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imbrandon@schedule us/central08:33
UbugtuSchedule for US/Central: 01 Aug 15:00: Technical Board | 02 Aug 15:00: Edubuntu | 03 Aug 02:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 09 Aug 07:00: Edubuntu | 10 Aug 10:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 15 Aug 15:00: Technical Board08:33
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SeveasBurgwork, re: your blog: I would LOVE it if it were easy to use gai to add a repository -- like some sort of deb file containing repo info, gpg key and .desktop files 10:29
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imbrandon@schedule02:32
UbugtuSchedule for Etc/UTC: 01 Aug 20:00: Technical Board | 02 Aug 20:00: Edubuntu | 03 Aug 07:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 09 Aug 12:00: Edubuntu | 10 Aug 15:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 15 Aug 20:00: Technical Board02:32
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zul@schedule montreal07:56
UbugtuSchedule for America/Montreal: 01 Aug 16:00: Technical Board | 02 Aug 16:00: Edubuntu | 03 Aug 03:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 09 Aug 08:00: Edubuntu | 10 Aug 11:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 15 Aug 16:00: Technical Board07:56
Seveas@now amsterdam08:21
UbugtuCurrent time in Europe/Amsterdam: August 01 2006, 20:21:22 - Next meeting: Technical Board in 1 hour 38 minutes08:21
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Toadstool@schedule paris09:05
UbugtuSchedule for Europe/Paris: 01 Aug 22:00: Technical Board | 02 Aug 22:00: Edubuntu | 03 Aug 09:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 09 Aug 14:00: Edubuntu | 10 Aug 17:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 15 Aug 22:00: Technical Board09:05
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mc44@now09:13
UbugtuCurrent time in Etc/UTC: August 01 2006, 19:13:35 - Next meeting: Technical Board in 46 minutes09:13
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pittihi09:38
zulhey pitti09:39
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ogra:)09:41
pittithanks, we might need them09:41
ograyup :)09:41
pittialthough I had good echo on my mail09:41
pittinot much, though09:41
zulwhich email?09:41
ograi agree that its no suitable to enable it by default ... (even though i often thought about it for ltsp stuff)09:42
Toadstoolzul: the one about zeroconf, I suppose :)09:42
Toadstoolhi here09:42
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zulheh i tuned out for zeroconf a while ago09:43
Toadstoolzul: just a guess as avahi is listed in this meeting agenda ;)09:43
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=== ..[topic/#ubuntu-meeting:Ubugtu] : Current meeting: Technical Board | Calendar: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/event | Logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/ | 02 Aug 20:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 03 Aug 07:00 UTC: Ubuntu Development Team | 09 Aug 12:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 10 Aug 15:00 UTC: Ubuntu Development Team | 15 Aug 20:00 UTC: Technical Board
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mjg59Evening10:01
Keybukdo we have an mdz?10:01
mjg59mdz: Here?10:01
mjg59Seemingly not right now10:02
KeybukSMS sent10:02
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smurf.. how do you send a short message service? I tend to restrict myself to actual short messages. ;-)10:03
Keybuksmurf: pedant10:03
Gloubiboulgaevening all10:04
smurfKeybuk: language is strange10:04
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mjg59Keybuk: Shall we get on with it?10:05
zulafternoon10:05
Keybukyup10:05
mjg59Ok10:05
Keybukno reply, let's get on with it10:05
mjg59So, core-dev members?10:05
mjg59Looks like Guavin and Hobbsee10:06
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Gloubiboulgayes10:06
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ograseems Hobbsse didnt wake up in time10:06
KeybukGloubiboulga: you first then10:06
mjg59Gloubiboulga: Ok, let's go with you10:06
mjg59Gloubiboulga: Brief introduction?10:06
Keybuk(if somebody can ping hobbsse, please do so)10:06
Gloubiboulgaok, here is my wiki page : http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Gauvain10:06
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Gloubiboulga(LP account linked on it)10:06
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GloubiboulgaMy point with becoming an core-dev is to be able to work on xubuntu10:07
Gloubiboulgai've already worked on it when I became a MOTU, but all the packages are in main now10:07
mjg59Gloubiboulga: How many Xubuntu core-devs are there right now?10:07
ograone10:08
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Gloubiboulgamjg59, one: janimo 10:08
mjg59Gloubiboulga: Ok, so that's a pretty good argument :)10:08
Gloubiboulgahehe10:08
janimowe'll hopefully grow by 100% tonight10:08
mjg59janimo: How would you rate Gloubiboulga's contributions?10:08
janimogreat10:08
janimohe has helped a lot10:08
janimoand having him work on main packages would helpe even more10:09
mjg59Gloubiboulga: You mention in your wiki page that you think xubuntu is lacking in some areas. How would you improve those?10:09
Gloubiboulgamjg59, in two ways: 1. coding (ourself and working with upstream), 2. using already exinstant tools in ubuntu10:10
mjg59How close is your relationship with upstream?10:10
Gloubiboulga2. is not always easy, since we try to avoid gnome libs10:10
ograGloubiboulga, how do you plan to avoid code duplication in the future ? there were some issues in the past ...10:11
GloubiboulgaI have not a strong relationship with upstream, since Jani did all the job until now :)10:11
Gloubiboulgaogra, cdbs multibuild is the key IMO10:11
ograpatching the gnome deps out of the apps ?10:11
Gloubiboulgaseveral apps could be build with and without gnome deps10:12
mjg59Gloubiboulga: How familiar are you with building multiple binaries without using cdbs?10:12
mdzmjg59,keybuk: morning10:12
Gloubiboulgaogra, we'd like to avoid this as much as possible10:12
janimoogra, that pacthing out is fairly routine. We have yet to come up with the CDBS magic10:12
Gloubiboulgamjg59, I've worked on the goffice and gnumeric multibuild10:12
Gloubiboulga(plain debhelper)10:12
mjg59Gloubiboulga: Ok, cool10:13
Gloubiboulgagetting the same result with CDBS is still a problem10:13
Gloubiboulgabut I'm sure we'll find solutions (working with jbailey maybe?)10:14
mjg59Gloubiboulga: So while there's some desire to avoid Xubuntu turning into something that's effectively identical to gnome, presumably you're keen on supporting the same basic infrastructure? (Stuff like hal, for instance)10:14
dholbachI'm happy with Gloubiboulga's work on goffice and gnumeric - there were some issues, he worked hard on getting them fixed, did the merges with Debian and talked to the Debian maintainer to get the patch merged back (as it was not trivial)10:14
pittiGloubiboulga: it's not a problem (it's not more effort than with plain debhelper), but not as convenient as it could be10:14
Gloubiboulgamjg59, sure, Xubuntu is ubuntu based, we don't forget that10:15
janimomjg59: we already depend on hal for PM and removable volumes10:15
janimoand soon laptop keys I hope10:16
Gloubiboulgapitti, we wan't something that can easily maintainable, since gnome packagers will work on the same packages too10:16
mjg59Ok, I think I'm done10:16
mjg59Keybuk, mdz: ?10:16
janimoand it's ok with being almost identical to gnome as far as looks and some features go, if we can get there with less resource usage10:16
seb128Gloubiboulga: cdbs is easy to maintain ;)10:17
KeybukGloubiboulga: what kind of integration with things like network manager, gnome power manager, etc. do you plan for XFCE?10:17
Keybukwe're increasingly using these in Ubuntu10:17
pittiGloubiboulga: let's talk about this in a separate discussion, I'm sure we can figure something out10:17
Gloubiboulgaseb128, sure, but with lots and lots of hacks for the multibuilds, it might be a little harder ;)10:17
seb128Gloubiboulga: not that many hack, it's shorted than the debhelper variant10:17
seb128anyway, that's not really the topic now ;)10:18
GloubiboulgaKeybuk, well, that's part of the "avoid duplication" spec. gnome power management for example could be easily used in xubuntu10:19
ograthe problem will rather be maintaining the patches than the build system i guess :)10:19
janimoKeybuk: I have looked at both and would use them if we can get them build gnome-less. They both dep on libgnomeui which needs all the rest of gnome libs10:19
Keybukdoesn't that break their GNOME functionality?10:19
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seb128Gloubiboulga: it's using gconf, isn't that an issue for you?10:20
janimoKeybuk: some apps only depend on gnome libs because of legacy code. Some uses are of course valid10:20
mdzgconf is fairly light as the issues go10:20
Gloubiboulgaseb128, no, we have gconf too on xubuntu10:20
janimoseb128: we consider gconf ok for now, compared to the rest of the libs10:20
janimoit is used by gdm anyway10:20
seb128ok, I though you were discussing with mvo some time ago about getting update tools working without gconf or something like that10:21
seb128no, gdm doesn't use gconf10:21
seb128but it should, the gdm.conf is not fun to maintain :p10:21
janimoKeybuk: I try to bring this up on gnome-devel, there's an ongoing thread which touches on libgnomeui in particluar10:21
janimoseb128: yes update-manager work w/o gconf10:21
janimothat was an issue because of the gnome python bindings, which even if you only use gconf-python brings all the libs since the bindings are monolithic10:22
seb128right10:22
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mdzheh10:22
janimoseb128: gdm uses gconf via keyring or some other dependency then10:22
janimofor gdm-setup10:23
Gloubiboulgahi mdz 10:23
airjumphello10:23
seb128janimo: I doubt of it10:23
Keybukmdz: any questions?10:24
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seb128janimo: let's have a look on that later, but gdm doesn't use the keyring nor gconf and they got ride of some of the libgnome* functions they were using10:24
janimoseb128: hmm, something used gconf in dapper, via gdm. Looks like not keyring then10:24
mjg59seb128: janimo: Can we leave this until later?10:24
janimoseb128: I know I sent the patch for getting rid of libgnome*10:25
janimomjg59: sure soryy10:25
seb128mjg59: that's just what I said10:25
mjg59No problem :)10:25
mjg59mdz: Going once...10:25
mjg59mdz: Twice...10:26
mdzmjg59: stand by10:26
airjumpbye10:26
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mdzmjg59: ok10:29
mjg59mdz: Any questions?10:29
mdzmjg59: settled out of band10:30
mjg59Ok. Votes?10:30
Keybuk+110:30
mdz+110:30
ograGloubiboulga, congrats !10:31
Gloubiboulgathanks :)10:31
ToadstoolGloubiboulga: yay!!! congrats' :)10:31
dholbachcongratulations Gloubiboulga!10:31
janimoGloubiboulga: \o/10:31
imbrandonGloubiboulga: congrats ;)10:31
Gloubiboulgadholbach, janimo, thanks for the support10:31
pittiGloubiboulga: welcome!10:31
KeybukHobbsee hasn't woken up, so we'll move onto ubuntu-dev candidates10:31
Gloubiboulgathanks pitti, Toadstool, imbrandon 10:31
Gloubiboulgaand ogra!10:32
mjg59Various ubuntu-dev candidates on the list10:32
mjg59Any of you here?10:32
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Keybukttyfscker, azeem, imbrandon, tepsipakki, "Juliano Bastos"10:32
imbrandon...10:33
Keybukazeem: you first then10:33
bddebianazeem++\10:33
mjg59azeem: Brief introduction to yourself?10:33
azeemI am Michael Banck, my wiki page is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MichaelBanck.  I am a Debian Developer for a couple of years now and Ubuntu Member for some time as well.10:33
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azeemI've been helping people in #ubuntu-motu mostly, and coordinated chemistry-related UbuntuScience packages with Jordan Mantha in Debian.  I have also tried to better the Debian<->Ubuntu relationship where possible. 10:33
azeemI am applying for ubuntu-dev to integrate the opensync framework (together with lifeless) and maintain the various chemistry packages in universe (together with UbuntuScience).10:33
Keybukazeem: your wiki page claims you do not plan to do any generic MOTU work at this point ?10:33
azeem.10:33
azeemKeybuk: I'm pretty occupied with my PhD right now10:34
mjg59azeem: So you're mostly planning on focusing on a specific small area?10:34
Keybukazeem: have you done much work with the MOTU to date?10:35
ograazeem is around since a very long time in -motu and was helping a lot of newcomers with basic packaging ...10:35
mdzazeem: a similar set of packages to what you work with in Debian?10:35
azeemmdz: well, not the Hurd stuff, for starters10:36
ogra(very long time == nearly as long as the channel exists)10:36
bddebianhaha10:36
azeemmjg59: I'm trying to concentrate on opensync and MotuScience for now, yes10:37
ograi think dholbach can confirm that ...10:37
mjg59azeem: Sounds good to me10:37
mdzazeem: what motivated you to apply for official status at this time after having participated in the development community for some time now?10:37
dholbachazeem has been around for a long time, although i didn't work with him (which as ogra told me might be due to different sleeping patterns).10:37
azeemKeybuk: I fixed about a handful of MotuScience Malone bugs on the Debian side coordinating with LaserJock10:37
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dholbachogra:  :-)10:38
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azeemmdz: we've now got the opensync stuff in Debian/Ubuntu, and I'd like to be able to push/merge/sync them on both sides if one freezes10:38
Keybukazeem: lifeless is already a member of ubuntu-dev, no?10:39
azeemKeybuk: yes10:39
Keybukto be honest, at the moment, my concern is that you won't have the time to do much work in ubuntu-dev10:41
Keybukand that may mean you don't keep up with other changes that are necesseary10:41
bddebianAny less than half the people that have "abandoned" us?10:41
azeemKeybuk: what kind of changes?10:41
Keybukany; policy changes in packaging, server policy, configuration policy, etc.10:43
azeemah, ok10:43
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bddebianKeybuk: Seriously, any less than the rest of us MOTU's?10:44
LaserJockazeem has been very instrumental in my packaging (he is sponsoring my packages in Debian) and has done a great job of working on the Debian/Ubuntu relationship, especially for science packages10:45
Keybukmjg59, mdz: any questions?10:46
LaserJockhe clearly knows what he's doing, has helped out quite a bit in #ubuntu-motu and while he isn't as active as crimsun or bddebian perhaps, it seems to me he keeps up as well as most MOTUs with what's going on in Ubuntu development10:46
lucasI think that it's easy to get tired while doing MOTU work. People with limited time resources are probably much less likely to burn out. Also, it scales well, so it's not a problem to have many people dedicating only a small amount of time.10:46
mdzazeem: in which ways do you feel that the relationship between Debian developers and Ubuntu developers could be improved?10:47
azeemmdz: by mediating where possible10:47
Keybukazeem: could you give an example?10:47
azeeme.g., yesterday, there was another mob in #debian.de when they again found out they have "accounts" on launchpad10:47
azeemso siretart and me tried to cool them down10:48
azeemand I subsequently talked to the people in #launchpad whether anything could be done to make the "not affiliated with canonical or ubuntu" more explicit for those kind of people pages on launchpad10:48
mdzazeem: do you think that that concern affects launchpad more than other directories of open source contributors?10:50
azeemmdz: I think that pages like "https://launchpad.net/people/panthera/+packages" are somewhat misleading, yes10:51
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azeempersonally, I don't think it is problem, but I can see how some people who are not Ubuntu-friendly in the first place react strongly to them10:52
Hobbseemorning all, did i miss the meeting?10:52
ogranope10:52
Hobbseeoh yay :)10:52
raphinkHobbsee: the meeting is going on now10:52
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azeemmost of the time, it is due to missing or false information, and I am trying to set the record straight where possible10:52
mdzazeem: it's essentially just parsing a Packages file, though10:52
mjg59mdz: It does seem to suggest that the developer uploaded that package to Ubuntu, which isn't entirely accurate10:53
Hobbseeraphink: cool, okay. we got some current logs here?  (more current than fabbione's)10:53
azeemmdz: I understand10:53
azeemmdz: but "panthera" never created an account on launchpad10:53
mjg59But I think that's outside the scope of this section of the meeting10:53
azeemright10:53
mdzazeem: what sort of response did you receive from the launchpad team?10:53
azeemkiko agreed that this might be misleading and suggested some better wording10:54
azeeme.g. saying that this is not a real account, I think10:55
mdzI think that qualifying it according to the source of informaiton would probably be sufficient10:55
mdzif that page indicated that it was documenting package maintenance in Debian unstable, that would be an improvement10:56
mjg59mdz: Is launchpad considered part of the domain that the tech board have influence over?10:57
raphinkhi mjg5910:57
raphinkoops10:57
raphinksorry10:57
mdzmjg59: sometimes10:57
mjg59mdz: Heh10:57
mjg59mdz: My feeling is that we're not going to get much further on this topic without involving the launchpad guys, which is probably a conversation for a later date10:58
ograif you look at the package itself its even worse ... https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/breezy/+source/acroread/7.0.1-0.0.ubuntu1 he's listed as maintainer and creator ... which would also indicate that he uploaded it to ubuntu 10:58
ogra(indeed that happens through teh sync ... but people might not know this)10:59
siretartogra: https://launchpad.net/people/panthera/+packages does as well suggest that he uploaded it to ubuntu (at least for me)10:59
=== imbrandon notes the maintainer spec should take care of that for edgy and edgy+
mdzmjg59: one worth having, certainly10:59
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ograsiretart, yes. thats what we discussed before10:59
mdzmoving on then?10:59
mjg59I think we're done for questioning?11:00
mdzI am11:00
Hobbsee(sorry for my lateness - 6am meetings are nasty)11:00
mdzKeybuk: anything else?11:00
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mdzok, votes11:01
mjg59+1 for me11:02
mdz+111:02
Keybuk0 from me, given limited time11:03
ograwelcome azeem !! 11:03
ografinally :)11:03
imbrandoncongrats azeem11:03
azeem\o/11:03
LaserJock\o/11:03
siretartwelcome azeem :)11:03
pygi\o/11:03
raphink:)11:03
raphinkyeah11:03
raphinkcongrats azeem11:03
mjg59Ok11:03
mjg59imbrandon: You next?11:04
mjg59(and then back to Hobbsee, unless I've missed someone)11:04
mdzazeem: welcome11:04
imbrandonHello , My name is Brandon Holtsclaw, and my wiki is http://wiki.ubuntu.com/imbrandon , I am an avid Kubuntu user and developer hopeful ( thus I'm here today ) . My goals are simplistic , basicly ( starting with the universe ) help do my part to bring Kubuntu to the level of polish that Ubuntu is ( Specificly in the default settings area for k* apps and eventualy kubuntu-default-settings in main ) I have Packaged , merged , 11:04
imbrandonubuntu Dev's and many Diffrent MOTU's also the Ubuntu BugSquad plus Upstream KDE ( specificly Konversation the Team ) Such as Riddell,Hobbsee,Crimsun,dholbach,jpatrick,bddebian and quite a few more I'm probably forgetting as I'm just waking up. My experince and goals are listed on my wiki. Sorry I dont have a better intro , I'm workin with 4.5 hours sleep comming here heh.11:04
mjg59And let's see if we can speed this up, I'd like to be elsewhere :)11:04
imbrandonouch that dident paste well11:04
azeemmdz: thanks11:04
Hobbseemjg59: okay, i'm going to be afk for about 15 mins then.  I support imbrandon's work, having uploaded some of his packages, in the past couple of weeks11:04
azeemmjg59: didn't you bring your wine?11:04
mjg59imbrandon: Who have you worked with in getting your stuff uploaded?11:04
mdzimbrandon: who has been sponsoring your uploads to date?11:04
mjg59azeem: May have been in the pub already11:05
Hobbseemjg59: mdz : me for one :)11:05
imbrandonhobsee crimsun , bdebian ummm11:05
viper550I bet he didn't bring Wine because he doesn't use Windows apps! *rimshot*11:05
raphinkimbrandon has been very active on #ubuntu-motu 11:05
crimsunI've sponsored several. He learns quickly and has an increasingly improved grasp of troubleshooting packaging.11:05
imbrandonajmitch has reviewd a few in my early stages i dont think he has sponsored any yet11:05
imbrandonRiddell ....11:05
mjg59crimsun: So you'd be happy with him being able to upload packages directly?11:06
Riddellyep, I support imbrandon too, he's done a bunch of merges and bugfixes for KDE packages11:06
Toadstoolyeah, imbrandon has done a really good work so far11:06
imbrandonsorry its early but those are the main ppl i poke most of the time becouse they are generaly in the same timeframe as me11:06
crimsunmjg59: definitely.11:06
bddebian+1 imbrandon11:06
tseng++ from me as well. he's been doing consistant work for awhile no11:07
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tseng*now11:07
mjg59imbrandon: what would you plan on doing as an motu?11:07
imbrandonfor the most part make sure the misc packages for K* fit into the rest of the desktop better11:08
imbrandonand that transitions are done smooth and timely11:08
imbrandon( i also work with a select few packages in main a tad )11:08
imbrandonmostly all kde types11:08
mjg59Ok11:08
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mdzbddebian, tseng: do you have any specific feedback on code contributions or interaction with the MOTU team?11:09
tsengmdz: I don't have feeback on specific uploads off the top of my head11:09
tsengI can say he has been a positive influence in MOTU11:10
bddebianAye.  I have sponsored a few uploads for him11:10
tsengyou can tell who is sticking around, helping out, and fixing things.11:10
imbrandonalso my wiki documents my plans for universe better than i explained here11:11
imbrandonas i'm a bit tired still ( just woke up 5 minutes prior to the meeting )11:11
raphinkouch11:11
imbrandonheh yea not my normal timeframe ;) hehe11:12
mdzimbrandon: what was the motivation behind buntudot.org?11:13
imbrandonat first it was becouse the fridge was stale11:13
imbrandonand we ( the community ) wanted a universal news source11:13
imbrandonsince the fridge has been rejuvinated and soon buntudot.org will point to the fridge11:13
imbrandonand our teams are in the works of merging11:14
mdzimbrandon: what was your experience in working with the fridge team to revive it?11:14
imbrandonwith the guidance of sabdfl and janes11:14
imbrandonme and whiprush are actualy the ones that came up wioth the plan11:14
imbrandonso its kinda our baby11:14
imbrandon( as far as bringing our two teams into one )11:14
imbrandonand makeing a "one community" , we discussed it with the members of our two teams via the fridge-devel list 11:15
imbrandonand mark gave the blessing11:15
imbrandonall thats lacking now is the tech bits getting worked out11:15
mdzmjg59,Keybuk: anything else?11:17
Hobbseemdz: i'm back11:17
Hobbseemdz: & applying for core-dev11:18
mjg59Hobbsee: Not quite yet11:18
Keybuknothing from me11:18
mjg59I think I'm done11:18
mjg59votes?11:18
Keybuk+111:18
Hobbseeoh crud, i'm a little early.  sorry, misread.  still incredibly tired.11:18
mdz+111:18
ograwelcome imbrandon 11:19
Hobbseecongratulations imbrandon 11:19
imbrandon;)11:19
mjg59+111:19
mjg59Ok11:19
gnomefreakcongrats imbrandon ;)11:19
imbrandonthanks \o/11:19
mjg59Any more ubuntu-dev?11:19
Keybukttyfscker, tepsipakki, "Juliano Bastos"11:19
Keybuknone of those appear to be here11:20
mjg59Ok11:20
mjg59Hobbsee: Intro?11:20
ograHobbsee !!11:20
Hobbseemjg59: what do you want from me?  most of you saw me last meeting11:20
Hobbseei got motu at last meeting, now i'm applying for main11:20
=== Hobbsee is still on her plan to take over kubuntu
KeybukHobbsee: I'm curious as to why you wish to jump to main so quickly11:20
HobbseeKeybuk: because a lot of kde stuff is in main, and it's very hard to get uploaders for it.  11:21
Keybukyou've only had upload rights to universe for two weeks, and I'm not convinced that's enough time for us to make a decision11:21
HobbseeKeybuk: i was very lucky to even get 4 uploads to main in yesterday, with people to sponsor them.11:21
Keybukwho are the Kubuntu team members who are also core-dev ?11:21
Hobbseeah, raphink, tonio_, riddell11:22
mjg59Ideally the ones who are core-dev /before/ this meeting11:22
ograheh11:22
Hobbseecrimsun, infinity, pitti, riddell, and a few other people have uploaded my core things.  oh, zul too.11:22
raphinkyep11:22
ograKeybuk, did you count her uploads on edgy-changes ?11:22
Hobbseeogra: how high's that number now?  do i want to know?  :P11:22
raphinkHobbsee has been doing an amazing work lately11:23
raphinkuploading quite a log11:23
raphinkand working hard on bugs11:23
tsengI sort of agree with Keybuk, even though Hobbsee is great imo11:23
pittiright, I uploaded one merge and one update AFAI can recall11:23
tsengnot a fantastic precedent11:23
pittithey were okay11:23
raphinkalthough she hasn't been a MOTU for long11:23
tsengto jump to main in 2 weeks11:23
HobbseeIdeally, i would have gone for MOTU earlier, but because of a number of circumstances, i didnt.11:24
Keybuktseng: we've done it before, if there's a particular need11:24
Hobbseewhich would put me in the right place for applying to main today.11:24
KeybukHobbsee: why didn't you apply for main at the last TB meeting as well?11:24
HobbseeKeybuk: tried to.  they wouldnt let me - and i wanted to test out how the actual uploading worked before applying for it.11:24
HobbseeKeybuk: i can modify packages and all that fine - but the actual uploading bit i didnt trust myself to do in main until i'd done a few in universe.11:24
Hobbseeheh.  a few.  i think i did more than a few :P11:25
imbrandonmore than a few11:25
ograplenty11:25
imbrandonheh11:25
pygi:)11:25
raphinkhehe11:25
imbrandon-changes is more like -hobsee lately ( but thats a good thing )11:25
Hobbseehahahaa11:25
Keybukmdz, mjg59: I'll let you ask some questions ... :)11:25
Hobbseeuh oh, sound's scary.  i'm still not terribly awake yet.11:26
raphink:)11:26
mjg59Hobbsee: So, given that you'd be able to upload core bits of infrastructure and cause everything to break, why should we trust you? :)11:26
mdzHobbsee: what stirred your interest in contributing to Ubuntu in the first place?11:27
Hobbseefuture plans are to organise kubuntu, become kubuntu community manager officially, etc.  and keep working on the distro, making it better of course, with sane defaults.  Also important is getting a fast turnaorund time for important bugfixes, which me having core would help with11:27
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Hobbseemjg59: because i've yet to upload anything cracked in any of my packages yet, including most that were done before i was a MOTU.11:27
Hobbseemdz: got sick of windows and it's constant crashing.  got to compiling, thought "hey, this is fun", and got more and more interested in the way things were being done - and saw how much was still needing to be done11:28
mdzHobbsee: is your primary interest in -core-dev a practical one, avoiding sponsorship?  or are you interested in broader development work?11:28
Hobbseemdz: did some cd testing, bugwork, etc for a while, then moved into packaging11:28
Hobbseemdz: can you define broader development work please?11:29
ograwriting the killer app for kubuntu indeed ;)11:29
Hobbseemdz: well, obviously, it's partly a practical one.  it's very difficult to get kde sutff uploaded to main, because most devs wont upload kde stuff unless it's really simple.11:29
mdzHobbsee: contributions across a broader range of packages or subsystems, interest in furthering the core goals of Ubuntu11:29
Hobbseemainly because they dont know the code base, etc11:29
KeybukHobbsee: are the other kubuntu team members not helpful?11:30
HobbseeKeybuk: they are, when they're around.  and im' in a shocking timezone for such things.11:30
Keybukis the lack of desire to sponsor uploads within the kubuntu team a problem that needs addressing?11:30
KeybukI wasn't aware sponsored uploads were timezone-dependant?11:30
Hobbseemdz: right.  did you ever read last meeting's log, where i covered some of this?11:30
=== ..[topic/#ubuntu-meeting:Ubugtu] : Calendar: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/event | Logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/ | 02 Aug 20:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 03 Aug 07:00 UTC: Ubuntu Development Team | 09 Aug 12:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 10 Aug 15:00 UTC: Ubuntu Development Team | 15 Aug 20:00 UTC: Technical Board | 16 Aug 20:00 UTC: Edubuntu
HobbseeKeybuk: they have to actually be awake and here at the time i want an upload....11:31
Keybukdo they not have e-mail?11:31
=== pitti has to admit that he is uncomfortable with sponsoring KDE uploads
Hobbseepitti is one of many11:31
mdzHobbsee: last meeting of which group?11:31
pittimainly because I cannot/do not want to test them11:31
HobbseeKeybuk: they do.  email gets lots11:31
ogramdz, TB11:31
Keybukpitti: also myself ... I simply don't know C++ well enough to read patches11:31
Hobbseemdz: TB, where i went for MOTU11:31
pittiso I only sponsor trivial patches11:31
mdzHobbsee: no, I don't usually have time to catch up on IRC logs in detail after travel11:32
Hobbseeeffectively what i'm doing now is my own uploads - the guys dont have time to test all kde patches, as they dont have the system there11:32
Hobbseemdz: right. okay, i'll give you the short version then.  basically, i'm very organisational, so i'm looking at organising kubuntu to make it work a lot better, getting our developers trained, whatever their level, so that they can contribute, and to take some of the load off Riddell, who does an awesome job, but is still one man, and runs out of time11:33
raphinksounds nice11:33
HobbseeKeybuk: most of the kubuntu team members arent in core - or motu, for that matter.11:33
HobbseeKeybuk: we've still got quite a new development team, apart from Riddell, and a few others.11:34
KeybukHobbsee: in a handful of sentences, could you describe how shlibs work and what they're used for11:34
HobbseeKeybuk: not really at this time of morning, but generally, yes.  means that if you have foo-dev as a build-dep then foo will be installed as a dep of the package11:35
Hobbseeso you dotn have to hardcode it into debian/control11:35
Keybukwhen developing a library package, how would you make sure it works with this system?11:36
HobbseeKeybuk: havent tried yet, that's something i'd ask for help on.11:36
mdzHobbsee: for the most part, your contributions have taken the form of merges and syncs, more so than direct packaging/code contributions.  How would membership in -core-dev simplify that process, apart from avoiding the delay involved in sponsored uploads?11:37
Hobbseeeven with core, i'm not out to upload anything and everything - i still dont know everything, there's still stuff i'd need help for.  but i'm not about to upload crackful stuff that i dont understand.  this isnt a "you are signing all rights away to asking questions"11:37
Hobbseemdz: true. that's changing.  the last patches to amarok/kopete/libdvdread have been mostly patches, not merges and syncs11:38
mdzHobbsee: it is, though, us signing away the requirement that questions be asked at all ;-)11:38
Hobbseemdz: well, yes.  but i'm not irresponsible enough to never ask a question about something i dont know :P11:38
raphinktrue11:39
Hobbseemdz: probably looking to commit more upstream stuff in the future, when i know how to code more.  but my focus at the moment is fixing a lot of the major bugs in kubuntu11:40
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Keybukmdz, mjg59: any further questions?11:41
mjg59I think I'm good11:41
Keybukvotes?11:41
mdzHobbsee: -core-dev should be seen as a confirmation of a sustained, trustworthy contribution to the core infrastructure of Ubuntu, more so than as a convenience of process and upload privileges.  what do you see as your role in bringing Ubuntu (and/or Kubuntu) forward in pursuit of its goals which corresponds to -core-dev membership?11:42
Hobbseegah.  i should copy and paste from last week, i think.11:42
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mdzyou'd be welcome, if the content would be helpful in context11:43
Hobbseemdz: kubuntu has a rather shocking history for getting bugs fixed very slowly - it took over a month to fix a bug in the screensaver, since a patch was in kde bugs11:44
Hobbseeack, dont think that made sense.11:44
Hobbseemdz: mainly we have a problem of not enough people who can look at fixes, see if they're any good, and commit them if they do.  and the ones that can then have to get upload rights, so that means by getting sponsorship from Riddell 11:45
pittiHobbsee: if it was supposed to mean 'better QA', it did make sense :)11:45
=== Hobbsee is sure her brain is going out the window here.
mdzRiddell isn't the only member of -core-dev who can sponsor Kubuntu-related uploads, though11:46
Hobbseemdz: there's a difference between "can" and "willing to".  \sh has been quite busy, too11:47
pittiafter this talk I would consider it ok to do 'half-blind' sponsoring11:47
pittii. e. just look at debdiffs for 'doesn't look totally crackful' and otherwise just upload11:47
Hobbseepitti: even that would be helpful, as long as it actually happened11:47
crimsunI've sponsored several of Hobbsee's and found them to be "within scale" -- they're localised and broken out for quick verification. Furthermore, though I still build and test locally, I know she has already done that before pinging me.11:48
mdzHobbsee: raphink is a -core-dev member with a focus on kubuntu contributions as well; there doesn't seem to be a shortage of folks to vet uploads11:49
Hobbseemdz: true.  when he's around.11:49
mdzHobbsee: no one can be around ALL of the time ;-)11:49
Hobbseemdz: well, of course not.  did i say that?  :P11:50
KeybukI don't believe it's necessary for them to be around; you should be able to request a sponsored upload by e-mail11:50
lucasI'm not sure I understand how sponsorship requests are processed for kubuntu. don't you have a mailing list where you could request sponsored uploads when you need one ? so the first one to catch it wins it ?11:50
Hobbseelucas: no, it's primarily irc based - if you're not on irc, then you're very much out of the loop11:51
Keybukthis, by the sounds of it. is something that needs to be addressed11:51
Hobbseelucas: the way it currently works is to just ping a motu who is around, or a core dev who is around, and ask them to upload.11:51
pittilucas: we don't have a ML, primarily because I'd reckon that few people would actually use it11:51
mdzif sponsorship is problematic, that's a problem that we should address directly, rather than by liberal application of upload privileges11:52
imbrandonKeybuk: +1 on needs to be addressed ( kubuntu-devel@ ? )11:52
HobbseeKeybuk: it is.  like i say, there's lots of good stuff in kubuntu, but there's also a heck of a lot that needs fixing11:52
bddebianThat same can be said for Universe :-)11:52
Hobbseemdz: how do you propose that to work?  very few people from the ubuntu side will take on kubuntu packages, as you've already seen.11:52
lucasmaybe a "ready to sponsor" team could be created on LP, and people would file bugs against it to get their packages sponsored.11:52
lucassimilar to sync requests11:52
Toadstoolwell, for Universe, I used to use LP and assign bugs to motu-reviewers11:53
Keybukwe can discuss that afterwards11:53
pittilucas: true, and with a script similar to request_sync this could be made fairly easy11:53
Hobbseelucas: i believe motu reviewers works like that.  i think i eventually got a couple of uploads sponsored like that - but it's quite slow, and i never know if it's been done.11:53
mdzHobbsee: I acknowledge that, but surely it isn't practical to expect all Kubuntu contributors to become core developers in order to avoid the issue11:53
Hobbseemdz: of course.  just some of them11:53
=== Hobbsee notes that kubuntu is very much the bastard child, unfortunately.
KeybukI don't agree that Kubuntu is a bastard child at all11:54
Keybukwhy do you say that?11:54
Keybukyour problem seems to be a failing of its own development team, rather than of a lack of external support11:55
HobbseeKeybuk: what i said above - we're getting people, they're getting better, but it's still very hard....well, yeah.11:55
Hobbsee+1 to Keybuk, and i'm sure my brain's gone.11:56
Keybukmdz: any further questions ?11:56
mdzKeybuk: we need to move on I think11:56
Keybukwe do, we're already 2 hours in11:56
Keybukmjg59 has had to go11:57
Hobbseei need to go as well11:57
Hobbseeneed to be at uni on time today.11:57
mdzok then11:57
Hobbseewell, i needed to leave half an hour ago, but that's beside the point :P11:57
Keybuk-1 from me, I'm afraid;  Hobbsee: you've been an excellent contributor so far, and are certainly invaluable.  I just don't believe you've _yet_ gained the experience for main upload rights, I have no doubt that you will though11:58
Keybukit appears you have a problem gaining sponsorship, and I think that's something we should address directly, rather than working around it by granting main upload rights to everyone11:58
HobbseeKeybuk: fair enough.  this issue does need to be addressed though.11:58
tsengHobbsee: I hope you are not discouraged to reapply in a few months11:58
ograyeah11:59
mdzHobbsee: I appreciate and value you contributions, but I'd very much prefer to address the sponsorship issue directly rather than using it as justification for -core-dev11:59
HobbseeKeybuk: propose a solution later, rather than just saying "it doesnt work and needs fixing".11:59
=== pitti hugs Hobbsee and encourages her to continue her good work
=== ogra is convinced Hobbsee will make a great main dev
Hobbseemdz: ditto11:59
bddebianHobbsee: Yeah, unlike me :-)11:59
Keybukindeed, please do continue your excellent work11:59
mdzs/you/your/11:59
=== raphink is convinced, too
=== Hobbsee will make sure to bug you lot for main uploads first :P
Keybukshall we address the sponsorship problem now?12:00
KeybukRiddell: ping?12:00
mdzI'd be glad to consider that situation explicitly, either at a future meeting or ad hoc12:00
bddebianI'd like to hear it but I have to go12:00
HobbseeKeybuk: if you have to.  i really do have to be at uni on time today, otherwise it's not going to be worth living around here :P12:00
Keybukpitti: you've been doing some main sponsorship, would you like to own the problem and work on a solution?12:00
ograKeybuk, haven't we still that darn avahi thing on the agenda ?12:00
pittiKeybuk: yep12:00
ograwe're at 2h12:01
KeybukHobbsee: that's ok, this is a problem we can address out of band :)  have fun!12:01
Riddellpong12:01
mdzit's crucial that we have a healthy and maintainable system for vetting uploads through mentoring and sponsorship12:01
imbrandoni have to run but let me put my 0.2 cents in on the sponsorship before i run, I doo think we either need a ML just for that ( kubuntu-devel@ ? ) or a way to track sponsorship req in LP12:01
KeybukRiddell: could you work with pitti with a focus on ensuring kubuntu uploads don't have a sponsorship bottleneck12:01
mdzI think there's work to be done in formalizing the sponsorship process in Ubuntu12:01
mdzand this is evidence of that12:01
Keybukthey're more problematic as they rely on both a completely different framework *and* development language than Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu which limits the number of people who can do it12:02
mdzI think we can take this up on ubuntu-devel12:02
Keybukagree12:02
imbrandonand mostly becouse alot of us are in diffrent timezones for the few that do use our framework etc12:02
seb128that's probably not kubuntu specific though12:02
mdzKeybuk: would you start the thread sometime this week?12:02
ograright, universe in general could need it as well 12:02
LaserJockogra: ++12:03
Hobbseeogra: there are more people around, so the chances of getting something uploaded is higher12:03
LaserJockbut the problem remains that most sponsorship is a crap shoot depending on who is on IRC, etc.12:03
seb128Hobbsee: you have to find somebody interested by the package you work on, which is not always easy12:03
ograHobbsee, sure, but there are still often uploaders missing 12:04
mdzLaserJock: it shouldn't be, and if that's the current situation, we should address that12:04
imbrandonmdz yes that is the case unfortunately although alot better than the kubuntu main12:04
Hobbseeseb128: ogra:  i dont deny it, i just said it was slightly easier12:05
=== Hobbsee finally turns her phone on. all these messages from Riddell :P
LaserJockmdz: we do have a motu-reviewers LP team but I'm not sure how successful it has been12:05
imbrandonlol12:05
mdzHobbsee: I would very much appreciate your input on improving the review process for sponsored uploads, though it needs to happen out of band and involve a wider audience12:05
ograagreed ... main is harder indeed12:05
mdzthis meeting is running long and we need to move on12:05
mdzavahi is next on the agenda12:06
imbrandonok i have to run everyone , thanks again , see yall in a few hours12:06
Keybukthat was mjg59's item, and I'm not sure what he wanted to explicitly discuss12:06
mdzthis seems to be revisiting an issue that was decided by easy consensus ages ago12:06
KeybukI think that pitti's recent summary to ubuntu-devel is perfect12:06
pittihttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-July/019680.html12:07
pitti^ my 2 cents12:07
pittiI think for edgy the plan should be settled and not ripped apart again12:07
Hobbseemdz: looks like a kubuntu meeting :P12:07
mdzI support pitti's proposal as well12:08
pittiI do see the need to re-discuss and reformulate our 'no open ports' policy12:08
=== mezcalero is the upstream avahi dev, btw. if you have any questions ...
pittii. e. the thread convinced me that our current strictness is not really appropriate12:08
Keybukpitti: does that need to be discussed today?12:08
mdzyes, it isn't a simple matter of system calls12:08
pittiKeybuk: no, not at all12:09
pittimaybe at the next dev summit, or another TB which isn't that long12:09
mdzI think that the way forward for avahi is fairly clear; it is a young technology and we would like to experiment with it, but throwing the doors wide would be premature at this point12:09
pittimdz++12:09
mdzwe'll make it easy to opt in, and take it from there on a more considered basis12:09
pittiyesterday I talked to Lennart, and he seems to basically agree, too12:09
mdzis there anyone present who has more comments or questions to offer regarding avahi?12:10
mezcaleropitti: hmm, agree to what?12:10
pittionce it matured a bit and saw some reviews, we should reconsider enabling it by default12:10
pittimezcalero: opt-in for edgy, let it mature a bit, enable by default in a later release12:10
mezcalerothe underlying technology of avahi is not exactly "new". it has been around in macosx for quite a while now.12:10
mdzpitti: indeed, we should consider it in context with the other systems we enable by default, not treat it differently because "that's the way it works"12:11
pittiright, but the package is still quite new12:11
mezcaleropitti: you're misquoting me there12:11
pittimezcalero: sorry if I did12:11

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