/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/05/20/#kubuntu-devel.txt

* seele yawns00:49
seeleugh.. should go to bed.. but it's only 19:50 home time!00:50
nixternaloi01:53
Hobbseeoi back!02:00
nixternalhopefully I have a new job! woohoo02:14
Hobbseewoot!02:14
* Hobbsee should apply for a new job02:14
nixternalthis new job would probably take a ton of my free time away :(02:15
Jucatonixternal: free time to work on Kubuntu? :(02:15
nixternalbut it is hacking on Red Hat/CentOS, and possibly Foresight and Ubuntu to create an application/appliance for customers02:16
nixternalJucato: would be slim, very slim02:16
* Jucato sobs02:16
Jucatowhat would Kubuntu do without you?02:16
nixternalbe successful :)02:16
Jucatogood. just asking :)02:17
nixternalheh, I don't do anything anyways but open my big mouth02:17
Jucatonever underestimate the power of an opened big mouth :D02:17
nixternalheh02:18
Jucatospecially one that spits out docs and release notes :)02:18
nixternaldocs and release notes are easy to do02:23
Jucatoso easy no one wants to do them ;)02:28
nixternalhehe, so true02:32
* vorian waves03:53
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daskReechseele: If awake i'd be privvie to talk to you04:40
daskReechnixternal: hi05:26
daskReechBah05:26
* daskReech doesn't feel like talking about nixternal whiles he be out tonight 05:27
daskReechNightrose: ping05:27
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mhb_udsgood morning!07:47
* mhb_uds is the house07:47
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mhbhmm, another buggie07:51
mhbwith the latest KDE4 packages, knotify4 seems to often decide to eat 101% of the CPU until you kill it07:52
mhbanyone experienced that?07:52
daskReechNo I've normally just had it die by itself07:55
daskReechPlasma takes up like 25% of the CPU though07:55
mhbdaskReech: have you managed to get rid of that?07:56
daskReechmhb: Not once I start using Firefox08:03
daskReech it pops up right after that08:03
mhbdoes it.08:04
daskReechYeah But I have other stuff I'm more worried about08:05
daskReechLike passwords not working08:05
mhbI wonder where our incomprehensibly speaking leader is08:07
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Artemis_Fowlmhb: latest KDE4 packages are version..?08:07
mhbnot sure.08:07
Artemis_Fowl4.1 or 4.0.x series?08:08
mhb4.0.x08:08
mhbRiddell: ah, here you are.08:08
mhbRiddell: good morning, sir08:08
Riddellmhb: ahoy there08:08
mhbArtemis_Fowl: oh, by the way08:09
Artemis_Fowlmhb: ?08:10
mhbArtemis_Fowl: I compiled the kgrubeditor08:10
mhbArtemis_Fowl: it's not as nice as in the screenshots08:11
mhbit doesn't have any icons08:11
Artemis_Fowlat all?08:11
mhblet me do a screen of my own08:11
Artemis_Fowlmhb: did you make install it?08:11
mhbArtemis_Fowl: http://mhb.ath.cx/tmp/kgrubeditor.jpeg08:13
mhbArtemis_Fowl: no, no make install.08:13
mhbit's not able to find its data if it's not installed?08:13
Riddellthat's pretty common08:14
Artemis_Fowlmhb: yes08:14
Artemis_Fowlmhb: it looks for its icons under KStandardDirs, its rc file etc08:14
Artemis_Fowlmhb: btw ugly screenshot indeed :P08:14
mhbArtemis_Fowl: ugly as in my fault or yours? it's the latest code08:15
Artemis_Fowlmhb: ugly as it has no icons/toolbars etc08:16
mhbArtemis_Fowl: installing it improved that.08:16
Artemis_Fowlhopefully08:16
Artemis_Fowlmhb: only the main view is as it ought to be(according to the wireframes)08:18
mhbArtemis_Fowl: by the way - I don't like the wizard editor much08:19
mhbArtemis_Fowl: I'm not much fond of wizards08:19
mhbArtemis_Fowl: if you used it for a 100th time, it gets bothersome08:20
Artemis_Fowl:| seele has the same opinion. she said it would be ok to release with it and see if anyone at all uses it08:20
Artemis_Fowlif not then bye-bye08:20
mhbArtemis_Fowl: if you think people might like it, then ok08:21
mhbI don't, but you're the author :o)08:21
Artemis_Fowlactually the reason I keep it is because it is documented08:21
Artemis_Fowleven if a user doesn't know anything about makeactive let's say, he can quickly understand its use08:22
Artemis_Fowlbut I can't fit such info in the quick editor08:22
Artemis_Fowlanyway. we will see08:22
mhbArtemis_Fowl: another suggestion08:23
mhbArtemis_Fowl: which I might implement later, but no time ATM08:23
mhbArtemis_Fowl: you might want to consider on startup, creating a "pre-kgrubeditor" backup08:23
Artemis_Fowlmhb: it does08:23
mhboh, does it?08:24
mhbthat's terrific08:24
mhbArtemis_Fowl: good work then :o)08:24
Artemis_Fowlmhb: it has the same name with the original file plus a _original suffix08:24
Artemis_Fowlthis backup is created for every file that is accessed for the first time08:24
Artemis_Fowlmhb: it will be used in the future in the "Defaults" button which appears in the SystemSettings08:26
Artemis_Fowlat least that's what seele told me08:26
mhbArtemis_Fowl: hmm, that might be a bit radical08:26
mhbArtemis_Fowl: because when I set defaults, I really don't mean "forget all my menu.lst changes in the past three years"08:27
Artemis_Fowly I know08:27
mhbI mean - I want my wallpaper reset, but that's all :o)08:27
Artemis_Fowlyou could talk about it with seele08:28
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mhbRiddell: hmm, this single sign on seems like the big thing in ibex08:31
mhbRiddell: I guess we'd make users happy if we supported it in the same release ubuntu does08:32
ScottK-udsWhat is it?08:32
* ScottK-uds is in community this morning.08:32
mhbRiddell: have you thought about that?08:32
mhb(I'm sure you have, I just wonder if you got a plan)08:33
mhbScottK-uds: it's about having a "ubuntu.net" account, which stores your encrypted password wallet, so you'll be able to easily migrate your user from a freshly installed computer to a new one.08:34
mhbScottK-uds: or that's how I understand it08:34
ScottK-udsInteresting.08:34
ScottK-udsYes.  I think we should support that in the same release Ubuntu does.08:35
mhbat first sight, it doesn't look that impossible to create08:37
Tonio_Riddell: ping ?08:38
daskReechYou mean an OpenID ?08:38
mhbdaskReech: a bit, but not exactly08:38
mhbdaskReech: I mean having a remote secure place where you can easily store your Jabber account info, Facebook info, Flickr info, Google account info, etc.08:39
ScottK-udsDo we know who is doing the Ubuntu implementation?08:39
mhbScottK-uds: I don't think they've discussed the implementation yet08:40
ScottK-udsOK.08:40
RiddellTonio_: rebonjour08:40
mhbScottK-uds: they just talk about the functionality and structure of the data storage08:40
Riddellmhb: I've not had much chance to think about it, and I don't have much of a plan (but then neither does ubuntu have a plan as such)08:40
Tonio_Riddell: where are you?08:41
RiddellTonio_: desktop room08:41
Tonio_Riddell: I've been searching for you for 45 nutes08:41
Tonio_Riddell: ah oki08:41
mhbRiddell: no, that's what UDS is about, isn't it?08:41
mhbRiddell: about devising a plan08:41
Tonio_Riddell: I wasn't sure that one was concerning us08:41
Riddellmhb: yep08:41
mhbTonio_: it turns out it does08:41
* mhb is there, too08:41
ScottK-udsI going to go to the distributed development session now just for self-defense so they don't shove bzr down my throat.08:43
mhbhmm, so it's a good time to check out the kwallet code08:52
mhbI also remember some Suse patch (who would have guessed?) that allowed to sign on your kwallet if your password to the account was the same as the kwallet password08:53
mhbRiddell: do you happen to know if that one made it upstream?08:53
Riddellmhb: it has not, I remember it being talked about, although I haven't come across the patch08:54
Riddellmhb: although that does sound like most of the desktop integration with ubuntu.net, otherwise it seems to just be another web site service08:54
mhbright, the only thing we'd need to implement is the syncing with ubuntu.net08:57
mhbwell, we also need to wait to find out how they are going to offer the ubuntu.net account to the user08:57
mhbI don't assume it's going to be exported anywhere by default08:57
mhband I need to get more familiar with the kwallet structure08:57
mhbRiddell: how much do you need to do to go from an empty wallet and empty kopete to kopete with your accounts configured correctly?08:58
mhbthat's more or less what the synchronization tool is supposed to do08:58
Riddellmhb: currently or with ubuntu.net?08:58
Riddellit's just a file in ~/.kde/share/apps/kwallet/kdewallet.kwl08:59
mhbRiddell: I mean even if you have no Kopete configured, information in that file will get your account(s) signed on?08:59
Riddellmhb: yes09:00
mhbhmm, that's interesting09:00
mhbI have to try that.09:00
mhbRiddell: hmm, I guess there's some misinformation in what I said.09:04
mhbRiddell: say I have a fresh install. I click "sync with my ubuntu.net account" and I expect kopete to have all my jabber accounts09:04
mhbwhich is unfortunately not only the kwallet information at the moment09:05
Riddellhmm, right09:05
mhbRiddell: perhaps we might want to ask in a KDE mailing list about it, to see if there'd be a chance of changing the position of the data, but I'm afraid that won't be possible09:07
Riddellmhb: which data, and why?09:07
mhbwell, forget it09:07
Riddellat fosscamp lubos did say he'd work on unifying kwallet and gnome keyring, which might be related09:07
mhbuser account data09:07
mhbuser accounts data, I mean from konqueror, kopete, kontact ... currently they're spread throughout all the kde configuration files09:08
mhbpasswords stored in one place, but just those.09:08
RiddellI doubt there'll be a need to move config stuff, if this single sign on gets used for anything other than web data there will need to be a local app which writes the local config files, and that can be adapted for kde09:10
* Artemis_Fowl just commited the latest changes09:10
mhbyes, but since all of the user account data is spread throughout the applications, that parser will get really complex09:11
mhbin the end, it might happen that the app is even writing the same information in multiple files just because the apps aren't told to look in the same place for the same info09:12
mhbI hope I make *some* sense09:12
Riddellnot super complex, it's just text files, Tm_T will be doing something similar for migration assitant09:13
Riddellyou certainly do09:13
mhbno, at this scale it's still simple, however, if duplications happen, we might want to suggest to KDE to store user accounts information in one file, perhaps. Not sure.09:14
mhbthe only downside of that script is our time, and it's not too much time, so I'm totally fine with writing those scripts.09:14
mhbhowever, it may get a bit nasty because the script has to both check if the information isn't already there, in a different way perhaps, and then write them09:15
mhbit has to be pretty smart to avoid duplicate information (say the user forgot to use his ubuntu.net account, so he inserted that information into kopete by hand, then wanted to sync up)09:16
Riddellyep09:18
RiddellI don't know how this would work on the client side (I don't think anyone does), it could be the apps themsevles get patched to talk to ubuntu.net, which would be more tricky09:20
mhbI would prefer the other way09:20
mhbreading configuration files gets tricky, but it's still not impossible, and it creates no overhead.09:21
Riddellyep09:21
mhbif I had a vote in this discussion, I'd go for the configuration file parser and a window in systemsettings for you to select what you want to sync and use09:22
mhbof course, it gets more complex than that, but I'd avoid patching the apps09:22
mhbRiddell: are they going to purchase the ubuntu.net service?09:24
mhbRiddell: I mean - is it going to be free or paid?09:25
Riddellmhb: they being users?09:25
Riddellboth I expect09:25
mhbhmm09:25
Riddellmain services for free, others could be revenue generating09:25
mhbRiddell: hmm, right. I hope stuff like syncing any number of computers won't be paid09:27
\shubuntu.net?09:27
mhbyes09:27
\shand what should that be?09:27
Riddellmhb: I doubt it09:28
Riddell\sh: oh do keep up :)09:28
mhbRiddell: too many negatives... you meant that it will be free, or paid?09:28
Riddellmhb: I doubt syncing anything will cost money09:28
mhbthat'd be great09:29
mhbApple is offering a similar service called .mac I think09:29
\shRiddell, in the moment this is difficult...but give me a pointer to read09:29
mhbbut it's paid, so good for those apple lovers, but nothing for me09:29
Riddell\sh: http://icecast.ubuntu.com:8000/oder.ogg.m3u :)09:29
Riddellmhb: I don't think ubuntu.net will provide services itself in the way mac.com does, mostly just a gateway to other people's services, maybe ubuntu branded ones09:30
mhbRiddell: right, .mac is offering quite a lot more, online backups, web space and stuff. But they also offer the syncing (AFAIK) which got me so interested in ubuntu.net.09:31
\shRiddell, distributed development?09:32
mhbheh, the icecasts are mixed yet again09:32
Riddell\sh: hmm, no http://icecast.ubuntu.com:8000/volga.ogg.m3u09:32
Riddellmhb: just me is mixed up :)09:32
\shRiddell, grmpf ;I)09:32
mhbRiddell: ah09:33
\shoh single signon...my loleby topic during lycos ;)09:34
\shand we started to think about that, during breezy imho when for the first time the name "telepathy" was mentioned ;)09:35
\shhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Teams/IM/DesktopIntegrationSIPIM?action=show&redirect=MOTUIM%2FDesktopIntegrationSIPIM that was the first part of it09:40
mhbRiddell: well, at least I've got a task to do during this week - finding out what apps might be affected by ubuntu.net and what the corresponding config files look like09:42
mhbfinally :o)09:42
Riddellseele: awake?09:54
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larsivikde4-desktop didn't work very well ...10:42
larsiviand how to roll back the install of all kubuntu-kde4-desktop packages ?10:43
mhblarsivi: try removing the kde4 libraries, all will go with it10:43
larsivior at least, how can I have alt+f2 work again in kde3 :P10:44
larsivithe main problem with kde4 (after my 5 min session) is that it totally ignores my X settings, trying to fit the desktop into the size of my laptop (lvds) screen onto my external flat panel10:47
larsivithis is something that is handled out of the box in kde310:47
larsivialso system settings in kde4 appear to be able to rectify this, but "apply" is greyed out10:47
larsivialso there were no background for kdm10:48
larsivi*Was10:48
mhblarsivi: you know what to do (file bugs)10:53
jussi01mhb: do you know if there is a how-to-rollback kde4 page somewhere?10:53
mhbdon't know of one10:54
* jussi01 would like to add a factoid, as it gets asked often by beginners who think - yeah, lets get te latest and greatest kde!10:54
larsivimhb: I did - for kde3 ;) back when xorg came with xrandr 1.2 - seems to be the exact same issue10:54
mhbit might be good, but only for hardy - intrepid probbly won't have a KDE3 desktop anyway10:54
jussi01mhb: true10:55
Nightroselarsivi: i will fix the backgroud issue as soon as the new qt4 packages are build10:55
Nightroseit is on my lost10:55
Nightrosethe greyed out apply button is a upstream problem: not yet implemented10:55
Nightrose*list10:56
larsiviNightrose: right10:56
jussi01mhb: would you be able to tell me fairly secifically, what the "recomended" way to remove kde4 would be? I think Ill go write that page - or at least a how to on the forums.10:58
jussi01specifically*10:58
larsiviI did remove the kde4-libraries, and got a slew of other packages with it - seems like about 20+ were not uninstalled by that though10:59
mhbjussi01: hmm, I haven't done that, but I guess removing the most basic kde4libs would remove all the packages.11:00
mhbthe packagers might know more, I'm just a newbie when it comes to how the packages are named11:00
jussi01mmm...11:04
jussi01Ill corner apachelogger or someone when they come in. (or Riddell ;D )11:05
awen-larsivi: if you installed the kubuntu-kde4-desktop metapackage ... just remove that package again and do a apt-get autoremove11:05
awen-that will remove most of it at least11:06
seeleRiddell: sorry.. i was up too late working11:16
mhbseele: indeed :o)11:17
seelemhb: hey now.. i really was!11:18
Riddellseele: phew, just so long as you weren't lying in a drunken stupor somewhere :)11:18
seeleRiddell: hehe, dont worry11:18
mhbseele: I know you were, it had to be really too late11:20
seelemhb: it was only 7PM my time, so it was pretty easy to stay up11:22
mhbah11:24
mornfallyuriy: When you get up, could you pull changes in adept and try it out?11:27
mornfallI still don't have visualisation of the .desktop files, but if you run it as ".../adept installer", you'll get a group list like in old installer.11:28
mornfallyuriy: I just use normal package view for now inside.11:29
mornfallyuriy: (The search starts when you hit enter, and it's case sensitive and only looks in short descriptions... that needs fixing, too...)11:29
mornfallyuriy: But would be nice if you could give it a go.11:29
larsiviawen-: ah, thanks11:41
seeleArtemis_Fowl: ping11:50
* Artemis_Fowl will pong seele when he finishes his lunch :)11:50
Artemis_Fowlseele: pong11:58
seeleArtemis_Fowl: ah damn.. it's lunchtime for us now though :)12:00
seeleRiddell: printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org12:09
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Artemis_Fowlseele: ping13:00
seeleArtemis_Fowl: pong13:01
seeleArtemis_Fowl: mhb was interested in seeing your latest version of the GRUB editor, but your ppa hasn't been updated13:01
Artemis_Fowlppa?13:01
flaccidthere is a grub editor?13:01
* flaccid would love to check that out13:01
Jucatoflaccid: you're quite late13:02
flaccidlate at what sorry13:02
Artemis_Fowlseele: you meant SVN?13:02
Tonio_Riddell: where are you now ?13:02
seeleArtemis_Fowl: personal packaging?  i thought that is where he got it but maybe not13:02
Tonio_Riddell: anything interesting for us ?13:02
RiddellTonio_: main talks13:03
RiddellTonio_: mobile talk now, jockey in 30 mins13:03
Artemis_Fowlseele: he compiled from SVN. we spoke in the morning and the issue was resolved. he failed to properly install it13:03
Artemis_Fowlbut he fixed it eventually13:03
seeleok cool13:04
Jucatoflaccid: late at the news :)13:04
Artemis_Fowlflaccid: http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/myfiles?folder_id=87243 take a look at the more recent screenshots13:04
flaccidi always am br0 :)13:04
Artemis_Fowlflaccid: (recent = higher screenshot number)13:04
Jucatoclass KGrubEditor : publick QGrubEditor13:05
Jucato>:)13:05
flaccidoh i have to register with hotlink13:05
Artemis_Fowlflaccid: my mistake13:05
Artemis_Fowlflaccid: one minute13:05
Tonio_Riddell: hum, oki ;)13:05
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Tonio_jokey's interesting, I'll be there13:05
Jucatooooh Tonio_'s here :)13:05
Tonio_hey Jucato13:06
jdaviesTonio_: nice cloak13:06
Tonio_Jucato: sorry for not beeing there recently, but I went through hudge personal problems13:06
Tonio_;)13:06
JucatoTonio_: no problem. I wasn't around much either hahaha :)13:06
Jucatoand looks like nixternal won't be around much once he gets his job :(13:06
Jucatojdavies: nice nick13:06
Artemis_Fowlflaccid: latest screenshots: http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/browse/artemisfowl2007/87243_tA4In/page313:07
flaccidah thanks13:07
Artemis_Fowlseele: did you need anything else?13:07
flaccidhmmmmm nice... if it works then its a milestone!13:08
Artemis_Fowlflaccid: it does :)13:08
jdaviesJucato: comes with no extra charge13:08
flaccidwell full kudos to yourself and/or other devs...13:10
flaccidit truly is something that users have needed for years13:10
Jucatoflaccid: it's a "port" of Artemis' QGrubEditor (in kde-apps.org)13:11
flaccidah rightio13:12
flaccidthere are only a few guis for admin that are left that are needed13:12
flaccidi guess the main one is sufficient dual display13:13
Jucatohas been working on it for months afaik, then seele helped with the usability aspects :)13:13
flaccidthe problem there is not the gui but the other variables13:13
flaccidworking on what sorry jucy13:13
* Jucato finds displays, X, and specially dual/twin head setups very dodgy13:13
Jucatooh.. I meant to say "he has been working..."13:13
flaccidworking on grub editor?13:14
Jucatowell at least on porting it to KDE 413:14
flaccidyeah the restricted drivers support for randr is the main problem i guess13:14
flaccidcoolio13:14
Jucatoafaik qgrubeditor has been around a bit longer13:14
flaccidah ok13:15
flaccidtrue i guess i didn't come across it13:16
Jucato(me too :P)13:16
flaccidya. like if the file sharing snap in is made sufficient and then dual display. then i reckon most of the desktop wants are covered13:17
RiddellTonio_: jockey up13:22
Tonio_Riddell: oki13:23
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=== Riddell changed the topic of #kubuntu-devel to: Welcome to the Kubuntu developers channel | http://people.ubuntu.com/~scott/uds-intrepid/
* yuriy is curious about the results of the kde4 porting meeting14:49
Riddellyuriy: mostly a list of things that need worked on, I'll write it up later today14:53
yuriyoh, is there another meeting for what to do with kde3?14:53
Nightrosewho were the people who wanted to work on nightly kde builds?14:53
Riddellmm, don't know if anyone has voluntered for nightly build14:56
Riddellyuriy: that was kubuntu-version, which has a politely retire policy14:56
NightroseRiddell: there were a few pople interested and right now we are talking about using neon to do it14:57
Nightrose2 people are in so far14:57
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Riddellproofreaders, yuriy: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuIntrepidVersion15:54
nixternalRiddell: looks good, except for "Our marketing will follow that this release is an upgrade for those who want the latest news release, but may not be suitable for those who do not want to put up with some rough edges."15:58
nixternalthat is bad marketing15:58
Riddellnixternal: got a more subtle wording?  there will still be regressions with KDE 4.116:03
xerosisRiddell: "want the latest news release" s/news/new?16:09
Riddellxerosis: fixed, thanks16:10
nixternaleven with "regressions" we shouldn't hilight them in marketing honestly16:14
nixternalooh, glad I didn't register for Ubuntu Live...looks like it is cancelled16:16
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Riddellnixternal: where's that announced?16:20
nixternalhasn't been announced, but they sent emails out to the speakers telling them it is cancelled16:20
Riddellnixternal: you were a speaker?16:21
nixternaldon't know if you read ubuntu users planet or not...that is where I have seen it thus far..and someone asked just a bit ago in #ubuntu-devel16:21
nixternalRiddell: no16:21
Riddellright16:27
seelecancelled?16:27
seelehum.. isn't it part of linux world or something?16:28
nixternaloscon16:28
seeleright16:28
Riddellsome talks will be moved to oscon16:28
seelemaybe oscon didn't have enough talk submissions?16:29
Riddellyes.  I expect that'll be it.  :)16:29
seeleweird.. i dont remember a cfp extension or anything16:30
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Riddellseele: seen Tonio?16:37
seeleRiddell: he went up to his room after the lightening talks :-/16:39
Riddellooh la la16:40
Hobbseeseele: did he look grey?16:42
Hobbsee(again)16:42
seelegrey?16:42
seelepallid?16:42
JucatoGnome?16:42
Hobbseewe found he vanished in sevilla for a while, because he caught the conference flu.16:42
Jucatooh wait, that's brown16:42
seeleHobbsee: ah no, but it is something else16:43
seeleblue maybe, not grey16:43
Hobbseeah16:43
Jucatogreen?16:43
Jucatohi Hobbsee  btw :P16:44
Jucatoand seele  of course :)16:44
* seele waves.16:44
Hobbseeheya!16:44
JucatoHobbsee: shouldn't you be asleep?16:45
HobbseeJucato: er, yes16:45
RiddellHobbsee: what's that mailman admin script you use?16:53
HobbseeRiddell: listadmin.16:53
Riddellseele: going on this tour?16:54
ScottK-udsRiddell: I'm planning on coming.16:54
seeleRiddell: maybe.. i'll be down in 5 minutes to see if they are still going16:54
Riddellgroovy, if this wiki page ever saves I'll be able to go and put my laptop away16:55
seeleRiddell: where you be?16:55
Riddellseele: the foyer is the meeting area16:55
seeleis that on 3 or ground?16:56
Riddellground16:59
Riddellcritiques, proofreaders: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuIntrepidKDE4Porting16:59
* yuriy reading17:00
moope1hi yall,17:00
moope1I have installed adobe reader and have xpdf but none of them have registered with firefox 3 that they can open pdfs17:01
moope1a) how do I fix17:01
moope1and b) can you fix17:01
* seele heads downstairs17:02
moope1c) is this your problem?17:03
yuriymoope1: #kubuntu for support please17:04
yuriyRiddell: we're using PackageKit AND Adept?17:04
yuriyis Ubuntu moving to PackageKit then?17:04
Jucatoooh that's going to be painful :)17:04
moope1yuriy: I know, I was just a little annoyed that it didnt do it out of the tin, I was hoping to understand why, hence you guys17:05
mornfallyuriy: Hi.17:05
mornfallyuriy: Howdy?17:05
yuriyhi mornfall. doing well how are you?17:05
mornfallHave you seen my message from (your) early morning?17:05
yuriyi haven't had a chance to try the changes yet, but yes i read the messages17:05
mornfallOk.17:05
mornfallI'm studying for exams. :).17:05
yuriymornfall: if you have a minute, I've been meaning to bounce an idea off you17:06
yuriyRiddell: so do we know that pardus's tools are ported to KDE4?17:13
jussi01!info packagekit17:16
ubottupackagekit (source: packagekit): provides a software installation daemon. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.1.6-0ubuntu2 (hardy), package size 123 kB, installed size 596 kB17:16
mornfallyuriy: Go on.17:19
yuriymornfall: what do you think of a Strigi based package index?17:24
yuriywith the idea being that you have the package manager application, but then you can also have neat little features like say you search for firefox in kickoff and you don't have it installed, it can show up anyway with the option to install. or something similar with whatever desktop search interface ends up in kde417:31
mornfallyuriy: We have tossed that idea at fosscamp, actually.17:40
mornfallyuriy: Jos (of Strigi) promised he'll take a look, IIRC. It should be possible to plug the xapian index into strigi in fact.17:41
mornfallyuriy: So we don't have to go through strigi in adept at all, just those that use strigi could see the data.17:41
mornfallyuriy: And then maybe call adept if they want to do something about it...17:42
mornfall(Through some clever mimeptype hacking.)17:42
yuriyoh good. i'm not crazy17:48
yuriybut I was thinking instead of xapian17:48
yuriyoriginally I thought of it because it seemed strange to me to use another indexing system for adept when we have strigi in KDE17:48
jussi01can someone breifly explain package kit to me? (if you have min)17:52
yuriyjussi01: http://www.packagekit.org/pk-intro.html17:55
mornfallyuriy: But you see, the xapian index is used by other tools as well and is outside of adept, really.17:57
mornfallyuriy: So in fact, *not* using that one is duplicating effort.17:57
mornfall(We would have two indices of the same data.)17:58
mornfallReading the xapian one in strigi would really be the best solution, IMHO.17:58
yuriymornfall: what other tools use the xapian index?17:58
yuriythe package wasn't even in Ubuntu before at all17:58
mornfallAt least goplay and ept-cache do.17:59
yuriy!info goplay17:59
ubottugoplay (source: goplay): Debian game browser. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.2-1build1 (hardy), package size 233 kB, installed size 668 kB17:59
jussi01yuriy: thanks17:59
jussi01mornfall: btw, will there be a new version of adept in your repo soon?18:00
mornfalljussi01: What would soon mean? :)18:00
mornfallI need to fix some bugs and then maybe alpha5 would be due.18:00
jussi01mornfall: soon... :P18:00
mornfallBut I'm not sure when I will have time to fix those.18:00
yuriyi forgot to bring my power cord so i'm not going to be able to test adept [your] today18:01
mornfallNo problem, I won't really have much time for anything this week. And next week I'm in Berlin, when I'll hopefully have *some* hacking time, but not much of it can go to Adept, either.18:03
jussi01mornfall: nice either way. I still cant get it to start/work :/18:04
mornfalljussi01: Ah, you didn't follow instructions, since I gave you only deb-line.18:06
mornfalljussi01: Run sudo update-apt-xapian-index and try again.18:06
jussi01aaaaahhhhh18:06
jussi01mornfall: ok, I dod that, then what? I still dont have an adept_manager, although adept-manager is installed and up to date???18:11
mornfalljussi01: dpkg -L adept-manager, please18:12
jussi01mornfall: http://paste.ubuntu.com/13522/18:14
mornfalljussi01: /usr/lib/kde4/bin/adept_manager18:14
mornfalljussi01: Run that, through [kde]sudo.18:15
jussi01heh... now you make me feel stupid18:16
mornfallPff : - ).18:20
mornfallNo worry.18:20
mornfallAnyway, --> home.18:20
mornfallLaters.18:20
jussi01see you18:20
mooperHi, I just selected a load of pictures and chose compress. It kicked off a process for each picture making many archives with one file in each.18:21
mooperrather unexpected and annoying18:21
smartermooper: what file browser did you use? (konqueror3/dolphin3/konqueror4/dolphin4)18:24
moopersmarter: dolphin18:24
mooperdolphin318:25
mooperor rather dolphin 0.9.218:25
mooperfixed in 4?18:25
smarterdon't know, I'm testing right now18:28
moopersmarter, also zip files with weird filenames get created18:29
mooperziD3FW5w and zigbeRn918:30
smarterit works with konqueror, but I can't figure what .desktop file it's using18:34
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mooperHow come the default was switched to dolphin?18:39
smartercause it's easier and stuff like that18:39
moopersure, I think its a bit better18:40
mooperso should I file a bug thingy?18:40
smarteryep18:42
jussi01!bug | mooper18:43
ubottumooper: If you find a bug in Ubuntu or any of its derivatives, please file a bug report at: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu  -  Bugs in/wishes for the bots can be filed at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu-bots18:43
moopersmarter, jussi0118:52
mooperhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dolphin/+bug/18579518:52
ubottuLaunchpad bug 185795 in dolphin "Ark compression with dolphin bad configured." [Undecided,New]18:52
jussi01:)18:52
mooperWas already there18:56
awen-ScottK: I'm preparing an update to kde-guidance to upload to intrepid ... but at least som of the changes is SRU material, but I'm wondering how much is reasonable to go in: http://awen.dk/packages/changelog ... the kubuntu_32_ patch at least, but what else?19:01
daskReechseele: ping19:37
daskReechNightrose: ping19:37
NightrosedaskReech: pong19:37
Nightrosehow  can I help you today? ;-)19:38
daskReechHugs!19:39
daskReechNaw I'm kidding19:39
Nightrose\o/19:39
* Nightrose hugs daskReech 19:39
daskReech today isn't hugsday19:39
Nightrosenot?19:39
Nightrosedamn19:39
* daskReech stores up hugs :)19:39
Nightrose;-)19:39
daskReechFine I'll pay ya back with interest19:39
Nightrosehaha19:40
daskReechYou mentioned in your blog about having a note to file bugs upstream19:40
daskReech how would that work?19:40
Nightrosehmmm that was just some random brainstorming but what i thought of was:19:40
Nightroseask the reporter if what he is reporting is a wish or a real bug19:41
Nightroseif he says it is a wish you would ask him if it is maybe better filed in the upstream bugtracker at >link> since they are the people who really develop features19:42
Nightrosei it is a ubuntu specific wish or he/she is not sure it could still be filed in launchpad19:42
Nightrose*if19:42
Nightrosemaybe with a nice note explaining the difference between the distro and upstream projects19:44
Nightrosethere might be better ways but that was what I came up with in the train ;-)19:45
daskReechYeah but.. there are a >lot< of upstream19:45
daskReechis this directly related to Kubuntu ?19:45
Nightrosewe already know the upstream bugracker for a lot of projects19:45
daskReechso if it's a Kubutnu wish then pop to KDE or handle here?19:45
Nightroseyea19:45
Nightroseas I wrote in my blog I have no idea if the whole problem is specific to ubuntu19:46
Nightroseit is just the only distro i actiely triage bugs for19:46
Nightrose+v19:47
daskReechso it would be more or less what are you here to report about ? *check to see if we have a upstream link for that* Why are you reporting? *check to see if it makes sense to interrupt* -- *inform the user* Ok please continue19:47
Nightroseright19:47
daskReechicky :)19:47
Nightrose;-)19:47
daskReechI hate website wizards19:47
Nightrosehehe19:47
daskReechesp if you are someone who files a lot of bugs19:48
daskReechlots of waiting for redundant loading19:48
* Nightrose just set up irssi-notifier19:48
Nightroselove it19:48
daskReechThough I guess You can have a (I know I know damnit!) button19:48
NightrosedaskReech: yea that is a problem - but we have a wizard already anyway19:48
Nightrosehaha right19:49
daskReechMan I so underutilize irssi19:49
Nightrose:P19:49
daskReechI basically use it to connect19:49
daskReechHow do i get irssi to notify me if someone says my name19:50
daskReechright now it only does it if the sentence starts with my name19:50
daskReechthat and people keep calling me das instead of daskReech >_o19:50
Nightrose /hilight19:50
Nightroseand /help hilight19:51
daskReechI've gotten that far :)19:51
Nightrose;-)19:51
daskReechI dunno though should there be a wiki page that explains upstream vs nowstream ?19:52
daskReechthen we could justlink to that19:52
daskReechImagine. A wiki page that works across Ubuntu releases and isn't obsolete in 4 months :)19:52
Nightrosehmm i doubt a lot of people would read that19:52
Nightrosehaha19:52
Nightroseit has to be a short note on the bug report page19:53
Nightroseotherwise noone will read it19:53
Nightrosesome don't even read those19:53
NightrosedaskReech: http://blog.ufsoft.org/2007/05/10/irssi-notification if you want to give it a try19:55
daskReechyeh I guess19:56
awen-ScottK: the package for intrepid is here, when you have time to look at it: http://awen.dk/packages/kde-guidance_0.8.0svn20080103-0ubuntu18.debdiff20:13
daskReechWhat was the Bug Number Zero UDS talk for?20:22
daskReechand how did Firefox ->kde integration go ?20:23
daskReechSpel Chockers20:25
daskReechHa ha ha20:25
nixternalman, you want to see a great talk that includes some funniness about spell checkers, you gotta see mako's talk on errors...great stuff20:26
daskReechwhere is it?20:26
nixternalhaven't seen it online, just live and in person20:30
daskReechyou mean in persin20:31
daskReechclearly20:31
nixternalhehe20:31
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mhbso, wish me luck tomorrow, and please choose good people for the Kubuntu Council21:51
mhbsee you!21:52
daskReech:-)21:55
jdaviesmhb: where are you going?21:58
mhbjdavies: take a guess22:01
mhbjdavies: what could be important enough that I have to skip a conference that is very relevant to me?22:02
jdaviesmhb: exams? Seems to be the rage22:02
mhbjdavies: right!22:02
jdaviesyeah, I have the same22:02
mhbI've had one today and more is to come tomorrow.22:02
jdaviesand so does everyone else appartently22:02
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nosrednaekimhey....what am I signed up for this session.... that I apparently didn't attend22:37
nosrednaekimat 1222:37
nixternalJucato: I just showed my x the picture of Jorge and I...she is dying right now :)22:40
nosrednaekimhow do use the SIP stuff?22:43
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nixternalnosrednaekim: I use Twinkle22:44
ScottK-udsnosrednaekim: Don't worry.  We assigned you all the actions.22:44
nixternalfairly straight forward if you want to use it for the VoIP sessions at UDS22:45
nosrednaekimScottK-uds: crap... I don't know what that means but it sounds bad :P22:45
nosrednaekimyeah... thats what I meant nixternal22:45
ScottK-udsnosrednaekim: It's fine.  We talked about what we are going to do for Intrepid, not who would do it....22:46
nosrednaekimoh :)22:46
nixternalScottK-uds: what was the outcome of the staggering release stuff with Kubuntu?22:47
nixternalplease say rejected22:47
nosrednaekimnixternal: should I do direct IP to IP connection in twinkle?22:47
* nixternal clicks heels and mumbles "there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home!"22:47
nosrednaekimScottK-uds: ahhh wonderful :)22:48
ScottK-udsnixternal: We ain't doing it.22:48
nixternalnosrednaekim: I think that is right22:48
nixternalrock on!22:48
ScottK-udsnixternal: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuReleaseSchedule22:48
seelenot doing what?22:49
Riddellevening all22:49
seele(i guess i could look at the wiki page :P)22:49
nosrednaekimhello Riddell22:49
seeleah ok.. nothing different from the other discussion22:51
ScottK-udsseele: Not moving off of the Ubuntu release schedule.22:51
seeleScottK-uds: right22:51
seelehmm.. i wonder if room service has sweets22:52
ScottK-udsFor the right price I'm sure they have any kind of sweets you are after.22:52
RiddellI have Porridge bars22:54
nixternalI have another broken computer22:55
nixternalnote to self: quit buying the cheap stuff22:55
NightroseRiddell: http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2008/05/20/get-your-free-on/ ;-)22:55
daskReechasterix does SIP ?22:55
daskReechwhats a fairly light weight sip server?22:55
nosrednaekimeh... I'll jst Ice cast and if I ave something to say... I'll type it here :P22:56
RiddelldaskReech: asterix is SIP to many extents22:56
seeleRiddell: wth are Porridge bars?22:57
seeleRiddell: like rolled oats?  granola bars?22:57
Riddellseele: porridge but less sloppy22:57
* Nightrose is sure seele doesn't really want to know ;-)22:57
nixternalI think so22:58
seeleRiddell: like tapioca?22:58
nixternallike grits?22:58
nixternal;p22:58
nosrednaekimporrige? isn't that made from beans?22:58
Riddellthey're very nice, my cousin makes them22:58
* seele isn't even sure what Riddell means by "porridge". He comes from a country that calls anything sweet "pudding".22:58
nixternalhahahahahaha22:58
Nightrose*lol*22:58
seeleRiddell: unless they're chocolate flavored, I might have to pass22:58
* daskReech should learn to setup asterisk22:58
Riddellseele: there is a white chocolate one22:58
nixternaldaskReech: asterisk is the biggest pita to setup22:58
Riddellit's still mostly porridge22:58
daskReechI know22:58
daskReech that's why I shoudl start now22:59
Riddellhttp://www.stoatsporridgebars.co.uk/  we get all the spare boxes of them for lending him a warehouse22:59
daskReechProbably by starting an Ubuntu Distro that makes it easy :-P22:59
nixternaldaskReech: asterisk is only good if you had the right hardware as well..it is really for a phone system22:59
nosrednaekimdaskReech: I know a guy from the US-NJ Loco that does it for his job...23:00
daskReechYeah I know23:00
daskReech I need a phone system23:00
nixternalfreeswitch23:00
daskReechnosrednaekim: Makes new Ubuntu distros? :-D23:00
RiddellI wonder what we have tomorrow23:00
nosrednaekimdaskReech: sets up asterisk23:00
nosrednaekim:P23:00
RiddellKubuntu Council!  (although we mostly covered that in the pub tonight)23:01
daskReechdamn I should find the person who's job it is to make new distros and hit them23:01
seelehmm.. i can't tell if it is supposed to be crunchy or soft23:01
daskReechas a fully aside23:01
nixternalRiddell: what was the drunken outcome of the Kubuntu Council?23:01
Riddellseele: soft23:01
* daskReech grabs seele while he's uncomatose23:01
Riddellnixternal: we're going to appoint jeff waugh as council member23:01
nixternalhahahahahfda08320803~~23:01
Riddellhe did name the distro after all23:01
* nixternal just wet himself a little23:01
Riddell"Kubuntu File Sharing" easy peasy23:02
daskReechYeah :)23:02
nosrednaekimhow hard is it to name "kubuntu"?23:02
nosrednaekim:P23:02
nixternalRiddell: is the plan to replace all current members of the council with fresh blood?23:02
* seele blinks at nixternal 23:02
daskReechspel chockers is still my favourite23:02
daskReechnosrednaekim: well there is a #ubuntu-kde chan23:03
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nosrednaekimfor people running gnome to ask other gnomies about their KDE app problems without getting ridiculed by eather side of the arms race :P23:03
seeleRiddell: that session is only useful if Tony shows up23:04
Riddellseele: i agree23:04
seeleRiddell: did he ever return your SMS?23:04
Riddellnixternal: well that's what we'd discuss.  last time we did half23:04
Riddellseele: no23:04
seelehmm23:04
nixternalgroovy23:04
daskReechWho's sitting in the firefox ->KDE talk ?23:05
Riddellme, mhb23:05
Riddellasac should be writing it up23:05
RiddellNightrose: may want to mention that marble is just about to start integraing openstreetmap23:06
Riddellintegrating23:06
NightroseRiddell: feel free to comment ;-)23:06
seeledaskReech: hmm?23:06
nosrednaekimwhen is the firefox-kde talk?23:07
* Nightrose gets some tea23:07
Riddellyesterday23:07
daskReechseele: talk to you a bit?23:07
seeledaskReech: ok23:07
seelemm.. tea23:07
seelethat's what i miss23:07
seelemy teabox and electirc teapot23:07
seelestupid hotel23:07
Riddellseele: there should be a kettle in your room23:08
daskReechseele: what do you think of tabs in System settings?23:08
seeleRiddell: with tea bags!  who drinks tea made of powdered dirt and paper bags?23:08
seeledaskReech: necessary unless you have a better idea23:08
seeledaskReech: and when you say tabs, you mean tabs and not pages, correct?23:08
daskReechseele: you know the categorized view in Dolphin?23:09
Riddellseele: there's an alternative?23:09
seeleRiddell: loose tea? vinyl bags? no bag?23:09
seeleRiddell: i thought you came from the land of tea time23:09
daskReech:-)23:10
seeledaskReech: i'm not sure i know what you mean23:10
RiddellI come from Scotland, we drink Irn Bru.  In England they use tea bags23:10
nosrednaekimAH! the one session I want to attend I have to go to a softball game.23:10
daskReechseele: the one with the lines that run across the view so you can break the view up by alphabet or time or file type etc23:10
seeleRiddell: you drink Irn Bru at tea time?  that cant taste good with biscuit's and jam23:11
seeledaskReech: details view you mean with the data in the table format?23:11
nixternalI had some Irn Bru last night...definitely and acquired taste23:11
nixternals/and/an23:12
seelenixternal: yeah really.  and people give us a hard time about coca cola23:12
Riddellnixternal: where did you get it from?23:12
daskReechseele: yep23:12
seeledaskReech: ok.. how does tabs fit in to this?23:13
nixternalRiddell: well, I found out we can get it at one of two places...we have a liquor store that will get it for us, or my new neighbors who just moved here from scottland23:13
nixternalthey brought over a ton of it23:13
Riddelljcastro: what happened to the phone charger that was in our room?  you must have unplugged it to plug in your laptop but I don't see it now23:14
nixternalRiddell: you are rooming with jcastro?23:14
RiddellI am23:14
nixternaloh lord I feel for ya23:14
daskReechseele: the point of tabs in system settings is not to over whelm the user if I am not mistaken?23:14
Riddelldon't say that!  or you'll never get UDS sponsorship approved in future23:14
seeledaskReech: how does that relate to a file manager?23:15
nixternaloh, I know where he lives23:15
nixternalI will get it :)23:15
daskReechseele: Ok imagine if that detailed view weer collapasible23:15
seeledaskReech: collapsable in what way?23:15
daskReechso you could see that a category were there but the files/items under it were not seen23:15
daskReechso for dolphin You could see there were files that start with X but not how many etc23:16
daskReechif you wanted to know more about those files you could expland23:16
daskReechexpland23:16
* daskReech sighs23:16
daskReech expand23:16
daskReechsame concept for file types23:16
seeleok.. and how would people use this?23:16
daskReechIn this dir there are media files Image files text files and executables23:17
daskReechnow if we had that in System settings it could open with the categories and then a person could easily expand the one they are interested in23:17
daskReechso they don't have to deal with tabs It wouldn't be ovewhelming and it wouldn't scroll forever23:18
seelei dont understand23:18
nixternalRiddell: throw all of those Gnome t-shirts that are probably all over your room out the window :)23:18
daskReechwhere are you un-understood ?23:18
nixternalRiddell: is he wearing his green foot + heart t-shirt every day?23:19
Riddellnixternal: not so far23:19
seeledaskReech: first off, i didnt realise system settings was so big that you have to scroll besides maybe one line of icons that might not show up in a small window23:19
seeledaskReech: and what do you mean by hiding.. the existing categories that we have?23:19
nixternalwell, when he goes to sleep, whisper in his ear "Kubuntu is the greatest....love Kubuntu forever...make Kubuntu prosper" over and over23:19
nosrednaekimlol nixternal23:20
daskReechseele: not hiding the categories just the individual icons under them23:20
Riddellnixternal: go to sleep. good idea23:20
* Riddell snoozes23:20
nixternalNOOOOO! he will whisper sweet nothings in your ear if you pass out first!!!!23:20
seelehey wait.. what about my porridge bar23:20
daskReech:-)23:20
daskReechand seele will whisper harsh somethings23:21
seeledaskReech: there arent that many icons in the window to start with, i didnt realise there were too many23:21
seeledaskReech: hey.. i'm the masochist, not the sadist23:21
Riddellseele: come up quick and get it :)23:21
seeleRiddell: what room are you in23:21
Riddell70423:21
daskReechseele: well what's the point of advanced tabs?23:21
daskReechseele: when you get back :)23:21
seeledaskReech: hold on.. getting foods23:21
nosrednaekimah... I now know where you live seele :) ..... for the next 3 days at least23:22
RiddelldaskReech: I don't see categories view in dolphin23:22
daskReechRiddell: click show in groups23:24
daskReechRiddell: ^1  -> view -> show in groups23:26
ScottK-udsIt would be way cooler with wobbly windows.23:30
daskReechScottK-uds: what would?23:31
ScottK-udsThe system settings.23:32
RiddelldaskReech: View menu -> Sort by -> Group ?23:33
daskReechRiddell: noooo23:33
daskReechview menu -> Show in groups23:33
RiddelldaskReech: oh, I see it23:33
daskReechI wanna hear the logic behind the advanced and general tabs first23:34
seelewow.. so this porridge bar is..23:34
seeleis..23:34
Riddelldelicious?23:34
seelewell, let's just say that white chocolate goes with macadamia nuts, not hazelnuts23:34
seelebut besides that, it's not too bad23:34
Riddella kind gift to a grateful soul?23:35
* daskReech gets a glazed eye look thinking about macadamia nuts23:35
seeleRiddell: beggars can't be choosey23:35
RiddelldaskReech: I don't see any expand though23:35
daskReechRiddell: That's what I'm saying23:35
nixternalsend me one of those porridge bars..I want a taste :)23:35
daskReechif they could collapse would that be a good fit for system settings?23:36
daskReechIt would eliminate the tabs and not be scary for people23:36
Riddellmm, could be23:36
daskReechThough honestly System settigns needs much more clean up23:36
nixternalI say we go back to KControl :p23:36
daskReechbut this could get rid of the tabs annoyance23:36
daskReechnixternal: No issues23:36
nixternalI heard that is Riddell's favorite!23:36
daskReechnixternal: Code it23:37
Riddellwell quite, we've solved the main issues with the parent app, the modules need the love now23:37
Riddellnixternal: grrr23:37
nixternalhahahaha23:37
daskReechyeah I heard that we have keyboard in system settings now23:37
daskReech!! :-)23:37
yuriysince when are the tabs an annoyance?23:37
daskReechThough I'll bet alt+Bck still doesn't work23:37
yuriythough i did prefer the original buttons versino23:37
Riddellyuriy: the buttons confused a lot of people23:38
seeleRiddell: because they were buttons.. not tabs23:38
daskReechyuriy: I think they would be slightly less so if things like search would pulll the views together instead of removing all the icons but having a note that there are 2 hits in advanced23:38
Riddellanyway, /me snoozes23:38
seelealthough it is still kindof hard to notice the tabs unless youre expecting them.23:38
daskReechseele: Sooo what' the mindset behind the tabs23:38
seeledaskReech: to separate out the regular and advanced settings.  you'll have to ask Riddell more about it since it was a Paris UDS decision with Ellen23:39
daskReechAh23:39
seele(i.e. i wasn't there)23:39
* daskReech onders mailing ellen23:39
daskReech++p23:39
Riddellthere are a lot of kcontrol modules which are for very specialised usage and don't fit into a category other than "not used much"23:39
daskReechLike Wine?23:40
Riddellyou can't get rid of them, because for people who do need them, it can make KDE a winner23:40
Riddellbut most users don't need them, so best to keep them more out of the way23:40
* daskReech nods23:40
daskReechAnd I suppose that those people can be taught to look in advanced23:41
seeleor they will look for it23:41
seeleor know to look for it23:41
daskReechI still haaaaate that the search doesn't pull together the views but leaves a note that you should look in advanced23:41
seeleor notice something strange with the ui23:41
daskReechseele: that's a lot of or's23:41
seeledaskReech: then that is a search problem, not a menu problem23:41
daskReechseele: so the tab organization is good an usable as it stands?23:42
seeledaskReech: i havent given an alternative any thoughts so i'm not about to suggest changes23:43
seeledaskReech: there are other problems with system settings i would rather see addressed than if the tab is working.  advanced users can troubleshoot and find it eventually23:43
seeleand afaik i havent seen any bug reports or complaints about it yet23:43
* seele notes that the "porridge bar" is quite filling23:43
daskReechseele: Oh yes of all the apps I've poked in KDE4 System settings is in my top three for needs to be looked at23:43
seeleno wonder, it was 85 grams23:43
daskReechseele: Ok would it be possible to shoot me the list of stuff you want to see looked at?23:44
seeledaskReech: are you going to fix it?23:45
daskReechJucato was kind enough to clear a bunch of them off my mental anger platter from the changes in trunk :-)23:45
daskReechseele: I dunno. I'd have to think about it System settings is a funny app23:45
daskReechcause it can interact with a load of stuff outside of KDE23:46
daskReechand it's main job is to simplify and categorize23:46
daskReechIt's still new so I just want to get a larger picture than stuff i see that bugs me23:47
ScottK-udsdaskReech: One thing we discussed needed doing is looking up Guidance displayconfig, the KDE4 upstream Xrandr too, the Ubuntu Display Manager (or whatever they call it) and see what features the KDE4 tool is missing to bring it to feature parity with those systems (the goal being to be even with Ubuntu and make displayconfig die an early death.)23:48
daskReech:-D23:48
* ScottK-uds looks around for a volunteer ...23:48

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