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[Tim Penhey <tim.penhey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:19:11 you wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Tim Penhey <tim.penhey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I found that the keynote at the start of the day is a conference wide
> > keynote, not a different one expected for each mini-conf, so here is my
> > proposed schedule:
> 
> Thanks. I think the general structure is good but that we really
> really need better names & abstracts.
> 
> > 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote: Gabriella Coleman (Auditorium)
> >
> > break
> >
> > 10:30 - 11:15 Why Launchpad? - jml
> >        Overview of Launchpad, what its for and why you'd want to use it.
> > 11:15 - 11:45 The plan for bugs - BjornT
> >        How the bug tracker helps bridge the gap for ubuntu and upstreams.
> >        Bug tasks, remote bug trackers and comment syncing
> 
> Title ideas:
> - "Every single bug in open source"
> - "All the world's bugs"
> 
> > 11:45 - 12:15 The plan for translations - jtv
> >        How does LP handle translations and what we do now and will do in
> > the future to help translations flow between ubuntu and upstreams
> 
> No title ideas here. Remember that many people going to LCA are
> monolingual, so it might be worth selling the talk as explaining why
> translations matter and how software translation works, right through
> from hacking code to spinning an Ubuntu CD.
> 
> > Lunch
> >
> > 13:30 - 14:15 Ubuntu Distributed Development - james_w
> >        What is UDD all about, and how is it going to change the world
> > 13:15 - 14:45 Soyuz and Build from recipes - al-maisan and mwh?
> >        How do packages get built, and what changes are coming, what is a
> > recipe? 14:45 - 15:15 Code imports, code reviews and patch forwarding -
> > jelmer and abentley
> >        How do code imports fit into the big picture.  Merge proposals,
> > and getting changes upstream to other VCS types.
> 
> Each of these talks look like good ideas, but the titles, descriptions
> and (to a certain extent) the content all need to be aimed toward
> persuading people that UDD, soyuz & code imports matter.
> 
> For soyuz / build from recipes, it's easy -- get your trunk into the
> hands of a hojillion Ubuntu users. For code imports, it's less obvious
> -- remember that most people at the conference don't actually use
> Bazaar.
> 
> > break
> >
> > 15:45 - 16:30 Drizzle - an upstream's view - Monty Taylor
> >        How has LP helped the drizzle project be more awesome than ever
> > before 16:45 - 17:30 Ask the devs - or hands on hacking
> >        Panel discussion if there is interest, devolving into hands on
> > hacking
> >
> >
> > Now... we probably want sexier talk names.
> 
> Someone else's turn now.
> 
> jml

Thanks for the ideas, but I'm packing right now, and had to get something up.

We have until the end of Sunday to get the names and abstracts right.  I 
changed some of the names...

http://www.lca2010.org.nz/wiki/Miniconfs/Bridging_the_gap

Stuff goes to print on Monday.

Once we get the names a bit more finalised, we should announce on lp-users too.

Tim