Oedem/2009

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OpenEmbedded developers' meeting 2009 will be in Cambridge, UK on the weekend of November 7/8.

All developers and other interested parties are welcome.

Location

Reciva Ltd have generously offered to host the meeting at their offices: 509 Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3JS.

The Reciva offices are on the east side of the city, about 2km from the centre of town. See below for detailed travel information.

Registration

Due to restricted space at the venue, the number of attendees is strictly limited.

Pre-registration is now closed, although it is possible that more spaces may become available if previously-registered attendees drop out. Send mail to Phil if you wish to attend but missed the deadline for initial registration.


Agenda

Friday 2009-11-06

20:00 (approx) Pre-meeting beer session at the Red Lion, Histon, CB24 9BD

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cb24+9jd&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=11.25,27.905273&ie=UTF8&ll=52.253684,0.105486&spn=0.011375,0.027251&t=h&z=15&iwloc=A

From the city centre, ride the Citi 7 bus towards Cottenham. Pass Histon village green (pond with ducks) on your right, the Boot and Barley Mow pubs on your left, then alight at the next stop and you will be almost directly outside the Red Lion. Travel time from the city is approximately 25 minutes and a return ticket costs about £3. Other travel options include taxi (10-15 minutes, about £10 each way) or walking (50-60 minutes, no charge).

Saturday 2009-11-07

10:00-12:00 OE e.V. meeting (Mickey Lauer / e.V. board)

e.V. Membership Fees
As per our statutes, members can chose their membership fees. We should create recommendations for corporate entities (also indicate what they would gain by that).

12:00-13:00 Establishment of technical steering committee (Phil Blundell)

13:00-14:00 Break for lunch / hacking session

14:00-15:00 OE and Poky (Mickey Lauer)

16:00-17:00 Learning to love USE flags, or, What's a distro for? (Phil Blundell)

17:00-18:00 Hacking session

18:00 Venue closes

Various topics to be discussed:

  • Quick presentation of KOBE (Eclipse plugin by KOAN for recipe creation and more)

Sunday 2009-11-08

10:00-11:00 Splitting the recipes tree (Mickey Lauer)

Many of us feel we should split the recipes up into a couple of smaller categories to be able to handle them in a more efficient way (parsing, switching on/off, etc.), but also to indicate which packages are critical / very well maintained / not maintained at all / ...

11:00-12:00 Future plans for stable branch(es)

  • Why stable branch is actually not so stable?
  • Creation of long term support branch?

12:00-13:00 Bugtracker Discussion, what to do with the current bugzilla, replace/enhance/abandon. (Graeme 'XorA' Gregory)

13:00-14:00 Break for lunch/hacking

14:00-15:00 Hosting arrangements (Mickey Lauer) (see Infrastructure)

There are still services on amethyst, although former-admin Mickey has requested them to be moved. Obviously some one needs to take the wheel here.
Services on Amethyst:
  • patchwork.openembedded.org
  • wiki.openembedded.org
  • www.openembedded.org

15:00-16:00 Death to checksums.ini? (Phil Blundell)

16:00-18:00 TBD

18:00 Go home

Travel

London Stansted airport is the nearest to Cambridge with regular service. (There is a small airport in Cambridge itself but I don't think any scheduled airlines operate from there anymore.)

For those travelling from Europe, Stansted is about a 30-minute train ride from Cambridge city centre and is served by Air Berlin, Ryanair and Germanwings among others. Luton airport is about 1 hour away by bus and is served by Easyjet.

For those travelling from further away, most long-haul flights arrive at Heathrow or Gatwick airports (although there is some transatlantic service into Stansted). Both Heathrow and Gatwick are about 2 hours from Cambridge by train or bus: the train is quicker but involves several changes in London, whereas the bus is slow but cheaper and less complicated.

If arriving at LHR airport, take the Piccadilly line from the Underground station and ride it all the way to Kings Cross St Pancras. Ascend to street level, follow signs to Kings Cross mainline station (not St Pancras: the two stations are different although they share a subway stop) and then look for trains to Cambridge or Kings Lynn on the departure board. There are usually two fast services and two slow services to Cambridge per hour: the slow trains are often overtaken by the fast ones en route so it may be best to wait for a fast service even if this is not the next to depart.

If arriving at LCY, take the DLR to Bank, then change to the Northern Line northbound. From Kings Cross St Pancras, proceed as for LHR, above.

http://nationalrail.co.uk

http://nationalexpress.co.uk/

Alternatively you can take the Eurostar to London St Pancras, which is 50 minutes from Cambridge by train.

Directions from Cambridge rail station to Reciva HQ

By bus (approximate travel time 30 minutes)

- take Citi 1 bus towards Fulbourn, alight at St Andrews church in Cherry Hinton, then walk down Coldhams Lane for about 500 metres. Our building will be on your right and has a large sign on the front reading "Semitool". The Citi 1 route runs 7 days a week, about every ten minutes during the daytime, less often (but still fairly frequent) in the evenings.

- alternatively, take any bus to the city centre and then catch service 16 going out of town (the city centre is a terminus on this route). Alight at the first stop after the Rosemary Branch pub on Coldhams Lane and you will be directly outside the office. Note that bus #16 only runs once per hour so check departure times before choosing this route.

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport

http://www.stagecoachbus.com/cambridge

On foot (approximate travel time 45 minutes) or bike (approx 15 minutes)

- Turn right immediately in front of the station and cross the car park, passing the hotel and cycle shop on your left.

- Upon exiting the car park, go up the steps to the cycle/footbridge and cross to the other side of the railway line.

- Exit the bridge and turn left, then immediately right into Greville Road.

- At the end of Greville Road, go left on Coleridge Road. Cross at the pedestrian crossing and go through the chicane onto the footpath opposite.

- Proceed down Marmora Road. Cross Hobart Road and proceed down the footpath.

- Go left into Montreal Road, then right into Natal Road.

- Go left on Perne Road. At the lights, cross to the other side and go down Brookside.

- When the road bends to the right, do not follow the curve but instead take the footpath directly ahead (across a small bridge). Follow the path until you arrive at the Holiday Inn Express.

- Bear left onto Norman Way. Ascend out of the pit to the traffic lights next to the car dealership.

- Turn right onto Coldhams Lane, then cross to the other side of the street. Pass the yellow self-storage depot, then Reciva HQ is the next building on your left.

See walkit.com for other route suggestions. The train station is at postcode CB1 2JB. The meeting venue is at CB1 3JS, although walkit (and most map sites, including google) place this about 500 metres too far southeast.

Directions to venue by car

From all points north and west

From the A1 or A10, take the A14 eastbound. Proceed along the Cambridge northern bypass. Leave at junction 35 (for Quy, Newmarket) and take the A1303 towards Cambridge, following signs towards the airport. Turn left at the next roundabout (by the corner of the airport) towards Cherry Hinton. At the next roundabout, go straight ahead into the traffic calmed area. Cross one mini-roundabout, then two in quick succession, then turn right at the traffic lights. Look for a building on your right labelled "SEMITOOL"; this is the meeting venue. If you reach the Rosemary Branch pub and Toyota dealership, you have gone too far.

Accommodation

The nearest full-service hotel is Holiday Inn Express, http://www.expresscambridge.co.uk/

Cheapest accomodation is probably the YHA hostel, http://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/east-of-england/hostels/Cambridge/index.aspx

There are various bed-and-breakfast establishments nearby, prices start at approx £35/night

Some other hotels in Cambridge:

http://www.crowneplaza.co.uk/

http://www.devere.co.uk/our-locations/university-arms

http://www.hilton.co.uk/cambridgegardenhouse

http://www.arundelhousehotels.co.uk/

Food and drink

There are no catering facilities on site at the meeting venue. Coffee, tea and water are provided, but bringing your own snack/lunch is recommended. There are shops within about 15 minutes' walk where provisions can be purchased.

Apparel

OEDEM 2009 T-shirts will be available to attendees, cost TBA. Contact Phil with your required size if you are interested.

Attending for sure

  • Philip Balister
  • Michael Lauer
  • Marco Cavallini
  • Richard Purdie
  • Marcin Juszkiewicz
  • Henning Heinold
  • Robert Schuster