[ug-bosug] [belenix-discuss] BeleniX - Project Day proposal for FOSS.IN/2007

[Joe G (Joseph George)]

Shiv,

Thanks for taking this one up.

A quick thought:

If a project day can cover two full days - should we do 1 day on  
BeleniX and another on OpenSolaris? May be, we could do something  
around contributing to OpenSolaris bite-sized bugs on the OpenSolaris  
Project Day.

~Joe

On 17-Aug-07, at 8:58 AM, S h i v wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Foss.in (http://foss.in/2007/info/Home) one of the well known open
> source conferences is happening during 4-Dec to 8-Dec this year. The
> conference this time is across 5 days spanning 2 project days and 3
> conference days.
> For details see http://foss.in/2007/info/Announcement and
> http://foss.in/2007/info/Project_Days
>
> Below is a draft proposal to be submitted for a Belenix/OpenSolaris
> project day at foss.in/2007
>
> Some inputs before you go through the it:
> * Foss.in project days will provide 1day or 0.5 day per project
> * The proposal below plans for 1day, meaning 7 hours
>
> Guidelines provided by foss.in team is as below
>     *  7 hours per project day.
>     * Atleast one talk Project status and future direction.
>     * Upto 2 workshops on key technologies used by the project or on
> expanding the project
>     * Atleast one session about contribution guidelines.
> (Other guidelines are available at
> http://foss.in/2007/info/Project_Day_Submissions)
>
> Incase any of the below topics is more relevant for the main
> conference, then we can push it there instead of here.
>
> This proposal will stay on this list for any *quick comments*.
> Tomorrow it will be posted to foss.in mailing list
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foss-in) where the actual discussion
> will happen.
>
> At this stage it will still be a draft. We have time till 28-August to
> finalize on it.
>
> * It is better if we finalize the proposal on foss.in mailing list *
> This way we reach the audience who intend to participate while setting
> the agenda.
>
> Below is the conference proposal is available online at
> http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=node/53
>
> The text is also reproduced below:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------------------------------------------
> 1. OpenSolaris/Belenix introduction
>
>     * Audience : Suitable for newcomers to experts
>     * Duration : 1hour
> Content
>     * How has OpenSolaris evolved since it came into existence
>     * How things work at opensolaris.org
>           o the different processes a contributor needs to know
>           o what are the priorities that the contributions are
> measured against as seen on the discussion lists & how decision making
> works
>     * .....Add other relevant sub-heads here
>
> 2. Belenix
>     * Audience : Will need good awareness regarding versioning,
> packaging, LiveCD, etc.
>     * Duration : 1.5hours
> Content
>     * Stock taking of the current status
>     * Future plans
>     * Areas of involvement possible
>       (contribution possibilities landscape - linked to belenix  
> future plans)
>     * Mechanisms to get involved
>
> 3. Contributing to OpenSolaris/Belenix
>     * Audience : Newcomer to experienced
>     * Duration : 1.5hours
> Content
>     * Issues to keep in mind while authoring apps intended to work on
> posix like systems
>           o Posix/OpenSolaris/Linux - where the differences lie for  
> a developer
>           o Compiler toolset - GCC/SunStudio - where the differences
> lie for a developer
>     * Packaging - what needs to be done to provide a build recipe  
> to a user
>       (aligned with the way Belenix will put a process in place for
> contribution)
>
> 4. OpenSolaris development environment
>     * Audience : Suitable for all type of audience
>     * Duration : 45minutes
> Content
>     * What is available, how to use, where to get.
>     * Setting up pre-requisites (CBEs) for different  
> consolidations. etc.
>
> 5. Elaboration on the topics of the contribution areas
>     * Audience : Suitable for people who are hands on with different
> contribution areas. Discussion is likely to be quite technical in
> nature.
>     * Duration : 1.5hours
> Content
>     * Will depend on the earlier belenix topic
>
> Intention : Identify potential contributors, Have a bof, in one of the
> subsequent foss.in days, get people to know other belenix team members
> from the Belenix stall (yes we will be setting up one again
> this year)
>
> 6. DEMOS
>     * Duration : 45mins
>     * Specifics and the sequence are to be decided.
>     * Is it best if interspersed with the other topics ???
>       (there will anyway be demos in the stalls!)
>
> TOTAL TIME AVAILABLE = 7hours (1 project day)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------------------------------------------
>
> regards
> Shiv
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