Re: Media Subsystem Workshop 2011

[Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>]

On Monday, August 08, 2011 15:25:26 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em 08-08-2011 03:22, Hans Verkuil escreveu:
> > On Wednesday, August 03, 2011 19:45:36 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> >> Em 03-08-2011 14:21, Mauro Carvalho Chehab escreveu:
> >>> As already announced, we're continuing the planning for this year's 
> >>> media subsystem workshop.
> >>>
> >>> To avoid overriding the main ML with workshop-specifics, a new ML
> >>> was created:
> >>> 	workshop-2011@linuxtv.org
> >>>
> >>> I'll also be updating the event page at:
> >>> 	http://www.linuxtv.org/events.php
> >>>
> >>> Over the one-year period, we had 242 developers contributing to the
> >>> subsystem. Thank you all for that! Unfortunately, the space there is
> >>> limited, and we can't affort to have all developers there. 
> >>>
> >>> Due to that some criteria needed to be applied to create a short list
> >>> of people that were invited today to participate. 
> >>>
> >>> The main criteria were to select the developers that did significant 
> >>> contributions for the media subsystem over the last 1 year period, 
> >>> measured in terms of number of commits and changed lines to the kernel
> >>> drivers/media tree.
> >>>
> >>> As the used criteria were the number of kernel patches, userspace-only 
> >>> developers weren't included on the invitations. It would be great to 
> >>> have there open source application developers as well, in order to allow 
> >>> us to tune what's needed from applications point of view. 
> >>>
> >>> So, if you're leading the development of some V4L and/or DVB open-source 
> >>> application and wants to be there, or you think you can give good 
> >>> contributions for helping to improve the subsystem, please feel free 
> >>> to send us an email.
> >>>
> >>> With regards to the themes, we're received, up to now, the following 
> >>> proposals:
> >>>
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------+----------------------
> >>> THEME                                                    | Proposed-by:
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------+----------------------
> >>> Buffer management: snapshot mode                         | Guennadi
> >>> Rotation in webcams in tablets while streaming is active | Hans de Goede
> >>> V4L2 Spec – ambiguities fix                              | Hans Verkuil
> >>> V4L2 compliance test results                             | Hans Verkuil
> >>> Media Controller presentation (probably for Wed, 25)     | Laurent Pinchart
> >>> Workshop summary presentation on Wed, 25                 | Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> >>
> >> In time: it should be, instead Tue Oct, 25. Sorry for the typo.
> > 
> > So the presentation and summary are on Tuesday, but when is the workshop
> > itself? Is it on the Monday or the Sunday?
> > 
> > It would be nice to know so I can plan my stay in Prague and my planning
> > with the other conferences going on at the same time.
> 
> The workshop itself will be on Sunday, and the presentations on Tuesday. Monday
> will be for KS/2011 only invitees. The LinuxCon and ELC Europe will start on Wed.

Ah, that's good to know. Thank you for the information!

The GStreamer conference is on Monday and Tuesday so I'll be busy from Sunday to
Friday. That's going to be one busy week :-)

Regards,

	Hans

> The change for the workshop to start on Sunday were made to allow people to
> better participate at the LinuxCon and ELCE.
> 
> Regards,
> Mauro.
>