[11:47] <saispo> hi
[11:48] <saispo> cjwatson: if i want auto partitioning and auto detecting first hard drive, i must backport only partman-auto ?
[11:53] <cjwatson> yes
[11:55] <saispo> ok, will test this
[11:56] <saispo> thks :)
[11:59] <CIA-4> ubiquity: cjwatson * r1871 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py):
[11:59] <CIA-4> ubiquity: * New partitioner:
[11:59] <CIA-4> ubiquity:  - Fix edit dialog not to try to resize partitions even if the resize
[11:59] <CIA-4> ubiquity:  spinbutton was left untouched (LP: #85227).
[12:08] <CIA-4> ubiquity: cjwatson * r1872 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/validation.py): * Fix crash if multiple newworld boot partitions are present (LP: #84429).
[12:45] <CIA-4> ubiquity: cjwatson * r1873 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py):
[12:45] <CIA-4> ubiquity: * GTK frontend:
[12:45] <CIA-4> ubiquity:  - Fix backup from user information page if migration-assistant is not
[12:45] <CIA-4> ubiquity:  active.
[01:11] <poningru> in the email after inclusion into main evand mentions the goals of the MA, how much of that is done?
[01:32] <cjwatson> the things that Evan mentions in the present tense are done
[01:32] <cjwatson> seems pretty self-explanatory to me ...
[01:33] <cjwatson> ah, I guess he didn't go into very much detail, actually
[01:33] <cjwatson> apt-get source migration-assistant and have a look :-)
[01:35] <poningru> flood alert
[01:35] <poningru> err nm
[01:35] <poningru> hold on
[01:35] <poningru> http://pastebin.mozilla.org/3946
[01:35] <cjwatson> fetch it by hand from archive.ubuntu.com then.
[01:36] <poningru> can you look at that and say if thats ok for todays release notes
[01:36] <cjwatson> ah, I see, that's what you're doing
[01:36] <poningru> :)
[01:36] <cjwatson> ok, for that sort of detail, best wait until evand is awake
[01:36] <poningru> I also need evand's permission for that
[01:36] <poningru> yeah I have to get his permission since I basically copied his words
[01:37] <cjwatson> you definitely need to note that you need to run 'ubiquity --migration-assistant' to try this out - it's not on by default
[01:37] <poningru> yeah I put that on the next section hehe
[01:37] <poningru> http://pastebin.mozilla.org/3947
[01:38] <cjwatson> ok. s/normaly/normally/
[01:38] <poningru> doh
[01:39] <poningru> yeah havent done proofreading yet
[01:39] <cjwatson> and backup => back up, IMO
[01:39] <poningru> :) thanks
[01:39] <cjwatson> (I use backup as a noun, but back up as a verb - go figure)
[01:39] <poningru> hehe
[01:41] <poningru> yeah I think thats the grammatically correct method
[02:27] <CIA-4> ubiquity: cjwatson * r1874 ubiquity/ (4 files in 3 dirs): * Fill in a default username based on the user's full name (LP: #84550).
[02:31] <evand> poningru: looks good to me
[02:32] <poningru> evand: awesome thanks man
[02:32] <poningru> yeah I just kinda stole your email :)
[02:32] <poningru> hope thats ok
[02:32] <evand> not a problem at all
[02:33] <evand> can you put a note in there about bug reports being very welcome at this point?
[02:34] <poningru> yep
[02:34] <evand> thanks
[03:13] <secureboot> can anyone point me towards how to put an installer on a  usb flash drive?
[03:13] <secureboot> I've got the .iso... how do i then install from usb?
[04:21] <cjwatson> secureboot: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/installation-guide/i386/boot-usb-files.html
[05:35] <evand> cjwatson: are you aware of a bug where the installer produces a failed assertion (state[0]  == 'partman/active_partition') whenever there is a single NTFS partition on the drive?
[05:35] <evand> I tried to find an existing report for it, but came up empty.  I just can't imagine this not being filed yet.
[05:35] <cjwatson> what version?
[05:36] <evand> should be the most recent, one second
[05:36] <cjwatson> sounds like bug 84597, which I fixed yesterday
[05:37] <cjwatson> (fixed> ubiquity 1.3.21)
[05:38] <evand> it was yesterday's ISO, but I will check against 1.3.21, thanks.
[05:38] <cjwatson> the problem was that the weird inheritance of Partman from PartmanAuto meant that the new-partitioner code was wrongly kicking in while the autopartitioning code was seeing if it could auto-resize
[05:38] <evand> these gzipped files don't make searching through malone very easy
[05:39] <evand> ah
[07:49] <cjwatson> so the last installer you used before this was dapper?
[07:49] <victory747> for myself, yes
[07:49] <victory747> i've helped others, though.  but sometimes it's from scratch and that's not so hard
[07:49] <victory747> it's when there is existing lvm, and no one usually has that
[07:50] <cjwatson> ok, that helps me for comparison purposes
[07:50] <victory747> i usually don't dist-upgrade because my system us usually a disaster by that time so a fresh install is usually needed
[07:50] <victory747> (plus it cleans out the root-kits that may be there! :) )
[07:51] <victory747> i just hosed my edgy system, so thougth i would try feisty, that's why i am doing this
[07:51] <victory747> ok, i think i understand what's going on.  i'll make a note as to why it is confusing when LVM already exists.
[07:52] <victory747> then you guys can think about something that may make it easier
[07:52] <victory747> have the help files frozen already?
[07:52] <victory747> i should look at the timeline
[07:53] <cjwatson> I'm not changing the help files if I can possibly avoid it
[07:53] <victory747> ok,
[07:53] <cjwatson> they're not strictly frozen, but I have always tried really really hard not to change those in Ubuntu
[07:54] <victory747> oh, since they come from debian?
[07:54] <cjwatson> yes
[07:54] <victory747> maybe everyone who uses LVM already knows all the command line stuff so doesn't care
[07:54] <cjwatson> and since changing them involves a delta to 56 other files which is a pain to deal with
[07:55] <victory747> crazy - nothing is simple, is it!
[07:56] <cjwatson> it would be if everyone spoke English ;-)
[07:56] <victory747> :)
[07:56] <victory747> Well, I live in China usually and it's even worse there with Linux support.
[07:57] <victory747> so I'm a big fan of localization
[07:58] <victory747> ok, i'll fill out the bug report, and you can think about how to proceed
[08:02] <victory747> hey, this is similar to bug 39211
[08:11] <victory747> hey, how do I know when I set "use as" to "physical volume for LVM" that it won't erase everything already on there?
[08:17] <victory747> Ok, I have an idea.  If the installer knew it was LVM already, it could tag it as such, and then going into "Configure the Logical Volume Manager" would not have to write to the disk (since no changes were made).
[10:24] <cjwatson> victory747: it is indeed supposed to tag it as such without you needing to do so
[10:24] <cjwatson> it's a bug that it doesn't
[10:25] <cjwatson> victory747: /var/log/partman from the running installer may help me track down why it doesn't
[10:25] <victory747> will it still be on my system?
[10:25] <victory747> or should I run the installer again?
[10:26] <victory747> nope
[10:26] <victory747> oh,yes
[10:26] <victory747> want me to email it to you or something?