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* gmb -> drink before meeting14:53
edu710hello16:28
cperrin88hi16:29
edu710i'm a beginner and i speak more french ;-)16:29
cperrin88Freanch ..... not realy my favourite language16:30
edu710but you have a name for great chemist16:30
cperrin88My step father is french16:31
edu710i don't see more traffic is it normal16:31
cperrin88No one is talking but you and me16:32
edu710good  sorry for my english i have not a lot vocabulary16:32
cperrin88My french is worse than your english16:32
edu710here have 28 user16:32
edu710i think the irc is animated more16:33
cperrin88this channel starts at 17:00 UTC16:34
cperrin88there is a meeting16:34
edu710i have a idea ist the utc time or other16:34
edu710have you participate an older meeting16:35
cperrin88that's 18:00 french time16:35
cperrin88nope16:35
edu710yes its 17h3516:35
edu710i have send a private discussion with math revell16:37
edu710do you use lauchnpad i suppose16:41
cperrin88Yes16:42
edu710which version or dsitrib of ubuntu do you use16:42
cperrin88Ubuntu 7.1016:44
mrevell#startmeeting16:59
MootBotMeeting started at 16:59. The chair is mrevell.16:59
MootBotCommands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]16:59
mrevell[TOPIC] Welcome!16:59
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mrevellHello! Welcome to the first Launchpad users meeting of 2008!16:59
mrevellWho's here for the meeting? Say "me" if you are :)17:00
mrevellme17:00
cperrin88me17:00
mrevellOkay, well, I know there are more of you out there. Don't be shy :) We'll get the meeting going.17:01
mrevell[TOPIC] Agenda17:01
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mrevellHere's what's on the agenda for today's meeting:17:01
mrevell* Your issues with Launchpad: has something bugged you about Launchpad recently?17:01
mrevell* User questions: from the agenda and then from anyone in the channel.17:01
mrevell* Join the Launchpad beta team!17:01
mrevell* Launchpad documentation team17:01
mrevell* Next meeting17:01
mrevellWant to add something for a future meeting? You can find the agenda at:17:01
mrevellhttps://help.launchpad.net/UsersMeeting17:01
mrevell[TOPIC] Your issues with Launchpad17:02
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mrevellIn this section, I'd like to hear from you if you've come across a problem, annoyance or other issue with Launchpad.17:02
mrevellIf it's simple, we should be able to either solve it or file a bug right now. Otherwise, I'll take it to the wider Launchpad team.17:02
mrevellSo, anyone have an issue they'd like to raise?17:02
edu710i'm back17:03
edu710hello17:03
mrevellHi edu710, welcome to the meeting17:03
RainCTHi17:03
mrevellHi RainCT17:03
edu710i'm poor beginner frenchie and i'm not fluent in english sorry17:04
mrevellOkay, it looks as though no one has an issue they'd like to raise. Don't forget, you can always find the Launchpad team in #launchpad here on Freenode.17:04
mrevelledu710: Si vous preferez ecrir en francais, vous pouvez me contactez a feedback@launchpad.net17:04
mrevellOkay, let's move on.17:04
* Rinchen raises hand17:04
mrevellHi Rinchen17:04
Rinchenhi mrevell.17:05
edu710super you have wrote  I'd like to hear from you if you've come across a problem, annoyance or other issue with Launchpad.17:05
edu710and i have a uestion in direct17:05
mrevelledu710: Yes. Please ask away17:05
edu710sorry question17:05
edu710why launchpad interface is not translated i'm very interessting by this feature17:06
mrevelledu710: That's a good question, thanks for asking it.17:07
edu710and i have another17:07
edu710;-)17:07
mrevelledu710: As a team, we recognise the importance of making software available in different languages.17:07
mrevellYou've probably seen our Translations application.17:08
mrevellUnfortunately, there is a limited number of people working on Launchpad right now and we've decided to focus our resources on creating new functionality17:08
edu710i 'm interresting by the translation and i'm disapointed because some software don't use launchpad17:08
edu710who solve this problem but i think we haven't solution c'est dommage(in french)17:09
edu710which adress for "our translation application"17:10
mrevelland although we do plan to eventually provided localised interfaces to Launchpad, we're focusing on getting the new features out there in English because so much free sofware work already happens in English.17:10
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mrevellhey beatrix, welcome tot he meeting.17:10
edu710hi !17:10
mrevelledu710: So, is your second question about how to encourage projects to use Launchpad Translations?17:10
edu710yes indirectly17:11
mrevellAnother great question :) I think one way we can encourage our favourite projects to use Launchpad Translations is to show them the success that other projects have had.17:11
mrevellOne story that we often tell is that of Jokosher. Jokosher is an audio editor for Gnome. They put their translation templates on Launchpad but didn't tell anyone about it. Within a couple of weeks they already had translation efforts in a number of langauges.17:12
mrevellUbuntu is great example of how Launchpad can combine upstream translations.17:12
mrevell[ACTION] mrevell to write Translations case studies17:13
MootBotACTION received:  mrevell to write Translations case studies17:13
mrevelledu710: What barriers do you think there are to getting projects to use Launchpad Translations?17:13
edu710i think launchpad is a very good application i've tested another application with .po and i prefer launchpad17:14
mrevellThat's good to hear :) Okay, any other questions before I take the question from the agenda?17:14
cperrin88not from me17:14
edu710the person (developper team and another) is good response ?17:14
mrevelledu710: Sorry, I don't understand.17:15
edu710i have some project but isn't in launchapad interface translation17:15
beatrixI'm an  ubuntu translator and I find the launchpad very helpful17:15
mrevelledu710: What projects are you thinking of?17:16
mrevellbeatrix: That's wonderful to hear! Is there anything you think we could be doing better?17:16
beatrixI think that there aren't any problem to solve in launchpad17:16
edu710je disais que les développeurs étant libre de choisir leur interface de traduction, ils ne choisiront pas forcément lauchpad sorry for french17:16
edu710mais it's more quickly17:17
edu710i have some probleme for time response17:17
mptedu710, do you mean you're waiting for the translation imports?17:17
edu710yes bea it's my idea also17:17
edu710i've not tested this feature mpt sorry i'm a beginner17:18
mrevelledu710: Where have you had problems with response time? When you contact the Launchpad team? Or when you contact other projects who don't use Launchpad?17:19
mptedu710, if you're the developer of a project and you're having trouble setting it up for translations, we'll be interested to know what problems you're having17:19
beatrixmrevell, the translation is very rapid and efficient17:19
edu710sorry i'm not develloper i' m a tester and user of software17:20
mrevellbeatrix: Okay, no problem :) If you'd like to email in French, that is no problem.17:20
mrevellThanks beatrix.17:20
mrevellLet's move on. Any other questions?17:20
beatrixmrevell, I'm italian ^__-17:20
mrevellbeatrix: Ah, so you may know mdke.17:21
edu710yes bea i'm french but in computer the language is english ;-)17:21
mrevellOkay, I'll take the question from the agenda:17:21
mrevell* Essential info to users just joining the launchpad system. Such as groups to plug into and people to talk to - tjgillies17:21
mrevellIt looks as though tjgillies isn't in the channel at the moment but I'll answer this now.17:22
mrevellThis is a great question and I've created a holding page on the Launchpad help wiki to store ideas on this:17:22
mrevellhttps://help.launchpad.net/NewToLaunchpad17:22
edu710for the timing i have a personal solution i translate one or two item and i save17:22
mptedu710, ah, timeout errors. We keep track of those and put effort into fixing them.17:23
mptI'm not sure if anyone's working on the timeout with the translation form at the moment17:23
mrevellmpt: I think jtv has been working on it.17:23
mrevellHere's a very quick answer to tjgillies' question, which we can improve on using the page above.17:23
mrevellThere are three main ways to talk to the Launchpad team: irc in #launchpad, the launchpad-users mailing list and the feedback@launchpad.net address.17:24
edu710i have falling the report but17:24
mrevellYou can also file a support request in Launchpad's Answers applications. More details are at:17:24
mrevellhttps://help.launchpad.net/Feedback17:24
mptedu710, you can subscribe to bug 186900 if you want to be notified of our progress in fixing that problem.17:24
ubotuLaunchpad bug 186900 in rosetta "timeouts" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/18690017:24
mrevellIf you need help in #launchpad and it looks like no one is around, good people to ping are me (mrevell), matsubara, mpt and Rinchen. We can help you find the right people to talk to or often help you directly ourselves.17:24
edu710thanks mpt17:25
mrevellEach Thursday the Launchpad team meeting is at 14.00 UTC here in #launchpad-meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend.17:25
mrevellThe Launchpad beta testers team I'll mention later.17:25
mrevellOkay, before we move on with the meeting: any other questions?17:25
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edu710not for me thanks for your responses and all17:25
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mrevellPaulSmits: Hi17:26
mrevellPaulSmits: Ask away :)17:26
PaulSmitsit's hard for new translators to find out how to start translating17:26
PaulSmitsbecause of the limitations17:26
PaulSmitssrry g2g17:27
mrevellPaulSmits: Do you mean that Ubuntu translators need to be part of a translation team?17:27
PaulSmitsyes17:27
PaulSmitsit's not easy to find out how to get in the team17:27
mrevellSorry you have to go, this is something I think we can fix by improving interface text and our help text. Thanks for raising the issue. Mpt - any thoughts on that?17:28
mptThis is bug 3 and bug 717:28
ubotuLaunchpad bug 3 in rosetta "Custom information for each translation team" [Wishlist,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/317:28
ubotuLaunchpad bug 7 in rosetta "Need help for novice translators" [Medium,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/717:28
mrevellthanks mpt17:28
mptPerhaps we need project-specific Translations guidelines, like the project-specific bug-reporting guidelines that we just introduced this month.17:29
mrevellmpt: that sounds like a superb idea.17:29
mrevellPaulSmits: If you subscribe to those bugs you'll be able to see the progress we make on this issue.17:29
mrevellmpt: Would translator guidelines be pretty simple to implement, do you think?17:29
mptyes17:30
mptIt would involve a change to the database, but not a complicated one17:30
mrevellthanks mpt17:30
mrevellthanks PaulSmits for your question!17:31
mrevellOkay, any other questions before we move on?17:31
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mrevellRight, thanks for your questions!17:32
mrevell[TOPIC] Beta team17:32
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mrevellWe'd love to have you in the Launchpad beta testers team!17:32
mrevellIf you join, you'll get the first look at some of Launchpad's new features and you'll also make a massively valuable contribution to the future of Launchpad.17:32
mrevellFind out more at:17:32
mrevellhttps://help.launchpad.net/JoiningLaunchpadBetaTesters17:32
mrevellWhen we're testing a new feature, we'll use this section of the meeting to give beta testers a chance to discuss what they've been testing and to give feedback.17:33
mrevellIf you've got any questions about the beta team, I'll be happy to answer.17:33
mrevell[TOPIC] Documentation team17:33
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mrevellThis is a quick one: in the next few days, I'll be launching the Launchpad Documentation team! Stay tuned to the launchpad-users mailing list for more info!17:34
mrevellIn the mean time, if you'd like to join the team, take a look at:17:34
mrevellhttps://launchpad.net/~launchpad-doc17:35
mrevell[TOPIC] Next meeting17:35
MootBotNew Topic:  Next meeting17:35
edu710i'm (almost) lost in lauchnpad i read this links17:36
mrevellFebruary's Launchpad users meeting will be held on 20th February at 09.00 UTC. The agenda will be open for business after this meeting at:17:36
mrevellhttps://help.launchpad.net/UsersMeeting17:36
mrevelledu710: Perhaps you can help us to improve the user interface and the help documentation. As you're new to Launchpad, you have a fresh view of what we can do to make it easier to use.17:37
mrevellThank you everyone for coming to this meeting and for your contributions! Don't forget you can speak to use in #launchpad any time. Hope to see you at the next Launchpad users meeting - bring a friend :)17:38
edu710i have joind the team doc i wait a approvement17:38
mrevelledu710: Great!17:38
mrevell#endmeeting17:38
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