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bradbMOTU Malone meeting in 2 mins!09:59
bradbding ding ding!10:00
bradbright, who's here then?10:00
dholbachwoohoo!"10:00
robitailledong dong dong10:00
bradb(that's participating in the Malone MOTU meeting)10:00
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dholbachhey BjornT 10:00
BjornThi10:00
ograhi10:01
ograrobitaille, hey10:01
bradbogra, robitaille, BjornT, dholbach. who else is in for this meeting?10:01
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dholbachshall we use http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaloneUniverseWishList for a general overview?10:01
bradbdholbach: that's what i'm looking at right now10:01
bradbright, let's get started then10:02
bradbthere are at least two things on the agenda10:02
bradb1. a report from the field (i.e. you guys, users of Malone)10:02
bradb2. a plan forward to try to give us an idea of the most critical issues that need solving soonest10:03
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bradbare there other things you guys want to add?10:03
dholbachno... fine with me10:03
ajmitch_morning10:04
dholbachhey ajmitch_ 10:04
bradbok...we'll try and keep this down to half an hour or less. all we need is enough to move forward for the next week or two, based on what's making it hurt the most for you guys10:04
bradbso, #1 then, who wants to give me a summary of MOTU's experience on malone up to now? :)10:05
bradbhow's it been going? have you been using it a lot?10:05
bradbis anyone saying they absolutely can /not/ use Malone right now on the MOTU team, because feature XYZ is missing?10:05
herveI've used it two weeks ago10:06
dholbachsome "views" on bugs dont work10:06
herveI managed to go throught it10:06
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bradbseb128!10:06
dholbachthanks seb128 10:06
seb128hi10:06
hervebut found several traps10:07
bradbsalut10:07
seb128sorry I've forgotten10:07
hervehi seb128 10:07
seb128so, what's up? :)10:07
dholbachall the "views" on the bug list show the same list10:07
ograbradb, searching in distribution bugs doesnt work, thats one of the most essential things i think10:07
bradb8 pages of new or accepted bugs, it looks like...good to see that some people are using it then...10:07
bradbogra: yep, i'm fixing that right this minute :)10:07
ograyeah :)10:07
dholbachnamely   unassigned . my todo list . critical  . submitted by me  10:08
bradbhuge cleanup/fixing10:08
bradbdholbach: yep, i'm fixing those links right now too10:08
seb128dholbach: that uses the search, no?10:08
ograyep10:08
ogralooks like10:08
bradbyeah10:08
hervebradb, one of the main problem to me, is you have to click many times to navigate throught malone10:09
bradbso don't worry about that. that'll be done as soon as i finish it. it's my top priority right now.10:09
bradbwait, one sec.10:09
bradbhave you guys got your team all setup properly now?10:09
dholbach"back to list" would be great, in accordance to what herve said10:09
dholbachmaking teams isnt your "resort", bradb, right?10:09
bradbwith everybody in the team that needs to be in the team and a sane email address to which notifications for the team will be sent?10:09
ogranope, its ours...10:09
dholbachogra: launchpad-wise of course10:10
dholbachogra: interface-wise10:10
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ograsure, but i admit i was lazy and dint add everyone to the MOTU team10:10
bradbif they haven't whined, perhaps it doesn't matter10:10
ograheh10:10
ograit does, for us ;)10:10
bradbi wonder if you guys want a mailing list specific to universe bugs10:11
dholbachhow can i set a mail adress for a team?10:11
bradbwhich could then of course be the email of the team in Malone10:11
hervethat's ubuntu-users, no? :-)10:11
ograherve, no, thats the past ;)10:11
bradbherve: if it isn't, then that should be the email address of the team...but eh, you probably don't want that. :)10:11
bradbif it *is*, i meant10:11
seb128is this meeting a random suggestion mixed one? or is that a plan or something?10:12
dholbachi can't see the mail adress thingie for a team10:12
bradbseb128: 10:13
bradb[16:02]  <bradb> 1. a report from the field (i.e. you guys, users of Malone)10:13
bradb[16:03]  <bradb> 2. a plan forward to try to give us an idea of the most critical issues that need solving soonest10:13
dholbachseb128: we currently name the most annoying things10:13
seb128k10:13
bradbthe first thing i wanted to focus on was talking about how you're using Malone right now, including making sure you're setup correctly re: the MOTU team in Malone10:13
bradbdholbach, ogra: do you want to have a mailing list setup specifically for universe bugs? do you need one?10:14
dholbachi used it to assign bugs to teams, closed some fixed bugs10:14
seb128- no way to get the lists of bug from the list of comments10:14
seb128- no way to edit the bug from the comments10:14
seb128- no way to comment when editing the bug10:14
seb128- no way to assign a bug when submitting it10:14
seb128that's my list :)10:14
ograi guess it would be best now to have a ML10:14
dholbachjdub has already planned some lists we will need10:15
ograsince we cant set up this list in malone itself for a team...10:15
bradbdholbach: was an MOTU bug list one of them?10:15
dholbachseb128: did he mention ubuntu-bugs-universe?10:15
bradbogra: Malone's not mailman, so no, you can't :)10:15
ograthen we'll need a list..10:16
bradbogra: you can set the email of the team though10:16
dholbachbradb: where?10:16
ogranot on "edit team details"10:16
dholbachbradb: i have the gnome team's page open right now10:16
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bradbit might be something the owner has to do10:16
dholbachi am the owner10:16
ograi have the MOTU page open, there is no field for email (i'm the owner)10:17
seb128dholbach: nop, but was not an easy discussion :)10:17
bradbdholbach: it's not available to you in edit team details/10:17
ogranope10:17
dholbach+addmail and +addemail didnt work, i tried that ;-)10:17
ograheh10:17
bradbugh10:17
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bradbi'll look into this while the meeting continues10:18
ograbradb, but launchpad has all our mailadresses....10:18
bradbsure10:18
bradbthere's a bit of a problem here to getting you guys useful notifications too...10:18
ograwe shuldnt need a team mailadress, even if its not mailman, it coud send to all members of the team10:19
bradbwe need all the MOTU source packages to have the MOTU team set as maintainers, ATM :/10:19
ograugh10:19
ogra15000 packages....10:19
dholbachemails! :-)10:19
seb128bradb: how do we set the QA and assigned for a package?10:19
ogracan't we bounty someone to enter them all ?10:20
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ograthats a lot of typing and clicking :)10:20
bradbogra: i'll make a note to talk to mark about this, so you guys can be properly setup to get sane notifications sent to an appropriate email address (or, possibly, addresses)10:20
dholbachbradb: multiple adresses would be cool10:21
bradbanything else we need to cover about the logistics of you guys using Malone?10:21
dholbachbecause we will have overlapping subsets of packages10:21
bradb(for point #1...before we get into the part about where malone sucks :)10:21
bradbanyone having problems logging in or getting their account sorted?10:21
tseng|workdude.. malone is totally shithouse10:21
bradbanyone here who's meant to use malone but hasn't yet?10:22
tseng|work(jk :P)10:22
dholbachtseng|work: calm yourself a bit10:22
dholbachfor 43 people in here... it's a bit calm10:22
bradbok, let's move on then :)10:22
Treenaksbradb: I haven't used it yet.. haven't had time10:23
bradblet's go through the biggest pains you guys are experiencing with Malone. i need enough feedback to guide BjornT and me for the next week or two, but no more10:23
ograbradb, err, the bounty thing was a joke...10:23
bradbTreenaks: will you try it out this week perhaps?10:23
seb128bradb: is there any meeting scheduled about main maintainers/malone?10:23
bradbogra: i know :)10:23
Treenaksbradb: uh, I could make some time this weekend10:23
ographew10:23
bradbogra: talking to sabdfl about it wasn't a joke though :)10:23
ograheh10:23
ograok10:23
bradbwe really need to get that sorted for you guys, or you won't even get bug notifications10:23
bradbin some way shape or form10:24
dholbachthe search/assigned thing is the most important i think, a "back to list" would be VERY handy, that's how i feel10:24
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ogracant you just script the import of a packagelist ?10:24
bradbseb128: not currently, but you can vent here :)10:24
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bradbogra: they're already doing that, afaik10:24
seb128bradb: yeah, but that's too noisy I think :)10:24
ograah, ok10:25
seb128bradb: and we probably don't have the same concern as universe guys10:25
bradbajmitch_: will you make a point of giving it a shot over the next week or so a bit?10:25
dholbachseb128: tell us about your worries... :-)10:25
dholbachseb128: you will be customer #1 for it10:25
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seb128yeah, I know ... but don't want to grab the focus10:25
ajmitch_bradb: yes, I'll try & squeeze it in there10:26
ogralol10:26
seb128that's a motu meeting10:26
tseng|worki noticed the other day when i was not logged in and tried to comment, then was told to log in... crash10:26
seb128not a desktop team one10:26
herveno, that's a malone meeting?10:26
tseng|workill try to verify that10:26
dholbachseb128: you're too gracious :-)10:26
bradbgood. /me makes a point of bugging Treenaks and ajmitch_ at the next meeting about what they like and don't like about Malone.10:26
TreenaksOK :)10:26
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dholbachTreenaks, ajmitch_: you're scratchpad is ready: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaloneUniverseWishList10:27
bradbseb128: you're the only one who's given specific feedback so far in this meeting about what sucks about Malone?10:27
tseng|workok.. searching for "f-spot" on the ubuntu distro bugs page is not working also10:27
tseng|worksorry im not sure what are already "known issues"10:27
ograthats one10:28
seb128bradb: dunno, I've not really read everything10:28
seb128I've completed my list10:28
seb128I've 6 points now :)10:28
bradbtseng|work: pretty much everything people tell me are problems we know about. :) the key is, what are the things /most/ hindering you guys?10:28
seb128let me know when that's time for that10:28
hervebradb, searching!10:28
tseng|workwell going to search there and having nothing happen10:28
herveby package, people, status...10:28
tseng|workand clicking advanced and having it fail..10:28
bradbherve: i already mentioned that i'm fixing that as we speak10:28
tseng|workthats pretty suck, i sthere osmewhere I can hav ea wokring saerch?10:29
hervebradb, you mean advanced search like "what are all my pending upload bugs?" ?10:29
tseng|workgr lag10:29
hervetseng|work, brain lag? :-)10:29
bradbherve: yeah, my next merge is what will fix that.10:29
herverock!10:29
dholbachhaving 100 bugs/tasks per page would be great :-)10:30
tseng|workclient lag, I cant see what im typing10:30
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bradblet's keep focussed here dudes. if noone has any specific problems to report then i'll throw the mic over to seb128 and see what's on his mind.10:30
bradbin 310:30
bradb210:30
tseng|workwell I think we are saying, if I cant search or get a page of my own bugs10:30
hervebradb, 10:30
tseng|workI'll never keep track of them10:30
hervesubscribing oneself easily 10:30
dholbachtseng|work: searching will be fixed asap10:31
seb128should I copy my list here? :)10:31
hervewithout having to type its name each time10:31
tseng|workok.10:31
bradbtseng|work: dude, i've already addressed that point :) let's keep moving forward here.10:31
herveand being also to remove too10:31
seb128one sec, I just sort it10:31
bradbcool10:31
bradbherve: yes, good point10:31
bradbherve: but is it really critical? probably not.10:32
hervebradb, time wasting? ok I'm picky :-)10:32
dholbachbradb: what do you think about a "back to list" link?10:32
hervenavigation would be more important10:32
bradbi mean, you're the users, you tell me, but it doesn't seem to me that having to type one's name to sub to a bug is a critical issue for the time being, IMHO10:32
hervelike getting from a report back to the list10:32
bradbherve: yes, absolutely. the nav sucks.10:32
herveanother confusing thing10:33
bradbherve: ok, on that point (we'll get to you seb128...very soon.. :)10:33
hervethere are bugs and tasks with different numbers10:33
bradbherve: YES!10:33
hervesomeone said #12310:33
herveand I was searching for non existent bug 123 :-) 10:33
bradbi really, really, really need to convince sabdfl that virtually every Malone user has screamed about the problem of having two IDs for what the user thinks is the same thing10:34
bradbthus far, i've not been permitted to fix that in the way that i want, which is to completely hide the "task" ID altogether10:34
bradbherve: i'm glad you mention this though, because i log all IRC conversation, so it gives me more ammo for the sab :)10:34
bradbok, so one thing10:35
bradbinteresting that nobody's mentioned the assigned report yet10:35
bradbanyone even using that?10:35
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hervedon't remember it10:36
bradbthat was about to be the next thing i set in my sights to fix, but it doesn't seem to be the thing users currently complain much about, because nobody even cares enough to use it, apparently10:36
kokebradb: I've tried10:36
dholbach<dholbach> all the "views" on the bug list show the same list    ---   <dholbach> namely   unassigned . my todo list . critical  . submitted by me  10:36
\shg'evening10:36
kokebut until yesterday it crashed with a system error10:36
dholbachand point 23 on the wiki page:  "https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/assigned?name=<ID> seems broken atm"10:36
bradbdholbach: that's part of the searching, and as i noted earlier, i'm fixing those links :)10:36
dholbachi thought you were talking about this, when you said "assigned report"10:37
bradbyes, i think SteveA's done a fix to fix that bug in the assigned report10:37
dholbachi've tried to use it10:37
dholbachit worked at UDU10:37
hervebradb, a wishlist: from any page, click the login link, log in, then you get redirected to the previous page10:37
dholbachherve++10:37
ograyeah10:38
dholbachbut that's part of "navigation", i presume?10:38
bradbdholbach: that link worked for me just now10:38
hervedholbach, navigation is a very global term10:38
herveI would mean the breadcrumbs too10:38
dholbachbradb: it gave me system errors10:38
dholbachnow it works again10:38
bradbherve: yep, very good point there too...the login has gotten quite a bit better lately (which you might have noticed if using LP a lot, but maybe not if you only use it a bit), but definitely has a bit of a way to go yet to work the way most people expect10:39
dholbachherve: i know, but bradb acknowledged that "navigation sucks" (his words)10:39
bradbyes, my words :)10:39
kokebradb: I have 9 things in a tomboy note about disturbing behaviours I've observed since 2 days ago10:39
kokebut, I think most are not *high* priority items10:39
seb128let's focus on high priority?10:40
bradbif they're minor things, you can email them to me: brad.bollenbach@ubuntu.com.10:40
seb128malone needs to be usuable soon10:40
seb128not to have a ton of cool features10:40
ografonts !10:40
ogra*g*10:40
seb128:(10:40
hervebradb, I checked my assigned page, the links seem to be some javascript... you should get tortured for that!! :-)10:40
kokeseb128: most are usability things but not as urgent as "search"10:40
koke:D10:40
dholbachseb128: go ahead with your list10:40
bradbi've taken notes of what you guys have said so far...does anyone have any other high priority items that we should discuss right now, or should i hand the mic to seb128?10:40
bradbok, seb128, go for it10:41
seb1281- no way to comment on the bug when you edit it10:41
seb1282- clicking on bug from the list should open the bug description, not the bug edition10:41
seb1283- no way to go from the comments to the bug edition?10:41
seb1284- no way to go from the comments to the list of bugs?10:41
seb1285- no way to assign a bug when submitting it10:41
seb1286- don't send mail to the guy doing the change10:41
seb1287- custom lists of bugs10:41
koke2++ :)10:41
ograyep10:41
bradbseven points...gimme a minute to copy paste and absorb :)10:41
seb128let's take that by order maybe?10:41
kokeI had it as "- Bug list pointing to bugs, not tasks (or more info in tasks page)"10:41
bradbseb128: let's start by classifying them. we'll ignore for the moment the non-high-priority items, but i'll make note of them all the same, of course.10:42
bradbso #110:42
bradbmedium-highish priority10:42
bradbbecause it's a pain to do an edit and then go back to the bug page to add a comment explaining your change10:43
seb128I've classed them by priority from my point 10:43
seb128editing and commenting are the same action10:43
seb128when you change the properties of a bug you want to explain why10:43
bradbabsolutely10:43
tseng|workwhen changing state it should be required10:44
ograyep10:44
tseng|workyou cant close a bug w/o a comment10:44
dholbachi think it won't overtax users to have all of this on one page :-)10:44
bradbmpt might be doing some work on this at the moment, in trying to improve the whole too-many-clicks between bug and task pages, but i'll have to double check with him, and he's probably sleeping atm10:44
seb128k10:44
bradbok, so, we agree #1 is fairly high priority, for both bug info and task info, right?10:45
seb128correct10:45
ogra++10:45
bradbok, noted. #2 now.10:45
bradbhm10:45
seb128you want to view the comments before acting10:45
seb128for sure10:45
seb12890% of the time10:45
bradbseb128: do you though? given that the description is editable.10:45
seb128yep10:46
bradbwhy?10:46
seb128because you want to see *all* the informations10:46
seb128before judging10:46
bradbwe're intending for comments only to add information to explaining what the problem is. the ideal place to get the sum total of useful info about the bug should be the description, no?10:46
seb128hum10:46
seb128you need to fix people so10:47
seb128nobody update the description atm10:47
seb128and that's extra work for the maintainers10:47
tseng|workbradb ever looked at our/other distros bugzilla? im sure you have, there is a ton of debugging info going on10:47
bradbseb128: is it less work to read all the comments instead every time you look at the bug report? :)10:47
tseng|workor more info that wasnt (but should have been) in the summary10:47
seb128bradb: for sure yes10:47
seb128I just read the current comment10:48
seb128and I can scroll back without any action10:48
seb128to know everything about the bug10:48
hervebradb, one thing before I leave, I can't mark bugs as duplicate10:48
hervemust go now, bye10:48
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bradbheh, not that he's here anymore, but dups i've already got in SteveA's code review queue10:48
bradbok, so back to point #210:49
seb128atm the description is not even usuable10:49
seb128it eats all the CRLF10:49
seb128so that's a mess10:49
seb128which doesn't help to work from the edit page :)10:49
\shwell, for me, the status of malone is more a plain ticketing system like RT, then a bug maintaining tool. 10:50
kokeyep, white-space: pre now! :)10:50
bradbseb128: it's only like that on the task page (it should look ok on the bug page), but stub might have fixed that.10:50
bradbhe ported the bugfix from Zope 3 to our codebase last week to fix that, i think, but i'll have to double check10:50
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seb128bradb: task page == edit, bug page == comments?10:50
bradbyeah10:51
seb128right10:51
dholbacherm... why did the mail with my changes go to dilys@muse.19inch.net?10:51
seb128but you go on the task page from the list10:51
seb128which has the issue10:51
bradbdholbach: it's our IRC bot10:51
dholbachoh cool10:51
dholbachin which channel is it?10:52
seb128bradb: how do I edit the bug description?10:52
bradbseb128: so you'd prefer to, when looking the list of tasks, have to always do a second click to get to the page where you can change assignee, status, triage, etc?10:52
seb128yep10:53
bradbseb128: click on Edit Bug Details from the bug page10:53
seb128correct10:53
bradbok10:53
seb128I want to read the comments before acting10:53
seb128ie: there is a new bug10:53
seb128the guy has opened it10:53
seb128and put 2 comments then10:53
seb128I want to know about the comments first10:53
ogramakes sense10:54
bradbsure10:54
bradbi'm a little worried about the new user being very confusing by the bug page, particularly the task list, but...10:54
\shbradb: can u explain again, why the assigned maintainer should be able to edit the original bug description? 10:55
seb128any way to make 2 modes maybe?10:55
kokeI'd like a page with edit+comments10:55
seb128for people opening bug or for people working?10:55
kokeI really like the bugzilla approach10:55
bradb\sh: to make it more accurate and useful than the first comment that was added to the bug10:55
bradbseb128: hmm...10:56
bradb2 modes sounds a bit complicated (not just to implement, but i mean to use it seems like it might be a bit complicated)10:56
\shbradb: so, thinking about workflow in a customer care center...the customer is calling in, and giving a problem description. this description is fixed forever. the assigned supporter will have to comment on the problem not to edit the first description of the problem10:57
bradbseb128: should we just say that landing on the bug page for now is an appropriate and workable solution to #2 for now?10:57
bradb\sh: that's not how it works in Malone :)10:57
seb128bradb: yep10:58
bradbok, fair enough, noted. #3 then.10:58
bradbwhat does #3 mean exactly?10:58
seb128just a note10:58
\shbradb: thats right, and this is whats confusing. cause working the whole time with ticketing systems and bugzilla, you are used to the "question" "response" system10:58
seb128how do I edit the bug description ?10:58
\shseb128: "edit bug details"10:58
dholbach\sh: and then?10:58
bradb[16:53]  <bradb> seb128: click on Edit Bug Details from the bug page10:58
\shdholbach: and then what? ,-)10:59
seb128ups, sorry, I though it was related to the task/bug page10:59
dholbachah yes, yes10:59
seb128not easy to find10:59
seb128going to the corner list10:59
LarstiQ\sh: being able to concentrate the current state of the bug is nice too however10:59
=== dholbach nods
bradbseb128: the description is something on the bug as a whole (rather than related to fixing the bug in a specific place), so it's a bug page thing, not a task page thing.11:00
LarstiQthe dbs has some bugs with a _lot_ of comments, you then have to read everything to understand what is going on11:00
bradbseb128: is #3 something that needs to be noted then or not? if so, i'll need to get more info from you on what the problem there is, specifically as you've worded it in #3.11:00
\shLarstiQ: but if you edit the first "problem description" you are changing the original data of the reporter.11:01
seb128bradb: no, that's just the "edit bug" not discovrable on the page11:01
seb128I've not figured how to go from bug to task 11:02
bradb\sh: the original data of the reporter is also the first comment on the bug :)11:02
LarstiQ\sh: with edit history, I don't experience that as much of a problem11:02
bradbseb128: can you show me the url at which point you're lost, and where you're trying to get to when looking at that URL?11:02
\shbradb: it doesn't show up to me like a comment when I'm on the "bug description and discussion" page11:02
kokebradb: how can I assign a bug to me, from the bug page??11:03
seb128bradb: k11:03
bradb\sh: yes it does :)11:03
\shseb128: when you're on "bug description and discussion" page click on the list with "upstream/package" etc.11:03
bradb\sh: it's the first comment on the bug, at the bottom of the page.11:03
seb128bradb: https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/54311:03
seb128bradb: I want to close the bug, where do I click?11:03
seb128bradb: hum rather, I want the tasks for the bug11:04
bradbseb128: ok, so keep in mind that a bug can exist in many places11:04
bradbexactly11:04
\shbradb: u see, i'm lost...i read the first description as the first entry..then I have the newest comments, and then the original description again as comment...11:04
bradbso, you want to close it in your neck of the woods11:04
bradbseb128: but this is /precisely/ what i was saying earlier about my concern with having people land on the bug page :) that they'd be confused by the task listing.11:04
bradbseb128: but yeah, you just click on your task in the task listing11:05
\shbradb: change it from a static list with link to a small table with all data and form widgets to change...11:05
dholbachwhen i try to click on "ubuntu verbiste" from mentioned page, i get a "404" error11:05
seb128bradb: I'm probably stupid, but I don't find any task on this page?11:06
seb128ups11:06
seb128that's the first line11:06
bradbdholbach: that's a hint to me to make that clicking do what the user expects :) when you click on the row itself (/not/ the underlined link) it'll do what you expect.11:06
seb128nm11:06
\shbradb: have a look on "request tracker" how they are handling requests and tasks (http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/)11:06
bradbseb128: no, it really /is/ that confusing, unfortunately :/11:06
seb128I'm too used to bugzilla, I was taking that as the bug summary11:06
dholbachbradb: ok11:07
BjornTbradb: i think the problem is that the bug page and the task page are too decoupled, it might be a good idea to make it easier to change things from the bug page11:07
bradb\sh: "tasks" in RT are almost surely an entirely different thing than the semantics in Malone.11:07
bradbBjornT: yep, already did that once and reverse --replay'd the patch once too :)11:07
\shbradb: well...I mean the appearance...to change the task status e.g.11:07
bradbwe haven't been able to aggregate that all into one page without overwhelming the user with information11:08
\shchanging assignment etc.11:08
seb128bradb: the current system is not that bad, I've not figured because there is only one task for the bug11:08
\shbradb: and remove the first bug description from the task page11:08
seb128bradb: with 2 tasks that would be clear :)11:09
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bradbseb128: two tasks will be very common11:09
seb128yeah, just go to the next point11:09
seb128this one is my bad11:09
BjornTbradb: well we wouldn't have to merge the two pages entirely, for example, in the task listing, instead of just showing the values, they could be editable11:09
bradbBjornT: yep, that's the change i made :)11:10
bradb#411:10
seb128that would rock11:10
bradbseb128: except it is somewhat overwhelming11:10
bradbseb128: it's hard to understand what you're supposed to be editing, why you're allowed to edit this certain thing in the page, and what to do about all this information being shown to you at once.11:11
BjornTbradb: ouch... hmm, i guess we'll have to write down the outcome of this discussion to really show that the current approach is confusing for the users11:11
bradbBjornT: i'm noting it all, in the hopes that i'll finally be able to sell sabdfl on getting rid of "tasks" at the level of the web UI. :)11:11
bradbseb128: so, for #4...11:11
seb128bradb: I'm happy to click on a task to edit them as far as I can put a comment too here 11:12
seb128let's go to #411:12
bradball you're saying is you want the kind of link that's already on the task page, but for the bug page as well, right?11:12
seb128right11:12
bradbseb128: ok...the only problem is to figure out where to put that. if you imagine a bug that exists in 4 different places...11:13
bradbseb128: where do i put the link in the bug page, and where does it go to? bugs on what?11:13
seb128hum11:14
bradbi don't want to get carried away in discussing implementation details at the moment, but i'm looking for ideas on this one :)11:14
bradbmaybe mpt, our UI guy, is the one i should ask on this.11:15
seb128on the bottom of the page?11:15
bradbseb128: the key question is though then, where does that link go? keep in mind that you might be looking at a bug that exists upstream and in ubuntu, kubuntu and debian11:15
bradbwhich bug list does the link take you to?11:15
seb128have you looked on bugzilla?11:16
seb128you have all these links on the bottom with your custom lists11:16
seb128atm I've "NEW  NOTUPSTREAM  ...."11:16
seb128but I guess that's a "nice to have/low priority"11:16
bradbi'm familiar with that11:17
bradbyou're point #4 said to go "to the list of bugs" though11:17
bradbwhich list of bugs?11:17
seb128my bugs11:18
bradbah, ok11:18
kokeseb128: I guess it should be the last query11:18
bradbseems like a low priority indeed though, one way or the other11:18
\shbradb: put it in the middle between the "users preferences" and "logout" 11:19
\shat top of the page11:19
kokeI have 2 (maybe more) items medium-high priority11:19
bradbkoke: ok, one sec11:20
seb128bradb: dunno, it annoyed me while working on some bugs to other day11:20
seb128bradb: I think I've opened a bug directly from a mail11:20
seb128and figured than I had no way to go to my list of bugs from here11:20
seb128without going back to the start page of malone11:21
seb128and clicking11:21
bradbok11:21
bradbnoted11:21
bradbone last quick q then seb128 11:21
seb128BTW low priority11:21
bradbthen we'll go onto koke's points11:21
bradbseb128: how often do you file and assign a bug at the same time. #5 may be medium-highish priority, or may not.11:21
kokeone sec11:21
thombtw, seb's point #7 is totally critical to me11:21
seb128bradb: depending on how good is the default assignement :)11:22
bradbit's doable already, other than the fact that the search had broken (but again, that's my next merge that lands)11:22
bradbthom: just use bookmarks11:22
bradbseb128: there is no default assignment at the moment in Malone11:22
seb128yeah, dunno if you replied before11:23
bradbthom: all bug searches are GETs11:23
seb128who is the QA/assigned for a package11:23
seb128ie: who gets the mails?11:23
seb128and how to set that?11:23
thombradb: meh; that totally breaks workflow11:23
thomanyway, if there's a hack it's not so bad for the short term11:23
kokebradb: btw, the "add upstream task..." is working??11:24
bradbkoke: has for a long time (except for a brief period of breakage a couple months ago, i think).11:24
kokebradb: ok, then how it works???11:25
kokehttps://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/624/+upstreamtask11:25
bradbseb128: there is no default assignee. the sourcepackage maintainer gets the emails. i don't know offhand if that's editable (it's part of soyuz if it is)11:25
seb128bradb: hum?11:26
seb128"sourcepackage"?11:26
seb128ie: the debian guy?11:26
\shseb128: this is distro task11:26
seb128right11:26
seb128so who is the "sourcepackage maintainer" for gnome-panel?11:26
\shseb128: upstream task the real upstream maintainer ;)11:26
seb128how is that determinated?11:26
ograurgh... determined from the Maintainer: field ?11:27
seb128that doesn't work11:27
dholbachnice :-)11:27
seb128we have the Debian fields11:27
dholbachthe debian guys will slaughter us :-)11:27
ogra(regard the questionmark)11:27
seb128bad question, change question11:27
seb128NOW11:27
dholbachmust be team based11:27
seb128dholbach: still, need a way to set it11:27
dholbachubuntu-team-based (once we have them)11:27
\shconfused now ;)11:28
seb128atm I don't receive any feedback of malone for bugs on my packages11:28
dholbachatm it's by-hand assigning, but soyuz will fix it, once it's there, right?11:28
seb128how do I fix that?11:28
seb128how soyuz knows what packages are mine?11:28
seb128or for what package I'm the QA member rather11:29
dholbachdid bradb collapse?11:29
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seb128unexpected question, segmentation fault11:29
thomi think he's gone to buy lots and lots of coffee :P11:29
=== bradb_ hates X-Chat with a raging passion
=== dholbach comforts bradb_ a bit
seb128open a malone bug on it11:29
\shbradb_: konversation is working ;)11:29
ograbah11:29
seb128a random guy will maybe get a mail about that :p11:29
\sh<trollmode/> ;)11:30
ograheh11:30
\shright now, we're talking about 3 different things at the same time ;)11:30
dholbachbradb_: we were discussing the sourcepackage maintainer concept11:30
dholbachanimatedly11:30
seb128k, let's fix that11:30
seb128my question is simple11:30
seb128I get all the bug concerning gnome-panel atm for ubuntu11:30
bradb_ok, sorry, i was just catching up with BjornT 11:30
seb128how is that going to work for malone?11:30
\shupstream task == source package && distro task ==  what have to be done for ubuntu, kubuntu, debian, gentoo etc.pp 11:31
seb128and apply that for dunno ... 100 packages11:31
\shis there a way to link upstream tasks of malone together with doap products?11:32
seb128one topic at the time please :)11:32
bradb_seb128: i mentioned having made a note earlier to have to talk to mark about how we're going to get that done. not sure at the moment how he wants to solve that.11:32
\shseb128: u r discussion upstream tasks and asked how it can be correlated with malone ;)11:32
\shdiscussing ;) 11:32
seb128bradb_: at who is informed about the bug? nobody?11:33
bradb_seb128: that's why it's a fairly urgent probably because, indeed, nobody11:33
bradb_seb128: what we *could* do..11:33
seb128\sh: no, I'm working how I can be informed of my bugs ... like with bugzilla atm11:33
bradb_is have dilys join #ubuntu-motu, to at least have some notification happening in some way shape or form until the maintainership is properly setup.11:34
seb128my concern is not motu11:34
bradb_and, well, stub could probably do a simple SQL update11:34
seb128that's breezy11:34
seb128and the bug flow is too important to read all the bugs11:34
seb128I need to get only the desktop bugs11:34
seb128one way or another11:34
seb128and that really should work before switching from bugzilla11:35
seb128or we are going to send bugs to /dev/null11:35
seb128not really that bad, but there is no way for everybody to follow on the whole bug flow11:35
seb128(which is atm ubuntu-bugs)11:35
seb128and I'm speaking without universe...11:36
bradb_seb128: how is a "desktop bug" identified/11:36
seb128we have assigned all the gnome stuff by hand to me11:36
seb128gnome-panel == seb12811:36
seb128nautilus == seb12811:36
seb128etc11:36
bradb_then we can do the same in Malone11:36
seb128or ubuntu-desktop11:36
seb128k11:36
seb128how do I do that? :)11:36
bradb_we'd make you the maintainer of those various source packages11:36
seb128need to be a malone admin?11:37
bradb_you wouldn't be the person who'd be setting that info directly at first, i don't think11:37
\shwhy not setting an additional field inside the debian/control ? ubuntu-qa: group-address/ubuntu-maintainers-address?11:37
seb128no11:37
\shand filter it from this11:37
seb128because we don't want to modify the whole archive11:37
ograheh, funny idea though11:38
bradb_i really have to talk to the soyuz guys though. the whole system to deal with package interrogation and management is the place where setting up the correct sp maintainer happens.11:38
thom\sh: meh, you'd have to do that for every single package; and how would you then do it for debian as well?11:38
seb128bradb_: can you make than high priority please?11:38
seb128s/than/that/11:38
bradb_yeah, i already did a while back in this meeting :)11:39
seb128k11:39
\shthom: well, right now, there is a discussion between debian and ubuntu because of those maintainer fields and stuff. so, we will see more ubuntu releases later in our life...so we can adjust those fields...not right now, but in the future11:39
seb128\sh: no we can't11:39
bradb_ok dudes, we've got to wrap up soon11:39
bradb_we've gone on for an hour and 40 minutes somehow :)11:39
seb128\sh: you want to fork the whole archive only to change that?11:39
ograheh11:39
\shseb128: no...11:39
dholbachwhat about koke's list? :-)11:40
ogra\sh, you have to11:40
bradb_which is longer than the meeting we had to decide the entirety of Launchpad 1.0 in .au, i think :)11:40
seb128which is short for distro meetings11:40
ograyep11:40
seb128we already had some 3 hours meetings :)11:40
bradb_ok, so koke what were your two points? let's try and run through them quickly11:40
ajmitch_and 3 hours is still not enough..11:40
kokewell, I have a third one, maybe not as important11:41
dholbachogra: and 3 meetings a day :-)11:41
koke1- How can I assign a bug to me from the bug page?11:41
koke2- How can I close a bug from the bug page?11:41
koke3- Direct numbered url for a bug, without knowing the product11:41
ogradholbach, yeah... lets meet11:41
seb1281- already spoken about that11:41
seb1282- same11:41
bradb_koke: you don't assign or close from the bug page.11:41
\shseb128: well, we're syncing the packages from debian...so we getting the stuff via <ftp/http/rsync>, we're using source packages, so why not put an add. field (as mentioned above) automatically to the debian/control file correlated from a list we set up before...(well it's an idea) 11:41
seb128that's "how to edit from the bug page"11:41
seb128<bradb> seb128: except it is somewhat overwhelming11:42
seb128<bradb> seb128: it's hard to understand what you're supposed to be editing, why you're allowed to edit this certain thing in the page, and what to do about all this information being shown to you at once.11:42
bradb_koke: a bug can exist in many places, you have to first go to the place where you've fixed the bug or where you want to assign it, and /then/ do that :)11:42
kokebradb: look at https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/575/11:42
bradb_koke: ok, so keep in mind what you're looking at there11:42
kokethat page shows "assigned to: MOTU"11:42
kokethen, I should think I can reassign11:42
bradb_koke: you're looking at a report of a problem in some software11:43
seb128\sh: no interest to do this11:43
bradb_koke: as it turns out, because we're in the very, very, very early days of Malone, there's only one place in which this bug has been marked as needing to be fixed.11:43
bradb_koke: remember though, when more and more people adopt malone, it'll be quite common to have 2, 3, 4, 5 or more tasks on a given bug.11:43
bradb_koke: so that list with the headings "Upstream / Package     Status    ...." etc. could grow to several items long11:44
bradb_...and then you begin to appreciate why i rolled back having folded the task editing page into the bug editing page :)11:44
bradb_it's an incredible amount of info to show on one page. :)11:44
seb128bradb_: is there any way to have CC/watch directly on the bug page? It should figure from my login so that's a quick action (while the current form is when you want to Cc: somebody)11:44
kokehmmm, I think this was more the "click on the row instead the text" ;)11:45
kokebradb_: and what about closing?11:45
bradb_koke: yeah :) the clickability sucks.11:45
kokehere I should say "rejecting"11:45
kokethe NOTABUG stuff11:45
bradb_koke: click on the row and you'll see where you can set the assignee11:45
kokemostly11:46
bradb_or "Reject", etc.11:46
bradb_seb128: someone already mentioned one-click subscription during this meeting (dholbach, i think.) not a priority though, but yes, i can understand why you guys want it.11:46
bradb_it's been noted, but as lower priority for now11:46
seb128k11:47
kokee.g: look at bugs 617 and 61811:47
kokeIMHO these are not exactly bugs11:47
seb128what is 617 so?11:47
seb128bradb_: I want "click on an URL from a comment" working too :)11:48
=== koke too :)
bradb_sorry, was talking to BjornT for a sec11:49
ograuhh, all french11:49
ajmitch_koke: why is 618 not a bug?11:50
bradb_seb128: ah, yeah, isn't there a bug open for that/11:50
ajmitch_it's just another FTBFS11:50
seb128bradb_: maybe11:50
seb128not by me :)11:50
kokeajmitch_: the package is built in the archive11:51
kokeand I've looked into quake2 and there's no mention of that libs11:51
seb128bradb_: doesn't seems so11:52
seb128I'll open one11:52
bradb_it's opened11:52
bradb_https://launchpad.ubuntu.com/malone/bugs/49511:52
bradb_seb128: ^^11:53
bradb_same idea, anyway11:53
bradb_right11:53
bradb_i have to leave nowish11:53
bradb_so, any last words before we wrap up?11:53
=== \sh needs a "brew coffee" link ;)
kokeanyway, if these are not the best examples I'll file a bug "My president is buggy" :)11:53
seb128I know you know about my concerns11:53
seb128so fine with me11:53
seb128koke: I don't get the point11:54
bradb_i've noted all the important points that came up in this meeting. i'll write the appropriate mailing list tomorrow to inform a wider audience about this discussion.11:54
seb128k11:54
dholbachthanks bradb_ 11:54
kokewell, forget that, I think I need more sleep11:54
seb128what list would that be?11:54
seb128just to be sure I'm on the appriopriate list :p11:54
bradb_seb128: i'll find out tomorrow morning :)11:54
\shkoke: not only you :)11:54
koke:D11:54
bradb_launchpad@ and some other ubuntu places11:54
seb128k11:54
seb128thanks for the meeting11:54
kokebradb_: what should I do with the low-prio items?11:55
bradb_right, meeting adjourned. thanks guys.11:55
\shthx bradb_ 11:55
bradb_koke: check if they're in malone, if not file them in Malone :)11:55
ograthanks bradb_ 11:55
kokehmm, I'll try11:55
bradb_cool, heading off now guys, later11:55
kokebut every page I visit I find a new one :)11:55
dholbachhave a nice day bradb_ 11:55
seb128koke: try to not flood with minor issue atm maybe11:57
seb128if you find that muchs concern there is probably some details11:57
kokeseb128: yep, that's why I don't like the idea of filing a bug per item11:57
kokemost of them have a one line fix11:58
seb128have you some example?11:58

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