On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As an experiment this year, the Linux Kernel Summit Program Committee > would like to put out a call for hobbyists. This year, we have up to > three places to give to people who do Linux Kernel development as a > hobby rather than a profession (Our definition of "hobbyist" is anyone > who doesn't get paid to work on Linux). The Linux Kernel Summit will be > held this year in Edinburgh from 23-25 October and, on the core day (the > 24th of October), will primarily be concentrating on processes around > kernel development. Since most top kernel developers are not hobbyists > these days, this is your opportunity to make up for what we're missing. > As we recognize most hobbyists don't have the resources to attend > conferences, we're offering (as part of the normal kernel summit travel > fund processes) travel reimbursement as part of being selected to > attend. > > To apply, please send a proposal outlining what you do, what you'd bring > to the kernel summit and preferably what you think the current kernel > processes should be doing to encourage more hobbyist contributions (or > should not be doing because it discriminates against hobbyist > contributions) to: > > ksummit-2013-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Please add the prefix [HOBBYIST ATTEND] to the subject line so we can > easily find them. > > Descriptions of particularly cool hobbyist projects in the kernel which > have been overlooked by the mainstream might also be good topics for > discussion. Since the Kernel Summit is only two months away, we're > looking to have hobbyist proposals submitted by 24 August. We know that > this is a tight timetable and we apologize; this idea came up too late > for us to provide better notice. The current plan is to make the > hobbyist slots a permanent part of the selection criteria, so things > should be less rushed in the coming years. Hello Theodore, Does the number and importance of contributions made to the kernel have a very significant weight? Or is it accessible to recent contributors, with perhaps not more than a dozen or so small contributions (small bug fixes and micro improvements) ? Thanks, that seems like a very good initiative. > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies -- Filipe David Manana, "Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves. That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men." _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
