Dear Midgardians, The next week will be a busy one in the Midgard World.
Before Gathering * On Monday we will release the 2nd maintenance version of Midgard 8.09 Ragnaroek LTS. This will add lots of performance and make upgrades from Midgard 1.8 a lot easier * On Tuesday there is a preparatory meeting for the Gathering in Teerenpeli, starting at 4pm. Mostly for Nemein people, but others are welcome too * Several Gathering attendees will arrive to Helsinki on Wednesday, so maybe there will be a dinner or something Midgard Gathering, Nov 6th-9th 2008 Otakaari 20, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland * On Thursday, starting at 10am there is PHP software testing workshop by Sebastian Bergmann, the PHPUnit developer. Be prepared for a full day. * The rest of the Gathering kicks off on Friday, around 10-11am. I will give a talk about Midgard's replicated future, and Tero will hold a workshop about D-Bus communications between Midgard-PHP and Midgard-Python * On Friday there is the TKY annual party that some people from Gathering will be going to. Because of this, whole Otaniemi will be in party mode. The sauna in Midgard Gathering venue will be hot and fridge stocked with drinks... * Friday, Saturday and Sunday will follow the traditional Midgard Developer Meeting format, with small-group sessions focusing on: - Midgard and MidCOM tutorials - Future Midgard user interface and visual identity - Vinland feature planning - Midgard, Vala and embedded javascript discussion - MidCOM 3 hacking - Midgard organization and IPRs: as-is, foundation, ASF, FSFe, ... - Midgard and authentication: Kerberos, OAuth, Shibboleth, OpenID, XEP, ... - Midgard-on-desktop: Glade, D-Bus - Midgard-on-mobile: packaging, Jabber replication I have written some conversation starters for the Gathering on my blog: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/some_talking_points_for_the_midgard_gathering/ In addition, there are two pieces from Alexander: http://boids.name/empty/articles/2008/08/27/v%C3%A1li http://boids.name/empty/articles/2008/10/31/midgard-and-the-properties-pattern Facilities OK20 has tables, chairs, a kitchen, sauna and a very fast internet connection. We will arrange some food and drinks into the fridge, but in addition we can go for lunch either in the campus cafeterias or some nearby restaurants. http://www.tky.fi/fi/teekkareille/tilat/saunat/ok20-tilat/ Accommodation We will be able to accommodate most people coming to the gathering from abroad. If you need accommodation, please contact me or Emilia and ensure bed has been arranged for you. Getting there Otakaari 20 is in the accommodation area of the Otaniemi campus, quite near Dipoli. Our venue is located in the bottom floor of the building. This is the same place as in the spring 2007 event. Buses 102 and 103 come there conveniently from Kamppi: http://aikataulut.ytv.fi/reittiopas/en/?keya=kamppi&keyb=otakaari+20&hour=10&min=00&vm=2&day=06&month=11&year=2008&va=2&adv= There should also be parking space in the area. In case of any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me: [EMAIL PROTECTED], +358 40 525 1334. If you haven't told me you're coming, please do, and similarly if you need to cancel, please let me know. Looking forward to seeing you all, either in Otaniemi or on #midgard! /Bergie -- Henri Bergius Motorcycle Adventures and Free Software http://bergie.iki.fi/ Skype: henribergius Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jaiku: http://bergie.jaiku.com/ _______________________________________________ user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.midgard-project.org/mailman/listinfo/user
