We are planning a Debian-edu developer gathering in Oslo, February 10-12 - 2012
Basics
Date: |
10-12 February |
Location: |
Redpill-Linpro, Vitaminveien 1A, 0485 Oslo, 6th floor. Same location as Skolelinux Drift AS. Contact Kåre Nordby on +47 900 24 893 if you can't get in due to locked doors etc. |
Airport: |
Closest airport is Oslo Airport (OSL). |
Train/Subway: |
From Oslo Central Station take the underground train to Storo (Line "4 Ringen", "6 Ringen" or "5 Storo") ~12 mins from the city centre |
Bus: |
Take Airport Bus (F3 Bekkestua) to Storo , 1 min to walk to the office |
Closest hotel: |
Radisson Blu Hotel Nydalen http://www.radissonblu.com/hotelnydalen-oslo |
Other hotels: |
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Weather: |
The gathering will include work on several topics
- Finishing touch for Debian Edu/Squeeze, and initial planning for Debian Edu/Wheezy.
- Development: Make your own build of Libre/OpenOffice, bug hunting, and usage of the tools involved in the process.
- Localization: Approaches and tools.
- Testing: Using QA tools like Litmus for testcases, and how to easily report bugs found in software.
- Coordination of the national effort.
- New and exiting projects, including student projects.
Invitation
Anyone who is, has been, or wants to contribute to the Debian-Edu/Skolelinux, Libre/OpenOffice or other free software projects are invited
Please note that there will be NO reimburse for travel expenses and sleeping accommodations.
Accommodation
No participants will get their traveling expenses reimbursed. Please contribute by writing applications for code.sprint sponsorship to governmental and private organizations.
Accommodation
- Sleeping over at a free software friend in Oslo. You have to ask support for this yourself.
There is a Radison Blu hotel nearby.
Registration
You can register in two ways:
- enter your details into the list at the bottom of this page
- due to spam on the wiki you need to have editing rights on the wiki, ask for edit rights on #skolelinux on irc.oftc.net, or on the email: www-no at skolelinux dot no
send an email message to debian-edu@lists.debian.org (or linuxiskolen@skolelinux.no ), containing the following information:
Subject: Yes, I will participate in the developer gathering <dates> Body:
- Your name
- Which part of the gathering you are joining (technical/testing, translation, system user/documentation, facilitators)
- If you are joining us for dinner on Friday and/or Saturday
- If you are a developer, we would like to know which Bug(s) you are going to work on as well. Our bugs can be found at
Organizers
Should read /Checklist (http://developer.skolelinux.no/info/prosjektet/delprosjekt/gathering-checklist.txt)
The following persons will organize the practicalities.
Mobile phone: 410 00 108 |
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Mobile phone: 988 47 685 |
(Estimated) Time frame for the gathering
This weekend there is also a mini seminar at Hackeriet (Oslo Hackerspace), which might be interesting to visit in the evening. See http://events.hackeriet.no/ .
Friday 10 February.
11:00 |
Registration |
11:15 |
Why engage in free software - path going forward |
12:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 |
News from the front lines |
15:30 |
Pause |
15:45 |
More news and presentation of the plan for the weekend |
17:00 |
Pause |
17:20 |
The collaboration starts |
20:00 |
Depart for dinner |
20:30 |
Dinner |
Saturday 11 February.
10:00 |
Start working |
13:00 |
Lunch |
13:30 |
Continue working |
15:00 |
Short break for status updates and work rescheduling |
16:00 |
Small meal |
17:30 |
Continue working |
18:30 |
Short break for status updates and work rescheduling |
19:30 |
Short break for status updates and work rescheduling |
19:45 |
Depart for dinner |
Sunday 12 February.
10:00 |
Start working |
12:00 |
Short break for status updates and work rescheduling |
12:15 |
Lunch |
13:00 |
Continue working |
14:00 |
Short break for status updates and work rescheduling |
16:00 |
Break for status updates and summarize the weekend |
17:00 |
Departure |
Registration
Please add you name as participants
Name |
Contribution |
Knut Olav Bøhmer |
Libre/OpenOffice, Skolelinux |
Olav Dahlum |
Libre/OpenOffice, Skolelinux (can't attend in person due to the flu, but still available online) |
Petter Reinholdtsen |
Skolelinux, Debian |
Kåre Nordby |
Skolelinux Drift |
Holger Levsen |
Debian |
Budget
No budget