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Mini-DebConf in India
As discussed at, Discussion List, we have decided to host Mini-DebConf in India on 7th and 8th August 2010 in Pune. Event Website (Thanks to debconf organizers for hosting it).
Local information
- Date: 7th and 8th August
- Location: College of Engineering Pune (COEP), Pune
- Airport: Pune/PNQ
- Train: PUNE JN (PUNE)
- Weather: It is rainy season, recommended to bring an umbrella or rain coat
Contacts
Local Team
- Praveen A - pravi dot a at gmail dot com (9561745712)
- Abhijit A M - abhijit13 at gmail dot com
- Vipul A M - vipulnsward at gmail dot com
Local groups hosting this event are Uncode (Free Software Initiative of Lokayat), CoFSUG (COEP Free Software user Group), FSUGP (Free Software User Group of PICT) and PLUG (Pune Linux User Group)
Debian contact
- kartikmistry kartik at debian.org
Agenda
We met at #DebianIndia @ freenode around 10:00 am IST on 4th July 2010 and finalized the agenda. Minutes of IRC meeting
Er, what about #debian-in on irc.debian.org (OFTC)? - for Indic related packaging, whereas DebianIndia is about bringing more Indians to Debian project.
Talks
Day 1
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am - Why Debian? Introducing the Universal Operating System - Praveen Arimbrathodiyil
Tea Break
- 11:15 am - 12:15 pm - Developers Toolbox - BTS, PTS, QA (workshop) - Kartik Mistry
12:15 pm - 01:15 pm - Contributing to Debian - DD process, l10n ... - Kartik Mistry & Vikram Vincent
Lunch Break
02:00 pm - 05:00 pm - Debian Packaging (workshop) - Kartik Mistry & Onkar Shinde
Tea Break in between
We will have a key signing party after sessions get over, so bring in your photo id. Read more about key signing parties
Day 2
- 10:00 am - 10:30 am Debian Edu - Vikram Vincent shares his experience of helping children learn with Debian Edu
- 10:30 am - 11:00 am Collaboration between Debian, Ubuntu and BOSS - discussion
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Debian Community Activities - future plans - discussion
- 11:00 am - 05:00 pm Bug Squashing Party and Packaging Sessions - use what you learned on day 1
Attendees
Please add you own name, e-mail address, City and Comments in pages linked below
Food and Accommodation
Transport from airport to venue
Preparation
Here is some of the things you need to take care of,
- Create a gpg key
- Take print outs or write down your key finger print (you will need to give it to every one who participate ie, 50-100 fingerprints)
- Bring a photo id like passport, election id etc
- Update registration page and mention if you are bringing your own laptop
- If you are bringing your own laptop, make sure you have debian unstable installed on it or if you are brave enough pbuilder installed on another GNU/Linux
gpg related steps are explained in detail here.
Tourist Information
After-event
Photos:
Blog posts: