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xulMunkeehi. can anyone help me with xmltex? it does an emergency stop when i run 'xmlto pdf ...'07:41
xulMunkeerather, all the XML-FO based formats for xmlto are failing with same error07:42
xulMunkeeit happens with dvi, pdf, and ps07:42
xulMunkeehmm. how about: has anyone successfully converted from docbook-xml to PDF using xmlto on ubuntu?07:44
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=== bhuvan was unable to attend docteam meeting. isp have ruined the plan
Madpilothi bhuvan10:22
bhuvanMadpilot, hello10:24
Madpilotbhuvan: you going to be able to make the Desktop meeting at 1700Z?10:26
bhuvanMadpilot, it would be 22:30 here. so i afraid, i cant10:27
Madpilottoo bad - 1700Z is 0900 here10:32
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mdkehey highvoltage 05:01
highvoltagehey mdke 05:01
highvoltagehow are you?05:01
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highvoltagegot your message on #launchpad.05:03
mdkehighvoltage, I'm fine thanks05:03
mdkedid you get that email of mine about wiki licensing?05:03
highvoltageyes, i did.05:04
mdkeany thoughts?05:04
mdkewe've amended the spec slightly since then I think05:04
highvoltagei read throw it along with a whole bunch of e-mails, and found it confusing and decided to get back to it later, things have been a bit hectic, sorry for not following up, let me just look at it again.05:05
mdkeno problem05:05
mdkehighvoltage, i was thinking of taking it to the next community council meeting, so anytime between now and then is great :)05:06
highvoltageah, i see.05:06
highvoltageyes, i wouldn't mind looking at the spec. not that i'm a lawyer ;)05:06
mdke:)05:07
mdkei'd appreciate it, I wanted the view of someone who worked a fair bit on the edubuntu wiki05:07
highvoltageelmo said that Mark wants creative commons sharealike by attribution on ubuntu content.05:07
mdkeoh05:08
mdkebugger05:08
highvoltagegeez, I don't know if I qualify as someone who did a fair bit on the edubuntu wiki, but thanks.05:08
highvoltagewhat licence did you choose?05:08
mdkepublic domain05:08
highvoltageinteresting.05:08
mdkeattribution on wiki content would be pretty harsh05:08
highvoltagetrue.05:09
mdkebut I mailed elmo, mark, mako and Kamion the spec, and had no response :(05:09
mdkethey could have mentioned it05:09
highvoltagecan i see the spec too?05:09
mdkeit's at WikiLicensing05:09
highvoltagei haven't seen public domained licenced material for any free software project yet. i'm not sure what the reasons are for that though.05:20
highvoltagei'm interested to see what the CC will say about it.05:20
highvoltagewhen is the CC meeting?05:20
mdketuesday i think05:20
mdkeno time set yet05:20
mdkean attribution license on the wiki would be disastrous05:22
mdkeimagine having to credit each and every contributor to a page05:22
mdkehighvoltage, elmo said that mark wanted that license on the _wiki_, or on something else?05:27
highvoltagemdke: hold on, I'll find the e-mail and forward it to you05:30
mdkehighvoltage, not if it's private tho :)05:31
highvoltagefound the e-mail, it was more broad than I remembered, and a bit vague.05:32
highvoltageforwarding to you now..05:32
mdkehighvoltage, thanks, i think that is more something else05:44
mdkebut on the other hand, we may have to think about giving the ability to put other licenses on specific pages i suppose05:44
highvoltagei liked what you said about imposing a licence instead.05:45
mdkeyeah that's what I'd prefer certainly05:45
highvoltagehaving too many licenses will be confusing.05:45
mdkecertainly for documentation05:46
highvoltageif someone wants another licence, they can keep it on their own page, like you said.05:46
mdkewhat about development material?05:46
mdkei suppose those aren't really copiable anyway05:46
highvoltagei think development material is always nice under a free license05:46
highvoltageso if someone is in a rush to use it, and they'd like to fix it up, they can.05:47
mdke:)05:47
highvoltagei see you that you understand :)05:47
mdkeyeah i totally agree05:48
highvoltagei think that the CC will add some good insight. as far as i can tell, your rational for licensing for the wiki is completely sound.05:49
highvoltagei don't think you'll have much of a problem with the doc-licensing suggestion.05:49
mdkedoc-licensing?05:50
highvoltageignore that :) i meant the wiki licensing proposal05:50
mdkeah cool05:51
mdkethanks dude05:51
highvoltageno problemo05:51
highvoltagehow's london? from the weather reports it seems that it's very cold there.05:51
mdkecold, but lovely05:52
mdkeit hasn't rained for like a month05:52
mdkebetter than July05:52
highvoltagewoe.05:52
highvoltagewow even.05:52
mdke:)05:52
highvoltageJuly was funny. it was winter here, and I came to London, the weather was almost exactly the same as here :)05:53
mdkehehe05:53
highvoltagethe days were much longer there though. sun setting at 11 at night. in cape town it was dark by 5.05:53
mdkeit's dark now here (5pm)05:53
highvoltagebbl. connected through cell phone and have to make call now...05:54
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Madpilotmorning - sorry I'm running late06:18
mdkeno problem :)06:19
mdkeno one else is here06:19
Madpilotah, never mind06:19
mdkeMadpilot, :( Are you around for a bit, maybe we can see if someone comes...06:20
Madpilotyeah, I'm here for a while06:21
mdkecool06:22
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mdke_burglaptop, obviously canadian television isn't covering the snooker final, huh?11:16
LaserJockhmm, I'm here but I'm trying to get ready for Christmas vacation11:17
burglaptopmdke_: I am at my GFs and she doesn't have television11:19
burglaptopplus I am recovering from surgery so I am lying in bed a lot11:19
mdke_ouch, hope it went well11:19
burglaptopI will end up taking more time away from work than I anticipated, due to it being more complex than imagined11:20
burglaptopbut it did go well11:20
mdke_good11:21
LaserJockrecovering from surgery and no tv. I would go insane! Unless I had some DSL and could chat here and do some Ubuntu work ;-)11:21
burglaptopI borrow wireless from the neighbours here11:21
LaserJockoh, well that's good, I guess 11:24
burglaptopit is nice and fast and competely free, thanks to our friends at linksys11:25
LaserJockWhile I am gone for 2 weeks over Christmas I will be lucky to get dialup. My parents line is like 24.4KB11:25
burglaptopouch11:25
burglaptopI intend to spend a maximumof 12 hours on christmas this year11:25
mdke_don't go!11:25
burglaptopthat includes transportation to and from my step mothers mothers place11:26
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LaserJockI get to spend 1 week with the inlaws and 1 week with my parents. My wife and I get to drive 1000 mi. through snow to get there.11:28
LaserJockbut I'm so excited ;-)11:28
burglaptopoh, and that also includes shopping for said holiday11:28
mdkeargh inlaws11:29
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mdkeHugelmopf: Reorganizing and extending the dialup/modem pages.11:29
mdkewicked11:29
burglaptopnice, that needed to be done a very long time ago11:29
mdkeyep11:30
burglaptopI wish we had a good way to contact people through the bloody wiki11:30
burglaptopmdke: well, hey, he contacted us11:33
KingBahamutThey havent made a PMer for wiki's yet burg.....that i know of 11:33
mdkeburglaptop, ?11:34
burglaptopKingBahamut: umm, mediawiki allows in wiki communication through talk pages as well as automatic emailling of contributors (without shwoing those addys)11:35
KingBahamutIll try to bring that up in the current meeting Im having11:35
KingBahamutthanks 11:35
burglaptopmdke: he emailed ubuntu-devel on a thread about modem users pain11:36
mdkeah cool11:36
mdkei don't read that list11:36
burglaptopjust cc-ed us11:36
mdkethanks11:36
mdkeoh rock11:37
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burglaptopsalut mhz11:40
mhzsalut burglaptop 11:41
mhzburglaptop: how many nicks do you have?11:41
burglaptop311:41
mhzoh11:41
burglaptopfor where I am11:41
mhznice11:41
burglaptopBurgundavia is for at home, Burgwork at home and Burglaptop for when I am on my laptop, usually at my GF11:42
mdkehey KingBahamut, you were looking for me yesterday?11:42
KingBahamutif I was capn 11:42
KingBahamutI have long since forgotten why 11:42
KingBahamutmy sorries capn11:43
mdkeah ok11:43
mdkenothing important then :D11:43
mhzburglaptop: GF?11:43
mhzGeekFree?11:43
mdkesort of11:44
mdkegirl friend11:44
mhzduh!11:44
mhzhehehe11:44
KingBahamutif it was mdke 11:44
KingBahamutId be spammin yer mail and irc whisper window 11:44
KingBahamuttrust me11:44
mdkecool11:44
mhzburglaptop: and she lets you use 'your' time on IRC?11:44
littlepaulmdke, did you heard about the ubuntu-motu-school?11:45
mdkevaguely... i read something about it on planet11:46
mdkey?11:46
mhzlittlepaul: hi. motu-school, very nice idea11:46
mhzunfortunately, I missed it11:46
littlepaulmy thought was to make something similar for ubuntu-doc :)11:46
mhz:(11:46
mhzyup, good idea!11:46
mdkelittlepaul, aha. what did you have in mind?11:47
LaserJockyeah, motu-school rocks11:47
mhzI offer myself for a Moin-School11:47
LaserJockthe only problem with motu-school that I have seen is lack of people willing to set aside enough time to help people. The MOTU are pretty busy as it is.11:48
littlepaulmdke, I would be happy if you or someone else could make a presentation regarding the whole doc thing ( in a few sesions) - I'm sure it would help11:48
littlepaulLaserJock, sure :(11:49
mdkelittlepaul, would this be video, irc, wiki page, what?11:49
LaserJockmotu-school is on irc11:49
littlepaulmdke, similar to motu first irc and then in wiki11:49
littlepaulthe summary goes to wiki11:49
mdkei'd be glad to help if I can11:49
LaserJockbut it will be transferred to wiki and eventually the Ubuntu Packaging Guide if everything goes well11:49
littlepaulright11:50
mdkethere is already loads of material on the wiki we can use11:50
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littlepaulmdke I am aware about this material but I think something practically would make it more interesting :)11:50
mdkelittlepaul, sure, i agree. How shall we go about trying to get people involved and planning stuff?11:51
littlepaulmdke,  the problem ist that many users to not join this forum - maby via ubuntu ml?11:53
LaserJockmaybe just email the list and offer up a time and place for people to come and see mhz dazzle us with Moin?11:53
littlepaulmdke, sounder?11:53
mdkesure, and the forums too11:54
mdkebut the problem is that people are always in different timezones and it will be tricky to get enough people11:54
littlepaul12:00 UTC Saturday or Sunday?11:55
mdkepreferably not next week11:55
mdke:)11:55
littlepaul:)11:55
mdkei can post it to planet too (*nudges jdub*) or we can get jerome/corey to post there11:55
littlepaulmdke first I can make a announce on the ml to check the interest and then as a second step planet11:56
mdkesure good idea11:56
littlepaulI mean you should make this announce :)11:57
littlepaulmdke,  do you know the motu report and den ubuntu desktop news?11:57
mdkei saw the desktop news post11:58
mdkeyou think we should do one of those too?11:58
littlepaulcould the ubuntu-doc team offer a monthly or periodical report?11:58
mdkeyeah we could11:58
mdkeanother good idea11:58
littlepaul:)11:59
mdkei post to sounder every so often, but we could do something a bit more formal if you like11:59
littlepaulthis could be a chance to involve people11:59
mdkeyeah, we really need to :)11:59
littlepaulmdke, such formal reports are like "milestones" 12:00
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littlepaulthe interest is bigger because people are waiting for such news 12:00
littlepaulmdke, we can talk further about this in 2 weeks if you wish12:01
mdkei'm happy to talk further about it whenever you like12:01
mdkehow do you want to proceed now?12:02
mdkeyou want to mail some lists, or shall I?12:03
littlepaulI hope that you get enough time to collect some ideas in the next weeks and maby it would be possible for you to create a formal thing12:03
mdkeon the school idea or the newsletter idea?12:03
mdkethe newsletter should be relatively easy12:03
littlepaulok12:04
littlepaulso pls bring it on the ml and announce this school idea12:04

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