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troy_sseveas ping02:19
Seveastroy_s, ?02:20
kwwiihehe02:31
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kwwiisleep well02:31
kwwiierm, sleep well, everyone who is going to bed with me02:31
kwwii:p02:31
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newz2000troy_s: ping04:54
troy_showdy newz04:54
Burgundavianewz2000hey04:55
Burgundavianewz2000: hey, rather04:55
newz2000Howdy04:55
Burgundaviadid you get my email?04:55
newz2000Let me look04:56
newz2000Oh, Corey. :D04:56
newz2000Yes, I got it.04:56
newz2000I am working on the reorg. I do want help, but I'm not sure what is appropriate.04:56
Burgundaviaputting some plans on the wiki would be a great start04:57
newz2000I need to talk to my boss and see what she thinks.04:58
Burgundaviamaybe an email about the general scope, what is outside of it, etc.04:58
newz2000Let me think on it tonight and talk to Jane tomorrow. At the very least I'll contact you, but I know therea re some areas I will need help with.04:59
BurgundaviaI mean. I am an editor to the website and i don't even know if you are planning to move off moin, etc.04:59
newz2000We're not moving off of moin04:59
Burgundaviakind of curtails the enthusiasm, if you know what I mean04:59
newz2000Keeping moin?04:59
Burgundaviano, not knowing what is going to happen04:59
Burgundaviamoin is fin04:59
Burgundaviafine, rather04:59
Burgundavianice fruedian slip05:00
newz2000I see. Yes, well, I can make some announcements about the scope of the project. I think it will be a bit underwhelming.05:00
Burgundaviawell, one of the key things volunteers are good at is doing small, well defined tasks05:01
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Burgundaviahence if you spend some time specing out the project and define small tasks, you can very easily lift almost half of it off your shoulders05:02
newz2000Yes, you're right.05:02
Burgundaviaplus people really love it when they are part of something larger05:02
BurgundaviaI have really found that leading the UWN05:03
newz2000I will think of the best way to do this tonight. Thanks for the encouragement05:03
Burgundaviaand not telling long term contributors like myelf annoyed05:03
Burgundaviathat was the stick behind the carrot05:04
Burgundavia;)05:04
newz2000I'm not making so many scary changes. Mostly just trying to bring order. I don't know if that's possible with a wiki though.05:05
newz2000But I will try.05:05
Burgundaviawiki as in the ubuntu wiki or wiki as in moin on the ubuntu website?05:05
newz2000As you know from the doc team, when wikis get big, they can be difficult to navigate. Therefore I want to try and make it easy to get people to their destination.05:06
Burgundaviayes05:06
Burgundaviawould be nice to have a general plot of the ubuntu website05:07
Burgundaviashowing the directory structure05:07
newz2000Yes, well, a lot of the content on the www.ubuntu.com website is outdated.05:08
Burgundaviatell me about it05:08
Burgundaviacould you turn on html parsing on the ubuntu wiki?05:08
newz2000No, I highly doubt it.05:08
Burgundaviathat would make it easier to develop pages like the front page on the ubuntu wiki and move them over05:08
newz2000wait, do you mean wiki.ubuntu.com or www.ubuntu.com?05:09
Burgundaviawiki.ubuntu.com will not take html05:09
Burgundaviaand the frontpage of www is html05:09
newz2000You're refring to the [[HTML()] ]  macro?05:09
newz2000^referring05:09
Burgundaviaprobably05:09
newz2000I don't think it's a good idea. If people could get JS into that site they could possibly do a cross site scripting attack on launchpad.05:10
Burgundaviabut anon editing on the ubuntu is turned off05:11
BurgundaviaI have never seen anybody edit maliciously on the ubuntu wiki05:11
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newz2000Doesn't mean no one wants to, just that they haven't been able to.05:11
Burgundaviaif they wanted to, they probably would have already05:11
newz2000The launchpad team is ultra-cautious on this matter, and I definately support them in it.05:12
Burgundaviaok05:12
Burgundaviahmm, we still need a play wiki however05:12
Burgundaviabecause big things like a new front page should be worked out there, not live05:13
newz2000That could be arranged I think.05:13
newz2000Would you create a support request? https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-website/+addticket05:14
newz2000That way I can ensure it doesn't slip off the todo list and you'll be notified by e-mail when its ready.05:15
Burgundaviaok, will do05:15
Burgundaviawould this not be better for rt?05:15
BHSPitLappyhi's05:16
newz2000Burgundavia: That's fine too05:17
newz2000rt@ would be better05:17
Burgundaviahmm, too late05:18
newz2000No prob.05:19
newz2000:D It all works out.05:19
newz2000G'Night all. Thanks for the suggestions Corey.05:21
Burgundaviano worries, thanks for listening05:21
troy_sBurgundavia05:36
troy_syou in?05:36
Burgundaviatroy_s: I am05:37
troy_sBurgundavia hold tight... i have a link for you.05:37
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msikmaWhat are the colors of Kubuntu going to be again?08:18
Burgundaviamsikma: purple and more purple. You are going to love purple08:19
msikmaviolet or magenta?08:19
Burgundaviano idea, I use GNOME08:21
BHSPitLappyhi08:24
msikmaNext cycle, we really should try centralizing artwork making efforts.08:25
BHSPitLappythat sounds ominous08:25
BHSPitLappyart is such a difficult subject... it's much easier to agree upon good code than good art08:26
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=== Topic for #ubuntu-artwork: Welcome! =-=-= Most current news and items https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce/Incoming/ =-=-= Start at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork =-=-= Tasks at http://www.launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-art/+specs =-=-= IRC Logs at http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ =-=-=
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lapohey bersace11:02
bersacehi11:03
lapolooks like your gnome scan interfaces is well accepted in the gnome community congrats11:03
bersacelapo: thanks11:03
BHSPitLappylink?11:03
lapobersace: let's talk about icons there11:03
bersaceyep11:04
lapobersace: if I bother dobey enough perhaps we could have a generic scanner icon11:04
lapobersace: I see you are using different icons for various scanner models, I think those one should be optional and if none are found it should fall back to the generic scanner11:05
lapoicon11:05
lapodoes that sound doable?11:05
bersacethis is the case right now11:05
lapocool11:05
bersacesee http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnomescan/trunk/libgnomescanui/icons/11:05
bersaceinput-scanner is generic11:05
bersaceinput-scanner-* is specific11:05
lapobersace: if you find a wat to eneralize the icon name somehow something like11:06
lapospecific scanner model (e.g. epson something) -> generic scanner type (e.g. flatbed scanner) -> generic scanner icon fallback should be cool11:07
andreasnisn't this icon in the naming-spec these days? http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnomescan/trunk/libgnomescanui/icons/rotate-90.png?rev=411:09
bersaceandreasn: maybe11:10
bersacebut i didn't find a stock_id for that11:10
bersaceso i create a StockItem11:10
bersaceso and provide the icon11:10
bersace(i made the icon myself)11:10
bersaceandreasn: i read gimp and eog code to see how they did that11:10
bersacethey used their own icons too :(11:11
andreasnbersace: I think they are in the spec, but for some reason we don't have it in g-i-t yet11:11
bersacei'll see it later11:11
bersaceok11:11
andreasnI'll look into it11:11
bersacewould be nice to have icon *and* stock item11:11
bersacein libgnome11:11
bersaceor libgnomeui11:11
bersaceor gtk11:11
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fschoeptroy_s: ping02:32
kwwii_moin fschoep02:35
fschoepkwwii_: Hi02:35
kwwii_fschoep: does the ubuntu usplash have a black bg or is it a fullscreen colored thing?02:36
fschoepI think it's colored02:36
fschoepHaven't seen it yet :)02:36
kwwii_yeah, I haven't seen the kubuntu either02:36
fschoepHmm :)02:37
fschoepTroublesome.02:37
fschoepKnot3 is packaged tonight I think02:37
kwwii_really?02:39
kwwii_oh shit02:39
kwwii_I wanted to get some more stuff in02:39
fschoepDo so quickly, see Tollef's mail to u-dev02:39
fschoepPing him on IRC02:39
kwwii_it will be packaged on wednesday02:40
kwwii_whew, I was scared02:40
kwwii_tody is my wedding anniversary (9 years).../me goes to buy flowers for his wife02:40
kwwii_bbl02:40
fschoep..." I am aiming for a freeze of02:41
fschoepmain from tomorrow morning.."02:41
fschoepkwwii_: congratulations!02:41
kwwii_fschoep: thanks :-)02:44
kwwii_fschoep: when Riddel says I have till Wednesday, then I trust him (I guess kubuntu has a slightly diffferent schedule)02:44
fschoepkwwii_: Kubuntu might have indeed :)02:45
fschoepkwwii_: they do have a different agenda as far as I know ;)02:45
kwwii_hehe02:45
kwwii_yeah, ours agenda is purple, not brown02:45
kwwii_;-)02:45
fschoepba-dum - kssh02:46
fschoepkwwii_: Did you see the current Edgy artwork?02:49
fschoepLike wallpaper and GDM02:49
kwwii_fschoep: nope, but I looked at a link with a wallpaper in it (with blue in the right top corner)...is that it?02:51
fschoepRight02:51
fschoepSay - if you didn't know the backstory02:51
kwwii_fschoep: do you have pics of the whole thing somewhere02:51
fschoepWhat would you think of it?02:51
fschoepYes, hold on -02:52
fschoephttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce/Incoming/CurrentDefault02:52
fschoepIt's a bit widescreenish on that link, but the design's intact02:52
kwwii_while Ilike the use of the blue (before it was too mono-tonal) it is still quite brown to me :-)02:53
fschoepHehe02:53
kwwii_the login splash is nice02:53
fschoepThanks on your expert opinion!02:54
kwwii_;-)02:54
fschoepDo you have a page with the current Kubuntu look for Knot3?02:54
kwwii_I just wish I could see the usplash stuff (both of them)02:54
fschoep+1 from me02:55
kwwii_kinda hard to design something this late in the game without being able even see it02:55
fschoepLike shooting in the dark, literally02:55
kwwii_it almost seems to me like someone wants to have the same problems as last time02:55
kwwii_but anyway, enough conspiracy theory02:55
fschoep:)02:56
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kwwii_buying my wife flowers02:56
fschoepOK have a good time02:56
kwwii_see you02:56
fschoepAnd dinner tonight eh02:56
kwwii_:-)02:56
fschoepsee you too02:56
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msikmafschoep: did you get infos from Troy about my usplash work yet?02:59
fschoepmsikma: A bit, but if you can tell me a bit more that'd be nice.02:59
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msikmahi everyeone04:02
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msikmaHello09:05
PingunZhey msikma09:05
msikmaAnyone have a link to the Kubuntu logo?09:06
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msikmaMan the Ubuntu site is awful09:07
msikmaWhen I get less stress from work I will try to suggest something to patch it up. I think it's pretty bad.09:07
PingunZmsikma, its not good, not bad either09:08
PingunZthe banner need a cleanup :)09:08
msikmaIt's pretty terrible I'd say09:08
msikmaThe main page is one big lump of clutter and ugly images and bad design practices09:09
msikmaAnd text09:09
msikmaAnybody around who's actively involved in Kubuntu artwork?09:13
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frandavid100hiya!09:36
frandavid100I'd like to ask a question09:36
frandavid100is there a chance to pack a given program to use tango icons even if that's not the default?09:37
frandavid100I'm thinking gaim, or gimp09:37
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msikmaI would like to make a Kubuntu usplash using the new technology that we now have, consistent with the Ubuntu usplash experiments that I've done earlier, but I have no idea about its style/art guidelines09:51
msikmahttp://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/kubuntu_rlsl_0.gif09:51
kwwii_Seveas: ping?09:55
kwwii_msikma: hehe, that is purple!09:55
kwwii_msikma: I guess I could help you with the guidelines09:56
msikmaPerhaps! You're very active in Kubuntu, right?09:56
kwwii_yeah, you could say that :-)09:56
kwwii_I am the AIC for kubuntu09:56
kwwii_and happened to do all the artwork too09:57
msikmaawesome09:57
msikmaso how is that experiment in terms of new Kubuntu art guidelines?09:57
msikmaI didn't want to stick to just one hue so I messed around with it a bit and let it use red as well.09:58
msikmae.g. Violet --> Magenta09:58
kwwii_until now it looks like we will be using a light blue (almost cyan) to purple colored bg09:59
kwwii_and colorscheme, etc.09:59
sladenmsikma: pretty!10:00
msikmakwwii_: that means I'm right about the hue thing, but it's just that I'm on the wrong side of purple :)10:01
msikmasladen: thanks10:01
kwwii_msikma: http://bootsplash.org/newtest5a.png shows you the colors we are using10:01
kwwii_msikma: exactly10:01
msikma40310:01
kwwii_oops, rights, sorry10:04
kwwii_fixed10:04
msikmavery nice10:05
kwwii_that will be included in knot310:06
msikmahmm10:06
msikmahttp://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/kubuntu_rlsl_1.gif10:06
msikmaI will need to look into it further10:06
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kwwii_that is pretty close though, you just need to reduce the saturation a bit and increase the lightness10:07
Seveaskwwii_, pong10:08
kwwii_Seveas: how big can an animation be? (file size, I assume is the important part)10:08
Seveaskwwii_, technically unlimited, but please keep in mind that CDs have VERY limited space10:09
kwwii_Seveas: so read time and such are not important?10:09
Seveasif you hit read time bottlenecks with animation you must be doing full screen plasma flows10:10
kwwii_hehe10:10
kwwii_I have something pretty small in mind, but I need more than 15 frames to do it right10:10
Seveasyou can use as much frames as you want10:10
Seveasbut should use as little as possible10:11
kwwii_ok, here is my second question: is it possible to read a series of pics and display them as an animation and then once that is through go through them in reverse order?10:12
kwwii_that would reduce the number of frames needed by half10:12
Seveassure10:12
Seveasthat's basically what the pulsating throbber is doing10:12
kwwii_ok cool...I am going to make a few animations as gif, I'll post them and ping you tomorrow when I am done10:12
kwwii_basically, I am thinking of doing some volumetric lighting10:13
Seveasdo you know imagemagick a bit?10:13
kwwii_yepp, pretty well10:13
Seveasnice, then I'll ail you a list of questions later -- I want to use imagemagick more for automating the artwork building process10:14
kwwii_cool, I have a lot of experience using imagemagick in scripts10:15
Seveasrock10:15
kwwii_I had a set of scripts using imagemagick and batik which rendered the entire artwork for a full suse distro from a few SVGs :-)10:16
kwwii_I could never have kept up with the work otherwise10:16
msikmakwwii_: how's this? http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/kubuntu_rlsl_2.gif10:34
msikma(background should be a bit darker though, probably.)10:35
kwwii_yeah, probably, darker would be better10:36
kwwii_and slower10:36
msikmahttp://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/kubuntu_rlsl_3.gif slightly darker bg10:36
msikmaI'm not really concerned about the speed, since that can always be programatically changed.10:36
kwwii_well, as long as you have enough frames10:37
kwwii_it feels to me like it has too much saturation10:37
msikmaYeah, but I'd like to wait for seeing it used in a real, working state before changing the resolution.10:37
msikmaperhaps. these are dark tones, though, and less saturated dark tones look extremely boring while the problem isn't as big with light tones.10:38
kwwii_exactly10:38
kwwii_the darker tones can be saturated, but the lighter tones not so10:38
msikmalet's see if I can try fixing that10:39
msikmahttp://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/kubuntu_rlsl_5.gif10:47
kwwii_somehow the lighter violet tones bother me10:47
kwwii_I like the darker colors10:47
kwwii_and the very light color10:47
kwwii_you might try with a colored logo and only shine white light onto it10:48
msikmahmm, I kind of like the light violet. It's a very peaceful color to me.10:51
msikmaI tried nabbing some colors from that background, but I guess I'll try again10:51
kwwii_hehe10:55
kwwii_the colors in that background are funky10:55
kwwii_it is very colorful, even though you do not get that impression when you look at it10:55
msikmaarrrggh stupid 8 bit per channel color depth10:59
msikmaI want to edit stuff in real time with 32 bit per channel but that disallows me from using a bunch of tools/filters in Photoshop10:59
msikmaso after a bunch of color filters I'm forced to flatten my background and add a gaussian blur to it to take care of the posterize-like effect11:00
msikmahow's this? http://thingmajig.org/tmp/usplash_plus/final/kubuntu_rlsl_6.gif11:01
BHSPitLappypurdy11:09
BHSPitLappya purer shade of blue?11:10
BHSPitLappyinstead of violet?11:10
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kwwii_msikma: that is *much* closer11:23
kwwii_I guess the idea would be to put that pic on top of the wallpaper used and see how well it matches11:24

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