Re: Paths into Debian

[Victor Nițu]

On 09/24/2013 05:41 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
 On 24/09/13 at 14:46 +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
 On 24/09/13 14:09, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:


 On Sep 24, 2013 8:03 AM, Stefano Zacchiroli z...@debian.org
 mailto:z...@debian.org wrote:

 On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 07:51:53AM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
 Its not just you - while I appreciate using a word other than
 bitesized or
 low-hanging-fruit, I tend to get the same slightly off putting feeling
 about gift

 Not to bikeshead.

 So, folks, what do you propose instead? :)

 If the chosen terminology send the wrong message, and hence it's
 potentially a blocker, let's change it (but better do it only *once*,
 hence the need of getting it right this time).

 I don't want to give the wrong impression - I'll still use the chosen
 tag, but if I'm to play the Umarell, I'd be most likely to use bitesize

 Seriously, I don't want to get between work getting done, though.



 However people feel about gift, there is also the jargon factor.  For
 newcomers, jargon is a barrier and potential time waster

 Can we use a word that is neutral and obvious?

 Maybe trivial-to-fix or something like that?
 
 Wouldn't new contributors feel bad if they can't fix a trivial-to-fix
 bug?
 
 I think that if we change the name because 'gift' sends a wrong message,
 it would be better to change to something that doesn't try to convey a
 message, like suitable-for-new-contributors, or new-contributors.
 

Hi everyone!

I've been following the topic for some time; IMHO the word should be
something real, something that is, *literally*, what it claims to be. It
would be far less confusing this way.

I'd like to propose entry-level or any variation of it, or at least
hear a reasonable argument favoring jargon terms. FWIW, I agree with
Daniel on this one.

But hey, any longer discussion on this particular terminology problem
bears a high risk of bikeshedding! Let's be all aware of that.


Cheers,

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Invitation to speak about Debian at Coliberator 2013 in Bucharest, Romania

[Victor Nițu]

Hello world!

Cc-ing -project, since it's a pretty related matter.

On 1-2 June 2013, Fundația Ceata [1] will be organizing its first
international Free Software and Free Culture conference, called
Coliberator (website coming soon). The event will take place in
Bucharest [2], the capital of Romania.

[1] http://ceata.org
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest

In order to provide some quick background (you can always ask for
more), Fundația Ceata is described pretty well by Tiberiu
Turbureanu, its president and founder, on his blog [3]. Also,
Ceata organized two Debian events in the past year [4][5], and there are
certainly more to come.

[3]
http://jurnal.ceata.org/~tct/archives/2012/10/17/english-description-of-ceata
[4] http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/13/#romania
[5] http://www.debian.org/events/2012/0726-forumit


Ceata has previous experience with helping the organization of a
400-people conference in 2009 called eLiberatica. This number is the
participation target for the first edition of Coliberator. Coliberator
will be much like FOSDEM (but on a smaller scale), being a
community-driven, no participantion-fee event with keynotes, lightning
talks, dev rooms and stands for FS  FC projects who send
representatives to give talks at Coliberator.

The conference's main topics include (but are not limited to) user
rights, freedom of software, free licenses, projects that endorse /
support free software and general digital freedom discussions.

Please note that Coliberator is a community-driven conference (much like
FOSDEM) at its first edition and we won't be able to pay the travel
expenses for the speakers. However, our volunteers are happy to host
speakers at their places, if you find this to be nice/acceptable.


Please let me know what you think of this, and even query me on IRC if
I'm available. For a reasonable number of questions, I can provide a
quick answer without asking further :-)


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