GCC Conference?

GCC Conference?

[Andrew Haley]

I just got mail about a "a GCC specific technical conference to happen
in Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th."

Is this event officially supported by the steering committee?

Andrew.

Re: GCC Conference?

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Andrew Haley writes:

Andrew> I just got mail about a "a GCC specific technical conference to happen
Andrew> in Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th."

Andrew> Is this event officially supported by the steering committee?

	I have heard from two or three different people proposing a GCC
conference.  It would be nice if these people worked together instead of
planning conflicting events.

David

Re: GCC Conference?

[Andrew Haley]

David Edelsohn writes:
 > >>>>> Andrew Haley writes:
 > 
 > Andrew> I just got mail about a "a GCC specific technical conference to happen
 > Andrew> in Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th."
 > 
 > Andrew> Is this event officially supported by the steering committee?
 > 
 > 	I have heard from two or three different people proposing a GCC
 > conference.  It would be nice if these people worked together instead of
 > planning conflicting events.

This is bizarre.  You would have thought they'd at least make some
attempt to co-ordinate with the steering committee.  Assuming they're
not totally clueless, that is.

Anyway, I imagine that Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th is not such
a bad choice.

Andrew.

Re: GCC Conference?

[Andrew Haley]

Phil Edwards writes:
 > The conference was first proposed in early June, with sporadic followup
 > messages since then.  A mailing list to organize the conference has been
 > set up[*], but apparently not much has been happening.
 > 
 > I'm assuming that these recent private messages (I got one to) are the
 > same conference, although they don't say so.

As far as I can see it isn't the same conference at all.

Andrew.

Re: GCC Conference?

[Andrew Haley]

Diego Novillo writes:
 > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > > I just got mail about a "a GCC specific technical conference to happen
 > > in Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th."
 > > 
 > Got the same message.  There was at least another conference that
 > got kickstarted earlier this year.  They organized a mailing
 > list, but I haven't heard anything for a while now.

Well, perhaps we should do it.  I'm in favour.

Andrew.

Re: GCC Conference?

[Andrew J. Hutton]

On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 13:25, Phil Edwards wrote:
> The conference was first proposed in early June, with sporadic followup
> messages since then.  A mailing list to organize the conference has been
> set up[*], but apparently not much has been happening.
> 
> I'm assuming that these recent private messages (I got one to) are the
> same conference, although they don't say so.

Not specifically no.  I am also involved in the Ottawa Linux Symposium,
and the Kernel Summit.  I consider GCC another core technology and in
many private discussions over the years the desire for a GCC event has
been expressed.

Basically the mail I sent out was to get some more background
information so that I can become more familiar with the people involved
and what they believe would have the most value.  

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Re: GCC Conference?

[Diego Novillo]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Andrew Haley wrote:

> Diego Novillo writes:
>  > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Andrew Haley wrote:
>  > 
>  > > I just got mail about a "a GCC specific technical conference to happen
>  > > in Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th."
>  > > 
>  > Got the same message.  There was at least another conference that
>  > got kickstarted earlier this year.  They organized a mailing
>  > list, but I haven't heard anything for a while now.
> 
> Well, perhaps we should do it.  I'm in favour.
> 
Me too.  I would just like to coordinate activities so that we
don't end up with overlapping conferences.  There's certainly
more than enough topics to cover.


Diego.

Re: GCC Conference?

[Diego Novillo]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Andrew Haley wrote:

> I just got mail about a "a GCC specific technical conference to happen
> in Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th."
> 
Got the same message.  There was at least another conference that
got kickstarted earlier this year.  They organized a mailing
list, but I haven't heard anything for a while now.


Diego.

Re: GCC Conference?

[Phil Edwards]

The conference was first proposed in early June, with sporadic followup
messages since then.  A mailing list to organize the conference has been
set up[*], but apparently not much has been happening.

I'm assuming that these recent private messages (I got one to) are the
same conference, although they don't say so.


Phil

[*] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcc-conf-discuss/

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Re: GCC Conference?

[Toon Moene]

Andrew Haley wrote:

> Anyway, I imagine that Ottawa from April 15th to the 18th is not such
> a bad choice.

What's the weather there around that time ?  I've only been close to 
Ottawa in the second week of July '96, and that was a reasonable time 
period ...

OK, without kiddin', apparently the motivation for this call was to get 
people involved in various "core technologies" around GNU/Linux to 
appear in Ottawa.  As we need a GCC conference anyway, it might as well 
be this venue.

[If you want to be scared away from such mega-gatherings, read Asimov's
  "Let's get together" :-) ]

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Re: GCC Conference?

[Jim Wilson]

>What's the weather there around that time ?

Variable.  In Toronto, we had one week with highs in the 20s (70+F), and
then the next week we got snow.

There are some statistics for Ottawa at:
        http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherstatistics/static/C01930.htm
The mean temperature in April is 6C (43F), with an average daily high of 11C
(52F).  That is only 1-2 degrees cooler on average than the Netherlands at the
same time of year according to the same site.

Jim

Re: GCC Conference?

[Jeff Law]

 In message <15764.37683.587049.850175@cuddles.cambridge.redhat.com>, Andrew 
Haley writes:
 >This is bizarre.  You would have thought they'd at least make some
 >attempt to co-ordinate with the steering committee.  Assuming they're
 >not totally clueless, that is.
Andrew Hutton has contacted a number of folks to measure interest and
availability.  I don't think that he necessarily needed to talk to 
the steering committee since this really isn't a political issue.

Jeff

Re: GCC Conference?

[Jeff Law]

In message <20020927132510.A20132@disaster.jaj.com>, Phil Edwards writes:
 >The conference was first proposed in early June, with sporadic followup
 >messages since then.  A mailing list to organize the conference has been
 >set up[*], but apparently not much has been happening.
Right.  And this is one of the reasons why I think we should seriously
look at working with Andrew.  I think there's enough going on in GCC
that getting folks together would be beneficial for the project.

jeff