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+<div class="slide cover title">
+ <h1 class="title">Debian Pure Blends</h1>
+ <p class="author">
+Jonas Smedegaard (&amp; Andreas Tille)
+ </p>
+ <p class="date">Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam, November 12th, 2010</p>
+</div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Overview</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Debian is generic - Blends are specific</li
+ ><li
+ >Purity: all is Debian</li
+ ><li
+ >Why bother?</li
+ ><li
+ >Technical details</li
+ ><li
+ >Team, community, users</li
+ ><li
+ >Future</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian - the universal Operating System</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Stable</li
+ ><li
+ >Flexible</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>Debian is the universal Operating System.</p
+><dl
+><dt
+ >Goal</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Usable everywhere</dd
+ ></dl
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian - very flexible...</h1
+><ul class="incremental"
+><li
+ >Flexible: good</li
+ ><li
+ >Very flexible: very good</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian - <strong
+ >too</strong
+ > flexible!</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Flexible: good</li
+ ><li
+ ><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"
+ >Very flexible: very good</span
+ ></li
+ ><li
+ >Very flexible: very confusing!</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>Debian is too flexible: confusing and to some even scary!</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian - ways to simplify</h1
+><ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"
+><li
+ >Keep things as-is - educate users instead</li
+ ><li
+ >Remove choice</li
+ ><li
+ >Provide multiple defaults</li
+ ></ol
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian - simple if generic defaults are ok</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Mainstream (but not too new) hardware</li
+ ><li
+ >GNOME desktop</li
+ ><li
+ >Iceweasel web browser</li
+ ><li
+ >Exim MTA</li
+ ><li
+ >Apache web server</li
+ ><li
+ >MySQL database server</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>Debian <em
+ >is</em
+ > simple - if you happen to like its defaults.</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blend - Debian for a specific purpose</h1
+><p
+>Debian Pure Blend (in short DDD): a subset of Debian configured to support a particular target group out-of-the-box.</p
+><dl
+><dt
+ >Goal 1</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Turn Debian into the distribution of choice for a specific target group</dd
+ ><dt
+ >Goal 2</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Advertise this fact to the world to attract users and developers</dd
+ ></dl
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blend - technical parts</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >package selection(s)</li
+ ><li
+ >customizations</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>The concrete work to include as packages with official Debian.</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blend - reality parts</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >goals &amp; noise about progress</li
+ ><li
+ >package health + encourage additional software packaging</li
+ ><li
+ >passion &amp; patience</li
+ ><li
+ >good relations with Debian package maintainers, competitors, and upstream authors</li
+ ><li
+ >good relations with users</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>Surrounding work making a Blend relevant.</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blend - current blending projects</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Debian Jr</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian Med</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian Edu</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian Science</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian EzGo</li
+ ><li
+ >BrDesktop</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian Accessibility</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian Lex</li
+ ><li
+ >DebiChem</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian GIS</li
+ ><li
+ >Debian Multimedia</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>Projects working on Blends - some pure, some not (yet)...</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blends - all Debian</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ ><strong
+ >D</strong
+ >ebian packages - selections (e.g. for tasksel to pick up)</li
+ ><li
+ ><strong
+ >D</strong
+ >ebian configuration - use of policy-compliant package-provided interfaces</li
+ ><li
+ ><strong
+ >D</strong
+ >ebian distribution media - installing via Debian itself</li
+ ></ul
+><dl
+><dt
+ >DDD</dt
+ ><dd
+ ><strong
+ >Debian</strong
+ > packages <strong
+ >Debian</strong
+ > configured from <strong
+ >Debian</strong
+ > distribution</dd
+ ></dl
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blends - why bother?</h1
+><p
+>Nice on paper with ideals and priciples, but...</p
+><p
+>What's in it for me?!?</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blends - downsides</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ ><strong
+ >annoying</strong
+ > - Debian package maintainers may not like proposed changes</li
+ ><li
+ ><strong
+ >slow</strong
+ > - stable distribution is released infrequently</li
+ ><li
+ ><strong
+ >rigid</strong
+ > - all contributions must match Debian Free Software Guidelines</li
+ ><li
+ ><strong
+ >complex</strong
+ > - packages must obey Debian Policy</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blends - Benefits</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >backed by Debian - help, bug tracking, translations, etc.</li
+ ><li
+ >teamwork - others might help you refine and maintain your setups</li
+ ><li
+ >common structures - others might take over if you loose interest</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - Debian support overloading choices</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Debian installer</li
+ ><li
+ >tasksel</li
+ ><li
+ >debconf</li
+ ><li
+ >aptitude</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - examples of non-pure blending</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >include non-Debian packages or non-packaged stuff</li
+ ><li
+ >include Debian packages from different Debian suite</li
+ ><li
+ >configure system other than via Debian package installation</li
+ ><li
+ >install using non-Debian media</li
+ ></ul
+><p
+>You don't own your system - you provide one for others to own.</p
+><p
+>So don't refine it like a (sloppy) user: Handle it like a Debian developer!</p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - Debian, generic setup</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >select package profile(s)</li
+ ><li
+ >install</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - Debian, hand-tuned</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >select package profile(s)</li
+ ><li
+ >select additional packages</li
+ ><li
+ >install</li
+ ><li
+ >(re)configure packages</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - Debian, auto-tuned</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >pre-seed package selection</li
+ ><li
+ >pre-seed package configurations</li
+ ><li
+ >install</li
+ ><li
+ >(re)configure non-debconf packages</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - Debian Pure Blend = generic</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >select blend profile</li
+ ><li
+ >install</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - tasks involved</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >extra software → into Debian officially</li
+ ><li
+ >manual configurations → preseeding</li
+ ><li
+ >maybe create temporary dirty hacks</li
+ ><li
+ >maybe use/create reusable tweaks</li
+ ><li
+ >eliminate dirty hacks and tweaks</li
+ ><li
+ >convince others in Debian to add as tasksel task</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - blends-dev</h1
+><p
+>Tool to help maintain package lists and prospective packages.</p
+><p
+>Example: <a href="http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/psychology"
+ ><code
+ >http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/psychology</code
+ ></a
+ ></p
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - dirty tricks</h1
+><p
+>Avoid configuration files...</p
+><ul
+><li
+ >config.d folders</li
+ ><li
+ >databases</li
+ ><li
+ >networked data</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - tweaks</h1
+><p
+>Reusable scripts compatible with one or more of...</p
+><ul
+><li
+ >FAI</li
+ ><li
+ >hands-off at http://hands.com/d-i/</li
+ ><li
+ >CFengine</li
+ ><li
+ >Puppet</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - good style</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Aptitude</li
+ ><li
+ >debconf</li
+ ><li
+ >Config::Model</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Tech - When is it &quot;Pure&quot;?</h1
+><p
+>When all is in Debian, with no dirty tricks:</p
+><ul
+><li
+ >package selection(s)</li
+ ><li
+ >customizations</li
+ ><li
+ >installation</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Team - getting involved</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >identify and isolate tweaks at your own system</li
+ ><li
+ >register missing software - on wiki page or (better!) in Debian BTS</li
+ ><li
+ >write documentation</li
+ ><li
+ >write the dream of how things ought to work</li
+ ><li
+ >wite how details work now</li
+ ><li
+ >discuss downstream (i.e. with users and subdistros) how things work / should work</li
+ ><li
+ >discuss upstream (i.e. with authors) what is possible now / soon</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Team - getting involved II</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >write intro for peer enthusiasts</li
+ ><li
+ >decide and document ideal formats - translations, graphics etc.</li
+ ><li
+ >prioritize pending tasks - of various kinds to encourage many different contributions</li
+ ><li
+ >document where it is ok to ask beginners' questions</li
+ ><li
+ >document if beginners can ask for a mentor</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Team - getting involved III</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >make illustration</li
+ ><li
+ >make screendumps</li
+ ><li
+ >make fan graphics</li
+ ><li
+ >make desktop backgrounds, CD covers, stickers, etc.</li
+ ><li
+ >Register the project as a DOAP file, and maybe at Ohloh and Freshmeat etc.</li
+ ><li
+ >Register and maintain relevant Debtags</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Team - getting involved IV</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Translate package descriptions</li
+ ><li
+ >Translate debconf dialogs</li
+ ><li
+ >Translate upstream code</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Team - getting involved V</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Help integrate contributions from graphics artists, translators and others</li
+ ><li
+ >document decision processes of the team (and Debian and upstreams?)</li
+ ><li
+ >document workflows in teams</li
+ ><li
+ >insist on transparency - not only for code!</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Team - Continuous status checks</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >Ask users about their needs - you will forget over time!</li
+ ><li
+ >Ask teams about their tasks - each participant has slightly different perception of the common vision and status</li
+ ><li
+ >Ask upstreams about use: perhaps potentials are missed, or code or persons feel as being abused</li
+ ></ul
+></div>
+<div class="slide">
+<h1
+>Debian Pure Blends - Future</h1
+><ul
+><li
+ >debconf dontcare vs. explicit choice of default option</li
+ ><li
+ >debconf query mechanism (and fill buffer from live system)</li
+ ><li
+ >APT explicit choice of alternate dependency/recommendation</li
+ ><li
+ >APT dontcare vs. explicit choice of default dependency/recommendation</li
+ ><li
+ >Config::Model - semantic configfile handling</li
+ ></ul
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