Replicant

h1. Replicant contributors meeting the 27,28 July in France

h2. Date

The meeting will take place the 27 and 28 July 2019.

h2. Location

The event will take place in the "April":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_(French_association) "offices":https://april.org/en/contact-us. April is an association for the defense and promotion of free software.

The offices are relatively close to the "Gare Montparnasse railway station.":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_Montparnasse

In addition to trains, Gare Montparnasse railway station has also, in the same building, there is a metro station where you can access the metro lines "4":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_4, "6":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_6, "12":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_12 and "13":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_13.

h3. Airports

The two main airports near Paris are the "Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_International_Airport and the "Paris Orly Airport":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orly_Airport.

h4. Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport <-> Gare Montparnasse railway station

To get to the Gare Montparnasse railway station from the Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport by public transportation, you can take the "RER":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Express_R%C3%A9gional B metro line up to the "Denfert-Rochereau station":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denfert-Rochereau_(Paris_M%C3%A9tro) where you can take the "line 6":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_6 up to the Gare Montparnasse railway station.

h4. Paris Orly Airport <-> Gare Montparnasse railway station

To get to the Gare Montparnasse railway station from the Paris Orly Airport by public transportation, you can take the "Orlyval":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlyval up to the "Antony":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_(Paris_RER) stop, and from there take the "RER":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Express_R%C3%A9gional "B":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER_B metro line up to the "Denfert-Rochereau station":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denfert-Rochereau_(Paris_M%C3%A9tro) where you can take the "line 6":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro_Line_6 up to the Gare Montparnasse railway station.

h2. More information

"Wikivoyage":https://en.wikivoyage.org has a page on "Paris":https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Paris and "France":https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/France which have many practical information such as:

* Visa and other border requirements

* How to stay safe

* The climate

* Information on the public transportation

* SIM cards

It also has pages on the "Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport":https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Paris_Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport and the "Paris Orly Airport":https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Paris_Orly_Airport with more details on the public transportation lines to use to go to Paris, which tickets to buy, etc.

h2. Contacting the organizers

You can use the Replicant [[PrivateContact|private contact mail address]] in advance to obtain the cellphone number of an organizer to be able to  use it in case of issue (like being lost, not finding the location of the meeting, etc).

h2. Confirmed presentations

|_. Topic |_. Time and dependencies |_. Status |_. Rationale |

| "Replicant history":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/GNUtoo/presentations.git/tree/Replicant_contributors_meeting_27_28_July_2019_Paris_France/history?h=GNUtoo/wip  | | | * Has some context that might be useful for new Replicant contributors

* Has information on the relationship between Replicant and GNU/Linux |

| "Replicant and bootloaders":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/GNUtoo/presentations.git/tree/Replicant_contributors_meeting_27_28_July_2019_Paris_France/bootloaders  | | | * The Galaxy SIII (and similar devices) bootloader status is complicated and relevant to Replicant 9 |

| "Replicant and modems":https://git.replicant.us/contrib/GNUtoo/presentations.git/tree/Replicant_contributors_meeting_27_28_July_2019_Paris_France/modems?h=GNUtoo/wip | | * General architecture DONE

* libsamsung-ril DONE

* TODO: libsamsung-ipc | * Meant to enable new contributors to work on the modem part |

| Discussions on the bootloader situation on the Galaxy SIII and similar smartphones | After the talk on the bootloaders | | |

| Discussions on minimal requirement to accept a device in Replicant:

* Do we still accept devices with modems that are not isolated?

* Do we have plan to require free software bootloaders? 

* Do we require replacable batteries? | After the talk on modems and bootloaders | | |

| Discussions on the future of Replicant:

* Which devices do we target

* Do we continue focusing on devices with signed bootloaders

* Allwinner tablets, upstream Linux, and scalability

* Devices with non-replacable batteries | After the talk on Replicant history | |

| Discussion about Upstream components, design choices, and cultural re-appropriation of technology

* [[Upstream]]

* Issues when combining together different build systems (Example: Android build system with Kconfig)

* Sharing work with GNU/Linux to enable more political control and cultural re-appropriation of mobile device in the long run, and the risk associated with it

* Android upstream anti-features and political design choices

* How subjective security is, threat models, and the difference between free software and device maker point of view | Please take a look at [[Upstream]] before attending if possible. | | |

Known schedule constraints:

* On Sunday, the April offices will be closed at 16h, so we need to already have packed everything and left the room at this time.

h2. Still being defined, to be confirmed

Precise schedule:

*Saturday:* Noon -> Night?

*Sunday:* 9H or 10H AM -> 14H?

*Poll for using the April offices*: https://framadate.org/ReplicantContributorMeetingJuly2019RoomOccupation

h3. Presentations:

* The Graphic stack in Replicant 9

* Porting Replicant to Android 9 by Joonas Kylmälä?

* A discussion about [[Upstream]] components, [[Upstream#Design-decisions|design choices]], and cultural re-appropriation of technology?

** How subjective security is, threat models, and the difference between free software and device maker point of view

** Sharing work with GNU/Linux to enable more political control and cultural re-appropriation of mobile device in the long run, and the risk associated with it

** Android upstream anti-features and political design choices

** Issues when combining together different build systems (Example: Android build system with Kconfig)

h3. Over a cup of coffee:

* Fil is available for informal chatting about RepWifi

h3. Hardware

h4. Devices

|_. Person |_. Hardware |_. Comments |_. Usage |

|/12. GNUtoo | Galaxy SIII (I9300) with the stock bootloader | |

| Galaxy SIII 4G (I9305) with the stock bootloader | |

| Galaxy SIII 4G (I9305) with u-boot | |

| Galaxy Nexus (I9250) with the stock bootloader | |

| Galaxy SII (I9100) with the stock bootloader | |

| GTA04 A3 | | |

| GTA04 A4 | | |

| Optimus black (P970) | | |

| GTA01 |/4. Used in a presentation about Replicant history | |

| GTA02 | |

| HTC Dream | |

| N900 | |

|/4. Fil | Galaxy Note 2 (N7100) stock bootloader | [Working] Available for non-critical tests | * Test the upstream touchkey driver |

| Galaxy SIII (I9300) stock bootloader | [Working] Test Subject available for any experiment | |

| Galaxy SIII (I9300) stock bootloader | [Bricked] available for hardware hacking |

| Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (GT P3100) | Property of the Replicant Project | * Add support for it in the [[BackupTheEFS]] instructions |

| | Add devices you can bring here | Add comments, requirements, etc |

h4. Debug utilities

|_. Person |_. Hardware |_. Comments |_. Usage |

|/5. GNUtoo | Serial port cable with variable resistors |  |

| Multimeter |  |

| Simtrace 1: Can get the dialog between the modem and the SIM card in wireshark |  |

| SIM card that is not recognized in Replicant (STK related?) | |

| Sigrok compatible adjustable power supply | Not sure to bring it (heavy) |

|/1. Fil | SIM card that is not recognized in Replican 6 | |