Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Meetings/MacPortsMeeting2016


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Dec 1, 2015, 12:11:44 PM (8 years ago)
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mojca (Mojca Miklavec)
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     1== MacPorts Meeting 2016 ==
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     3A MacPorts meeting would be an excellent opportunity to meet fellow port developers face-to-face, to brainstorm ideas together, agree about priorities of future development, decrease the number of open tickets, put your heads together and finally code (or force someone to code) those hacks that you never had time to or knew how to implement.
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     5This should also be an excellent opportunity for anyone who would like to learn more about development of packages/port for the Mac. Or maybe you are a devoted user or a developer of some software package that doesn't have a package on Mac yet and you would like some help?
     6
     7We need your input (and your presence at the meeting) to put together a wonderful program, packed with a mixture of interesting talks, round-table discussions, brainstorming sessions, hacking sessions late in the night next to a fireplace of a tile stove ... possibly while your kids have a snowball fight just outside of the house.
     8
     9=== Date and place ===
     10
     11The first MacPorts Meeting will take place in [http://www.kranjskagora.si/en/apartments/lepi-ceveljc Gozd Martuljek] near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia ([https://www.google.si/maps/place/Garni+Hotel+Rute/@46.48409,13.8312079,17z/ map], [http://www.hotelrute.si/si/ponudba/gozd-martuljek/lepi-cevelj homepage]) from 13th to 17th March.
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     13||=Sunday,    13th March   =|| Arrivals, Get to know each other, Intro to port development, Spontaneous hacking sessions  ||
     14||=Monday,    14th March   =|| ||
     15||=Tuesday,   15th March   =|| ||
     16||=Wednesday, 16th March   =|| ||
     17||=Thursday,  17th March  =|| Visit qualifications of the [http://www.planica.si/Programme Ski Jumping World Cup in Planica], Departures  ||
     18
     19(Most people voted for 4 nights, but there is still an option to start the meeting on Saturday if there is demand for a longer meeting. Or to shift the meeting one week back if there is absolutely zero interest in visiting Planica on the 17th and more interest in potentially colder weather & more snow.)
     20
     21=== Organizers ===
     22
     23  * Mojca Miklavec (mojca)
     24  * Aljaž Srebrnič (g5pw)
     25
     26=== Confirmed participants ===
     27
     28  * Reiner Müller (raimue, PortMgr)
     29  * ...
     30
     31=== Registration, fees & payments ===
     32
     33Fees: TODO
     34
     35|| ||= deadline =||
     36|| Super-early bird || 31st December 2015 ||
     37|| Early bird || 31st January 2016 ||
     38|| Normal price ||  ||
     39
     40The fees should cover everything except for your travel costs, extra drinks (or other activities like skiing if you choose to do that). Food, accommodation, tea, coffee breaks, use of the room where the conference will take place, ... are included.
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     42If you opt for a single bedroom, you'll get a double room with a single occupancy in the main building. Please add an additional 20 EUR/night to the overall fee.
     43You might also be able to sleep in a tree house instead of the normal room for no extra charge (hoping that the construction works on the house will be completed by the time of the conference).
     44
     45Registration link: TODO
     46
     47Thanks to the [http://group.contextgarden.net/ ConTeXt Group] for letting us us borrow their bank account, we'll collect the registration fees on that group's [http://group.contextgarden.net/payment.shtml account number].
     48
     49You can choose to pay the complete fee now or transfer 100 EUR now and the rest later (by the time of your arrival). Unless you live outside of Europe, please use the BIC/IBAN rather than the (more expensive) PayPal.
     50
     51=== Proposed activities ===
     52
     53  * Workshops
     54    * motivation & team building
     55    * intro to port file development
     56    * setup of a buildbot
     57    * ... ''(fill in)'' ...
     58  * Talks
     59    * new website (Ryan)
     60    * port wrapper (Aljaž)
     61    * ... ''(fill in)'' ...
     62  * Discussions
     63    * establishing a formal entity or joining one
     64    * infrastructure: website, statistics, potential trac improvements, ...
     65    * improvements/changes in binary archives (support for `libc++` on old systems, xz, ...)
     66    * packaging Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua
     67    * packaging Qt 4 and 5
     68    * simplify OS upgrades
     69    * ... ''(fill in)'' ...
     70  * Hacking sessions
     71    * work on closing a list of tickets (prepared in advance, before the meeting starts)
     72    * enabling libc++ for < 10.9
     73    * archiving git/gh/svn
     74    * switching to xz for compression
     75    * ... ''(fill in)'' ...
     76
     77=== Extra-curriculum activities ===
     78
     79The location offers an option for a nice family vacation. You can choose to arrive earlier or depart later and we can take care of the room reservation (please ask for details over the email).
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     81Either before/after the meeting or during the breaks there are options for:
     82  * swimming (there is a swimming pool in a walking distance)
     83  * skiing in Kranjska gora
     84  * cross-country skiing (hopefully in the close vicinity if the weather will still permit)
     85  * visiting [http://www.planica.si/Programme FIS Ski jumping World Cup] in Planica (17th-20th March) or just visiting the place and walking up the stairs to the top
     86  * visiting [http://www.pokal-vitranc.com/en/ FIS Ski Cup – Pokal Vitranc] in Kranjska Gora (5th-6th March)
     87  * walking
     88  * a number of really nice sightseeing places that might require a car or a lift (Bled, Bohinj, ...)
     89
     90=== Getting there ===
     91
     92We will try to help you with the last mile arrangements and (even if we cannot promise that to everyone) we will try our best to try to pick up some of the participants with our personal cars when possible.
     93
     94==== By plane ====
     95
     96You can use http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ to find the cheapest flight and https://www.adria.si/ for search of direct flights to Slovenia. The easiest way to reach the location would be a flight to one of the following airports:
     97  * Ljubljana Jože Pučnik/Brnik (LJU)
     98  * Trieste (TRS, Italy)
     99  * Venezia (multiple airports, Italy)
     100  * Klagenfurt (KLU, Austria)
     101  * Graz, Salzburg (Austria), ...
     102
     103From the airport you can then either take a train/bus or a mini van [https://www.goopti.com/en/transfers GoOpti] where you can get an inexpensive ride if you book at the right time (two or three months in advance or last minute with some luck).
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     105==== By train / bus ====
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     107There is a bus station just in front of the hotel. If you come by train, you can switch from the train to the bus in Ljubljana or Jesenice. If you fly to Ljubljana, there is a very short ride to get to that bus.
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     109Here's a [http://www.alpetour.si/index.php?page=vozni_redi&item=13&lang=eng bus schedule] (check for Jesenice ŽP - Gozd Martuljek Sp.Rute)
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     111The best way to search for train connection is probably the German [http://www.bahn.de/ bahn.de]. If you don't find any suitable connections to Ljubljana or Jesenice, try with Gorizia or Villach and contact us.
     112
     113And of course you can always check for [https://www.goopti.com/en/transfers GoOpti]'s offers as well.
     114
     115==== Car pooling ====
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     117Check [https://prevoz.org/ prevoz.org] for car pooling options.