[Debconf-team] attendance by a non-dev?
Removing identifying information to protect the innocent (for now). But,
we've been seeing quite a few "I just created an account in alioth, and I'm
having issues registering for the confernce". It occurs to me that those who
are *really* interested are likely to take the time to reach out to us, but
those who aren't sure, or don't feel completely invited yet, may be
discouraged by this.
Is there a delay between account creation and ability to sign in through
summit? I seem to remember there being some sort of process that cron'd
every hour or some such. (Which creates delays with account creations and
password changes and yadda.)
If this is the case, should we have something on Summit that advises people
that account creation will take <x> amount of time, and to please wait that
long before registering?
Patty
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:08:49 -0700
From: ***@***.***
To: registration@debconf.org
Subject: attendance by a non-dev?
Hi,
I'm not a Debian developer, but I'm about 2.5 years into my GNU/Linux
odyssey, now working on meta issues, working to help developers and
valuable projects like Debian
I happen to live in Portland and am interested in attending at least some
of DebConf to (A) network with folks (B) see what it's all about (C) find
out ways that I can get involved and learn more although I'm not really a
programmer, etc.
I made an Alioth account, but trying to sign in through SSO with that
brought an error. Should I even worry about registration? If I pack my own
lunch and just show up, is that ok? Or can I register another way? Also,
any way to get a sense of the most appropriate ways for me to participate?
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Patty Langasek
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