ANN: First Packaging Conference: 9 & 10 November 2021: Submissions close 31 August

[Jonathan Fine]

Hi

>From the web page http://packaging-con.org/
===
Software complexity is on the rise, but thanks to package managers, reusing
software is easier than it’s ever been. In 2021, nearly every operating
system, language ecosystem, and framework has a package manager or several.
Package managers take over where your compiler left off; integrating
different versions of packages and ensuring they can be installed safely,
reliably, and in a compatible configuration on your system. Where compilers
integrate large applications, package managers integrate software
ecosystems.
===

Some topics of interest for the conference are:
* Package management vs dependency management
* Reproducibility in package managers
* Reliability/robustness of software ecosystems
* Dependency solving: modeling, methods, and scalability

I hope some TeX Live maintainers will attend, and perhaps even speak. The
conference is 9 & 10 November, and submissions close 31 August. They're
looking for 20 minutes + 10 minute Q+A talks. All talks will be held live
via video chat. There are also 2 minute lightning talks (perhaps for the
TikTok generation).

The conference is organised in conjunction with https://numfocus.org/, who
sponsor many projects including MathJax (see
https://numfocus.org/sponsored-projects).

I learnt about the conference at
https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/packaging-con-call-for-presentations-about-package-management/7623

best regards

Jonathan
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