Author: kihler

Technical meeting is called Dev meeting from now on (for real this time)

by kihler, posted in Uncategorized

When we introduced the new monthly SysAdmin meeting (formerly the Adopters meeting) we had already discussed renaming the weekly Technical meeting to Dev meeting to further differentiate the two since there were now two kind of technical meetings. However, we didn’t announce this change and also missed a few places to update.

So this time for real: The Technical meeting will henceforth be called (at least in official writing) as the Dev meeting. The content and purpose of the meeting will not change. Non-developers are still welcome to join, just as developers are welcome in the SysAdmin meetings.

Both meetings are (mostly) of a technical nature, but the Dev meeting will contain more in-depth discussions about past and future development. For example we will go through all newly opened pull requests and discuss controversial changes. Decisions that affect the community and don’t require a committers vote can be made here. It’s also the place for the Release Managers to give their weekly status update.

On the other hand the SysAdmin meeting (inofficially called “A support group for Opencast administrators”) is aimed at on those that run Opencast instances. Community development is discussed in a more summarized way. It’s a chance for developers to get in touch with adopters, and for adopters to exchange experiences, as well as for new people to ask questions. At the end of the meeting, there’s a chance for someone to present something that could be interesting to the rest of the attendees in the form of a webinar (usually recorded).

For more information on when and where these meetings take place, please check here. And hope to see you there. 😀

No SysAdmin Meeting in February, Future Plans for Webinars

by kihler, posted in Uncategorized

Hi everyone,

because it overlaps with the upcoming conference in Graz, the SysAmin meeting for February is cancelled. See you in March at the usual date and time. 🙂 (If you don’t know when that is, check out the community calendar. This is a meeting primarily aimed at administrators of Opencast and those interested in doing so, but other adopters and developers are also welcome!)

If you already have things to add to the agenda, you can do so here.

Also, for the next couple of meetings, we are planning to give institutions the chance to present their current use of Opencast (similar to what we’ve been doing at the beginning of multiple conferences with the spotlights, but in more detail). First up in March is the University of Bern. If you’re interested in talking about your current state, don’t hesitate to put yourself on the list or send me an e-mail.

You do not need to prepare an elaborate presentation, this is more to give people a chance to talk about the different ways Opencast can be used and integrated as well as their challenges and possible solutions. Requests for other webinar topics are also still welcome.

See you in March,

Katrin Ihler

Opencast 16.9

by kihler, posted in Releases

Hi everyone,
it is my pleasure to announce that Opencast 16.9 has been released:

The documentation for the release can be found at:

This release mostly enables Opencast to wait until the index becomes available during boot-up.

RPM and Debian packages as well as container images will be available soon. Watch for announcements in the Opencast Releases Matrix channel.

To all contributors, thank you for your hard work. This could not have happened without you, and I am glad we were able to work together and get this release out.

Best Regards

Not an Opencast 16 Release Manager
Katrin Ihler

SysAdmin Meeting Change of Date

by kihler, posted in Uncategorized

Please be aware that because of the virtual summit happening next week, there will not be a SysAdmin meeting next Wednesday.

Since end of December isn’t a great time for a meeting either, but we didn’t want to skip two meetings in a row – especially with Opencast 17 on the horizon – the next and last SysAdmin meeting of this year is scheduled for the 11th of December at 3pm CET.

As usual, this meeting is primarily aimed at folks administrating an Opencast instance, but developers and people interested in Opencast are welcome to join. Because the release of OC 17 is happening a week prior, this will be a main topic.

All information in regards to the BBB room and a link to the agenda can be found in our calendar. Feel free to add topics you want to talk about!