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These are currently available talks to be presented at pkgsrcCon 2005.
[30 minutes] The Mac OS X system administrator has several choices of Unix package management tools, most of which are usable solely on Mac OS X. This presentation will establish the clear superiority of pkgsrc for those not already indoctrinated, as well as describe the history of pkgsrc's support for Mac OS X, and its current status.
Presenter: Amitai Schlair <schmonz@NetBSD.org>
[30 minutes] Occasionally in pkgsrc, features are implemented in ways which at first seem unusual, or inefficient. This talk will be in the form of a tutorial, hopefully expanding into a discussion, outlining several features in pkgsrc and telling of the reasons for the implementation being the way it is.
Presenter: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
[30 minutes] So you're about to commit a change to the pkgsrc infrastructure. You've tested it -- it fixes the bug you're interested in and you can still build a few of your favourite packages. But you know that if you reintroduce a bug that caused havoc with threaded python last year, you're in for a right bricking. That's why you need pkg_regress. This presentation explains what it is, how it works and all the other reasons why it's for you.
Presenter: Gavan Fantom <gavan@NetBSD.org>
[60 minutes] This presentation gives an overview of bobac, the P2P bulk-build cluster software in pkgsrc. I will describe the bulletin-board concept that underlies bobac, and how to set up bobac on both a LAN and a WAN for distributed bulk-building.
Presenter: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>
[30 minutes] Many applications are straightforward to package using standard pkgsrc idioms. Some present unusual challenges, requiring careful weighing of trade-offs (and the occasional burst of creativity) in their design and implementation. This presentation will examine some such packages and how they came to be as they are.
Presenter: Amitai Schlair <schmonz@NetBSD.org>
[30 minutes] It can sometimes seem daunting to hack on the pkgsrc infrastructure code, even for long-time pkgsrc developers. It's a little messy in there, and not everything is documented. This talk will present some small infrastructure projects that are accessible to anyone who would like to contribute to pkgsrc. I will highlight the problems that these projects are intended to solve and outline possible solutions so that these projects will just be a Simple Matter Of Programming.
Presenter: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>
[60 minutes] The number of third-party packaging systems available seems to be increasing, not decreasing, and it is often difficult to know where pkgsrc stands in comparison. This talk examines some of the more popular packaging systems, their benefits and weaknesses when compared to pkgsrc, and then goes on to explain some of the development that will be taking place in pkgsrc over the next twelve months.
Presenter: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>