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Burgundaviasalut mpt12:46
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mpthello Burgundavia07:06
Burgundaviahow goes life on saturday?07:07
mptwell, I have a couple of wounds from rusty nails07:07
Burgundaviaouch07:07
mptbut other than that, I'm fine :-)07:07
mptAre you in Saturday yet?07:08
Burgundaviawell, emailed usablity with that nautilus-cd stuff07:08
Burgundavianot yet07:08
Burgundaviais Friday 22:0807:08
mptYou're spending a Friday night on IRC?07:08
Burgundaviayep07:08
Burgundaviavictoria has a very boring nightlife07:09
Burgundavianow I am figuring out why gnome-network doesn't appear to be built for hoary07:10
mptI spent Friday night on IRC *and* drawing Web page mockups07:10
Burgundavialol07:11
Burgundaviaare you single?07:11
mptNo, and I was supposed to call my girlfriend to wake her up at 10pm, but I forgot07:12
Burgundaviaoops07:12
Burgundaviasingle, but I still spend a lot of time with my ex07:12
mptFortunately she had prepared for my forgetfulness by setting her alarm clock and arranging for someone else to call her at that time too07:12
Burgundaviampt, have you had any thoughts regarding the repository dialog in synaptic07:12
mptnone at all07:13
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Burgundaviadamn07:13
BurgundaviaI haven't had a eureka moment with it yet07:13
mptYou have 1 broken package on your system!07:13
mptUse the "Broken" filter to locate it.07:13
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Burgundaviaunder "custom"07:14
Burgundaviathat was the other thought I had07:14
Burgundaviamerge status and custom07:14
Burgundaviaand remember old searchs07:14
mptthose buttons are just wrong07:14
mptok, I've found the broken package, now what do I do07:15
Burgundaviawhat is it?07:15
mptbazaar-dbg07:15
Burgundaviano idea07:15
Burgundaviaprobably needs a dependency that it didn't find, our you installed it with dpkg07:15
mptBecause I was on bazaar COTM, and I downgraded to bazaar 1.3.2, but didn't downgrade bazaar-dbg at the same time07:15
Burgundaviaah07:15
mptah, upgrading it requires upgrading bazaar too07:16
mptwell, now that I have 1.25 GB RAM...07:16
mptok, let's look at this repositories dialog07:16
Burgundaviahere is a UI thought, drop the search button and merge status and custom07:16
mpt"Building repository dialog / Please wait." is just Wrong07:16
Burgundaviayou got your mac back yet?07:17
mptno, it's supposed to be arriving in a day or two07:17
mpt"synaptic" as the window title is also wrong07:17
Burgundaviafiled a bug already, been fixed07:17
mpt"You can add and remove authentication keys in this dialog."07:18
mptQuit telling me about dialogs07:18
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mptThat's like going to a person and saying "Can you help me?", and they don't say "Yes, I can help you", they say "Yes, I'm a human who can help you"07:19
Burgundaviathe window needs a title, no?07:19
mptyes07:19
Burgundaviahere is my redesign bug https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045307:19
mptand if the "Add" button has text rather than just being a "+", it should end in "..."07:19
Burgundavianot really fleshed out yet07:19
Burgundaviawhat does restore default keys do? is there a way to do that without having to bother the user?07:20
mptWhat did you mean by "adding a custom dialog"?07:20
Burgundaviasorry, custom repo07:21
mptah07:21
Burgundaviathat wasn't my most inspired piece of writing07:21
Burgundaviain fact, it is total crap07:21
BurgundaviaI think I will rewrite07:21
Burgundaviabut I need a consistent vision07:21
mptI just had the (untitled) Repository Settings dialog open, but now I switched away from it and switched back, it's gone, and nothing works in any of the other windows07:22
mptgtk-bug! :-)07:22
mptW: GPG error: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hoary Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>07:23
Burgundaviathat happens sometimes07:23
Burgundaviatime errors cause it07:23
mptThe first thing I noticed about Synaptic was that it had two Search buttons07:24
mptand that the second seemed to do anything07:24
Burgundaviagenerally, everytime I think about synaptic and how to fix it, I run away crying07:24
mptdidn't seem to do anything, I mean07:24
Burgundaviahmm, yes07:24
Burgundaviashould be dropped for the typeahead style, ala web browser entry bars07:25
mptyeah07:25
mptWho's the programmer here?07:25
mptthe programmer for synaptic, I mean07:25
Burgundaviahowever, I think they want to pour resources into a new package installer, rather than fix synaptic07:25
Burgundaviano idea07:25
mptWho's they?07:26
Burgundaviadistro team07:26
Burgundaviacanonical in general07:26
Burgundaviatie the new software installer into launchpad07:26
mptIs this under http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDownUnder/BOFs somewhere?07:27
mptIt's not in http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/LaunchpadIntegration07:27
mptah, http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/PackageManagementRoadmap07:28
Burgundaviayep, thats it07:28
Burgundavianot currently a breezy goal07:29
Burgundaviaso I guess I had better start filing bugs on syn07:29
mptI don't like the idea of package management in general, but I guess it's essential on a system where you can't rely on anything in particular being installed07:30
mptso maybe have two tabs, "Installed Packages" and "Available Packages"07:31
Burgundaviaand a simple search dialog07:32
mptnah, a search field at the top of each tab07:32
mptlike you said earlier07:32
Burgundaviashould I file a bug about a complete synaptic redesign?07:33
Burgundaviathink that is worth it?07:33
mptHave you ever in your life seen a bug report like that get used and marked fixed?07:33
Burgundavianope07:34
mptI don't think that's the sort of thing bug reports are good for07:34
Burgundaviayah07:34
Burgundaviathat is the other thing that stopped me07:34
BurgundaviaI don't no who the synaptic upstream is07:34
Burgundaviahmm, used to be connectiva07:35
mpthttp://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/contribute.html07:35
Burgundaviamvo is the debian maintainer07:35
mptone of the maintainers is Michael Vogt, who's also the Ubuntu Bugzilla assignee07:35
Burgundaviaya07:36
Burgundaviamvo = Michael Vogt07:36
mptPut it down as a BoF for the next conference :-)07:37
BurgundaviaI think I will put together something for -devel and see where it goes07:37
mptThen I can wiki a design spec for it07:37
Burgundaviathere are bits and pieces of a design spec07:38
mptwhere?07:38
Burgundaviawe talked about it in # -devel a few months back07:38
Burgundaviaand there are bits with gnome-app-install07:39
mptgnome-app-install?07:40
mptHmm, I seem to have that installed somewhere07:40
Burgundaviathe applications-->system tools-->add/remove programs07:40
Burgundaviathat half formed mess07:41
mptoh, man, why is that a separate app07:41
mptwhy why why07:41
Burgundaviathat is the attempt to make a new app installer07:41
mpthaha07:42
Burgundaviadying on the alter of no-time07:42
mptI just spent a few minutes choosing a pile of stuff to install, clicked "Apply", and ... "You must run this program as the root user"07:43
Burgundaviaoops07:43
Burgundaviait should do that by default07:43
Burgundaviaoh, you ran from the commandline07:43
mptyes07:43
mptNot that that should have made a difference07:44
Burgundaviathere was talk of a RequiresRoot in the .desktop file, so that programs that require root just take it07:44
mptIt should have asked me for my password either way07:44
Burgundaviahmm, there are a lot of things that we want to hide from the average user that are very useful for the power user, like dependencies07:45
mptHowever. I shall concentrate on my BreezyGoals.07:46
Burgundaviawhat are yours?07:46
BurgundaviaI will think out a new design, and play with it07:46
mptLaunchpad 1.0, and fix the Ubuntu Help07:46
Burgundaviayou being paid for number 2?07:47
mptand design the new hardware data collection tool07:47
mptno07:47
Burgundaviaoh07:47
mptMaybe I should have said "Breezy goals" rather than "BreezyGoals" :-)07:47
Burgundaviaah07:47
Burgundaviaok07:47
mptHmmm, it might be good to set a target of bugs to report before Breezy too07:48
Burgundavialol07:48
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jsgotangcoewwwww07:49
BurgundaviaI also filed this --> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045407:49
Burgundaviajsgotangco, huh?07:49
jsgotangcoi found my old P166 Sony Vaio PC07:49
jsgotangcoand just booted it up07:49
Burgundaviadoes it run windows?07:50
jsgotangcoaye win9807:50
jsgotangcoheh07:50
jsgotangcoit still woks though07:50
jsgotangcokeyboarrd is pretty bad though07:50
jsgotangcothis can be fixed 07:52
Burgundaviampt, what was that about the add and remove buttons07:53
Burgundaviampt,  "Authentication keys allow the verification of the software you download"07:57
Burgundaviajsgotangco, you can comment as well07:57
jsgotangcoverfication of what07:59
jsgotangcoauthenticity?07:59
Burgundaviagood point07:59
BurgundaviaI am filing bugs surrounding synaptic07:59
Burgundaviaopen the repo dialog in synaptic and look at authentication08:00
Burgundavia"Authentication keys allow are used to check software integrity"08:02
Burgundavia"Authentication keys are used to check software integrity"08:03
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jeffschjsgotangco: you still thinkin of moving to NA?08:17
Burgundaviampt, I think I just realised why the repo add dialog was bugging me so much. There is a visual disconnect between the add dialog and the show repo dialog08:57
mpthey now09:07
mptBurgundavia: Why is the "Ubuntu 5.04 Security Updates" repository turned off by default?!?09:08
Burgundaviampt, I don't think it is. The repo add thing doesn't reflect what repos are actually there09:08
mptBurgundavia: And I challenge you to find a single window in Synaptic that has a correct title (i.e. a title that (a) exists, (b) accurately describes the purpose of the window, and (c) doesn't end in punctuation)09:09
Burgundaviampt, hmm, I don't think I am going to take that bet09:09
mptNo, I just added the Security Updates repository, and now I have three rather than two09:10
Burgundaviathe whole add dialog thing is very fragile09:10
mptYes, switch to another window, then switch back to it, it disappears09:10
BurgundaviaI was speaking more on the editing your sources.list09:10
mpt"The repository information has changes. A backup copy of your sources.list is stored in /etc/apt/sources.list.save. You need to reload the package list from the servers for your changes to take effect. Do you want to do this now?" ( No, I Was Just Adding the Repository For Fun ) ( Yes )09:11
Burgundaviaprobably it should just reload?09:12
mptyes09:12
Burgundaviaok, will file a bug about that09:12
Burgundaviapoor mvo09:12
mptRather than filing a bug that the alert is incorrectly titled "Information" :-)09:12
mptSo gaim, gzip, Firefox, and OpenOffice, amongst others, were insecure on my system because the Security Updates repository was off by default.09:13
Burgundaviadone09:14
Burgundaviagah09:14
mptgah?09:14
Burgundaviawrong window09:15
Burgundaviacheck out the "set internal option" option09:15
Burgundaviaand add cdrom is not with the add repos dialog09:16
Burgundaviabugzilla is horrible at sorting bugs09:18
mptIt's going to be another 24 minutes and 6 seconds before I can explore Synaptic further09:27
mptThat's another bug ... It's almost certainly not going to be 24 minutes and 6 seconds, it should just say "about 24 minutes"09:27
Burgundaviaoh, you upgrading?09:27
mptthat whole window needs redesigning, really09:27
mptYeah, I'm installing the security updates09:27
Burgundaviathe whole gui needs a redesign09:28
Burgundaviathat is what is so scary, and can really be best done at a bof09:28
mptIt'd take longer than a BoF09:28
Burgundaviahow about a hackfest week?09:28
Burgundaviaand some good user studies?09:28
mptWhen I was at UDU I had no time to finish any design specs, it was scary09:28
BurgundaviaI gather UDU was crazy09:29
mptWell, I haven't been to any other distro meetings, so I've got nothing to compare it to09:29
Burgundavianor have I09:29
Burgundaviawell, Mataro wasn't that crazy09:30
Burgundaviamorning of bofs, afternoon of hack09:30
Burgundaviahere is another one, the right-click and package menu are subtly different09:30
=== Burgundavia muses about gossip. If only it did what gaim does
mptin what way?09:37
Burgundaviagossip only does jabber, no aim/yahoo/icq09:37
Burgundaviabut gossip is very very cool09:37
Burgundaviahiggy and simple09:38
mptah09:38
Burgundaviaand the icons rock09:38
mptI'll install it in 12 minutes and 54 seconds and see09:38
mptThings that look like checkboxes should check when you click them09:38
mptthey shouldn't open a menu09:39
Burgundaviawhere?09:39
mptin the package list09:39
Burgundaviaoh, yes09:39
mptif you want to offer some choices, fine, but dont' make it look like a checkbox09:39
mptmake it look like a menu09:39
mptthe Microsoft Office installer gets that right.09:39
Burgundaviaand then have a bunch of stuff greyed out09:39
mpthttp://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/inst08.gif09:41
Burgundaviayes, but the dialog is mostly evil elsewhere09:42
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mptwhat dialog?09:42
mptI'm *just* talking about the checkboxes09:42
Burgundaviathe installer09:42
Burgundaviawhat would you call the green square?09:43
Burgundaviastatus icon?09:43
mptI wouldn't09:44
Burgundaviaoh09:44
Burgundaviawhat would you call it?09:45
mptI'd change it to a menu, as used in the MS Office installer09:45
mptexcept make it an option menu, rather than a pull-down menu09:45
Burgundaviadid you just read my bug report?09:45
mptwhat bug report?09:45
Burgundaviahttps://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076109:46
Burgundaviabeen filing like mad while we talk09:46
mptwell, that depends on how useful the other options are09:48
mptI can't remember, and I can't see them a.t.m.09:48
Burgundaviathe other options are complete remove and reinstall09:49
Burgundaviafor an installed package09:49
Burgundaviaforgot about upgrade09:49
Burgundaviajust added that09:50
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Burgundavia"*   The problem is so bad on Windows that there is a Desktop  Cleanup Wizard."09:51
mptyeah09:51
mptI don't know the difference between Remove and Completely Remove09:51
Burgundaviacompletely remove does the config files as well09:52
mptwhat is this09:53
mpt"Debconf on ubuntu"09:53
mpt"What would you like to do about postgresql.conf?"09:53
Burgundaviawhere is that from?09:53
mptIt popped up during the installation09:54
Burgundaviahmm, odd, no idea09:54
mptI chose "show the difference between the versions" and clicked Forward, and it seems to have hung09:55
Burgundaviaoh09:55
Burgundaviawhat is your cpu doing?09:55
Burgundaviait may be grinding away, apt is not very optomised09:55
mptCpu(s): 10.6% us,  1.0% sy,  0.0% ni, 88.1% id,  0.0% wa,  0.3% hi,  0.0% si09:56
Burgundaviahmm, idle09:57
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Burgundaviahttp://www.metallikop.com/images/blog/wptray-lg.png09:58
Burgundaviarun away now09:58
mptand now I think synaptic as a whole is going to be waiting forever for debconf to tell it it's finished09:59
mpthehe, "More Options"10:00
mpt"recursive directory links will lockup [sic]  the program"10:00
Burgundaviahttp://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?page=4 <-- someone needs to increase the size of page links here10:01
Burgundaviaat the bottom10:01
mptI don't mind, I have my minimum font size set to 10px10:01
Burgundaviageez gnome-look.org is filled with ubuntu backgrounds10:03
mptheh, I noticed10:06
mptanyway, time for work10:06
Burgundaviaok10:07
Burgundaviathanks10:07
mptE: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.10:08
Burgundaviait should just do that for you10:09
mptindeed.10:09
Burgundaviayou going to file a bug on that?10:09
mptNo, I'm going to get back to work10:10
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Burgundaviasalut enrico 11:07
enricohi11:10
Burgundaviaenrico, how is life going?11:19
enriconot too bad11:19
enricoalthough this afternoon I'll be at a marriage and I'm not fond of loong social events11:19
Burgundaviaouch11:19
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Burgundaviasalut mdke 11:35
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abelliciao12:29
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froudenrico: hi, thanks03:33
froudenrico: you home?03:34
enricofroud: for little03:42
enricofroud: gotta go to a marriage03:42
enricofroud: does it build for you?03:42
froudthanks for that03:42
froudhave not tested yet03:42
froudjust been generating unique id values03:43
froudyou think we need to upload it to debian for now03:43
froudcan it wait a bit03:43
enricosure we can wait03:44
froudI was thinking I would try it out on my system, then get some of the people on the team to try it03:44
froudthen iron out bugs03:44
froudand then do deb and ubuntu03:44
enricomaybe it's better to upload it in Debian with an HTML version as well, since there's no direct need to have it as a build-dep there03:44
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froudyes, can do 03:45
abelli_ai03:45
froudI will make the deb available from the web site03:45
froudhello abelli 03:45
froudAs a test case I will impliment it on the generic installation guide03:45
froudthat way people in the team can see what it does, how it works03:46
froudenrico: ok will keep you posted03:48
froudenrico: with regard to how it works I have added to README03:48
froudhttp://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/project/web-sample.html03:48
enricofroud: nice!  Is the README inside dict/ ?03:51
froudenrico: Uh no, in trunk/03:56
froudgood point03:56
froudnow it is04:02
enricoyou can put it inside debian/04:04
enricofroud: if you don't like it just inside dict04:04
froudnah it's ok in dict04:04
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enricofroud: cool!  cdbs found the README and included it in the package by itself04:05
enricono need for me to update the packaging! :)04:05
froudyeah ;-)04:06
froudI dont think there will ever be much need to update it04:06
froudthe tree is very stable04:06
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