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nixternalhiya Madpilot!03:55
Madpilothi nixternal 03:55
Madpilotwhat's up?03:55
osghihi03:55
nixternaltrying to get my "ubuntu" monster all setup03:55
nixternalhiya osg03:56
osgnixternal: Where are you located?03:57
nixternalsomewhere in chicago03:57
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osgAh, I am on the west coast.03:57
osgI have been tabbing over to this channel for a couple of weeks and have meant to get more involved.03:57
osgDo you write professionally?03:58
nixternalnope03:58
osgAh.03:58
nixternalim a sys admin by profession03:59
osgI write professionally for a living and need to figure out how to come home and write more (for Ubuntu).  :)03:59
nixternalthere is definitely alot to write about here thats for sure04:00
nixternalwe "maintain" the wiki, help.ubuntu and wiki.ubuntu, doc.ubuntu, as well as the documentation installed on every ubuntu machine04:00
osgI work in DocBook and use XML source.04:01
osgAny need to have ppl write man pages?04:01
nixternalwell, you are definitely in the right location...which flavor of Ubuntu do you use?04:01
nixternalwe use docbook and xml for everything..you familiar with debiandocs at all?04:02
osgUbuntu 6.06 LTS, if that is what you mean.04:02
osgnixternal: Not yet.04:03
nixternalwe are working now trying to get everything ready for the freeze on 10/1404:03
osgAh, yes.04:04
Madpilotosg, our main documentation is in docbook; you can check it out of SVN if you want, then submit patches to the mailing list04:04
osgOk.04:05
osgI need to read up on SVN a bit.04:06
osgI have used it, but it has been over a year.  But, source control mechanisms share much of the same logic.04:07
nixternalfairly simples04:07
osgyep04:07
osgJust don't want to make stupid mistakes and waste people's time.04:07
Madpilotwe've got a good docbook validation script; if that gives a clean report and your changed doc still runs in Yelp you should be good to go04:08
nixternalthere is really only 3 or 4 commands you will use right now....   svn checkout (use this to download everything), svn status (check status of repos), svn up (updates your local svn dir), and svn diff (to create patches)04:08
osgThanks.04:09
nixternalhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam04:09
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osgI see a couple misspellings on this page:04:31
osghttp://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/keyboard-skills.html04:31
osgIs it best to e-mail the author or the whole mailing list?04:32
Madpilotosg, fix them, make sure the XML validates, send the patches to the list - great way to introduce yourself :)04:32
osgAh, ok.04:33
Madpilotso yes, mail your patches to the mailing list, not whoever is listed as the author04:35
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osgJust to be anal, how do I verify the Fingerprint?04:47
osgI am running this command:04:48
osgsvn checkout https://docteam.ubuntu.com/repos/trunk ubuntu-doc04:48
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osgI am reading this web site:05:24
osghttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Repository05:24
osgThe following link does not exist:05:24
osgnano ~/ubuntu-doc/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/getting-started.xml05:24
osgerr, .xml file.05:25
LaserJockosg: some things have been changing05:25
LaserJockit might have moved05:26
osgAh, ok.05:26
Madpilotwe've been radically restructuring the Ubuntu Desktop Guide - I'm not sure where anything is anymore, either05:26
osgAh, ok.05:27
osgAnyway, I wanted to make changes to this page:05:27
osghttp://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/keyboard-skills.html05:27
LaserJockhmm, I don't see it05:28
osgAnd keyboard-skills.xml is not in C. Should I start getting involved with another doc?05:28
Madpilotosg, looks like that file has been replaced - I just updated my SVN checkout, and it doesn't exist05:28
MadpilotI need to spend an evening figuring out what Matthew has been doing with the UDG :)05:29
osgI spotted two typos: keyboars and Applicantions.05:29
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osgWhee05:29
MadpilotApplicantions - those are things that don't allow you to do stuff, I guess :)05:29
osglol05:30
LaserJockosg: check out linux-basics05:30
LaserJock.xml05:30
Madpilotneed to go get food, I'll be back later05:30
osgthx05:30
osgttyl05:30
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nixternalrobotgeek: you still want to split up the work with the kdg let me know..what sections need work?  we have 2 weeks until the doc freeze for edgy08:46
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mdkeMadpilot: that's one of the files from the Gnome user-guide08:55
Madpilotmdke, which is?08:55
mdke04:29:11 < osg> http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/keyboard-skills.html08:56
Madpilothmm, I'm at revision 3264, so current w/ SVN, but I don't seem to have that file?08:56
mdkeMadpilot: you've got it at /usr/share/gnome/help/user-guide/C08:57
Madpilotah08:57
mdkethe desktop guide now incorporates some of those files (see desktopguide.xml)08:57
mdkeon the preview server those parts are likely to be really out of date, because the preview server is running breezy... so the user-guide bits are breezy08:58
mdkeam I making sense?08:59
Madpilotpossibly, but it's late here... I also haven't been following your changes to the UDG that closely in the last week or so09:00
mdkeanyway, it's basically just that it incorporates the Gnome user-guide09:02
Burgundaviamdke: the book has some printing stuff we can borrow, I think09:21
Burgundavianow the book is only CCbysa2.009:21
mdkeBurgundavia: that would be good09:21
Burgundaviabut canonical owns the copyright, so they can relicense it09:21
mdkewe should move to that too :/09:22
Burgundaviayep09:22
Burgundaviagiven that debian compat is not a major issue for us and we consider the ccbysa2.0 to be free09:22
mdkeyes09:22
mdkedo you know what chapter the printing stuff is in?09:23
Burgundaviathe desktop one09:23
Burgundavialet me get my copy09:23
mdkehmm. Isn't in my electronic version09:23
Burgundaviachapter 409:23
BurgundaviaI can retype it if neccessary09:23
Madpilotwhere is the electronic copy available from?09:24
Burgundaviaafaik, currently nowhere but the copies the authors have themselves, canonical and prentince hall09:24
mdkeSystem->Help->Book Excerpts09:24
Burgundaviaand the excerpt from dapper09:24
mdkeI can't find any printing stuff, maybe that is out of date09:25
Burgundaviado you have chapter 4?09:25
Burgundaviawe added the printing stuff pretty late09:25
mdkeI just have the desktop chapter09:25
Burgundaviathat is 309:26
mdkeah, right09:26
mdkecan we get an electronic copy?09:26
Burgundaviaping Jane09:26
mdkealright. We should have a meeting to discuss the licensing thing, I'd like to sort that ot09:27
Burgundaviasure09:27
Burgundaviamaybe we should publish a list of things we want done to see if we can get other people to come in and help us09:28
Burgundaviaanyway, I have to crash, tired09:28
mdkenight, thanks09:28
Burgundaviano worries09:29
mdkethere is some more good stuff in the book we can use, hopefully. Even if it's a bit late09:29
Burgundaviayep09:29
robmdke: let me know how that meeting pans out :)09:30
mdkeok09:30
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bhuvanmdke: ping02:19
jsgotangcohey what's up02:20
bhuvanhello jsgotangco; just wanted to know if we got any update from micah about commits bot02:22
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jsgotangcoi cannot say, i just got online after a 4 day break ;)02:23
bhuvanyeah ok02:23
bhuvanso where were you 4 days?02:24
jsgotangcooh just my hometown, folks arrived for a vacation, had to bring them my daughter as well heh02:24
bhuvanoh ok!02:25
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Burgworknixternal, loud and clear07:23
nixternalgoto bed at 3, wake up at 7, work til now..im dead07:23
nixternalwe just installed a wireless cisco network in our village hall...man, they have fresh donuts and coffee all day long..so it is true about cops and donuts07:24
LaserJockheh07:25
nixternalman..they did a 1/4 million dollars worth or cisco hardware...that was a cool setup..they have their own mesh now07:26
trappistthe picture I get in my head when I hear 'village hall' doesn't jibe with the picture for 1/4 million dollars worth of cisco hardware07:28
nixternalheh, i wouldn't either, but it is more of a village hall & county center07:29
nixternalthey just reubuilt the entire building..it is over 100 years old, and massive..and then they added to the new structure as well...they have the money, we have the time07:30
LaserJocktrappist: hehe, welcome to bug triage :-)07:31
trappistLaserJock: no kidding07:38
trappistwait, I mean07:39
trappistcan I triage now?07:39
LaserJocktrappist: that is some of why I tend to avoid working on bugs I don't know07:39
LaserJockpeople tend to get pretty  excited about bugs07:39
trappistyeah, that.  well, that'll learn me :)07:39
LaserJockno, don't give up though07:39
LaserJockyou just have to build a somewhat thick skin07:39
LaserJockas you will probably get yelled at from time to time (especially if they are Main packages)07:40
trappistoh I still do bugs, but apparently my campaign was an unpopular one07:40
LaserJock:-)07:40
LaserJockit was only unpopular to some07:40
LaserJockand as Simon *is* the Canonical QA guy I think you are pretty ok in what you did07:40
trappistsome very loud and pissed off core developers :)07:40
trappistwho's simon?07:41
jjessesflaw07:41
trappistah.07:41
trappistI did notice that I didn't hear anything else after invoking his name07:41
LaserJockwell, yeah, he and dholbach pretty much run the bug triage07:42
LaserJockI would just keep in good contact with #ubuntu-bugs and sfflaw07:43
LaserJockand you should be fine07:43
trappistsounds like a plan07:43
LaserJockbut it is probably wise (at least to start with) to be careful around Main bugs07:44
nixternalplus you got to remember, it isn't hard to reverse what mistakes you made anyways. i have been there done that as well so don't feel bad at all07:44
nixternalif you don't make mistakes, how are you to learn?  there isn't #bug-triage-school or anything...no worries bud07:44
trappistnixternal: well I feel pretty ok because I got buy-off from the right people before doing it.  I knew it was somewhat iffy.07:45
nixternalsflaw and crimsun are a bug triagers best friend w/o a doubt as well07:45
jjesseany word from robogeek yet?07:58
nixternalnot yet07:59
nixternali pinged him last night, but my internet went down07:59
nixternali see him over there ---> though07:59
jjessegrumble grumble, doc freeze is pushing locser and closer07:59
jjesserobotgeek: PING !!!!!07:59
jjessegrin08:00
LaserJockyelling at him won't make him show up any sooner08:07
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trappistjjesse: uh oh, when is the freeze?08:45
Burgworksept 16th, I think08:47
nixternal14th08:50
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osghttp://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2006/08/sudo.gif10:31
LaserJockhaha10:33
osgIf only I could count the times I forgot sudo.10:33
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trappistman that is awesome.10:47
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Burgworkgoing in this weeks UWN11:37
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