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

[Ian Jackson]

Hans van Kranenburg writes ("Re: Xen BOF at Debconf 18"):
> 
> On 04/19/2018 04:40 PM, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > 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?

I think the audience is people who are interested in Xen in Debian and
have opinions about how it should go forward, either because they
intend to work on it, or because they consume it in a nontrivial way.

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

Yes.

> 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.

Yes.

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

I am planning for a workshop style format, rather than a talk.  The
video is not likely to be particularly useful.  I am hoping that
enough of those people will be at Debconf that the session will be
useful.

If you have suggestions for how to improve the session, or the
abstract (which I have now submitted, but I think I can still edit),
please do let me know.

Regards,
Ian.

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