* Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> [2009-11-02 19:05-0500]: > Hi, > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:45:55AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > We had our first workshop nearly two weeks ago, and I have not yet > > followed up. This email is about scheduling a follow up. Please see > > this poll for date options: > > > > http://doodle.com/ezt48vr4c5kbab6p > > According to this, Thursday, November 12th (~7pm or so), is the > currently most available day. It also fits with what we did last > time, and makes sense as a reasonable time. I had a crazy week and was sick, so didn't respond to the poll, also my internet is down until friday, so its been a challenge. However, I'm game for the 12th at 7pm! > So, workshop topics? I propose two rough groups: > > - Bug squashing/packaging party. Works on miscellaneous tasks. > > - One group that tears apart a package, explaining some advanced bits > that make it work, and perhaps looking at an example of a "really > bad" package that wouldn't be approved. If there are enough new > people, I could do a summary of the previous workshop. I can show people concepts of backporting packages to previous debian suites. I run a number of debian systems that are stable by policy, but occasionally need newer software, and backporting (ala http://backports.org) is the best way to deal with that. micah
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
_______________________________________________ DebianNYC mailing list DebianNYC@vireo.org http://lists.vireo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debiannyc