Re: Knowing whom to talk to on Debconf
Hello Marc, and everyone else.
This is going to be my first Debconf. I am a total beginner and have never
contributed. However, I would really like to get involved since I have been
using Debian for over 2 years now and I absolutely love the project. Hence, I
thought that I would be able to learn a loads of new skills and meet a lot of
people with whom I can share all different kind of interests at Debconf.
Professionally, I am not doing anything with Informatics - I am a Biology
student - but I am familiar with at least the basics and looking forward to
learn a whole lot more.
I am however a bit scared about how to get started and with whom I could speak
but I am really excited for Debconf and looking forward to meet you all!
Kind regards,
Felix
> Hi,
>
> this will be my first debconf where I am not busy with organizing. So I
> will have time to talk to people and to cooperate with people. Earlier
> this year, I was visiting MiniDebconf Hamburg and found it enlightening
> to be able to directly talk to people. The MiniDebconf only had 30
> people, and it was easy to find people to talk to about certain topic.
>
> Debconf, with several hundred people, is different. Is there a
> list/medium/webpage/database where people can record their skills that
> go beyond their packages? I mean, when I want to talk about security, I
> seek a member of the security team. When I want to talk about a certain
> package, I seek its maintainer.
>
> But what do I do when I have a question about git? Or about "which idiom
> is the most pythonic"? Or about "is the new Arista datacenter switch
> really THIS cool"?
>
> For example, I would probably be one of the persons to talk to about
> IPv6, in-car networking, big scale DNS, adduser, sudo, exim, aide,
> network management and 1980/1990ies chart/dance music. And I would like
> to talk to people knowing advanced git, advanced ansible, advanced
> systemd, using KDE, booting the Raspberry Pi and living in a smart home.
>
> Do we have support infrastructure for that? Where would I enter my
> non-obvious skills that can be useful in Debian?
>
> I am looking for a casual way to find people to talk to, for example
> during meals. I could submit bofs about "my" topics, but I need to be
> in the mood to talk about certain things and would not enjoy having to
> do that on a schedule.
>
> I am looking forward to my first Debconf where I can do technical work
> and improve my technical skills!
>
> Greetings
> Marc
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