So, I should be at DebCamp, but I'm back home after driving 800km in one day.  Why?   I still don't know.

The main reason for this post is the irrational and unilateral response I got from the DebConf Orga Team, with no right to replica of any kind, and with the violence and humiliation we were treated with. I've helped to make 3 DebConf's possible, and have been involved in many ways for the past years in Debian, so this shocked me deeply.

The short story is that there was an extra bed in the room I was staying in, the person who was suppose to be in that bed is a close friend of mine, so I asked if someone else could use it while they weren't, since that meant I could take the necessary equipment that I managed to get for DebConf, and also introduce to Debian someone who is very active and well known in our local community (and also part of the umbrella foundation used for local finance issues). I was excited about getting there, like every year. Just to make this extra clear, this person had already booked the full week of DebConf, just not DebCamp, as he previously thought he couldn't attend. When he found out he could, he was thrilled to be able to go and help setup. So, I made the mistake of not notifying the Orga team about the switch. I did this because it truly was harmless action, where a bed which would otherwise be wasted would get used, and, I did not notify the Orga team because they've been very aggressive, inflexible and unhelpful throughout the planning of the conference. This doesn't justify it, just explains why someone who generally is helpful decides to take the wrong path to solve something.

Up to here, nothing very exciting. What made this special, is that when one of the organizers, Margarita Manterola, found out about the switch, instead of coming to talk to me, even though she's known me for *years*, she went and informed the hotel that somebody had committed a crime, and checked in under a different name, as if me or the person that came with me where some random stranger. All I can say is, WTF?

Let me stress this, the email that was sent out[1] twisted the facts, to the extent that some of them are a lie, like the problem arrived at check-in, when it actually happened while we where napping a few hours after we had arrived, and any effort made by the Orga team with the hotel where wasted, as it was one of them who had originally created the problem.

Instead of solving this among us as a group, and, again, "solve" is a bureaucratic thing, because no one was being harmed, Marga decided to actually *harm* me personally, the person who I had brought, and DebConf as a group. What got solved?  Nothing. I left, along with someone who would of otherwise been helping out build DebConf, while the Orga team demanded a ridiculous fee for me to stay in the hotel.
Rules are rules, I understand, but I also understand everybody listens to downloaded music, people in Germany install[2] nmap, and a very long list of rules that we tend not to follow because they're unreasonable or unnecessarily complicated.
Is this really what DebConf is turning into?

All I can say is I'm very sad and shocked that the people I've worked with for so many years decided to condemn me over such a meaningless issue, and especially that the local team, Martin Ferrari, Damian Viano, Maximiliano Curia and Margarita Manterola would do such thing to "one of there own", and that the international Orga team would mindlessly follow through with it.

I apologized to the hotel, I do want to apologize to the innocent people who had to deal with this, and, even though my intentions where good and unselfish, I regret what happened.

Despite all of this, I'm still deeply committed to Debian, have worked during the year and deserve to relax and enjoy it, so I will be there for DebConf as a regular attendee.

See you there!

[1] http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20080802.231856.66c7d3fd.en.html
[2] http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/31/1629259&from=rss

matilde:/home/mlt# aptitude remove xfree86-common
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
  libwww0 libxmlrpc-c3
The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
  libpam-plesk psa psa-api psa-api-rpc psa-backup-manager psa-firewall
  psa-horde psa-hotfix3 psa-hotfix4 psa-hotfix5 psa-hotfix6 psa-imp
  psa-ingo psa-kronolith psa-locale-es-es psa-manual-custom-skin-guide
  psa-migration-manager psa-mimp psa-mnemo psa-passwd psa-php4-configurator
  psa-rubyrails-configurator psa-spamassassin psa-turba psa-watchdog
The following packages have been kept back:
  log4cpp-plesk psa-autoinstaller psa-courier-imap psa-courier-imap-add
  psa-ftputil psa-mailman-configurator psa-proftpd psa-proftpd-inetd
  psa-qmail psa-qmail-rblsmtpd ruby-actionmailer ruby-actionpack
  ruby-actionwebservice ruby-activerecord ruby-activesupport ruby-rails
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libwww0 libxmlrpc-c3
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libgd2-xpm libice6 libpam-plesk libsm6 libt1-5 libx11-6 libxext6 libxpm4
  php4-gd psa psa-api psa-api-rpc psa-backup-manager psa-firewall psa-horde
  psa-hotfix3 psa-hotfix4 psa-hotfix5 psa-hotfix6 psa-imp psa-ingo
  psa-kronolith psa-locale-es-es psa-manual-custom-skin-guide
  psa-migration-manager psa-mimp psa-mnemo psa-passwd psa-php4-configurator
  psa-rubyrails-configurator psa-spamassassin psa-turba psa-watchdog
  webalizer xfree86-common xlibs-data
The following packages will be upgraded:
  psa-locale-base-en-us psa-pylibplesk
2 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 36 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
Need to get 2102kB of archives. After unpacking 308MB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n
Abort.
matilde:/home/mlt#

Date:	2007-01-25 15:26
Subject:	Bugs corporales
Security:	Public
Mood:	blah

Pills are back to my life............por ahora, nos llevamos bien,
Hagamos un pacto, yo las tomo, uds me curan...deal?

Date:	2007-01-23 14:45
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	hopeful

Sillon, laptop, lectura y musica == tranquilidad
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So nice, hace un par de dias que no te sentia, welcome back.....

Ahora solo falta la buena compañia... ya llegara, relax

Date:	2007-01-19 10:10
Subject:	Por que...
Security:	Public
Mood:	confused

....me cuesta tanto tomar ciertas decisiones?


I miss you mum :,(

Date:	2007-01-08 02:35
Subject:	2007
Security:	Public
Mood:	hopeful

El año viene raro....lo cual no defino todavia si es bueno o malo, pero lo que si es un hecho...es que viene raro :-)

Date:	2006-12-17 01:12
Subject:	Ops..I did it again :)
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy

multivac:/var/cache/pbuilder/result# dput -l ftp-master mrtgutils_0.6_i386.changes
Checking Signature on .changes
gpg: Signature made Sun 17 Dec 2006 01:07:30 AM ART using DSA key ID D626ABB6
gpg: Good signature from "Marcela Tiznado <mlt@debian.org>"
gpg: aka "Marcela Tiznado <mtiznado@linux.org.ar>"
Good signature on /var/cache/pbuilder/result/mrtgutils_0.6_i386.changes.
Checking Signature on .dsc
gpg: Signature made Sun 17 Dec 2006 01:07:23 AM ART using DSA key ID D626ABB6
gpg: Good signature from "Marcela Tiznado <mlt@debian.org>"
gpg: aka "Marcela Tiznado <mtiznado@linux.org.ar>"
Good signature on /var/cache/pbuilder/result/mrtgutils_0.6.dsc.
Package is now being checked with lintian.
warning: lintian's authors do not recommend running it with root privileges!
Uploading to ftp-master (via ftp to ftp-master.debian.org):
mrtgutils_0.6.dsc: done.
mrtgutils_0.6.tar.gz: done.
mrtgutils_0.6_i386.deb: done.
mrtgutils_0.6_i386.changes: done.
Successfully uploaded packages.
Not running dinstall.

multivac:/var/cache/pbuilder/result# dput --lintian ftp-master parprouted_0.63-2_i386.changes
Checking Signature on .changes
gpg: Signature made Sun 10 Dec 2006 01:58:44 AM ART using DSA key ID D626ABB6
gpg: Good signature from "Marcela Tiznado <mlt@debian.org>"
gpg: aka "Marcela Tiznado <mtiznado@linux.org.ar>"
Good signature on /var/cache/pbuilder/result/parprouted_0.63-2_i386.changes.
Checking Signature on .dsc
gpg: Signature made Sun 10 Dec 2006 01:58:40 AM ART using DSA key ID D626ABB6
gpg: Good signature from "Marcela Tiznado <mlt@debian.org>"
gpg: aka "Marcela Tiznado <mtiznado@linux.org.ar>"
Good signature on /var/cache/pbuilder/result/parprouted_0.63-2.dsc.
Package is now being checked with lintian.
warning: lintian's authors do not recommend running it with root privileges!
Uploading to ftp-master (via ftp to ftp-master.debian.org):
parprouted_0.63-2.dsc: done.
parprouted_0.63-2.diff.gz: done.
parprouted_0.63-2_i386.deb: done.
parprouted_0.63-2_i386.changes: done.
Successfully uploaded packages.
Not running dinstall.

Date:	2006-12-05 23:48
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	stressed

Me duele la cabeza, no tengo ganas de trabajar, tengo muchas cosas atrasadas, no avanzo..miro para atras...y me doy cuenta que no avanzo. Poca paciencia, cansancio...todos te consuelan "es diciembre, a todo el mundo le pasa"...claro, le pasa a la gente que se va de vacaciones en enero-febrero, tiene sentido..pero si yo volvi en junio, que hago? me suicido here and now? Encima lo peor, todavia no llego...el viernes hay ritual de armado de arboles...y de ahi, entramos en bajada....

Espero ansiosamente lo que me saque de este loop....
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Solucion (temporaria), una cafiaspirina, buena musica y a trabajar...

Date:	2006-11-12 06:26
Subject:	Mi adolescencia caduco....
Security:	Public
Mood:	frustrated

...si, hoy me di cuenta que ya no soy mas una adolescente...... fui a la creamfields, me gusto, me gusto mucho, bailtee un monton....pero ya no es lo mismo.....

Puedo guardar como ultimo hito de mi adolescencia mi piercing nasal? por que convengamos que no es muy de adulto eso....

Date:	2006-09-18 00:22
Subject:	Aquellas pequeñas cosas
Security:	Public
Mood:	hopeful

Hoy, despues de 3 meses, escucho de nuevo a mi mama cantar.... :,) y lo comparto con el que lea este blog...

Uno se cree
que las mató
el tiempo y la ausencia.
Pero su tren
vendió boleto
de ida y vuelta.

Son aquellas pequeñas cosas,
que nos dejó un
tiempo de rosas
en un rincón,
en un papel
o en
un cajón.

Como un ladrón
te acechan detrás
de la puerta.
Te tienen tan
a su merced
como
hojas muertas

que el viento arrastra allá o aquí,

que te sonríen tristes y
nos hacen que
lloremos cuando
nadie nos ve.

Joan Manuel Serrat - Aquellas Pequeñas Cosas

Date:	2006-08-23 18:48
Subject:	Debian Day Uruguay
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy

After some days of thinking what should I do, I finally decided to go to spend 1.5 day in Uruguay to attend to Debian Day organized by Debian-uy. The trip was quite long (~7 hours) for being so near to Montevideo...



some could rest, some others didn't :-( After the boat we still had 4 hours on a bus. When we arrived we had some coffee while waited Debian-uy people to pick us.



We finally got picked and took us to the Instituto Tecnico Superior where Debian Day was going to take place.
The event was much more that what I've expected on amount of people, specially cause was the first "big" event organized by this group. There was a hacklab where people could attend with their computers and get Debian installed, they also offered people copies of Debian CDs (some people got the Sarge DVDs that remained from DebianDay-mx), hacking place, and of course somewhere to get "mate".
The talks were quite good in general, some where general free software and some others specifically about Debian. I signed keys with few people. The atmosphere was great. Thanks all Debian-uy for the receiving us.

On the way to Rodrigo's home, we found drummers playing along the street with huge flags and people dancing around. Simply amazing to found one of those non-tourist events.

Date:	2006-04-03 01:40
Subject:	Mexico
Security:	Public
Mood:	anxious

so many things , so little time....so long till that little time arrives

Igualmente, ya me considero en preparacion para Debconf

To-Do
* Raq thingys
* Mochila
* Bolsa de dormir
* Memory stick de camara
* Ticket (DONE)
* Pasaporte (DONE)
* Seguro de viaje (DONE)
* ...............

Date:	2006-03-17 17:10
Subject:	Habemus tickets
Security:	Public
Mood:	refreshed

Esto, definitivamente amerita una entrada de blog....

RG8631 S 06MAY EZE/GRU 0630 0905
RG8670 S 06MAY GRU/MEX 1030 1740
RG8671 S 03JUN MEX/GRU 1940 0650+1
RG8648 S 04JUN GRU/EZE 1500 1755

A buen entendedor, pocas palabras... ;)

Date:	2006-03-15 00:01
Subject:	Baby steps
Security:	Public
Mood:	anxious

Despues de mucho tiempo (mas de una semana) tengo respuesta de HE.

gtkgo still uses debmake. debmake is planned to be removed for the etch
release, so you really need to move on to another build system. Please
do that and upload a new package, thanks. I also noticed that you've
used "Closes #XXXXXX" in your last changelog entry. This does *not*
work, you need to add a :, like in "Closes: #xxx". You should also try
to improve the description a bit.

rhapsody looks mostly OK, though you should also improve the
description. It would also be a nice touch to add the name of the
copyright holder to the debian/copyright file

Mejor, mucho mejor de lo que me esperaba! :) Asi que, a parchar mis paquetitos....

Date:	2006-02-27 02:25
Subject:	Fin de semana...
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy

Voy a hacer un resumen de mis ultimos dias....que para mi sorpresa...todos tuvieron algo de especial :)

Jueves: la lluvia tan esperada...llego....se enfrio la ciudad....cena con Cesar y Luciano. El programa va bien, ya tiene forma, hace cosas muyyyyyy lindas, estoy super conforme.

Viernes: Despues de corridas inesperadas, que me ponen de sumo malhumor, tengo server nuevo! Lo pueden creer????????? Yo todavia no lo puedo creer. Gracias Sebita por la paciencia, el armado y el te. Es hermosho, es rapidisimo, tiene raid, 1 giga de memoria...ahora viene lo peor, la migracion........more news soon

Sabado: tarde de vagancia total, como corresponde despues de tantas emociones :P A la noche fui con Leo, Maril y Luciano a ver Sanos y Salvos...sumamente recomendables. Mas info: www.sanosysalvos.com.ar , me gusto mucho...y en la proxima vida me gustaria ser tan plastica, retorcible, agil, etc etc como esta gente...para esta vida ya estoy jodida, asi que lo pongo en el to-do para la proxima junto con el titulo universitario que en esta vida ya no tendre.

Domingo: luciano trajo su laptop super enfermita, el ext3 nonandamas..asi nomas, deja de funcionar...espero que no sea lo peor :( Por el momento aca estoy de enfermera pasando los datos de un lado para el otro...para que no pierda nada de sus 20gigas de /home . Buena compania, me diverti como en los viejos tiempos..... :-) deberia repetirse mas seguido.

Date:	2006-02-21 02:38
Subject:	When I grow up....
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy

Cuando sea grande me voy a comprar un Lego Mindstorm ;-)
URL: http://mindstorms.lego.com/

Date:	2006-02-05 05:30
Subject:	I give up
Security:	Public
Mood:	sad

Date:	2006-01-25 03:40
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	sad

Sometimes to realize you were well, someone must come along and hurt you.