Re: [guadec-list] Dates & format for Desktop Summit 2011 announced
Hi, Olav Vitters wrote: > 1. Conflicts with the schedule for GNOME 3.2 (feature, API, docs are @ > Aug 15, UI one week later). Basically the proposed freezes are right > after the desktop summit. There is not much that we can do regarding > scheduling GNOME as GUADEC has consistently been later and later in the > year. > We need a shorter release cycle for GNOME 3.2 (release date is proposed > for Sep 28), so not sure what can be done. Generally there is almost no > development activity during GUADEC. > Note that above dates are still not final. Thanks for the feedback, Olav. Indeed, this is a point I had not considered, and it is an important one. I have forwarded it on to the desktop summit team list for discussion. > 2. Conference start on a Saturday is I think unusual for GUADEC? I > thought it always was a weekday. Not sure if everything can be ready in > such a short timeframe. This is essentially the same format we had in Gran Canaria, and is now confirmed. This was partly the university's availability, and partly a preference of the local team (as Johannes says, this was discussed before I got involved). On getting the venue ready, we have a large & motivated local team, and we can get into the venue on Friday night, and from 7am on Saturday morning, so we might be OK, if we are well prepared. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member dne...@gnome.org ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: [guadec-list] Dates & format for Desktop Summit 2011 announced
Hi! > 1. Conflicts with the schedule for GNOME 3.2 (feature, API, docs are @ > Aug 15, UI one week later). Basically the proposed freezes are right > after the desktop summit. There is not much that we can do regarding > scheduling GNOME as GUADEC has consistently been later and later in the > year. > We need a shorter release cycle for GNOME 3.2 (release date is proposed > for Sep 28), so not sure what can be done. Generally there is almost no > development activity during GUADEC. > Note that above dates are still not final. Well, the desktop-summit dates were basically depending on the vanue. As the german summer-break starts later than in most other countries the university isn't available at other times. Might be useful to change the release cycle dates a bit if possible. > 2. Conference start on a Saturday is I think unusual for GUADEC? I > thought it always was a weekday. Not sure if everything can be ready in > such a short timeframe. We had a long discussion that basically broke down to the KDE people wanting to start on Saturday and the GNOME people prefering a week-day. There are pros and cons for both so we finally settled on the timetable we have now. It might be better explained in the meeting minutes. Regards, Johannes ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: [guadec-list] Dates & format for Desktop Summit 2011 announced
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 09:30:49AM +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi Gil, > > Gil Forcada wrote: > > So criticism was expected? I understood as a set-in-stone decision :) > > Feedback was expected... some of this *is* set in stone, but I > definitely prefer hearing concerns now, so that we can try to address them. 2 points: 1. Conflicts with the schedule for GNOME 3.2 (feature, API, docs are @ Aug 15, UI one week later). Basically the proposed freezes are right after the desktop summit. There is not much that we can do regarding scheduling GNOME as GUADEC has consistently been later and later in the year. We need a shorter release cycle for GNOME 3.2 (release date is proposed for Sep 28), so not sure what can be done. Generally there is almost no development activity during GUADEC. Note that above dates are still not final. 2. Conference start on a Saturday is I think unusual for GUADEC? I thought it always was a weekday. Not sure if everything can be ready in such a short timeframe. -- Regards, Olav ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
