I plan on attending FOSDEM for the BSD DevRoom and hopefully to give a talk about our new CPU. I wouldn't mind doing the arrive on Thursday, have a nice dinner, and hack on Friday thing again this year if other people are around...
David On 22 Oct 2012, at 10:47, Quentin Mathé wrote: > 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 -- Sent from my brain _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
