Hello, On Sep 19, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: > FOSDEM is a developer meeting, so any training would be developer > training. I think FOSDEM and a few other conferences in Europe are > unique opportunities to attract developers who already understand > open source very well, and are already active contributors in some > project(s). That said, I am convinced that developers love a show as > much as the next guy! :)
Indeed, that's what makes it interesting (from developers, to developers). This also sets a requirement for possible presentations: less BS, more essence. "Show me the code". "Show me the architecture". I must say that GnomeKeyring has way better architecture graphics [1] than OpenSC [2] for example. Lack of interoperability or depth of integration is IMHO a real problem for smart card adoption, which has been repeated over and over again on the mailing list as well. For example, why can't GDM automagically log me in if a smart card is inserted. The problem is greater with client facing software, as the struggle to enable server services to use hardware based keys is not as visible, even though it is similar in nature. But still exists: for example I'd like to be able to run a SSH server with host keys on a USB token, but can't. Even though ssh can use PKCS#11 for client keys... Being able to meet other developers from various different projects allows to promote a common agenda and maybe even have some code sprints. I think that the Fedora crypto consolidation and NSS shared DB efforts are important enough to pay close attention to and to be involved at least in the discussion, if not in development. The spirit of the efforts is IMHO well worth the trouble. So to get the most out of it, I think we should give a clear idea on where OpenSC stands, what it provides, what we would expect from "other projects", what is missing from the overall picture and what is missing from existing software, what can we do to improve the situation and hopefully some tangible actions that could be foxed on site, be it documentation, code sprints, new software or something else. [1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeKeyring/Architecture [2] http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/wiki/OverView#Technicaloverview -- Martin Paljak @martinpaljak.net +3725156495 _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
