Hello Lars, I'd be in favor of just meeting informally. We could ask the FOSDEM organizers to get a small GNUstep room just for hacking…
Cheers, Quentin. Le 22 oct. 2012 à 00:26, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf a écrit : > Bad news: no FOSDEM devroom next year. Now we have to decide if we want to > try to apply for a stand or if we do nothing next year but meet informally at > FOSDEM. > > cheers, > > Lars > > Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > >> Von: Mark Van den Borre <[email protected]> >> Datum: 21. Oktober 2012 21:23:57 MESZ >> An: Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <[email protected]> >> Betreff: Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] GNUstep/Étoilé/GAP/QuantumSTEP joint >> application for a Devroom at FOSDEM 2013 >> >> Hi Lars, >> >> I'm sorry to inform you that we declined your devroom proposal. >> >> To clarify, your request was perfectly valid, but we had to choose. >> Unfortunately we do not have a sufficient number of rooms at our disposal to >> cover all requests. >> >> Nevertheless, there are other ways to participate in FOSDEM too. A call for >> participation will be announced around next week, with opportunities to: >> - have a stand at FOSDEM, >> - hold a 15 minute 'lightningtalk' in one of the biggest rooms, >> - speak in one of the other devrooms. >> >> On behalf of the FOSDEM devroom team, >> Mark >> >> Op 25-09-12 23:31, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf schreef: >>> * Devroom name: >>> >>> World of GNUstep - a collaboration of open Objective-C based projects >>> >>> >>> * Description: >>> >>> participating projects: >>> >>> - GNUstep >>> >>> GNUstep is a free, object-oriented, cross-platform framework >>> and development environment which aims at Cocoa (formerly OpenStep) API >>> compatibility and is written in Objective-C. >>> GNUstep provides a robust implementation of the AppKit and >>> Foundation libraries as well as the development tools available on Cocoa, >>> including Gorm (the InterfaceBuilder) and ProjectCenter >>> (ProjectBuilder/Xcode). GNUstep currently supports Unix (GNU/Linux and >>> GNU/HURD, Solaris, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Darwin) and Windows. >>> >>> - Étoilé >>> >>> Étoilé is an innovative GNUstep based user environment designed >>> from the ground up around the things people do with computers: create, >>> collaborate, and learn. >>> Without implementation details like files and operating-system >>> processes polluting the computer's UI, Étoilé users will be able to: >>> >>> * have revision history for all objects in the system >>> * collaborate with other people on any type of document (text, >>> drawing, code, etc.) >>> * shape their own workflow by combining the provided Services >>> * use a system that is closer to their mental model of how >>> computers should work >>> >>> - GAP - the GNUstep Application Project >>> >>> The GNUstep Application Project provides a comprehensive set of >>> administration and user level tools to make using GNUstep based >>> environments a very pleasant experience. Part of the charter of this >>> project is not only to write new tools, but also to port existing >>> NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Cocoa applications to GNUstep as well. >>> >>> - QuantumSTEP / mySTEP >>> >>> QuantumSTEP is a Mac-like Application Platform that can be >>> installed on existing mobile Linux devices (several Openmoko devices, >>> Zaurus, Letux, ...) aiming at highest level of useage, data and application >>> source code compatibility (to the Macintosh platform) prepared for perfect >>> data exchange and sync. >>> >>> >>> goals: >>> >>> - teach interested developers how to write cross platform applications >>> or port Cocoa applications to Linux BSD and Windows using GNUstep >>> - share news about the latest development and plans on GNUstep >>> - improve collaboration between the several GNUstep related projects >>> - using GNUstep to write applications for mobile devices ((e.g. the new >>> Openmoko GTA04, older Openmoko devices, Beagleboard) >>> - code sprints, hacking, discussing >>> >>> >>> * Project URLs: >>> >>> http://gnustep.org/ >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUstep >>> >>> http://etoileos.com/ >>> >>> http://gap.nongnu.org/ >>> >>> http://www.quantum-step.com/wiki.php?page=About >>> http://projects.goldelico.com/p/mySTEP/ >>> http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/ >>> >>> >>> * name of the responsible: >>> >>> Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf >>> >>> * email: >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> * relation to the topic: >>> >>> Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf is a community manager for GNUstep >>> >>> * Preferred day: >>> >>> [x] Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00 >>> >>> * Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal?: >>> >>> With the ongoing success of Apple's iOS devices interest in programming >>> for those has grown huge. To a part this is reflected by how Objective-C, >>> the principal language of GNUstep, has become one of the fastest growing >>> programming languages according to >>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html >>> >>> What currently still is missing is an free and open source >>> implementation of all of iOS' APIs. Here GNUstep comes into the game. >>> >>> GNUstep here has the pivotal role of offering a free implementation of >>> the Objective-C de-facto standard frameworks "Foundation" (part of Apple's >>> Cocoa and iOS' APIs) and "AppKit" (part of Apple's Cocoa). It enables >>> thereby free and open source application and framework development while >>> maintaining compatibility to recognized industrial solutions. >>> >>> GNUstep continues to support modern Cocoa features, including >>> Objective-C 2.0 with the aid of the GNUstep Objective-C runtime, which >>> supports a number of features not found in the Apple implementation. >>> >>> GNUstep is a good match for FOSDEM since the target audience of GNUstep >>> is developers who want to develop cross platform (Unix, Windows, Mac) GUI >>> or server side applications or command line tools using state of the art >>> object oriented Frameworks. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> devrooms mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/devrooms >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
