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mdkewb01:14
mdkehdy03:32
mdkehey03:32
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draskohello everybody10:29
draskoI am interested in joining the Ubuntu Doc team. Can anyone give me some waypoints?10:30
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draskoanybody?10:48
mdkesorry didn't see your post10:49
mdkesup?10:49
mdkedrasko, hello?10:52
mdkeah i see your email10:53
mdkedrasko, i think the idea is simply that you can get cracking10:56
mdkejust subscribe to the list, and then http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DocteamGettingStarted10:56
mdkebrb10:58
draskomdke, hello10:59
draskodid so...10:59
draskomdke, I was looking for registration, never saw the "join" button in the wiki page in the upper right corner, though... Now I am officiely member of the Ubuntu community, and I subscribed to miling list. Thanks for the answers :)11:02
mdkedrasko, hi welcome11:07
mdkedrasko, listen what country are you in?11:07
mdkethere is a docteam meeting today maybe you could attend?11:08
draskomdke, I doubt -- Serbia and Montenegro...11:11
mdkeGMT +1?11:11
draskoYes, Belgrade11:12
mdkethe meeting is at 23.00 hours tonight, your time (22.00 GMT)11:12
mdkeif you can't come then it will not be a problem, but it would be nice ;)11:12
draskoOh, that's ok... here?11:12
mdkecome here, and then it will probably be #ubuntu-meeting11:12
draskotahnks, I will be here11:13
draskothanks11:13
mdkegood :)11:13
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mdkebuongiorno :)11:42
mdkehave a good day everyone11:48
mdkemaybe see you at the meeting, *crosses fingers*11:48
froud-awayDrasko r you there01:50
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draskofroud-away, I'm there now01:59
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froudhi02:17
frouddrasko: 02:17
frouddid you sort out the problem02:18
froudwhere do you want to contribute02:18
mdkehi froud02:19
froudhello mdke 02:20
froudmdke: how r u02:21
mdkegood thanks02:21
mdkeyourself?02:21
frouddoing well just had 19 children to take care of this morning02:22
froudit was my daughters birthday party02:22
mdkewhoa02:22
mdkeoh phew02:22
mdkecleaned up the house yet?02:22
mdke;)02:22
froudluckily the damage is restricted to my garden02:22
mdkeah good plan02:23
mdkekeep em outside02:23
mdkeeverything ok now re: the team?02:23
froudyes, we have kissed and made up02:23
mdkegood02:23
froudI am waiting to see what happens in the meeting today02:24
mdkei'm just reading the svn guide02:24
froudwe will take it from there02:24
mdkelooks pretty simple02:24
mdkemaybe I could do some work editing language or something02:24
mdkewhat is the status of the projects?02:24
froudmost important now is Quick guide02:25
froudhttp://people.ubuntu.com/~mako/docteam/status/qg-report.html02:25
mdkehow is it looking?02:25
froudwe have one item that needs help02:25
mdkeyeah i see it02:26
mdkebt02:26
mdkewhat needs doin?02:26
froudI don't know what to do with Bittorrent as I dont use it.02:26
froudHold I must go fix a toy02:26
mdkek02:26
mdkei've never used bittorrent either ;()02:27
froudtoy fixed02:28
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mdkesorry what is missing with gnome-bittorrent?02:29
mdkepresumably gnome have docs which can be copied and amended as appropriate?02:29
froudmdke: a screen capt would be nice and a better hint how to get started using it02:32
mdkei'll try and have a look later on02:32
froudif we dont know then I guess there must be many like us02:32
mdkeam in windows at school at the moment02:32
froudthank you02:32
froudouch02:33
mdkelol02:33
froudall schools should use Linux02:33
mdkeheh02:33
mdkeunlikely02:33
mdkei'm going away for the weekend but I have my laptop with me and i'll try and find a net port02:33
frouddunno we have over 80 schools here using it 02:33
mdkekewl02:33
mdkethis is a law school02:33
mdkelots of windows only software02:33
froudthanks to Mark Shuttleworth02:33
mdkethe boss ;)02:34
froudHis foundation in the Cape have done a remarkable job02:34
mdkei met someone on another network who said his business was moving over to ubuntu and had got sent the software by MS02:34
mdkein JBG02:34
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mdkewb02:37
froudnetwork split02:37
froudMS sent them ubuntu02:37
mdkei mean markS02:38
froudOh K02:38
froudyou had me worried there02:38
mdke;)02:38
mdkevolta che x farlo morire mi tocc ammazzarlo 13 volte02:38
mdke<abelli> mmm cattivo02:38
mdkewhoops02:38
mdkesorry wrong paste02:38
mdkestupid windows02:38
froudYes hoary is looking good and this is only beta, guess Grumpy will kick ass02:39
mdkehoary is pretty good i think02:39
mdkegood candy02:39
froudeye candy02:40
froudyeah, but the user audience needs that02:40
mdkeme too02:40
mdke:))02:40
froudwell I am a KDE user so I guess that includes me02:41
froudbut I am comfortable at the prompt02:41
mdkeah what is kde like in ubuntu?02:42
mdkehave you got a human theme?02:42
froudActually I am running SuSE but I have a lab host for development on Ubuntu02:43
mdketraitor02:43
froudI installed a kuubuntu on that02:43
mdkeoh well, i'm on XP so...02:43
froudKDE ran well02:43
mdkecool02:43
froudit was a bit of tug getting it working02:43
froudbut it works02:43
mdkelisten i ought to go02:44
froudok02:44
froudnice chatting02:44
mdkeif I find a network port i'll come to the meeting02:44
mdkeotherwise catch you soon02:44
froudok02:44
froudok02:44
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HostingGeek:o05:56
HostingGeeki got a typo in the docs05:56
froudwhich doc05:56
HostingGeekbut it might of been fixed in the last update05:56
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HostingGeekhehe suSE05:58
froud:-)05:58
HostingGeekwell there are to mistakes05:58
HostingGeekthat i can see05:58
HostingGeekbeside the uglay screenies05:58
froudcould be but in which doc05:59
HostingGeekand the out dated synaptic doc05:59
froudsynaptic doc meeds review05:59
froudmvo told me that05:59
froudbut I dont think any of us have touched it06:00
froudwhich doc has the typos06:00
HostingGeeki said i'll fix the screeny back around when warty was released06:00
HostingGeekbut no one got back to me06:00
froudHostingGeek: none of us can help if you dont say which doc :-\06:01
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HostingGeeki said SY NAP TIC06:01
froudnon of us are working on synaptic doc06:01
ograanybod in charge of the wiki in here ?06:02
ograi got a funny error06:02
froudwiki is free for all06:02
ograhttp://www.grawert.net/wiki_error.png06:02
HostingGeeklol06:02
sivangogra: interesting :)06:02
sivangogra: Well, sm is responsible for the wiki if I am not mistaken, other then that , mako?06:03
HostingGeeksame problem here o,006:03
froudHostingGeek: were can I get src of Synaptic Doc06:03
froudin whose repos06:03
HostingGeekit comes with synaptic06:04
froudbetter to patch in the repos06:04
froudI can do it here http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/06:05
froudor if somebody is running a local snapshot in a respos I can do it there06:05
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frouddoing it in the former it may take longer to reach us06:06
frouddoing it in one of the ubuntu repositories we get it faster and then it is pushed upstream06:06
froudHostingGeek: the src of the doc is here https://oops.kerneljanitors.org/repos/synaptic/trunk/help/C/06:08
HostingGeekok06:08
HostingGeekbusy now making xg debs06:08
froudcan you tell me if somebody has an ubuntu version somewhere06:08
froudAlso please let us know on ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com what the problems are. It will be helpful and save time06:09
HostingGeekzzz06:10
HostingGeekSun Mar 13 04:10:35 EST 200506:10
HostingGeektell me in the morning06:10
froudHostingGeek: tell us when you wake up06:11
HostingGeeki am not going straght on my comp when i wake up06:14
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jeffschhowdy07:18
jeffschencrico's email says meeting is 23:0007:19
froudjeffsch: hi07:19
jeffschwiki page says meeting is 22:0007:19
jeffschfroud: hi07:19
froudHmm yes noticed07:19
froud#ubuntu-doc says Saturday 12 March 22:00 UTC: Doc Team Meeting07:19
froudsorry #ubuntu-meeting07:20
froudso it's either right now or in an hour07:20
froudjeffsch: can I mail you a copy of the ubuntu-update manager doc for editing07:21
jeffschyes.07:21
jeffschwhat kind of edit do you want?07:22
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froudalternately you can try checkout from svn co svn+ssh://anonymous@eyesopened.nl/update-manager/trunk07:22
froudjeffsch: feel free to do as you see fit. This is an early document07:22
jeffschI'll try the svn checkout.07:23
cenerentolaciao a tutti07:23
froudhello07:23
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froudlooks like cerentola and abelli are the same person07:25
abellifroud: huh?07:26
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abelliok07:26
jeffschfroud: is password anonymous, or email address, or what?07:27
froudput email if that dont work use blank07:27
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abellifroud: back in black07:28
jeffschfroud: email it to me. blank password and email don't work07:29
froudHmm. Ok07:30
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froudjeffsch: sent update manager user manual07:34
jeffschfroud: got it. will have to wait until tomorrow to look at it :( too much homework right now...07:36
froudjeffsch: no rush07:37
froudjust send me a patch07:38
mdkehi guys07:38
mdkehoary is playing tricks on me07:38
frouddo you know how to creat a patch with out svn07:38
froudjeffsch: if not just edit the doc and I will make the patch07:39
froudjeffsch: you need just send me back files that have changed.07:40
jeffschfroud: I use diff to make the patch, right?07:40
froudyes07:40
froudjeffsch: you extract the archive then make a copy07:40
froudyou edit in the copy07:40
jeffschOk, I will do a tiny one first, then send you a patch as a test07:41
froudthen patch the edited copy against the untouched extracted copy07:41
froudok07:41
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mdkethe meeting is 22 gmt right?07:42
mdkenot 23?07:42
froudmdke: we are asking the same question07:42
mdkei reckon 2207:43
mdkethats in his original mail and on the wiki07:43
froudI recokon 23 cause we have no enrico yet07:43
mdkewell it's on 18.4307:44
mdke*only07:44
mdkei hope it is 23 because maybe i will be able to make that07:44
froudare you all tuned to #ubuntu-meeting07:44
mdkeno07:44
froudmdke: that's were you need to stay tuned07:44
mdkeok i have joined now07:44
mdketopic says 2207:44
froudyep07:45
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mdkeafk07:56
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froudjeffsch: if I get it right then we should already be in a meeting right?10:53
jeffschit's not until 22:00. is only 21:54 now10:54
trickiefroud, only 5 mins :)10:55
froudhmm, tired10:55
trickiefroud, is just woke up10:56
trickiefroud, u live in South Africa?10:57
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froudyep10:57
trickiefroud, whats the time there?10:57
froud00:0010:57
froudhttp://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_ZA.aspx10:58
trickiecool. I always wondered what the .za in your email was for10:59
froudlike the au in .au10:59
trickieyep10:59
trickie:)10:59
jeffschah yes, beautiful zouth africa11:00
trickiehe he11:00
trickiejeffsch, where you from Jeff?11:01
jeffschvancouver canada11:01
jeffschand you?11:02
trickiejeffsch, melbourne australia11:02
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froudunited nations11:04
froudready enrico 11:04
enricoReady!11:05
enricoI'm in #ubuntu-meeting waiting for people to come11:05
trickieenrico, so we should go there?11:06
enricotrickie: sure!11:06
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Lizgood morning all11:35
trickiehi liz11:35
Burgundaviain ubuntu-meeting11:36
trickiecome to #ubuntu-meeting11:36
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