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mdkebloody hell these translations are exhausting01:30
mdkewe need some scripts next time01:31
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smanhello03:45
smanafter the partition manager loads the computer stops i've leftit on for days and it just stays on that screen03:47
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Guest_790hey is anyone there?04:02
Guest_790im having trouble installing ubuntu on my toshiba04:03
Guest_790whenever the computer is trying to boot from the live cd or the install cd, the screen just turns black and nothing ever happens04:03
Guest_790anyone know why?04:03
Guest_790hello04:05
Guest_790?04:11
Guest_790?04:11
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mgalvinGuest_790: this is not a support channel... try #ubuntu04:49
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jsgotangcohi guys05:40
LaserJockhi jsgotangco 05:42
jsgotangcohey05:42
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robhmm, no one around?06:48
jsgotangcohi06:49
robhi jsgotangco 06:49
LaserJockso I'm around06:49
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robneed a password reset on the svn..06:50
jsgotangcoi dunno the process now, but if Im right, all requests are done with the RT06:51
robRT?06:51
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LaserJockrob: request tracker07:01
robwe have one of those now?07:01
LaserJocklaunchpad07:01
jsgotangcolp infrastructure07:01
jsgotangcosycns are now done with rt07:02
robah ok07:02
robwhere in Launchpad is it?07:02
robdid I mention that I don't like launchpad?07:05
jsgotangcoheh go rant at #launchpad instead07:07
LaserJockand they will say "We're working on it, you just need to wait"07:08
robdam closed source junk07:08
jsgotangcoim going to take a shower brb07:10
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LaserJockhi Madpilot 08:09
Madpilothi LaserJock 08:09
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jsgotangcoLaserJock: ping?08:12
LaserJockjsgotangco: yeah?08:15
jsgotangcoLaserJock: just doing some writing, can you confirm if dselect is the one used during installation?08:15
LaserJockjsgotangco: I'm pretty sure it is08:16
jsgotangcoMerci monsieur LaserJock08:16
LaserJockI asked in -devel just to make sure ;-)08:17
LaserJockjsgotangco: ah, Mithrandir says that the text installer uses aptitude and not dselect08:21
LaserJockdoh, I didn't see you were in -devel08:21
jsgotangcoLaserJock: thanks, actually i knew its all aptitude, but i needed to make sure, dselect isnt one of the prettiest applications out there heh08:26
jsgotangco(but dselect is still part of the distro)08:27
jsgotangcoso basically we use dpkg, apt, aptitiude08:28
LaserJockyeah, I used dselect a time or two back when I mess with Debian years ago08:29
LaserJockthat is where I was thinking it used it08:30
jsgotangcoyeah08:30
jsgotangcoalthough the Debian page doesn't recommend installing and doing a dist-upgrade using aptitude08:30
jsgotangcohrmmm08:30
jsgotangcomust be an old page08:31
LaserJockaptitude installs Recommended packages by default08:31
jsgotangcoyeah08:31
LaserJockI can see where that could be interesting for dist-upgrades08:32
jsgotangcowon't that add bloat unless the depends are cleverly done (ie, replace apps but not config files)08:33
LaserJockyou just need to run it as aptitude -r and then it behaves lik apt-get08:36
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Kamping_Kaiseris the 'quicktour' in /ubuntu/ in docteam svn?08:48
Kamping_Kaiserand i noticed trunk go quiet - is this because of stringfreeze?08:48
Madpilotyes, to both questions, as far as I know08:48
Kamping_Kaiserhm. i only see a quicktour for kubuntu. 08:50
Madpilothmm, you're right... I could have sworn the Ubuntu quicktour used to be in our SVN...08:51
Kamping_Kaiseri'm just doing 'an australian translation' (changing color/colour ize/ise etc). and noticed a few 'hm' things08:52
Kamping_Kaiserso i wanted to look them up08:53
Madpilotinto EN_au, eh?08:53
Kamping_Kaiseryeh. am i stepping out of the closet ? :)08:53
LaserJockI think that the quicktour has been depreciated, perhaps08:54
LaserJockand string freeze doesn't apply to trunk08:54
Kamping_KaiserLaserJock, that could explain it08:55
LaserJockI thought I remember hearing that About Ubuntu replaced the quick tour08:56
LaserJockbut I'm not positive08:56
MadpilotI know Corey has dropped quicktour - it was his project for Breezy08:56
Kamping_KaiserLaserJock, me to, but i saw it there, so i was wondering 08:57
LaserJockthe Kubuntu one?08:58
Kamping_Kaiseryeh. sorry. i;ll say that again:08:58
Kamping_Kaiseri thought the quickguides were dropped, but i saw a kubuntu one in svn, and an ubuntu one up for translation, so i wondred08:59
LaserJockhmm08:59
Kamping_Kaiserbrb09:01
jsgotangcoEn_AU heh...09:03
LaserJockI had no idea there were so many en_*09:03
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jsgotangcoif you get a form asking for your sex, in en_AU the choice would be bloke and sheila09:04
LaserJockI was making a chroot yesterday and watched them all the en_* be created09:04
Kamping_Kaisertheres only a dozen :P09:05
LaserJockhow are those determined?09:06
LaserJockI mean what about a en_DE for people who speak english with a german accent? ;-)09:06
Kamping_Kaiserhehe. 09:06
Kamping_KaiserLaserJock, i dont know. they are all dialect, but how big a difference is a question. en_AU could easyily just be en_GB09:07
jsgotangcoheh09:07
jsgotangcoLaserJock: we actually have en_PH here (this is a predominantly english-speaking country)09:08
jsgotangcowhich is basically en_US09:08
LaserJockreally? I wondered why all the filipino grad students in my department spoke such good english09:09
jsgotangcoLaserJock: that is a heritage of our American colonial masters theh09:10
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LaserJockwell, I'm glad our colonial imperialism did some good ;p09:11
crimsunnative US citizens tend to have abominable English. Pretty sad.09:11
jsgotangcosure we now have more fastfood chains that we ever need09:11
jsgotangcoand Col. Sanders stands proud more than ever09:11
LaserJockcrimsun: like me? hehe09:11
crimsunLaserJock: pretty much everyone including myself :)09:12
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jsgotangcoit runs in the blood lol09:13
Kamping_Kaiserhehe09:13
LaserJockand now we are just about a colony of Mexico so I guess it has come back on us ;-)09:14
jsgotangcohaha09:14
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Madpilotfor confusion, there's always en_CA, which can't decide whether it wants to be more like en_US or en_GB :P09:19
Madpilotcurrently we're going thru a "be more like en_GB" stage09:20
Kamping_Kaiserlol. your in a hard place there ;) en_AU is trying to be everyones bitch09:20
LaserJockMadpilot: yeah, we got rid of the GB part much sooner. :-)09:21
Kamping_Kaiserise > ize09:23
LaserJocklol09:23
Kamping_Kaiser:)09:23
MadpilotAmerican spelling creates a terrible surplus of "u" ;)09:23
LaserJockI was helping with this Edubuntu School Advocacy pamphlet for British schools09:23
Madpilotall those words like colour & armour that they misspell09:24
Kamping_Kaiserlol Madpilot 09:24
LaserJockit is sooo hard to get the ise vs. ize thing right09:24
Kamping_Kaiserthen the poor DE people have to use them ;)09:24
Kamping_KaiserLaserJock, esp. for GB, becaues they care ;D09:24
LaserJockI just let the British guys figure out there own spelling ;-)09:25
Madpilotor their own spelling, perhaps? ;)09:25
Kamping_Kaiserrofl09:26
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LaserJockyeah, whatever. I'm american, I'm expected to be sloppy09:27
LaserJockbut my mom would kill me if she saw my spelling on IRC sometimes09:27
MadpilotIRC isn't quite real, it doesn't really count09:27
Kamping_Kaiserlol ++09:28
LaserJockthose stupid homonyms get me all the time :(09:28
Madpilotthose are the ones that spillchuckers never catch either - proofreading still matters09:29
LaserJockI'm glad I had trappist and crimsun to straighten me out on the Packaging Guide09:29
Madpilotwhich reminds me, I should go thru the Xubuntu Desktop Guide this weekend - do a proofreading run09:30
jsgotangcoLaserJock: is autopackage evil?09:30
LaserJockwell, I haven't actually tried it, but from a MOTU perspective I don't think many of us are thrilled about it09:31
LaserJockwe tend to not like to have people running software from multiple package systems09:33
LaserJockwith our .deb repos we can know exactly what we are putting on the users computer and it has pretty extensive testing09:34
jsgotangcoright, im actually reading year old ubuntu-traffic postings09:35
dsasHeh, I was reading year old ubuntu-devel stuff during dinnertime yesterday.09:36
jsgotangcopre -devel? it used to be sounder acutally09:36
LaserJocksome people have expressed skepticism about the claim to be able to install apps on any Linux system09:36
dsashappened across the autopackage stuff then, it seemed it wasn't smiled upon....09:36
dsasNah, I was reading about Hoary time I think, in which it case it was -devel.09:37
LaserJockwe have a hard enough time with making Ubuntu packages work on Ubuntu :-)09:37
jsgotangcodsas: im doing a small article about package management systems for a local magazine, i had to list down the known ones, then their pros and cons09:37
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jsgotangcothere's also smart which is looming for eft09:37
LaserJockhmm, is there a wiki page or something about how to burn an iso so you can install Ubuntu?09:39
Kamping_Kaiseri thought there was 'a while back'09:39
LaserJockgood night doc people, I'm off to bed09:42
Kamping_Kaiser;ater mate09:43
dsasjsgotangco: http://www.licquia.org/archives/2005/03/27/autopackage-considered-harmful/ was pointed to in the discussions on ubuntu-devel I remember.09:43
dsasI remember mdz said that that article and the one linked was correct (but could've been put more nicely). Or something.09:43
jsgotangcothanks for the link09:44
jsgotangcobrb09:48
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Madpilotlater all10:16
Kamping_Kaiserlol @ quit10:17
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mdkemorning11:30
robhi mdke11:33
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robI want my password reset :)11:33
mdkerob: right yeah, I read in the scrollback.11:33
mdkerob: you said you were gonna send some patches!11:34
robI hate patches11:34
mdkewhy?11:35
robI just want to be able to sit down and start working when I get some time11:35
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robthere isn't any rush of cause, just thought I'd mention it after that email on the list11:35
mdkerob: you can, doing a patch is as fast as: svn diff > patch.diff && mail to list.11:35
mdkeanyway I can request a new account for you, but I'm keen to see you contributing again :)11:36
roband kill a couple of birds with one stone11:36
roboh, that reminds me, better check out the repo again (and leave it over night)11:38
robI've been sticking my head into a few xubuntu bugs11:39
robabout time a decent xfce4 distro came along :)11:39
robanyway, I'd better be off11:40
mdkebye, look forward to seeing you contribute again11:40
robbye mdke, so do I11:41
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hybridok can someone help me getting started with docs?03:25
mdkehybrid: absolutely. Did you see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam ?03:25
hybridnot thourghly03:25
jsgotangcohttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam03:25
hybridty mdke and jsgotangco 03:26
jsgotangcoread it, its only 3 paragraphs03:26
mdkeand then all the subsequent pages ;)03:26
mdkethe first step is usually to grab our repository and play around03:27
hybridyeah, i volunteered to help with the wiki, but i just dont know where to start03:27
mdkeah, for the wiki, we have a list of pages that need tidying up. It's at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CategoryCleanup03:28
mdkejust dive into something that interests you03:28
hybridok, so i just edit it, no proceedors i need to follow through first?03:28
mdkehybrid: we have a guide to wiki work at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiGuide03:29
mdkegenerally pages just need some help with making them easier to understand, or formatting help, and so on03:29
hybridok ty much03:29
jsgotangcobut then its a wiki page, fill free to improve on it (don't delete or make sweeping changes)03:30
mdkenp, welcome03:30
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WaterSevenUbwill the release notes be translatable?03:52
mdkei hope so03:53
WaterSevenUbok. 5 days left right? 03:54
mdkesomething like that03:54
mdkebut the release notes aren't in the distribution, anyway03:54
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Bluekujamdke: ping06:24
mdkeBluekuja: pong06:24
BluekujaI'm getting this error Premature end of data in tag article line 4, transforming xml file into html one 06:25
Bluekujaline 4 is <article lang="en" id="FtpServerHowTo" status="draft">06:25
mdkewhat are you working on?06:26
Bluekujai dont see any error inside that line06:26
Bluekujabut doing xsltproc i get that06:27
robotgeekBluekuja: does the file validate?06:28
mdkeBluekuja: with docbook all the tags have to be in a certain order06:28
Bluekujano, after that it says unable to parse06:28
mdkeit's likely that you haven't got the order right06:29
Bluekujaso it doesnt validate it06:29
mdketry working on one of our files06:29
robotgeekBluekuja: it would have told you expecting blah blah, got: blah blah06:29
mdkeBluekuja: in our repo, you'll see a script for validating docbook files: called validate.sh06:30
Bluekujaoh06:30
Bluekujatell me more about it06:30
mdkeyou run it like this: ./validate.sh ubuntu/desktopguide/C/desktopguide.xml06:30
mdkeand it tells you whether the file is valid docbook xml or not06:31
mdkeand if not, why06:31
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Bluekujaok matt, just a moment i try it and put here the log06:31
mdkeuse a pastebin06:31
Bluekujaok06:32
Bluekujawell, with validate.sh i get the same parse error of before06:32
BluekujaPremature end of data at line 406:33
mdkeas I said, tags have to be in a certain order, are you sure you have a complete article file?06:33
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BluekujaI'm not sure about i have started it from the first line, it's not a copy06:34
Bluekuja*it06:34
mdkeyeah, have a look at some existing files to see what you're doing wrong06:35
Bluekujaok perfect06:35
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jeffschBluekuja: your first 3 lines are probably something like this:06:41
jeffsch<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>06:41
jeffsch<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"06:41
jeffsch"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [] >06:41
Bluekujajeffsch: yes06:42
jeffschmake sure you have the final ">"06:42
Bluekujalet me check06:42
LaserJockI prefer ~/ubuntu-doc/validate.sh desktopguide.xml ;-)06:42
mdkejust to be different06:42
Bluekujajeffsch: yes final > is there06:43
jeffschfyi: validate.sh is nothing special, just a single line... xmllint --noout --xinclude --noent --postvalid $106:44
jeffschBluekuja: hmm...06:44
dsasplus  20 lines of gpl.06:46
jeffschhaha. gpl of a command line :)06:47
LaserJockhehe, that was my fault :-)06:47
jeffschBluekuja: is that the only error you get? Premature end usually comes after some other error06:47
mdkeBluekuja: paste us the whole file06:48
Bluekujait works!!06:49
Bluekujagreat06:49
Bluekujai didnt added the closing tag06:50
Bluekuja*add06:50
Bluekujaof article06:50
mdkeright, every tag you open has to be closed06:50
Bluekujayep06:51
Bluekujawell article one was at the end and maybe i didnt put it 06:51
Bluekujajeffsch,mdke: all it works now but the first title is duplicated07:00
Bluekujathere are 4 titles instead of one07:00
jeffschBluekuja: put your file in a pastebin so we can look at it07:01
Bluekujaoki07:01
Bluekujajeffsch: http://pastebin.com/71554307:04
jeffschBluekuja: you are missing the []  in  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [] >07:06
Bluekujai'm getting the same title problem07:08
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Bluekujai corrected it07:08
Bluekujado you see anything else?07:09
jeffschBluekuja: yes, your document does not validate07:11
jeffschsee the docbook docs for proper <title> tag usage07:12
Bluekujalet me check it07:13
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jeffschsorry, it's not the title tag... it's the article tag07:14
Bluekujaoh okie07:15
jeffschok, i found it...07:15
jeffschyou can have only one title tag in an article07:16
Bluekujaother ones are subtitles and so on  right?07:17
mdkeyou can have one title for an article, one for a section, etc07:18
jeffschone title and one subtitle under the article tag07:18
Bluekujaoh okie07:18
mdkeBluekuja: as well as looking at our files, look at incoming/article-template.xml07:18
jeffschafter that, you should use sect1, sect2, etc07:19
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jeffschline 32, for eg <title>Methods Explanation</title>07:19
jeffschshould be <sect1>Methods Explanation</sect1>07:19
Bluekujaand near first option?07:21
Bluekujaleaving title will be ok?07:21
mdkejeffsch: <sect1><title>Methods Explanation</title> ...07:21
jeffschoops07:22
mdkeBluekuja: look at that template, it is really good07:22
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Bluekujamdke: ping11:59
mdkeBluekuja: pong11:59
Bluekujamatt take a look here http://bluekuja.com/ftpserver.html11:59
Bluekujaput www in front11:59
Bluekujait gives an error without^^12:00
mdkeBluekuja: I see it12:00
Bluekujahow it is?12:00
mdkeBluekuja: what aspect of it do you want feedback on? The format looks alright, although the section headings seem to be uneven12:02
Bluekujayeah, i need to fix section headings12:02
Bluekujawell i think that would be a nice doc to put it12:03
Bluekuja*in12:03
mdkethe links aren't working12:03
Bluekujayep, i need to add them12:03

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