[yocto] [Yocto-Advocacy] Yocto Project Upcoming Conferences and Developer Days

[Bas Mevissen]

On 2019-05-07 07:20, Behan Webster wrote:

> > On May 6, 2019, at 8:36 AM, Bas Mevissen <bas at emcodev.nl> wrote:
> > On 5/6/19 12:45 PM, Josef Holzmayr wrote:
> > I'd actually word it a little bit differently:
> > If there is only *ONE* attendee who did not properly do the homework, it
> > will have a massive impact an the rest of the group. And that somebody
> > will show up unpreparedly is absolutely certain in my opinion.
> > With sufficient trainers, one can continue for most and provide some assistance to the one falling behind.

> Usually more than one. And this is generally very disruptive to the 
> class as a whole.

> >> As someone who actually got started through the YPDD beginner track (and
> >> also often recommends it to new beginners), my opinion is clearly that
> >> we either should have it, be it only for a handful of attendees, or
> >> offer a *real* replacement, with face to face training. My experience is
> >> that this personal thing in the very beginning is an absolutely
> >> essential part of many YP/OE careers.
> >
> > I agree. That is how I started, next to a compressed Linux Foundation Yocto training that was offered just before the event then.

> Yes. By me and my colleagues who train for the Linux Foundation.

> > So it might be wise to ask LF or get something organised. It would mostly require a room and a sponsor for some small devkit.

> We've run the beginner track for the last few years. The discussion is 
> precisely that the YP event is proposing to not run the beginner track 
> this year at all.
> 

But why? There appears to be a constant demand.

> We're happy to do it again if given the space.

Yes, both for LF and YP it are off-the-shelf trainings that do not 
require much preperation.

> Behan


-- Bas.