GNU Hackers Meeting 2008
A meeting for GNU hackers (maintainers and active contributors) in Bristol (UK), 10-11 July 2008.
Important
The closing date for registrations was 30 April.
If you still want to come to the meeting, please email bjg@gnu.org to
check whether there are any places available.
Date and Location
Date: Thursday 10 July & Friday 11 July 2008
Location: The meeting is at Armada House in Bristol city centre (see their website for directions).
Program (provisional)
This is an informal meeting, so the program will be flexible depending
on the interests of people attending.
If you are arriving earlier in the week see the note below.
Wednesday evening
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pre-event drink/meal for early arrivals
Thursday
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09:00 Venue opens
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09:30 Introduction session with tea/coffee
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10:30 Nathan Sidwell - Non-stop multithreaded debugging in GDB (1h)
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11:30 Break (15 minutes)
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11:45 Jose E. Marchesi - The GNU PDF Project (45min)
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12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
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14:00 Werner Koch - The GNUPG-2 framework (1h)
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15:00 Keysigning and tea/coffee
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15:30 Discussion session (1.5h)
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17:30 Venue closes
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Drinks
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19:00 Dinner
Friday
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09:00 Venue opens
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09:30 Dave Crossland - Free Fonts (30min)
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10:00 Ian Jackson - Distributed Version Control + discussion (1h)
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11:00 Tea break
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11:15 Sylvain Beucler - GNU FreeDink (30 mins)
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11:50 Luca Saiu - GNU Epsilon (30 mins)
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12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
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14:00 Stepan Kasal - GNU Autoconf (45min)
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14:45 Juan Pedro Bolívar Puente - Psycosynth demo (30 minutes)
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15:15 Tea break
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15:30 Simon Josefsson - Security Protocols (1h - tbc)
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16:30 Discussion, review & keysigning
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17:30 End of meeting
Lunch and dinner arrangements are not finalised yet but vegetarian and
other known dietary requirements will be included in any plans. There
is a wide range of cafes in the area including some vegetarian/vegan.
Note: If you plan to arrive earlier in the week, there will be a daily
meeting place arranged from Monday - Wednesday where everyone can meet
up for informal hack sessions. Provisional location will be Watershed Media Centre (Cafe/Bar with free wireless access).
Discussion topics
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GNU Build system
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Standards compliance and Backwards compatibility
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...
Funding
We have generously received $1000 from FSF, 1000 EUR funding from NLnet Foundation and $500 from CodeSourcery.
Please indicate on your registration if you require a contribution to
travel/accommodation costs and how much.
If you know of any additional sources of funding, please email bjg@gnu.org.
More information
For more information, post to (or join) the ghm-2008@gnu.org mailing list at http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/ghm-2008
Who's coming
Confirmed:
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Neil Jerram (Guile)
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Ian Beckwith (GNU Interactive Tools)
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Brian Gough (GNU Scientific Library) (organizer)
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Nick Clifton (GNU Binutils)
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Richard Shann (GNU Denemo - Lilypond GTK frontend)
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Nathan Sidwell (GCC, GDB, Binutils)
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Jose E. Marchesi (GNU PDF, Ferret, Ghostscript/gv)
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Aleksander Morgado (GNU PDF)
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Nacho González López (GNU chapters infrastructure)
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Juan Antonio Ańel Cabanelas (GNU Spain Infrastructure, GNU Data Language)
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Alfred M. Szmidt (HURD, glibc, inetutils)
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Luca Saiu (GNU Epsilon)
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Tim Retout (GNU Enscript)
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Werner Koch (GNUPG)
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Andrew John Hughes (GNU Classpath)
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Dave Crossland (Free Fonts)
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Sylvain Beucler (Savannah)
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Juan Pedro Bolívar Puente (GNU Jump, GNU PDF)
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Ian Jackson (dpkg, adns, userv, Debian BTS)
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Stepan Kasal (GNU Autoconf)
Waiting confirmation:
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Gianluca Guida (HURD)
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Simon Josefsson (Libidn, Gsasl, Shishi, Gss, Emacs, Inetutils)
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...
Getting there
Coach: Bristol Coach station (5 minutes walk from the venue)
Rail: Bristol Temple Meads (10 minutes walk from the venue) (Note:
there is another station which is a long way outside the city, Bristol
Parkway - don't go to that one by mistake)
Air: Bristol Airport (getting to/from Airport: take the "Flyer" coach
to Bristol coach station, 8 GBP return)
List of flight destinations http://www.bristolairport.co.uk/flight_information/destinations.aspx
Flights from Europe:
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Air France
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Brussels Airlines
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Easyjet
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Flybe
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KLM
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Lufthansa
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OLT
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Ryanair
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SAS
Direct Flights from
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New York: Continental
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Toronto: Flyglobespan
If travelling from one of London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick,
Stansted) there are coaches and trains to Bristol.
Use the journey planners at National Rail (trains) or National Express (coaches)
to compare prices and times.
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Main coach route: Bristol <-> London Victoria
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Main train route: Bristol Temple Meads <-> London Paddington
For more information see the info at this external site (not connected
with the meeting) or Visit Bristol.
It's worth checking for flights to Birmingham Airport and Cardiff
Airport as alternatives to airports in London. It's quicker to get to
Bristol from these places.
Accommodation
To keep organisation to a minimum, you will need to arrange your own
accommodation if you plan to stay overnight.
There are many hotels in Central Bristol. The following budget hotels are in the centre, all within 5 minutes walk of each other.
Prices as of 8 May.
The cheapest options (starting around 16GBP per night)
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Youth Hostel (very central)
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University Summer Accommodation
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Hawthorns (closest - 5 minutes walk) - ideal for people who
want to stay longer at low cost and don't mind basic
accommodation (shared facilities). It's in a great
location.
As of 30/April/2008 they have plenty of availability for the
week of the meeting. There is a minimum charge of 7
nights, but it's only 12 GBP/night so it is cheaper to pay
for 7 nights there and not use them all, than stay in a
hotel for less time (I've spoken to their office and they
say that it's fine to do that -- their website says "minimum
stay" but it's really "minimum charge"). Weekend departure
is OK. The cost for bedlinen+towel is 27GBP extra, or you
can bring your own.
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Goldney Hall (10 minutes walk)
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Manor Hall (10 minutes walk)
Venue and accomodation map: GHM2008 Map
General tourist info
Author: Brian Gough
<bjg@gnu.org>
Date: 2008/05/14 09:56:56