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amachu:)09:10
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techno_freakamachu,09:57
amachutechno_freak: hi10:39
* elkbuntu waits patiently for her pizza11:19
elkbuntuit'd better be here before the meeting!11:19
persiapizza is always late: it's the fundamental nature of the food.11:20
amachupersia: mmm...11:20
elkbuntuit's arrived!11:22
elkbuntunomnomnom11:22
elkbuntuhrm... they seem to have used albino tomatos :-/11:23
amachu:P11:23
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amachupersia: elkbuntu: lifeless: Hi11:54
amachubelutz, zakame, TheMuso:  ?11:54
* persia rushes off to get food, having lost track of the time: be back in 300 seconds or less11:55
elkbuntutheres like another 2 mins!11:57
* tuxmaniac reports11:58
amachutuxmaniac: hi11:58
tuxmaniacamachu: hi11:58
amachuWe are four, if persia & lifeless can also raise their hands..11:59
elkbuntupersia is hunting and will be back post haste12:00
amachuelkbuntu: and lifeless?12:01
* persia is now salting the skin12:01
elkbuntunot sure about lifeless12:01
elkbuntuhe hasnt told us anything12:01
amachutuxmaniac: one more of us to reach quorum12:02
tuxmaniacamachu: ok12:02
amachutuxmaniac: now in Chennai?12:02
tuxmaniacamachu: yep very much. :-) was expeting you last weekend :-(12:02
amachuwas down all day, sick12:03
tuxmaniacoh ok12:04
persiasafe: I thought we might have lost someone12:04
tuxmaniacmee too :D12:04
elkbuntutasty12:05
amachu:-)12:05
techno_freakelkbuntu, asked the guys, foss.in would most probably last week of Novemeber12:05
techno_freaksorry, if that was OT :)12:05
amachuand where are Belutz, zakame and TheMuso?12:06
elkbuntunot at all OT, considering this same meeting last week i asked you ;)12:06
techno_freakhehe12:06
elkbuntuamachu, i've pinged themuso, the others might need pings12:06
techno_freakmeeting hasn't started yet ;)12:06
elkbuntutechno_freak, this is true12:06
persiaWell, kinda started, although we cannot make decisions with this population12:07
elkbuntupersia, what is our quorum number?12:07
persia412:08
amachufour12:08
* RainCT wonders what meeting this is :P12:08
elkbuntuRainCT, asia/oceania memberships12:08
persiaAsia and Oceania Regional Membership Board12:09
elkbuntuaormb12:09
elkbuntuthat's so teh ugly12:09
RainCTah, have fun then ;P12:09
persiaAs/Oc RMB?12:09
elkbuntutechno_freak, i imagine if it's then, i should be checking foss.in daily in anticipation of the CFP?12:09
elkbuntui'd go AOM to be honest. Asia/Oceania Memberships12:10
techno_freakelkbuntu, in another 2 or 3 days, will poke you if it's out :)12:10
elkbuntuthe regional is redundant after the regions have been given ;)12:10
persiaI guess.  I just like RMB12:11
persia(the sequence of characters is nostalgic for me)12:11
elkbuntutechno_freak, next year, put an rss feed on the site for people to subscribe to! needs only ever be one update12:11
elkbuntupersia, Roadside Mail Box?12:12
techno_freakelkbuntu, nice idea, will let the site maintainer know, may be this year itself it might get done :)12:12
persiaRenminbi12:12
elkbuntutechno_freak, considering people visit the site all year long, it's a waste of traffic not to have something12:12
techno_freakagreed12:13
amachutechno_freak: aren't there feeds for site?12:14
tuxmaniacelkbuntu: the site has feeds already12:14
elkbuntutuxmaniac, hidden where?12:14
techno_freakamachu, not as of now12:14
elkbuntutuxmaniac, i cannot see them when i just go to http://foss.in12:15
techno_freakit asks to login and all :s12:15
elkbuntuyes.12:15
tuxmaniachttp://foss.in/rss12:15
techno_freakah that works, but it is not obvious12:15
elkbuntutuxmaniac, the casual passerby doesnt see that though. that's kind of my point12:15
amachulifeless: ?12:16
elkbuntubtw tuxmaniac, are you a jdub wannabe?12:17
techno_freakelkbuntu, they are actually fixing the page now, you should have something + something pointing to RSS feed in a couple of hours :)12:18
tuxmaniacelkbuntu: can I ask why that question cropped up?12:18
elkbuntutuxmaniac, your hackergotchi12:19
techno_freakahh12:19
techno_freakI never realized it till now, so now I got to know where tuxmaniac got the idea from :P12:20
tuxmaniacelkbuntu: aah ok. no. I saw Jeff Waughs hackergotchi some 1.5 years back or so and thought I should also get something like that :-) no other reasons12:20
elkbuntuthe expression pretty much matches. his grin is a bit cheesier though12:20
elkbuntuhttps://launchpadlibrarian.net/7593006/Final_v3_lp.png vs https://launchpadlibrarian.net/8120261/jdub-192.png for those interested12:21
tuxmaniac:)12:22
amachu:-D12:22
Treenakselkbuntu: ok.. those icons are just a BIT too large12:22
elkbuntuTreenaks, eh?12:23
elkbuntuwhatever, it's launchpad's fault12:23
* persia didn't even know we had a bluetooth team12:23
Treenakselkbuntu: I clicked the link, I had a screen full of jdub12:23
elkbuntuTreenaks, it's only small for me12:23
techno_freak+112:24
elkbuntuTreenaks, what resolution are you viewing it at? it's only 192px wide12:24
elkbuntuTreenaks, plus, it's only a static picture. it could have been worse and come with sound.12:25
Treenakselkbuntu: eee pc12:25
elkbuntuTreenaks, yeah, that'd do it12:25
* elkbuntu tests on her eee12:25
elkbuntuwhich is off... because the stupid folddown power adapter thing keeps slipping12:27
elkbuntui think i shall invest in some tape12:27
* tuxmaniac missed his french classes for the meet. and is afraid whether he might have to miss another one 12:28
persiatuxmaniac: We need one more person to vote, otherwise you'd be done by now.12:29
persiatuxmaniac: Note that if you've a time conflict, despite the fact that we're happy to have you, one of the other meetings might also suit.12:29
tuxmaniacpersia: no. all other meeting are too late or too early for me.12:30
tuxmaniacpersia: its OK. I wait12:30
* tuxmaniac has prepared a proposal speech too :-)12:30
persialifeless: zakame: Belutz: TheMuso: please raise your hand.12:30
elkbuntupersia, i suggest that we take his prepared speech, email it to the others for their votes12:30
elkbuntui dont like the idea of sacrificing education for something like this12:31
elkbuntuamachu, your thoughts too?12:32
persiaI'm good for that.12:32
tuxmaniacelkbuntu: its OK. I am moving to Swiss in a few days time (french speaking part) so learning french :-)12:32
tuxmaniacor may be I should call revising my existing knowledge. Sorry folks for troubling you.12:32
amachuelkbuntu: its good. but what if they want to put forth questions?12:33
persiaamachu: Good point.12:33
elkbuntutuxmaniac, that will be in a different timezone, no?12:34
elkbuntuwe can ask the questions by email12:34
elkbuntus/we/they/12:34
tuxmaniacelkbuntu: yes. and there is quite a lot of days for that. I might get busy with university there too. thats why. I can come in another day too here.12:34
elkeeeif you'd prefer come another time, then thats fine. i'm just offering ideas12:36
tuxmaniacI can wait in for some more time for sure.12:37
amachuelkbuntu: i suggest, we take the consensus of other members for such a procedure, when quorum isn't met?12:37
elkbuntui think its worth checking for another time, certainly12:38
amachutuxmaniac: swiss for studies?12:38
tuxmaniacamachu: yes.12:38
amachucooool...12:39
amachutuxmaniac: next meeting happens 26 Aug 08, we skip third Tuesday as it clashes with Community Council12:40
techno_freaktuxmaniac, when are you leaving?12:41
amachulifeless: raise please...12:41
elkbuntuamachu, i dont think this is going to work12:42
tuxmaniacOK. we meet then12:42
tuxmaniaci am fine with it .12:42
amachuelkbuntu: persia: ?12:43
amachutuxmaniac: fine with 26?12:43
elkbuntuyup12:43
persiaWhat am I being asked?12:43
tuxmaniacyes12:43
amachupersia: i said //elkbuntu: i suggest, we take the consensus of other members for such a procedure, when quorum isn't met?//12:44
persiaOh, that.  It seemed self-evident to me.12:44
elkbuntuone of us might need to do an email prompt during australian afternoon for next meeting12:44
elkbuntui think these keep slipping from the schedules of certain people12:45
* persia encourages the current attendee with appropriate solar cues for "afternoon" to take that on.12:45
amachuby next meeting we will also decide, what can be done if quorum isn't met, and candidate present12:45
amachutuxmaniac: sorry for today12:45
tuxmaniacno issues12:46
elkbuntupersia, i'll try, but i'd suggest we set up annoying google calendar alerts instead :Þ12:46
* techno_freak cheers tuxmaniac in advance of 14 days12:46
elkbuntutechno_freak, you can note on his wikipage ;)12:46
techno_freakelkbuntu, ya nice idea ;)12:47
* persia isn't really a fan of google calendar, but would accept that implementation: please use my gmail address if you do choose that.12:47
* tuxmaniac keeps his fingers crossed for another 14 days. 12:47
elkbuntupersia, im not a fan of them either, but they tend to have the desired affect12:47
amachufine then, shall we wind up for the day?12:47
elkbuntuyes12:48
amachuelkbuntu: my kmail sends reminders for me :-)12:48
amachupersia: shall we call it for the day?12:49
* persia has a variety of effective reminder systems already, without sharing the calendar with a nebulous organisation12:49
elkbuntuamachu, i'd be asking the permission of each victi... errr... recipient before subscribing them12:49
persiaI'm good.  Only topics were the resolution that we need a procedure for when we don't have quorum and next meeting date, right?12:50
persiaelkbuntu: Oh, if it's opt-out, please don't include me.12:50
elkbuntupersia, of course it's opt-out. im not that cruel12:51
amachufine then..12:51
elkbuntubonus points if you quote both the opt-out words from eurotrip. in an appropriate setting of course.12:51
amachutuxmaniac: thanks for participating.. looking forward to have you on 26 back...12:52
amachupersia: right12:53
tuxmaniacsame here. thank you folks. looking forward to see you all + 112:53
tuxmaniacon 2612:53
persiaelkbuntu: curltural reference targeting failure12:54
elkbuntupersia, the movie 'eurotrip'12:54
amachupersia: elkbuntu: thanks for joining, we shall take up the issues in mailing list12:59
amachubye12:59
amachu:-)12:59
elkbuntucya amachu, thanks for chairing again13:00
persiaYes indeed.  Thank you amachu for doing such an excellent job with all the administrative tasks surrounding this board.13:02
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lifelessmeh, sorry guys13:25
tuxmaniac:)13:27
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Keybukmdz: ping?15:02
mdzKeybuk: sabdfl is unavailable at debconf15:03
mdzand I have no agenda items15:03
mdzdo you?15:03
KeybukI have no agenda items either15:03
mdzok, I think we can skip this week then15:03
Keybukother than a note of an outstanding action against me15:03
mdzI only just got caught up on minutes15:03
Keybukany items from the floor?15:04
Keybukno, good15:05
Keybukok let's adjourn until two weeks time15:05
persiaIf I may, I'm curious on the status of discussion on archive reorganisation.15:05
persiaHas that been formally proposed to the TB yet?15:05
Keybukpersia: as far as I understand it, the discussion took place at UDS and reached a satisfactory conclusion15:05
Keybuksince members of the TB took part, and were happy, I believe it can be considered approved15:05
Keybukand is planned for the next release15:05
persiaKeybuk: Oh.  Good.  Has the proposal on the wiki been reviewed, or does it remain draft?15:06
KeybukI don't have a link to hand15:06
persiahttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArchiveReorganisation15:06
Keybukit says it's an unapproved draft15:08
persiaRIght.  I suspect I'll stop asking questions now, and let it be formally presented, as I get the impression that has yet to happen.15:09
persiaThanks for the summation.15:09
owh@now15:15
ubottuCurrent time in Etc/UTC: August 12 2008, 14:15:51 - Next meeting: Ubuntu Mobile Team in 1 day15:15
mathiazhello !15:59
sommeryo15:59
zulyo g16:00
owho/16:00
owhI made it yay!16:00
sommero//16:00
soreno/16:00
Koon\o16:01
mathiazall right - let's get started16:01
mathiaz#startmeeting16:01
MootBotMeeting started at 10:06. The chair is mathiaz.16:01
MootBotCommands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]16:01
mathiazToday's agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting16:02
mathiazLast week meeting minutes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/2008080516:02
mathiazI don't see any actions marked there16:02
mathiazKoon: is there anything special to report on ?16:03
mathiazI think kirkland published most of his blog posts16:03
Koonmathiaz: no, nijaba still has to post his hw question, an action from the previous meeting16:03
Koonthat's about it :)16:04
mathiazKoon: ok - he is not around for this meeting16:04
mathiazlet's move on then16:04
mathiaz[TOPIC] Remove multiuser options and updating init scripts16:04
MootBotNew Topic:  Remove multiuser options and updating init scripts16:04
mathiazzul: ^ ?16:04
zulso yeah pitti had a list of packages that was still using multiuser for fast tear down that ssems to be depreciated in debian no one has started to fix them yet and I just wanted to bring them to peoples attention16:05
sorenWhere's the list?16:06
zulits a great way for people to get started in package development16:06
Koonzul: someone posted bugs about them, right ?16:06
zulhttp://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-June/000430.html16:06
MootBotLINK received:  http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-June/000430.html16:06
zulKoon: yep james_w I believe16:06
james_whttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-August/025945.html16:06
james_whttps://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=multiuser is the list of bugs16:06
zuloh hello james_w :)16:07
james_wthey're pretty easy to fix, and any help will be appreciated16:07
james_whey zul16:07
mathiazok - are there any detailed instructions on how to do this ?16:08
zulin pitti's original email yes, but not for cdbs16:09
mathiazzul: how many of these package use cdbs ?16:09
zulvsftpd and net-snmp as I recall16:10
zulI would do them myself but I have more pressing things16:10
james_wcdbs uses DEB_UPDATE_RCD_PARAMS (I think that's the right variable), which will be "mutliuser" currently, that needs the same substitution16:10
mathiazzul: ok16:10
james_wI think there are a couple more, but most are plain debhelper16:10
mathiazjames_w: have you written a blog post about it ?16:10
james_wmathiaz: no, I haven't.16:10
mathiazjames_w: kirkland wrote a blog post about the status action in init script - the response has been very good so far16:11
james_wperhaps I will do that then16:11
mathiazjames_w: outlining detailed instructions on how to do that is helpfull16:11
mathiazjames_w: http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/ubuntu-init-script-status-actions/16:12
james_wnice16:13
mathiazjames_w: the key point being to list the packages to fix and how-to do it16:14
mathiazjames_w: are you willing to write up a blog post about this ?16:15
james_wyeah, I think so16:15
mathiazjames_w: IIRC you're on the planet now16:15
james_wyeah, just last week16:15
mathiazACTION: james_w to write a blog post about removing multiuser options16:16
james_wI need to write up a form letter for forwarding to Debian as well, so that we make sure that we get that bit correct16:16
mathiaz[ACTION] james_w to write a blog post about removing multiuser options16:16
MootBotACTION received:  james_w to write a blog post about removing multiuser options16:16
mathiazjames_w: great - thanks !16:16
mathiazlet's move on16:16
nealmcbjames_w: thanks for your attention to good relations with debian!16:16
mathiaz[TOPIC] New eBox packages16:16
MootBotNew Topic:  New eBox packages16:16
foolanohi16:16
mathiazfoolano: ^ ?16:16
foolanoI've been packaging the latest eBox version for intrepid.16:17
foolanoI've packaged a few new modules which could be interesting to have in intrepid:16:17
foolanoebox-mail (postfix + courier -dovecot support is not ready yet16:17
foolanoebox-mailfilter (amavis + clamav + spamassassain)16:17
foolanoebox-trafficshaping (to be used when the machine is working as a gateway), ebox-jabber (users in ldap can connect to the jabber server)16:17
foolanoebox-webserver16:17
foolanoThe latter is just a simple module to manage a couple of things of apache:16:18
foolanoenable public_html directories for users stored in ldap and create virtual domains.16:18
foolanoRight now, modules using ldap are broken beacuse of the new ldap config backend in intrepid.16:18
foolanoI'll fix this today or tomorrow.I just have to change the way we add schemas and acls to ldap16:18
foolanothe packages are available in my ppa: http://launchpad.net/~ebox-unstable/+archive16:18
nealmcbfoolano: what jabber server does that use?16:19
foolanojabberd216:19
foolanobasically, that's what i wanted to say. the packages are in good shape and I wonderes if someone could upload them16:19
foolanos/wonderes/wondered/16:20
mathiazfoolano: they're all in your ppa ?16:20
foolanomathiaz: yep16:20
mathiazfoolano: what is in universe now ? the same version as in hardy ?16:21
sorenHere's a thought... The minutes from the last TB meeting says that Launchpad supports giving per-package uploads rights to people. Perhaps eBox would be a good test for this as well. The eBox guys could be allowed to upload just that?16:21
sorenit'd have to be approved by... Er... someone.16:21
foolanomathiaz: yep the same version as in hardy16:21
mathiazsoren: approved ? like sponsored ?16:21
sorenNo, like..16:22
sorenEr..16:22
mathiazsoren: or just the acl set correctly ?16:22
sorenSomeone has to approve letting foolano upload ebox packages to launchpad.16:22
sorenLike when the MC approves new MOTUs.16:22
mathiazsoren: right - mdz was looking into doing this16:22
sorenRight. For something in main, right?16:22
soreni forget what it was.16:22
mathiazsoren: correct - something like that16:23
sorenfoolano: Would you be interested in this, or do you prefer going through a proxy+16:23
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foolanoi think ebox-mail + ebox-mailfilter  can be useful to lower the barries for users who want deploy those services using a GUI...16:23
mathiazfoolano: would you be comfortable doing this (uploading directly to intrepid) ?16:23
soren?16:23
foolanoyep, i would be comofortable doing that16:24
foolanocuz otherwise is a pain in the ass for the one who uploads them16:24
sorenHeh :)16:24
foolanoright now there are 21 packages16:24
foolano:)16:24
mathiazsoren: well - I guess we'd have to ask the motu-council about this16:24
* zul keeps quiet16:24
nealmcbwhere does ebox stand with augeas?16:24
mathiazsoren: or the technical-board16:24
sorenmathiaz: i think that's the correct forum, yes.16:24
sorenmathiaz: MC, that is.16:24
nealmcboops - I bet still waiting on more augeas support...16:24
mathiazsoren: ok - could you take care of this ?16:25
* foolano says hi to zul :P16:25
sorenmathiaz: MC gives out MOTU membership. Since these are universe packages, it seems like they should do it.16:25
sorenfoolano: Could you send sort of an application for this to motu-council@lists.ubuntu.com? That would be very helpful.16:25
sorenfoolano: The MC has a meeting tomorrow afternoon, so if you could get it in before then, that would be perfect.16:26
foolanoalright then16:26
foolanoi guess i gotta explain this situation, right?16:26
sorenFantastic.16:26
sorenYes.16:26
mathiazfoolano: I'm glad to help you out on your application16:27
owhJust as an aside, does a package in universe have a different support length than in main?16:27
sorenI'm on the MC, by the way, so I can fill in the gaps, if there's doubt.16:27
sorenowh: Yes.16:27
foolanook thanks, i'll probably nag you a little bit later while im writing it16:27
sorenowh: 0 days.16:27
mathiazfoolano: if you could send me a draft of your application email, I'd be happy to review it and give you feedback16:27
sorenowh: As opposed to 5 years.16:27
owhBut isn't eBox the ubuntu-server recommended gui?16:27
foolanomathiaz: ok thanks16:28
sorenowh: Yes.16:28
owhAs-in, aren't we supposed to support it?16:28
nealmcbdo we have any sense for how many people are using ebox at this point?16:28
mathiazfoolano: we'll see how the MC reacts to it16:29
sorenowh: It's not guaranteed to be supported. If someone wants to support it, they're welcome and invited to.16:29
mathiazfoolano: it may need some time until you've got the right to upload16:29
owhsoren: But doesn't that leave server administrators wide-open?16:29
nealmcbyeah - and giving upstream the ability to easily upload new packages will help with that16:29
sorenowh: meaning?16:29
mathiazfoolano: let's wait a week to see how things are moving16:29
foolanomathiaz: the only thing is the FF is close...16:29
mathiazfoolano: exactly - FF is in three weeks now16:29
owhsoren: Well, you deploy a server that is supported for 5 years but not all components are.16:30
sorenowh: It's the "wide open" part, I don't understand.16:30
mathiazfoolano: well - a bit less than three weeks16:31
* soren grumbles about English punctuation16:31
zulumm...can you guys continue that somewhere else?16:31
owhsoren: Well, as an administrator, I follow the ubuntu-server recommendation to install eBox, but then it isn't supported like the rest of my ubuntu-server is. I'm left wide-open with a server that isn't working.16:31
owhzul: Well, it ties into the next agenda point.16:31
sorenowh: how is it not working?16:31
mathiazfoolano: depending on the MC reaction, I'll have a look at sponsoring you're ebox packages16:31
foolanomathiaz: ok16:32
owhsoren: Well, if eBox is not supported and a bug is found then I have a problem.16:32
foolanoowh: upstream supports it16:32
mathiaz[ACTION] foolano to send an email to the MC to get upload rights to the ebox package16:32
MootBotACTION received:  foolano to send an email to the MC to get upload rights to the ebox package16:32
sorenowh: Well, yes. That doesn't mean that it's not working or wide open or whatever.16:32
mathiazlet's move on -16:32
mathiaz[TOPIC] ISV's - VMware on Gutsy and Hardy16:33
MootBotNew Topic:  ISV's - VMware on Gutsy and Hardy16:33
mathiazowh: ?16:33
owhThat's me.16:33
owhThis point is not intended as a bug report or as a way to whinge about vmware-server, it's about supporting a production server that relies on an ISV to provide what they committed to...16:33
sorenowh: universe does not mean unsupportable. You are free to submit patches (like anyone else).16:33
owhvmware-server is in the gutsy partner repository. It's supposed to be supported for 12 months, only it isn't, that is, there are no kernel modules for the current gutsy kernel and hasn't been for some time...16:33
owhvmware-server was supposed to be released a few days after hardy was released, and as far as I know it still has not - though if someone has other information I'd love to hear that...16:33
owhAs I see it, the current situation leaves the ubuntu-server team in a place where one hand is working independently from the other and the ubuntu-server product becomes compromised from a reliability and support perspective...16:33
owhSo, my question is this: If we're working hard to roll out a reliable server platform, how is it possible that an ISV is not required to meet their obligations? Or have I just got the wrong end of the stick?16:33
owhThis ties in with the eBox support question.16:34
nealmcbwe have a virtualization solution in main - kvm.  I think at some point we do need a gui admin solution in main16:34
nealmcbthe sooner the better :)16:35
kirklandsorry I'm late mathiaz, the intrepid kernel is panic'ing on me16:35
mathiazowh: I think we've already discussed the vmware issue a couple of months ago16:35
owhnealmcb: Sure, if I could ditch vmware I would.16:35
owhmathiaz: Yes, on the 23rd of April.16:36
nealmcbwhat are the outages for you at this point of kvm?16:36
owhmathiaz: The problem is that no progress was made as far as I could see.16:36
owhnealmcb: Huh?16:36
sorennealmcb: virt-manager is in main..16:36
sorennealmcb: Oh..16:37
sorennealmcb: ignore me. I misunderstood.16:37
owhnealmcb: Ah, you mean, why can I not ditch it?16:37
nealmcbyeah16:37
* soren guesses hardware support16:37
owhnealmcb: For one, I don't have dedicated CPU support, so I need to use qemu and it's verry slooow.16:37
owhJust changing hardware is not feasible in the middle of a products life.16:38
nealmcbany hope for getting qemu in main?  still need a fix for the gcc version isues?16:38
nealmcbhow slow is kqemu for servers?16:38
owhFrom playing, not actual measurement, 50% slower.16:38
owhAt least.16:38
sorenOh, it's much more than that.16:39
owhsoren: Slower or faster?16:39
sorenIt would have to be at least... 85% slower.16:39
sorenOn a good day.16:39
owhHmm, so I was being kind then :)16:39
nealmcbowh: it would seem that you need to work directly with vmware if thats what you need.  maybe get them to open source the whole thing :)16:39
owhThe CPU load is ridiculous.16:39
sorennealmcb: kvm includes qemu, so there shouldn't be any need to move qemu to main.16:40
owhnealmcb: The issue is not that, the issue is that Canonical has signed VMware up as an ISV, but it seems that no actual progress is being made.16:40
mathiazowh: I think that we came to a similar conclusion last time we talked about that issue - it's up to VMWARE to deal with this16:40
sorennealmcb: The reason for keeping qemu around is to keep all the non-x86 emulators it provides, but we have no interest in supporting those.16:40
nealmcbsoren hmm I though qemu was in universe - can you run qemu on non-virt hardware using just main?16:41
sorenQuite so. We're not trying to be difficult (I would like nothing more than for this to be fixed), but it's simply out of our hands.16:41
* nealmcb remembers some gcc version issue with qemu16:41
mathiazowh: I'd get in touch with nijaba  - he is the best point of contact to resolve this issue16:41
sorennealmcb: Just install kvm and use that.16:41
owhmathiaz: While I understand what you're saying, I don't see a world where vmware-server is used on a workstation.16:41
sorennealmcb: It'll fall back to "being qemu" if it doesn't find the hardware support it wants.16:41
nealmcbsoren: ok - I get it now....16:42
owhmathiaz: As in, it's a ubuntu-server product.16:42
sorenowh: I'm not sure I follow?16:42
owhWe are the server platform for ubuntu. vmware-server is deployed on our platform.16:42
owhCanonical signed a contract to this effect with VMware.16:43
owhIt's not being maintained.16:43
owhOur server product suffers.16:43
owhApart from leaving administrators in the cold.16:43
sorenOk. You mentioned workstations, too?16:44
owhThis is a fundamentally broken thing.16:44
sorenI think that's what confused me.16:44
dendrobatesowh: I am not aware of the language of the contract between vmware and canonical, but we are trying to work within their processes to get this fixed.16:44
owhsoren: Yes, as in, vmware-server won't be used on a workstation.16:44
* soren tries to make the connection16:45
* soren fails16:45
owhdendrobates: Excellent.16:45
owhsoren: I mean that the vmware-server product is a product not generally related to ubuntu, it's specific to us.16:45
dendrobatesowh: they have difficulty with kernel abi changes and we are trying to reduce them to make it easier.16:45
sorenowh: Ah, I see.16:45
nealmcbI think "us" is ubuntu.  vmware stuff is a vmware/canonical issue, not an ubuntu issue16:46
* sommer agrees with nealmcb 16:46
owhnealmcb: Don't you think that that relates directly to us16:46
nealmcbI'd like to see it all resolved, but this meeting can't help you, other than to make libvirt/kvm or other open source solutions  better16:47
owhSure, I was trying to find out if there was a way to have this process not break in the future, which is why I started asking about eBox too.16:47
owhIf we as a team roll out and support a server and the things we rely on have a different support structure, we have a problem.16:48
mathiazowh: ebox is bit different - it's opensource, so it can be fixed by anyone16:48
nealmcbubuntu is free forever.  vmware isn't in that boat.  though perhaps you're asking if ubuntu wants to take over the open source part of vmware - is that what you're getting at, soren?16:48
owhnealmcb: That's only the toolbox AFAIK.16:48
sorennealmcb: Was that really a question for me?16:48
owhdendrobates: Thank you for your clarification.16:49
nealmcbsoren: I don't understand your point about vmware-server and workstations16:49
mathiazok - let's move on then16:49
sorennealmcb: I had none.16:49
sorennealmcb: I think you got me mixed up with someone else..16:49
mathiazThe current Roadmp: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Roadmap16:49
mathiaz[TOPIC] Ubuntu VM builder16:50
MootBotNew Topic:  Ubuntu VM builder16:50
soren\o/16:50
mathiazsoren: anything ready for wider testing ?16:50
nealmcbsoren: oops - right....16:50
sorenI've finally gotten it to build a Xen based image. It's very rough around the edges, but I'm working hard on getting it shaped up.16:50
owhAnd yay to mvo for sandbox testing!16:50
* mvo blushes16:51
sorenI'll put out an e-mail when it's ready for actual use. Developers are very welcome to pitch in.16:51
mathiazsoren: is there a minimal set of documentation ?16:51
owhsoren: Don't be shy, give out the goss!16:51
mathiazsoren: or some basic instructions somewhere ?16:51
zulsoren: link again?16:52
sorenmathiaz: It's "--help" option is quite verbose, actually.16:52
owhShould we be using the mailing list for in-progress stuff like what soren is doing, or is that really intended more for support?16:52
sorenI'd love to see more developmenty sort of stuff on the list.16:52
owhDitto16:53
sorenI should set an example to that effect.16:53
mathiazas we're approaching FF we'll have more things happening16:53
mathiazanyone is free to post call for testing on ubuntu-server@16:53
mathiazwriting a blog post of the ubuntuserver blog is also possible16:54
mathiazkirkland wrote such a post and I published it on the blog16:54
mathiazI can create an contributor account for anyone interested in publishing a post on the ubuntuserver blog16:55
mathiaz[TOPIC] Migrate openldap configuration to cn=config16:55
MootBotNew Topic:  Migrate openldap configuration to cn=config16:55
mathiazI uploaded openldap 2.4.11 yesterday with the default config backend using cn=config instead of slapd.conf16:56
mathiazmigration from slapd.conf to cn=config is automatically done16:56
mathiazalthough slapd.conf support is still enabled in slapd, it's no longer supported by the packaging scripts.16:57
kirklandI have been *very* impressed by the community response to these posts16:57
mathiazbottom line: if you're not migrating to cn=config and stay with slapd.conf, you're on your own16:58
kirklandfwiw, we have gotten some good init script patches, and I received some well written bugs against ecryptfs-utils16:58
mathiaz[TOPIC] Tomcat6 server stack support16:59
MootBotNew Topic:  Tomcat6 server stack support16:59
mathiazKoon: ^ ?16:59
KoonSo I packaged a Tomcat6 server stack, it was uploaded yesterday16:59
Koon(doesn't show up in the archives yet, not sure if that's normal)16:59
KoonThe goal is to have it as a tasksel in the end, but the road is still long17:00
mathiazKoon: it's in the NEW queue - waiting for an archive admin to push it in the archive17:00
Koonok17:00
KoonIn parallel I'm working to reduce openjdk-6-jre-headless dependencies17:00
mathiazKoon: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/tomcat6/6.0.16-1ubuntu117:00
Koonso that it doesn't pull half of a desktop install in your servers just to run tomcat6 ;)17:01
mathiazKoon: are you tracking what is needed to be done ?17:01
mathiazKoon: have you filed bugs about it ?17:02
Koonyes, all but one17:02
mathiazKoon: IIUC, it's mainly dependency issues - it shouldn't be to hard to prepare debdiff17:02
Koonmathiaz: the last one is a Recommend, but I want to have doko opinion on why he added it in the first place17:02
mathiazKoon: ok - do you have a list of the filed bugs ? Are debdiffs already done for them ?17:03
mathiaz@schedule17:03
ubottuSchedule for Etc/UTC: 14 Aug 12:00 UTC: Ubuntu Mobile Team | 14 Aug 14:00 UTC: Ubuntu Java Team | 21 Aug 12:00 UTC: Ubuntu Mobile Team | 21 Aug 14:00 UTC: Ubuntu Java Team | 22 Aug 12:00 UTC: Ubuntu MOTU | 23 Aug 13:00 UTC: Xubuntu Community17:03
Koonyes17:03
mathiazKoon: so you're just waiting for sponsoring ?17:03
Koonyes.17:04
Koonbug 24917817:04
ubottuLaunchpad bug 249178 in ecj "libecj-java shouldn't recommend java2-runtime" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/24917817:04
Koonbug 256096 (multiple packages)17:04
ubottuLaunchpad bug 256096 in libcommons-dbcp-java "Common Java libraries should depend on a headless runtime" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/25609617:04
sorenI'd love to see more developmenty sort of stuff on the list.17:05
sorenWhoops...17:05
mathiazKoon: great - anything else to add on tomcat6 ?17:05
owhDeJaVue all over again there soren :)17:05
Koonno, please test it :)17:05
sorenYeah, that was some pretty lucky cutting and pasting.17:06
mathiazKoon: great - thanks for your work17:06
Koonwhen I come back from vacation I want a full page of bug reports17:06
mathiaz[TOPIC] Boot Support for Degraded RAID17:06
MootBotNew Topic:  Boot Support for Degraded RAID17:06
mathiazkirkland: ^ ?17:06
kirklandmathiaz: yessir17:07
kirklandmathiaz: i'm waiting slangasek to sponsor my latest round of patches17:07
kirklandmathiaz: these affect grub-install17:07
kirklandmathiaz: i've gotten part of them in to grub-installer (used in the installer)17:08
kirklandmathiaz: these patches write GRUB to the MBR of each disk in the RAID17:08
kirklandmathiaz: slightly complicated by the automatic detection and calculation of the disk/partition offsets17:08
mathiazkirkland: great - is there anything to test for now ?17:09
kirklandmathiaz: i'm hoping that it makes it into Alpha 417:09
mathiazkirkland: or this is still very much a WIP now ?17:09
kirklandmathiaz: no, it's really wrapping up17:09
kirklandmathiaz: the last thing I really want to complete is to add a debconf question to the installer17:09
kirklandmathiaz: asking the user if they want to default to booting or not booting if in degraded mode17:10
mathiazkirkland: ok - so if it makes it into alpha4, we should defintely document it on the RelaseNotes17:10
mathiazkirkland: so that people can test it17:10
owhkirkland: What default are you proposing for that question?17:10
kirklandmathiaz: agreed.  i added ecryptfs-utils to the release notes too17:11
kirklandowh: the same behavior we have always had... "no"17:11
owhkirkland: You mean Not booting?17:11
sommeralso, if anyone wants to do some reviewing: http://doc.ubuntu.com/~mdke/test/serverguide/C/advanced-installation.html17:12
owhkirkland: Uh do you mean, "Not booting if in degraded mode?"17:12
kirklandowh: it will drop you to a busy box prompt if you are missing a disk17:12
mathiazsommer: isn't doc.ubuntu.com up-to-date anymore ?17:12
owhkirkland: Hmm, I'm sure that people with remote server farms will disagree with that default.17:13
kirklandowh: the default is that the initramfs will detect when a disk has gone missing and drop you to a busy box prompt to take the actions you deem necessary17:13
kirklandowh: you can override that either a) in a config file in /etc, or b) on the kernel boot line17:13
sommermathiaz: no, there are some changes to the layout and there's some issue with the versions of xml... or something, I'm not sure I read the email that close17:13
owhkirkland: But doesn't that defeat the purpose of having RAID at all?17:13
mathiazsommer: right - I remember now17:13
nealmcbwhat priority would the debconf question be?17:14
kirklandi suspect owh will be one of many people (myself included) to switch "BOOT_DEGRADED=yes"17:14
owhWhich is why I asked :)17:14
kirklandbut this has been the expected default for a very long time, i have been strongly strongly advised not to change that17:15
owhkirkland: Aren't we supposed to provide best practice?17:15
nealmcbperhaps the text for the question could advise server folks to change to yes17:15
owhI'm not in a position to disagree with "strongly strongly advice", but I was just wondering.17:16
kirklandthe text of the question will be very well crafted, and I'll draft sommer to review the text ;-)17:16
owh:)17:16
kirklandit will explain both the pros and cons17:16
kirklandthe cons are very dangerous, booting a server in an unprotected mode17:17
nealmcbowh: on a desktop, the best answer is probably "no" - since folks will be there and fix it right away and others don't care17:17
kirklandwe don't want to surprise users with that17:17
mathiazkirkland: great - thanks for the update - we'll see if it can make it to alpha417:17
kirklandnealmcb: right, i agree with you17:17
owhnealmcb: Sure.17:17
owhSo, is the default different for the server?17:17
owh:)17:17
mathiazkirkland: be sure to document it in the Release notes if it's included in alpha417:17
nealmcbbut having things default differently for server vs desktop would be more confusing than it would be worth17:18
kirklandmathiaz: i will....  just waiting on slangasek to sponsor17:18
mathiazkirkland: great - thanks17:18
owhnealmcb: Not sure I agree with that.17:18
mathiaz[ACTION] kirkland to document BootDegradedMode in the release notes if it's included in alpha417:18
MootBotACTION received:  kirkland to document BootDegradedMode in the release notes if it's included in alpha417:18
mathiaz[TOPIC] # Open Discussion.17:19
MootBotNew Topic:  # Open Discussion.17:19
mathiazsomething to add ?17:19
owhThere is a discussion about fsck underway on u-d-d.17:19
owhShould we as u-s wade in?17:20
mathiazowh: if you an opinion on the matter you're more than welcome to express it in the thread17:20
mathiazowh: if you *have* and opinion17:20
owhI was more asking from a perspective as the team.17:21
owhI mean, aren't we the collective of server people here?17:21
owhAt what point do we act as a team to help further the server platform?17:22
mathiazowh: true - but we're also part of the developer community - we shouldn't discuss these matters in our own corner and then express it in the thread17:22
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mathiazowh: if you have something to add to the discussion just do it17:22
owhYou don't think that there is value in discussing it here?17:22
sommerowh: I think the discussion is going to be the same as the main thread17:23
mathiazowh: if you have an opinion about how fsck should be handled in the server use case, express it in the thread - that's the best place to do so17:23
owhsommer: That's a fair point.17:23
owhThat's my only Open Discussion item :)17:24
mathiaz[TOPIC] Agree on next meeting date and time17:26
MootBotNew Topic:  Agree on next meeting date and time17:26
mathiazI won't be available next week to run the meeting, neither Koon17:26
mathiazanyone interested to step up ?17:26
* owh would volunteer, but the likelyhood is that I'll be fast asleep.17:27
owhAnd if that's an incentive for someone else to step up, all the better :)17:27
mathiazkirkland: are you up to the task ?17:27
kirklandmathiaz: I will be in London next week...  perhaps another time, when I know my surroundings?17:27
nealmcbIf you need someone, I can do it.17:28
mathiazkirkland: ok - nealmcb just voluntered :)17:28
* Koon cheers17:28
mathiaznealmcb: thanks for your proposal17:28
kirklandmathiaz: thanks, keep me on the short list though, i'm happy to help17:28
mathiazso same time, same place, next week ?17:28
owhCan we make it two hours earlier?17:29
owhOr is that too much to ask?17:29
owhowh == 00:29:4617:29
owhIt's cool if not.17:30
mathiazowh: that would be a bit to early for the people on the west coast17:30
mathiazowh: unfortunately, we're all in different timezone17:31
owhmathiaz: West Coast of where?17:31
mathiazowh: north america17:31
owhIsn't that like noon?17:31
sommerowh: 6:00am17:31
mathiazowh: nop - it's 9:31 AM on the west coast17:31
zulthat would be east coast17:31
owhAh.17:31
owhFair enough.17:32
sommeris there anyone on the west coast, attending?17:32
mathiazall right then - same place, same time, next week17:32
mathiazyour host will be nealmcb !17:32
mathiaz#endmeeting17:32
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* sommer was thinking nealmcb is the farthest left17:32
nealmcbI'm mountain time - not a big deal for me to go an hour earlier17:32
owhsommer: I'm on the west coast of Australia :)17:33
sommerthanks mathiaz17:33
sommerowh: heh, that's pretty far left17:33
owhthanks mathiaz17:33
owhsommer: With lack of sleep, that's even funny :)17:33
sommer;-)17:34
* nealmcb will finally be back from travel/vacation tomorrow :)17:34
owhI could do 5am, 11pm doesn't work so well :)17:34
sommerlater all17:35
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* owh heads for bed.17:35
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