With regard to talks we should limit the total time for that - say 2-3
hours total. And have the rest of the day free flowing discussion and
hacking. Talks are useful, but I think the real impact will be to be
together and sit down and inspire each other and flesh out next year's
projects and priorities.
Pj.
On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 02:39:53PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello Guix!
>
> Since we didn’t get a devroom this time in spite of the efforts of
> Manolis and Pjotr, what about holding a Guix meeting let’s say on Friday
> before FOSDEM (Feb. 2nd, in Brussels)?
>
> We could meet for the whole day, in a place that remains to be defined,
> to discuss about all things Guix{,SD}. The event could be a mixture of
> short talks on specific topics, discussions on technical and less
> technical topics (multiple bootloader support & GuixSD on ARM, making
> ‘guix pull’ great again, Cuirass, reaching out to more
> users/contributors, Guix & HPC, improving our infrastructure and
> organization, etc.), and possibly hacking sessions.
>
> Who would be willing to join? (You can reply privately if you prefer.)
>
> Based on the show of hands, we’ll arrange for a venue of the appropriate
> size.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ludo’.
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