[Pkg-xen-devel] Xen BOF at Debconf 18

[Hans van Kranenburg]

Hi,

On 04/19/2018 04:40 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I am going to submit a proposal for a Xen BOF at DC18.

Nice idea!

> Here is my first cut at a draft abstract:
> 
>   Title: Xen in Debian BoF
> 
>   Format: workshop with 25 min slot
> 
>   The Xen packages in Debian are in need of some work, including some
>   tidying up, upstreaming of some Makefile patches, and updating to
>   new versions.  There is a large outstanding bug list.
> 
>   Also with the demise of Alioth and the change to maintainers, we
>   will be talking about the future git maintence workflow.
> 
>   Come and stick your oar in.  You can help influence the Xen
>   maintainers' workflows, and our priorities.
> 
> Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements; whether you
> think I should ask for a 45 min slot; if you are interested enough to
> want me to get you added as a co-presenter; etc.

The first questions that come to mind are:

* What is the target audience for the talk?
* How would you describe the goal of the talk? .. or .. What result are
you aiming for? .. or .. What would you like to happen to call it a success?

The description is mainly about sharing information about what kind of
work needs to happen.

How would you describe the target audience for that? I suspect that
possible candidates to be interested in working on Xen in Debian are at
least those who are using Xen themselves, and especially the ones who
now already regularly rebuild the Debian packages with patches and
additions of their own.

Are those people at Debconf? Or do we hope that they will browse through
the video archive?

What are your ideas about this?

Hans