[Buildroot] Virtual/online Buildroot Developers meeting ?

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2020-07-11 16:53 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> We had our last Buildroot Developers Meeting in February, but it is now
> becoming pretty clear that the next physical Buildroot Developers
> Meeting is not going to happen in the near future. The traditional
> "Buildroot summer camp" organized by the core maintainers/developers is
> not going to happen this year. And the Buildroot Developers Meeting
> that traditionally takes place before ELC-E will not happen either, as
> ELC-E 2020 will be a virtual event.

Yes, this whole situation is sad.

> The issue I see with this is that those meetings have always been very
> useful in making progress through the backlog of patches, especially by
> having discussions on some of complex topics and taking decisions.
> 
> As all those physical things (work, conferences, meetings) are now
> replaced by virtual/online ones, I'm wondering if we should do the same
> for the Buildroot Developers Meeting.
> 
> Questions are:
>  - Who would be interested ?

I would.

>  - What format should it take ? One full day once in a while ? Just a
>    few hours here and there ? Multiple days in a row ?

My preference would be to block two or more days in a row. Sun-Mon ro
Sun-Tue would be ideal for me, but I can adapt.

>  - What technical solution do we use ? Is it just about agreeing to all
>    be on IRC at the same time ? Or do we need a video conferencing
>    solution ? Most of our meetings are multiple side discussions taking
>    place at the same time, which doesn't really map well with a single
>    video conference.

This is indeed very tricky. We will probably have to adapt depending on
how many of us are attending.

Also, maybe just audio would be enough (I find video to not be that
interesting in the end, when all we need is discussion).

However, a way to share one's desktop (or an application) would be most
important. A white board too, maybe...

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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