Re: [eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Issues

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't feel _real_ strongly about 664, but ... what are we going to do 
with that 10 minutes? Do we really need to "reclaim" the time?  Or are 
people (Scott, Wayne and Bjorn) just arguing to never have "similar" talks 
repeated. (I put 'similar' in quotes, since they are just similar, they do 
sound like they planned to cover different material, so I think we really 
would be losing information, which is the reason I suggested allowing more 
time if they were consolidated). 

I'm asking in part because I think before I decline something, I'd like to 
know what it's going to be replaced with. So far, there are 3 short talks 
(only) scheduled during that 50 minute period. Declining 664 will leave 30 
minutes free, instead of 20. Is that the goal here? Will that time be 
useful for something else? With 20 minutes free, I was thinking of 
offering a few to expand to 20 minutes ... but, with 30 minutes free, I 
thought I should ask what the goal is, and if there's a more important 
need? 

Seems to me a consolidated, but time-increased talk is justifiable for two 
reasons. 1. Maven is (still) a popular topic (right?) and 2. The short 
talk was discussing "faceted projects API" which (while I have mixed views 
on it as a project) is a new effort that I think deserves some visibility 
and will be of interest to several attendees, so hate just to "lose" it. 

Appreciate the discussion. Can those suggesting the short talk "just be 
declined" explain why? 

Thank you very much, 






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I concur with Wayne: keep 661 and decline 664.

Wayne Beaton wrote: 
I suggest that we keep 661 (20 minutes) and just decline 664. 

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