Presentations for the Guix Days! (FOSDEM 2020)

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

As Andreas pointed out, the Guix days are an unconference. That is, it
gets organized on the spot so we have ample time to discuss important
topics and hack.

Even so, we would like to invite a few short presentations (15
minutes) for the two mornings. We are not looking for introductory
talks, but it may be good to prepare and bring up material that can be
used the rest of the day (and is of general interest). I, for one,
would not mind to hear a talk on hacking Guix in the REPL ;)

After the talk(s) we'll have a plenary to discuss Guix progress,
where we want to go and what we want to achieve while being in
Brussels (i.e., what working groups to form). This should only last
half an hour. The rest of the day is for resolving outstanding issues
and generating fruitful collaborations. 

So, if anyone has a good idea for a talk feel free to post to Manolis,
Ludo and/or me.

Pj.

PS I forgot to mention last time, but it is possible to stay at the
ICAB venue. It is basic but cheap and Guix talk starts early at
breakfast. Just E-mail the folks at http://www.icab.be/

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 06:43:51AM -0600, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> FOSDEM is coming early February and not only are we organizing the GNU
> Guix days, we also have a devroom with exciting talks on Guile, Guix,
> and Mes! See 
> 
>   https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2020
> 
> and
> 
>   https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/track/minimalistic_experimental_and_emerging_languages/
> 
> FOSDEM is the greatest free software conference on earth (in my opinion)
> and almost everyone who goes once keeps coming because there is
> something for everyone. 
> 
> See last years amazing program for Saturday:
> 
>   https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/day/saturday/
> 
> Both FOSDEM and Guix days are free to attend! The evening program is
> great too - you can find hacker nirvana.
> 
> We can only receive up to 40 people for the Guix days (last year we
> had 35) and we need to reserve the catering. So, please sign up on the
> libreplanet link above, if you intend to come. If we happen to have
> too many people to attend the meeting the 40 who signed up have a
> guaranteed entry. If you don't want to subscribe to the wiki you can
> send us a request to add.
> 
> Pjotr & Manolis.
> 
>  n Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 05:20:41PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> > Hi Guix,
> > 
> > Chris Marusich kindly took the time to write a detailed report about a
> > session from the Guix Days, and it’s now up on the Guix blog:
> > 
> >     https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/guix-days-bootstrapping-arm/
> > 
> > I don’t want to spoil it for you, so I encourage you to take a peek at
> > it yourselves to read about challenges of the past, the present, and the
> > future when it comes to bootstrapping ARM systems.
> > 
> > Not only does the blog post explain the problems and technical fixes,
> > but Chris takes a few steps back to look at the bigger picture and
> > invites you to think big.
> > 
> > Enjoy!
> > 
> > --
> > Ricardo
> > 
> > 
>