Re: Houdini at TPAC

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com> wrote:

>
> > On 16 Sep 2015, at 2:36 AM, Rossen Atanassov <
> Rossen.Atanassov@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On the Apple side, we've internally discussed Custom Paint and UI
> Workers /
> >> Scroll Thingies more than Custom Layout (which seems to me to be a lot
> >> further away from reality). That means Shane + Rick + the two Ians from
> >> Google, at least. Other people?
> >
> > On Microsoft side I will be there for sure and will participate in all
> of the topics. I wouldn't rule out custom layout just yet.
>
> OK. Let's assume that we can either find a room on Thu + Fri, or at worst
> we book specific sessions during the plenary day for topics (rather than a
> general Houdini session).
>
> The next question is whether we have enough people to meet, or if we'll be
> missing important people.
>
> I'm fearful that I'm making a fuss about getting time to discuss the
> topics, without realising that there won't be people there. Also I don't
> want to force people to attend if they were not planning on going to TPAC
> already.
>

I've unfortunately got family commitments that will keep me from coming to
TPAC this year (though I might be able to join via VC if that happened to
be setup).  I'd hate to dampen any enthusiasm here though - during this
design phase, the more active collaborative brainstorming discussion the
better IMHO.