"Country I call home" field

2020-07-26 Thread Sean Whitton
was a survey question and filled in a country other than the one in which I expect to be located during the conference. It might be worth labelling the field as data being collected specifically for the purpose of knowing what timezones people will be in. -- Sean Whitton

Debian Policy call for participation

2019-07-20 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, Perhaps of interest to some at DebCamp: https://spwhitton.name/blog/entry/policyjul19/ -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Suggestions, questions and concerns about DebConf19?

2018-08-13 Thread Sean Whitton
order to be safe, for all sorts of reasons. It's a kind of privilege not to need that, a privlege of which we should be mindful. (let me join the chorus of thanking Yao and asking him not to feel too bad about what happened; we are all very grateful for this year's DebConf) -- Sean Whitton signatu

Re: J.J. Cheers tonight

2018-08-05 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sun, Aug 05 2018, Norbert Preining wrote: >> We will go again tonight around 9pm~10pm. About 20 minutes walk. > > Meeting point at the frontdesk? Sounds like a good plan. Somewhere around frontdesk and the noisy hacklab. -- Sean Whitton

J.J. Cheers tonight

2018-08-05 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, Last night le petit lapin et moi (taffit and I) went to a bar called J.J. Cheers. They have beer and also very reasonably priced cocktails. We will go again tonight around 9pm~10pm. About 20 minutes walk. Please join us. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: DVD about investing in Hsinchu Science Park

2018-08-05 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sat 04 Aug 2018 at 05:37PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote: > Apparently those who went on Day Trip A received a DVD about investing > in Hsinchu Science Park which was interesting from the point of view of > contemporary Taiwanese business culture. > > May I borrow a copy o

Re: "Debian CI/autopkgtest BoF" at Debconf18

2018-08-02 Thread Sean Whitton
n't work yet). > bug to be filed > > > ## trivial tests > trivial tests: no faster migration, but with delays (or block in the future) > on > failure. > One can implement now with skippable restriction and exit 77 on success > See https://bugs.debian.org/904979 These a

Re: Best practices for translating the Debian Policy Manual

2018-07-30 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sun 29 Jul 2018 at 08:57AM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote: > As the current active maintainer of debian-policy I expect I will need > to co-ordinate the process of producing and publishing translations. > How can I do this effectively? What are the conventions for getting >

Best practices for translating the Debian Policy Manual

2018-07-28 Thread Sean Whitton
time to answer these questions, or e-mailed replies. Thank you! -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Announcements for 2018-07-28

2018-07-28 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sat 28 Jul 2018 at 06:59PM +0200, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > During the DebCamp Air Conditioner documentation sprint :D -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Cheeeeeeeeese! (and wine!)

2018-07-25 Thread Sean Whitton
es? Are you > already in Taiwan? DO YOU NEED A FRIDGE? We have a fridge in the video > room (MIRC, 7th floor, room 705). Can we make a montary donation? -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Dormitory 12 air conditioning controller guide

2018-07-23 Thread Sean Whitton
the button again. - The third row of buttons is the most obscure, by smartphone translation app standards at least. The righthand button has something to do with setting a timer. The lefthand button I have no idea. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Debian Policy sprint

2018-07-21 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, A reminder that the rolling Debian Policy sprint is now in progress at DebConf.[1] Please come and talk to me if you'd like to get involved, or on IRC if you're remote. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2018/DebianPolicy -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Temperature setting for conference venue, hacklab, and on-site accommodation

2018-07-21 Thread Sean Whitton
kerchief (un foulard) that I put on when I'm inside and off when I > go out. > I recommand to bring a long sleeve shirt or a thin vest (un gilet) for > indoors. It's rather weaker here in the hacklab, I assume because this is a public university. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Taking the bus from Hsinchu station on the first day of DebCamp

2018-07-10 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue, Jul 10 2018, Sean Whitton wrote: > I'm taking the bus to the venue from Hsinchu station sometime around > late morning/midday on the first day of DebCamp. I'll be coming from > central Taipei. Subject line was incorrect: first day of Deb*Camp*. -- Sean Whitton

Taking the bus from Hsinchu station on the first day of DebConf

2018-07-10 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, I'm taking the bus to the venue from Hsinchu station sometime around late morning/midday on the first day of DebCamp. I'll be coming from central Taipei. If anyone else is doing something this, let's co-ordinate doing it together, to make the bus journey a bit easier. -- Sean Whitton

Re: Being nice to introverts/the highly sensitive (was Re: "Breaking Cliques at Events")

2017-12-16 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Mark, On Wed, Dec 13 2017, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:03:23PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: >> >> Further, in my day-to-day life I am in a culture -- a university -- >> where the norm is to assume that nobody is uncomfortable talking to >> new pe