Just in case anyone is going to be at FosDem and is interested... This is from a friend of mine, who happens to be the Fedora community liaison.
-- Sent from my phone - please pardon brevity & typos. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Brian Exelbierd" <b...@pobox.com> Date: 23 Nov 2016 7:05 pm Subject: Please share as appropriate - distro devroom To: <lpro...@gmail.com> Cc: [FOSDEM] [CFP] FOSDEM 2017 - Distributions Devroom - Extended > > FOSDEM 2017 - Distributions Devroom Call for Participation (new > deadline) > > The Distributions devroom will take place 4 February, 2017 at FOSDEM, in > room K.4.601 at Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium. > > Distributions are more than just hosted collections of software from > various > upstreams. Each distribution is responsible for problem-solving in > building, > testing, and releasing software as well as managing the lifecycle of > each > application in the collection. Additionally, distributions do very > important > work in ensuring that various versions of upstream software work well > together > and can co-exist. Distribution are also, often responsible, for > "de-vendoring" > upstream software so that security fixes can be applied more quickly. > > We welcome submissions targeted at contributors interested in issues > unique to > distributions, especially in the following topics: > > - Managing Build/Test/Release processes around shared ideas and > resources > > - Lifecycle management, especially in the areas of sandboxing, > containerization, vendoring, and bundling > > - Distribution construction tools and infrastructure development and > implementation (building, signing, testing, distribution, etc.) > > - Cross-distribution collaboration on common issues, eg: content > distribution, > infrastructure, and documentation > > - Working with vendors and including them in the community > > - Building trust and code relationships with the upstream components of > a > distribution and between distributions > > - The future of distributions, emerging trends and evolving user demands > from > the idea of a platform > > - The place of distributions in today's world (including concepts of > containerization, IoT, etc.) > > - Onboarding new users and mentorship, facilitating technical growth > within the > contributor base > > - Solving traditional problems like package management, and content > management > (eg. rpm/dpkg/ostree/coreos ) > > - Integration technologies like installers, deployment facilitation ( > eg. cloud > contextualisation ) > > - Principals of Rolling Releases, Long Term Supported Releases (LTS), > Feature > gated releases, and calendar releases > > Ideal submissions are actionable and opinionated. Submissions may be in > the > form of 25 or 50 minute talks, panel sessions, round-table discussions, > or > Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions. > > Due to popular demand, We are extending the CFP for the Distributions > Devroom until Friday 02-December-2016. We plan to maintain the rest of > the schedule (e.g. notification dates) as-is. We look forward to your > submissions. > > Revised Dates > ------ > Submission Deadline: 02-Dec-2016 > Acceptance Notification: 5-Dec-2016 > Final Schedule Posted: 11-Dec-2016 > > How to submit > -------------- > Visit https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 > > 1.) If you do not have an account, create one here > 2.) Click 'Create Event' > 3.) Enter your presentation details > 4.) Be sure to select the Distributions Devroom track! > 5.) Submit > > What to include > --------------- > - The title of your submission > - A 1-paragraph Abstract > - A longer description including the benefit of your talk to your target > audience, including a definition of your target audience. > - Approximate length / type of submission (talk, BoF, ...) > - Links to related websites/blogs/talk material (if any) > > Administrative Notes > ---------------- > We will be live-streaming and recording the Distributions Devroom. > Presenting > at FOSDEM implies permission to record your session and distribute the > recording afterwards. All videos will be made available under the > standard > FOSDEM content license (CC-BY). > > If you have any questions, feel free to contact the devroom organizers: > distributions-devr...@lists.fosdem.org > (https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/distributions-devroom) > > Cheers! > > Brian Exelbierd (twitter: @bexelbie) and Brian Stinson (twitter: > @bstinsonmhk) > for and on behalf of The Distributions Devroom Program Committee >
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