FreeBSD Developer Summit, September, 2024
This page describes the September 2024 FreeBSD Developer Summit, colocated with EuroBSDCon 2024, which takes place in Dublin, Ireland. This is a by-invitation event. FreeBSD committers will be welcome to register themselves using this wiki; non-committers must be sponsored by a committer to attend. Attendees must also attend EuroBSDcon 2024 to access all devsummit activities.
Travel
Dublin is reached by overseas flights into Dublin Airport (DUB). Dublin has a couple hotels available at various price ranges located around the venue. The local address is O'Reilly Hall, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. You can also find travel information on the EuroBSDcon website.
Road to the Venue
From the speaker hotel or the Radisson St. Helen's, head along the Stillorgan Road.
- Do not cross it at the church, the walking route that Google Maps suggests is a far longer way than necessary.
- Instead, keep the Stillorgan road to your left and head for the "Mechanic on Duty" car repair shop. There is a roundabout next to it on the left.
Head for that roundabout and cross the road there towards the bus stop called Booterstown, Woodbine Road. Enter that in Google Maps for a direct route towards the stop. All these roads have pedestrian paths, no need to walk on the street. Be careful, especially since cars drive on the left side of the road.
- Keep left from there (still don't follow Google Maps from the bus stop), entering the campus. You should see the university car park to your right.
- Head for the UCD O'Reilly Hall next to the big pond called UCD Reservoir.
This route saves you at least 15 minutes of walking time. If you're running late, take a taxi to the venue.
LiveStream
Day 1: https://youtube.com/live/oNQLhcn5gvE
Day 2: https://youtube.com/live/DvMeCRwOaeE
Contents
Schedule
The FreeBSD developer summit takes place on the 19th and 20th of September 2024 on the same days as the EuroBSDCon tutorials. Many developers will arrive on the night of the 18th and meet for dinner and drinks before things kick off. Most developers will stay on through EuroBSDCon to give and attend talks. It is an excellent conference--a good FreeBSD developer showing has countless benefits, not least the opportunity to tell the world what we're doing.
Detailed Schedule will be updated as the event approaches. Check back for details.
Thursday, Sep 19, 2024
When |
Talks & Discussions |
09:00 |
🚶♂️➡️Arrival, Setup/Badges 📛 |
10:00 |
Opening Session, Introductions |
10:30 |
Hello From the Foundation 👋🏻 |
11:30 |
From Data to Action: Using Metrics to Improve Open Source Communities 🤝 |
12:00 |
Vision accessibility 👀 |
13:00 |
TLB flushing enhancement in FreeBSD in Azure ☁️ |
14:00 |
Lunch break 🍽️ |
15:00 |
CheriBSD and upstreaming CHERI support to FreeBSD 🍒 |
16:00 |
- Buffer - |
17:30 |
- End of DevSummit Day 1 - 🚶♀️ |
18:00 |
Self-organized dinners |
Friday, Sep 20, 2024
When |
Hackathon |
09:30 |
🚶♂️➡️Arrival, Setup/Badges, Fun&Games 📛 |
10:00 |
Core.13 Session 👋🏻 |
11:30 |
Release Engineering Updates 🛠️ |
12:00 |
Lightning Talks ⚡️ |
13:00 |
Long conversations 🗣️ |
14:00 |
Lunch break 🍽️ |
15:00 |
Bugzilla src triage ⌨️ |
16:00 |
Bugzilla src triage ⌨️ |
17:30 |
- End of DevSummit Day 2 - 🚶♀️ |
18:00 |
Self-organized dinners |
Short Talks / Sessions
Please add your talk topics for the first day. The second day is a hackathon, but introductory talks for problems and issues people want to work on, they can also be held in the morning of the second day. Please test whether your laptop works with the projector early. For a two-monitor setup, you can try the mons port.
When |
Title |
Speaker |
Description |
Slides, Notes |
Thu, 10:00 |
Opening Session, Introductions |
Benedict Reuschling |
Welcome to the Devsummit |
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Thu, 10:30 |
Hello From the Foundation 👋🏻 |
FreeBSD Foundation representatives |
Current and upcoming development projects we are funding |
FreeBSD_Foundation_Technology_Team_Update_September_2024.pdf |
Thu, 11:30 |
From Data to Action: Using Metrics to Improve Open Source Communities 🤝 |
Alice Sowerby |
Introduction to the CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics for Open Source Software) project and how to start collecting and working with community health metrics |
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Thu, 12:00 |
Vision accessibility 👀 |
Roadmap to provide assistive technology for vision accessibility |
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Thu, 13:00 |
TLB flushing enhancement in FreeBSD in Azure ☁️ |
Souradeep Chakrabarti |
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Thu, 15:00 |
CheriBSD and upstreaming CHERI support to FreeBSD 🍒 |
Introduction to CHERI and key CheriBSD features and discussion of a plan to upstream CHERI support to FreeBSD in time for FreeBSD 16. |
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Fri, 10:00 |
Core.13 Session 👋🏻 |
Core members |
Core.13 says hi |
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Fri, 11:00 |
Releng Updates 🛠️ |
Colin Percival |
Updates, release cadence, support lifecycle |
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Fri, 11:30 |
Lightning Talks ⚡️ |
Various people (don't be shy) |
Powerd enhancements (cperciva), Jail-based Chaos Monkey system in academia (bcr) lightning_talk_CMS.pdf, Jail UCL config instead of nested dirs for rc.d scripts, Ten64 arm64 hardware + lua-based CI (dch), State of the FreeBSD audio subsystem 🔉 (christos), Help wanted for teh git working group (bsdimp); 10 minutes each: status updates, work-in-progress reports, "I need help with X", or "did you know FreeBSD could do Y?" (demo time) |
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Fri, 13:00 |
Long conversations 🗣️ |
Various people |
A "long conversation" is a new format for a conference. Two speakers begin a conversation on stage. After 10 minutes one of the two speakers is replaced by a new speaker and the conversation continues, and every 10 minutes the other speaker is swapped out. (Each speaker converses for 20 minutes.) No moderation, just timekeeping. Talk about what you like. |
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Fri, 15:00 |
Bugzilla src triage ⌨️ |
Mark Johnston |
Triaging bugzilla tickets, 2.5 hour slot |
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Attendees
In order to attend, you must register in advance; this allows us to size rooms, order food, and provide beverages. We appreciate your cooperation in letting us know your plans well in advance of the event. Non-committers must be sponsored by a committer in order to attend. Due to increased attendance in recent years, companies are limited to one non-committer unless permission is explicitly granted by the organizers. Registration usually will start in June 2024, perhaps sooner or later.
Developer Attendees
Please register for the conference on https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html and buy the appropriate FreeBSD devsummit tickets.
(Please keep alphabetically sorted by login)
Name |
FreeBSD.org login |
Arrival Date |
Departure Date |
Hotel |
Notes |
0mp |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
speaker hotel |
|
|
asiciliano |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Clink i Lár |
|
|
allanjude |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
speaker hotel |
|
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bcr |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel |
Doing half day tutorials on both devsummit days |
|
bnovkov |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Apartment |
|
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br |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
|
|
brd |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
easyHotel |
|
|
brooks |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
speaker hotel |
|
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christos |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Apartment |
|
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cperciva |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel |
|
|
decke |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
Maldron Hotel Merrion Road |
|
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dch |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
speaker hotel |
hosting a tutorial on day 1 |
|
emaste |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
TBD |
|
|
gallatin |
2024-09-19 |
2024-09-23 |
Hyatt Centric |
Vegan, arriving mid-day Thursday |
|
gordon |
2024-09-15 |
2024-09-23 |
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel |
Attending $DAYJOB stuff earlier that week |
|
hrs |
2024-09-16 |
2024-09-23 |
Butlers Townhouse |
|
|
igoro |
2024-09-20 |
2024-09-23 |
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel |
Attending the second day |
|
imp |
2024-09-14 |
2024-09-23 |
Vrbo |
|
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jrtc27 |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
easyHotel |
|
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jhb |
TBD |
TBD |
speaker hotel |
|
|
jtl |
2024-09-19 |
2024-09-22 |
Hyatt Centric |
arriving mid-day Thursday |
|
jrm |
2024-09-19 |
2024-09-22 |
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|
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kp |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
Easyhotel, Benburb Street |
|
|
lwhsu |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
TBD |
|
|
markj |
2024-09-17 |
2024-09-23 |
|
|
|
mat |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Premier Inn Dublin City Centre |
|
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matthew |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Maldron Hotel Merrion Road |
|
|
oh |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-22 |
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel |
|
|
olce |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-24 |
speaker hotel + ? |
|
|
olivier |
2024-09-19 |
2024-09-23 |
Hyatt Centric |
Vegetarian, I'll miss the first half-day (landing at noon) |
|
rene |
2024-09-14 |
2024-09-23 |
speaker hotel |
|
|
roberto |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
Maldron Hotel Merrion Road |
|
|
syrinx |
2024-09-19 |
2024-09-23 |
Somewhere near Dublin downtown |
Attending the second day only |
Guest Attendees
(Please keep alphabetically sorted by last name)
Name |
Host |
Affiliation |
Arrival Date |
Departure Date |
Hotel |
Notes |
Jakob Alvermark |
oh |
|
|
|
|
|
Souradeep Chakrabarti |
lwhsu |
Microsoft |
2024-09-17 |
TBD |
MALDRON MERRION RD. |
no seafood |
Yan Ka Chiu |
lwhsu |
|
|
|
|
|
Michael Dexter |
cperciva |
Call For Testing |
2024-09-16 |
2024-09-24 |
speaker hotel |
|
Deb Goodkin |
jrm |
The FreeBSD Foundation |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-23 |
speaker hotel |
vegetarian |
Michael Heeney |
jrm |
Middlesex University London |
|
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|
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Sarder Kamal |
jrm |
Middlesex University London |
|
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|
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Jatin Kataria |
olivier |
Netflix |
|
|
Hyatt Centric |
vegetarian |
Marie Helene Kvello-Aune |
bcr |
Entersekt |
|
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|
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Kim McMahon |
jrm |
The FreeBSD Foundation |
|
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|
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James Mintram |
dch |
|
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|
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Tommi Pernila |
bcr |
Entersekt |
|
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|
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Guido van Rooij |
rene |
EuroBSDCon |
|
|
speaker hotel |
|
bcr |
|
2024-09-19 (noon) |
2024-09-23 |
Talbot Hotel Stillorgan |
|
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Alice Sowerby |
jrm |
The FreeBSD Foundation |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-22 |
speaker hotel |
|
bcr |
Latrobe Community Health Service |
2024-09-18 |
2024-09-21 |
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel |
|
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Eirik Øverby |
bcr |
Entersekt |
|
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Cosimo Cecchi |
allanjude |
Apple |
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Aymeric Wibo |
olce |
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Information on Prior Developer Summits
Information on prior Developer Summits is available from the DevSummit page.
Meal Requirements
Requirement |
Qty |
Vegetarian |
4 |
Vegan |
1 |
Diet drinks |
1 |
Meat |
0 |
Kosher |
0 |
Halal |
0 |
White Meat/Fish/Veg |
0 |
Dairy-free |
0 |
Fish/seafood-free |
1 |
Nut-free |
0 |
Gluten-free |
0 |
Low cholesterol |
0 |
Low sodium |
0 |
Feel free to add any missing ones.
IRC Channel
An IRC channel is available for contacting other attendees - #devsummit on EFnet.
Matrix room
An experimental Matrix room is available for contacting other attendees - #devsummit
Pictures
OllivierRobert: Notos album for devsummit and conference, will get updated daily