[OpenIndiana-discuss] openindiana at FOSDEM 2027 ?

[stes at telenet.be]

https://fosdem.org/2027/news/call-for-devrooms/

says: "or indicate on the submission form that you are requesting only half-a-day and would like FOSDEM to try to pair you up with another similar request for half-a-day."

----- Op 3 okt 2026 om 11:32 schreef Peter Tribble peter.tribble at gmail.com:

> On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 10:24 AM stes--- via openindiana-discuss
> <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Is OpenIndiana able to provide 7 to 8 hours of content for a special
>> "openindiana" devroom at :
> 
> I think OpenIndiana would be too narrow a scope. If you extend it to
> the wider illumos ecosystem
> (so you include the other distributions - OmniOS, SmartOS, Tribblix;
> and related technologies - such
> as OpenZFS and bhyve; even ports of additional languages/runtimes)
> then you stand a much better
> chance.
> 
> Filling a whole day seems challenging. Don't they have half-day
> devrooms any more?
> 
>> https://fosdem.org/2027/
>>
>> From the submission page there (submission deadline October 4 2026) :
>>
>> Devroom coordinators must enter a complete schedule into our conference system
>> by 7th December. It is particularly important to be available and to respond
>> promptly to emails about the schedule for about a week either side of this
>> date. We also require all proposals to be submitted directly by the speakers
>> into our system.
>>
>> Devroom submissions will only be accepted with at least two named managers who
>> are responsible for the room.
>>
>> - Saturday devroom schedules should contain between 7.5 and 8.5 hours of
>> content, beginning at 10.30 and running until between 18.00 and 19.00.
>> - Sunday schedules should contain between 7 and 8 hours of content and start
>> between 09.00 and 10.00 and run through until 17.00.
>> - No lunch breaks should be scheduled for devrooms.
>>
>> The fosdem page also writes: "If you don’t think you can fill a full day, please
>> try to join up with another project."
>>
>> Assuming there are two named managers,  then perhaps OpenIndiana could have its
>> own devroom ...
>>
>> Regards,
>> David Stes
>>
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