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''A multilog of developers, evangelists and students''
''A multilog of developers, evangelists and students''
The discussion was started in the panel discussion on '10 years of linux in India' on day 2 of FOSS.IN and continued on day 3 with a [[BoFs|BoF]] on 'Patching FOSS in India'.
BoF details
Day 3 (26 Nov 2006) 2:00 pm
Moderators: Thaths/Fred
Background
==Bandwidth==
Only available in metros? Lack of introuctory materials in an easily accessible (printed) form.
==Consumer Mentality==
We should encourage people develop a producer culture.
==Perfectionist attitude==
People wait for perfection before release.
==No patches and many forks==
Hesitation to submit patches upstream.
==Lack of awareness about bounties==
Google Summer of Code, Redhat scholarship, Novell internship, NRCFOSS projects ...

Revision as of 12:55, 26 November 2006

Patching FOSS in India

Solving the fundamental structural problem of the free software movement in India

A multilog of developers, evangelists and students

The discussion was started in the panel discussion on '10 years of linux in India' on day 2 of FOSS.IN and continued on day 3 with a BoF on 'Patching FOSS in India'.

BoF details

Day 3 (26 Nov 2006) 2:00 pm

Moderators: Thaths/Fred

Background

Bandwidth

Only available in metros? Lack of introuctory materials in an easily accessible (printed) form.

Consumer Mentality

We should encourage people develop a producer culture.

Perfectionist attitude

People wait for perfection before release.

No patches and many forks

Hesitation to submit patches upstream.

Lack of awareness about bounties

Google Summer of Code, Redhat scholarship, Novell internship, NRCFOSS projects ...