From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git Merge Contributors Summit, April 8th, Paris Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 10:57:59 -0500 Message-ID: <20150306155758.GA18804@peff.net> References: <20150224220923.GA23344@peff.net> <54F986D6.5000607@drmicha.warpmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Junio C Hamano , Christian Couder , git , git@sfconservancy.org To: Michael J Gruber X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 06 16:58:09 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YTudd-0003jo-8G for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:58:09 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753826AbbCFP6E (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2015 10:58:04 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:57249 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753734AbbCFP6D (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2015 10:58:03 -0500 Received: (qmail 21255 invoked by uid 102); 6 Mar 2015 15:58:02 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.1) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:58:02 -0600 Received: (qmail 19542 invoked by uid 107); 6 Mar 2015 15:58:08 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:58:08 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:57:59 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54F986D6.5000607@drmicha.warpmail.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 11:52:06AM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > OTOH I can see where Christian's question is coming from: > Who is even supposed to ask for support? Not just as in "who is a > developer", but also "what are finance hardships": In my mind, the minimum line for hardship is basically "you would be paying out of pocket". Many of us can get our employers to send us to conferences, but I imagine there are many people who cannot (or do not want to ask their employers). -Peff