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digitalmars.D - FOSDEM'15 - let us propose a D dev room!!!

reply "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
Hi all!

Being the largest European Open Source Conference, FOSDEM takes 
place in Brussels and attracts with more than 400 lectures every 
year over 5000 hackers - many core contributors of the worlds 
leading open source projects. FOSDEM 2015 will take place on 
Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2015.

I had a talk about LDC in the LLVM dev room this year 
(https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/ldccompiler/) 
which was much fun.

The call for participation is now announced! 
(https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/)

I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15. Besides 
being a nice place to meet some D people, this would also give us 
a lot of attention in the open source world. There is always 
press about this event.

What needs to be done? We have to submit a proposal for a dev 
room until September 15. If the proposal is accepted then we 
should have a call for papers, keynotes, lightning talks etc. 
 From these proposals the schedule has to be created. The schedule 
should be published around January, I guess.
 From my understanding, the main team organizes the rooms, 
beamers, video recording etc.
In order to distribute the work a small team (3 persons?) will be 
needed.

What do you think? Anybody willing to help me to create the 
proposal and the schedule and moderate the event?

If the dev room proposal will be accepted I really like to see 
Walter and Andrei as keynote speakers!!!

Regards,
Kai
Aug 18 2014
next sibling parent reply "Dicebot" <public dicebot.lv> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 06:18:19 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 Hi all!

 Being the largest European Open Source Conference, FOSDEM takes 
 place in Brussels and attracts with more than 400 lectures 
 every year over 5000 hackers - many core contributors of the 
 worlds leading open source projects. FOSDEM 2015 will take 
 place on Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2015.

 I had a talk about LDC in the LLVM dev room this year 
 (https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/event/ldccompiler/) 
 which was much fun.

 The call for participation is now announced! 
 (https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-07-01-call-for-participation/)

 I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15. Besides 
 being a nice place to meet some D people, this would also give 
 us a lot of attention in the open source world. There is always 
 press about this event.

 What needs to be done? We have to submit a proposal for a dev 
 room until September 15. If the proposal is accepted then we 
 should have a call for papers, keynotes, lightning talks etc. 
 From these proposals the schedule has to be created. The 
 schedule should be published around January, I guess.
 From my understanding, the main team organizes the rooms, 
 beamers, video recording etc.
 In order to distribute the work a small team (3 persons?) will 
 be needed.

 What do you think? Anybody willing to help me to create the 
 proposal and the schedule and moderate the event?

 If the dev room proposal will be accepted I really like to see 
 Walter and Andrei as keynote speakers!!!

 Regards,
 Kai
Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to effectively do small european DConf without bothering about many of organizational details. I will forward this to colleagues and report shortly.
Aug 19 2014
next sibling parent reply "Dicebot" <public dicebot.lv> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 12:55:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to 
 effectively do small european DConf without bothering about 
 many of organizational details. I will forward this to 
 colleagues and report shortly.
Ok, it is yet to be discussed how many speakers we may send there but you can definitely count me in for helping with any organizational details. What needs to be done by September the 15th deadline?
Aug 19 2014
parent reply "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 13:04:42 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 12:55:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to 
 effectively do small european DConf without bothering about 
 many of organizational details. I will forward this to 
 colleagues and report shortly.
Ok, it is yet to be discussed how many speakers we may send there but you can definitely count me in for helping with any organizational details. What needs to be done by September the 15th deadline?
Thank you! The proposal must be submitted by this time. The annoucement states: "Developer room proposals should be emailed to devrooms fosdem.org and be as detailed as possible. In particular, coordinators should indicate their affinity with the topic being proposed and provide a rough idea of the content they plan to schedule." IMHO the content can be talks, ranging from user experience to technical topics or how to participate. Or something like a live discussion ("to GC or not to GC" ;-) ). To get as much input as possible from the community, I would start a call for talks here after the proposal is accepted. If you look at the LLVM dev room: they had 11 talks of different length and an introduction. Maybe this could guide us... Regards, Kai
Aug 19 2014
parent reply "Dicebot" <public dicebot.lv> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 16:17:51 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 Thank you!

 The proposal must be submitted by this time.

 The annoucement states:
 "Developer room proposals should be emailed to 
 devrooms fosdem.org and be as detailed as possible. In 
 particular, coordinators should indicate their affinity with 
 the topic being proposed and provide a rough idea of the 
 content they plan to schedule."

 IMHO the content can be talks, ranging from user experience to 
 technical topics or how to participate. Or something like a 
 live discussion ("to GC or not to GC" ;-) ). To get as much 
 input as possible from the community, I would start a call for 
 talks here after the proposal is accepted.

 If you look at the LLVM dev room: they had 11 talks of 
 different length and an introduction. Maybe this could guide 
 us...

 Regards,
 Kai
Does the original proposal need to already include all the talk list and details? That can be a bit challenging..
Aug 19 2014
parent reply "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 16:21:21 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 16:17:51 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 Thank you!

 The proposal must be submitted by this time.

 The annoucement states:
 "Developer room proposals should be emailed to 
 devrooms fosdem.org and be as detailed as possible. In 
 particular, coordinators should indicate their affinity with 
 the topic being proposed and provide a rough idea of the 
 content they plan to schedule."

 IMHO the content can be talks, ranging from user experience to 
 technical topics or how to participate. Or something like a 
 live discussion ("to GC or not to GC" ;-) ). To get as much 
 input as possible from the community, I would start a call for 
 talks here after the proposal is accepted.

 If you look at the LLVM dev room: they had 11 talks of 
 different length and an introduction. Maybe this could guide 
 us...

 Regards,
 Kai
Does the original proposal need to already include all the talk list and details? That can be a bit challenging..
No. The LLVM people started a call for talks after the proposal was accepted. But we need a clear idea of the topics we like to have in our schedule. Regards, Kai
Aug 19 2014
parent reply =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 16:24:40 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 No. The LLVM people started a call for talks after the proposal 
 was accepted. But we need a clear idea of the topics we like to 
 have in our schedule.

 Regards,
 Kai
Any news about that ?
Sep 21 2014
parent reply "Dicebot" <public dicebot.lv> writes:
On Sunday, 21 September 2014 at 10:19:11 UTC, Théo Bueno wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 16:24:40 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 No. The LLVM people started a call for talks after the 
 proposal was accepted. But we need a clear idea of the topics 
 we like to have in our schedule.

 Regards,
 Kai
Any news about that ?
D dev room proposal was sent (David did some very impressive job writing description) - FOSDEM decision is expected in the beginning of October.
Sep 21 2014
parent =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
On Sunday, 21 September 2014 at 14:13:14 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 On Sunday, 21 September 2014 at 10:19:11 UTC, Théo Bueno wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 16:24:40 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 No. The LLVM people started a call for talks after the 
 proposal was accepted. But we need a clear idea of the topics 
 we like to have in our schedule.

 Regards,
 Kai
Any news about that ?
D dev room proposal was sent (David did some very impressive job writing description) - FOSDEM decision is expected in the beginning of October.
Thank you. I really hope this event will happen :)
Sep 21 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 12:55:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to 
 effectively do small european DConf without bothering about 
 many of organizational details. I will forward this to 
 colleagues and report shortly.
This is a very good idea. Moreover, going to Brussels from Europe is like ten times less expensive for Europeans than going to California, so I think you can count on D enthusiasts to come :)
Aug 19 2014
next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 8/19/14, 6:35 AM, "Théo Bueno" <munrek gmx.com>" wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 12:55:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to effectively do
 small european DConf without bothering about many of organizational
 details. I will forward this to colleagues and report shortly.
This is a very good idea. Moreover, going to Brussels from Europe is like ten times less expensive for Europeans than going to California, so I think you can count on D enthusiasts to come :)
If there's a strong D community in Europe I could look into holding the next DConf at Facebook London. A kind of "proof" would be awesome. -- Andrei
Aug 19 2014
parent "Peter Alexander" <peter.alexander.au gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 14:40:44 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
 If there's a strong D community in Europe I could look into 
 holding the next DConf at Facebook London. A kind of "proof" 
 would be awesome. -- Andrei
I like this idea :-)
Aug 19 2014
prev sibling parent "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 13:35:17 UTC, Théo Bueno wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 12:55:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to 
 effectively do small european DConf without bothering about 
 many of organizational details. I will forward this to 
 colleagues and report shortly.
This is a very good idea. Moreover, going to Brussels from Europe is like ten times less expensive for Europeans than going to California, so I think you can count on D enthusiasts to come :)
If you look at DConf 2013, there were a lot of talks from European people, especially from Germany which is not too far away. Regards, Kai
Aug 19 2014
prev sibling parent "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
Hi Dicebot!

On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 12:55:36 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Sounds very interesting, it is a good opportunity to 
 effectively do small european DConf without bothering about 
 many of organizational details.
Yes, that is my motivation. :-) Regards, Kai
Aug 19 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "David Nadlinger" <code klickverbot.at> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 06:18:19 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 What do you think? Anybody willing to help me to create the 
 proposal and the schedule and moderate the event?
Count me in. I'll unfortunately not be able to spend a lot of time on this before the September deadline, but I can definitely help with preparations afterwards if the proposal is accepted. Feel free to drop me a line regarding the proposal or so even before that, though – I just can't promise to reply promptly. Cheers, David
Aug 19 2014
parent "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 13:22:30 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 06:18:19 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
 What do you think? Anybody willing to help me to create the 
 proposal and the schedule and moderate the event?
Count me in. I'll unfortunately not be able to spend a lot of time on this before the September deadline, but I can definitely help with preparations afterwards if the proposal is accepted. Feel free to drop me a line regarding the proposal or so even before that, though – I just can't promise to reply promptly. Cheers, David
Hi David! Great! Thank you. The part "coordinators should indicate their affinity with the topic" seems to be easily explained... Regards, Kai
Aug 19 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 8/18/14, 11:18 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15.
Sounds like a great initiative!! -- Andrei
Aug 19 2014
parent reply "Kai Nacke" <kai redstar.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 14:08:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
 On 8/18/14, 11:18 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15.
Sounds like a great initiative!! -- Andrei
Any chance you have some scientific work to do in Europe by end of January? ;-) Regards, Kai
Aug 19 2014
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 8/19/14, 9:25 AM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 14:08:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 On 8/18/14, 11:18 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15.
Sounds like a great initiative!! -- Andrei
Any chance you have some scientific work to do in Europe by end of January? ;-)
I'll make time for traveling for any even that's important to our community. -- Andrei
Aug 19 2014
parent reply Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On 19 August 2014 19:22, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:
 On 8/19/14, 9:25 AM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 14:08:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 On 8/18/14, 11:18 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15.
Sounds like a great initiative!! -- Andrei
Any chance you have some scientific work to do in Europe by end of January? ;-)
I'll make time for traveling for any even that's important to our community. -- Andrei
Me too. And it would be nice to go somewhere close to home for once. ;)
Sep 22 2014
parent "Paulo Pinto" <pjmlp progtools.org> writes:
On Monday, 22 September 2014 at 08:01:43 UTC, Iain Buclaw via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
 On 19 August 2014 19:22, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
 <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:
 On 8/19/14, 9:25 AM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 14:08:30 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:
 On 8/18/14, 11:18 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
 I think we should propose a D dev room for FOSDEM'15.
Sounds like a great initiative!! -- Andrei
Any chance you have some scientific work to do in Europe by end of January? ;-)
I'll make time for traveling for any even that's important to our community. -- Andrei
Me too. And it would be nice to go somewhere close to home for once. ;)
Same here. Dusseldorf is quite close and I attended FOSDEM a few times. I am just not sure if I will be available by then. -- Paulo
Sep 22 2014
prev sibling parent reply "Dicebot" <public dicebot.lv> writes:
Unfortunately, D developer room was rejected:

 Like every year, we received quite a lot more proposals than we 
 have
 rooms at our disposal. Unfortunately, we were not able to 
 schedule your
 proposed room this year.
 The list of accepted rooms can be found on our website. We hope 
 you'll
 agree that we have an interesting lineup despite the absence of 
 the room
 you proposed. If the content you intended to schedule in a 
 dedicated
 developer room fits in one of the accepted rooms, please submit 
 it there
 when the CFP is announced.
List of accepted developer rooms: https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-09-30-accepted-devrooms/ Don't know if something related to D may fit one of accepted devrooms.
Oct 01 2014
next sibling parent reply Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On 1 October 2014 17:21, Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:
 Unfortunately, D developer room was rejected:

 Like every year, we received quite a lot more proposals than we have
 rooms at our disposal. Unfortunately, we were not able to schedule your
 proposed room this year.
 The list of accepted rooms can be found on our website. We hope you'll
 agree that we have an interesting lineup despite the absence of the room
 you proposed. If the content you intended to schedule in a dedicated
 developer room fits in one of the accepted rooms, please submit it there
 when the CFP is announced.
List of accepted developer rooms: https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-09-30-accepted-devrooms/ Don't know if something related to D may fit one of accepted devrooms.
I could always gate crash Go's dev room. :o)
Oct 01 2014
parent "Dicebot" <public dicebot.lv> writes:
I think I will attend anyway as a casual visitor, can have an 
informal D meetup at least.
Oct 01 2014
prev sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 at 16:21:37 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Unfortunately, D developer room was rejected:

 Like every year, we received quite a lot more proposals than 
 we have
 rooms at our disposal. Unfortunately, we were not able to 
 schedule your
 proposed room this year.
 The list of accepted rooms can be found on our website. We 
 hope you'll
 agree that we have an interesting lineup despite the absence 
 of the room
 you proposed. If the content you intended to schedule in a 
 dedicated
 developer room fits in one of the accepted rooms, please 
 submit it there
 when the CFP is announced.
List of accepted developer rooms: https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-09-30-accepted-devrooms/ Don't know if something related to D may fit one of accepted devrooms.
The more surprising to me is that they scheduled a Smalltalk room.
Oct 01 2014
parent Paulo Pinto <pjmlp progtools.org> writes:
Am 02.10.2014 08:49, schrieb "Théo Bueno" <munrek gmx.com>":
 On Wednesday, 1 October 2014 at 16:21:37 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
 Unfortunately, D developer room was rejected:

 Like every year, we received quite a lot more proposals than we have
 rooms at our disposal. Unfortunately, we were not able to schedule your
 proposed room this year.
 The list of accepted rooms can be found on our website. We hope you'll
 agree that we have an interesting lineup despite the absence of the room
 you proposed. If the content you intended to schedule in a dedicated
 developer room fits in one of the accepted rooms, please submit it there
 when the CFP is announced.
List of accepted developer rooms: https://fosdem.org/2015/news/2014-09-30-accepted-devrooms/ Don't know if something related to D may fit one of accepted devrooms.
The more surprising to me is that they scheduled a Smalltalk room.
Smalltalk is still heavily used in education thanks to Squeak and Pharo. Not to mention the research papers that every now and then come out regarding how to improve JIT in dynamic languages or doing source control in image based systems. FOSDEM has been hosting Smalltalk for quite a few years now. -- Paulo
Oct 02 2014