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Kamping_Kaisercan a tgroup have more then one tbody in it?03:50
Kamping_Kaiserit looks like yes, but the code block is failing to validate :/ oh well. 03:50
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dsastrappist: ping07:37
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motinI can directly spot 3 spelling errors in the swedish translation for Dapper. Who should I contact?07:47
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robotgeekmotin: i think there is a translators mailing list, and maybe you can translate/leave comments on the rosetta translation page?07:49
motinaight07:56
motini am in rosetta now07:56
motinwhats the name for the shutdown/logout dialogue?07:56
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motinwhy isnt rosetta searchable?08:06
motini would like to search for the word that I know is wrong, and correct it..08:07
Burgundaviamotin: because that part of LP has not been written yet08:10
motinBurgundavia: aight. I'll download a copy of each likely list and search myself then08:11
motinnaaah08:12
motintakes too long time08:12
motinwhen will that be written?08:12
motincan I help?08:12
motinwho's writing it08:12
Burgundaviamotin: sadly, LP is closed source and thus only the canonical guys can work on it08:18
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motinBurgundavia: hmm too bad08:42
motinthen canonical will have less help then08:42
Burgundaviamotin: the person you need to convince is mark08:44
motinonly mark, that should be easy08:45
motinwonder if he answers all email08:45
mdkeit's not easy, there are some quite good reasons for it being open source08:46
mdkenot being*08:46
mdkein the long term, they want it open source, of course08:46
Burgundaviamotin: you would not be the only person who wants it to be open source08:46
mdkeand they are releasing as much of launchpad as possible08:46
Burgundaviapart of the issue right now is that it is one giant app08:47
Burgundaviarosetta and malone, which are going to be opensourced, cannot easily be seperated from the rest08:47
motinmdke: are they making any money on lp?08:47
mdkemotin: no08:47
motintoo bad08:47
motinwhy have it closed then?08:48
mdkethink of it like this.08:48
mdkethe whole point of launchpad is to provide a way to manage all upstream projects and all distros in one interface, all of them sharing information08:49
mdkeif it was open source, before being mature enough that this function is really obvious, everyone would run their own copy, and the whole point of it would be lost08:49
mdkewell, not everyone08:49
motinmdke: thats a great point08:49
mdkebut enough people to defeat the purpose08:49
motini love the way it is targeting _all_ projects08:50
mdkeyeah, it's a good point. the launchpad developers (and backers) care a lot about open source, they wouldn't work on a closed source project without good reasons.08:50
motinnow i understand08:53
motinbut then too bad i cant help them fix the searching08:53
mdkemotin: yeah, it's a really common feature request.08:54
mdkebtw, https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-sv is who you need to contact about translations08:54
motinyeah I know, but it seemed easier to go to rosetta directly, for both of us. but then this came along. couldnt find the right label08:55
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mdkeyou can download the po and search it08:55
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jjessei was disappointed when i found out about this02:53
mdkeme too, as you can see02:56
mdkeI've put a lot of work into getting translation set up for our docs02:56
jjessei've noticed the kubuntu docs are well on their for translation02:56
jjessei guess it seems like a slap in the face of those that did the desktop guide02:57
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mdkewell, it diminishes the desktop guides a bit, but more importantly will cause confusion for the user about which they should pick. Id much rather makos chapters had been put forward, because those arent really duplicated.02:59
jjesseplus it makes those that worked so hard on the guides feel like their work wasn't needed03:01
jjessei just wish this was talked about back when we were planing the docs that were going to be shipped03:01
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theCoreI feel a bit evil ... 03:08
theCoreI gained root access to my dad box by guessing his pass. I don't like doing that, but I guess that what happen when you control things too much.03:12
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theCorecrap, I not in -offtopic?03:12
theCoresorry guys, wrong channel 03:13
jjessemdke: does jane read the mailing list?03:13
mdkejjesse: sometimes03:14
jjessemdke: i don't think my replies included her, should i forward them to her?03:15
theCoredoes the repository has been branched for Edgy?03:16
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jjesseall of the docs that are shipping in dapper are in trunk if i recall correctly03:17
mdkejjesse: mine werent either, I think she will read them sooner or later03:18
jjessemdke: ok, btw i'm getting wierd characters for contractions from you03:18
jjesse werent03:18
theCorejjesse: the docs are frozen, so do I have to wait for sending patches?03:19
mdkecontractions?03:21
jjessedidn't03:22
jjessewouldn't etc from you show up with wierd characters03:22
jsgotangcohi03:24
jjessemorning jsgotangco03:24
jsgotangcohi jjesse how are you?03:26
jjessedoing good, busy but good03:26
jsgotangcogreat to hear03:28
jjessehow are things going for u?03:28
jsgotangcopretty hectic at work, catching up though03:28
jsgotangcojjesse: sure thats why i said make it part of the CD but don't install it by default ;)03:45
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mptBooks and help are very different things ...04:42
mpt... maybe this will help clarify the distinction between them04:43
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Burgworkmpt, yes, but when you ship it as part of help, it becomes part of help06:20
mptBurgwork, so, Dapper+1 should perhaps split it into help-sized pieces and put them in the appropriate places06:46
Burgworkmpt, it will06:48
Burgworkmpt, the other issue is that the book also needs to stay in a book-like form so it can be published again, if needed06:48
jjessebut the issue that mdke and i have is that by providing the book on cd you are duplicating the dekstopguides06:48
Burgworkjjesse, I totally agree06:49
jjesseespecially if we want to include screenshots in edgy06:49
jjessewhich i think we should06:49
Burgworkmy idea was to merge the book and the various guides, and have some great content for printing for edgy06:49
mptBurgwork, (1) have a coherent help system in Ubuntu, (2) use the book's contents in Ubuntu help, (3) keep the book a self-contained entity. Pick two.06:49
jjessei choose 1 and 306:50
jjessethere is a different audience aimed for in the book then in the help provided by the distro06:50
mptOr pick all three, but only by diffing successive editions of the book and applying equivalent changes (if applicable) to the help (lots of work)06:51
jjessethe people that will read the book will probablly not read the help text provided and vice versa in my opnion06:52
mptNot in the same hour, at least06:54
mptBurgwork, how much technical review, copyediting etc has there been of the book?06:56
Burgworkmpt, a fair amount, by a fairly large number of community members (seveas, whiprush, etc.)06:56
mptcool06:56
jjessematthew east read them all as well06:57
jjessejonathan riddell read my section on kubuntu06:57
mptIs it available anywhere right now?06:57
jjessempt: besides from the publisher or jono not that i'm aware of06:57
Burgworkmpt, not currently06:58
mptok06:58
Burgworkmpt, it is about to press06:58
Burgworkto go to press, even06:58
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LaserJockmpt: I wouldn't hold your breath, svn is pretty good for what we do07:04
Burgworkmpt, s/cvs/svn/07:04
mptI'm not learning CVS for Ubuntu, but for Gnome :-)07:05
mpt(though they're switching to SVN sometime in the next decade, too)07:05
LaserJockI didn't even bother with CVS, everything I do is atleast svn if not bzr07:06
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mdke17:49:39 < Burgwork> my idea was to merge the book and the various guides, and have some great content for printing for edgy07:23
mdke^^ ideal07:23
LaserJockare more editions of the book planed, like for each release?07:26
BurgworkLaserJock, yes07:27
BurgworkLaserJock, depending on sales, etc.07:28
poningrualso who owns the book?07:28
LaserJockI'm having a bit of a problem understanding how the relationship between the book and the doc would work07:29
LaserJockhow do we avoid the duplication of work and possible inconsistencies07:29
jjessewiki?07:29
jjessesvn?07:30
theCoreLaserJock: I been working on a Cover for the PG07:30
LaserJockjjesse: but so far the doc team as a whole hasn't seen the book07:30
jjesseLaserJock: understand, but i think the book and the docs have a different target07:30
jjessei think the book will be great for more corporate like users07:30
LaserJockjjesse: of course, the doc team wouldn't know ...07:30
jjessegive them a warm fuzzy that they can go pick up a book at Barnes and Noble and read about this operating system07:31
LaserJockmy issue, I think, is mostly that the doc team doesn't really know (and perhaps can't know) what is going on with the book07:32
LaserJockso we can only merge or avoid inconsistencies after the fact07:33
jjesseLaserJock: to be honest it seems half the time i don't know what is oging on in the book07:33
jjessei just know what i ahve to do for my chapter, and i don't have a large overview of the goals that canonical has for the book07:33
LaserJockexactly07:33
Burgworkjjesse, you are not alone in the lost category07:34
jjessebe back in 15 minutes, work calls07:34
jjesseBurgwork: how does that get improved?07:34
Burgworkjjesse, call debra?07:34
LaserJockbut that's my point, the doc team will have no chance to react to the book because we can't see it and even the individual authors are having problems seeing what's going on07:35
poningrucan I remove the work in progress from flight 7 announce page?07:35
poningruhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperFlight707:35
jjesseponingru: i would ask mgalvin07:42
jjesseLaserJock and Burgwork sent an email to deb to see what is going on, will forward resposne to the mailing list07:46
LaserJockcool07:48
LaserJockI mean, I'm all for the book. I just feel like the doc team (and perhaps the authors as well) aren't being kept in the loop.07:49
Burgworkjjesse, cheers, thanks07:50
Burgworkjjesse, I will probably call her before lunch as well07:50
jjesseLaserJock: i totally agree, hopefully it shows through the emails to the list about inclusion of the book in the distro07:52
jjesseBurgwork: would be interested to here what they say, at work right now and cannot call :(07:52
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mdkejjesse: I exchanged a few emails back and forward with Jane08:07
jjessemdke: get anything worked out?08:07
mdkeshe gets the point I think, but seems really keen on including the book because, as she rightly says, it's quite exciting that the book is under a free licence and she thinks it is an important part of the ubuntu ecosystem (her word).08:07
mdkeI'm really hoping it doesn't go into the help menu, I think that would be pretty terrible08:08
mdkeif it has to go in, I can see a case for putting into example-content, maybe as the odt example piece08:08
jjessemdke: i think the bigger problem is what LaserJock and i were talking about, howw to manage the book going forward, will the authors or the doc team be responsbile for keeping it current?08:08
mdkeAh, that's a separate problem.08:09
jjessemdke: the example idea would be great as well08:09
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mdkeI'm sure we'll work out how to manage the book going forward, I don't see that as an issue08:09
Burgworkjjesse, afaik, there will be money for updating the book, if needed08:09
jjesseBurgwork: i think the problem is that there is a lot of AFIK going around08:09
mdkewhat I'm worried about now is that the concern for marketing this book is going to impact on the help system in a negative way08:09
Burgworkfirst refusal for that work goes to the original authors08:10
jjesseBurgwork: but that would be silly if the content is under an open liense08:10
Burgworkjjesse, not necessarily. If the content get abandoned, or needs work to make it book form08:11
jjesseBurgwork: understand now08:13
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LaserJockmdke: ping?08:47
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mdkeLaserJock: hi09:04
LaserJockmdke: I'm going over the book and I noticed that <application> is not treate specially09:04
LaserJockwhereas in yelp and HTML it is09:04
mdkeLaserJock: nice one, thanks09:05
mdkewe'll make it italics, shall we?09:06
LaserJockI think that is what the HTML does09:06
LaserJockactually it is bold in HTML09:06
LaserJockbut I think italics in yelp09:06
mdkeoh dear. we should probably change the HTML too, for consistency09:07
LaserJockmdke: hmm, should I point out things like that for yelp and HTML? I've noticed a few but thought they were intentional or something09:12
LaserJockmostly <application> though09:12
mdkeyeah, if they are significant, I guess we can change the HTML09:14
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LaserJockmdke: do you happen to know of an easy way to convert a wiki page to docbook?09:49
mdkeLaserJock: not really, moin has an xml output thing in 1.5 but it isn't really good enough for our purposes09:52
LaserJockmdke: well, I just need to get a rough start for someone to clean up, the page isn't terribly long though so maybe I'll just get them started with XML09:53
mdkeyeah, try moin 1.5 then09:54
LaserJockhmm, I don't know of any moin 1.5 that I would have access to09:55
mdkedesktop moin :)09:57
LaserJockyeah, unfortunately OSX doesn't have a 1.5 desktop moin, only 1.310:03
mdkeyou need to scrap OSX dude10:04
LaserJockno kidding10:05
LaserJockalthough I really like it10:05
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LaserJockmdke: still here?11:01
mdkeLaserJock: yes11:06
mdkeon and off11:06
LaserJockmdke: if I were to add a new doc in trunk/edubuntu/ would that be ok?11:06
LaserJockit's a little pamphlet that some edubuntu guys have been working on11:07
mdkedon't see why not.11:10
mdkeLaserJock: ^11:10
LaserJockok, just wanted to check first :-)11:11
jeffschLaserJock: in the repos, see /teamstuff/moin2db/xml_docbook.py11:40
jeffschLaserJock: i don't know how well it works though11:41
LaserJockjeffsch: good to know, thanks11:44

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