Hi Gerold,
Am 25.10.2012 um 13:17 schrieb Gerold Rupprecht:
> Hi Lars,
>
> Thanks for your efforts.
>
> Can you say anything about the selection criteria?
I had submitted a request for a devroom for another project and got almost
verbatim the same answer. There is no clear statement about rules, except:
>>> Our goal is to stimulate developer
>>> collaboration and cross-pollination between projects.
So I think a single project or even several has lower chances than a "topic".
And, available space is always an important criterion.
>
> We have enjoyed FOSDEM presence since the beginning so I am interested
> to know why the organizers are giving preference to others. What can we
> do to make our project have greater value for FOSDEM?
I think with these criteria mentioned above, we can do nothing. We can't transform
our project into a "general topic". We can only organize our own "mini-conference".
> These people are putting in a tremendous effort at organizing, finding
> sponsors, volonteers and I really appreciate their efforts. It has
> always been a highlight for me to meet other people interested in
> GNUstep each year at FOSDEM.
Well, from the organizer's viewpoint we can still do that. Just not in a devroom
provided by them.
> One thing that comes to mind is the often difficult access to our code
> within various distributions /OSs. The code which is available has often
> been in a frustrating state where getting the code up and running.
>
> Are reviewers finding it difficult and time-consuming?
>
> What are the FOSDEM organizers looking at?
I don't think they are looking into any code.
>
> We have even had the support of Richard Stallman for our project, so I
> am still convinced GNUstep has strategic value for Free Software.
Yes, but it is one of >20 (or more) strategic projects. I don't see any other FSF project
on the list of the accepted devrooms (I may have missed it).
>
> What are the other projects doing that presents them as being a better
> investment for their time and resources than our project?
They address a broader audience. Look, not even Debian or Fedora
has its own devroom. They have to share "Cross Distro".
FOSDEM has simply grown faster than the audience of our project...
>
> Can we set a priority to fill in the gaps to again meet their
> standards?
>
> I have great admiration for the current and past contributors to GNUstep
> and the overall quality of work. We have had investments from Google
> summer of code for a number of contributions, so technically, I have no
> doubt as to the value of the produced code.
>
> The current efforts to creating debian packaging that is more current is
> a good move in the right direction (big thanks to all contributors).
> Would more automatic regression tests be of help to get better ratings?
FOSDEM does IMHO only look into importance of a topic for mankind.
>
> Any thoughts and suggestions would be most welcome.
>
> Would it be appropriate for us to graft ourselves onto the Testing and
> Automation group (Saturday) or the Configuration / Systems Management
> group (Sunday) this year?
>
> What is the interest to organize a meeting nearby to FOSDEM?
This has crossed over with my other proposal for getting a conference
room @ some hotel nearby :)
> I really want to see GNUstep at FOSDEM again.
And I want to meet the GNUsteppers during FOSDEM time :)
>
> All comments and suggestions welcome.
>
> Thanks,
Nikolaus