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Commander-Crowewho is Metthew West?02:53
Commander-Crowehaha02:54
Commander-CroweEast02:54
Commander-Crowehaha02:54
Commander-Crowewrong direction02:54
LaserJockheh02:57
LaserJockhe is basically the leader of the documentation team02:57
LaserJockmdke is his nick02:57
LaserJockalthough I'm pretty sure he is asleep now ( he's in the UK)02:58
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Commander-Croweaah03:11
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j1mcdo you all use any kind of special software to work with the docbook files for the documentation?03:46
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Admiral_Chicagoheya j1mc03:47
j1mcheya Admiral_Chicago03:49
j1mc:)03:49
Admiral_Chicagoworking on xubuntu doc03:50
Admiral_Chicagohang out, I'll be back late03:50
j1mcok . . .03:50
j1mcwhich one are you working on?03:50
Admiral_Chicagoi'm trying to do wikis but not this week, swapped with work03:52
j1mchmmm  ok03:53
nixternalj1mc: any text editor will suffice04:06
nixternalgEdit, Kate, Bluefish, Vim, Emacs, whatever you want to use04:06
nixternalif I am going big edits I tend to use Kate, and if I am just going through and fixing stuff and test building I am stuck in vim04:06
j1mcthanks, nixternal04:18
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Commander-Crowedo you guys think that the use of the word "newbie" or "noob" is inappropriate for the wiki's/docs?04:57
Admiral_ChicagoCommander-Crowe: yes04:57
Commander-Croweok04:58
Commander-Crowewell I foudn it twice and I changed it04:58
Admiral_Chicagogood, I saw that before but was rushing and didn't get to do it04:58
Admiral_ChicagoCommander-Crowe: we aren't the RTFM community04:58
Commander-Croweyeah04:59
Commander-CroweI thought so04:59
Admiral_Chicagogood work.05:02
Commander-Crowewell05:06
Commander-CroweI think  I need someone to give me assienments05:06
Admiral_Chicagoyou could try to tackle category cleanup05:06
Commander-Croweum...ok05:06
Commander-Crowewhere is it?05:07
nixternalwo0t05:07
nixternaloops, wrong channel05:07
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UbugtuNew bug: #83525 in xubuntu-docs (main) "Listed location of "Terminal" is incorrect" [Undecided,Unconfirmed]  https://launchpad.net/bugs/8352505:20
j1mcwoah, ubugtu posted that from launchpad?  sweet.05:21
nixternalj1mc: have you checked out the documentation repository at all? We use Subversion if you didn't know already. Are you familiar with that?05:21
nixternalya j1mc, ubugtu posts all *doc bugs here05:21
nixternaland posts all bugs in #ubuntu-bugs05:22
Commander-Crowesubversion, isn't that for XGL/AIGLX themes?05:22
nixternalSubversion is a version control system05:22
Commander-Croweok05:22
Commander-CroweI'll change the bug05:22
nixternalhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Repository  <- j1mc05:22
j1mcthanks, nixternal05:23
nixternalj1mc: maybe our next meeting, or whatever, we can get together and do some doc hacking. I need some motivation every now and then :)05:23
j1mci was posting the "bugs in xubuntu-docs" page.  is that cool?05:24
j1mcdoing some docbook hacking sounds good, though.05:24
j1mcright now i'm just proof reading the docs, though.  just to get started.  nothing fancy.05:25
nixternalj1mc: as long as it refers to Xubuntu docs05:26
j1mcnixternal, yep.  that's what i'm working with.  :)05:26
j1mcbtw, thanks for the link to the repository.05:26
nixternalj1mc: have you talked at all with somerville32? he has been doing some docbook hacking for xubuntu05:26
j1mche knows that i'm interested in helping out.  we haven't really talked, though.05:27
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nixternalbbiaf05:27
Admiral_Chicagoyup, cody is the man to talk to05:27
j1mcthere's an irc meeting on a saturday in a week or so.  and i'm going to try and make that.05:27
j1mchttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-docs/+bugs   that's where i'm posting the xubuntu-doc bugs to.05:28
Admiral_Chicagoyea that seems to be the correct place05:29
j1mcneato05:31
Commander-CroweI can't physically edit the desktop guide05:31
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poningruanyone around?07:35
poningruhttp://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/installing-from-cd.html07:35
poningruI am looking at the front splash screen of the server install on the latest cd-image07:35
poningruand I dont see a lamp option07:35
poningruI am pretty sure they moved that to within the install07:36
tonyyarussoponingru: It's not on the front spash edgy+, no07:36
poningruhmm not sure about that07:36
tonyyarussoIt's a checkbox after installing -minimal07:36
poningruright07:36
tonyyarusso(I did an Edgy server install, btw)07:36
poningruah yeah never did one of those07:36
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tonyyarussoThe two options are LAMP and bind servers :)07:37
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poningruyeah thats what I got too in feisty07:37
poningruI know right07:37
poningruthat would be so cool07:37
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Commander-Crowedocta docta08:01
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poningruanyone around to answer to couple of questions about the server guide?06:29
poningruhttps://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/06:29
tonyyarussoponingru: Maybe?  depends on the question06:34
tonyyarussoand reasonably quick ;)06:35
poningruhehe06:35
poningrusorry06:35
poningrubasically re: the style06:35
poningruare we going very indepth?06:35
poningruas in making it a 'howto'06:35
poningruor are we just skimming the surface and giving an overview06:36
tonyyarussoWell, I haven't had a chance to go thoroughly through the current version online, but I can say this:06:36
poningrufor example06:36
poningrumhmm06:36
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poningruhttps://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/serverguide/C/network-file-system.html which is just an overview/brief howto as opposed to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SettingUpNFSHowTo06:38
tonyyarussoI bought the version as of Dapper from Lulu.  And, I found it a bit sparse.  It's great to have a quick overview kind of thing, but I was hoping with the mindset that people who will bother to buy a "server guide" probably need and want a fair bit of information.  I think it would be way cool (and a lot of work) if there were like two sections, where the current guide is in the front, and each piece says something like (see page 127 of 06:38
poningruyeah and I dont think it would be that much of a work either06:38
poningrusince most of the info is already in the wuc/huc(community)06:39
LaserJockyou are welcome to write it06:39
tonyyarussoLaserJock: I know :)06:39
tonyyarussoI'd _love_ to be doing more on this sort of stuff, but my formal education is getting in the way, if you know what I mean.06:39
tonyyarussoponingru: that's a good point though06:39
tonyyarussoI (personally) like the option of being able to get computer things in print as well, or at the very least available offline.06:40
poningruyeah same here06:40
LaserJockme too06:40
tonyyarussoI have actually in the past downloaded a mirror of the entire wiki for that purpose, but having a well-organized book is even better.06:40
tonyyarusso(I have dialup at home, so always being connected is not possible)06:41
poningru0.006:42
poningruentire wiki over dialup??06:42
poningrucrazy06:42
tonyyarussoIt might be a good idea to print them separately actually, so you could spend the $6 on the current guide, or $25 for a big whomping one.06:42
tonyyarussoponingru: ;)06:42
tonyyarussoIt's actually not that bad.06:42
tonyyarussoI think it came to 100 MB (far better than the 700 MB ISO I had to get first).06:43
tonyyarussoAnd since it's just text, you can bzip2 it down to 11 MB and store it on a thumb drive easily.06:43
tonyyarussoor at least you could at the time - it's larger now06:43
poningruhehe06:44
poningruyeah I'll say06:44
tonyyarussoponingru: So, in summary, I think we should _both_ skim the surface with an overview and have some sort of "supplement" that goes in-depth, that you can get additionally at your option.06:45
poningrubut all the quality is in huc(community) anyway06:45
poningrutonyyarusso++06:45
poningruserverguide_indepth ?06:45
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tonyyarussosomething like that06:46
tonyyarussowell referenced from the short version of course06:46
LaserJockwhy don't you guys just start by sending patches into the mailing list?06:46
tonyyarussoLaserJock: I need to learn how first for one thing...06:47
tonyyarusso:P06:47
LaserJockwell, there you go, a place to start :-)06:47
tonyyarussoyup06:48
tonyyarussowow...I'm so glad I have an eye doctor appt soon.  bleh06:50
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alefterisHi everyone! Is there a new version of the firefox welcome page for feisty? I would like to translate it, so where can i get the latest version? thanks08:33
mdkewe haven't changed anything from the last version yet08:37
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willvdlwhat's a good docbook editer that can do automatic indenting?09:16
mdkewillvdl: bluefish?09:16
LaserJockdoesn't vim/emacs?09:16
willvdlah yes, you mentioned that before09:16
willvdlwhat is the preferred indent? 4 space tab or spaces?09:17
mdkewe don't have one, afaik09:17
willvdlwhat's your preference? :)09:17
mdkeI don't have one, afaik09:18
LaserJockthat's right, appease the doc god ;-)09:18
willvdl:P09:18
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nixternalI stopped using tabs, instead I use seperation between tags09:25
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willvdlnixternal, not with you. what seperation do you use?09:31
steliswillvdl: We spoke about the idea of an Edubuntu Install Guide last week, and I've since knocked together a draft/proof-of-concept: http://www.elsn.org/downloads/edubuntu/drafts/edubuntu-quickstart.html09:54
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nixternalwillvdl: https://docteam.ubuntu.com/repos/trunk/kubuntu/internet/C/internet.xml09:56
nixternalsee that, that is how I seperate09:56
willvdlstelis. ambitious :)09:56
nixternalit makes the text longer, but that doesn't matter, easy to read, as well as I use a ton of comments <!-- blah --> so in case I ever leave someone should be able to pick right up09:56
stelisIt's actually stitched together from draft Handbook sections...09:56
willvdlnixternal gotcha. quite readable09:57
willvdlstelis, which drafts are you using?09:57
stelisMine :)09:58
willvdlok, we need to talk then :)09:58
stelisI wrote a Install section, but haven't caught up with09:58
stelisoops09:58
stelisAnyone who seemed upto date on Edubuntu docs09:58
willvdlgood news09:59
willvdlhave you got svn access on the doc-team repo?09:59
stelishttp://www.elsn.org/downloads/edubuntu/drafts/09:59
stelisThat directory holds all my DocBook drafts09:59
stelisNo09:59
willvdlOK, lets think of a way to merge efforts10:00
nixternalahh, I see stelis grabbed the files from teh old layout. p1-*, p2-* and so on10:00
stelisI wandered in to IRC just before Xmas, was away for a while, and haven't really gotten into the swing of things10:00
willvdlultimately, we want to be in line with doc-team structures10:01
stelisYes. I asked after Xmas, and nobody could tell me what the latest was10:01
stelisOK10:01
willvdlyou've got content, that makes me happy :)10:01
stelisI've noticed that SVN has moved around10:01
nixternalhrmm, we have to look at the licensing there, is Edubuntu using GFDL? Ubuntu docs and such switched to CC-by-SA, but I will leave that for another conversation10:01
nixternalstelis: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Repository10:02
willvdlnixternal edubuntu-docs should use what ever ubuntu docs uses10:02
stelisnixternal: The layout is borrowed from LDP, and I'll change the license10:02
nixternalthat is where you want to work from stelis10:02
nixternalwillvdl: if Edubuntu docs decides to use CC-by-SA then stelis will need to relicense his docs in order to be merged with the current10:02
nixternalstelis: roger10:03
nixternalI hate to switch from GFDL, but that isn't my choice :(10:03
stelisThe GFDL has serious issues10:03
stelisSadly10:03
nixternaland so do all of the CC licenses10:04
stelisYup10:04
nixternalCC licenses are useless because they reinvented the wheel imho10:04
willvdlOK. I have no idea what licence edubuntu dcs is on10:04
willvdlbut it makes sense to stay in line with doc-team10:04
stelisFedora went with the OPL, because counsel said that they felt that that could enforce it10:04
nixternalwillvdl: GFDL currently10:05
stelisAnd that it went the criteria for a free license10:05
steliswent > met10:05
willvdleither way, makes no sense for edubuntu-docs to have a different licence10:06
nixternalgranted I get confused with some of the legal mumbo jumbo10:06
willvdlhow do I change it?10:06
stelisI'm fairly easy with WRT docs licenses10:06
nixternalwillvdl: I will go through then and change the licensing to match Ubuntu docs then10:06
willvdlthanks10:06
nixternalstelis: did you write the quickstart from scratch pretty much?10:07
stelisIt's all my content10:07
willvdlstelis, it should be relatively simple to get you svn access to docteam repos, then at least we're all working in the same place10:07
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nixternalit looks good, the code is clean as well10:07
stelisAssembled from the draft sections that I hadn't managed to get reviewed10:07
stelisSorry if that was unclear10:07
steliswillvdl: That would be helpful10:08
nixternalwell, you are definitely an asset in my eyes right now. I/We could definitely use a lot more help with the Handbook, and the talent is definitely there10:08
stelisFWIW, the idea of the Quick Start is the same as the Getting Started page on the Web site10:08
stelisOnly cleaned up/ updated/expanded10:09
nixternalstelis: the easiest way to get access is to first commit patches that show you know your code, you know how to patch and work with svn, and then when mdke feels good about it, he will put in for you10:09
willvdland reminds me of jsgotangco's idea for a quickstart guide10:09
stelisI wanted something that I could give to people who know nothing about Edubuntu10:09
stelisThat would get over the installation hurdle10:10
stelisThere are FIXMEs where screenshots should go in the DocBook10:10
willvdlnixternal, ubuntu could benefit from an installation guide too I reckon10:11
stelisI've got raw PNGs, but don't know how to format them (correct resolution etc.)10:11
willvdlstelis, there are folks who will10:11
stelisWell I can probably ImageMagick them to whatever the right format is - I'm just missing the info10:13
willvdljust drop a mail on the doc-team list and I'm sure you'll get the right response10:13
stelisOK, will do10:13
willvdlstelis, if you could help out with the handbook we'd be greatly appreciative10:14
stelisI'm happy to.10:14
willvdlexcellent, I'm busy organising what's currently been done on it10:15
willvdlthere is an old wiki section at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EdubuntuDocumentation/EdubuntuCookbook10:15
willvdlwhich is out of date but still got some useful info10:15
willvdland then there is the handbook in the repo10:16
willvdlI'll also move the planning/project management pages over to the doc-team wiki pages10:16
willvdl(I _Still_ haven't had time to do that)10:17
stelisThese are the source for all the bits and pieces that I've done: http://www.elsn.org/downloads/edubuntu/handbook/10:18
stelissource > sources10:18
willvdlbased on edgy?10:19
stelisThey built when integrated with the old handbook SVN10:19
stelisYes.10:19
willvdlcool. MY only setback is getting feisty changes in in time10:19
stelisI've yet seen any differences (that would impact this stuff anyhow)10:20
stelishaven't yet10:20
willvdlwell LDAP authentication etc. will impact things10:20
stelisI looked through the packages and I don't think I saw anything for that10:21
stelisI know that ogra was keen to add somthing10:21
willvdlspeak to oli on the status10:21
Burgworkstelis: that is currently up the air, due to tools shaking out10:21
stelisOK.10:22
willvdlBurgwork, there is a concerted push to make sure it's there10:22
Burgworkwell, ajmitch has to deliver his part10:22
willvdlstelis, pop by the edubuntu meeting tomorrow and we'll see how we can progress10:25
steliswillvdl: 20:00 UTC?10:26
willvdlI think tomorrow is 12:00 UTC10:26
stelis:(10:27
willvdlwhat's your timezone?10:27
stelisGMT10:27
willvdlah. mid-day10:27
stelisNo IRC access at work (firewalls)10:27
willvdlbummer10:27
stelisI can be around on IRC tomorrow evening10:28
willvdlI gotto crash. exhausted. see y'all later10:28
stelisCheers10:28
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