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nedanyone there?01:32
nedoh well - I will try again tomorrow :-) cya!01:33
mdkegah01:33
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mdkerob1, i haven't been able to work out why the qanda paragraphs are not vertically aligned with the numbers. Even with the same css as for breezy it doesn't help, so I think it must be something to do with the new way you've done the infra-document links. Any ideas?02:08
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LaserJockmpt: so what do you think would need to be done with about-ubuntu wrt the wikipedia thing? Rewrite it?02:46
mptyep02:55
mptThat's what Wikipedia does in the reverse situation, LaserJock :-)02:56
MadpilotLaserJock: pong02:58
LaserJockMadpilot: hmm, I can't remember why I pinged you? Oh maybe it was the cd burning thing.02:59
LaserJockmpt: so if we takes something that is GPL is that ok?02:59
Madpilotit was almost 11 hours ago that you pinged me, LaserJock ;)03:00
Madpilotit's called "being at work" network lag03:00
LaserJockMadpilot: I was just going to say that the only thing I cd burning for is iso's and that's why I like gnomebaker. I was unaware that Nautilus could do it.03:02
mptLaserJock, no, the current license for all Ubuntu Documentation Team work is dual GFDL and CC BY-SA.03:02
mptYou can't take GPL stuff and mix it in.03:02
MadpilotLaserJock: I'm going to write the "how to burn ISOs w/ Nautilus" section tonight, actually03:02
mptor GFDL stuff and mix it in.03:03
mptor BY-SA stuff and mix it in.03:03
LaserJockmpt: so basically we have to do everything from scratch or get the authors to relicense?03:03
MadpilotBurgundavia (Corey) also pointed out that Naut can do straight copies of CDs, so I'll play with that, make notes, and write that up too.03:03
MadpilotWe might not have to mention Gnomebaker at all, come to think of it03:03
mptLaserJock, not everything, just the paragraphs that were taken from documents under a single license or a non-superset set of licenses.03:04
LaserJockMadpilot: cool, I just wanted to say that iso burning is pretty important in the linux world so we would want a pretty good section on that, but I think you've got that covered03:04
LaserJockmpt: well that could be a problem for me. The packaging guide was originally a GPL'd doc03:05
MadpilotISO burning is even simpler than any other sort of burning - right click on the ISO, select Burn, done03:05
LaserJockMadpilot: sweet, linux gets easier and easier all the time. I remember doing it command line03:05
MadpilotNautilus is actually an amazingly powerful app, it's not just for finding your porn... I mean, your files :D03:06
LaserJockMadpilot: I never use it so I didn't know it did cd burning03:07
LaserJockmpt: now you have me somewhat concerned03:10
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mptLaserJock, I wasn't aware of that03:17
mptIf a document starts GPL and was adopted by the documentation team, they can't just unilaterally change the license, they have to leave it GPL03:18
mptbut the document under discussion is the Desktop Guide, which is dual-licensed GFDL + BY-SA03:19
LaserJockmpt: do you know if the license for a .deb package applies to the contents or just the packaging? I would assume the contents03:20
mptI have no idea03:20
LaserJockmpt: I got the doc from an aborted package done by a MOTU wannabe. The document itself has no license or copyright on it but the .deb package says GPL. That is why I assume it is GPL03:22
LaserJockmpt: I guess it was GPL because it "borrows" from the Debian New Maintainer Guide, which is GPL.03:26
Madpilotif it was derived from a GPL'd doc, then it's got to be GPL'd, doesn't it? viral licensing, and the rest?03:27
LaserJockhmm, at what point does it become non-derived? If there was every a version take from a GPL'd doc, even if it is nothing the same now, does it still have to be GPL?03:29
LaserJocks/every/ever/03:29
Kaiser_AwayMadpilot: yeh, afaik that's right03:30
MadpilotLaserJock: that sounds like a good "ask a copyright lawyer" type question, but I believe (IANAL) that the intent of the GPL is that all derived works will be GPL03:32
LaserJockok, so what do I do?03:32
LaserJockis it ok to just GPL it? or will that cause problems for the doc-team03:33
LaserJockwhat is the licence for the wiki? I think that has been debated before, right?03:40
Madpilotthe wiki is dual-lic. GFDL/CC-BY-SA, just like the rest of the docs, AFAIK03:41
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LaserJockok, well half of the packaging guide is taken from the wiki so...03:42
LaserJockthis is starting to sound more and more like a rewrite03:42
LaserJockmaybe it is a discussion for the list?03:50
MadpilotLaserJock: I was about to suggest taking it to email03:52
Madpilot:)03:52
mptlicensing screw-ups are always fun03:52
LaserJockwell, I think the original author maybe had a problem when half his doc was GPL and half was from the wiki03:53
LaserJockanyway, I will email the list and get the discussion going there.03:54
Madpilotheh, my simple little question about wording in the intro has already turned into a licensing mess, just add another larger one to the problem!03:56
LaserJocklol, licensing seems to be especially difficult for docs. There are so many sources to pull from. It is hard to track down all the licenses. You kinda have to do it from scratch but then why reinvent the wheel?03:58
mptSo write to your elected representative asking them to abolish copyright04:03
Madpilotanyone know what "(yelp:25163): Yelp-CRITICAL **: history_pop_back: assertion `window->priv->history_back != NULL' failed" means? I get that when I try and launch my modified version of commontasks.xml in yelp from terminal04:03
LaserJockwell, I don't know that I have so much a problem with copyright as the large number of orthogonal licenses04:04
Madpilotabolishing copyright is a bit extreme - simplifying our doc & wiki licenses is simpler...04:04
mptMadpilot, it's a programming error in yelp. Make a copy of your doc, then cleave chunks out of it until you have the smallest possible doc for which the assertion still occurs, then report a bug, attaching the file.04:05
Madpilotmpt: messy... thanks, I'll do that in a bit04:06
mptQuite similar to the process for reporting layout bugs in Web browsers :-)04:07
Madpilotmpt: paste of all the error msgs and console commands I used: http://paste.ubuntulinux.nl/531604:07
Madpilotis there another docbook xml viewer available, aside from yelp?04:09
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Madpilotcrap... yelp still isn't loading the xml I'm working on...06:52
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Madpilotbrian@warbard:~/ubuntu-doc$ ./validate.sh /ubuntu/desktopguide/C/common-tasks.xml07:08
Madpilotwarning: failed to load external entity "/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/common-tasks.xml"07:08
Madpilotwtf? the string is right, why isn't it even starting to validate?07:08
Kamping_Kaisershould it be ./ubuntu07:10
Madpilotyes, it should have been, now I've got a screenful of xml validation errors...07:12
Madpilotthanks07:12
Kamping_Kaisernp ;)07:13
Madpilotnow I've got to translate xml validation errors into english :P07:14
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Madpilotthere's no reason you can't have two <para></para> tags in a row, is there? I thought <para> = HTML's <p> tag?07:24
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamStepByStepRepository <-- the svn diff command listed there doesn't seem to work... or else i'm just following the example wrong...07:42
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nedhi all - can anyone help me with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamStepByStepRepository I have made an update but I am stuck at step 410:50
Madpilotned: which step?10:51
nedstep 4 - I have done some work on the serverguide which is in /generic not /ubuntu or /kubuntu like in the doc... if I follow the instructions but use /generic then I get an error10:52
nedmake: *** No rule to make target `au'.  Stop.10:53
Madpilotmeh...10:54
nedany ideas? I am probably doing something very basic wrong10:54
MadpilotI didn't get that HTML 'make' thing working either, I'm not sure what I did wrong...10:54
nedahh :-)10:54
nedI will move on to step 6 then - thanks Madpilot10:55
nedoooh I guess I can't10:55
Madpilotdoes your stuff work in Yelp?10:56
nedyes but there was an error - though all I have changed is some text within paragraphs10:57
MadpilotI got the same thing - it's a known bug in Yelp, I gather...10:57
nedI thought as much10:57
nedwhat should I do with my changes then?10:58
Madpilotdo what I did - generate the diff, send it off to the list, and get someone else to beat Yelp into shape...10:58
MadpilotXML drives me nuts, it's so wordy - I'm used to HTML/CSS...10:59
nedok - I am used to neither :-/10:59
Madpilotwhat're you working on?11:00
nedammending the serverguide11:00
nedsvn diff > sguide.diff11:01
nedoops11:01
MadpilotAttention XChat Users: This Is Not Your Terminal Window. Thank You.11:03
Madpilot:D11:04
mdkehi all11:08
mdkened, still here?11:08
nedyup11:09
nedjust about to post the diff...11:09
mdketo build the serverguide you have to go to the ubuntu/ directory again11:10
mdkeand do "make server"11:10
nedok - will do - but I don't understand why11:10
mdkethere is no real reason11:11
nedI get an error... bash: maker: command not found11:11
mdkeyou need to install "make" and probably "docbook-xsl" too11:12
nedMadpilot :-)11:12
nedI have docbook-xsl11:12
nedlet me check make11:12
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nedI have make 3.80-911:13
Madpilothi Burgundavia11:14
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Madpilotmdke: seen that common-tasks diff I sent out?11:14
mdkenot yet11:14
mdkeMadpilot, ok what problems are you having with yelp?11:17
mdkeworks here11:17
mdkelemme try applying your patch11:17
Madpilotit basically refuses to launch from terminal w/ common-tasks.xml, either the svn version or my modified version11:18
Burgundaviamdke, we need to choose a wiki license and stay with it11:18
nedmdke shall I post my diff as it is?11:19
mdkened, if it works, yeah11:19
mdkeMadpilot, yeah you have to open the whole thing11:20
mdkeMadpilot, your patch doesn't validate11:20
mdkeBurgundavia, feel free to comment on the spec11:20
Madpilotwasn't sure if it would, TBH...11:20
mdkeMadpilot, if you do "../../../validate.sh desktopguide.xml11:20
mdkeit tells you what is wrong11:20
Burgundaviamdke, sorry, that was badly worded. I have had a bad day11:21
mdkeBurgundavia, no, sounded fine to me :)11:21
mdkeMadpilot, in this case it is just some inconsistent tags i think11:22
Burgundaviamdke, GFDL and CC-by-sa 2.0 sound great to me, because they we can take straight from the wiki into our onw docs11:22
Madpilotmdke: from what I can see, the stuff it's complaining about is not stuff that I've changed...11:22
mdkeMadpilot, have a look at line 199 of the file11:23
mdkeMadpilot, its complaining because you've closed a tag twice11:23
MadpilotOK, found that11:23
mdke</para> (which was closed 5 lines above)11:23
mdkenuke the first </para>11:23
Madpilotyup11:23
Madpilotexcept that the validate script doesn't actually mention line 199 anywhere...11:24
mdkeerm11:24
mdkeit does dude11:24
mdkethe first thing it says is:11:24
mdkematt@kalliope:~/ubuntu/ubuntu-doc/trunk/ubuntu/desktopguide/C$ ../../../validate                                                                                          .sh desktopguide.xml 11:24
mdkecommon-tasks.xml:199: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: answer lin                                                                                          e 191 and para11:24
mdke</para>11:24
mdkeafter that, you just need to fix one thing in line 9611:25
mdkewhich isn't working because you have a <para> inside another <para>11:26
Madpilotnested paras11:26
mdkegot it :)11:26
mdketell me how you're changing it and I'll just commit it without you sending another patch11:26
mdkeBurgundavia, not free enough for me: too much attribution required11:27
Madpilotmdke: just ditch the inner set of paras, I guess11:27
Burgundaviamdke, they we should change our own licenses as well11:27
mdkeBurgundavia, why?11:27
mdkened, it's "make server"11:27
Burgundaviamdke, because the ability to move straight out of the wiki is important11:28
Madpilotmdke: so... to actually validate or view this stuff, you've got to validate and view some parent doc, rather than the specific doc you're working on?11:28
Burgundaviamdke, if our licenses require too much attribution, how do WP et al get away with not listing every author on the actual page?11:28
mdkeBurgundavia, it is COPIES of the material that require the attribution11:29
mdkeor derivative works11:29
mdkeMadpilot, the desktopguide is all one document. But you can run the script on the single file too11:29
Burgundaviamdke, WP have done offline versions11:30
Burgundaviamdke, observe the german wikireaders11:30
Madpilotmdke: hmm, I'm still thinking in HTML terms, I guess, where each file is freestanding, except for CSS links...11:30
mdkeBurgundavia, that's the same document, but if someone else were to copy and article and release it, they'd have to attribute the author and the url11:31
Burgundaviamdke, can we get away with "Ubuntu doc team"?11:31
mdkeBurgundavia, for attributing the wiki?11:32
mdkei don't think so11:32
Burgundaviamdke, yep11:32
Burgundaviawhy not?11:32
mdkebecause we didn't write it11:32
Burgundaviayes we did11:32
mdkeMadpilot, applying?11:32
mdkeBurgundavia, well, i don't think that would be sufficient attribution. I'd prefer to just license the wiki with something free-er11:33
Burgundaviamdke, then we need to change all of our licenses to something "freer"11:33
mdkei disagree11:33
Madpilotmdke: sorry, I thought you were going to tweak my diff as is, and apply it?11:34
mdkewe don't need to make it easier to copy our docs, but we do need to make it easier to copy the wiki11:34
mdkeMadpilot, ok, just wanted to confirm11:34
mdkedone.11:34
Burgundaviayes need to make it easier to us to use what is already written, regardless of source11:34
Madpilotmdke: thanks11:34
mdkeBurgundavia, well i have no objection to changing our licences but I see the pressing need for changing the wiki licence rather than a pressing need for changing our docs, because we don't need to copy our docs :)11:35
mdkei think we can address the issues separately11:36
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Burgundaviamdke, piecemeal licensing is a recipe for disaster further down the road11:36
mdkeBurgundavia, first, it's not piecemeal because the wiki is a totally different ball game. second, what disaster?11:37
mdkedon't forget the nature of the wiki is totally different11:38
Burgundaviawe need to figure out how to bridge the wiki <--> doc gap, not make it a 100' wall11:38
Burgundaviaholy crap we need bzr11:38
mdkeyou are high11:38
mdke:)11:38
Burgundaviawe have 4 different people sending patches11:38
Burgundaviano I am not11:38
mdkethe wiki is collaborative and anyone can chip things in, by contrast, only a few people have access to the docs, and even fewer actually write them11:38
Burgundaviathat is fine11:39
mdkeas for bzr, i really don't think we need a decentralised system11:39
mdkeit will make things more confusing, rather than less11:39
MadpilotBurgundavia: right now, at least, everyone sending diffs seems to be working on seperate docs...11:39
Burgundavianot relaly11:39
mdkebut we can talk about it11:39
mptIt can be as centrailized as you want it to be11:39
mpturg, I can't spell this early in the morning11:39
mdkempt, well i understand work is going on on that. But then again, so can svn11:39
Burgundaviamdke, unlike you, I don't see us staying with moin until the bloody world ends11:40
mdkei'm also told that the centralised aspect of bzr is not ready yet11:40
mptwith svn you have no choice :-)11:40
mdkempt, that may well be a good thing11:40
mptmdke, er what? Launchpad has been using it centralized since just before UBZ11:41
Burgundaviaand when we move to a more robust web editing system, our licenses will be far more important11:41
mdkempt, just what I was told. i was pointed at http://bazaar.canonical.com/LockStepDevelopment11:41
mdkempt, someone has to merge in launchpad patches I thought11:42
mdkeshit, i'm late11:42
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mdkeBurgundavia, quick last thought. What I say has nothing to do with moin. The fact is that the wiki is not where we write our docs, and everyone can contribute. If we move to a web editing system, I agree, we'll have to think about the licence for that. But for the main wiki, i see no need to have the _same_ licence as for our docs per se.11:47
Burgundaviamdke, here is a compromise11:50
mdkealso, i don't think the wiki needs a full licence11:50
mdkesomething simple is good enough11:50
mdkejust to make sure people know that they are giving away what they post11:50
Burgundaviagpl is not simpler than gfdl11:50
Burgundaviamdke, that is also a recipe for disaster, imho11:50
mdkeBurgundavia, gpl is not the proposed solution. You read the spec?11:50
Burgundaviamdke, I was reacting to your posting about the packaging guide11:51
mdkei was suggesting gpl for that guide, not for the wiki. Please read the spec11:51
Burgundaviaugh11:51
Burgundaviaanyway, we can talk later11:51
mdkesorry if that wasn't clear11:52
Burgundaviayes, that was not clear11:52
mdkeremailed11:52
mdkeok gtg11:53
mdkesee ya later11:53
BurgundaviaMadpilot, have you every seen js for something similar to this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4491672.stm11:54
BurgundaviaMadpilot, my crazy thought was doing that with svg and embedded images for help11:54
BurgundaviaMadpilot, and are you free on Sunday to work on the VLUG website?11:55
Madpilotsure - do you want to come over Sunday afternoon?11:55
Burgundaviasounds good to me11:55
Madpilothttp://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/scroll_gallery.html <-- near-pure CSS gallery11:56
Burgundaviacan it support clicking to stay on that image, ala the BBC gallery?11:57
Burgundaviadoesn't need to support IE11:57
Burgundaviaand it should only support clicking, not roll over change11:57
Madpilotno idea - there are a pile of gallery things out there, though11:58
Burgundaviaok cool11:58
MadpilotBurgundavia: new stable version of CMSMS due out before Xmas; v1.0 early in the New Year, apparently12:01
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BurgundaviaMadpilot, cool12:38
MadpilotBurgundavia: it is. you got my email?12:39
Burgundaviawhich one?12:40
Madpilotasking about your DVD SVG art?12:41
Burgundaviayes12:41
BurgundaviaI will do the work on that tomorrow if I get a chance, if not, by Sunday12:41
Madpilotthanks12:41
Madpilotneed sleep - got to work @ 1000. Ick...12:42
Madpilotlater12:42
Burgundavianight12:44
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jsgotangcohey all03:00
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mdkehi jsgotangco 03:37
jsgotangcohey mdke03:40
jsgotangcowhat's up?03:40
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freeflyinghi03:51
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mdkejsgotangco, not much, a lazy weekend04:51
mdkejsgotangco, we're seeing quite a few patches from new contributors :)04:57
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LaserJockmdke: ping?05:46
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LaserJockhi mpt06:43
LaserJockmpt: did you see my email (and mdke's response) in ubuntu-doc?06:46
mptLaserJock, no, I'm still about 200 messages behind06:46
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LaserJockmpt: np, I'll let you catch up then ;-)06:48
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MichaleRHey Robert08:05
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LaserJockmpt: did you make it to the ubuntu-doc email yet? :-)09:53
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nedfolks if I validate even before I edit I get an error:  ./validate.sh generic/styleguide/grammar.xml10:04
nedvalidity error : no DTD found!10:04
nedDocument generic/styleguide/grammar.xml does not validate10:04
ned - is that normal or am I doing something wrong?10:04
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LaserJockned: I'm not sure but I get that too10:18
mptLaserJock, 280 messages to go10:22
LaserJockmpt: lol, I'll check in with you later ;-)10:29
rob1who the heck was michaleR?11:08
mptwhowas says "Michael Rasmussen", why?11:12
mptoh11:12
rob1man ebay people are cheap, the postage for an item I'm selling is a little more then normal (due to its weight) yet I keep getting questions about it (despite me clearly explaining how I came up with the amount using the australia post website)11:19
HrdwrBoBbecause people are tards11:22
rob1yes. yes they are.11:23
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