Re: [Debian-NYC] Bug squashing party feedback
Free as in Freedom... and the (Free) beer doesn't hurt either. :)
Seriously though, I thought the explanations given by Daniel, Richard
and other experienced devs were great. The focus this time on limiting
scope for the beginner sessions was very helpful, and even though I am
probably going to want more beginner sessions, my understanding of the
Debian development process increased dramatically.
BTW, I may have missed the email, but did we ever send out the
whiteboard notes from the beginner sessions?
Thanks,
Brian
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Lee Azzarello <lee@rockingtiger.com> wrote:
> I have an anecdote from a co-worker this morning. Pete, who was around
> on Friday night for the beginners workshop was skeptical at first. But
> this morning he told me he sat down for a few minutes and realized
> that this is it, this is the "free softwaring" he's been missing and
> he was compelled to tell me that he "got it" after that.
>
> Unfortunately free softwaring is a good gerund and I'm in a bit of a
> conflict to replace it with something more active. Candidates:
>
> "to do software freedom"
> "to use free software"
> "use debian"
>
> Of course this goes down the slope of
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use strict
>
> but that's a digression.
>
> I think semantics are important and "open source" is tasting really
> stale in 2010.
>
> -lee
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at> wrote:
>>
>> I think it went well, and I had fun. Plus I had some very productive
>> conversations that probably would have taken weeks via email. I only
>> wish I could have been around more. Like this weekend, I have nothing
>> to do... c'est la vie.
>>
>> One possible thing that could be a nice addition is having a more
>> newbie friendly section. Or really just have a table for newbies to
>> hang out and do installs, try building things from source, etc. There
>> is the danger of it becoming a distraction from the bug squashing, but
>> I think it could make for a since atmosphere to have lots of people
>> around free softwaring.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Richard Darst wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is the bug squashing party feedback thread. Please give comments
>>> and suggestions as to how things could be improved in the future.
>>>
>>> If you want a starting point for commenting, I see three main
>>> categories of things: the tutorial parts on Friday/Saturday, the
>>> squashing parts Saturday/Sunday, and how they fit together.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> - Richard
>>>
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