Re: Nice discussion at debconf

2009-07-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tom Arnold [2009.07.27.0025 +0200]: > I love the idea of more x-distro collab, but what I heard seems > really complicated and daunting. Yes, we definitely need to take complexity out of it. After all, the goal should be something that is so conducive to use that people are glad to us

Nice discussion at debconf

2009-07-26 Thread Tom Arnold
Hello list, I love the idea of more x-distro collab, but what I heard seems really complicated and daunting. Wouldn't it be easier to set up some independent (maybe with Debian money) rejected-patches.org with a gitorious install that maybe pulls all distro (or just rejected from upstream) patches

Re: Debconf

2009-07-21 Thread James Westby
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach James Westby [2009.04.13.2326 +0200]: >> Event Title: vcs-pkg.org workgroup >> Subtitle: Drafting a roadmap for vcs-pkg.org >> Track: DebConf >> Event type: Workshop (or should it be BoF? There is no explanation) > > This jus

Re: Debconf

2009-07-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach James Westby [2009.04.13.2326 +0200]: > Event Title: vcs-pkg.org workgroup > Subtitle: Drafting a roadmap for vcs-pkg.org > Track: DebConf > Event type: Workshop (or should it be BoF? There is no explanation) This just happened on IRC in the #debconf channel. 21 12:23 &l

DebConf workshop accepted

2009-07-01 Thread James Westby
Hi all, The workshop at DebConf that I proposed has been accepted: https://penta.debconf.org/dc9_schedule/events/425.en.html I look forward to seeing some of you there. Thanks, James ___ vcs-pkg-discuss mailing list vcs-pkg-discuss

Re: Debconf

2009-04-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jan Hauke Rahm [2009.04.14.1146 +0200]: > Interesting point. Let's say we keep that field open until there is an > idea of implementation that would actually work. We can drop support for > VCSs and distros then if needed. ;-) Absolutely. I definitely did not mean to cast doom over SV

Re: Debconf

2009-04-14 Thread Jan Hauke Rahm
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:41:51AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > I always try to say "modern" VCS, instead of distributed. The > problem with SVN and all the other centralised VCS is not that they > are centralised, but that they basically don't know what merges are. > They pretend to merge, and

Re: Debconf

2009-04-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach James Westby [2009.04.13.2326 +0200]: > If any DebConf attendees have a radically different proposal then I > suggest you go ahead and submit it, as the deadline is on the 15th > of this month, and we can then decide which of the proposals to > withdraw afterwards (if

Re: Debconf

2009-04-14 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 10:31 +0200, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: > Hi James, > > just a small issue: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:26:31PM +0100, James Westby wrote: > > > > Event Title: vcs-pkg.org workgroup > > Subtitle: Drafting a roadmap f

Re: Debconf

2009-04-14 Thread Jan Hauke Rahm
Hi James, just a small issue: On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:26:31PM +0100, James Westby wrote: > > Event Title: vcs-pkg.org workgroup > Subtitle: Drafting a roadmap for vcs-pkg.org > Track: DebConf > Event type: Workshop (or should it be BoF? There is

Re: Debconf

2009-04-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:26:31PM +0100, James Westby wrote: > OK, it's a bit last minute, sorry, but here is a proposal that I > will submit to debconf in 24 hours time, any feedback is welcome. Thanks! > Event type: Workshop (or should it be BoF? There is no explanation) I thin

Re: Debconf

2009-04-13 Thread James Westby
but here is a proposal that I will submit to debconf in 24 hours time, any feedback is welcome. Event Title: vcs-pkg.org workgroup Subtitle: Drafting a roadmap for vcs-pkg.org Track: DebConf Event type: Workshop (or should it be BoF? There is no explanation) Abstract: The vcs-pkg.or

Re: Debconf

2009-03-31 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jan Hauke Rahm [2009.03.30.1207 +0200]: > Is this going to be decided before April, 15th? If I attend > debconf I'd definitely need sponsoring and thus to register before > April, 15th. This project would be an intersting point on my list > of reasons to attend debco

Re: Debconf

2009-03-30 Thread Jan Hauke Rahm
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:18:30PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Stefano Zacchiroli [2009.03.25.1625 +0100]: > > Martin, given that you are also among DebConf organizers, how about > > hosting *at* DebCamp a vcs-pkg meeting? We can announce it here and > > see

Re: Debconf

2009-03-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Donnie Berkholz [2009.03.26.1232 +0100]: > For Gentoo, I am interested but this is an extraordinarily bad > time for me. I expect to defend my Ph.D. thesis around this time. > If there's some funded opportunity to meet later in the year, or > perhaps next DebCon

Re: Debconf

2009-03-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Donnie Berkholz writes: > For Gentoo, I am interested but this is an extraordinarily bad time for > me. I expect to defend my Ph.D. thesis around this time. If there's some > funded opportunity to meet later in the year, or perhaps next DebConf, > that should be possible for me

Re: Debconf

2009-03-26 Thread Donnie Berkholz
ome funded opportunity to meet later in the year, or perhaps next DebConf, that should be possible for me. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com pgplXnpYnFbUw.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ vcs-

Re: Debconf

2009-03-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Stefano Zacchiroli [2009.03.25.1625 +0100]: > Martin, given that you are also among DebConf organizers, how about > hosting *at* DebCamp a vcs-pkg meeting? We can announce it here and > see whether other people, not necessarily related to Debian, are > willing to attend s

Re: Debconf

2009-03-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach James Westby [2009.03.25.1500 +0100]: > > I will probably be there and I am definitely interested in doing > > something vcs-pkg. I am a little weary though about doing something > > in a Debian/Ubuntu-only context, because this group is already > > strongly Debian/Ubuntu-centric [0],

Re: Debconf

2009-03-25 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
n/Ubuntu-only context, because this group is already > > strongly Debian/Ubuntu-centric [0], so we better be careful not to > > drive the others away. > I agree. > It seems to good an opportunity to pass up though. Agreed, and I'll be there too. Martin, given that you

Re: Debconf

2009-03-25 Thread James Westby
ill mainly an idea and an interest group, but we don't have any > products, solutions, or even just specific problem vectors yet. We > could define those, and invite non-Debconf-attendees to join us on > IRC. > > I'd support any effort, though since I am also organiser for

Re: Debconf

2009-03-23 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach James Westby [2009.03.23.1821 +0100]: > I'm going to be at this year's debconf, and so I'd like to > organise something to do with vcs-pkg if there is interest. > > Who is going to be at Debconf? What suggestions are there for what > we can do? I w

Debconf

2009-03-23 Thread James Westby
Hi all, There is a strong Debian presence here, and so I expect there will be a number of people interested in vcs-pkg at Debconf. I'm going to be at this year's debconf, and so I'd like to organise something to do with vcs-pkg if there is interest. Who is going to be a

vcs-pkg BoF on DebConf

2008-06-16 Thread Philipp
Hi VCS packagers, on this year's DebConf, Martin will possibly hold a talk about vcs-pkg and hopefully excite lots of people for the issue. My hope was that this would generate enough interest to hold a Face-to-face meeting and get some offline discussion going, so to follow-up on the t