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mkdeanyone around?01:36
Lizi just got here01:36
mkdehi there liz01:37
Lizgreetings01:37
Lizits been a while since i was in here01:37
mkdei was just reading seans email01:39
Lizwhich one?01:47
mkdei guess you must have moderated it through just now01:48
Lizyes i did01:48
Lizthere were a few01:48
Liztell me ..do you add them to the ban list when you reject them?01:48
mkdeno01:48
Lizim asking cause this is the first time ive moderated a mailing list01:49
Lizand im not sure if im doing it right01:49
mkdethey just get a message telling them that non members can't post to the list01:49
mkdei always tend to discard spam01:49
mkdedunno if thats right tho01:49
Lizheh01:49
Lizi was rejecting them and adding them to the ban list01:49
mkdenot a bad idea01:49
Lizbut for spam...discard and ban might be the way to go01:50
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Lizshould be a wiki i guess about moderating mailing lists01:51
mkdei'm sure there is some documentation around01:51
Lizwe seem to have documentation for everything on ubuntu02:03
mkdesometimes the mailman software explains some of the features quite nicely02:03
Lizcept how to moderate a list02:03
Lizits a bad thing for me02:03
mkdeno sweat02:04
Lizi dont read the documentations02:04
Lizunless im truely stuck on something02:04
mkdei know what you mean02:04
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mkdei gtg to bed02:08
mkdegood night02:08
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jsgotangcomorning05:03
swe3tdavenight.. ;)05:03
jsgotangcodoh05:04
jsgotangcocarthik, hello bored student :)05:04
carthikhey jsgotangco :)05:04
jsgotangcoso you're looking for something to do05:05
jsgotangcohmmm05:05
carthikphonecall :|05:05
jsgotangcook05:05
carthikjsgotangco, yes, I was in fact looking at the various wiki pages now05:06
carthikandreading through the "about ubuntu" preview picking holes in the document05:07
carthikbut finding faults may not be the best way to introduce myself, I guess.05:07
jsgotangcono its ok, just dive in, thats the FOSS way05:08
carthikjsgotangco, if there is something you have in mind that I could do, I'd be glad to know of it :)05:08
jsgotangconobody's stopping you from grabbing what you'd like to contribute05:08
carthikso do I file a seperate bug report for each spello/typo or just one grand unified bug report?05:08
jsgotangcoon the wiki?05:08
jsgotangcoor on the svn repos05:08
carthikthe problem with the one big bug report might be that some folks might agree to some of the changes I suggest and not some others...05:09
carthikAm I not supposed to make bug-reports at bugzilla?05:09
carthikI was reading through the quickguide preview : http://people.ubuntu.com/~mako/docteam/quickguide/05:10
jsgotangcono bugzilla is fine05:10
jsgotangcohmm05:10
jsgotangcoyou can get the actual xml docs from svn05:10
carthikI am familiar with svn05:10
carthikbut should I generate diffs after every change05:10
carthikcause obviously all my changes may not be seen as required or acceptable :)05:11
jsgotangcoyes then submit to the list and ill patch it or whoever gets it05:11
carthikoh, okay05:11
carthika unified diff, then :)05:11
jsgotangcohttp://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/DocteamStepByStepRepository05:11
jsgotangcowould be much better if you patch per doc instead of a grand patch05:11
carthikOkay, I will read that doc again before I do anything05:12
jsgotangcosvg artworks also welcome05:12
carthikpatch per doc == patch per book, right, for the quickguide ?05:13
jsgotangcoright its much easier05:13
carthikokay cool :)05:14
carthikthanks jsgotangco. I'll email the list when I am done.05:17
jsgotangcojust email the diff and i'll grab it or probably sean05:19
carthiktoday is the day I start working for the ubuntu doc team :)06:10
jsgotangcowelcome aboard, we're a small crew but deliver big stuff06:10
jsgotangconow i go to lunch06:10
jsgotangco:)06:10
jsgotangcobrb06:10
carthikoops, that was meant for my friends. Nevermind :)06:10
jsgotangcoheh06:11
jsgotangco:)06:11
carthikerr, quickguide is not at ubuntu-docs/quick-guide/ - there is a ubuntu-docs/gnome/quick-guide which does not quite appear to be the same as the one in the preview at http://people.ubuntu.com/~mako/docteam/quickguide/ -- what am I missing here?07:10
jsgotangcothe one in mako's shell is probably old07:25
jsgotangcocurrent work is in svn07:25
carthikjsgotangco, could you please tell me how to make the svn version07:30
carthikI hope /gnome/quickguide/C/quick-guide.xml is the right file, too07:30
jsgotangcofirst things first07:31
jsgotangco1.) did you download the docs from svn?07:31
carthikyes07:31
jsgotangcook great now what's the problem then, the svn version is the most recent07:32
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carthikjsgotangco, how would I create an html version locally? (I'm sorry if that is a dumb question)07:36
carthikmake qg doesnt work07:36
jsgotangcoumm what are you trying to do?07:37
carthikI am trying to create a readable vhtml version of the checked out quick guide07:38
carthikreading and editing the xml file directly is bound to be more difficult for me07:39
jsgotangcook here's a tip you can open the xml file in yelp07:39
jsgotangcoyou can edit the xml file in bluefish which is better07:39
carthikokay, but how can i see the html version, if at all07:40
carthikjust to make sure, as the step-by-step guide says I must07:40
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vendaAfrican Greetings07:41
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jsggyah07:48
jsgotangcosorry about that :)08:00
carthikmaybe I started off with the wrong doc :) the quick-guide seems to have been written for 5.04, and I guess will be edited next before the next release....08:03
carthikI saw an erroneous "5.40" somewhere and so thought I'd proof it...08:04
carthikagain, that was from the preview...08:04
robitaillejsgotangco,  BeerDump??? 08:05
jsgotangcoyeah hehe instead of Brain Dump in a BOF, i'd rather drink Beer08:06
jsgotangcocarthik, just check what's in svn that's the latest always08:06
=== jsgotangco is messing around with wordpress
vendacarthik: previews are outdated at present they should move to docteam.ubuntu.com shortly08:08
vendayou should checkout svn src and hack that08:08
jsgotangcoahhh there's the expert08:08
jsgotangcovenda, hello08:08
vendajsgotangco: hi08:08
jsgotangcovenda, ill upload something in artwork and check it out08:09
vendacarthik: we want to upgrade Ubuntu quick-guide for 5.1008:09
vendacool08:09
vendaideas welcome08:09
vendacarthik: the problem with that book is that you do not have a stable system on which to document yet08:09
vendaunless you dont mind your system breaking08:10
vendabreezy is still very much under heavy devel08:10
carthikvenda, that is cool - I will go through and fix some non-software specific things...08:10
carthikhopefully :)08:10
jsgotangcovenda, committed, svn up pls08:10
vendacarthik: sure, improvement welcome08:10
jsgotangcoand check it now08:11
jsgotangcohehe08:11
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jsgotangco:)08:11
jsgotangcoits the best thing i can do for 2 days08:11
vendacarthik: there are also other docs you can work on if you feel like it08:11
jsgotangco(i dont really know how to use inkscape08:11
carthikvenda, is there one that could better use my time right now?08:12
jsgotangcoyou can help mdke on the wiki08:12
mvirkkilIs Henrik Nielsen Omma ever here?08:13
vendamvirkkil: over where?08:13
jsgotangcoi dont think henrik chats08:14
vendacarthik: well you can take a small section on any book and work on it08:14
carthikjsgotangco, is there a wiki-todo somewhere, or some tasks?08:14
vendacarthik: mdke is working on the user guide08:14
carthikvenda, cool08:14
vendacarthik: I know there are a few blank sections that coul duse love08:14
mvirkkilvenda: In irc08:15
vendajust take someting small somethng you can do08:15
vendamvirkkil: I have not seen him on irc08:15
mvirkkilvenda: Me neither.08:15
robitaillewhich application is a good to display svg? It seems my nautilus tries to display them using Firefox... and that's does work.08:18
robitailles/does/doesn't/08:19
jsgotangcoinkscape08:20
jsgotangcoyeah its pretty dumb08:20
jsgotangcobut i think EoG should also open SVG08:20
jsgotangcoinkscape creates the svg08:20
carthikvenda, I'm sorry if I am annoying or something :) but I can't find userguide or user-guide or any such anywhere in the tree i checked out...08:21
vendarobitaille: sudo apt-get install inkscape08:21
jsgotangcocarthik,  /ubuntu-docs/gnome/userguide08:21
jsgotangcook ubuntu-docs is my own dir08:22
vendacarthik: no problem see gnome/08:22
jsgotangcoso its just /gnome/userguide08:22
robitaillejust tried eog on svg;  it works, but the results are not that great looking.  I'll have to install inkscape.08:22
vendacarthik: there are no stupid questions08:22
jsgotangcovenda, just stupid answers?08:22
carthikjsgotangco, venda, thanks a lot.08:22
jsgotangconp just ask away08:23
vendarobitaille: I think once inkscape is installed then naut will use it as plugin08:23
carthikvenda, i'v been bugging jsgotangco for quite a while now :)08:23
jsgotangcowe all start from something08:23
vendahe he he needs it08:23
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jsgotangcovenda, did you see the artwork?08:23
robitaillevenda,   I didn't have inkscape installed  but nautilus was still displaying a preview of the svg's...but there was no way of opening them.08:24
vendajsgotangco: what did you think the hug was for ;-)08:25
jsgotangcorobitaille, i think its a bug that Burgandavia has already filed08:25
jsgotangcoi didnt see that hug08:25
vendarobitaille: inkscape dude install08:25
jsgotangcoi hope you were already dressed08:25
vendano08:25
vendajsgotangco: but there is an image missing08:25
carthikshouldn't gimp be able to open svg files?08:26
vendabest to do everything in svg08:26
vendacarthik: no08:26
carthikI see08:26
jsgotangcovenda, yes since its svg, it references to a png file which i didnt upload08:26
vendavector /= raster08:26
robitaillejust installed inkscape...  now I can see the svg properly.08:26
vendacan you redraw the png08:26
vendarobitaille: :-)08:26
jsgotangcovenda, screenshot08:27
vendaok upload the screen shot dude08:27
jsgotangcovenda, i am trying to figure out how to publish it as pdf without going thru scribus08:27
jsgotangcobecause the svg filter of scribus plain sucks08:27
vendajsgotangco: export as png 300dpi08:27
jsgotangcothen?08:27
vendaopen in gimp -- flatten image08:28
vendaexport as pdf if gimp supports08:28
jsgotangcook let me try that in another file08:28
vendaotherwise import to OOo w08:28
vendaOOo 2.0 supports the whole svg08:28
vendathat may be quicker08:29
jsgotangcoits the best i can do with so little time08:29
vendaits a start08:29
vendabetter than nothing I say08:29
jsgotangcoit looks good for a start though08:29
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vendabrilliant08:29
jsgotangcolet me mess it up first then ill upload the png as well08:30
vendaeven my posters are not a picaso08:30
vendabut they are a start08:30
vendaI am not much of a graphics person08:30
jsgotangcosame here, i have a good eye for colors though08:30
jsgotangcoon my lord it looks awesome as pdf08:35
vendaCool08:36
vendawhat process did you use?08:36
jsgotangcoOOo08:36
venda2.008:36
=== venda thanks jsgotangco for the UDU pics on flickr
jsgotangcothe font is kinda messed up08:36
jsgotangcoah08:36
vendawho is the cute 3 year old08:37
jsgotangcoumm that's my daughter08:37
vendashe wil be a real looker when she is older08:37
jsgotangcoyou think so, i think she got the features from my wife08:37
vendayou gonna have lots of trouble on your hands08:37
vendawell you wife is WOW too08:37
vendalucky man08:38
vendayour daught is very photogenic08:38
jsgotangcoyeah i have some pics in RAW but i have yet to send it to the studio08:39
jsgotangcoi have this nice Nikon dslr i bought last christmas08:39
vendaAll the green in the pictures reminds me of Durban08:39
vendaeast coast08:39
vendaalso hot and warm there08:39
vendaso everything is green all year08:39
vendaup here in johannesburg everythng turns brown around this time of year08:40
jsgotangcohmm08:40
jsgotangco"flickr is having a massage"08:40
jsgotangcoi guess its down for maintenance now08:40
vendayes I saw them yesterday08:40
vendaOh well time to get dressed I guess08:41
=== venda notices that jsgotangco won't look at him in his birthday suit
jsgotangcono even when you're sleeping i imagine you in a suit08:42
vendaoh dear, I am getting a bad reputation08:42
vendaif it helps, I am sitting here in a pair of long jamas and a jersey08:43
jsgotangcoi hope you dont have a baseball cap worn in reverse with some gold chains and stuff around your neck08:43
vendabig coffee on one side and my laptop on my knees to keep me warm08:43
vendano those are next to my bed :-)08:44
vendajolly good show, what, what?08:44
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jsgotangcoa question first08:45
jsgotangcowhat's html.sh for08:45
vendammm08:45
vendanot working yet08:46
vendapart of build sys08:46
jeffschcarthik: you can work on style guide :-)08:46
vendait was supposed to be the driver script to make html08:46
jsgotangcovenda, it doesn't work08:47
vendano, not ready yet08:47
jsgotangcojeffsch, hi08:47
vendajeffsch: hi08:47
jeffschhi08:47
vendaok I is off08:47
carthikjeffsch, erm, I am happy to have found the userguide that venda and jsgotangco pointed out, but should I lose interest, i will certainly look at the style guide08:47
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vendacarthik: do what you want to do and have fun08:48
jeffschyou can read the makefile in the stylguide folder to see how to generate html and pdf08:48
carthikvenda, sounds like a plan :)08:48
vendajeffsch: why tldp project08:48
jsgotangcocarthik, that's how we work here08:48
jeffschumm errr, I tried the tldp stylesheets out08:49
jeffschI liked the layout of their html08:49
jeffschI didn't remove it from the makefile, just commented it out08:49
vendajeffsch: no that is fine, just wondered08:50
vendaOk now I is zero ca ya08:50
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jsgotangcoerrmm08:50
jsgotangcohow do you use this script08:50
froud-awayjsgotangco: you dont until we're finsihed08:51
jeffschcd to the styleguide folder, then type make html08:51
jeffschor "make pdf"08:51
jsgotangcoxmllint --dtdvalid /usr/share/xml/docbook/schema/dtd/4.3/docbookx.dtd --noout --xinclude --noent --postvalid styleguide.xml08:52
jsgotangcoxsltproc -o styleguide.fo udp-pdf.xslt styleguide.xml08:52
jsgotangcoMaking portrait pages on USletter paper (8.5inx11in)08:52
jsgotangcofop.sh -fo styleguide.fo -pdf styleguide.pdf08:52
jsgotangcomake: fop.sh: Command not found08:52
jsgotangcomake: *** [pdf]  Error 12708:52
jeffschhmmm... you don't have apache xml tools installed08:52
jeffschI can't remember offhand the package08:53
jsgotangcohmm08:53
jeffschi will find out08:53
jeffschyou can still make the html though08:53
jsgotangcoyeah html works08:54
carthiklibapache-modxslt ?08:54
carthikor libapache2-modxslt....08:54
jsgotangcomost likely 208:55
jeffschhmmm... no, i think those are for web server... I don't have either one installed08:57
carthikant , ant-doc perhaps? (A system independent build tool that uses XML files as "Makefiles")08:59
jeffschis there some way of searching packages to see if fop-0.20.5 is in one of them?09:00
carthiksearching for "docbook pdf" gets me to docbook-utils09:04
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froudcarthik: you need an xsl-fo processor09:05
froudso you use saxon and then create xsl:fo > Apache FOP09:05
froud> PDF09:05
froud> PS09:05
froud> RTF09:05
froudetc09:05
froudcarthik: I like ant09:06
froudbut java is a regilious topic here so we stay wil the make wrinkles09:06
carthikxmlto package then, perhaps09:06
carthikthe urge to install all lib* packages comes back every now and then :)09:07
froudcarthik: if you like09:07
froudI just use saxon and xalan09:07
froudbuild system ant09:07
jeffschfroud: do you know which package has fop.sh?09:07
froudApache fop09:07
frouddownload it form Apache09:07
jeffschahhh... so that's how I got it09:08
froudhere is my classpath09:08
froudCLASSPATH="/usr/share/saxon-6.5.3/saxon.jar:/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/current/exte09:08
froudnsions/saxon65.jar:/usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/build/fop.jar:/usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/lib/batik.09:08
froudjar:/usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/lib/xalan-2.4.1.jar:/usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/lib/xercesImpl-2.2.09:08
froud1.jar:/usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/lib/JimiProClasses.jar:/usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/lib/avalon-fra09:08
froudmework-cvs-20020806.jar"09:08
froudexport CLASSPATH09:08
jeffschhttp://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/appl/apache/xml/fop/09:08
froudyes or just go to http://xml.apache.org/fop/ and click download to get your closest mirror09:10
froudnotice when using saxon09:10
jsgotangcofroud, the pdf only looks good when press optimized09:10
froudyou can use the jar extension for db09:10
froudjsgotangco: it will09:10
jsgotangcolower than that, it sucks09:11
froudscreen is not good for print09:11
froudfor those who want to render png files in pdf note /usr/share/java/fop-0.20.5/lib/JimiProClasses.jar09:11
froudDownload jimmi from sun or install jai'09:12
froudjia09:12
froud/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/current/exte09:12
froud[08:54]  <froud> nsions/saxon65.jar09:12
froudIf you want extensions for formating in fo see 09:12
froudoops09:12
froudthis path /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/current/extensions/saxon65.jar09:13
froudwith saxon you ha ethe best control09:13
froudyou can use dbfo proc intructs in the xml src to define things otherwise not possible09:14
froudwell that's me for today09:14
froudlater dude09:14
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jeffschme go too. bye.09:17
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jsgotangcojdub, when you're free, can you probably review the flyer in svn so that it can be at least used by the LugRadioLive people09:27
robitaillejsgotangco,  what's the path in svn to the flyer?09:29
jsgotangcorobitaille, artwork :)09:29
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robitailleoh.. which one?  ubuntu-brochure?09:30
jsgotangcoubuntu_conferece_brocher_A4.svg09:30
jsgotangcosvn up if you still dont have it09:30
robitaillegot it. that's the  one the broken png image.  I was testing my newly-instal inkscape earlier on it09:32
jsgotangcosvn up again, i uplodaed the png09:33
robitaille"firefox 1.04"...isn't that a bit misleading? 09:33
jsgotangcorobitaille, i know that's why it should be edited :)09:33
jsgotangcoi mean reviewed09:34
jsgotangcoi could have just put dolor sit amet, etc.09:34
jsgotangcohehe09:34
robitaillegot the new version with the png.  looks great.09:36
jsgotangcoit looks awesome as 300 dpi PDF09:37
jsgotangco(not bad for something done in 3 hours)09:38
robitailleI have found that I'm totally hopeless with anything even remotely artistic for posters, logos, etc09:39
robitailledo you want comments on the text, or the ball is in jdub's court?09:40
jsgotangcoi want comment on text, we can always change stuff on it, but of course, jdub's opinion would be great as well09:40
jsgotangco(we wouldn't want to publish stuff that they can't vouch)09:40
robitailleok...so I think "firefox 1.0.4" is a bit misleading...but not sure what to put instead.  "Firefox 1" looks funny.  And "Firefox 1.0.2" looks insecure.09:42
robitailleI would replace the "totally rad laptop support"  The language seems out of place with the rest of the page.09:42
jsgotangcoyes, that's the stuff i want to be identified09:43
jsgotangcowe'd like people to know that our stuff works great with laptops09:43
robitailleUbuntu is not really "entirely free and open source"...just take the "kernel-restricted modules"  packages installed by default :)09:45
robitaillemaybe "Excellent laptops support" as a replacement?  Actually I'm not even sure what "rad" means here (english /= my 1st language).  Radical?09:47
jsgotangcoyeah09:47
jsgotangcohmm09:47
=== jsgotangco wonders who coined Totally Rad laptop support
robitaillemaybe you should put the default gdm picture (the one with the circle of people) instead of the screenshot of the desktop.  That would put a nice human touch to the flyer. (that and I'm not a big fan of Hoary's default background image)09:54
jsgotangcoactually, i was asking mako/jdub/silbs about stock images from the hoary cd09:55
jsgotangcothe desktop was just there to put something09:56
robitailletime to go to bed... good night10:06
jsgotangconight10:06
mdkemorning all10:34
jsgotangcohello10:38
mdkehiya10:40
jsgotangcowhats up man10:51
mdkejust getting up10:51
mdkelast day at school today10:51
mdke:D10:51
jsgotangcowow10:51
jsgotangcoafter that what happens10:51
mdkejust need to hand in my exams then I'm done10:52
mdkei start a job for a year in october after that i'll officially be a lawyer10:52
mdketil then i need to find something to do10:52
jsgotangcohmmm10:52
jsgotangcoambulance chase?10:52
mdkenot sure I know that one10:53
mdkeBe RiGhT bAcK10:53
jsgotangcoambulance chasing10:53
jsgotangcohehe10:53
mdke<-- shower10:53
jsgotangcoeww10:53
jsgotangcowhy do you guys have the habit of chatting first before fixing up10:53
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mdkeback10:59
mdkeso whats ambulance chasing10:59
mdkejsgotangco11:01
mdke[09:53:34]  jsgotangco why do you guys have the habit of chatting first before fixing up11:02
mdkei consider this room part of my house11:02
jsgotangcooh its an american term for lawyers that constantly are on the lookout for possible clients11:05
mdkeoh of course11:05
jsgotangcothey usually stay near hospitals in the emergency rooms11:05
mdkepersonal injury lawyers are ebil11:06
jsgotangcoyou know how evil those things are along with tort law11:06
mdkeits part of tort law11:06
mdketort law is pretty cool, just personal injury lawyers give it a bad name11:06
jsgotangcocorporate tort is the worst11:06
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mdkeso you guys have tort law eh?#11:07
jsgotangconot really11:07
mdkewhere did you get your law from?11:07
jsgotangcome?11:07
mdkeyour country i mean11:07
jsgotangcoah its usually american jurisprudence if there's no local to refer to11:08
mdkei c11:08
mdkehence "tort"11:08
jsgotangcoi believe we would have been better off if we were colonized by the english instead of the spanish and the americans11:09
mdke*grins*11:09
mdkethe americans got their law from us11:09
mdkenot the spanish tho11:09
jsgotangcoi;ve always compared countries colonized by the spanish and the british11:09
jsgotangcothe british colonies seem to fare well after11:10
mdkenot so sure about that11:10
mdkewe are as oppressive as the next empire11:10
jsgotangcowell you can imagine my country being under spanish rule for over 400 years11:10
jsgotangcoand the next 100 from the americans11:10
jsgotangcoit got pretty screwed up culture wise11:10
jsgotangcohehe11:10
mdkeyeah i can imagine11:11
jsgotangcobut i guess in a racial point of view11:11
jsgotangcowe have our bloods so mixed up11:11
jsgotangcothats why we dont have that much asian features compared to our neighbors11:11
mdketaking the best parts from each race eh...11:11
jsgotangcoit would be ok if its just race11:12
jsgotangcohehe11:12
jsgotangcothats why the vatican loves the philippines11:12
mdke;)11:12
jsgotangcoits the only country in asia which has more than 80% catholics11:12
mdkethat'll be the spanish influence11:13
jsgotangcoif it not for WWII, Manila would be beautiful11:13
jsgotangcothere is some local news here now about 2 japanese soldiers from WWII were found 60 years after the war11:14
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Lizevening enrico 11:51
Lizevening sivang 11:51
enricoHi!11:52
mdkehi enrico, Liz 11:53
Lizhi again mdke 11:53
Lizwow..channels been chatty for a change11:53
mdke*grins*11:53
mdkeit goes in bursts11:53
Lizhehe..its all good11:54
jsgotangcohey11:56
jsgotangcoWOW11:56
jsgotangcoi was reading some news11:56
jsgotangcowho knows the PSP (Playstation Portable)11:56
sivangHey Liz !11:58
sivangenrico: wooohooo ! :-)11:58
jsgotangcowow11:58
sivangenrico: it's like one in a million chance for me to catch up on you11:58
sivangenrico: how are you? how have you been?11:58
sivangamazing to see that the topic hasn't changed since I first set it :-)12:01
sivang(While I still had more time for Ubuntu :-....( )12:01
jsgotangcoare you serious12:02
sivangjsgotangco: huh? what do you mean?12:03
jsgotangcothe topic thing12:03
sivangjsgotangco: look at the date12:03
sivangJan 1st 12:03
sivangthis year12:03
sivang:-)12:03
jsgotangcoi didnt even notice12:03
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froudshalom sivang naim liroht ot gha12:03
sivangjsgotangco: here's another freind of mine from the early days of Ubuntu doc team12:03
sivangfroud: :-) Ma Nishma! Hamon zman lo dibarnoo12:04
jsgotangcohmm12:04
jsgotangcoisrael?12:04
enricosivang: hi12:04
sivangjsgotangco: yep, do you recognize the words?12:04
froudsivang: ken lama, la'an alaghta12:04
sivangenrico: hey enrico, 'sup?12:04
sivangfroud: leshoom makom, pashoot matzati avoda ;-)12:04
enricosivang: a wee overworked12:04
froudsivang: mazal tov12:04
jsgotangcoi only recognize "shalom"12:05
sivangfroud: toda :-)12:05
froudsivang: im eze grevra12:05
enricoavaa naguila avaaa naguila avaaa 12:05
sivangenrico: hahaha12:05
sivangfroud: I think we should step back to hebrew12:05
sivangopos,12:05
sivangto english12:05
froudok12:05
sivangenrico noted it with his hava nagila :-)12:05
froudhe he12:05
froudso you have a job now12:06
enricoMAZELTOPF!12:06
froudgood thing dude12:06
sivangfroud: yeah, that's why you don't see me around much anymore12:06
froudwhich company12:06
=== enrico ran out of hebrew
sivangenrico: :-)12:06
sivangjsgotangco: where are you from?12:06
froudsivang hopefully you wil have time to do work on ubuntu12:06
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sivangfroud: yeah, but I don't think I will do something else then code...I feel it's my true self to work on code then on docs12:07
jsgotangcosivang, manila, philippines12:07
sivangjsgotangco: cool, I hope things have gotten back to normal there since last disaster?12:08
jsgotangcosivang, hmmm are you talking about the tsunami, no we werent affected by that at all12:09
sivangjsgotangco: eh , good for you, sorry for my confusion.12:09
sivangjsgotangco: I know you have a very nice place there, may freinds tell me that12:09
jsgotangcoits a good place to spend money for sure12:10
jsgotangco(especially if you have loads of it)12:11
sivangjsgotangco: lot12:11
sivangjsgotangco: how com?12:11
jsgotangcosivang, well if you're a smoker for instance, a pack or marlboro red would only cost you .50 cents (US $)12:12
jsgotangconot bad, i got mine for $600 - no name centrino from taiwan12:14
jsgotangcoa high end geforce would probably cost you $10012:14
jsgotangcoyou could probably get it much cheaper in taiwan or hong kong12:15
jsgotangcowow setting up mediawiki is a no brainer12:24
Lizill be back later12:25
Lizbye bye all12:25
sivangfroud: you here?12:26
froudhere12:26
sivangok, this may come as rather unusual,12:27
jsgotangcooh my it just ran12:27
sivanghowever it seems that myself and froud have been contacted by a company12:27
froudenrico: jdub jeff-away jsgotangco k31th Kinnison mdke mpt mvirkkil Seveas sivang sladen 12:27
sivang(a publishing house)12:27
sivangwhich seems to work out on the ubuntu doc team,12:27
sivangand their intentions are unclear12:27
froudseems this company is trolling the team for people to write a book12:27
sivangfroud: please go on12:28
mptsivang: What do you mean by "work out on"?12:28
sivangfroud: (so good to have talked about this, I feel relieved)12:28
froudsivang: and I had a chat12:28
jsgotangcofroud, i don't mind co-authoring a book12:28
froudand we think we need to bring this to the attention of the team12:28
sivangmpt: read on what froud says12:28
jsgotangcoi have been thinking about an official book as well12:28
mptThat's cool!12:29
froudThe company could be working us against one another12:29
sivangexactly12:29
sivangtrying to lower the proice,12:29
sivanghave us submit proposals etc12:29
jsgotangcohmm?12:29
mptfroud gets to write a book in the medium for which books are intended! ;-)12:29
sivangthen take on those ideas 12:29
froudhas anyone else been contacted12:29
jsgotangcono12:29
jsgotangconot i12:29
jsgotangcolet me check email12:29
froudThe method is not cool IMHO12:30
froudeg12:30
mptUnless they're one of the lurkers here, they probably picked names off the wiki, which would prevent them knowing about me :-)12:30
=== sivang seconds froud
jsgotangcono i dont have email12:30
froudif each of us submits an outline to a book then they will have the way to do a book without us12:30
mptsivang, froud: So they contacted you two separately, without telling you about each other?12:30
sivangfroud: exactly12:30
froudand we all endup with nothing12:31
froudthis type of thing goes on often12:31
sivangthey can then give this to a writer of their own12:31
froudyep12:31
froudthe hard part is the planning and outline12:31
sivangme and froud are old timers already in this arena, we know stuff like this12:31
jsgotangcowow thanks for the heads up12:31
jsgotangcoat least i shouldn't be excited if i got contacted12:32
sivangjsgotangco: yeah, take this into proportion12:32
froudit is good news12:33
jsgotangcoit means we're doing good i guess12:33
froudbut we need to walk slowly together12:33
jsgotangcofroud, i'd rather publish a book co-author with people i know12:33
froudsivang and I thought it best to bring this into the open12:34
jsgotangcoand get a stamp of approval from the people above12:34
froudI trust others in the team will do the same12:34
sivangme too12:34
jsgotangcoif its a localized book, its a different story12:34
froudI don't mind being approached to do books but I dont like the way this company is doing it12:35
froudthey communicate once or twice and then fall slilent12:35
jsgotangcoahh12:35
enricoI haven't been contacted so far12:36
jsgotangcowhen was this?12:36
sivangenrico: maybe I should publish my toc on the docteam wikik12:37
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enricosivang: you may want to wait for froud to come back online12:37
froudsorry split12:37
sivangenrico: and set foor for starting ground for a new ubuntu book, for people with only windows knowledge12:38
enricoI haven't been contacted so far12:38
sivangenrico: they might do this in rounds and with intervals12:38
jsgotangcoi say we move faster and beat them to it12:38
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mptjsgotangco: Then who would publish it?12:39
froudmpt: I can register ISBN12:39
jsgotangcogood question12:39
froudand handle publishing12:39
mptAnd why wouldn't you want people to make money off Ubuntu?12:39
froudwe do12:39
sivangenrico: papaers? for uni?12:39
froudbut not at the expense of the community12:39
jsgotangcothey just dont like their tactics12:39
froud"For Humanity"12:39
mptIf they want to put out a book, that's great, and if their price is too low, let them find someone else.12:39
jsgotangcodivide and conquer12:40
enricosivang: http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/paper-debtags.{html,rst,pdf} (for Debconf5)12:40
froudjsgotangco: yes12:40
enricoand another for an academic journal about a case study for free software in schools12:40
jsgotangcolets say they got froud to do it,12:40
jsgotangcothey can say they have authoritative doc?12:40
froudnot really important12:40
sivangenrico: cool, like a true scholar12:41
froudif they contact us as a team I am happy12:41
sivangfroud: maybe we should offer this to mark?12:41
enricoAbout the company, how about naming a person in the team who is the only one having contacts with them?12:41
enricoThen when they write to anyone else, they get sent to that person12:41
sivangenrico: good idea12:41
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enricoAnd that person can say "So, what do you want to do?"12:41
sivangfroud: I mean, take on such a book , keeping the health of the community, having it open sourced and printed12:42
mptenrico: They'll want to have a contract with only one or (at most) two people, surely12:42
sivangmpt: true, that's what they told me12:42
jsgotangcojust like what they do on most deadtree books, it gets released to the community after a few days12:42
sivangmpt: however, as a joint team, we do not have to agree12:42
froudI think that Ubuntu.com is all the marketing we need12:42
froudadding an ISBN I can get it in Amazon and B&N12:43
sivangfroud: you have an ISBN registeration?12:43
mptfroud, I think ubuntu.com is no match for the world's bookstores.12:43
froudI can do it12:43
mptoffline bookstores, I mean.12:43
froudmpt: you will be surprised12:43
jsgotangcowow12:43
jsgotangcothis i got to see12:43
froudmpt: but with an ISBN it can be ordered by book stores12:43
sivangfroud: can you start your own publishing house? ;-)12:44
sivangfroud: to have the book published...12:44
jdubsivang: dude, maybe the publisher just wants to publish a book, not muck around.12:44
sivangfroud: and to keep power in our hands?12:44
froudno, I will donate it back to the Ubuntu-docteam12:44
mptfroud: Who's going to promote it to them?12:44
froudmpt: the power of the community is strong12:44
sivangjdub: true, but their tactics is strange, acutally, very strange12:44
jdubsivang: they're asking people they can identify as ubuntu writers about involvement in a piece. not entirely strange.12:45
froudI would like a free and open book where people pay for the service of printing12:45
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jsgotangconot bad either12:46
sivangthinking of refusing them unless they agree to follow this12:46
jdubthat may be so, but it may be entirely irrelevant to this publisher12:46
sivangfroud: what do you say?12:46
sivangjdub: you know the publisher's name?12:46
jsgotangcothey would just find another person12:46
jduband if they care enough to push the book, that just means someone else will write it12:46
mptbingo.12:46
jsgotangcoright12:47
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mptI'd rather one member of the docteam (not me! I'm too ignorant about Ubuntu) got paid by themselves to write it, whatever the license, than that we tried to hold the entire docteam hostage on our own behalf, only to have the publisher say "screw you" and hire someone who makes more mistakes.12:50
mptBut then, it's not really any of my business, since they haven't contacted me :-P12:50
jdubimparting common sense is sometimes a forced business :)12:50
froudmpt: I would like to see commiters collaborate on it12:51
jsgotangcoi'm too dumb to write a book by myself if they contact me, i'd still ask for the docteam's help anyway12:51
jdubfroud: don't muck around with publishers then, start your own book project12:51
froudjdub: we have12:51
froudthe problem is a hijack12:51
mptThe more books the better12:51
jdubgreat, so stop conflating issues and get to work :)12:52
jsgotangcofroud, we do?12:52
froudjdub: we are12:52
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sivangfroud: we do? ;-12:52
froudjsgotangco: yes its in svn12:52
froudsee user guides12:52
sivangah right, the start of a book12:52
jsgotangcohmm12:52
jsgotangcompt, your'e right, they're books tee hee12:52
mptyes :->12:52
mptThe more books the better ... except in yelp12:53
froudOK I am notsure on Canonical on this one12:53
jsgotangcoi'd rather not think canonical for now12:53
mptWhat does it have to do with Canonical?12:53
froudthey have a split interest12:53
jsgotangcoi'd rather not be bothered by bureaucracy12:53
jdubthe most respected linux author in germany has just published an ubuntu book12:53
mptCanonical doesn't own Ubuntu12:53
sivangfroud: however, what if they want to hire you and me, and we can make sure they will have the book open sourced, has anybody a problem against it?12:53
jdubjsgotangco: (dude, there is very little bureaucracy to be dealt with, where canonical is involved)12:54
froudI have no problem working with the team12:54
sivangjdub: cool, does it adress non linux users as well?12:54
froudjdub: from inside perhaps not12:54
sivangfroud: I'd just like to utilize their ersources, for paying on your and mine's work, to have an open sourced book that would be even shipped with Ubuntu :-)12:55
jdubsivang: what does the team have to do with an invitation to be involved in writing a book?12:55
jdubsivang: i don't know; it's a book about ubuntu written in german12:55
jsgotangcosivang, it has a DVD of the install image as well12:55
=== jsgotangco thinks its great
froudok let ssee how this pans out12:56
froudthe important thing is that you are all aware12:56
=== jsgotangco doesn't really mind any of the docteam members get paid for book writing of sorts, its their business
jdubfroud: there is very little bureaucracy when dealing with canonical from inside or out. getting what you want or not is not related to bureaucracy.12:57
froudjsgotangco: yes, but it is how you go about doing that12:57
jsgotangcofroud, thanks for the info anyway12:57
froudjdub: that's not my experience12:57
froudbut that's just me12:58
jsgotangcowell if i do got invited to write, i will tell you guys about it for sure12:58
jsgotangco(but i dont see myself getting invited)12:58
froudI think what's important here is that we are not being played off one against the other12:58
froudI don't want a situation where b'cause of this people have a bad taste in their mouth and leave12:59
froudIf the company is open in their intention and communicates responsibly then I would not doubt them12:59
jsgotangco(but then, this is just a start, we're less than a year old)12:59
froudthat has not been the case01:00
jsgotangcowell this has been an exciting discussion01:00
froudsure01:00
jsgotangcoi better leave i'll be late for dinner with my wife01:01
froudI must do some work01:01
sivanglaterz all, we will update on this more01:01
sivangI also have to go01:01
jsgotangcofroud, just keep us posted anyway for what its work01:01
jsgotangcoworth01:01
sivangpower to the peoplpe! :_)01:01
froud+101:01
=== sivang realizes the benefits of being a member of the community
jsgotangcosivang, it will pay off further in the months to come i guess01:02
jsgotangco(future releases and all)01:02
sivangjsgotangco: for me it payed up from day 0 :-)01:02
jsgotangcoheh01:02
sivangjsgotangco: and from waty01:02
jsgotangcolater then01:02
sivanglaterz01:02
sivanglater jdub , thanks 01:02
mpthttp://www.ubuntulinux.org/books/01:02
jsgotangcoargghh01:03
=== jsgotangco checks one last time
jsgotangcothey help fund ubuntu?01:04
jsgotangcohmm01:04
sivangbye all01:05
KinnisonMorning01:15
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froudHe he, now even our finance minister s calling for Ubuntu http://www.finance24.com/articles/economy/display_article.asp?ArticleID=1518-25_171536903:31
jjessegrin a global ubuntu03:32
froudis it possible to order Kubuntu CDs through shipit03:44
jjessei recently ordered some and never saw a choice, i htink there should be04:33
froudjjesse: seems there is not .. confirmed by Riddle04:59
jjessei got the same answer in #kubuntu05:00
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froudjjesse: you following the list05:23
froudam I totally wrong here05:24
froudI know I am out on a limb for doing05:25
froudbut it also seems that is the only way to get the attention and get things done05:25
froud:-)05:26
froudI still think we can do a great help system for ubuntu-docs without installing anything except html pages05:26
froudlet the devels and users use whatever tool they want to view ubuntu docs05:26
frouddunno, maybe I am just not wanting to get into the battle of getting things changed upstream, but at least I made sure there is compatability05:27
froudthoughts05:27
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jjessesorry was away from desk, but i'm following the list and agree w/ you05:41
jjessewant to write that?05:42
froudwell I would like to finalize this, with who agrees and who does not05:43
froudso comment is a good thing05:43
froudI am happy to finally be having this discusson at all :-)05:43
froudlast I tried it was a deafening silence05:43
jjessegrin ok i'll write up a response05:44
jjessesorry that i haven't done much w/ the network install guide yet... been reall busy w/ life, but this weekend i've blocked out some time to wwork on it while i do an upgrade at work05:44
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froudjjesse: that's fine I have been side tracked into the FAQ Guide06:39
froudjjesse: so please do your thang when you have time06:39
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jjessea08:55
vendab08:58
vendaOk all tapped out on this conversation with Jeff08:59
vendathink I am gonna call it a night08:59
vendasee you good chaps later08:59
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sivangfroud-away: ping10:29
sivangfroud-away: you here?10:29
sivangjdub: what's the license of the stuff published on the wiki?10:30

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