Il 18/03/2017 21:18, Miles Fidelman ha scritto: > Hi Folks, > > I didn't see any reaction to this - which makes me wonder.. is anybody > here going to libreplanet?
Not me. > For that matter, is anybody in the Greater Boston area? Nope, I'm an ocean away. > -------- forwarded message -------- > > Author: Miles Fidelman > Date: 2017-03-15 21:49 -700 > To: dng > Subject: Re: [DNG] We need to speak up > On 3/15/17 9:14 PM, Christopher Clements wrote: > > > > > The exact suggestion is here: > > <https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20170315.171933.e6bda406.en.html> > > > >> That is an excellent idea. Would be great if someone got organized > >> enough to start a dialog with EVERY upstream dev individually and/or > >> collectively. Unfortunately, that would be a mammoth task requiring > >> more time than most people could find. I've done work like that on > >> various issues and know from experience, it is a full time job. > > > > Perhaps just an open letter? > > > > It seemed relatively simple until you brought up the issue of actually > > contacting all the developers (without using debian-devel, most > likely). > > I only thought about one aspect of it, and now it seems like it would > > be _impossible_ without using debian-devel or mass-mailing every single > > developer (out of the question). > > > I tried raising the question on libreplanet-discuss - asking what > uptream developers are doing now. Not a tremendous response, so far. > > But maybe this would be a good workshop topic, or BOF session, at the > upcoming libreplanet conference (sponsored by the Free Software > Foundation) in Boston. It's coming up right spanking now (March 25-6), > at MIT. An awful lot of open source upstream developers show up, and > it's a good forum for discussion policy issues related to open source > software. https://www.libreplanet.org/2017/ > > It might be a little late to organize a formal talk or panel session, > but someone might want to give the organizers a call. BOFs are easy to > setup - see https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2017 > > Everyone should also join FSF and the libreplanet-discuss list. > > It's generally a good time, with good people. I'm not sure I'll be able > to make it - I live in the area, but I'm currently in AZ for an extended > period, helping my 96-year-old Dad settle into a new house - not sure if > I'll be back in time. > > Hopefully someone from the Devuan team will be there, and can organize > something. > > Miles Fidelman > > -- Alessandro Selli <alessandrose...@linux.com> Tel. 3701355486 VOIP SIP: dhatarat...@ekiga.net Chiave PGP/GPG key: B7FD89FD _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng