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poningruok so working on herd5 on gobby12:27
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poningru_need someone to take some caps of the recently built live-cds09:34
poningru_if anyone is alive09:34
poningru_elkbuntu09:35
elkbuntuponingru_, you'd be waiting... at least 4 hours if you're wanting me. i can only get stuff at 160kbs09:36
poningru_well the thing is... the web team really wants tiny screenshots09:36
elkbuntui cant help for a few hours due to download, no amount of debating is going to change this09:37
poningru_I need caps of the new artwork, nm-vpn plugins, menu for desktop-prettiness, and a crash report 09:38
poningru_elkbuntu: oh... you mean to download latest cd09:38
elkbuntuby when?09:38
poningru_right gotcha09:38
elkbuntuyeah09:38
elkbuntui've only got australian internet :(09:38
poningru_elkbuntu: whenever they wanna release herd 509:38
poningru_aka asap09:38
elkbuntufuckers09:39
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poningru_lol09:39
elkbuntuim yet to figure why this isnt dumped onto the art team as well :09:39
elkbuntuhmm... i have feisty herd3 iirc on the laptop, maybe dist upgrading will be faster09:40
poningru_ooh yeah that would be awesome09:40
poningru_thanks soo much09:40
poningru_my stupid laptop refuses all advances by feisty on it09:41
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poningru_hehe09:43
elkbuntu310 updates :-/09:43
poningru_ouch09:45
elkbuntunot unexpected but it's not going to be quick09:45
elkbuntuugh.. local mirror currently in synch process...09:47
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elkbuntuponingru, argh, all i've managed to get done is the two screenshots in http://geekosophical.net/random04:01
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beunohello everyone06:09
beunowe need to get the UWN out again06:19
beunowho can help me out?06:19
adamant1988beuno: I can try, I suppose.  Have I been removed from the marketing team yet?06:19
Burgworkbeuno: hey beuno06:22
Burgworkyes, we need a UWN, however, I have no time06:22
beunoBurgwork: hey!06:22
Burgworkmgalvin has promised to step up again06:22
beunooh, have you seen the emails that went back in forth the last hour or so?06:22
beunoadamant1988: why would you be removed?06:23
adamant1988Haven't been here for a few months06:23
beunoadamant1988: that doesn't make your help less usefull  ;D06:23
adamant1988It does mean that I would be subject to being pruned from the project :)06:24
adamant1988How much do you have done with this? 06:24
beunoadamant1988: have you helped with UWN before?06:24
beunothis is what we got up to now: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue3006:24
adamant1988I tried to help with it's design, but I pretty much got ignored.06:25
adamant1988What format is this shipped in now?06:25
beunoadamant1988: plain text06:25
beunobut that's not what we need help right now06:25
beunowe need to get it released06:26
beunoso we need help writing it06:26
adamant1988I'm OK with writing. 06:26
adamant1988Not great, but I try to use grammar wherever possible. :P06:26
beunoadamant1988: I'm sure we can get help with grammar corrections once we have most of it done06:27
adamant1988Haha, well, What needs to be written at this point?06:27
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marianomgreetings everyone06:29
beunoadamant1988: give me a few min to get myself organized06:30
beunohey marianom06:31
adamant1988Sure.06:31
beunomarianom is here to help us with UWN too  ;)06:31
beunoadamant1988, marianom, this is a good place to start reading: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/EditingPolicies06:32
marianomok, i'm on it. installing gobby06:35
beunomarianom: can you start updating the "Meetings and Events" section?06:35
beunoedit directly on the wiki for now06:36
beunowe get the data from: http://fridge.ubuntu.com06:36
marianomyeah, sure06:36
beunoI think we should do a quick UWN with news up until Feb 24th06:36
beunoand release UWN #31 Feb 25th to Mar 4th06:37
beunoalthouh the meetings don't make sense if they've already passed...06:37
beunoso basically add from today and a week ahead06:38
Burgworkthat sounds good06:39
marianomok, let me see if I got it: on #30 just meetings from today till a week from now. is it right?06:39
Burgworkbeuno: when you have a UWN, feel free to ask me to quickly look over it and send it06:39
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beunoBurgwork: I absolutely will, thanks06:44
beunomarianom: correct!06:45
beunoadamant1988: do you think you can look for articles in the press about Ubuntu?06:47
beunoI usually use Google News and search for "ubuntu"06:47
beunoarticles published from Jan 28th to Feb 24th06:47
beunotsmithe: I can feel you want to help out to but you're just a bit shy06:49
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beunotsmithe: I've read in an... uhm... article... that suming up news improves your packaging skills06:53
beunonot sure how, but I'm positive that was the conclusion06:53
tsmithewhere can i find this... uhm... article?06:53
beunodon't remember, but I'll be sure to look for it this weekend06:55
beunomeanwhile you can find it out for yourself06:55
adamant1988beuno: what kind of articles? I'm subscribed to about 10 feeds that deal with Ubuntu07:03
beunoadamant1988: articles that talk about Ubuntu07:07
beuno(positively)07:07
adamant1988OK, now are community written articles acceptable, or are we looking for press releases? 07:08
beunoadamant1988: press releases mostly07:11
adamant1988Eh, I don't get many of those, but ok07:11
beunoadamant1988: I know  ;)07:11
beunogoogle news is your friend07:11
adamant1988Eh, I suppose, but I'd rather get interesting news.07:12
beunoadamant1988: well, see what you can cook up and we'll go from there07:22
adamant1988beuno, how long has it been since the UWN has been released?07:22
beunoadamant1988: the last one was release over a month ago07:23
adamant1988So much for being weekly, eh?  Perhaps the designs should be re-thought?07:23
beunoadamant1988: it used to be "almost weekly"07:23
beunobut the main editors have been on leave07:24
beunoso nobody was there to push it forward07:24
adamant1988I see, but you don't think the news could be delivered to the Ubuntu community in a more... interesting fashion?  Since obviously the newsletter has stagnated for a month it seems like that would be a good time to introduce change.07:24
beunoadamant1988: what do you have in mind?07:27
adamant1988beuno: looking at current trends, I think presenting the news in a manner that allows for discussion would produce a much more exciting new medium for the community.  A newsletter is flat, you can't talk to it, you can't enter your opinion. 07:28
adamant1988Obviously Ubuntu is about the community, so that should be encouraged.07:28
beunoadamant1988: would a link to discuss it in the forums satisfy that, or does it have to be *more* interactive?07:29
adamant1988Well, what I think is that a link in the forums would suffice, but we could do better.07:29
marianombeuno: future meeting all loaded. please, take a look and let me know if its ok07:30
adamant1988Perhaps a blog we could all edit and add the "news" to.   07:30
adamant1988Granted, this would lose it's weekly format, as the news would just be "Whenever it happens" someone would talk about it.07:30
beunoadamant1988: I think a blog would go against the purpose of the UWN07:31
beunowhere editors come in place07:31
adamant1988Which is?07:31
marianomum beuno I see a little identation detail that I must fix. give me a minute07:31
beunoalthough it would be interesting to discuss your idea07:31
beunomarianom: sure, n07:31
beunonp07:31
adamant1988beuno: I don't mean to be brazen, but I don't even subscribe to company newsletters anymore07:32
adamant1988In fact I haven't seen companies offering them, but they are sure willing to tell you they have a blog up. 07:32
adamant1988You can subscribe to that with RSS and now you've got something every bit as good as a newsletter, but it feels like it's written by real people, for real people.07:32
beunoadamant1988: I agree, newsletters are a bit old, but this really has to be discussed with everyone who is involved in the UWN07:33
beunoI due find it interesting07:33
adamant1988That's fine, just don't tell me to put it on the mailing list.  I hate that thing. 07:33
beunoI'd encourage you to sum up your idea and send it to the marketing mailing list              ;)07:34
beunolol07:34
adamant1988Yeah, I've been told that before.  I hate trying to communicate on that thing.07:34
adamant1988It's like a forum, but incredibly innefficient and hard to keep track of. 07:34
Burgworkright07:34
adamant1988plus all the spam... all the spam..07:35
Burgworkexcept I find a forum incredibly innefficient and hard to keep track of07:35
Burgworkbecause I have to go to the forum07:35
Burgworkthe mailing list comes to me07:35
beunoI'm fine with both  ;D07:35
beunoadamant1988: that is a valid point, mails are active, the forum is passive07:35
adamant1988So subscribe to the forum?07:36
adamant1988I get an email every time someone posts a thread on SuSELinux.net in a certain forum. 07:37
beunoadamant1988: I'm sure both can live together in harmony07:37
marianombeuno, it's donde. please take a look and let me know what you think07:37
marianomit's done, sorry07:37
adamant1988beuno: not if the marketing team refuses to use one or the other :P07:37
adamant1988But I'll go ahead and alter my mailing list filter so it stops directing everything to the trashcan. 07:38
beunomarianom: perfect07:38
marianomlook! uluga meeting is there!!! niceee07:38
beunomarianom: want to give "Bug Stats" a try?07:39
marianomok, np07:39
beunogather information through here: http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/07:39
beunoyou have to mannually sum up the days07:40
beunofrom Jan 28th to Feb 24th07:40
marianomok, let me grab a mug of coffe and I'm on it07:40
beunomarianom: :D   thanks for the help07:41
beunoadamant1988: I guess it's all about getting along with all kinds of different people07:42
adamant1988beuno: I just really don't like having my mail box flooded with information that's a bit hard to digest, then figuring out who I need to reply to, etc.07:43
beunoadamant1988: the marketing list is pretty low traffic07:44
beunoand gmail helps a lot by threading07:44
adamant1988beuno: It wasn't when I was on it.  Yeah, the threading helps a ton, but I still never know who to send my replies to, etc.07:44
beunoadamant1988: all replies go to the mailing list07:45
beunothe "reply all" button is what you would hit07:45
adamant1988hrmm07:45
adamant1988and reply all sends a copy to everyone in the thread or?07:45
beunoadamant1988: to the mailing list07:54
adamant1988ok07:54
beunoand specifically to the person who sent the mail, depends on how they have they're mail client configured07:55
beunoin practice, it works  ;)07:55
adamant1988ok, I've set up my filter to hopefully avoid maxing out all 2.8 GB of space on my Gmail08:04
beunoadamant1988: I'm sure the marketing mailing list won't  ;)08:09
marianomI can see that the best way to count this bugs is to use the raw data08:11
marianomi'm preparing an oracle import in order to take the data to known fields08:12
beunomarianom: that would be great08:12
adamant1988There08:18
adamant1988I sent your evil mailing list a letter.08:18
beunoadamant1988: heheh, thanks08:18
adamant1988I hope that the filter I set up will let me manage the info a little better than last time around with this list.08:19
adamant1988I was right08:25
adamant1988I did get pruned from the launchpad.08:25
beunoadamant1988: you got deactivated in the marketing team?08:30
adamant1988yup, I added myself though08:30
Burgworkthere was a time when people were automatically pruned08:32
Burgworkthat time has now ended08:32
MitchM;)08:34
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tsmitheadamant1988, thing is - about that bloggy idea09:27
tsmitheis that *everything* is on a blog these days09:28
tsmitheit's kinda "old", even the "newsletter" style is actually the elder.09:28
tsmithei prefer that kind of "retro" feel09:28
tsmitheadamant1988, another thing is - my sis showed me an image earlier: it's not that long, when talking to an linux user, before he demands an rss feeds09:29
tsmithe*feed09:29
adamant1988tsmithe: we're aware, I don't know about you, but I like when people write the news and not robots.  Everyone else I know is the same. 09:29
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tsmitheadamant1988, indeed09:30
tsmithei wasn't aware there were any robots involved09:30
tsmitheexcept the changeomatic09:30
adamant1988I read the editorials first in my newspapers, because they're infinitely more interesting. 09:30
tsmitheindeed09:30
beunoadamant1988: paste the URLs you find in the wiki09:31
beunounder "In The Press"09:31
beunoand if your up to it, do a little piece on what it says09:31
adamant1988If you make the news more interesting, and then you make it interactive to the extent that people can talk back to you about it.  You've not only made the news interesting, you've made it interactive, and that's a good thing09:32
tsmitheok09:32
tsmithebut, erm, define, "more interesting"?09:33
tsmitheand how does a blog acheive that when a newsletter doesn't?09:33
beunoadamant1988: I agree, but we still have to get the UWN out for now, we can discuss how to improve it, but still we need to get it out09:33
adamant1988beuno: I suggested getting rid of it on the mailing list.  At this point it's a waste of resources and time that could be dedicated to the fridge. 09:34
beunoadamant1988: I don't think it's an option right now09:34
adamant1988It's still an open suggestion *shrug*09:34
Burgworkwe need to send something out via the mailing list09:35
Burgworkhowever, we can do it in more discrete chunks09:35
tsmitheand adamant1988; i don't want this "social solution" to end up as a new planet09:35
adamant1988tsmithe: I've read Ubuntu Planet, it's just a blog, they post some of the most random stuff on that09:36
tsmitheno09:36
tsmithenot like that09:36
tsmithemoderated, news aggregations09:36
tsmithei'm particularly wary, as you have 10 ubuntu feeds already, which kinda (sorry to be blunt, and i don't want to seem rude/abrupt) suggests you're a blog "fan".09:36
Burgworkno, planet is an aggregator09:36
beunoBurgwork: I'll make sure UWN 30 is ready enough today, so tomorrow we can start working on UWN 31 and get up to date09:37
Burgworkok, that works09:37
adamant1988tsmithe: I have a lot of RSS feeds.  They deliver the news to me instead of making me go find it. 09:37
marianombeuno: there's no bug data between 21/02 and 27/0209:37
beunowierd, and after that there is?09:38
tsmitheindeed - that's probably good, but i'm one (of that perhaps small minority) that doesn't like feeds09:38
Burgworkif we are breaking up the UWN into discrete chunks and it goes on the web, the fridge is teh way to go09:38
marianomyou asked me to compare 28/01 with 24/0209:38
marianomwhat you choose: 20/02 or 28/02 as limit date to compare?09:38
tsmitheadamant1988, i'd like feeds if it was easier for me to access them, and to integrate them with my desktop09:38
beunoBurgwork: we should really wait for jenda to get back, and have a meeting to discuss it09:38
Burgworkyep09:38
Burgworkand cody09:38
Burgworkwho I hear is in hospital09:38
MenZahmm09:39
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MenZaWhere is jenda+09:39
MenZaJenda*09:39
adamant1988tsmithe: try BlogBridge it's what I'm using right now.  It's it's own desktop application09:39
tsmitheMenZa, month in india09:39
beunojenda is in india until March 19th09:39
MenZa:O09:39
marianombeuno: ?09:39
marianomsorry for the hurry but I'm in a good moment09:40
beunoactually, jenda is in Sri Lanka09:40
beunoindia didn't work out09:40
tsmitheoh really?09:40
tsmithehow come?09:40
beunotsmithe: not very safe in india09:41
tsmithereally? unlucky...09:41
tsmitheand it's more in sri lanka?09:41
beunotsmithe: it seems like it, yes09:42
tsmithewell... sad to hear it09:42
beunohe has to go to bangladesh to return, so he'll have to cross over again09:42
tsmithei thought he was meeting friends...09:42
beunotsmithe: I think they all went to sri lanka, not sure09:42
tsmithecool09:42
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beunoI've been to turkey, that's about it09:43
tsmithemeh - hungary is as far as i've been09:44
tsmithegoing west though! \o/09:44
beuno;)  how's the fundraiser?09:45
tsmithewell - i got a job!09:45
beunothat's great news09:45
beunoso you're going09:46
tsmitheof course!09:46
tsmithedid you ever think i wouldn't?09:46
beunocongrats09:46
tsmithe:)09:46
beunowell, the fundraiser wasn't exactly exploding09:46
tsmithehaha no09:47
tsmithei'm very envious of jono09:47
beunohe has fundraising powers?09:47
tsmithewell, he made 776 in two days :'(09:47
tsmitheand it's up to 891 now09:48
beunoheh, not bad09:48
tsmithethat's about 6 times as much as i have raised09:49
marianombeuno: check the bug stats. I added a little comment to reflect we're counting monthly in this edition due to the delay and the missing stats09:53
beunomarianom: on the wiki?09:55
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marianombeuno: on the wiki10:55
beunomarianom: from which date to which date?10:56
marianombeuno: I compared 28/01 against 28/0210:57
marianomtoo much?10:57
beunomarianom: no, that's great   ;)10:57
marianomI took the first date you gave me and last one I could find in february10:57
beunothanks10:58
marianomI added a little note, hope next weekly it can be again on weekly basis10:58
marianomI can take an additional task for tomorrow, do you have another one?10:58
beunomarianom: I'll get back to you by email or gtalk later11:01
beunoneed to finish some *work* before the meeting in an hour11:01
marianomok11:01
marianomgo ahead11:01
marianomsee you in an hour11:02
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