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LaserJockmdke: well, it is really easy to *do* it but I'm not  sure if there are any items that might cause problems12:12
LaserJockmdke: it should be no problem12:12
mdkeLaserJock, would you take a look? the packaging has all gone a little bit funky today after Ian did his homepage hacks12:13
LaserJockmdke: what happened?12:14
mdkehe did some crazy hacking to make the translated homepages work with ubuntu-docs, kubuntu-docs, xubuntu-docs and so on12:14
LaserJockmdke: so now you just want to get to compat 5 so you can put in comments?12:16
mdkewell, i need to include all the translations in debian/install and there are going to be lots of stuff12:17
LaserJockyikes, that is a lot12:17
mdkeyeah, my commit message got caught in the mailing list filter ;)12:18
mdkes/message/messages12:18
LaserJockok, I checked the changelog of debhelper and it says version 5 should work 99.999% without needing modifications ;-)12:20
mdkethat sounds positive12:20
mdkeyou think we should ask Ian if his changes will be affected?12:20
LaserJocklet me check his changes real quick, I seriously doubt it would affect anything12:21
mdketrappist, ping12:23
mdkeLaserJock, your advice on something. It occurred to me that we've save space in the packages if we move desktopguide/C/sample to desktopguide/sample and amend the links. That way, the sample stuff doesn't get shipped with each language for the UDG, KDG and SG. Thoughts?12:25
LaserJockhmm, let me think about that12:26
LaserJockmdke: unless you want the comments in the samples translated (I don't think we do) I would move them12:27
LaserJockmdke: trying to make common elements common is a worthy goal, I think12:28
mdkeyeah, we don't translate those files12:29
mdkeok, I'm doing it12:29
LaserJockmdke: I don't think anything Ian did would be changed by changing the compat version, he didn't make an debhelper calls even12:29
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LaserJockmdke: any in Debian 5 is recommended12:30
mdkeLaserJock, cool, shall we do it?12:30
LaserJockyes :-)12:31
LaserJockjust don't kick me out if I'm wrong12:31
LaserJockmdke: I can do the conversion if you want to add the comments etc.12:32
mdkeLaserJock, ok. Can you build a quick test package before committing, just in case?12:33
LaserJocksure, sort quick ;-)12:34
mdkerock12:34
LaserJocksorta quick ,I mean12:34
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LaserJockheh, I'm trying to get home so I can install Beta12:45
mdkeLaserJock, don't worry about doing the compat thing now then, it's not mega urgent12:46
LaserJockheh, but it's fun ;-)12:46
mdke:)12:46
LaserJockit's not every day I get to work on a Main package12:47
LaserJockmdke: hmmm, my package didn't build, but I dont' think it is from my changes12:50
mdkeerror?12:51
crimsunwoo, fixed #34831!12:51
LaserJockcp: cannot stat `./ubuntu/browser-startpage/index-lt.html': No such file or directory12:51
mdkeLaserJock, ok, i'll fix thanks12:51
LaserJockwhat no ubugtu in here? :-)12:51
crimsund'oh, ECHANNEL12:51
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LaserJockmdke: so are you having to commit Ian's changes?12:52
mdkeLaserJock, I think I did so. Listen, are you sure you're up to date? that file is present for me12:52
LaserJockmdke: oh, maybe not if you committ recently. I should have checked that first, doh12:53
LaserJockI've got too many machines and checkouts12:54
robotgeekmdke: pong01:00
mdkerobotgeek, np, was about moving sample/ up a directory to avoid duplicating it for translations. I've gone ahead and done it, hope you approve01:01
robotgeekmdke: no problem, will it break links that i have to take care of, or do we handle that later01:01
mdkeI fixed the links, but it may cause some problems with the annoying kubuntu-docs system01:02
mdkei'll talk to riddell01:02
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mdkerobotgeek, lemme upload then, hang on01:03
mdkedone01:03
robotgeekmdke: okay, hopefully i'll be done with the xrefs today01:04
LaserJockmdke: did you do something with ubuntu/desktopguide/C/db/*01:06
mdkeyes, I removed it from debian/install and took it out of the builds01:06
mdkethat might only be in my very last commit01:07
enricomdke: hi01:08
mdkeenrico, ciao. some of my commit mails got caught in the ETOOBIG mailman filter. How big are they? not sure if it's worth approving them or not01:09
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mdkemm?01:10
mdkeon the phone, in person?01:11
robotgeekon the phone, we might be going to the Trenton COmputing Festival tommorow01:11
mdkeah, cool01:11
mdkeLaserJock, oh crap. It's not building, i need to change the makefile a sec01:13
LaserJockheh01:13
LaserJockmdke: I was just about to tell you that ;-)01:14
mdkeLaserJock, ok, works now. Sorry!01:16
enricomdke: I'll have a look (provided I still have the password)01:18
LaserJockmdke: thank goodness for bash history ;-)01:18
mdkeenrico, thanks01:19
robotgeekmdke: i am not updating the translations, as nothing would have changed, except line numbers?01:19
mdkerobotgeek, no, don't update any translations. We'll redo them all later and they will fall into line with the English01:20
LaserJockrobotgeek: awww, I'm sure the translators would appreciate the karma ;-)01:20
robotgeekmdke: cool, i'll just go ahead and commit then01:20
mdkethanks01:20
enricomdke: are you sure?01:21
enricomdke: I don't see your mail queued in ubuntu-doc-commits01:21
enrico(unless someone else moderated them in before I logged in)01:21
mdkeenrico, ah. I am not sure because I just assumed they'd be there. Maybe they were auto-discarded. What's the policy on very large emails?01:22
mdkerobotgeek, rock, thanks01:22
enricomdke: no limit, it seems01:22
robotgeekmdke: also checked aboutkubuntu and release notes, no xreflabels tehre01:22
LaserJockmdke: ok, the package built. is there any way to test it?01:22
enrico"Maximum length in kilobytes (KB) of a message body. Use 0 for no limit. ": 001:22
enrico(for ubuntu-doc-commits)01:23
mdkeenrico, *shrug*. I did two massive commits uploads translations and the mails didn't come through. See the gap between r2922 and r2925 at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc-commits/2006-April/thread.html01:24
mdkeno big deal though01:24
mdkeyou probably want to go to sleep ;)01:24
LaserJockmdke: is there anything in particular I should test?01:27
mdkeLaserJock, yelp, /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/html in a browser, and /usr/share/ubuntu-artwork/home/ in a browser01:28
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mdkeLaserJock, see that?01:28
LaserJockyep01:28
mdkejust give em the once over01:28
=== robotgeek sees flurry of commit activity :)
LaserJockthe doc team rocks!01:28
mdkeyeah, we do01:29
LaserJockpumping out documentation at the speed of the internet ;-)01:29
enricomdke: maybe they've been filtered out somewhere else01:30
enricomdke: in the worse possible case, they're still being dispatched and there'll be a huge mail bombing coming :)01:30
mdkeenrico, could be. no worries!01:31
mdkeenrico, grazie come sempre della disponibilita' :D01:31
enricomdke: di nulla01:32
enricofaccio quello che posso (che solitamente non  abbastanza :-/ )01:32
LaserJockmdke: heh, everything looks ok. I even saw the starterpage in French ;-)01:33
mdkeLaserJock, cool01:33
mdkeenrico, you'd be happy with the team, it is really rocking nowadays01:33
LaserJockmdke: I'll  commit the changes I made to get to compat 501:34
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mdkethanks, I'm gonna do a changelog entry I think to explain what the hell has been going01:34
mdke(on)01:34
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enricoactually01:34
mdkeenrico, where do you live nowadays?01:34
LaserJockmdke: heh, yeah. so just mention you moved to debhelper 5 to get comments or whatever01:35
enricoit's a great time for the docteam to be rocking: dapper's a big thing, and the extra time for polishing is the greatest moment for a rocking docteam to really show off01:35
enricomdke: at the moment, in Manchester.  Monday I'll go back to Italy01:35
enricomdke: now that I think of it, you're in the uk?01:35
mdkeyes, Londra01:35
enricomdke: ok, a bit far away01:36
mdkeyeah :)01:36
mdkeLaserJock, will do01:36
enrico(considering train prices, it's further away than Sidney)01:36
mdkehaha01:36
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enrico'night everyone!01:36
mdkenotte01:37
mdkethanks01:37
LaserJockmdke: bombs away01:38
mdkeLaserJock, yay, thanks01:39
LaserJockmdke: and with that I think I'll head home.01:40
LaserJockI'll probably be on a bit latter if you need anything more01:41
LaserJockbut you probably need to go to bed or something01:41
mdkei ought to01:42
mdkethanks for your help!01:42
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LaserJocknp01:42
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Madpilotevening all03:33
mdkeevening Madpilot 03:34
Madpilotgreetings from Xubuntu ;)03:34
mdkecool03:34
MadpilotI'm trying out the Dapper Beta LiveCD03:34
mdkeultra cool03:34
Madpilotit's nice, feels (on ten minutes use) very much like "Gnome Lite"03:35
mdkei need to try it out03:35
mdkedo you know how to use sed?03:35
Madpilotnope03:35
mdkeMadpilot, betterwikidocs has been approved by Mark03:36
Madpilotyes, you mentioned that last night - good to hear03:36
mdkeoh, wasn't sure whether you were around03:36
Madpilotany idea of a timeline?03:36
mdkenot yet03:37
Madpilothopefully in time for Dapper+1, anyway03:37
mdkeor even Dapper+003:38
mdkerock04:05
=== mdke finally gets the damn translations working
LaserJockyeah, I saw that the packaging guide is completely transltated into swedish04:08
mdkepretty cool huh04:08
LaserJocktotally04:09
robmdke, did you hear back from Jane about Lulu?04:10
mdkerob, no, I'll chase her at some stage04:10
robcool, sounds good04:10
mdkemight have got lost in her filters04:10
robthe WikiLicensing spec has some good points, Mediawiki makes it really clear what licenses the work is submitted under (part of the initial configuration is choosing one), perhaps something modeled of that (an icon depicting the license used with a short blurb)?04:18
mdkethat should be covered in the spec04:23
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arekmennerSo...04:29
arekmennerHow 'bout that DocBook, eh?04:29
mdkeit's good isn't it?04:29
arekmennerWouldn't know, just now learning.04:29
arekmennerFigured I'd give you fellows another hand.04:29
mdkearekmenner, welcome aboard04:30
Madpilotarekmenner: cool04:30
mdkehave you seen our various wiki pages?04:30
arekmennerYeah, I'm thumbing through them at the moment.04:30
LaserJockcool04:30
mdkearekmenner, what are you interested in helping with, do you know?04:31
arekmennerHahah, not at the moment.04:31
arekmennerI'm just getting to be a better programmer, so I figured I'd do something while I'm getting to the point when I could help ubuntu.04:32
Madpilotmdke: is the Xubuntu Desktop Guide on the web anywhere?04:32
arekmennerThus, I decided DocTeam might be a good place to simmer.04:32
mdkeMadpilot, don't think so04:32
arekmennerOoh, xubuntu.04:33
mdkearekmenner, which flavour of Ubuntu do you use?04:33
arekmennerAt the moment, xubuntu.04:33
LaserJockarekmenner: what languages do you know?04:33
arekmennerLaserJock: Python, C++/C, and PHP04:33
LaserJockcool04:33
arekmennerI'm not terribly fluent in any of them, really.04:33
arekmennerWhich is what I'm working on.04:33
LaserJockheh, I'm just trying to learn Python04:33
arekmennerLike I said, though, I felt like doing something.04:33
arekmennerOh, it's great.04:33
arekmennerSo simple, and it makes so much sense.04:33
Madpilotthat's three more languages than I know - programming is not one of my strengths ;)04:34
arekmenner^-^04:34
LaserJockif I get a handle on it and Fortran my programming will probably be all for me04:34
arekmennerSo, let's see...04:34
arekmennerI'm running xubuntu on a laptop04:34
LaserJockumm, that last part didn't make much sense :/04:34
arekmennerI'm on the same robotics team as jdong.04:34
arekmennerThat's where I got into it.04:34
arekmennerHe's a crazy fellow.04:34
arekmennerI'm going to get my desktop dual booting pretty soon.04:34
arekmennerJust as soon as I figure out how to resize my hard drive.04:35
arekmennerIt's a 250 GB on an old box.04:35
crimsundon't worry, I'm capable of parsing far less intelligible sentences, lj ;)04:35
arekmennerSo it only sees 130 of the gigs ;_;04:35
crimsunthat's a bios limitation, arekmenner 04:35
Madpilotarekmenner: I just helped a friend put a 250Gb in an old box, AFAIK it sees the entire thing (in Ubuntu, anyway)04:35
mdkearekmenner, nice, you might wanna help out on the xubuntu guide, which is being worked on kinda at the last minute04:36
crimsuneither the bios needs to be updated, or you need to install a newer controller card with a newer firmware04:36
arekmennercrimsun: I'm hoping it isn't the latter.04:36
robwhat version of xfce4 is xubuntu running?04:36
arekmennerThis is the last computer part I'll get in a while.04:36
crimsunrob: 4.4beta104:36
Madpilotversion 4.3.90.1 in Dapper Beta, apparently04:37
arekmennerI'm running dapper beta.04:37
arekmennerAny good way for me to figure that out?04:37
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arekmennerMy laptop's just over here.04:37
crimsun4.3.90.1 is 4.4 beta 104:37
robooh, when did that come out, I'm running 4.3.80.1 :)04:37
arekmennerPlaying Fooly Cooly at the moment... why is that still on...04:37
Madpilotarekmenner: in Xubuntu? Applications menu -> About XFCE04:37
crimsunrob: last week04:37
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arekmennerXfce Desktop Environment version 4.3.90.1 (Xfce 4.3 UNSTABLE)04:38
arekmennerSo I hear xubuntu just released a LiveCD.04:38
robXfce 4.3.90.1 here04:38
robhmm04:39
arekmennerVery exciting. It might just be the new DSL ^-^04:39
crimsunit's a bit "fatter" than dsl04:39
arekmenner(nods)04:39
crimsun(to be expected, since it includes more)04:39
arekmennerBut DSL's been getting bigger, too.04:39
robhmm..04:39
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arekmennerAnybody know of any good graphical IRC clients for Xfce?04:40
arekmenner(I know this isn't the place to put stuff like this in the future, but I'm just quickly doing something)04:40
crimsungood is of course an individual preference04:41
arekmennerHahah04:41
Madpilotit's got gaim by default, but you asked for a good IRC client... IMO gaim doesn't qualify...04:41
arekmennerI'd have to agree.04:41
arekmennerIrssi is good, but I'm in 3 channels here.04:41
Madpilotit does work, at least...04:41
arekmennerAnd I'd like to keep tabs on 'em.04:41
mdkearekmenner, can't you can keep tabs on them with irssi?04:42
mdkeoh, not audibly04:42
arekmennerWell, that's not really the problem.04:42
robarekmenner, I just use Xchat, gtk and all04:42
robheavily modified xchat though :)04:43
mdkei like irssi04:43
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arekmennerOh, silly me, forgot to dhclient04:43
arekmennerHm...04:43
arekmennerSudo's really giving me some troubles.04:43
crimsunwell-- I've found no client beside irssi that can actually handle all the networks and channels I'm in04:43
crimsunit's not uncommon for me to join upwards of 6004:44
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mdkeLaserJock, oy04:44
crimsunmanaging miniscule tabs in xchat*, konversation, et al, is just impossible04:44
arekmennerOh my...04:44
arekmennerThis isn't good.04:44
robcrimsun, tried treeview in xchat? I get lost in irssi after I join 50+ channels04:44
crimsunrob: yeah, but I don't prefer it04:45
arekmennerEr...04:45
arekmennerAgain with the stupid tech questions..04:45
arekmennerSudo doesn't like me anymore.04:45
arekmennerWait...04:45
mdkearekmenner, you'll get better support in #ubuntu04:45
arekmennerLemme check to make sure I'm a sudoer.04:45
robI do have a whole virtual desktop dedicated to xchat windows though04:45
arekmennermdke: I'm aware, I'm just thinking out lout. Sorry ^-^04:45
Madpilotarekmenner: if you're logged in as the first user - the one created during install - then you should have sudo rights04:46
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mdkeLaserJock, unping actually.04:46
mdkenight all04:46
robRight click on nick -> Kline :)04:46
arekmennerMadpilot: I just realized I'm not, we had an rsync party earlier, and everything's funky.04:46
Madpilotrob the bots were that bad?04:46
robsometimes yes04:47
Madpilotnight mdke04:47
robmy whois puts the ips/hosts in their own window too for easy access when klining ;)04:47
arekmennerSo what all does the Doc Team document?04:50
Madpilotarekmenner: lots of things - have a look on the righthand side of doc.ubuntu.com for some of our stuff04:51
LaserJockmdke: ping, unping, jeeze ;p04:57
mdkeLaserJock, ping05:00
LaserJockheh, pong05:00
mdkejust ribbin ya. If you have a loose end, do you fancy doing some more ubuntu-docs stuff?05:01
LaserJockshoot05:01
mdkeLaserJock, we need to add the translations to debian/install05:02
mdkeI've done desktopguide and about-ubuntu05:02
mdkeI'll just upload that05:02
LaserJockso do you want me to do other docs?05:03
mdkedo you fancy doing the PG? maybe even the SG if you are enjoying it?05:04
mdkeit's not fun05:04
mdke(uploaded)05:04
LaserJockk, I'll see what I can do. TZ tag team, we are good ;-)05:04
arekmennerback in a flash05:04
mdkeLaserJock, I've organised the file a bug with comments and white spaces, it should be pretty clear what's up05:05
mdkebtw, aren't there other files that should be in the package from the PG?05:05
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arekmennerEr...05:06
arekmennerThis is a little overwhelming.05:06
LaserJockmdke: like what?05:06
Madpilotarekmenner: what is?05:07
arekmennerI'm on two irc channels, and irssi is just overlapping them.05:07
mdkeLaserJock, files/ and images/05:07
arekmennerAny tips on that?05:08
Madpilotarekmenner: awful as Gaim is, at least it's got a GUI with tabs for channels in IRC...05:08
arekmennerHahah05:08
arekmennerAgreed.05:08
LaserJockmdke: yeah, files/ is used, images/ is not but it only has 1 image05:08
mdkenot used?05:08
mdkekill!05:08
LaserJocksure05:08
Madpilotback later, all05:09
mdkeand we need to install files/05:09
LaserJockmdke: so files/ is not included?05:09
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mdkeLaserJock, no, i don't see it in debian/install05:09
mdkeand the link is broken05:09
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LaserJockmdke: :(05:10
arekmennerAh.05:10
arekmennerAt least I have windows now.05:10
LaserJockmdke: I'll fix it then05:10
mdkeLaserJock, it's a one liner though, no biggie05:11
arekmennerRather, tabs.05:11
LaserJockmdke: ok, I'll try to get as far as I can, you can go to bed ;-)05:12
mdkeokay, thanks05:12
LaserJocknp05:12
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arekmennerAh.05:15
arekmennerHome sweet XChat.05:15
arekmennerSo do we have a place on launchpad for error reports?05:21
arekmennerFor documentation, that is.05:21
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arekmennerWelcome back.05:22
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Burgundaviaah, glorious free wireless06:57
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MadpilotBurgundavia, in Seattle?06:58
Burgundaviayep06:58
Madpilotgood boat trip down?06:58
Burgundaviapretty smooth06:58
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Burgundaviagot a window seat06:58
Madpilotnice06:58
Madpilotgot any time in Seattle tomorrow before you fly out?06:59
Burgundavianope, I fly out at 64007:00
Madpilot0640? Erk. Hope you can get a wakeup call from the desk. Or several. :)07:00
BurgundaviaI do on the way back07:01
LaserJockumm, yikes. Is there any espresso (or ubiquity) documentation?07:29
LaserJockI'm struggling with the partioning07:30
Madpilotworse than the old text installer's partitioning? (which wasn't bad, actually)07:31
Burgundaviathe partitioner in ubiquity sucks07:32
Madpilotwhat is ubiquity?07:33
Burgundaviahowever, it is good for the standard use case07:33
Burgundaviaespresso is not ubiquity07:33
Burgundavias/not/now07:33
Madpilotah07:33
Madpilotmissed that07:33
Madpilotif you needed /boot, /, ~ & swap, how's ubiquity for setups like that?07:34
Burgundaviaslightly counter intuitive07:35
Burgundaviahmm, my install went very badly07:35
Madpilothuh. I got very used to doing that setup with the Breezy installer - I think we did five installs on Clive's machine before the final one ;)07:36
Burgundaviathere are lots of little bugs that I think are a symtom of that07:36
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LaserJockI was going to tring to do LVM and there are no options07:37
Burgundaviayes, ubiquity handles the basic cases well, but hte more advanced cases badly07:38
Burgundaviaas wehreas the text installer handles all soso07:38
LaserJockwell, :(07:39
LaserJockI don't want to download the install .iso , I'll just make due07:39
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froggypinklehello07:41
gaz00hi07:41
froggypinkledo you think you could help me with my printer issue07:41
Burgundaviafroggypinkle: please try #ubuntu07:42
Burgundaviathis is not a help channel, this channel for chatting about documentation07:42
froggypinkleI have nobody talks back there07:42
Burgundaviahave you tried the forums?07:42
Madpilotfroggypinkle, just ask your question in #ubuntu, someone will probably answer07:43
froggypinkleyep and aparently its just supposed to work 07:43
Burgundaviafroggypinkle: I would file a bug then07:50
Burgundaviafroggypinkle: we are sorry, but we cannot help you here07:51
Madpilotgah - what's the URL for the list of Ubuntu mailing lists?07:57
Burgundavialists.ubuntu.com07:57
Madpilotthanks, just found it :P07:57
gaz00http://www.ubuntu.com/community/lists07:57
gaz00Oooh..lists.ubuntu.com is even better07:58
Burgundavia /community likely needs to be updated07:58
gaz00why isn't that linked off ubuntu.com?07:58
gaz00;)07:58
Burgundaviabecause the website needs an overhaul07:58
MadpilotBurgundavia, something for you to do during your flight tomorrow!07:59
Burgundaviaheh07:59
BurgundaviaI intend to sleep07:59
gaz00multi-task.07:59
Madpilotafter drinking all night? ;) (you are legal in Yankeeland now, right?)08:00
LaserJockgrrrr, ubiquity partitioning is making me not so happy08:00
Burgundaviaanyway, night 08:02
BurgundaviaI might not have internet tomorrow, being in a town of 5k in OK08:02
LaserJockmdke: unfortunately I wasn't able to work on ubuntu-docs. I was trying to revive my Ubuntu box but espresso is not behaving well, I will look at it tomorrow if you don't get to it first08:23
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Madpilothi jsgotangco 10:02
jsgotangcohi Madpilot long time no chat10:02
Madpilotyeah. how've you been?10:02
jsgotangcopretty busy in real life  but still active in ubuntu on other fields10:02
Madpilotcool. I've been playing with Dapper Beta LiveCDs - finally tried out Xubuntu10:03
jsgotangcooh do you like it?10:03
jsgotangcoi've used the first xubuntu iso from flight610:03
jsgotangcoi expected a smaller install though10:04
robitailleXubuntu reminds me so much of my old window manager I had in unix in the mid-90s :)10:04
MadpilotI do, actually. "gnome lite"10:04
jsgotangcodid the beta retain the spinning mouse?:10:04
Madpilotin the splashscreen? yes10:05
jsgotangcoheh that was wicked10:05
MadpilotI think the other versions need animated splashscreens too! :)10:05
jsgotangcoim very happy with the result of the beta10:06
jsgotangcoit is very stable10:06
Madpilotseems like it - I was just running the LiveCD for a couple of hours10:06
Madpilotswearing at Gaim in between trying everything in the menus at least once10:06
jsgotangcoirssi love dude10:07
jsgotangcoif there is no client10:07
jsgotangcohehe10:07
gobbein fact, xfce's old versions were quite 1:1 copy of cde10:07
gobbecde's desktop10:07
jsgotangcoyeah cde10:07
Madpilotjsgotangco, bah. If X exists, I'm going to use it ;)10:07
Madpilotcue my oft-repeated "Removing XChat-Gnome from Dapper is a huge mistake" line...10:08
jsgotangcoi have to start updating my laptop page10:08
jsgotangcoyou're just not used to having GAIM as a chat client10:08
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Madpilotno, all I do is IRC10:09
jsgotangcoxchat-gnome is more confusing as an IRC client at first glance compared to GAIM10:09
crimsungaim is just horrid, though10:10
robitaillejsgotangco:  personally I hated gaim irc client, and didn't like xchat-gnome.  xchat was fine.  But I prefer irrsi10:10
jsgotangcoyeah funny we have irssi shipped10:10
Madpilotwe should bring back XChat. When it first launches it goes right to #ubuntu by default - neither XChat-gnome nor gaim do that...10:10
jsgotangcobut the channce most users will use it is pretty low10:10
robitailleI wonder if some higher up people uses it :)10:11
jsgotangcoi use irssi mostly for remote connecting to my box10:11
jsgotangcos/for/when10:11
Madpilotrobitaille, probably10:11
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crimsunyeah, quarter after 4 AM. Bed time.10:12
Madpilotlater robitaille 10:12
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mdkeLaserJoc1_away, np, thanks anyway11:36
mdkemorning everyone11:37
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mdkeso I'm wondering if we should stop shipping html03:04
mdkeI'm fairly sure that we won't have space to ship html of the translations as well as xml03:04
mdkeso maybe it's worth giving up html03:04
mdkeno one has ubuntu-docs installed without also having yelp, or very few people03:05
mdkeand the html is on the website03:05
mdkeany thoughts?03:05
highvoltagethe only thing that comes to mind (not that i'm active with -doc), is that some people might want to read some docs off the CD before installing.03:06
highvoltagethat's where html in the cd tree is nice though.03:07
mdkehighvoltage, the live cd?03:07
mdkethe livecd has yelp, and should display the xml ok03:08
highvoltageoh, right... i was thinking traditional cd.03:08
mdkehmm03:08
mdkenot sure03:08
highvoltageyeah, then there seems little reason to keep duplicate docs around, as far as i can tell.03:08
mdkethe main reason for html is that someone running a server might want to read the serverguide03:09
mdkebut then again, ubuntu-docs isn't shipped in the server seed, so.03:09
highvoltagedoes that require anything else beside plaintext?03:09
mdkehighvoltage, sorry, I don't understand the question03:09
highvoltagemdke: what i mean is, does the serverguide really require an html file with images? wouldn't a plain text document be enough?03:10
mdkehighvoltage, well that's true. I don't know how to make plain text documents ;)03:11
highvoltagemdke: sorry, i might be going a bit off the topic you started from03:11
highvoltagehehe03:11
mdkebut in any case, I doubt we'd have room to include plain text translations03:11
mdkewhat we should do for edgy is to make separate packages for each document, and have some metapackages, I suppose03:13
mdkemaybe we should just include html for the server guide in english, and not other languages *shrug*03:16
highvoltageis there any sensitivity around the issue?03:20
highvoltagei suppose most people who would do a server install would have some kind of connectivity, with which they can get it on-line03:21
mdkeyeah03:21
mdkeand they don't have ubuntu-docs installed by default either, and might not think to look for it there03:21
highvoltageperhaps there should be a documentation tarball/iso that you could download seperate to the CD03:21
mdkethey are more likely to find it on the website than in ubuntu-docs, certainly03:22
highvoltageyep03:22
mdkeI'll mail the list, I think dropping it is the way forward03:22
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arekmennerSo do you fellows usually write the DocBook XML yourselves or use an exporter like MoinMoin wiki or that OpenOffice plugin?04:32
highvoltageanyone in -doc know where i can get ubuntu.ttf?04:32
arekmennerIt'd probably be somewhere on doc.ubuntu.com04:33
arekmennerI'll go look for it for you.04:33
arekmennerWait, we're talking a font, aren't we...04:33
arekmennerSilly me.04:33
arekmennerhttp://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/x11/ttf-ubuntu-title04:34
arekmennerCould that perhaps be what you're looking for?04:34
highvoltagearekmenner: thanks!04:36
arekmennerNo problem! ^-^04:36
highvoltage^_^04:36
arekmennerSo whenever any of you fellows get back, you could just tell me if you usually write DocBook by hand or export.04:39
mdkearekmenner, we write it by hand, at the moment there are not exporting tools which are good enough to make clean and valid docbook xml for our purposes04:40
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arekmennerThat's what I kind of assumed.04:41
mdkethere are some plugins for clever editors and bluefish has some helpful features04:43
mdkeyou can't beat gedit though04:43
arekmenner<nods>04:43
arekmennerBut that means I'll have to install Cygwin on this box.04:43
arekmenner(Or get it dual-booting)04:43
arekmennerOh well, I can just learn it for now.04:43
mdkeyou should generally use the operating system you're writing about :)04:43
arekmenner^-^04:44
arekmennerI'll write on the laptop.04:44
mdkebbl04:45
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LaserJockmorning all05:08
arekmennerMorning.05:09
arekmennerHow do?05:09
LaserJockhi arekmenner 05:10
arekmennerNot a whole lot going on in here.05:10
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rebelliousfreedohye everyone05:16
arekmennerHello.05:16
rebelliousfreedoi need help05:16
arekmennerWith what?05:16
rebelliousfreedoubuntu05:16
arekmennerHmm..05:16
rebelliousfreedoim newbie05:16
arekmennerThat would probably be better suited for the IRC channel #ubuntu05:17
rebelliousfreedooo really?05:17
arekmennerI hate to be so cheery and then ship you off somewhere else.05:17
rebelliousfreedohmm05:17
arekmennerBut this is mostly for writing documentation about ubuntu.05:17
arekmenner#ubuntu is the ubuntu help channel.05:17
rebelliousfreedooo ok thanx05:17
LaserJockyeah, what arekmenner 05:17
arekmennerAll you have to do is type /join #ubuntu05:17
LaserJocksaid05:17
arekmennerAnd then ask your question there.05:17
arekmennerHappy hunting!05:18
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arekmennerAw, he'll do fine.05:18
LaserJockmdke: is there any documentation for espresso/ubiquity?05:18
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mdkeLaserJock_away, yeah, Kamion writes it07:04
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trappistwho can edit http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/dapperbeta?  there's a couple of emails on the list about some mistakes07:49
mdkei'll have a look07:50
trappistand for future reference I'm usually available for proofreading high-profile publications like this - the doc says it's ours but I never heard about it until it was referred to on the list07:51
mdkemgalvin takes care of it, he writes them on the wiki then transfers it over07:52
mdketrappist, let him know, he often asks in here for reviewing, but you may not have been around07:52
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mdkejane seems to like the lulu idea07:58
mdkegood news07:58
trappistdid I get removed from the launchpad group?08:02
trappistah, found mgalvin08:02
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trappistaw dangit.  looks like I removed myself from the group accidentally when I tried to leave another group.08:10
LaserJockmdke: glad to here jane likes the lulu ide09:06
mdkeme too09:06
LaserJockwell espresso has been a bust for me :(09:07
LaserJockI'm pretty disapointed09:07
LaserJockthe livecd is awesome overall, fastest livecd I've ever seen09:07
LaserJockbut I just can't get the partitioning to work at all and it keeps freezing on me09:08
mdkehit malone09:08
LaserJockyeah, I think most of the stuff is already reported09:09
mdkei would have thought so09:09
LaserJockbut I have *no* linux ATM and I'm going to have download the regular install cd (which will take forever on my DSL)09:09
mdkeyeah, I just went straight for the installer09:10
LaserJockespresso is great at wiping out all my partitions, it just can't make new ones very well09:10
LaserJockI even tried partitioning using gparted first and then running espresso09:11
LaserJockbut it still wan't to reformat my partions as a different FS09:11
LaserJocks/wan't/wants/09:11
mdkeannoying09:11
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LaserJockbbl09:13
mdkewe need to think about how to publish these guides then, paperback/hardback, size etc09:14
LaserJockyeah09:16
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poningruquestion about a page on the wiki11:35
poningruthe restricted formats page11:35
poningrucan we put in a section about easyubuntu?11:35
poningruright at the begining11:36

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