[FOSDEM] How was the final list of devrooms built?

[Daniel Pocock]

On 06/12/2021 20:39, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:
> On 12/6/21 10:41 AM, Konstantin Osipov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Year over year I am watching the procedure for compiling the final
>> list of devrooms and each year I am surprised.
>>
>> I know each year there are a lot of devroom submissions and a lot
>> of competition. But how is the final list compiled? It would be
>> nice if this process is more open with the community.
>>
>> I can see there is a devroom for Ada and Dart but no devroom for
>> Rust or C++. There is a devroom for MySQL and MariaDB and no
>> devroom for *all* NoSQL systems combined. Are there no free nosql
>> databases?  Were there no devroom submissions for Rust or other
>> emerging programming languages?
>>
> 
> We have not received devroom proposals for any of these topics (C++,
> Rust, NoSQL) this year.
> 
> Note that you are more than welcome to submit any talks which are not
> covered by a devroom to the main tracks and or lightning talks.

A specific and practical suggestion: would the FOSDEM organizers
consider publishing a list of all proposals and their rankings each year?

This would provide useful transparency metrics and motivation

There are already similar initiatives in the academic world, for
example, pre-registering research studies and clinical trials.

Regards,

Daniel

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