[$] The short and long-term future of community conferences

The Linux development community is spread out over the planet andinteracts primarily through email and online systems. It is widelyfelt, though, that there is great value in getting people together inperson occasionally to talk about current issues and get to knoweach other as people. This year, though, the coronavirus pandemic isdisrupting the conference schedule to an extent that won't be known forsome time. But there are longer-term concerns as well, to the point thatthe head organizer for one of the kernel community's most successful eventsis questioning whether it should continue to exist.