Fwd: FosDem DevRoom

Wed Nov 23 17:56:01 UTC 2016

Hi All,

Would it be possible for you to forward the CFP to appropriate lists in
the Ubuntu community?

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[FOSDEM] [CFP] FOSDEM 2017 - Distributions Devroom - Extended

FOSDEM 2017 - Distributions Devroom Call for Participation (new
deadline)

The Distributions devroom will take place 4 February, 2017 at FOSDEM, in
room K.4.601 at Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.

Distributions are more than just hosted collections of software
from various
upstreams. Each distribution is responsible for problem-solving
in building,
testing, and releasing software as well as managing the lifecycle of
each
application in the collection. Additionally, distributions do
very important
work in ensuring that various versions of upstream software work
well together
and can co-exist. Distribution are also, often responsible, for "de-
vendoring"
upstream software so that security fixes can be applied more quickly.

We welcome submissions targeted at contributors interested in
issues unique to
distributions, especially in the following topics:

- Managing Build/Test/Release processes around shared ideas and
  resources

- Lifecycle management, especially in the areas of sandboxing,

  containerization, vendoring, and bundling

- Distribution construction tools and infrastructure development and

  implementation (building, signing, testing, distribution, etc.)

- Cross-distribution collaboration on common issues, eg: content
  distribution,
  infrastructure, and documentation

- Working with vendors and including them in the community

- Building trust and code relationships with the upstream
  components of a
  distribution and between distributions

- The future of distributions, emerging trends and evolving user
  demands from
  the idea of a platform

- The place of distributions in today's world (including concepts of

  containerization, IoT, etc.)

- Onboarding new users and mentorship, facilitating technical growth
  within the
  contributor base

- Solving traditional problems like package management, and content
  management
  (eg. rpm/dpkg/ostree/coreos )

- Integration technologies like installers, deployment facilitation
  ( eg. cloud
  contextualisation )

- Principals of Rolling Releases, Long Term Supported Releases
  (LTS), Feature
  gated releases, and calendar releases

Ideal submissions are actionable and opinionated. Submissions may be in
the
form of 25 or 50 minute talks, panel sessions, round-table
discussions, or
Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions.

Due to popular demand, We are extending the CFP for the Distributions

Devroom until Friday 02-December-2016. We plan to maintain the rest of

the schedule (e.g. notification dates) as-is. We look forward to your

submissions.

Revised Dates

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Submission Deadline: 02-Dec-2016

Acceptance Notification: 5-Dec-2016

Final Schedule Posted: 11-Dec-2016

How to submit

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Visit https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17

1.) If you do not have an account, create one here

2.) Click 'Create Event'

3.) Enter your presentation details

4.) Be sure to select the Distributions Devroom track!

5.) Submit

What to include

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- The title of your submission

- A 1-paragraph Abstract

- A longer description including the benefit of your talk to your target
  audience, including a definition of your target audience.

- Approximate length / type of submission (talk, BoF, ...)

- Links to related websites/blogs/talk material (if any)

Administrative Notes

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We will be live-streaming and recording the Distributions Devroom.
Presenting
at FOSDEM implies permission to record your session and distribute the

recording afterwards. All videos will be made available under the
standard
FOSDEM content license (CC-BY).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the devroom organizers:
distributions-devroom at lists.fosdem.org

(https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/distributions-devroom)

Cheers!

Brian Exelbierd (twitter: @bexelbie) and Brian Stinson (twitter:
@bstinsonmhk)
for and on behalf of The Distributions Devroom Program Committee

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Thank you

regards,

bex

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016, at 07:41 PM, Jorge O. Castro wrote:

> Hello everyone, got this in today,

> 

> Is anyone interested in helping out? Some people from Canonical CDO
> will be present at FOSDEM but my team in particular will be
> concentrated around the config management room.
> 

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> From: *Brian Exelbierd* <bex at pobox.com>

> Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:42 PM

> Subject: FosDem DevRoom

> To: jorge at ubuntu.com

> Cc: brian at bstinson.com

> 

> 

> Hi Jorge,

> 

>  Brian and I are working on the Distro Dev Room submission for Fosdem
>  (http://etherpad.osuosl.org/distrodevroom).

> 

>  We want to grow the number of organizers as some folks had to
>  drop out
>  due to other commitments.  Our goals are not only to ensure we submit
>  something that will appeal to the Fosdem organizers, but also to
>  attract
>  a greater number of talks from a variety of communities and
>  increase the
>  number of folks helping to man the room.

> 

>  Your feedback is very appreciated and if you have ideas of who
>  we should
>  talk too.

> 

>  I realize we have to submit this on Friday so it may be a case
>  of people
>  who are more active with the CFP and @fosdem org this year and

>  participate in the devroom pitch in future years.

> 

>  regards,

> 

>  bex

> 

> 

> 

> -- 

> Jorge Castro

> Canonical Ltd.

> http://jujucharms.com/ - The fastest way to model your application

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