in South America, Asia, Africa or wherever
else, not to see the alternative offering as an opportunity to anyway meet
most of their homocontinental Debian friends) or other regional Debian
gatherings. Yes, it would be unfortunate if a Lisbon MiniDebConf were to
coincide with those that I'm quoting or others in the same regional scope;
I would not oppose a Lisbon MiniDebConf to be concurrent with another one
⪭ 5000Km away.
But for the one opportunity we have to gather Debian people from all over
the world... Please, do not make it be fragmented.
– Gunnar.
