Maemo gets 10 slots in the Google Summer of Code 2010
Google has announced the list of accepted projects for the 2010 Summer of Code. Like last year, Maemo has got 10 slots. As Val\xE9rio said in a previous post, we received about 90 submissions this year, which made the task of selecting the best proposals much more difficult. Many thanks to all people involved on the selection process. The 10 slots for Maemo have been filled, a list of the projects is available at the end of the Applications section.
MeeGo Community Working Group meeting: Tuesday, 4th May
The Community Working Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday the 4th at 19:00 UTC. The Community Working Group meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of every month at 19:00 UTC and the third Tuesday of every month at 14:00 UTC in #meego-meeting. Everyone is welcome to participate. We're still working through the details of the agenda on the wiki, but we'll try to finalize it about 24 hours before the meeting. Anyone interested in participating can do so by connecting to the Freenode IRC network and joining the #meego-meeting channel.
maemo.org Bugday: help triage and manage open bugs
Andre Klapper, the maemo.org bugmaster, is scheduling another Bugday for Tuesday May 4th at 17:00 UTC. Bugdays are about hanging out together on IRC, triaging/discussing some reports in maemo.org Bugzilla, and introducing new people into triaging. No technical knowledge needed, no obligations. No specific topic - take a look here for some ideas. Step by and say hello to the Bugsquad or become part of it. :-) Bugdays are an excellent time to get involved with bug tracking and Bugzilla as there will be lots of activity and lots of helping hands available to set you in the right direction. Join #maemo-bugs on the Freenode network to get involved.
Evaluate the maemo.org distmaster's last six months
Carsten Munk, the maemo.org distmaster, is looking for feedback from the community on his performance over the last 6 months. So, today is almost half a year since I started as distmaster in maemo.org. In this regard, I'd like to ask the community for a review of my work over the last half year (starting November). Since seems to be a lot of sentiment against my work in Mer which seems to pop up in any initiative I'm doing, let's get it all on the table. Please post about things I have done well and/or things I did not do well. In addition to that, state what you would like to see me actually do in the next six months (if I survive this review, that is and I don't decide to give up on technology and become a full-time monk..) Discussion has been fairly heated (and, in this editors opinion, overly critical), but Carsten has taken the criticism with his usual heroic composure and his detailed, level-headed and thorough responses are an example for us all.
MeeGo conference likely to be held in Dublin, 9-11 Nov
After some discussion about Huelva, in a remote part of Spain, the leading candidate for the location of the MeeGo Conference (joining together the Moblin and Maemo Summits, and a new place for the MeeGo community) is now Dublin, Ireland. Dawn Foster, Intel's equivalent of Quim Gil and a member of the MeeGo Community Working Group, introduced the Aviva Stadium as: Available on November 9-11; Many hotels within walking distance; Dublin is an easy city to get to for international travelers; Venue is right on mass transit line (DART); Reasonably priced venue space; Seems to meet all of our other requirements The preferred accomodation is looking to be the Ballsbridge Towers Hotel which (according to your editor's Google Map skills) is only about 500m from the conference centre. Travelling to the city centre for a taste of the Irish nightlife looks simple as well. It looks like this'll be a fantastic event, so keep 9-11th November free in your diary (note that, unlike the previous Maemo summits, these dates are mid-week).