[ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Packaging Jam?

[Charles Ulrich]

On Nov 20, 2007 8:06 PM, Marshal Newrock <marshal at idealso.com> wrote:
> I'll just address this here.  If you're using the Computer Lounge
> network, then there should be a caching web proxy, so that would
> decrease the bandwidth requirements.  I'm assuming that packages are
> fetched via http and ftp.

I guess it depends on how bandwidth-intensive this activity is going
to be. If each person just needs the build-essential packages and a
few other tools, a caching proxy is probably going overboard. But if
everyone needs access to the same few hundred megabytes, we could just
mirror that stuff locally on the terminal server or someone's laptop.

> As far as networking, then I'm sure that one way or another, we can get
> all of the computers on the same subnet.  Either with a wireless router
> which provides dhcp, with a switch hanging off of it for the wired
> computers, or by making sure there's a network card specifically for
> packaging jam computers in the terminal server, and having the terminal
> server provide dhcp.

That sounds like the simplest way to go. I think in previous years we
tried to physically separate the terminals from the rest of the lounge
network but that shouldn't be necessary now since LTSP sessions are
encrypted by default. People who don't bring laptops (which is
actually quite a lot) could participate in the packaging jam by
grabbing a terminal and following along.

I highly recommend figuring out a way to pare down the jam to 2-3
hours at most or break it up like Matt suggested. A 6-8 hour stint in
the lounge really isn't going to fly and very few Penguicon attendees
will have that kind of attention span anyway. There's just too much
going on over the course of the very short weekend. I know I have a
hard enough time sitting through a single hour-long panel, even when
the topic is interesting.

Charles