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troy_sgreetz mad01:10
Madpilothi01:11
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adamant1988hello all, hello troy_s02:25
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adamant1988hi all, troy_s  :)04:00
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Madpilothi adamant198804:03
adamant1988Hi madpilot :)04:03
adamant1988How are you today?04:03
adamant1988Madpilot, is there any chance you could assist me in finding a logo I'm looking for?04:06
Madpilotpossibly - which logo?04:06
adamant1988Ippimail04:06
adamant1988I want to make a splash/wallpaper themed with the logo, but I can't find a scalable version.04:06
Madpilotif there's a decent quality bitmapped version of it, you can use Inkscape's Trace Bitmap function to get a good SVG version04:07
adamant1988hrmmm I guess I'll have to... lol... btw Madpilot how long does it take to get a wallpaper submission to be accepted to the Ubuntu art site?04:08
Madpilotno idea, I still haven't submitted anything myself :)04:09
Madpilotping here or (better) on the mailing list04:09
adamant1988yeah, I submitted a WP I did, I think it's decent nuff to put on the site...04:10
adamant1988http://dismalmuse.deviantart.com/04:10
adamant1988it's the ubuntu one of course04:10
Madpilotnice04:12
adamant1988I'm trying to do an ippimail logo because I support what they're doing.04:13
adamant1988erm04:13
adamant1988wallpaper04:13
adamant1988they're 100% open source email and 45% of their profit goes to charity04:16
Madpilotyou might want to contact them, see if they've got high quality versions of their logo around04:17
adamant1988I might try that companies don't respond to me usually =(04:19
adamant1988Madpilot, that idea worked :)I just made a bmp version of the logo and then used inkscape to trace04:28
Madpilotcool - Inkscape ftw ;)04:30
adamant1988heh04:31
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Madpilotrandom Inkscape coolness: http://www.warbard.ca/temp/C152-CGUZR.svg (946k, and apparently it crashes Firefox for some people...)06:53
troy_sadamant, the website won't be accepting many wallpapers until the whole art thing gets sorted...08:12
troy_sthe guys who have admin rights have been rather absentee admins.08:12
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bersacetroy_s: I'm very very sorry11:22
bersacebut i won't be there at the meeting11:22
bersaceI herztlich apologize, but i can't11:23
bersacei wish you will do some nice decisions :)11:23
bersaceif we have a vote, count one more of your choice as me :P11:23
bersaceor maybe like Frank11:24
bersaceif it differ11:24
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lapohi11:36
Madpilothi lapo11:36
lapoj #xubuntu12:03
lapoehm sorry12:03
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troy_sphreaks04:46
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andreasnmeeting in one hour, eh?05:07
andreasnback in a hour05:11
msikmaIsn't the meeting supposed to be now? It's 17:00 at GMT +1:00, and the meeting was scheduled for 16:00 GMT.05:12
cyanescentno I think it's in 40 minutes: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/05:23
cyanescentmsikma: it was decided for 16:00 UMT05:23
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sabdflhello all05:29
sabdfldo i have the wrong time?05:29
neodreamsHi05:29
lukacu16.00 umt05:30
cyanescentsorry UTC05:32
lukacuhehe ... yup05:32
msikmaUMT??05:40
msikmaOh05:40
cyanescentmsikma: you need to register on launchpad... I'm trying to add some suggestions you made on the mailing list05:41
cyanescentbut I can't add you as the drafter05:41
msikmaI did, but I'm named michiel3 there.05:41
cyanescentok05:41
cyanescentthanks05:41
msikmaNeat! Would those be the main page suggestions?05:41
cyanescentnot yet that far05:42
cyanescentI have a progress bar suggestion for gnome05:43
cyanescentwill get to the latest suggestions last05:43
klepas15 minutes05:43
msikmaI am so tired.05:45
klepas1:45 AM here :)05:45
msikmaPoor you.05:45
cyanescentmsikma: still can't find you05:45
cyanescentthere are half a dozen michiels05:45
msikmaLet me link you05:46
cyanescentwhat is your email on launchpad05:46
msikmaOh, right, I think I changed my name, or something. https://launchpad.net/people/msikma05:46
msikmamichiel@thingmajig.org05:46
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cyanescentthx05:47
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Who_So, are we about to havce a meeting?05:54
klepasyes05:55
andreasnyay!05:55
andreasn:)05:55
klepashave a copy of the agenda ready05:55
Who_i.e your email, or is there a final one on the wiki05:57
andreasnwhere can that be found?05:57
klepasthe email05:57
Who_i'm afraid I may have to be absent every so often - I am visit some friends at Uni and I'm just borrowing a friends laptop!05:57
klepasandreasn: if you have no access to it i'll find the ML message online05:57
klepasfair enough05:58
klepasjust a moment then05:58
andreasnwhat is the topic of the e-mail?05:58
msikma[ubuntu-art]  Meeting agenda for Saturday June 17, 16:00 UTC,in #ubuntu-meeting05:58
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klepas"Meeting agenda for Saturday June 17, 16:00 UTC, in #ubuntu-meeting"05:59
andreasnah, found it05:59
msikmaThe space after the UTC, seems to be a tab... or am I mistaken?05:59
klepasandreasn: could you link it here?05:59
klepasmsikma: space, iirc05:59
msikmaIt's supposed to be a space.06:00
andreasnklepas, oh, it was in my mail box06:00
andreasnbut I'll locate it in the archives06:00
klepasah, k06:00
klepasi'll find the online version then for Who_06:00
msikmahttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-June/002107.html06:00
sabdflall right06:01
sabdflevening / morning / night everybody06:01
andreasnhi sabdfl06:01
klepasthanks msikma :)06:01
klepashttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-June/002108.html06:01
klepasshall we proceed to #ubuntu-meeting or wait a few more minutes?06:01
msikmaYeah, that one's better, the first wasn't available as text.06:01
klepasyea, it was a html message06:02
sabdflto #ubuntu-meeting06:02
klepassorry about that06:02
klepasoff we go06:02
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troy_sEt!07:50
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klepasit be 3:50 AM now here07:50
troy_sklepas07:50
Who_good job klepas :)07:50
troy_sI forgot07:50
troy_sbefore you left07:50
troy_sleave07:50
troy_sMadpilot showed some interest in the wiki.07:50
klepasah, cool07:50
troy_sAnd I think he would be terrific if he can find time.07:50
klepasi'll chase him up on it07:50
Who_troy_s: you were saying something interesting back in the other channel about ubuntu-art and gnome-look....07:51
klepasduring the course of the meeting i had to squash two spiders that were crawling around on my desk... ugh07:51
troy_sklepas:  Time to move :)07:51
Who_klepas: squash them! why?07:51
troy_sWho_:  In hindsight, I 2nd Who_.07:51
andreasnif you kill spiders it's going to rain07:52
andreasndidn't you know that ;)07:52
Who_troy_s: What shall I do about it?07:52
klepasWho_: because they were large, and resembled white-tails... which give nasty bites07:52
troy_sIt rains here all the damn time... I don't know if means we kill a lot of spiders.07:52
troy_sWho_:  Um I was saying that I think we need a Content Management System.  The AUC is based on early gnome work i think.07:52
klepassome Australian spiders are rather poisonous... deadly even07:52
Who_klepas: ahh, I forgot you live in AU. I went back to NZ in January there (childhood home) and they are just suffering with white-tails07:52
klepasAUC is based on gnome artwork07:53
troy_sIs it Diku the other CMS that is good?07:53
klepasas in art.gnome.org07:53
andreasnwhat is sucky about the current auc?07:53
Who_so as people seemed to agree we can use it as a 'net' to catch and focus new contributors - what actions should we take to go about making it happen?07:53
klepasi thought a while back that perhaps gnome-look/kde-look's CMS would be good07:53
klepasstyled differently, of course07:53
bersaceHello all !07:53
klepasbut it is proprietary07:53
bersaceso what ?07:53
bersacewas the meeting good ?07:53
troy_sandreasn:  Admin features and structure really.07:53
klepasand they were not willing to share it07:53
bersacei saw a lot of spec !07:54
bersacenice !07:54
bersace:D07:54
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troy_sbersace:  Thank neil for that.07:54
Who_bersace: useful - big changes to leadership - Mark will mail the group07:54
andreasntroy_s, could it be fixed in collaboration with thos, or does it need to be thrown away?07:54
Who_andreasn: who is thos?07:54
andreasnThomas Wood07:54
troy_sandreasn:  I suggest that perhaps an existing CMS might serve better.  They are very good now and mature.07:54
Who_:P Doesn't help me much...07:54
troy_sandreasn:  And opensource...07:55
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andreasnWho_, he is the guy behind art.gnome.org07:55
Who_isn't art.gnome.org's cms opensource?07:55
andreasnWho_, thos is a regular gnome devel07:55
andreasnI think he maintains gnome-themes07:56
Who_andreasn: Thanks :)07:56
MadpilotGiven that AFAIK auc's CMS is identical to the one that runs every other official ubuntu site, and an Ubuntu/Canonical person will be sys-adminning it for us, we might as well just run with the standard CMS, because it's already there...07:56
klepasWho_: yes, written in Ruby07:56
cyanescentif we get another CMS its going to make admin even more of a nightmare tho07:56
Who_I think that either the theme leaders or the leadership team should also be admins on auc - that would give them good harvesting potential07:56
cyanescentwe're already bogged down in it... why more ?07:56
Who_yea, I see no need for a new one...07:57
Who_but I haven't tried t administer the current ;)07:57
troy_sWho_:  There are a bunch of very good CMS out there.07:57
cyanescentah... sorry off topic07:57
troy_scyan:  Not another, replace current I think is the idea.07:57
troy_scyan:  Or at least look at possiblity.07:58
andreasnI need to go now07:58
klepasalright, that is it for me07:58
klepasalmost 4 AM07:58
andreasnany of you guys going to guadec?07:58
klepashave a lovely day folks07:58
klepasandreasn: if i could afford it :(07:58
andreasnklepas, you too07:58
Madpilotnight klepas07:58
Who_nope, but have fun :)07:58
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andreasnbye all07:59
cyanescentREplace AUC-.... hmm, what'll we use it for ? it seems good at getting new people from the forums interested in contributing07:59
cyanescentwe really need those new people to get into the ML07:59
troy_scyanescent:  I was merely thinking of a place where immutable stuffs exists...07:59
troy_scyanescent:  If you could lock certain wiki pages (aka bersace/klepas/madpilot) it wouldn't be an issue.08:00
troy_sperhaps we should look into that instead.08:00
cyanescenttroy_s: ah I see your point. .. Can't we do something about that on the current wiki ?08:00
cyanescentditto08:00
Who_I don't thinik the wiki is a good place for people to submit artwork08:00
cyanescentsorry08:00
troy_sWho_:  If we had an incoming, i think it might be ok.08:01
Madpilotaccess control is doable w/ the new version of MoinMoin, apparently - wiki.u.c hasn't upgraded yet08:01
troy_sWho_:  Assuming we can limit the submissions to strict guidelines.08:01
cyanescentMadpilot: someone shoudl get on their case then08:01
troy_smadpilot:  That would solve all.08:01
cyanescenthehe08:01
troy_sHenrik Omma is the guy.08:01
Who_I think a structure more like auc where people can comment on te work of others is great - everyone loves feednback!08:01
MadpilotHenrik is it, and he's insanely busy from all reports :)08:01
troy_sWho_:  Yes, and a wiki allows for that too.08:01
Who_but not in the same organised way that gnome-look, for example does08:02
Madpilotalso - the ongoing 'getting the forum people involved' problem - that's an issue all through Ubuntu, not just artteam's08:02
cyanescentI'm pretty sure gnome-look gets a lot more traffic than AUC08:03
troy_swho_:  agree... but perhaps Neil is correct...08:03
Who_cyanescent: for sure!08:03
troy_ssimplicity might be a great place to start -- limit our tools to the three08:03
troy_sadn build out as need arises...08:03
troy_sas in, mailing list, launchpad, wiki08:03
cyanescentIf we integrate the wiki and AUC then we can get more people interested08:03
Who_can we do that?08:03
troy_sall of our needs are accomodated there no?08:03
troy_scyanescent:  I believe klepas and such are going to deal with a post at AUC08:03
troy_si would, but i don't know the means behind the mysql db.08:04
Madpilotthere's already a forum for Ubuntu Art - we should get a sticky post there about this team08:04
troy_sand my shell access only permits that sort of thing.08:04
Who_I thinkn bringing in huge numbers of people to the artwork team wiki is a sure fire recipe for disorganisation!08:04
troy_sMadpilot:  2nd that.08:04
cyanescenttroy_s: that's a start... but we can lay plans to move one ontop of the other08:04
troy_swho_:  Yes... but not with structure.08:04
troy_swho_:  we need folks who can do perhaps only a single icon coloring etc...08:04
cyanescentor maybe it's just too much work for now08:04
troy_swho_:  but again, structure is the key.08:04
troy_scyanescent:  Yep.  keep it simple.08:05
Who_troy_s: yea, it would be fine if we could compell people to stick to any structure. i'm not sure we can on a wiki08:05
cyanescentWho_: Once we have the wiki properly documented, you can really get random artists doing a good job08:05
troy_sagree 100 with neil on that.08:06
Who_:) I'll watch and learn this release cycle then08:06
troy_sproper structure and documentation.08:06
Who_(not to for artwork - for wiki structre...)08:06
troy_swell i agree with you who, the underlying manifesto/structure needs to be locked:  that's a no brainer08:06
troy_swho:  all i am suggesting is that if we expand too many tools that do the same sorts of things, then we end up with neglected information channels.08:07
Who_it's just gnome-look.org gets around 4 or 5 ubuntu based submissions a day - can a wiki accomodate that?08:07
troy_sNo.  But only 'on topic' submissions I am speaking of.08:07
troy_sAs in "we are currently seeking submissions for xxx.  Please submit a greyscale 256 color image of your pencil based sketches at 640x480.08:08
Who_troy_s: yea, I agree that too many tools is really not great... so keeping to just three works for me for now :)08:08
troy_swith me?08:08
Who_troy_s: yea, wiki can work well for that08:08
troy_sit makes indexing and sorting far superior... further with a slush incoming dir, et and pas / mad can manage.08:08
troy_sif it goes EVERYEWHERE, its a nightmare.08:09
Who_but I have a feeling we will 'catch' more artists if we allowed them to submit whatever they wanted when they wanted, and held 'competitions' for individual things...08:09
troy_syeah, that idea of harvesting... pretty sure we can contact many on gnome-look easily.08:09
Who_because it is harder for a community to develop around such highly targetted submission08:09
Who_s08:09
MadpilotWho_, the wiki could easily handle 4-5 submissions of anything a day - check RecentChanges sometime to see how busy it is currently08:09
cyanescentWho_: yes, but quality is a big thing with art08:10
troy_sWho:  Yes, but for what we need, we need specific components to finish Ubuntu's look / feel off.  So that is just the way it goes.08:10
MadpilotWho_, I also agree 100% on 'catching' artists & interested folks08:10
Who_okay :) I feel like I agree with you all on most things and am left arguing more for the sake if it now! bad habbit08:10
cyanescentwe can't just have rubbish to put into ubuntu08:10
troy_sWho:  Submitting is one thing, but you really need to work on prototypes with different compositions, hues, etc... then polish a given choice (meaning the whole team)08:10
troy_scyanescent:  2nd!08:11
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troy_sWho_:  Lol.08:11
troy_sWho_:  Devil's advocate is healthy.08:11
troy_si encourage conflict in most creative areas, but you need to be mature enough to know when it is just destructive.  I don't think yours was at all.08:11
Who_troy_s: agreed, but like I said, not as organic as auc could be08:11
Who_yea, ok. but I'll stop here - we seem to be at a good conlusion point :)08:12
troy_si think harvesting is great for ideas though08:12
Madpilot"We'll accept anything, but we're *really* looking for <foo>" is better and friendlier than "Sorry, this week we're *only* accepting stuff related to <something specific> - come back next week."08:12
troy_sgreat starting point to get our wallpaper directions, splashes, etc.08:12
troy_sMad:  I was thinking more about specs with attached wiki -- everything develops in unison with deadlines stated.08:13
Who_yea, we can just harvest gnome-look.org08:13
troy_sMad:  Via launchpad etc.08:13
cyanescenttroy_s : miksikma wanted his ubuntu website posts on the ML to be put up on Launchpad -- is it relevant ?08:13
Who_however, perhaps as it is not proprietry we should consider suggesting using art.gnome.org as 'field' to 'harvest' from (oh dear :P)08:13
cyanescentNot sure if we're responsible for that area.... so08:14
cyanescentwanted to find out from a "higher" authority08:14
cyanescenthehe08:14
troy_si am not higher.08:15
troy_sbut i think you all can make up your minds on it.08:15
cyanescentok, will put it up then08:15
Who_I think they can go there but I think perhaps it will not make much difference to what happens08:16
troy_sI think the specs need to be decided... Some will be struck08:16
Who_a mail to Henrik could be more fruitful...08:16
troy_sIf they are all there, we can post to the mailing list with polls, then be done with it once and for all.08:16
troy_swith me?08:16
troy_sHenrik is damn busy -- we need to pick up slack.08:16
cyanescentah... makes sense08:16
troy_sAnd, to make matters more bonkers, he is handicapped -- so I can't imagine how much effort doing Ubuntu takes.08:17
Who_troy_s: true. Maybe then some code to Henrik?08:17
troy_sWho:  Regarding what?08:17
Who_that he is very busy08:17
troy_sCode for what sorry?08:17
Who_what I mean is - if we want the website to look different then the person who can do it is Henrik, if Henrik is busy and can't do it then our only way of getting it to look different is to submit some html, css, whatever is needed so he doesn't have to write it, then he can choose what to do08:18
Who_that isn't very clear, but I think you can get the jist - Henrik is the only one who can _change_ the look of the site08:19
troy_sIf people have problems with the look and feel of the website, they should feel free to submit... but until some structure is given for submitting (as in what henrik needs etc) i don't know how effective it will be.08:19
troy_sI would say that once we eat a lot of what is on our plate, we can assume greater roles in other areas...08:20
Who_yea, totally agree!08:20
troy_sHenrik tends to go with what is out there.. .meaning if we get on line with the cd sleeves etc, he will automatically make the default website look accordingly (as you can tell now)08:20
Who_that's what I was trying to say in the meeting08:20
troy_swhich is terrific.08:20
cyanescentWhen we get our commander in chief or whatever hes called, he'll be able to email henrik with authority on the matter08:20
troy_swell then i would say we have a meeting of minds on that sort of thing :)08:20
Who_:)08:20
troy_shenrik is amazingly responsive... try him in person.  This is all about relationshipt.08:21
troy_sships even.08:21
Who_and with that I will leave! I'm not even on my own PC and am visiting friends!08:21
Who_(very understanding friends :P)08:21
Who_yea, I found him very responsive....08:22
troy_sThanks for trying to make it... we are all damn busy unfortunately.08:22
Who_yea! I'm not trying to say my circumstance is exceptional! hell, my life is not realy that busy at all this year (gap year with 12 month contract)08:23
Who_talk to you all soon08:24
Who_bye08:24
cyanescentbye Who_08:25
troy_scyan, yea i think i'll setup polls on them all once you have them itemized.08:28
troy_scould take hours, but worth it...08:28
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cyanescentI was actually hoping some of that would have been decided by the meeting, instead of the chat on hierarchy and communication08:31
troy_scyan:  We sort of did... Launchpad is the place.08:31
troy_scyan:  Which means that once we have them there, we can mailing list for approval, then poll for our finite targets. That is about 1000x more structurally sound than the process has been up to this point.08:32
cyanescentI agree.08:32
cyanescentIt will also look very different once we have a hierarchy08:33
cyanescentwhich will be i guess in 2 weeks08:33
troy_sOnce we have targets, we can then work on the actual design part -- motifs, thematics, etc.08:33
troy_sthen work to mock ups with compositional variants08:33
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troy_setc.08:33
troy_si would say one week08:33
troy_sparis is the starting point.08:33
troy_scyan, if you can keep up your launchpad use, i am pretty sure the rest of the folks would nominate you to admin if we need.08:34
troy_slaunchpad knoweldge needs to expand.08:34
troy_sfor everyone to use it effectively.08:34
cyanescentthat would be nice =) ... not sure they'd agree I'vebeen around long enough08:34
troy_scyan:  realistically, this is a clean slate.08:35
troy_scyan:  trying to build on what we have (human, etc)08:35
troy_scyan:  and documentation etc...08:35
troy_sthe rest can be sorted bout by chatting with sabdfl for exact details on a given particular area to make sure he blesses it papally.08:35
cyanescentwell it seems human is on someone else... --- does the outcontractor actually post on the ML ?08:36
troy_s/tell cyanescent If the truth be noted, I suggested much of this two months ago in the design doc, but no one bothers to read the stuff that other's do.  That's why i very much appreciated your work.08:36
troy_slaf.08:36
troy_sthere you go.08:36
cyanescentthanks... you have blessed me much =)08:37
troy_stransparency is key08:37
troy_swe can't have everyone factioning.08:37
troy_swe need to keep to our goal.s08:37
cyanescentafterall factioning destroyed the romans08:38
cyanescenthehe08:38
troy_sthat was my main issue with irc.08:38
troy_sit gets to be a little un-democratic.08:38
cyanescentright it seems everything has petered out08:38
cyanescentyes very08:38
cyanescentI don't remember using IRC except when I was 1208:39
cyanescentI have an unfamiliar Italian keyb too .-/08:39
cyanescentsee waht I mean08:39
troy_syep08:41
troy_s/tell cyanescent don't tell anyone you are italian.08:41
Madpilotthere's no such thing as a perfect communication solution; IRC is better than some08:41
troy_si agree.08:41
troy_sit works wonders for trying to brainstorm certainly.08:41
troy_shey mad, do you think you can do that wiki stuffs?08:42
cyanescentnot italian... I am luxembourgish -- my main laptop is broke08:42
troy_slaf.08:42
cyanescentguess that's worse heh08:42
troy_skeyboards scare me.08:42
Madpilottroy_s, which wiki stuff?08:44
troy_sthe restructuring... klepas and bersace point it, but i said that you showed some interest.08:46
Madpilotto be honest, I'm happy to leave the wiki alone - random restructuring with no actual content to move around is fairly pointless08:49
troy_sRight now, the content is primarily how to get involved, with outlines for posting to the mailing list.08:51
troy_setc.08:51
troy_sIt will grow, but without having some flow, the growth is like a weed.08:51
MadpilotI've always been inclined to let these things grow with minimal structure, and prune as it gets larger. That's why all this endless fussing with our wiki pages has been bugging me08:52
troy_sI tend to agree, but the wiki was so dismal that no one knew where to go for information.  At least that has changed etc.08:53
troy_sI think the idea is to prune it down to the bare minimum etc.08:53
troy_sWith template based additions.08:53
Madpilotyes - like you said, "how to get involved" and "how to contact the ML/IRC etc" is good. The rest came come as the content justifies it08:54
troy_sActually, I suppose we are going to need a subsection for Launchpad links, because Launchpad requires wiki entries for each spec.08:55
Madpilotyes08:55
troy_scyanescent:  You can't mirror links can you on launchpad -- I think i tried it.08:56
cyanescentwell... yes with a bit of a hack08:56
cyanescentwe have most of them pointing to the archives08:56
cyanescentif there's a duplicate, I just add a ?subject=somehtingorrather08:57
cyanescentto the end, and it seems to work08:57
troy_sWhen you have done your effort, do you think you could update that Launchpad Howto at the wiki with any more information you can glean?08:57
troy_sAhh... and the html still parses effectively?08:57
cyanescentsure...08:57
troy_sClever.08:57
troy_sVery clever.08:57
cyanescentyepo08:57
troy_sFrank's document is very good... hopefully we can bang it out further in Paris.08:58
troy_sI don't think it got wiki'd yet... I should email frank.08:59
adamant1988ello all09:17
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troy_sgreetings09:30
adamant1988troy I finally got my pattern to work ^_^09:30
troy_snice!09:30
adamant1988it turns out there was a script fu option for it09:30
troy_sadamant:  i was going to write you a script that would automate that open window collapse layers thing for a hotkey so you could do a temp layers adjustement.09:30
troy_sadamant:  awsome.09:31
adamant1988yeah you want to see what I made?09:31
troy_sthe scripts in gimp are damn powerful.09:31
troy_ssure... you have it on deviant?09:31
adamant1988no I'm not sure if I can legally post it09:31
adamant1988I used the ippimail logo.09:31
troy_shrm... you have a private site?  or gnome-look post?09:32
troy_smakes it eas.09:32
troy_seasy even.09:32
adamant1988I have an image shack that I use09:32
adamant1988if it's an issue I can take it down09:32
adamant1988no biggie09:32
troy_sgive me a link.09:32
adamant1988but DA could kick me off for it, I will in a minute it ahs to load09:33
adamant1988it's not like my other stuff though09:34
adamant1988http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6318/ippimail9ez.jpg09:35
troy_shas those raster issues again09:36
troy_syou need to try to svg a raster image09:36
troy_sso that it can scale better for your needs.09:36
adamant1988=\09:36
adamant1988yeah.. it'd be nice if I could do all that in inkscape09:37
troy_si think gimp can do it, inkscape certainly can09:37
troy_sbut make sure your resolution is sufficient when you do it... otherwise it will pixelize09:37
adamant1988yeah I'm doing them in 1600x120009:38
adamant1988what's happening is that I'm having to save them to a lower quality than I would normally be able to...09:39
adamant1988because the limit is 1.5 megs on Imageshack and 1.0 megs on photobucket09:39
troy_sits the uprezing that is killing you09:39
troy_sof the underlying image09:40
troy_sthe hand for example, is rather pixelated... rastered.09:40
adamant1988oh the logo09:40
troy_syes.09:40
adamant1988I did the logo in inkscape with the bmp tracer09:40
adamant1988but I agree.. the logo looks really bad...09:43
troy_si think if you up-ressed the logo using a basic scale, then trace09:46
troy_sit might be better...09:46
troy_susing some sort of cubic upres etc.09:46
adamant1988Maybe.. idk.. I was just in the mood to try a pattern bg/09:48
troy_spattern worked for you though... glad you got it added.09:51
troy_sdid the docs help?09:51
adamant1988didn't read them lol09:52
adamant1988I found the answer by accident.09:52
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viper550Hello10:14
Madpilothi viper55010:15
viper550I'll begin making new cursors for Ubuntu10:16
viper550My idea: big and friendly! I'll use 32x32 instead of whatever they use now10:16
Madpilotgah! Invasion of the Giant Cursors!10:17
viper550Or, I'll just use that size on Inkscape, then I'll scale them down10:18
viper550What type of edge would look better? Rounded or straight?10:26
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