Hi Folks, If you have topics for the Distro Devroom, now's the time! See the CFP Here: ----- Forwarded message ----- > To: fosdem at lists.fosdem.org > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 17:55:56 +0100 > Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM 2018 - Distributions Devroom Call for Participation > > The Distributions devroom will take place Sunday 4 February 2018 at > FOSDEM, in Brussels, Belgium at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. > > For this year's distributions devroom, we want to focus on the ways that > distribution technologies can be leveraged to allow for easier > creation of a multi-verse of artifacts from single source trees. We also > want to continue to highlight the huge efforts being made in shared > environments around Build/Test/Release cycles. > > We welcome submissions targeted at contributors interested in issues > unique to distributions, especially in the following topics: > > - Distribution and Community collaborations, eg: how does code flow from > developers to end users across communities, ensuring trust and code > audibility > > - Automating building software for redistribution to minimize human > involvement, eg: bots that branch and build software, bots that > participate as team members extending human involvement > > - Cross-distribution collaboration on common issues, eg: content > distribution, infrastructure, and documentation > > - Growing distribution communities, eg: onboarding new users, helping > new contributors learn community values and technology, increasing > contributor technical skills, recognizing and rewarding contribution > > - Principals of Rolling Releases, Long Term Supported Releases (LTS), > Feature gated releases, and calendar releases > > - Distribution construction, installation, deployment, packaging and > content management > > - Balancing new code and active upstreams verus security updates, back > porting and minimization of user breaking changes > > - Delivering architecture independent software universally across > architectures within the confines of distribution systems > > - Effectively communicating the difference in experience across > architectures for developers, packagers, and users > > - Working with vendors and including them in the community > > - The future of distributions, emerging trends and evolving user demands > from the idea of a platform > > 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. > > Dates > ------ > Submission Deadline: 03-Dec-2017 @ 2359 GMT > Acceptance Notification: 8-Dec-2017 > Final Schedule Posted: 15-Dec-2017 > > How to submit > -------------- > Visit https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM18 > > 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-devroom at 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 > > _______________________________________________ > FOSDEM mailing list > FOSDEM at lists.fosdem.org > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem ----- End forwarded message ----- Cheers! -- Brian Stinson