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Hobbsee@schedule sydney01:24
ubotuSchedule for Australia/Sydney: 21 May 03:00: Xubuntu Developers | 23 May 06:00: Technical Board | 24 May 06:00: Edubuntu | 25 May 06:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 28 May 00:00: LoCo Team | 30 May 01:00: Kernel Team01:25
ajmitchthat's not too early for you01:26
Hobbseesure it is01:26
Treenaks@schedule Amsterdam01:28
ubotuSchedule for Europe/Amsterdam: 20 May 19:00: Xubuntu Developers | 22 May 22:00: Technical Board | 23 May 22:00: Edubuntu | 24 May 22:00: Ubuntu Development Team | 27 May 16:00: LoCo Team | 29 May 17:00: Kernel Team01:28
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vinzeHas the Xubuntu meeting started yet?06:03
pochu@now06:04
ubotuCurrent time in Etc/UTC: May 20 2007, 16:04:24 - Next meeting: Xubuntu Developers in 55 minutes06:04
vinze55?06:04
pochuThat's what ubotu says :)06:04
vinzeO wait...06:04
vinzeI always thought I was in GMT+106:05
vinzeBut then it turns out I'm in GMT+206:05
vinze...06:05
pochuvinze: summer time? ;)06:05
vinzeOh that'll be it :(06:05
pochu:)06:05
vinzeBut does that increase GMT?06:05
vinzeWeird..06:05
pochuIt does, yes.06:05
vinzeSo when summer time arrices, GMT stays the same but all timezones are +1...06:06
vinzeStupid >.<06:06
shawarmaEr.. no. :)06:06
shawarmaNot every country switches to daylight savings time on the same day or at the same time of day.06:07
vinzeAh OK06:07
vinzeThat explains06:07
shawarmaHence: We need a measure of time that is dependable regardless of our respective time zones.06:07
vinzeRight...06:07
vinzeI was already wondering when I installed Feisty ;)06:07
shawarmaEven if we all switched on the same day, we all do it at 2 a.m. *local* time. When should GMT switch?06:08
vinzeYeah it's troublesome ;)06:08
shawarmaPrecisely. :)06:08
pochuThere's a command to print the local hour in GMT, but can't remember which :)06:08
pochusomething -u :)06:08
vinzeAh doesn't matter that much ;)06:08
stgraberpochu: date -u I guess06:08
vinzeYeah06:08
pochustgraber: yeah, thanks :)06:08
vinze$ date -u06:09
vinzeSun May 20 16:08:55 UTC 200706:09
vinzed'oh06:09
pochuvinze: that may help you when you're in doubt ;)06:09
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=== ..[topic/#ubuntu-meeting:ubotu] : Current meeting: Xubuntu Developers | Calendar: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/event | Logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/ | 22 May 20:00 UTC: Technical Board | 23 May 20:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 24 May 20:00 UTC: Ubuntu Development Team | 27 May 14:00 UTC: LoCo Team | 29 May 15:00 UTC: Kernel Team
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somerville32Oh, look. My clock must be off by 5 minutes :/ -- all of my clocks, lol06:56
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j1mchi all07:00
nixternalhowdy07:00
somerville32Hiya07:00
earobinsonhey07:00
j1mcwow, nixternal is here, too07:01
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nixternalsitting here at the CoDLUG meeting :)07:01
nixternalit is nice and quiet here today07:01
nixternalgetting some hacking done07:01
j1mccool.07:01
ongardiehey07:01
j1mchi ongardie07:02
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somerville32Is this the first xubuntu-devel meeting for Gutsy?07:03
j1mcsomerville32: yes it is07:03
somerville32Awesome. I'm pumped.07:04
j1mcme, too07:04
j1mcaccording to the agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings ... we're supposed to cover:07:05
j1mcfeatureset for 7.1007:05
j1mcdiscussion of help center07:05
j1mcideas for 7.10 documentation (yeay!)07:05
j1mcand ... whether or not to add a murrine gtk theme.07:05
j1mci am not married to this agenda, though.07:05
=== j1mc added the "yeay!" at the end of the documentation note.
=== somerville32 is editing that wiki page.
j1mcnp, somerville3207:06
j1mclet us know when you're done.  we'll give you a few minutes.07:07
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j1mchi maxamillion07:09
maxamillionsorry i am late07:09
j1mcnp, cody is editing the agenda on the wiki07:10
maxamilliongood stuff07:10
j1mche'll let us know when he's done...07:10
maxamillionok07:10
somerville32done07:11
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maxamilliongrazie: !!! :) ... welcome to the meeting :) ... http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/89807:11
j1mcok!07:12
=== maxamillion checks the newly edited agenda
graziemaxamillion: thanks...just being nosey07:12
j1mcgrazie: agenda up at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings07:12
maxamilliongrazie: you should participate! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings07:13
maxamillionlol07:13
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j1mci'm out at free geek chicago.  ping me when discussion about documentation comes up.  freddy martinez and i have a lot of ideas and such.07:13
j1mci don't knw much about the help center.07:14
maxamillionawesome07:14
maxamillionwait .. the help center?07:14
graziemaxamillion:  not a slow as my new broadband(?) connection07:14
graziej1mc: reading through now...07:14
=== somerville32 doesn't know who added that to the agenda.
=== j1mc did
j1mcdo we want to use it?  didn't we get a working draft ready for feisty?07:15
maxamilliongrazie: yeah, i am about to move into a new place in roughly 5 days and i am worried the broadband supplier there will be slow :/07:15
maxamillionj1mc: i think you are talking about the welcome center07:15
somerville32*centre07:15
somerville32<g>07:15
=== j1mc goes to change wiki. is it still something we're interested in?
maxamillionhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Feisty/XubuntuWelcomeCenter07:16
maxamillionsomerville32: tomato, tomato ....07:16
somerville32I question how useful it will be.07:16
=== maxamillion thinks that applies better when he can verbally express each pronounciation
somerville32The welcome centre is an interesting idea but it accomplish little more then documentation does.07:17
j1mci think so, too07:17
ongardieit might get in the way if auto-started07:17
maxamillionsomerville32: i think it would be exponentially useful, giving first time users a quick overview of the project, and empowering them with resources they need to be aware of in order to accomplish every day tasks07:17
somerville32aka - our documentation :P07:18
maxamillionongardie: it would only auto-start on the first boot of a fresh install and has a check box to continue autostarting, but will always autostart on the liveCD07:18
somerville32Developing our own application is a lot of work and overheard.07:18
maxamillionsomerville32: well, yes .. that and the wiki, the forums, etc.07:18
maxamillionsomerville32: but 80% of our users never look at the documentation07:19
ongardiei don't think the app would have to be that complex, but you'd have to get good content **and** translate it07:19
=== maxamillion didn't look at the documentation until he went to work on updating it
somerville32Then maybe we should find out how we can make the documentation more visible and useful to users?07:19
maxamillionsomerville32: put it in the welcome center :)07:20
=== maxamillion really thinks the whole docbook thing is rather useless
j1mctopic-based help is more useful than what we have in place now, though.07:20
somerville32Maybe we should looking at removing any gnome dependencies from yelp?07:20
ongardiemaybe we can package the docs as html files and do the same thing as the welcome center, but with content we already have and through a browser that already exists07:20
somerville32ongardie, Thats what already happens with the documentation.07:21
maxamillionongardie: yeah, the docs just pop up in firefox atm07:21
ongardiewell, then we just need to make that more visible07:21
somerville32Firefox is rather "big".07:21
j1mci think that removing the gnome deps from yelp could be useful.07:21
maxamillionsomerville32: its about to get bigger07:21
ongardiei don't see how putting the docs in a python app will improve everything07:22
somerville32j1mc: Thats actually what I was thinking.07:22
somerville32ongardie, I think what we want to accomplish is showing some kind of welcome documentation at boot. Firefox is for sure too heavy to be auto-started.07:22
j1mcyelp looks an awful lot like the welcome center. :)07:22
maxamillionongardie: the welcome center was tested on a 200mhz machine with 128mb of ram, the load time was trivial and using the app was snappy07:22
=== somerville32 nods @ j1mc.
ongardiei don't know about you guys, but let's be honest: I would never open the thing and i sure as hell don't want it opening itself07:23
ongardiea launcher on the desktop that opens a "heavy" application would suffice, in my opinion07:24
maxamillionongardie: right, but after the first boot of a fresh installation, you can tell it to never open again07:24
somerville32I think adding a launcher would be a good first-step.07:24
maxamillionlets be honest, the current wave of linux users is helpless and they need things shoved in their face before they have a clue what's going on07:24
ongardiethey are helpless when it comes to internals07:25
ongardiei honestly believe most people can figure out the desktop apps without help07:25
=== somerville32 nods.
maxamillionongardie: i would hope so, that is all rather straight forward07:25
somerville32As long as we can get it all to work right out of the box :)07:25
somerville32Windows 98's welcome centre failed horribly.07:26
somerville32We should learn from it.07:26
ongardiewhat about windows XP's tour? they really made a mistake having that thing run without accelerated video drivers07:27
ongardieheh07:27
somerville32hehe07:27
somerville32I think we should ditch the welcome centre project.07:27
somerville32The other buntus do not have things auto-loading like that.07:27
maxamillionanyone seen Vista's automated garbage?07:27
maxamillionsomerville32: no, but the ubuntu welcome center has been in the works for some time now07:28
j1mcmaxamillion: you mean the whole OS vista?  :)07:28
somerville32maxamillion, And when it gets released, we can simply use that instead of developing our own.07:28
maxamillionj1mc: heh ... no joke, i am tired of fixing that OS at work07:28
j1mcsomerville32: when what gets released?07:28
maxamillionsomerville32: and all the annoying gnome dependencies that come with .....07:28
maxamillionj1mc: the ubuntu welcome center07:28
ongardiei think the welcome center effort would be better placed in 1) improving the docs, 2) making the docs easily available to new users07:29
somerville32It is easier to get rid of gnome dependencies then developing and maintaining our own software.07:29
j1mc1) would removing gnome deps from yelp be difficult? and . . .07:29
j1mc2) would yelp lead people to our docs?07:29
maxamillionj1mc: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWelcomeCentre07:29
somerville32ongardie, I concur.07:29
ongardieyelp depends on libbeagle? wtf07:30
maxamillioni think their idea is bloated and overbearing and will ultimately fail .... just as microsoft's ... but our idea is simple, its just some docs that answer the most commonly asked questions07:30
maxamillionongardie: yeah, gnome apps are cool like that07:30
ongardiemaxamillion: heh07:30
somerville32maxamillion, If you feel strongly about this project, you can continue to develop it, package it, and get it into Universe. It is pointless to debate this at this point when the thing isn't even ready to be included.07:30
ongardieyelp depends on firefox?07:31
maxamillionsomerville32: agreed07:31
maxamillionongardie: probably just on gecko07:31
somerville32ongardie, Most likely for the gecko engine.07:31
maxamillion:P07:31
ongardieoh right. i guess they still haven't properly separated the two07:32
=== j1mc is glad to reach an agreement on that.
=== somerville32 declares the Welcome Centre dead.
ongardiethe next item on the agenda is a biggie: "7.10 Documentation roadmap"07:32
somerville32Woot woot! :)07:32
j1mcw00t!07:32
maxamillionbleh07:32
j1mchehe07:32
ongardieheh07:32
j1mci'm excited about creating topic-based help for xubuntu.07:33
maxamillioni can't stand writing docs, xml seems retarded to me07:33
somerville32Who were the individuals that were really interested in helping with documentation?07:33
j1mcme and freddie martinez07:33
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somerville32There was another fellow.07:33
ongardie(i'm going to eat lunch, but i'll be back)07:34
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vinzeHere I am :D07:34
vinzeWhat's the current subject?07:34
somerville32Documentation07:34
j1mchi vinze ... talking aboug docs07:34
vinzeK07:35
j1mcsomerville32: perhaps it was vincent?07:35
somerville32Ok, there seems to be an xubuntu-doc team07:35
j1mcwho is in it?07:36
=== maxamillion might be
maxamillionyup, sure am07:36
maxamillionis there an editor i can use to exit the docs without having to traverse through xml?07:37
=== maxamillion finds xml as annoying as html
somerville32https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-doc07:37
somerville32maxamillion, Yes.07:37
maxamillionsomerville32: awesome07:38
maxamillionwhat is it?07:38
somerville32There a few different ones. You'll need to refer to wiki docs07:38
somerville32As for documentation, wasn't there someone who agreed to head that up?07:38
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somerville32Awesome! :)07:39
somerville32j1mc: Tell us what you have planned.07:39
j1mcyes, we are excited about this.  we're planning on having weekly in-person doc-hacking sessions this summer to completely update xubuntu-docs07:40
j1mcwe plan to get things in line with topic-based help07:40
j1mcwe are both part of the chicago-loco team, along with nixternal who does a ton of work for kubuntu docs07:40
=== somerville32 nods.
somerville32Any plans on updating the stylesheet?07:41
j1mcin terms of other specifics at the moment, we don't have much.07:41
j1mchadn't thought to update the style sheet yet, but that would be a good idea.07:41
j1mcperhaps use some css from the soon-to-be updated xubuntu website?07:41
j1mcsomehow?  /me is not a css expert07:42
somerville32I would speak with TheSheep.07:42
vinzeIt doesn't look too complicated07:42
somerville32but something more appealing would be nice.07:42
j1mcagreed.07:42
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vinzeYeah, it's kinda... Gray07:42
=== somerville32 nods sadly.
somerville32I think it would be wise to have an xubuntu-doc meeting07:43
j1mcsomerville32: you reference "browser" in the meeting agenda.  care to elaborate?07:43
somerville32j1mc: Same thing as in discussion about the welcome centre.07:43
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somerville32Firefox is big and bloated.07:43
somerville32Having a light-weight doc browser would be useful, I think.07:44
somerville32Maybe work with upstream?07:44
j1mcwith xfce folks?07:44
=== somerville32 nods.
somerville32Gnome and KDE both have their own documentation browsers.07:44
j1mcyelp is the one for gnome?07:44
=== somerville32 nods.
j1mcand you think that removing the gnome deps would be too difficult, and would rather get something from upstream?07:45
=== j1mc is just trying to clarify...
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somerville32j1mc: We'll have to investigate.07:45
TheSheepsomerville32: wouldn't just a web browser be enough?07:46
somerville32TheSheep: Thats the question.07:46
maxamillionif we are looking at upstream, kalikiana is in the process of writing a lightweight GTK+ broswer in C using the webkit engine as opposed to gecko07:46
TheSheepthere is a number of ready ones too, even including dillo07:47
j1mcmaxamillion: thanks... where can we find info on that?07:47
vinzeWouldn't Gecko be a safe choice in terms of website compatibility?07:47
maxamilliondon't know how far upstream it will be before a stable release results, but meh07:47
somerville32I think it would be good to have a chat with the ubuntu-doc team.07:47
TheSheepvinze: but we don;t need it for websites, and the documentation would be abviously tweaked for the browser07:47
maxamillionvinze: yes, but webkit is what the OS X safari browser runs on, its rather feature rich to be honest07:47
vinzeOh, you want a browser especially for docs...07:47
maxamillionoh ...07:47
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ranfdillo is fast a lightening but tends to get ugly sometimes.07:48
j1mcsomerville32: what do you have in mind with chatting w/ the ubuntu-doc team07:49
somerville32I don't think installing another, lighter, web browser is a very appealing solution.07:49
TheSheepyelp uses gtkhtml2 and it's ok07:49
somerville32j1mc: I think that they'd be able to help answer the questions we have.07:50
vinzeranf, what do you mean by "getting ugly"?07:50
j1mcok.07:50
somerville32I think the question at the moment is: Is a documentation browser other then Firefox appealing?07:50
j1mcwill we still go with docbook.xml, though?  we're just concerned about presentation, right?  that's the only thing that seems to be up in the air...07:50
vinzeBut DocBook easily exports to other formats07:51
somerville32We're for sure not moving away from DocBook.07:51
j1mci like the idea of having a separate app for documentation, if only because people open up a web browser and use it to start searching the web.07:52
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vinze(with somerville32)07:52
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vinzeI think you have a point j1mc but someone would need to take care of either removing gnome-deps from yelp or finding an alternative07:52
maxamillionj1mc: i agree with you on your point about the docs opening in the browser and being ignored because people want on the net07:53
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TheSheepmore modern templates (using xhtml and css) would be nice07:53
j1mcTheSheep: yes, we agreed the current look is rather gray... :(07:53
TheSheepj1mc: I tried to make a style, but basciallly everything is hardcoded in the html07:53
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maxamillionjoy07:54
j1mcTheSheep: yesss!  hardcoded into html is ... awesome.  :)07:55
vinze</sarcasm> I hope07:56
maxamillionawesome like a stroke07:56
j1mcyes... sarcasm.  :)07:56
somerville32You "compile" the docbook into html.07:56
TheSheepsomerville32: yes, we just need to use different templates07:57
j1mc... i'm sure that things will come up as we develop the new set of documentation, but we'll make the process as transparent as possible.07:57
j1mcand we have good resources with nixternal and others.07:57
j1mci am confortable with the writing aspect, but... is there someone who would like to take on the application/presentation part?07:58
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j1mc... would like to head that up?07:58
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j1mcis it something we could push out to the mailing list to seek help with?07:59
j1mc... if no one here wants to take it up now?07:59
vinzeI'm afraid there won't be many volunteers07:59
vinzeNah07:59
j1mchmmm... would it be a big problem to use yelp as-is, seeing as people don't open up the docs all that often?08:00
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j1mcwould the gnome deps be a big issue?08:01
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gpocentekyes08:01
vinzeI think most people aren't even aware of the docs08:01
j1mcif it's going to be a big problem with getting a separate app, i say we just stick with having them in firefox for now.08:02
vinzeYeah I guess so08:02
j1mcmaybe a nicer stylesheet will encourage people to use them.  :)08:03
vinzeYeah I hope so :D08:03
vinzeSame goes for the default homepage08:03
j1mcok.  let's go with that for now unless someone objects.  besides, our manpower could probably be put to better use in other areas that more users will appreciate.08:04
vinzeAgreed08:05
maxamillioni am really having trouble finding anything classified as a docbook viewer other than yelp ...08:05
maxamillioni know it would be a pain, but anything think we should poll and see if the rest of the development community feels it worth while to remove yelp's gnome libs and make a yelp-gtk package in main?08:06
gpocentekit'll be a mess08:06
vinzeWell, we'd need someone to step up and do it anyway08:06
gpocentekhonnestly, going with firefox is IMO the best solution08:06
maxamilliongpocentek: my only issue with that, as j1mc stated, is that if the docs pop up in firefox i think majority of people would ignore them because they now have a browser infront of them and they will proceed to google or otherwise08:08
j1mcmaxamillion: maybe we could set it up so that firefox launches a special instance w/o the navigation buttons, links toolbar, etc.  ...08:08
maxamillionj1mc: oooo, that's an idea08:08
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TheSheepnow we need a xul programmer instead of a C programmer08:08
maxamillionlol08:09
maxamillionthat will be harder to find08:09
vinzeWouldn't there be a special mode?08:09
j1mcfreddy martinez (aka Admiral_Chicago) is also on the mozilla team.  i was thinking that there was a special mode or something.08:09
j1mci'm sure we could at least find out.08:09
vinzeOr perhaps do some "firefox --new-tab "javascript:popup" blabla08:09
vinzeOr I guess without the "--new-tab"08:10
j1mci'll check on that... it sounds like a good compromise if we don't need an xul developer (or whatever)08:10
maxamillionj1mc: we could make a 'documentation' profile under firefox and have the docs open firefox with that profile using some custom settings08:10
j1mcmaxamillion: good idea.  again, i'll check into it with freddy.08:11
maxamillionokies08:11
j1mc:)  yeay!08:11
maxamillionbrb08:11
vinzeK08:11
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vinzeThey're not all I think08:12
j1mcmoving on to feature considerations, then?08:12
vinzeGuess so08:12
j1mchttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings (for those who joined late)08:13
vinzeThe Welcome Center08:13
j1mc^^ our agenda08:13
vinzeO wait08:13
vinzeSorry08:13
vinzeMurrine08:13
j1mcdid you add that to the agenda, vinze?08:13
vinzeErm, yes, think so08:13
vinzeMainly because we still didn't use Murrine for Feisty08:13
j1mcok.  what are you thinking?  (btw, we have ~45 minutes left in the meeting)08:14
vinzeWell... That we did use Murrine for Gutsy :P08:14
j1mcok.  i know that jmak already had some theme ideas for gutsy, so you may want to talk with him early in the process.08:14
vinzeWell, I suppose he has ideas for themes, but they just need to be implemented08:15
vinzeI don't like his choices, but I think any Murrine-based theme is better than Clearlooks08:15
j1mcit would be good to see what he has in mind.  i think he was pushing for a murrine-based theme, but we just ran out of time last time.08:16
vinzeAh OK08:16
vinzeThen I suppose we'll be able to make it for Gutsy08:16
j1mcany other comments on theme stuff?  i'd like to move on to stuff like network manager, games, etc.08:17
vinzeLet's move on08:17
j1mcok.  network manager.  :)  gnome's one works well in xubuntu's panel, but ... there's interest in removing the gnome libs and using for xubuntu.08:17
ongardienoooooooo!08:18
j1mcno?08:18
j1mcthat was an emphatic no.08:18
ongardieheh, i think network manager is buggy08:18
j1mcsomerville32 added it to the agenda ...  perhaps he'd like to say what he had in mind.08:18
j1mcsomerville32: you there?  or still on the phone?08:19
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ongardie(http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/airconfig should be pretty cool once it's ready, though)08:19
j1mcsomerville32: what do you need a phone for.  we have irc.  ;-)08:19
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vinzeWell we *do* need WPA support ;)08:20
vinzeWas that the project from an Xfce dev?08:20
vinzeAnyway, if that's not ready yet I suppose it'll be more buggy than NM08:20
ranfvinze, Brian Tarricone08:21
ongardievinze: yes, Brian Tarricone is writing airconfig08:21
vinzeK08:21
ongardievinze: good point. at this point, i bet it is buggier than NM08:21
vinzeHow about Wifi-radar?08:22
vinzehttp://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/08:22
vinzeThough it doesn't look that user-friendly08:22
j1mcongardie: i like how it is an xfce project, but there isn't even a release for it yet.  very bleeding edge.08:22
Mithrandirwhy not just write a gtk-only, xfce NM applet?  It shouldn't be that hard.08:23
vinzeongardie thinks it's buggy08:23
vinzeI don't have that much experience08:23
ongardieit's not the front-end that i have a problem with08:23
j1mcongardie: nm-applet hasn't given me any trouble.08:23
vinzeIt just doesn't work for you or something?08:23
vinzeBecause you could be an exception08:24
ongardiemaybe it's just me and the people i've talked to08:24
vinzeHow many are they?08:24
ongardieme, my bro, the entirety of #xfce-dev08:25
ongardieand a couple guys from #ubuntu-houston, iirc08:25
ongardiebut i think a better idea is to search the forums for problems08:25
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ongardiehttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=hDV&q=networkmanager+problems+site%3Aubuntuforums.org&btnG=Search08:26
nixternalsomeone said my name? :)08:26
vinzeOnly 163 threads08:26
Mithrandirongardie: that seems to just be the suspend/resume problem which we now have a fix for.08:26
j1mcnixternal: just referenced you in that you would be available to help freddie and i with docs08:27
nixternalroger08:27
maxamillioni think wifi-radar would be stellar if it offered some sort of wpa support08:27
vinzewifi-radar supports wpa08:27
maxamillionvinze: uh, it does?08:28
vinzeAt least, you have a WPA option08:28
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ongardiemaxamillion: see the web site, 2nd screenshot. there is something about WPA08:29
vinzeBut it doesn't depend on wpasupplicant...08:29
maxamillionvinze: right, but click on the WPA option, just asks for what will supply the wpa functionality08:29
j1mcvinze: yeah... having to identify what driver to use for wpa isn't so good.08:29
j1mcfor the end-user, anyway.08:29
vinzeAh, that sucks08:30
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vinzeYou need to tell explicitly which driver you'd need08:30
ongardiequick question: in xubuntu feisty, what tools are there?08:30
vinzeTools?08:30
maxamillionthe advanced user who wants to use something other than a pre-select will do so if there is a pre select or not08:30
ongardiefor managing the network connections08:30
vinzenetwork-admin08:30
vinzeAnd a panel plugin08:31
ongardievinze: gnome's network-admin?08:31
vinzeYeah but with gnome dependencies removed08:31
ongardiei see08:31
maxamillionvinze: what planel plugin?08:31
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ongardiemaxamillion: will one driver work for everyone?08:32
vinze"Network Monitor"08:32
vinzemaxamillion, but that's just seeing if it's active08:32
ongardievinze: "Network Monitor" doesn't let you configure anything though08:32
ongardieright08:32
vinzeNo no configuration08:32
j1mci like the idea of using airconfig, but don't think it's ready.  in it's absence, i think it would be best to use nm-applet, and see if someone can remove the gnome-deps.08:32
maxamillionongardie: probably not, but we could pre-select the best supported08:32
maxamillionongardie: and then make a reference to alternatives in the docs08:33
j1mcsomeone == jani  :)  ??08:33
vinzemaxamillion, best supported, wouldn't that mean "works for about 10%"?08:33
vinzeI think once Gutsy there we'll still be using network-admin... ;-)08:33
j1mci think it would be worthwhile for us to install airconfig onto our test systems, and report bugs up through the xfce-bugzilla, too.08:34
maxamillionvinze: not entirely .... a wpa driver to my knowledge is just software and shouldn't matter what wifi card people have08:34
vinzemaxamillion, ah, OK08:34
maxamillionj1mc: i will work on that with my laptop from work ... hopefully we can help along the airconfig project to be stable asap08:34
j1mccool, maxamillion.  i'll do the same.08:35
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ongardiewe certainly can't depend on airconfig stabilizing and being perfect before gutsy, though08:35
vinzeNo I don't think so too08:35
j1mci think that nm-applet probably our second-best optiont, though.08:35
maxamillionongardie: no, of course not ... this is more of an upstream goal08:36
vinzeAnd if someone's to remove gnome deps from NM anyway, I guess it'd be a waste to switch to an alternative for Gutsy+108:36
ongardieso, realistically then, will it be network-admin, NetworkManager, or wifi-radar for gutsy?08:36
maxamillionj1mc: but nm-applet is bloated and i think we would get a substantial amount of negative feedback because of its resource intensive nature08:36
vinzeYeah and it'd be a lot of work, so I guess network-admin08:37
maxamillionongardie: more likely than not, yes .... they really seem to be the most capable alternatives08:37
j1mcmaxamillion: maybe, but how many people are connecting via wireless w/ a PII laptop?08:37
ongardiei do know of someone that was working on an xfce panel plugin that would be a front-end to NetworkManager08:37
vinzeThat'd be cool08:37
ongardiebut the xfce devs discouraged him because they all hate networkmanager08:37
ongardielol08:37
j1mci say we table this for now and continue it on the mailing list...08:37
maxamillionj1mc: just because they aren't connecting wireless doesn't mean nm-applet isn't running on thier system and eating resources08:37
maxamillionok08:38
vinzeSo... On to games?08:38
maxamillioni assume so08:38
j1mcwe have 20 minutes left... :)08:38
maxamillionpySol has my vote!08:38
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vinzehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Feisty/xubuntu-gaming08:39
vinzeI don't really like that "Shooters" list ;)08:39
vinzeShipping Nexuiz just doesn't sound like a good idea :P08:39
maxamillionvinze: no no, these were just ideas thrown out on the mailing list08:40
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maxamillionwb somerville3208:40
vinzeHey Cody08:40
ongardieis the idea to create something like gnome-games?08:40
maxamillioni think Xjump, pySol, SuperTux, and FrozenBubble would make a solid game set08:41
maxamillionongardie: no, i think its just to include a set of games for xubuntu users to enjoy08:41
vinzeI think we should go for some Puzzle, Arcade and Board/Card games08:41
maxamillionongardie: just make a meta package called "xubuntu-games" that will pull the agreed upon set of games08:41
ongardiemaxamillion: unfortunately, supertux-data is 53 megs08:41
vinzeToo bad08:42
vinzeSupertux is cool08:42
ongardieyeah, i like supertux too :(08:42
BurgundaviaI would stick with non-fullscreen stuff, from a marketing and branding perspective08:42
vinzeAgreef08:42
vinze*Agreed08:42
TheSheepI don't really think the xubuntu's target audience would need games other than the ones they install themselves...08:42
maxamillionongardie: ah, didn't know that08:42
vinzeWho's Xubuntu's target audience?08:43
TheSheepvinze: they guys that come to #xubuntu :)08:43
TheSheepand gals08:43
maxamillionTheSheep: i think something like pySol would be nice though .... everyone needs a little solitare :)08:43
vinzeTheSheep,  Oh, no wonder there's no Xubuntu option at ShipIt... :P08:43
TheSheepvinze: yes08:44
vinzemaxamillion, I think so too08:44
vinzeI recall aisleriot was cool, had loads of card games :P08:44
vinzeBut just Solitaire'll do too08:44
j1mcwould a meta-package that is not included in the default install work?08:44
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ongardiegtk 1.x?08:45
maxamillionj1mc: it would be included into the install08:45
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maxamillionongardie: i believe so, yes ... :/08:45
vinzeThen I don't think it's an option...08:45
maxamillionfair enough08:46
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vinzechecking for X... no08:46
vinzeconfigure: error: X Window system libraries and header files are required08:46
ongardie(the latest version of pysol is from 2003)08:46
vinzeO wait...08:46
maxamillionheh ... we could always throw in gtetrinet :P08:47
vinzehttp://linuxappfinder.com/games/cards08:47
j1mcif it's ok... maybe we could set up a wiki page like we did with artwork, where people could list the details of each game they'd like to be included, and we could vote.08:47
j1mcit's a low priority, imho08:47
ongardiej1mc: that sounds like a good plan to me08:47
vinze+108:47
maxamillionk08:47
j1mcmaxamillion: would you like to do that?08:48
j1mcor, would someone else like to set it up, at least the initial stuff?08:48
maxamillionit just seems like everytime we try to organize people around the idea of the games topic it ends in chaos and cody and i sort through the remains (which is where the current wiki page came from)08:49
j1mcoh, sorry maxamillion ...08:49
j1mcguess i didn't see/consider the current games spec wiki08:49
somerville32Jani made a comment on the lp spec page.08:49
vinze*5 minutes for notification-daemon and smb*08:50
vinzeBut who would be removing gnome-games' gnome-deps?08:50
maxamillioni dunno ... the whole games idea might just deserve to be trashed, i think we should focus more on smb support and not bother with games .... we don't want to spread our already limited resources (in terms of man-power) too thin08:51
somerville32vinze: I would be interested in doing that08:51
vinzesomerville32, that'd be really awesome08:51
vinzeDoesn't that solve our problem?08:51
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ongardiewhat's the notification daemon idea?08:51
vinzeTo include it?08:52
=== somerville32 nods.
vinzeWho added it?08:52
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gpocenteknotification-daemon is already a dep of xubuntu-desktop08:52
vinzeIs it?08:52
mr_pouit^^08:52
vinzeIt wasn't installed for me08:52
vinzeBut I went with a Herd08:52
ongardiegpocentek: it's under Recommends, actually08:53
somerville32gpocentek, So you can use libnotify and what not to get those pop-ups?08:53
gpocentekongardie: yes, but installed with a fresh install08:53
TheSheepthere is also the xfce-notification-daemon08:53
TheSheepwhich doesn;t depend on gconf08:53
ongardieTheSheep: is it packaged?08:53
gpocentekwe use gconf anyway, and don't want duplication08:53
vinzeI think we should go with the original one08:54
vinzeAs Jani said, the deps are few and it's already packaged and maintained08:54
TheSheepvinze: otiginal gnome or original xfce? ;)08:54
vinzeTheSheep, gnome08:54
vinzeSo will it be moved to "Depends" for Gutsy?08:55
maxamillionnothing like an xfce based distro sticking with gnome alternatives when a xfce solution exists ....08:55
vinzeWell, if it's not packages08:55
ongardiei'd like to see notification-daemon-xfce at least packaged08:55
vinzeAnd if we already use the gnome deps it has08:55
gpocentekongardie: go ahead, package it08:55
maxamillionongardie: we will get together later about that, i might package it sometime this week08:56
TheSheepI think it's not packaged because it din't compile at some point with recent tools08:56
ongardiegpocentek: i'd be happy to package that (and the places plugin)08:56
gpocentekplaces-plugin is in NEW already08:56
mr_pouitplaces-lugin is already in new08:56
mr_pouit*g*08:56
ongardiegpocentek: i just don't know how08:56
ongardiewhat's NEW?08:56
gpocentekmr_pouit: you're really slow tonight :p08:56
maxamillionongardie: isn't the places plugin auto-packaged in the xfce-goodies package now?08:56
ongardiemaxamillion: isn't xfce-goodies just a metapackage?08:57
vinzeWhat's the places plugin?08:57
ongardievinze: like gnome's places menu. i'm the author08:57
maxamillionongardie: uhmmm.... actually, it might be now that you mention it08:57
vinzeNice08:57
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vinze:P08:57
TheSheepongardie: I love you!08:58
ongardieTheSheep: haha, <308:58
j1mc2 minutes to discuss smb shares.  no problem  :)08:58
vinzeWhere do I get it?08:58
ongardievinze: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin08:58
maxamillionongardie: yeah, appears to be a meta package08:59
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ongardiedo we really just have 2 minutes left?08:59
maxamillionj1mc: we have all day in xubuntu-devel :)08:59
j1mcmaxamillion: right.  :)08:59
vinzeongardie, is it packaged somewhere?08:59
ongardievinze: gpocentek just said it is in NEW, but i don't know what that means08:59
vinzeMe neither08:59
ongardieshould we move the meeting #xubuntu-devel?09:00
maxamillionyes, i believe so09:00
ongardiewill anyone be using this channel anyway?09:00
vinzeWho keeps the logs?09:00
gpocentekongardie: packaged and waiting to be approved by an archive admin09:00
mr_pouitin new = needs to be approved by an archive admin09:00
ongardiemr_pouit: ty09:00
ongardiegpocentek: ty too, heh09:00
gpocentek:)09:00
vinzeIs there noone keeping the logs?09:01
ongardiei think we have 2 days until there's another meeting in here. we're probably OK to stay09:01
somerville32We can continue to chat here if there isn't a meeting scheduled.09:01
vinzeO OK09:01
vinzeLet's stay09:01
ongardievinze: (i log everything personally)09:02
vinzeHave we agreed on something concerning notification daemon?09:02
vinzeongardie, OK09:02
ongardiemaxamillion: so you're willing to help me with packaging notification-daemon-xfce?09:02
vinzeI'm still planning on learning packaging, is there any app that has priority that I could get my hands on?09:03
somerville32Everything is important :] 09:03
vinzeRandom suggestion?09:04
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maxamillionongardie: sure09:04
ongardiemaxamillion: ok, then how can we get it in the repos?09:04
maxamillionongardie: we will have to ask for a sponsor to post it, i will contact jani about that because i think it needs to be in main and only core-devs have access to main09:04
ongardiek09:05
ongardiemoving on?09:05
vinzeThink so09:05
vinzeNetwork Shares09:05
gpocentekxfce-n-d won't get into main IMO09:05
gpocentekthere's no reason to have it along with n-d09:05
ongardiewhy would it need to go in main?09:06
gpocentekto be part of xubuntu-desktop it needs to be in main09:07
ongardieoh, that's not necessarily my goal09:07
ongardiei just think it should be packaged09:07
maxamillionongardie: its not?09:07
maxamillionongardie: oh...09:07
gpocentekok :)09:07
gpocentek /me away, see you09:07
vinzeWhat's the reason you want xfce-n-d?09:07
vinzeBye09:07
ongardievinze: because 1) someone took the time to write it, and 2) maybe it'll respect xfwm4's margins09:08
vinzeDoesn't the normal n-d do that?09:08
maxamillionongardie: why not attempt to get it into xubuntu-desktop though? ... if we are going to go through the trouble of packaging it, why not try and make sure someone actually uses it?09:09
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ongardiemaxamillion: i've never even used it, i can't argue for that now09:09
ongardievinze: shrug09:09
maxamillionahhhh, makes sense09:09
maxamillioncan't endorse something blindly, i can understand that09:09
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maxamillionongardie: well, we can package it and use it and see if it would be worth our time09:10
vinzeLaters09:10
maxamillionlaters vinze09:10
ongardiemaybe i'm underestimating how hard it'll be to package it, though09:10
maxamillionongardie: packaging isn't generally hard, just time consuming ... but i am not familiar with xfce-n-d so we will have to look into it further, it might end up being a pain09:11
TheSheepongardie: last time I looked it required patching of the makefile09:11
maxamillionah yes ... possible pain09:11
TheSheepmaxamillion: it's similar to n-d, really, only has the xfce-like settings dialog and looks a little more square09:11
TheSheepmaxamillion: the n-d requires you to mess with gconf to configure it09:12
maxamilliongconf fails at life09:12
ongardiehaha09:12
j1mchehe09:12
TheSheepmaxamillion: and makes gconf run in the background09:12
maxamillionreminds me too much of ms windows registry09:12
j1mcmaxamillion: yeah...09:12
maxamillionok, on the smb09:13
maxamillionon to*09:13
TheSheepif you don't run gaim and n-d, you don't need gconf running in xubuntu, as of today09:13
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maxamillionlol09:13
somerville32j1mc: Cell phone :(09:14
somerville32And he has been talking to me for over an hour09:14
maxamillionTheSheep: interesting .... if i could only get my jabber portal to work right i could ditch gaim/pidgin all together09:14
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j1mcand battery09:14
maxamillion:P09:14
somerville32lol09:14
ongardiereally onto SMB?09:14
somerville32k09:14
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ongardiewhat's the idea with SMB?09:15
somerville32We need a browser :] 09:15
TheSheepfuse?09:15
ongardiethe #xfce-dev guys seem to think fuse is the right idea09:15
TheSheepwhy not just mount a fusesmb directory in media by default?09:15
maxamillioni would actually like to write a smb plugin for thunar, but i don't think that is going to be something to just be thrown together for the release ... i think it will take some planning09:15
ongardieTheSheep: what can you do with a fusesmb directory?09:16
maxamillionTheSheep: not a bad idea, and just have the directory populated as smb shares are browsed?09:16
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ongardie"It works like smbfs, but instead of accessing one share at a time, all computers and workgroups are accessible at once from a single filesystem mount, making network browsing just as easy as it is on Windows."09:17
j1mci wish i had it in front of me, but i know that there were other options other than fusesmb that were mentioned during ubuntu open week.09:17
ongardiehas anyone here used fusesmb?09:17
maxamillioni have09:17
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maxamillionit wasn't entirely a plesant experience09:18
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ongardiewhat was the issue?09:18
maxamillionbut i think we could remedy that with a front end or otherwise09:18
maxamillionongardie: just not very user friendly09:18
j1mcalso, it may have been how i configured samba, but accessing password protected smb shares wasn't possible through fusesmb.09:19
ongardiei wonder why fusesmb hasn't had a release for the last year09:19
maxamillionj1mc: that was the issue i was having as well09:19
j1mci'm not a total expert, so don't take that as law or anything, though.09:19
maxamillionj1mc: i could access the smb share i made on a spare machine in the office to test it, but i couldn't access the password protected share on the production server09:20
maxamillionongardie: that'a good question09:20
j1mcwhat about gvfs?09:21
j1mcdon't know much about it, but it was mentioned during ubuntu open week.09:21
ongardieis SMB really the only issue? maybe we should go one step higher and have a front-end to manage any fuse filesystem?09:22
j1mchttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/xubuntu  (search for gvfs)09:22
maxamillionongardie: it could be an interesting project09:42
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ongardiewould gvfs require applications to do anything?09:42
TheSheepongardie: isn't it just an alternative to gnome-vfs09:42
ongardieTheSheep: this is the first i've heard of it, i'm reading a bit now09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: i think it is going to replace gnome-vfs ... it appears it was a topic of conversation at a recent gnome-con09:42
ongardiebut if we need to modify all applications, there's no f'in way09:42
j1mcongardie: hehe09:42
ongardie(and then there's openoffice, etc)09:42
j1mci don't know much about it, either.09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: errr... actually, it will be talked about at guadec in 3 weeks09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: http://guadec.org/node/52009:42
j1mcit got mentioned by at least two people during ubuntu open week - even in refernce to xubuntu, so it would be worth researching.09:42
maxamillionit appears there would be needed modification per application, at least that is the impression i am getting from it all09:42
j1mchttp://www.nabble.com/gnomevfs-homepage-t3248187.html  hehe09:42
j1mc"and noticed that09:42
j1mcgnomevfs has no homepage. I belive it should have atleas a simple one..."09:42
maxamillionlol09:42
ongardiewhat i like about fuse: 1) i'm assuming it's stable by now, 2) the apps don't need to know about it, 3) FUSE works with tons of "filesystems"09:42
TheSheepit would be nice to have a simple program or panel plugin that would take an url and mount it as apropriate fuse filesystem :)09:42
mjg59The model is that gvfs will functionally replace gnome-vfs and continue to support functionality that's difficult with pure posix (like async i/o). There'll be a fuse module layered on top of it in order to allow non-gvfs aware applications to use the same filenames.09:42
TheSheepmaxamillion: so it's fuse anyways09:42
j1mcpyneighborhood?09:42
j1mcmjg59: thanks...09:42
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TheSheepj1mc: ah, right09:42
mjg59The problem with purely using fuse is that you have difficulty dealing with certain filesystem types (like network filesystems)09:42
ongardiemjg59: wasn't fuse largely designed for network filesystems?09:42
mjg59ongardie: Yes, it's fine from the filesystem perspective, but it's difficult from a usable application perspective09:42
TheSheepongardie: but the apps will not know it's a network filesystem, and, for example, generate thumbnails for moves09:42
TheSheepmovies09:42
TheSheepongardie: which isn't such a good idea imho...09:42
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ongardieTheSheep: perhaps we can modify Thunar to not do that09:42
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mjg59You don't want an application to block just because you're having to suck this file in from the network09:42
TheSheepsomerville32: put the phone in a fish tank :)09:42
mjg59So you need some way of doing async i/o09:42
ongardiemjg59: i'll have to read more about that09:42
ongardiein any case, gvfs doesn't sound like its ready09:42
j1mcall, i have to go...  :(09:42
ranfbye j1mc09:42
maxamillionlaters j1mc09:42
j1mcthanks for all of your help.  i'll be in touch soon.09:42
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ongardiej1mc: peace09:42
ongardiedoh!09:42
maxamillioni think the real question is, do we really want to put together a large scale development project using fuse if in the end it has i/o issues anyways and becomes un-usable?09:42
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ongardiemaxamillion: no, i wouldn't think so09:42
TheSheepmaxamillion: large scale?09:42
ongardiemaxamillion: the project could be fairly contained, but I/O issues would be a showstopper09:42
TheSheepwe need a networked filesystem with discovery, it doesn't have to be samba, but people come and ask "how do I open network?"09:42
TheSheepit could as well be zeroconf+scp :)09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: well ... i would think making something capable of mounting many different filesystems would be dificult, but then again i am not entirely familiar with all of fuse's capabilities09:42
TheSheepthere is an avahi browser09:42
TheSheepmaxamillion: fuse gives you a standard interface to all of them, basically09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: oh ... ok09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: yeah, then i guess that wouldn't be too terribly hard09:42
maxamillionTheSheep: are you familiar with the "mount devices" plugin for xfce?09:42
ongardiemaxamillion: doesn't it require you modify /etc/fstab?09:42
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=== maxamillion would prefer a thunar plugin but can't find docs on the API
(ongardie/#ubuntu-meeting) i think we're probably capable of writing a FUSE front-end. as maxamillion was saying, though, it wouldn't be worth it if there are I/O issues09:45
ongardiemaxamillion: i wonder if thunar plugins use thunarx: http://www.xfce.org/documentation/4.4/api/thunarx/09:47
maxamillionyeah ... i think we would need to first look into if the i/o issues would really create a problem and if so, is there any way to get around the problems09:47
TheSheepongardie: once gvfs is in place, we can just replace it09:47
maxamillionongardie: hmmm...09:47
maxamillionTheSheep: true09:47
TheSheepon still use fuse+gvfs for the other applications09:47
maxamillionbrb09:48
ongardiethis is starting to sound like a plan09:48
ongardiemaxamillion: yes, at least the media tags plugin uses thunarx09:49
ongardiemjg59: do you know of any pages with information about the async I/O stuff?09:50
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mjg59http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gnome-vfs/gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-module-callback.html covers the API09:52
ongardiemjg59: that's not quite what i was looking for. i meant conceptually09:54
maxamillionongardie: this really sounds like something i would be interested in helping with development if it is decided to be done, but for now i need to go ... i will probably be back later09:54
ongardiewe're losing a lot of people09:54
maxamillion:(09:54
maxamillionwell ... we are an hour past the meeting time09:54
ongardieshould we just continue this on the mailing list?09:54
maxamillionprobably should09:54
mjg59ongardie: I'm not really sure what you mean09:54
maxamillioni need to go, have to go take care of some stuff ... i am about to move in 5 days09:55
maxamillionlaters09:55
ongardiemjg59: "You don't want an application to block just because you're having to suck this file in from the network"09:56
ongardiewith async I/O, would the app instead show a progress bar?09:56
mjg59ongardie: For instance09:56
ongardiemjg59: is it a problem even with small files?09:59
mjg59It really depends on the nature of the application and the filesystem09:59
ongardiei see10:00
somerville32Interesting.10:02
ongardiei don't know who is left here, but shall we conclude?10:02
ongardiesomerville32: yes?10:03
somerville32What is the consensus?10:03
TheSheepum...10:03
ongardieto continue the discussion on the mailing list, i think10:03
ongardiei'd like to actually use FUSE for a while to get a feel for the issues mjg59 was referring to10:04
ongardiebut between maxamillion and i (and did i see some interest from TheSheep?), we might want to write a FUSE front-end10:04
ongardie(and i think it'd be quite welcome in the xfce goodies)10:05
ongardieis this the end?10:06
TheSheepsomerville32: ?10:07
somerville32This is only the beginning, my friends ;] 10:07
ongardieheh10:07
ongardiepeace10:07
TheSheepsomerville32: comrades10:07
somerville32Yes.10:07
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