Just for info, Juergen told me that he was going to talk about l10n on apacheCon, so I suggested that we could make a speech at FOSDEM, because at that time the new workflow is hopefully ready or so close that we know all details.
A good theme for a main speech would be how the handle the build (and release) process with internationalization in a big project like AOO. Jan. On 30 October 2012 22:01, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > On 26/10/2012 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > >> There is another opportunity not to miss: we can propose a (technical) >> talk about Apache OpenOffice as a Main Track Talk, see the same page. >> Deadline 31 October. It would be good if Juergen, or another developer, >> took the occasion to show something about OpenOffice and the challenges >> ahead. >> > > Updates: > > 1) Deadline for Main Track Talks extended to 1 Dec, see > https://fosdem.org/2013/ ; any high-profile developer willing to propose > something? By the way, these are the only sponsored speakers. > > 2) Call for stands is open until 28 Nov: https://fosdem.org/2013/call_** > for_stands.html <https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_stands.html> ; stands > are not that big (a table with 2 chairs) and the requirement is that they > are manned by at least 2 persons on Saturday and Sunday; so, while we will > obviously ask around at ApacheCon EU to see if other Apache projects need a > stand at FOSDEM, we could probably manage an Apache OpenOffice stand. About > sharing it with non-Apache projects, see below. > > Here's a brief recap of the FOSDEM facts concerning us (I've already > forwarded everything anyway): > - Apache OpenOffice applied for a devroom; since the call for devrooms > stated that "projects with similar goals/domains will be asked to > co-organize a devroom" we agreed here on the list and stated explicitly in > our application that we were willing to share a devroom with similar > projects. > - The organizers received a separate application from LibreOffice and > asked Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice to actually share a devroom, saying > they were "very reluctant" to assign separate devrooms. > - Apache OpenOffice confirmed it was OK to share a devroom. > - In the end we won't share a devroom, so it should be a matter of very > simple logic to understand who said no; but I've never seen the LibreOffice > answer or the reasons for it. > - Apache OpenOffice has a devroom with capacity for about 80 people for > the full day of Saturday 2 February; we should issue a call for talks > around mid-November, to have the time to discuss it after ApacheCon. > - The "Main Track Talks" and "stands" are independent from the devrooms: > the first one is an opportunity to have an extra talk featured in the main > auditorium; the second one is simply a small booth available for meeting > people, answering questions, merchandising and so on. Here the FOSDEM > organizers do not make explicit recommendations to share tables, so I would > save the effort, while still hoping that cross-project cooperation will be > better in future occasions. > > Regards, > Andrea. >
