Debian Med Sprint 2025
An in-person meetup of volunteers to create and update packages of bioinformatics and other biomedical software in Debian as part of the DebianMed team.
If you would like to join our small meeting for bug squashing, or if you are a newcomer looking to get in touch with Debian people, you are perfectly welcome to add your name to the list of attendees as well!
Location, Date
- when: February 15th and 16th, 2025
- Venue will open at ~9AM, please ring the bell outside building number 22 ("DCSO" 2nd floor, main reception). If no one opens, please call organiser (+49 (0)151 54150155)
Venue
We will have access to one large (~15 people) and one small (~ 5 people) meeting room, so working in separate groups from time to time is definitely possible. A comfortable open space with coffee machine for socialising and relaxing is available.
Network and Wifi
There will be only public WiFi provided by DCSO. Sorry, no wired ethernet will be available.
Getting there
Berlin can be easily reached from within Germany using the DB train system (Berlin Hbf or Berlin-Südkreuz) or Flixbus long-distance bus service (Berlin ZOB or Alexanderplatz). There is also a major international airport: Berlin Brandenburg (BER) with good public transport connections to the rest of the city for 3.80 € per trip: https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/orientation/getting-here/public-transport.html
The venue is easily reachable by S-Bahn (S1, Ringbahn S41/S42/S46) via Schöneberg station. There are also a couple of buses running (M46, 248). See https://sbahn.berlin/fahren/bahnhofsuebersicht/schoeneberg/ for more details. Südkreuz station (https://sbahn.berlin/fahren/bahnhofsuebersicht/suedkreuz/) would also be an alternative with a bit of walking.
Please avoid coming by car in favour of the environment and limited parking.
Accommodation
There are a variety of hotels and hostels just a couple of S-Bahn stations from the venue, e.g. near Potsdamer Platz or Anhalter Bahnhof: https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+near+euref-campus/@52.4884989,13.3415758,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!2m4!5m3!5m2!4m1!1i2
Examples:
Nearest and good experience: https://www.google.com/maps/place/the+niu+Dwarf/@52.4829201,13.3519029,16.42z
Within walking distance: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Sch%C3%B6neberg/@52.4838617,13.3538017,17.5z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x0:0x7cbdc6094eb22597!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d52.4849925!4d13.3545083
Few S-Bahn stations away: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Novotel+Suites+Berlin+City+Potsdamer+Platz/@52.5048022,13.3817308,16.54z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x0:0x1c4720a47f155c71!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d52.50457!4d13.38312 and others in the area
On campus: https://euref.de/en/euref-campus_en/campus-life/#overnight (only few spaces available, might go quickly)
Participants
Please add yourself to the list below if you wish to attend. There will be space for ~15 participants.
Please take care to register up to 2-3 days before the meeting, as we will need to prepare visitor passes and arrange the stay with DCSO's physical security provider.
No |
Name |
confirmed |
booked accom. |
Affiliation |
Country |
Arrival at |
Departure at |
|
1 |
Sascha Steinbiss |
Yes |
|
Debian, DCSO |
DE |
2025-02-15T09:00 |
2025-02-16T19:00 |
|
2 |
Andreas Tille |
Yes |
Done |
Debian |
DE |
2025-02-14 |
2025-02-17 |
|
3 |
Michael R. Crusoe |
Yes |
Local |
Debian |
DE |
|
|
|
4 |
Pierre Gruet |
Yes |
Done |
Debian |
FR |
2025-02-14T18:00 |
2025-02-16T19:00 |
|
5 |
Étienne Mollier |
Yes |
pending |
Debian, Viridien |
FR |
2025-02-14T18:00 |
2025-02-17T07:00 |
|
6 |
Karsten Schöke |
No |
Local |
|
DE |
|
|
Food
The venue is located in the "Rote Insel" district of Berlin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_Insel) with many suitable and affordable lunch spots, e.g. good Korean and Indian restaurants, a South German Wirtshaus within very short walking distance, and various fast food options (with vegetarian menu items). There is also a nice Vietnamese restaurant right next to the S station Schoneberg (Viet Kitchen, Dominicusstraße 54, 10827 Berlin) with many vegan options.
Bring
Please consider bringing the following items:
- computers
- adaptors for EU power plugs, if necessary
- power strips
- energy bars 🍫
- video adapters/cables maybe?
Agendas
Andreas
- If there are newcomers I'm fine to teach packaging
- Provide some new insights into Debian I've gathered in the last 10months
- Fix bugs
- Work with Pierre on a talk
- General discussion about a vision. I have the feeling we are just keeping the status quo since several years.
Acknowledgements
The sprint has been possible thanks to:
The venue is provided by DCSO GmbH.