Re: GUADEC 2010, call for papers

Hi everyone, > The GUADEC Call for Participation has the following time line: > > * Friday, March 19th: Deadline for submission of abstracts > > * Friday, April 10th: Notification of speakers > > Please submit your proposal before March 20th through [1]the > online paper submission system. Pap

Re: Module Proposal: GNOME Shell

Hi, 2010/4/3 Emmanuele Bassi : > >> Even on Linux >>  Intel - no psb/mrst support (eg Dell mini 10) > > there is support; it's just not open source. Hmm, do you have pointers to 3D drivers that would work out of the box with the latest xserver? As far as I know, there is no such thing. And I'm no

Re: Module Proposal: GNOME Shell

2010/4/2 Owen Taylor : >  * Virtually all machines produced currently, or in the last 5 years >   have sufficiently powerful graphics to meet our needs. In some >   cases, free software drivers that can access this hardware >   don't exist are or still in an early stage. But we can't offer >   some

Crossdesktop at FOSDEM: call for papers

[Forwarding this email on Bart's behalf, I'll be the gnome contact for the fosdem devroom] FOSDEM is one of the biggest Free and Open Source events. It is held annually in Brussels, Belgium, and attended by around 4000 people. This year we will have a devroom for 2 days dedicated to Cross-Desktop

Re: Crossdesktop at FOSDEM: call for papers

ou'll have to apply for one in the crossdesktop devroom instead. Cheers, Christophe (call for paper email below) 2010/11/16 Christophe Fergeau : > [Forwarding this email on Bart's behalf, I'll be the gnome contact for > the fosdem devroom] > > FOSDEM is one of the biggest

Call for Summer of Code ideas

tion committees and other GSoC related tasks, pop on over to #soc-admin, join the soc-mentors-list and let one of the administrators for the program know you want to be involved in making GNOME rock. This year's administrators are Vincent Untz, Ruben Vermeersch, Christophe Fergeau and Daniel Siegel.

Re: Call for Summer of Code ideas

Hi Emily, On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 07:16:37PM +0800, Emily Chen wrote: > I click on below link, but see a message below: > > *We have temporarily disabled the creation of new requests and invites in > preparation of the launch of the new UI for Melange later this week.* > > So, we will wait for t

Re: On the Interaction with the design team

2011/6/7 Rodrigo Moya : > yesterday I asked the same question (where to follow design discussions, > apart from IRC), and I was told to monitor https://live.gnome.org/Design > and children pages, which is enough to get a peak of what they are doing > indeed. And this only comes up after dozens of

Re: On the Interaction with the design team

2011/6/7 Emmanuele Bassi : > On 2011-06-07 at 11:42, Christophe Fergeau wrote: >> So what about some kind of FAQ about the design team so that everyone >> is on the same line, and to make sure everyone has the same level of >> information? > > and where should we put t

Re: GNOME user survey 2011

Hi, 2011/8/1 Felipe Contreras : > I other words, you are saying that it doesn't matter if 100% of the > responders of this survey say GNOME has too few options, nothing would > be done? Is there *any* kind of evidence that would convince GNOME ppl > that users want more options? Or is it what the

Re: GNOME user survey 2011

2011/8/1 Felipe Contreras : >> What are your >> plans to make sure people unhappy with GNOME are not over represented >> in the poll results? > > Publicize the survey as much as possible. So what? This is not how "real-life" polls work. > > Would you like to rephrase the survey to don't assume th

Re: GNOME user survey 2011

2011/8/1 Felipe Contreras : Given the kind of questions, it's bound to attract answers from people who want more options, and I don't think how we can go from "N% of the people who took the survey said they wanted more options" to "M% of *all* G3 users want more options". To >>>

Re: GNOME user survey 2011

2011/8/1 Felipe Contreras : > > From my understanding, no number has a statistical power of 0, any > number will have statistical power greater than that. See, you start implying that whatever we do, the numbers will have statistical significance (aka science aka hard facts). Unless we manage to p

Re: GNOME user survey 2011

2011/8/1 Felipe Contreras : > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Christophe Fergeau wrote: >> 2011/8/1 Felipe Contreras : >>> >>> From my understanding, no number has a statistical power of 0, any >>> number will have statistical power greater than that. >>

FOSDEM 2012 - Crossdesktop Devroom Call for Talks

FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the CrossDesktop DevRoom, which will host Desktop-related talks. We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source Softwa

Re: FOSDEM 2012 - Crossdesktop Devroom Call for Talks

hope to see you in Brussels, Christophe 2011/11/19 Christophe Fergeau : > FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software > contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels > (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the CrossDesktop DevRoom, which > will host Desk

Re: multiple vala versions in 3.4

2012/1/21 Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) : > > Being a maintainer of 2 vala projects in GNOME, I can tell you that > valac itself is pretty stable these days and it gets more and more > stable all the time. The issue is the bindings usually. Yup, though it's still not unusual to hit vala compiler bugs unfo

Ideas for Google Summer of Code 2012

Hiya GNOME lovers! It's that time of the year again: Google's Summer of Code is approaching. We are in the midst of preparing it all [1] but we need your help by submitting great project ideas. Student proposals will start to roll in on March 26, but we'd like to make sure there are plenty of proj

Re: Ideas for Google Summer of Code 2012

follow up on soc-mentors-list, or to ask on IRC. You can find us on #soc. Cheers, Christophe 2012/2/26 Christophe Fergeau : > Hiya GNOME lovers! > > It's that time of the year again: Google's Summer of Code is > approaching. We are in the midst of preparing it all [1] but

Re: 3.6 Feature: IBus/XKB integration

Hey, I just read the whole thread, and had a few questions, I'm more or less arbitrarily answering to this email in the thread. 2012/5/13 Marguerite Su : > and another background knowledge: > > fcitx is capable of inputing in Traditional Chinese( IBus don't make > it even work), Simplified Chines

Re: Introducing Boxes non-free

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 06:19:16PM +0300, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: > Hi, > In the light of protests against Boxes package shipping non-free > logos[1], we have put them under a different repository and package > now. Since we don't anticipate changes to this package happening > between every

Fosdem 2013 - Crossdesktop devroom call for talks

Hello, The Call for Talks for the CrossDesktop DevRoom at FOSDEM 2013 is now officially open. Please do not wait till the last minute! --8<--- * FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks

Fwd: [crossdesktop-devroom] deadline extension for the cross-desktop devroom

The deadline for the crossdesktop devroom has been extended by just a few days, you now have until this Friday to submit talk proposals! Christophe -- Forwarded message -- From: Lydia Pintscher Date: 2012/12/15 Subject: [crossdesktop-devroom] deadline extension for the cross-desk

Re: Google Summer of Code: ideas wanted!

Hey everyone! 2013/3/13 Marina Zhurakhinskaya : > Hiya GNOME lovers! > > It's that time of the year again: Google Summer of Code is approaching. We've > updated our program pages [1] to have the latest information and we need your > help in creating a list of great project ideas. It's essential

Re: Announcing GNOME's official GitHub mirror

Hey, 2013/8/15 Debarshi Ray : > If you are using GMail (a proprietary web application) for your GNOME > work, and then turn around and start objecting to the use of GitHub as > another / secondary distribution channel for our code, then, yes, I do > find it insincere. > > Running your own email in

FOSDEM 2014 Desktops DevRoom Call for Talks

Hey, As usual, it's time to submit your talk proposal for FOSDEM --8<--- FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the Desktops DevRoom (formerly known as "CrossDesktop DevRoom"),

Re: FOSDEM 2014 Desktops DevRoom Call for Talks

Hey everyone, just a reminder that this Call for talks is still open, don't wait until the last minute to send your proposal! Christophe 2013/11/6 Christophe Fergeau : > Hey, > > As usual, it's time to submit your talk proposal for FOSDEM > > --8<--- > > FOSDE

Help wanted - FOSDEM desktop devroom

Hello, The FOSDEM organization wants every presentation recorded this year. They will provide equipment and training, we need to provide the manpower. The schedule for the devroom can be found at https://fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/desktops/ Please get in touch with me if you are willing to h

FOSDEM 2015 Desktops DevRoom Call for Talks

Hello, --8<--- FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the Desktops DevRoom (formerly known as "CrossDesktop DevRoom"), which will host Desktop-related ta

FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation

esktops-devr...@lists.fosdem.org. Use this page to manage your subscription: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/desktops-devroom Organization The Desktops DevRoom 2016 is managed by a team representing the most notable open desktops: - Pau Garcia i Quiles, KDE - Christophe Fergeau, Gnome

Re: FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation

Just a few more days to go, deadline is on December 6th. If you haven't submitted your proposal yet, now is the time! Christophe On Sat, Nov 07, 2015 at 02:25:50PM +0100, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation > > FOSDEM is one of the larg

Re: FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation

Hi, On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 01:45:59PM +, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: > Hi Christophe, > > While I greatly appreciate your (and of everyone involved) voluntary > work on organising the devroom, I really wish we did not put all these > big projects into one devroom for just one day. Is there

Re: FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2016 Call for Participation

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 06:55:39PM +, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > > Given the amount of projects asking for devrooms, I suspect this is > > going to be hard. The FOSDEM organizers asked us to merge the devrooms &

Re: gsoc 2016 idea

Hey, On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 07:01:14PM +0400, Artyom Lyan wrote: > Hi, all. How can i propose new idea for gsoc 2016? And how to contact > mentor? > This idea is related to unity panel. I would recommend getting in touch with people working on the Unity panel, presenting them your idea, and see

librest API/ABI breakage

Hey, This is just a headsup that we are about to merge some changes to librest master which are going to break API/ABI. Main goal is to change the async API to use GTask, but we are using this break as an opportunity for more cleanups. At the moment, the API in librest git master is not going to

Re: librest API/ABI breakage

Hey Philip, On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 02:51:45PM +0100, Philip Withnall wrote: > OOI, are you going to take the opportunity ensure it follows all the > latest parallel installability guidelines as well? > > https://developer.gnome.org/programming-guidelines/unstable/parallel-in > stallability.html.

Re: Gnome Flatpak build system, descriptions and questions

Hey, On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 11:21:05AM -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Fri, 2016-08-26 at 11:48 -0400, Shaun McCance wrote: > > IIRC, git.gnome.org won't let you push an unsigned tag. > > I've been doing it for a while, so it most certainly does! I don't see > value in signing our tags as (

FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2017 CfP

org/listinfo/desktops-devroom <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/desktops-devroom> Organization The Desktops DevRoom 2017 is managed by a team representing the most notable open desktops: - Pau Garcia i Quiles, KDE - Christophe Fergeau, Gnome - Michael Zanetti, Unity - Phili

Re: FOSDEM Desktops DevRoom 2017 CfP

Hi everyone, We haven't received a lot of submissions so far, the deadline is next Monday, don't wait too much for submitting a proposal :) Cheers, Christophe On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 08:16:33PM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > Hello, > > Here is the Call for Participati

Fosdem 2007 - Call for talks

Hi everyone, and happy new year ;) This year again we'll have a GNOME devroom at FOSDEM, and we need *you* to give a talk in that room to make it rock even more than the one we had in 2006. Devroom talks are 30/35 minute long talks presenting one aspect of the GNOME community you care about. This

Re: Fosdem 2007 - Call for talks

your talk ;) Cheers, Christophe Le mercredi 03 janvier 2007 à 23:43 +0100, Christophe Fergeau a écrit : > Hi everyone, and happy new year ;) > > This year again we'll have a GNOME devroom at FOSDEM, and we need *you* > to give a talk in that room to make it rock even more than th

Fosdem 2008 - Call for talks

Hi everyone, and happy new year ;) As for the last few years, we'll have a GNOME devroom at FOSDEM (23/24 feb in Brussels), and as always, we're looking for people who want to give talks in that devroom. This year, the half day dedicated to cross desktop talks has been extended to cover the whol

Re: Fosdem 2008 - Call for talks

> > If you aren't giving a talk but are coming, please let us now at > http://live.gnome.org/Brussels2007#attendees ! The correct link is obviously http://live.gnome.org/Brussels2008#attendees ;) Christophe ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-de

GNOME Devroom at FOSDEM 2009

Hi everyone, As for the last few years, we'll have a GNOME devroom at FOSDEM (7/8 feb in Brussels), and as always, we want *YOU* to give a talk about the cool project you are hacking on in this devroom This year, we'll have half a day dedicated to GNOME specific talks, and on Sunday, we'll share

Re: Call for talks - GNOME Devroom at FOSDEM 2009

Hello :) 2008/12/30 Christophe Fergeau : > As for the last few years, we'll have a GNOME devroom at FOSDEM (7/8 > feb in Brussels), and as always, we want *YOU* to give a talk about > the cool project you are hacking on in this devroom > [...] > Please send your talk propo

Wake Up World! Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss?

If you want to know who the real establishment is in America and around the world, the real power behind the so-called “military-industrial complex”, the real maleficent power that has led this world to inexorable conflict, war, hatreds, destruction of real human values, morality, conscience — i

Wake Up World! Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

If you want to know who the real establishment is in America and around the world, the real power behind the so-called ''military-industrial complex'', the real maleficent power that has led this world to inexorable conflict, war, hatreds, destruction of real human values, morality, conscience —

Re: Wake Up World! Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Hi Felix, 2009/1/23 Felix Kaser : > Thanks a lot, I missed the official response ;) I don't get Gnome Journal > mails so I didn't get this. It makes things clear, but I hope we'll hear > from Christophe, that he's not really behind this, soon ;) This mail was obviously not from me, someone forged

Re: Wake Up World! spam

Hi everyone, I just came back from a nice evening at one of my colleague place to find lots of emails in my mailbox, some from me, some from other people, all talking about "Wake Up World! Meet the New Boss, ...". It seems someone used my email address to spam most GNOME related mailing lists, bu

Re: git commit messages

Hi Vincent, 2009/4/22 Vincent Untz > - When committing code on behalf of others use the --author option, e.g. >git commit -a --author "Joe Coder " and --signoff. > > > > > Opinions? Not sure about the --signoff part. The committer em

FOSDEM: Call for Talks for the Gnome Dev Room

Want to have fun in Brussels? Here is a reminder, we are still looking for people to give talks in the gnome devroom during FOSDEM. You are a hacker and you are going to FOSDEM ? So you surely want to present the project you are hacking on to the world, to convince fellow hackers that your stuff

Re: release notes: first draft

Hi, Le mardi 07 mars 2006 à 14:50 +, Edward Hervey a écrit : > > Given the goal of gnome to be a free desktop I think the description > > "take advantage of" is misleading. It allows third party vendors to > > "take advantage of" users. It allows users to be taken advantage of. > > > > > > And

Re: Solution for OEMs/Gnome

Le jeudi 13 avril 2006 à 10:23 +0100, Daniel Carrera a écrit : > Yes, I know what XML is, and I'm quite comfortable with XML. But that > doesn't tell me what any of of those files means or how they work. They > really aren't self-describing and there are 124 of them just in my > ~/.gconf directo