/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/07/29/#ubuntu-meeting.txt

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amachutest11:16
ramadastest11:16
amachutest11:43
persiaamachu: don't worry: your network won't fail for 16 minutes or so...11:44
amachupersia: :-)11:56
TheMusoGreetings all.11:57
persiaWe approach both time and quorum.  Hurrah.11:58
amachupersia: TheMuso: elkbuntu: Hi11:59
elkbuntuhi11:59
TheMusoGreetings amachu.11:59
TheMusoSorry I wasn't hear last week, my head still wasn't in gear after my travels the previous weekend.12:00
persiaI'll claim that too (although I was actually asleep) :)12:00
amachuBelutz: Hi12:00
amachulifeless: hi12:01
amachuzakame ??12:01
amachuWelcome everyone12:01
elkbuntuim also sorry, i had a badly infected ear (to the point it was bleeding, eep!)12:01
amachupersia: ;-)12:01
TheMusoelkbuntu: oh yuk.12:01
amachuTheMuso: thats fine12:01
elkbuntuTheMuso, the doc put me on the wrong antibiotics, so it's only just gotten better the past few days. i found some of a different type and self-medicated. bad bad bad me.12:02
TheMusoelkbuntu: oh fun.12:02
Belutzamachu, hi12:02
TheMusoSo it appears we only have on applicant this time around.12:02
TheMusoone applicant even.12:02
ianghi all..12:03
amachuTheMuso: yes12:03
amachuiang: hi12:03
amachuWe will start then..12:03
amachu??12:03
amachuiang: Welcome! Go ahead introducing yourself and your contributions to Ubuntu..12:04
amachuelkbuntu: :-)12:04
Belutzamachu, iang is doing his evening prayer for a moment12:05
amachuBelutz: ok12:05
elkbuntufine by me. coffeeeeeeeee12:06
Belutzelkbuntu, 1 cup for me please :-)12:06
elkbuntuBelutz, milk, sugar?12:07
Belutzelkbuntu, milk ok, not too many sugar12:08
iangHello all..12:11
iangshould I start?12:11
Belutziang, yes please12:11
TheMusoYes please do.12:11
iangmy name is Fajran Iman Rusadi12:11
iangI am still a student now, studying computer science at the Universiteit van Amsterdam12:12
iangI don't really remember when I joined the Indonesia LoCo team. I just joined the mailing list12:13
iang(humm.. around 2005 i think) and make a lot of discussion in it12:13
iangwhen we (indonesian LoCo team) made our first release party, I was assigned to coordinate the ubuntu repository on dvd distribution project12:14
iangmaybe because, till now, in every release, I make a ubuntu dvd repository and distribute it to everyone who needs it12:16
TheMusoyangDo you have anybody who has come along to the meeting to support you today?12:16
TheMusoiang: ^^12:16
TheMusotypo :p12:17
iangoh yes.. belutz attended it12:17
BelutzTheMuso, I do :)12:17
* takdir too12:18
iangi think that is a very successful project. i never heard that "dvd repository" project before12:18
Belutziang, what will you do if you become an ubuntu member?12:19
iangdue the limited internet connection in my country, a handy dvd collection that contains the whole ubuntu packages is very useful12:19
iangi will keep making contribution in the community12:21
ianginfluence people to use ubuntu12:21
iangwell.. maybe because i don't live in indonesia for some time12:22
iangi can only make "online" contributions12:22
Belutzfor the record iang also maintain the ubuntu-id website www.ubuntu-id.org12:23
iangyes i'm one of the maintainer12:23
Belutzhe also maintain one of ubuntu repository server in http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu/12:23
elkbuntuiang, do you do any translation stuff?12:23
iang(and fyi, this is my wiki and launchpad page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FajranImanRusadi and https://launchpad.net/~iang )12:24
iangelkbuntu: yes12:24
iangbut not very active at the moment12:24
elkbuntuwhat are you most active in at the moment, in ubuntu as a whole?12:24
Belutzand his dvd repositories is very very useful in spreading the use of Ubuntu in Indonesia, almost every part of Indonesia who use Ubuntu is using DVD repositories12:24
amachu___Belutz: DVDs are the need.12:25
takdirand i like his project at http://labs.fajran.web.id/p/apt-web/ it's help us12:25
takdirif any body did not have a good internet connection and will download some package include it's dependency in internet cafe, office, etc.12:25
Belutzamachu, true :)12:25
iangat the moment, i'm busy in the BlankOn project12:26
iangan ubuntu derivation, targeted for indonesian users12:26
amachu___iang: DVD has all the components are the Ubuntu DVD itself12:26
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Belutzah yes, apt-web is also very useful for someone to download packages from internet cafes12:26
iangamachu: Ubuntu DVD only contains part of the whole repository12:27
amachuiang: ya.. ya..12:27
iangand the dvd that i make contains the complete repository12:27
amachuin a single DVD?12:27
Belutz5 DVDs12:27
Belutz:D12:27
iangno.. for the hardy release, there are 5 dvds12:27
amachuBeutz: I also thought, might all thats essential for Indonesia in one DVD ;-)12:28
iangactually, i'm wondering my ubuntu doesn't make that dvd repository.. just like debian12:28
iangs/my/why12:28
amachuiang: Is that also available for download12:29
iangyes12:29
amachuall five DVDs? where?12:29
iangftp://kambing.ui.edu/pub/ubuntu-repository/12:29
Belutzand also here ftp://dl2.foss-id.web.id/iso/ubuntu-repository12:29
iangkambing.ui.edu is one of FOSS mirror in indonesia12:30
amachuiang: thats great12:31
iangi am one of the maintainer of kambing.ui.edu12:31
iangand i receive many emails12:31
iangasking about dvd repository for other distros12:31
iangas far as i know, there is a guy from opensuse community team in indonesia who also makes dvd repository for opensuse12:32
iangso i think, this project is a success and really needed by people in indonesia who use ubuntu12:32
Belutzyes indeed12:33
amachuhow do you people share it across12:33
amachuhow do you send them to people wanting for it? ship it?12:33
iangyes12:33
iangit's not free, but it's very very cheap12:34
Belutzbut they are free to download12:34
amachuok12:34
iangonly around $7 for those 5 DVDs12:34
iangjust for covering the production and distribution cost12:35
iangand those DVDs are always free to download12:35
amachuwhat is Packaging Team Coordinator?12:35
takdiriang always send me dvd repo to my city, especially if there is ubuntu release party  :D12:36
amachuwhat role you play in that position for Blankon12:36
amachu?12:36
iangI'm involved in the BlankOn project (ubuntu derivation distro)12:36
iangwe build our own repository, well.. most of the packages are derived from ubuntu12:36
iangand i'm the coordinator of the packager team who maintains the packages in the BlankOn repository12:37
iangsometime, I also make a tutorial session12:37
amachucan you describe few jobs you do as co-ordinator12:38
amachuhow big is the packager team12:39
amachu?12:39
iangI have to get some team members..  and share my knowledge to them so they can also maintain packages12:39
takdirone of package in BlankOn is daluang. iang packaging it, http://code.google.com/p/daluang/ may be it will be an ubuntu package someday :)12:39
iangwe also have some packages that have to be maintained and it is my task to distribute the packages to the members12:39
TheMusopersia, amachu, elkbuntu, Belutz. What do you say we take a vote? I think we've heard enough, unless there are any remaining questions...12:40
BelutzTheMuso, agree12:40
elkbuntuno questions from me12:41
amachuTheMuso: ya.. I agree..12:41
Belutz+1 from me for all his contributions and efforts for Ubuntu-ID12:41
persiaI'm good.12:41
Belutzand I'm sure he will continue to give his contributions to FOSS world especially Ubuntu12:41
amachuiang: great job. +1 from me12:41
TheMuso+1 from me. I'm very impressed with what he has done so far, and I wish him luck for the future, and hope he continues to do great work for the community.12:42
TheMusoiang: If you want to get packages for Indonesian12:42
TheMusoiang: If you want to get packages for Indonesians into Ubuntu, check out #ubuntu-motu on freenode, we can help you get the packages into Ubuntu proper.12:42
elkbuntu+1 from me also12:42
iangTheMuso: ok12:42
persia+1 from me.  Lots of good work, and over a good period of time.  Strong prospects of continued work.12:42
amachuanybody left?12:43
amachulifeless: ??12:43
TheMusoidle: 0 days, 4 hours, 50 mins.12:43
amachulifeless: lifeless :-)12:43
amachuiang: Best Wishes!12:44
amachuany thing more from anyone to share?12:44
amachupersia: TheMuso: elkbuntu : Belutz : ?12:44
Belutziang, congratulations! welcome aboard12:44
iangthank you all :) hope your support can make me to contribute more12:44
TheMusoNot from me.12:45
amachuothers12:45
iangah yes :)12:46
Belutzamachu, should we close the meeting?12:47
amachuOk then. Thank you every one for participating.. Have a nice time..12:47
TheMusoThanks all.12:47
Belutzamachu, thanks :)12:47
BelutzTheMuso, thanks12:47
Belutzelkbuntu, thanks, and thanks for the coffee :D12:47
Belutzpersia, thanks12:47
iangthanks all :)12:47
amachuiang: Welcome! and rock more :-)12:48
elkbuntuBelutz, :)12:50
mdz#startmeeting14:58
MootBotMeeting started at 09:01. The chair is mdz.14:58
MootBotCommands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]14:58
mdzKeybuk: ping14:58
Keybukmdz: I am here14:59
mdzKeybuk: are you feeling well enough to participate in the meeting?14:59
Keybukmdz: I'm attending from sabdfl's other office ;)14:59
mdzI'll pretend not to know what you mean15:00
mdz[TOPIC] cdrtools15:01
MootBotNew Topic:  cdrtools15:01
mdzJoerg Schilling has proposed that we should switch from cdrkit back to cdrtools15:01
mdzthat's currently impossible because cdrtools isn't in Ubuntu15:02
mdzcdrtools isn't in Ubuntu because it was removed in December15:02
mdzit was removed because it was believed to be undistributable due to incompatible licensing15:03
mdz[LINK] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17715415:03
MootBotLINK received:  https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/17715415:03
ubottuLaunchpad bug 177154 in cdrtools "cdrtools is undistributable" [Undecided,Fix released]15:03
Keybukhas the licence issue been addressed?15:03
mdzI am presently discussing this with Joerg by email15:04
mdzprogress is slow15:04
mdzI've raised three issues: 1. cdrtools restricts modification, which I believe fails to meet our licensing guidelines for Ubuntu (though it could go in multiverse, it could not replace cdrkit), 2. linking of GPL and CDDL licensed modules into the same executable, and 3. licensing of the makefiles under CDDL when portions of the work are GPL15:05
mdzJoerg does not as yet acknowledge any of these issues as valid15:06
mdzbut says he is very eager to reach agreement with us15:06
Keybukwhat's Amanda's opinion on this?15:06
Keybuk(note to public: Canonical's lawyer)15:06
mdz1. is a policy issue which I think is up to us to interpret15:06
mdz2. is dependent on the legal notion of derivative works, which is hazy at best for software.  Amanda has asked for clarification from a German lawyer15:07
* ogra wonders who the heck licenses makefiles sepatately ... tsk15:08
mdz3. hinges on whether the makefiles are "scripts used to control the compilation and installation" of cdrtools (GPL) or a separate work which is merely aggregated with cdrtools15:08
mdzthe obvious interpretation is the former, so I've asked Joerg to explain why he believes the latter15:08
mdzso far, he has not offered an explanation15:09
mdzthough I know he has had all of these arguments with other  distributors before and probably has plenty of argument to make15:09
sabdflKeybuk: haven't yet engaged Amanda. Joerg says Sun's legal is convinced of his argument, and suggests FSF is too15:09
sabdflif we are going to take it further i would hope to get consensus with SFLC or FSF and try to bring Debian on board, too15:10
mdzsabdfl: I have asked her opinion on a few specific points15:10
mdzbut I think mostly we need to work this out with Joerg15:11
sabdflcan we make much more progress on this without a reply from Joerg?15:12
Keybukmy thoughts, not necessarily in a coherent order:15:12
Keybuk- software in main should be free to use and modify, thus cdrtools has restrictions that prevent it being in main15:12
ograis there a technical reason that we dont want cdrkit anymore ?15:12
Keybuk- our primary upstream is Debian, Debian use cdrkit15:12
ogras/dont/would not/15:13
Keybuk- if we fork, and use cdrtools, who would maintain it?  important since it's a key part of our CD building infrastructure15:13
mdzogra: two of our own developers, and upstream, have suggested that it is worth considering15:13
Keybuk- Fedora and SuSE both seem to use cdrkit as well15:13
mdzand we need to resolve these issues to decide whether it is an option15:13
mdzKeybuk: and Mandriva15:13
Keybukmdz: Mand-who? ;)15:13
Keybuk- thus I find it hard to associate a large installed base with "unmaintained and abandoned"15:14
Keybuk- cdrtools upstream has a long history of not being co-operative with Linux users15:14
cjwatsonthe GPL/CDDL linking issue also came up with Nexenta, and various copyright holders of GPL-licensed software said they felt it would be a violation of their licence to link with CDDL software15:14
Keybukcdrtools bugs are treated as "bugs in Linux" and closed with comments like "use solaris"15:14
cjwatsonso regardless of the outcome here we should take explicit care not to set a precedent15:14
mdzcjwatson: in this case, I think most of Joerg's code is CDDL, and we haven't heard from any other copyright holders15:15
sabdflhe says he has 80%+ of the code15:15
cjwatsonmdz: right, in this case Joerg seems to be the primary GPL holder so it seems like it'd depend on his interpretation, but nevertheless, it is important to be clear that this does not represent Ubuntu claiming that the GPL and CDDL are compatible15:15
mdz...which doesn't give him any rights with regard to the rest15:15
sabdflhe came across, in our meeting, as being genuinely interested in Linux and Ubuntu15:16
mdzsabdfl: he clearly wants his software to be successful and have mindshare in the community15:16
cjwatsonmdz: (oh, sorry, I misread your comment. But the second part of my comment holds either way.)15:17
sabdflhe states that cdrtools is more actively maintained than cdrkit15:17
mdzwhen he changed the licensing, it very quickly became a minority as major distributors migrated away from it15:17
sabdflmdz: yes, but he didn't seem willing to bend the truth to attain that, he seems focused on end users and making stuff work15:18
sabdflcjwatson: so what you're saying is, it may be OK if the primary copyright holder says in this case it's OK, that's different to whether or not the licenses are compatible15:18
sabdfl?15:18
mdz(I just got another reply from Joerg during the meeting btw)15:18
cjwatsonsabdfl: seems I was unclear, I wasn't really trying to say anything about this case at all, simply that *if* we accept cdrtools we should be careful to state that that does not imply that other GPL/CDDL linkage is OK15:19
sabdflright15:20
cjwatsonsabdfl: in general it would require all copyright holders of GPL material to say it's OK, not just the primary contributor, I think15:20
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cjwatsonand then one would have to be careful to avoid linking in other GPL material from other projects15:20
cjwatsonGPL+exception can be done, but it is awkward15:20
cjwatson[disclaimer: this is based on my Debian experience so I'm sure some parties would view it as tainted :-)15:21
cjwatson]15:21
Keybuksabdfl: this does not fit with my past experience of him, where he has actively refused to modify cdrtools to "make stuff work"15:21
Keybuke.g. cdrtools still does not accept Linux device names for devices15:22
mdzwhatever the legal and practical issues, it may not be worth the headache of dealing with Joerg15:23
mdzI have found my ottempts thoroughly unrewarding15:23
mdzs/ottempts/attempts/15:23
mdzbut I will continue to try for a while longer15:25
mdzunless, of course, someone else wants to take over15:26
mdzmy point of view is that he is coming to us to try to convince us to include his software15:26
mdzin which case, I think the burden is on him to be constructive and address our concerns15:27
sabdflcjwatson: i think most courts would accept "substantial majority", especially if the minority cannot be contacted, but i'm not an expert15:27
mdzI've explained them as clearly as I can, but he seems to want us to convince him rather than refuting them15:27
cjwatsonsabdfl: mm, I suspect the D-BUS guys would like to have a clear word on that at the moment, though that's a side issue ;)15:28
sabdfli think we have an active upstream, doing good work, and we also have a strong ubuntu contributor, siretart, who's keen to take care of packaging and integration15:28
sabdflso, that's positive15:29
Keybukcjwatson: the D-Bus problem is that they can't contact the majority contributors, since it's a defunct company15:29
sabdflthe upstream is difficult to communicate with, though15:29
Keybuksabdfl: the same statement holds true for cdrkit though, no?15:29
* siretart waves in the round15:29
sabdflKeybuk: is cdrkit widely believed to be of similar quality and activity?15:30
Keybuksabdfl: it's in use by every distribution that matters15:31
Keybukthis to me implies both quality and activity15:31
siretartdevelopment activity is arguably low in cdrkit.15:32
siretarte.g. it does not support blueray burners at all15:32
sabdflsiretart: joerg says that cdrtools fixes all the open bugs except for 2 packaging ones15:32
sabdflis that true?15:32
siretartsabdfl: I've explained him how to use launchpad and bug triaging. he triaged all bugs in launchpad regarding cdrtools15:33
Keybukthis may be a distorted statement15:33
mdznone of them are marked fixed upstream15:33
Keybuksince Ubuntu doesn't ship cdrtools, we have few open bugs on it15:33
sabdflwe could ask Sun's lawyers for their analysis. if it turns out that it slipped in under the radar, and they have issues, Joerg may be willing to simplify the picture15:33
Keybukwhat is more interesting is whether cdrtools fixes the open bugs against cdrkit15:33
siretartfor many bugs he acknowledged and claimed the bug to be fixed in a later version, some he rejected and some he asked for clarification15:33
Keybukwhich we do ship, and is substantially the same codebase15:33
siretartall in all he did a lot of bug triaging work, in his usual aggressiveness15:34
sabdflKeybuk: i think joerg meant that cdrtools fixes the cdrkit bugs15:34
sabdflbut... i  don't know15:34
sabdflsiretart: meaning, marking them "wontfix"?15:34
Keybuksabdfl: to give an example of a recent Joerg "fixed it" comment:15:34
KeybukCdrecord uses a new libscg since August 2006. The new library contains15:34
Keybuka workaround for the incompatible interface changes in the linux kernel that15:34
Keybukcaused the problems.15:34
Keybukinvestigation reveals that he "worked around" the problem by deleting all of the code15:34
Keybukand thus not fixing the bug at all15:34
sabdflKeybuk: so, you're not convinced that cdrtools would give a better user experience?15:35
Keybuksabdfl: I am convinced it would be a worse one15:35
sabdflok15:35
sabdflsiretart: ?15:35
siretartsabdfl: either 'wontfix' or 'rejected'. I have to admit that I reviewed only via email but didn't spot grave mistakes15:35
siretartsec, he calls me right now15:35
Keybuk(the incompatible interface change is the move to sata fwict)15:36
sabdfli have been pursuing this primarily because:15:37
sabdfl - i got the sense that cdrtools was more actively maintained, fewer bugs, better features15:37
sabdfl - i figured that the licensing issues could be resolved between Sun, FSF and us15:38
sabdfl - i figured we have active community participation to lead the packaging and maintenance15:38
sabdflif the first isn't true, then there's no point in the work involved in the latter15:39
mdzsabdfl: cdrkit contains features, such as specifying the device to use by /dev pathname rather than SCSI IDs, which cdrtools upstream objects to15:40
Keybuksabdfl: it's worth pointing out that about the only place we use these tools directly is in our CD build code15:40
Keybukin the UI, we use libburn15:40
mdzsabdfl: I don't think there is any more or less community participation in packaging cdrtools vs. cdrkit.  They are based on the same code base, and equally interesting to most people who care about optical media15:41
sabdflok. seems there is a growing consensus on the "don't change" side of this debate15:42
mdzfortunately, the pervasiveness of USB flash media mean that fewer people require this as time goes on15:42
mdzok, anything further to say on this topic?15:44
sabdflnothing from me15:45
mdzI intend to reply to Joerg's latest email, but if the quality of the conversation doesn't improve, it will probably be my last attempt15:45
mdzthis has been going on for most of a year now, and we should try to draw it to a close15:46
mdz[TOPIC] other business15:46
MootBotNew Topic:  other business15:46
mdzAOB?15:46
Keybuknone from me15:47
mdzok, thanks all15:48
mdz#endmeeting15:48
MootBotMeeting finished at 09:51.15:48
sabdflthanks all15:48
ivoks\o/15:53
zulhelllo15:54
ivokszul: any news on that bacula patch for proposed?15:55
kirklandhowdy15:55
zulivoks: havent had a chance to look at it yet15:55
ivoksok15:55
sommerhey all15:55
ivoksit's a trivial changre15:55
zuli know, Ive seen it :)15:56
mathiazhello world !15:59
sommeryo16:00
kirklandhowdy16:00
dendrobates\o\16:00
dendrobates  /\16:00
mathiazlet's get started16:01
mathiaz#startmeeting16:01
MootBotMeeting started at 10:04. The chair is mathiaz.16:01
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mathiazToday's agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting16:01
mathiazPrevious meeting logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/2008072216:01
ivoksand rest of the universe...16:01
mathiaz[TOPIC] Clamav and spamassassin in main16:02
MootBotNew Topic:  Clamav and spamassassin in main16:02
mathiazScottK told me that there are some more MIRs that need to be written16:02
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mathiazso that clamav and spamassassin can be moved to main16:02
mathiazany help in this area is welcomed16:02
* nijaba waves16:03
ivoksi've promised some work, but didn't have time yet :/16:03
mathiaz[TOPIC] Boot Support for Degraded RAID16:04
MootBotNew Topic:  Boot Support for Degraded RAID16:04
mathiazkirkland: got some feedback on testing ?16:04
kirklandmathiaz: I have instructions in the wiki page16:04
kirklandmathiaz: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootDegradedRaid16:04
kirklandmathiaz: kees sponsored the patches to mdadm and initramfs-tools16:05
kirklandmathiaz: there's a bit more to be done, to the installer and grub16:05
kirklandmathiaz: but I have to shift my focus away from RAID at the moment16:05
kirklandmathiaz: I'll write you a blog entry for testing it this week, though16:05
mathiazkirkland: great !16:06
kirklandmathiaz: testing went well enough for kees to sponsor the patches ;-)16:06
mathiazkirkland: right - I'd mention in the post that we're looking for tests on real hardware16:07
mathiazkirkland: as most of your testing instructions have to do with kvm16:07
kirklandmathiaz: hmm, perhaps16:07
kirklandmathiaz: if it works in kvm, i'm pretty confident about real hw16:07
kirklandmathiaz: but i'll mention real hw, with some caveats16:07
mathiazkirkland: right - but real hw is the real-life use case16:08
mathiazkirkland: anyway - it's just a suggestion for your post.16:08
kirklandmathiaz: yes, but testers have to be willing to lose all data16:08
kirklandmathiaz: stacked encryption and lvm would be something i'd like other people to help test16:09
kirklandmathiaz: and open *new* bugs16:09
mathiaz[ACTION] kirkland to write a blog post about testing booting from a degraded raid array16:09
MootBotACTION received:  kirkland to write a blog post about testing booting from a degraded raid array16:09
kirklandmathiaz: I don't really have time to write up complete, detailed instructions on that16:09
mathiazkirkland: isn't there such a test case in the iso testing pages (stacked encryption) ?16:09
nijabakirkland: If you do so, why not think of it as addition that could be put in the server guide?16:10
kirklandmathiaz: yes, there are LVM and Encryption instructions in the ISO testing16:10
kirklandmathiaz: those need to be augmented to talk about stacking on top of RAID16:11
kirklandnijaba: it would be good info for the server guide16:11
kirklandnijaba: i'm a bit over-taxed at the moment, though16:11
mathiazkirkland: so encrypted over lvm over raid arrays ?16:11
sommerkirkland, nijaba  degraded raid, etc is on my list :)16:11
sommerfor documenting that is16:11
nijabasommer: so I think kirkland's testing instruction might be a good starting point16:12
kirklandsommer: great, thanks16:12
kirklandmathiaz: yes16:12
sommernijaba: definitely... I should be able to help test this week16:12
* nijaba hugs sommer16:13
mathiazkirkland: right - and up to now, this setup is not supported in the installer16:13
mathiazkirkland: or a least with a simple recipe16:13
mathiazkirkland: you have to setup everything by hand IIRC16:13
kirklandmathiaz: right16:13
kirklandmathiaz: i figured it out, eventually16:13
kirklandmathiaz: but some comprehensive documentation, with screenshots, would be a brilliant addition to the server guide16:14
* mathiaz nods16:14
mathiaz[TOPIC] Review ServerGuide for Intrepid16:14
MootBotNew Topic:  Review ServerGuide for Intrepid16:14
kirkland(assuming we test it and it works!!!)16:14
jdstrandkirkland: (sorry for the late response) I'd ahve to agree with mathiaz about testing on real hardware. people have testing environments just like we use kvm, so I think you'll get some takers-- especially ones that care about this (they would likely test on real hardware anyway before deploying)16:14
mathiazsommer: are you tracking somewhere the section you'd like to add to the guide ?16:14
mathiazsommer: (eg the raid install we've just talked about)16:15
sommerhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidServerGuide16:15
sommermathiaz: I think that's it... the wiki is being slow for me16:15
sommeryep that's the link16:16
sommerthe "Confirmed" section has the list16:16
mathiazsommer: great16:16
mathiazsommer: could you mark the section that need to be reviewed ?16:16
sommermathiaz: sure will do16:16
mathiazsommer: so that they can be easily identified as a task for new contributors16:17
mathiazsommer: I've also updated the instructions to update the server guide16:17
mathiazsommer: and how to check out the bzr branch16:17
mathiazhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#head-0ae127e06ffba31c94b458fbef6eb033e5d8461e16:18
sommermathiaz: looks good, I've just started using bzr as more than a svn clone :)16:18
mathiazwe should try to get reviews to be sent via bzr branches16:19
sommermathiaz: works for me... I also heard back from mdke, and he was going to try and update doc.u.c16:19
mathiazsommer: anything else new in the server guide for intrepid ?16:19
mathiazsommer: great16:19
sommermathiaz: I've updated the Likewise-open section based on the discussions at UDS16:20
sommermathiaz: other than that, the LDAP section has been updated somewhat16:21
sommerI'll mark those as needed review on the intrepidserverguide page16:21
mathiazsommer: excellent !16:21
mathiaz[TOPIC] Migrate new installs and upgrades of client and server packages to use SSL v3 or TLS16:21
MootBotNew Topic:  Migrate new installs and upgrades of client and server packages to use SSL v3 or TLS16:21
ivoksthat's done :)16:21
zulivoks: so there is no need to change dovecot and apache?16:22
ivokszul: no16:22
mathiazivoks: yop - with an openssl upload16:22
zulivoks: sweet thats two off my todo list16:22
mathiazthat disable sslv216:22
ivokszul: none of our libraries knows wtf is sslv2 anymore :D16:22
zulheh16:22
mathiazthat's all I have from last week meeting16:23
mathiazis there anything else related to last week items ?16:23
kirklandmathiaz: I'd like to thank the community for a strong response on the call for help with the init script status actions16:23
mathiaz[TOPIC] Add 'status' action to server init scripts16:24
MootBotNew Topic:  Add 'status' action to server init scripts16:24
kirklandmathiaz: you can see a ton of progress since last week on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/InitScriptStatusActions#head-75448d0a482c28a007476b3be2394d9db321366216:24
james_wkirkland: hi, I have a question about this one.16:24
mathiazkirkland: right - the response has been great16:24
mathiazkirkland: thanks to your blog post IMO16:24
macdmathiaz, NeilW still needs some reviews on his passenger package on REVU.16:24
kirklandmathiaz: lots of patches still awaiting sponsorship, thanks to zul for sponsoring a goodly bucket of them16:24
macdmathiaz, I think thats all that was left from last weeks points16:24
kirklandjames_w: what's up?16:24
mathiazkirkland: I'll dive into the bugs filed today and sponsor them16:24
kirklandmathiaz: thanks16:25
mathiazmacd: right - I haven't read neilw reply to my email - it's in my inbox though16:25
macdmathiaz, and hes here as well16:25
james_wI got pulled up on to debian-devel a couple of weeks ago when filing patches in Debian becuase I wasn't following Debian norms for this sort of thing.16:25
* NeilW waves timidly.16:26
kirklandjames_w: how so?16:26
mathiazmacd: ok - I'll add a point about rails to the agenda16:26
macdmathiaz, thx16:26
james_wI saw that you have forwarded a whole bunch of these patches to Debian, which is great, thank you, but I wondered if you were not following Debian conventions.16:26
kirklandjames_w: how so?16:26
kirklandjames_w: i'm not aware of conventions that I've violated....16:27
kirklandjames_w: I haven't seen any response whatsoever from Debian on the individual init script patches I've submitted16:27
james_wfirstly, when filing a bunch of bugs on one subject you are requested to notify debian-devel of the fact.16:27
kirklandjames_w: the initial functional addition of status_of_proc() was accepted into the lsb-base package, after a few revisions16:27
kirklandjames_w: hmm, I've only filed 2 Debian bugs of this type, and one other person filed 116:28
james_wsecondly, slangasek pointed out in one of the bugs (not in response to your patch) that Debian might like to look at this as a whole, rather than individual packages acting unilaterally.16:28
kirklandjames_w: that would be great!16:29
james_wkirkland: I don't wish to criticise you. I'm bringing this up mainly as I got stung with this recently, and I thought that you may not be aware of these conventions.16:29
kirklandjames_w: there is a Debian policy bug against this that is many years old, actually16:29
james_wkirkland: I didn't know that.16:30
kirklandjames_w: okay, thanks, i'll ping you offline about the best way to push this en masse to Debian16:30
kirklandjames_w: let me get you a bug #....16:30
mathiazjames_w: thanks for the warning16:31
kirklandjames_w: 2 of them... one from 2003: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=20801016:31
ubottuDebian bug 208010 in debian-policy "change =A710.4 "set -e OR check return status" to=" [Wishlist,Open]16:31
james_wthat works for me, I didn't want you to get flamed for trying to do the right thing. I think it's one area in our relationship with Debian that may be a bit neglected.16:31
kirklandjames_w: and this one from 2005: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=29114816:31
ubottuDebian bug 291148 in debian-policy "change =A710.4 "set -e OR check return status" to=" [Unknown,Open]16:31
mathiazlet's move on16:31
mathiaz[TOPIC] Call for WP testers16:32
MootBotNew Topic:  Call for WP testers16:32
kirklandjames_w: I have replied to the later, to no response in 1.5 months16:32
mathiaznijaba: ^^ ?16:32
ivokswp?16:32
nijabaI have a few white papers that are coming out16:32
nijabaThere are on different subjects, such as automated deployment16:33
nijabaor clustering mysql16:33
nijababefore we go on publishing them, I'd love for some volunteers to proofread/test them16:33
mathiaznijaba: where/how will you publish the wp ?16:34
ivoksnijaba: me :)16:34
nijabathey'll be published on the ubuntu web site as pdf once they are ready16:34
* sommer volunteers16:34
nijabaas they target corporate customer16:34
nijabawhome have a hight tendancy not to trust wikis16:34
zuldo they need real hardware or can they use a vm for testing it16:35
ivoksnijaba: i'd like mysql clustering and redhat cluster suite, if available :)16:35
mathiaznijaba: ok16:35
* nijaba blames his keyboard for typos16:35
nijabaivoks: RHCS: still in the works, but I'll write you down for mysql16:35
mathiaznijaba: for the testing phase, is there a list of available wp ?16:36
mathiaznijaba: how should potential testers notify their interest in doing a review ?16:36
ivoksnijaba: if you need help with rhcs, ping me...16:36
nijabamathiaz: atm, I have 2, 3 mores are coming, I'll inform the commuity when they are ready16:36
nijabaivoks: I will point ShangWu to you then ;)16:36
nijabaivoks: he is the one doing all the work16:37
ivoksnijaba: we already established a contact :D16:37
nijabaivoks: great :)16:37
mathiaznijaba: so as of now, what do you expect ?16:37
mathiaznijaba: should people send you an email in they're interested ?16:38
mathiaznijaba: for the mysql cluster and redhat cluster wp16:38
nijabamathiaz: volunteers to test automated deployments and mysql clustering WP16:38
mathiaznijaba: ok - they should send you an email ?16:38
nijabayes, email would be perfect16:38
mathiaznijaba: great16:38
mathiazlet's move on16:39
mathiaz[TOPIC] Server survey, Intel interested to partner16:39
MootBotNew Topic:  Server survey, Intel interested to partner16:39
mathiaznijaba: ^^ ?16:39
nijabasoren, as we are still waiting for IS to provide a host for the survey16:39
nijabamore people are getting aware that we are gearing up for it16:40
nijabaIntel contacted me last week, asking if they could join in16:40
mathiaznijaba: in which format would this work out ?16:40
nijabaas we already agreed for RedMonk as an analyst firm, I told them I would haveto ask for your opinion first16:41
mathiaznijaba: RedMonk - didn't know about it ;)16:41
nijabamathiaz: I think they want to add a hardware related question16:41
nijabamathiaz: we did not know the name of them, but that's whom the analyst firm we talked about is16:42
mathiaznijaba: ok - so Intel would join in16:42
nijabamathiaz: I do not know, what do other think?  does it make sense?16:42
mathiaznijaba: we'd add a question about hardware, and they would ... ?16:42
ivoksit does make sense16:43
nijabathey would blog about it, allow us to use their logo... whatever we me reasonably think of...16:43
nijabas/me/may16:43
mathiaznijaba: as long as they can help us getting more exposure and getting people to take the survey, I'm ok with it16:44
* nijaba blames his keyboard even more16:44
macdSOunds like very good exposure16:44
nijabaany objections?16:44
ivoksno objections, just be careful ;)16:45
sommersounds like a good idea to me16:45
mathiaznijaba: nope - the more exposure we have, the better :D16:45
nijabaivoks: I know, I worked for them ;)16:45
ivoksnijaba: there are people runing ubuntu-server on other chips too, so no one wants to create impression that ubuntu is great with intel, but not so great with others :)16:46
nijabaivoks: sure, I'll make sure their question is "vendor neutral"16:46
mathiaznijaba: could you come up with the question you wanna add to the survey and ask for review here ?16:46
nijabaand if amd wants to join, they are welcome ;)16:46
nijabamathiaz: I will, for sure16:47
ivoksnijaba: or sun :)16:47
nijabaivoks: right16:47
mathiaz[ACTION] nijaba to write up a question related to hw and submit it for review to the rest of the server team16:47
MootBotACTION received:  nijaba to write up a question related to hw and submit it for review to the rest of the server team16:47
mathiazlet's move on16:47
mathiaz[TOPIC] RAILS integration16:47
MootBotNew Topic:  RAILS integration16:47
mathiazmacd: ? what's the status16:48
macdmathiaz,  waiting on passenger to get in16:48
mathiazmacd: IIRC there was some more discussion about the issue on rubygems in after last week meeting16:48
macdNeilW rolled a new package that contains the fixes we talked about last week16:48
mathiazmacd: NeilW: I'll review the passenger package16:49
macdmathiaz, I was around for most of that, NeilW can be more elaborate on what the exact issue is16:49
NeilWThere are a number of things that Ubuntu needs to do to get Rails working.16:49
NeilWAt the moment pratically everybody ignores the apt packages and just installs everything via RubyGems.16:50
NeilWThat's for a few reasons;16:50
NeilWFirstly, the current Rubygems package doesn't place gem installed binaries on the path.16:50
NeilWSo the likes of Capistrano just doesn't work.16:50
macdMost people use Cap to deploy/configure their apps16:51
NeilWSecondly the apt packages in place don't integrate with the rubygems database.16:51
macdSo its a pretty important point16:51
NeilWSo gem will pull in a second copy of Rails on top of the apt package16:51
NeilWand chaos ensues.16:51
persiaCould apt-installed packages put something in the gems DB in the postinst?16:51
NeilWpersia: That's how to fix it - but the packages we're getting from Debian don't do that.16:52
NeilWYou don't even need postinst. You just install a marker file in a particular place.16:53
NeilWGem will then see it as installed.16:53
NeilWFinally there is no real decision on how Ubuntu/Debian is going to handle the Ruby1.8 to Ruby1.9 transition.16:53
NeilWGem is integral to Ruby1.9, but has been removed from the ruby package.16:54
NeilWand a new gem package created that handles both versions.16:54
NeilWunfortunately gem1.8 and gem1.9 don't really know about each other and they will clash if you try and point their binaries at the same place.16:55
* ivoks waves... it's 35C in this room16:55
* nijaba takes a slice of a well roasted ivoks ;)16:56
mathiazNeilW: are you discussing this issue with the debian maintainers ?16:56
mathiazNeilW: if so where ?16:56
NeilWI've discussed the point with Lucas who I think is trying to move Debian away from their current stance on Rubygems.16:57
mathiazNeilW: we try to follow debian whenever we can16:57
mathiazNeilW: great.16:57
NeilWYes I know.16:58
mathiazNeilW: however if things are totally broken we're ready to make changes16:58
NeilWI think you may have to take the lead in this case. My feeling is that there is an impasse.16:58
mathiazNeilW: it may worth trying to describe what would be the proper way of doing things from a end user perspective16:59
macdIs there a point where we decide to no longer merge/sync a package from upstream and decide to maintain it totally at this level?16:59
mathiazmacd: well it depends on the situation and if we have the man power to do it16:59
mathiazmacd: gnome is such an example16:59
NeilWapt-get install rails-server16:59
NeilWIt's my dream.17:00
mathiazmacd: but we have a gnome maintainer in the ubuntu project17:00
mathiazNeilW: right - if you could start a wiki page to outline what it would be like17:00
macdI think we can stick that on the rails spec page?17:00
NeilWI thought we already had one? The Rails spec.17:00
mathiazNeilW: especially the interaction between rubygems and the installed package17:00
mathiazmacd: NeilW: yes - you can use the rails spec.17:01
macdWe have what changes need to happen, bugs filed against them, some packages rebuit to fix it17:01
macdnot sure what else needs to happen here17:01
mathiazmacd: ok - so may *I* should go back to the Rails spec and have a look at it17:01
mathiazmacd: *may be* I17:01
macdI gotcha ;P17:01
mathiazmacd: I'll have a look at the spec page17:02
NeilWmathiaz: What would you do with such a description. How does the descision process work?17:02
mathiazNeilW: I'll reply to your email17:02
NeilWok?17:02
mathiazNeilW: we should probably move the discussion to a public mailing list to get more input on that17:02
mathiazNeilW: it would help me to grasp the problem - may be it's already there and I just haven't read the wiki page lately17:03
mathiazNeilW: I'll reply to your email and we'll take it from there.17:03
macdcan you CC server ML?17:03
mathiazmacd: will do17:03
macdand we can get it all on there17:03
NeilWThanks17:04
mathiaz@schedule17:04
ubottumathiaz: Schedule for Etc/UTC: 31 Jul 14:00: Mentoring Reception | 31 Jul 16:00: Ubuntu Mobile | 02 Aug 13:00: Xubuntu Community | 03 Aug 18:00: Mozilla Team | 05 Aug 22:00: Community Council | 06 Aug 20:00: Maryland LoCo IRC17:04
macdlooks like were clear for almost a year ;)17:04
mathiaz[TOPIC] Open discussion17:05
MootBotNew Topic:  Open discussion17:05
mathiazanyone wants to add something ?17:05
mathiaz[TOPIC] Agree on next meeting date and time17:06
MootBotNew Topic:  Agree on next meeting date and time17:06
mathiazsame place, same time, next week ?17:06
sommersure17:07
nijabaIf anyone is in san francisco next week, come and say hi at our linuxworld booth!17:07
mathiazall right then17:07
nijabaand please accept my apologies for next week meeting, as I'll be stuck there I beleive17:07
mathiazsee ya all next week, same time, same place17:08
mathiazthanks all for coming17:08
sommernijaba: heh sounds awful :)17:08
mathiaz#endmeeting17:08
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sommerthanks mathiaz17:08
nijabathanks fr hosting mathiaz17:08
sommerlater all17:10
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