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cjwatsonok, please try to make some progress on at least the information gathering part of that when you can, and update the spec with comments00:00
cjwatsonwe'll need to move on00:00
cjwatsonbryce:00:00
calcok00:00
cjwatsoncalc: thanks00:00
bryceHere's my blueprints --00:00
brycexorg-input-hotplug:  DONE.  Finished up docs + testing.  Yay!00:00
brycemouse-extra-buttons:  DONE.00:00
brycexorg-options-editor: DEPLOYMENT.  Needs promotion to main.  http://bryceharrington.org/ubuntu/ScreenRes/screens-3.png00:00
brycexorg-ctrl-alt-backspace:  POSTPONED to intrepid+1.  (Still disagreements)00:00
brycex-testing-infrastructure:  Not FF critical, but some progress.  3 of 7 tasks done.00:00
bryceconsole-setup:  (Forgot what needs done?)00:00
RiddellI'm assuming this channel isn't going to be free for the Kubuntu meeting due in a minute00:00
bryceOther FF-critical non-blueprint development work --00:00
bryceXorg apport hooks:  DONE.  Some testing remains.00:00
bryceRedo bulletproof-x to not depend on displayconfig-gtk:  IN PROGRESS. Fairly easy change, but I'll need a FFe for it.00:00
cjwatsonRiddell: sorry, can you give us 10 minutes?00:00
bryceWe're also awaiting releases of late drivers (-fglrx, -ati) and Xorg 1.500:00
brycetjaalton also would like a FFe for a -synaptics upload00:00
tjaaltonhowdy ho00:01
tjaaltonsynaptics should be ready in a minute00:01
cjwatsonbryce: console-setup> I think not on your plate any more - it's just the translations work00:01
brycecjwatson: ok thanks.  It's still assigned to me so I figured I ought to mention.00:01
cjwatsonfeel free to unassign that00:02
bryceI don't think I can, but I'll give it a try00:02
Riddell** Kubuntu meeting moved to #kubuntu-devel **00:02
cjwatsonRiddell: sorry, and thanks00:02
brycecjwatson: nope, don't have permission00:02
cjwatsonbryce: I've done it00:03
brycethx00:03
brycethe -fglrx lateness is probably the biggest issue.  It probably won't make the release in October, so may need an SRU.00:03
asacbryce: no 3d for ati in release00:04
asacwow00:04
brycefor -ati we're shipping a pretty recent git snapshot, but I'd be more comfortable shipping a released version00:04
cjwatsonbryce: please file MIR bugs for the main promotions for xorg-options-editor with some commentary so that we have something to work on00:04
asacthats a huge regression :) ... at least for those that are struck00:04
brycecjwatson: ok will do00:04
bryceasac: yeah...  there will be much gnashing of teeth.  ATI is working on it as their top priority.  We'll see.00:05
asacbryce: i have a machine with X1950 ... and i cannot even watch videos without frame dropping00:05
asacon that00:06
tjaaltonX.org 7.4 will be released "within a week", so there's still time for ati to get their act together..00:06
asac(with radeonhd)00:06
tjaaltonasac: use -ati00:06
cjwatsonbryce: thanks, perhaps you could come to the release team meeting on Friday and fill us in on more detail ther00:06
cjwatsone00:06
cjwatsonArneGoetje:00:06
ArneGoetjelanguage-selector: uploaded into archive; one bug to fix: l-p-{gnome|kde) does not get pulled in anymore, needs code rewrite to fix, will do this during the next days.00:06
brycecjwatson: ok00:06
slangasekI'm not sanguine about the notion of pushing in -fglrx as an SRU, with no working version at all in the release; but yes, we can talk about that later00:06
cjwatsonArneGoetje: any language pack structure changes in that, or just application code?00:07
asactjaalton: ill try. last time it didnt work with anything else than radeonhd iirc00:07
ArneGoetjecjwatson: just application code00:07
tjaaltonasac: pre-hardy?00:07
asactjaalton: not sure. since fglrx was usually available i think it was in this cycle where i tried00:07
tjaaltonasac: -ati in intrepid should support 3d for it00:07
asacgood ... ill see00:07
tjaaltoner, mesa00:07
cjwatsonArneGoetje: how have you been getting on with the CJK font work carried over from last cycle? I know you've still been doing bits to it on and off00:09
ArneGoetjecjwatson: not finished. language-selector took more time than expected00:09
ArneGoetjecjwatson: I still have some updates that need to get in before it could be released00:10
bryceasac: -ati has been improving rapidly since ATI released documentation.00:10
cjwatsonArneGoetje: ok, thanks00:11
asacbryce: that would be too good to be true ;)00:11
cjwatsonasac:00:11
asac3g-networking-intrepid (quite good, but as i said before it wouldn't make much sense to stop syncing new snapshots after FF); things to happen until this is finalized: mobile broadband wizard and its provider database to get into main; gsm/cdma probing code for devices that are only recognized as v.250 (upstream decision pending whether this should go to NM or hal); gathering final feedback (especially for the broadband provider database that wil00:11
asacflash-experience-intrepid (good progress): beta status for: better description (webservice needs deployment) and plugin alternatives (UI needs to be polished/finalized). good progress: anti-flash-detection-kit (some difficulties to get the event to the proper listener in the browser); at risk: adobe offers deb on their website (adobe will support ubuntu in Flash 10, but debs on their site are at risk); not a feature, but a bug: apturil in UI thre00:11
asacfirefox-kde-integration-intrepid (deferred): no cycles to implement. real solution should go into upstream for 3.1 (QT support!! yay!).00:11
asac(no spec) safe-ffox-upgrade (done/needs real live testing): implementation appears to work well and awaits release with the next ubufox upload00:11
asac(no spec/maybe flash experience) nspluginwrapper for i386: finalizing QA on 1.1.0; upload didnt happen because we decided to go for the latest upstream development instead of 1.0. upload should happen any minute00:11
asac(no spec) branding-package-split: working with max attention; unless something really bad pops up this will happen during this week00:12
asacsorry for the "longer lines" ... but i thought i write things down as there would definitly be questions00:12
cjwatsonyou need to use splitlong.pl or something :)00:13
slangasek3g-networking-intrepid: what's our end-point, as far as snapshot syncing?  Is there an upstream "final release" somewhere on the schedule?00:13
cjwatson"database that wil"00:13
asacslangasek: the end point is when upstream starts to do intrusive changes again00:13
cjwatsonand "apturil in UI thre"00:13
asacslangasek: which will happen when they switch to modem manager for dialup connections00:13
asaci keep my eyes open that no too intrusive things reach us00:13
asacfrom there on i would cherry pick bugs00:14
slangasekasac: so we'll be releasing with "the last snapshot before things become disruptive"?00:14
asacyes. and then cherry picking on top00:14
asaci'd say that we stop after beta in any case00:14
asaccjwatson: ... gathering final feedback (especially for the broadband  provider database that will ship by the wizard) during beta phase.00:15
asac... but a bug: apturil in UI thread00:15
asaccjwatson: that should complete this?00:16
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cjwatsonoh, that was it, ok00:16
asacyes00:16
cjwatsonall right, thanks all; overall I'm pretty pleased with the amount we've got done, let's just try to get the last few bits and pieces in place for feature freeze and then try to get this heap o' junk into a releasable state ;-)00:17
bryce:-)00:17
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cjwatsonwe've run late, so I'll not bother with stuff like the sponsorship queue today, although please try to keep up your attention to that when you find a spare hour00:18
cjwatsonany other business?00:18
TheMusono00:19
slangaseknope :)00:20
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* asac is proud that he cleared his queue last week ;)00:20
asacdoko: sounds tasty00:21
asacenjoy00:21
cjwatsondoko: lucky you00:21
cjwatsonok, adjourned00:21
brycethanks00:21
liwthanks00:21
evandthanks00:21
dokobye00:21
ArneGoetjethanks00:21
slangasekdoko: heh, are you still in .ar?00:21
ograthanks00:21
slangasekthanks, all00:21
james_wthanks all00:22
TheMusothanks00:22
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dokoslangasek: yes, went skiing today =)00:25
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dokowill send a photo ;p00:26
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davidmGood morning13:00
* ogra waves13:00
davidm#startmeeting13:00
* yannick_d waves13:00
looldavidm: MootBot isn't very alive these days13:01
davidmHmm, mootbot seems to be dead13:01
davidmOh well13:01
davidmI'll bug the scribes about it later.13:01
ogra(if they are not as dead as their bug)13:02
davidmOK first topic and I'll do stuff as if mootbot was online.13:02
davidm[topic] lool to purchase USB web camera13:02
davidmThis is closed, I know lool bought one.13:02
loolDone: purchased the dumbest Logitech one which is supported under Ubuntu13:02
davidm[topic] lool+davidm+... test new version of Ekiga (2.9)13:02
* ogra hasnt found one on ubuntu that isnt apart from the Q1 one13:03
lool(Might purchase another one with HD support, depending on whether the Q1U's webcam is supproted with 2.6.27)13:03
ograit definately isnt with the latest 2.6.2613:03
loolWe did some Ekiga testing last Monday, but we completely failed testing video; we only got audio working after great struggling13:03
loolAnd that was under i38613:03
ograthere is a driver from the manufaturer i wanted to try though13:03
davidmThis was harder, we were not able to get this to work well between two PC's audio only.13:03
ograbut freeze came in my way13:04
yannick_dlool, can you explain what was the issue?13:04
loologra: 2.6.27 lands many uvc support changes13:04
ogralool, i know13:04
ograand madwifi as well13:04
ograboth doesnt work on the Q1 atm13:04
davidmyannick_d, we had two issues, one I think is not an issue now, one still is13:05
loolyannick_d: We had some; one thing is that we were behind a hotel's nat, and davidm was behind a second nat; despite this audio would work, so it seemed to work13:05
yannick_dok there was a NAT issue. and?13:05
loolyannick_d: We also probably lacked a working sip account for video; we never managed one to one calls, only conf calls to a central place13:05
davidmyannick_d, I was double natted13:05
davidmyannick_d, do you know of a server lool and I can get accounts on that passes video?13:06
persiaDoes ekiga.net not do that?13:06
ogradoesnt the ekiga default server ?13:06
loolyannick_d: I also tried calling telephones with "tel:" and actual phone numbers with my home sip account at my ISP, and it didn't work13:06
yannick_ddavidm, a conference server with video? no there is not such thing for free AFAIK13:06
loolyannick_d: I'm not sure how they are supposed to look like, but the SIP INVITES looked like INVITE tel:1234@freephonie.net13:07
yannick_dlool, the tel: URI might be a problem...13:07
loolI thought it would simply be INVITE 123413:07
loolyannick_d: What's the correct way to enter a PSTN?13:07
yannick_dlool, try sip:1234@freephonie.net instead13:07
loolDidn't manage to get this working either (this is what was going out when I simply typed a pstn with this sip account as the default)13:08
loolI tried with and without + and international or local format13:08
yannick_dlool, this works with freephonie.net, i have an account here too13:09
loolBut then, some days it's broken; I didn't have my N810 with me to confirm it was working this day13:09
loolyannick_d: Could have been a downtime of the SIP thing13:09
loolIt was refusing calls with some 4xx codes13:09
loolIn the testing, we also discovered that davidm's webcam could be supported under hardy and isn't; this requires backporting a simple driver fix for ov56x-jpeg13:10
davidmyannick_d, is there a way to make video calls between lool and I?13:10
looldavidm: Now there is, because we're at two locations it should be easier13:10
yannick_dlool, for testingpurpose, please try using ekiga.net sip server and pc-2-pc calls first. Using a commercial PSTN bridge is another issue which brings stuff like number format issue in the way...13:10
loolyannick_d: We tried using ekiga.net accounts as well, but only saw the invites /sometimes/ and never managed an audio call in this wey13:11
loolI suspect our network setup was completely unusual and a bad way to test13:11
yannick_ddavidm, to test video, you both might register an account on ekiga.net for free, and try to call each other.13:11
davidmyannick_d, OK we will try again before next week now that I am back in my usual location.13:11
yannick_dyou could also test the avahi support, if you are both in the same LAN13:12
loolyannick_d: We spent too much time fighting webcam drivers and network and sip accounts on monday that we exhausted our testing time and we had other things to do for FF, but I'm happy to /continue/ testing in more regular conditions13:12
loolyannick_d: Ah, how is this enabled?13:12
yannick_dlool, it is automated13:12
davidmyannick_d, we got text support working using avahi but not audio and video13:12
loolyannick_d: How do you see the other people around?13:12
yannick_dlool, in the roster, under "network neighbours"13:13
loolyannick_d: I tried setting it up with empathy and telepathy on monday, but we could only send text messages; we didn't manage to call with salyt13:13
lool*salut13:13
lool(we also did some quick telepathy testing)13:13
yannick_dlool, sip support in EMpathy sucks now...13:13
loolYeah, sofiasip's settings didn't match my expectations13:13
yannick_dthe buddy list can not contains sip URI in EMpathy last time i tested it.13:14
loolyannick_d: So I think we should pursue testing and fix the webcam driver issue we discovered13:14
yannick_dI've been able to have a working audio+video call ekiga 2.9<-> Empathy13:14
loolyannick_d: If you're in France, we could do tests together too13:14
davidmlool, agreed, we will continue testing.13:15
yannick_dwe aware, empathy use the h263-1998 video codec13:15
loolyannick_d: I expect to be quite busy today and tomorrow still, but next week is fine13:15
davidm[action] lool+davidm continue testing new version of Ekiga (2.9)13:15
yannick_dYou can ask help on the ekiga mailling list too, like if you have problem with your nat etc. I'm there too13:15
davidmOK, that was all of the old business13:16
loolyannick_d: Frankly this was a one time bizarre setup because we had no other way to work this day13:16
yannick_dok13:16
davidm[topic] FF status13:16
lool(I was routing davidm over my laptop's wired intf towards the hotel's wifi...)13:16
yannick_di'm not sure i'll be able to join for the next week meeting: i must go to work and no internet there...13:16
ograjust stop working then :P13:16
davidmIs there anything we need to review now here?13:17
loolyannick_d: We can chat together anytime, not just during meetings13:17
loolyannick_d: If that's mroe convenient, we can test ekiga over the WE together13:17
yannick_dlool, where?13:17
loolyannick_d: In #ubuntu-mobile?13:17
yannick_dok13:18
davidmlool, any FF issues we should/need to cover now?13:18
loolyannick_d: I'm lool@ekiga.net, and you can probably easily find an email for me13:18
yannick_dok, thx i'll contact you13:18
looldavidm: Well I think we had plenty of packages to push before FF13:18
loolI know persia/stevenk/ogra were working on *-default-settings pacakges13:19
loolAre both of these pushed?13:19
ograyep, pushed and done13:19
loologra was to look at pidgin-maemo versus empathy versus pidgin IIRC13:19
ograi'D like to do some minir theme changes for mobile but artwork deadline in in a month13:19
loolThis might have implied pushing pidgin-maemo if we wanted a chance to keep it in intrepid13:19
loolAnyone pushed pidgin-maemo?13:20
persiaBig FF things are 1) we don't have an IM client, and 2) we need to look at media players (unless I missed something)13:20
ograi didnt manage all of them yet but apart from some security issues with empathy in IRC i found it quite good as replacement13:20
ograi'll finish that off today/tomorrow13:20
loologra: Ok, then perhaps send your analysis to the list?13:21
davidmogra, does empathy support the various IM protocols?13:21
ograif i need freeze exceptions i'll deal with them myself13:21
persiapidgin-maemo and moblin-media-browser-plugin are still on REVU, which makes me think they didn't get pushed.13:21
ogradavidm, the same set pidgin does13:21
looldavidm: It does even wrap libpurple13:21
davidmOK, thanks13:21
lool(which is pidgin's lib)13:21
loolBut empathy was pushed back for intrepid in the desktop team due to usability issues13:21
StevenKI'd like to not use moblin-media if I can.13:22
loolI think you're not alone13:22
ogralool, we can build from universe if we want it13:22
loolI'll push elisa updates13:22
ograso thats a non issue13:22
loolI'm late for pushing elisa (new upstream releases and it's in main) but had too many last minute things fall on my plate before FF to manage yesterday13:23
ograand i didnt find it worse than pidgin with fullscreen windows13:23
ograwhere is the UNR stuff at ?13:23
loolYeah, exactly what I was typing :)13:23
ogra:)13:23
loolStevenK: I think you were pushing UNR packages13:23
davidmStevenK, you here?13:24
loolStevenK: how many/which packages did you look at, and what's the status?13:24
loolStevenK: I think njpatel rolled a new netbook-remix-launcher tarball to address some concerns I raised and matching the package name13:24
loolHmm we had StevenK a minute ago13:25
davidmI have an email from StevenK with FF status: * UNR packages  This is four packages, with all but one of them in okay shape. I suspect this can be massaged into one FFe, too.13:25
davidmSo they missed FF13:26
loolIt's late on his side thouhg13:26
davidmI wonder where StevenK is, he was around a few minutes ago.13:26
ogradavidm, its all universe so a bit easier to deal with exception wise13:27
Hobbseeogra: as in, no one will notice, if the freeze gets violated?  :)13:27
looldavidm: The only thing which worries me is making StevenK push UNR packages versus working on the images, but he sent out a link to an image today13:27
StevenKI'm here, my wife called me away13:27
loolStevenK: Cool, so what is the problematic package?  what needs to be done on the others to get them in intrepid?13:28
ogra(actually i assume we culd make a deal with MOTU, review one package for MOTU, get one exception granted or some wuch ... so all of use benefit ;) )13:28
persiaHobbsee: No, as in it won't break CD builds and so it is likely to be approved with a convincing reason, rather than a convincing reason + several months of testing.13:28
ograHobbsee, ^^^13:28
StevenKlool: The launcher13:28
Hobbseeogra: now there's an idea... :)13:28
persiaogra: It *really* doesn't work that way :p13:28
StevenKlool: The other 3 look okay13:28
ograpersia, but it *could* ;=13:28
Hobbseepersia: no, but it might be a good idea...13:28
Hobbseepersia: that's true13:28
ograit raises MOTU manpower and helps us as well13:29
persiaRight.  And this is why corruption and graft always win :(13:29
ograheh13:29
loolStevenK: Ok; I have a fairly good idea of status of launcher; concerning the others did you push them to REVU/got them reviewed already?13:29
StevenKlool: No, I will be doing that tomorrow.13:29
loologra: IOW bribery13:30
StevenKI suspect they need repackaging and then uploading13:30
loolbribery with free reviews :)13:30
ograwell, bribery the community benefits from13:30
ograits a win win deal13:30
ograwe could level it out like 10:1 ... or so13:31
davidmOK we are 1/2 through our meeting time.13:31
davidmlool, anything left on the FF topic that we need to cover?13:31
looldavidm: Please give priority to image building for alpha 5 before UNR packaging if that's suitable13:32
davidmif not we should move on the other status issues.13:32
davidmlool, agreed13:32
loolStevenK: Unless you think both are almost done :)13:32
loolI don't think we have anything more to discuss on FF; of course we might discover plenty of stuff with the images13:32
davidm[topic] status of intrepid tasks: merge of ppa, installer, images etc.  * StevenK status13:32
loolDid I mention I pushed modest?13:33
davidmlool, you did not13:33
loolI pushed modest to Ubuntu and my ppa13:33
davidmgood, I'm happy to hear that13:33
loolA couple of hours after FF,13:33
* persia suspects the PPA to have been redundant13:33
davidmStevenK, how goes image building?13:33
loolIt's relatively broken due to missing icons and strings, but that I can probably fix13:33
StevenKdavidm: The image is up.13:33
StevenKBut it's broken.13:33
loolpersia: I think not, I don't see modest in the repos yet and I mailed cgregan for him to take a look13:34
persiaStevenK: Broken beyond that the default session doesn't start?13:34
StevenKpersia: Nope, that was it13:35
looldavidm: Re: FF, I'd like to note that we're only at 2.6.26 for lpia because it's a separate source13:35
loolNeed to talk to chickencutclass13:35
ogra*if* .27 will be used13:35
StevenKI mentioned that earlier.13:35
persiaThe -rt kernel is also stuck at 2.6.26, so we're not alone in kernel version history.13:35
loologra: In lpia or in general?13:35
davidmStevenK, what remains to be done on image building?  Anything?13:35
ogracurrently the status is that there will be a call for testing as i understood13:35
davidmWe will have to stick on 2.6.26 for lpia13:36
ograbut there is still an opportunity that it might be rolled back13:36
ogradavidm, and differ from ubuntu ?13:36
looldavidm: Why is that?13:36
davidmWe need the poulbo graphics driver and that is coming from an outside source13:36
ograhmm13:36
ograthats tricky13:36
davidm I doubt at this late time I can get them to move13:36
ograif work on .26 stops we'll miss out a lot13:37
persiaHrm.  Someone ought mention that to the thread on ubuntu-devel@ as part of arguments against movig to 2.6.2713:37
davidmI am having trouble getting the driver at all13:37
ogra(wifi on the Q1 doesnt work with .26 for example)13:37
looldavidm: Well we don't have it anyway13:37
davidmBut we have a call later today to get info on this so it will have to wait until then.13:37
loologra: Yeah, wanted to test ath5k as well13:38
ogra.27 is supposed to have the necessary fixes for that wifi issue13:38
ogralool, no need to, i had to resort to madwifi for it13:38
ograit wont pick up IP/AP13:38
loolI wouldn't want us to have a different kernel version for lpia13:38
StevenKThey have moved to .2713:38
StevenKI wouldn't either13:38
loolThat seems really risky13:38
ogra.27 has massive fixes for ath5k13:38
ograwhich wont be backported if ubuntu really switches13:39
davidmWith the atom chip and it's graphics if we move and Intel does not supply a driver then we have no driver at all.13:39
loolI don't want to even think about a subsequent udev/hal update13:39
ograso we'll lose here13:39
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looldavidm: I guess we have vesa13:39
ograheh13:39
loolI'm not sure it's that different from psb for our purposes...13:40
davidmTrue, that is about it, and that will not work for USG, they need the driver to work.13:40
loolMight even suspend better *cough*13:40
ograbut UNR needs clutter13:40
ograand thus GL support13:40
loolIs USG going to base on intrepid?13:40
loolThey maintain their own kernel anyway13:40
davidmlool, some work is.  They have to provide upgrades13:41
davidmWell technically I suppose we can have 2.6.27 and they can have 2.6.26 but that is a mess13:41
loolI agree we should make the poulsbo concern known in the 2.6.27 discussion, but it wont have any weight if we don't even ahve 2.6.26 drivers13:41
davidmThat is a call later.13:42
loolIt's no more a mess than us having .26 and Ubuntu having .2713:42
ogradavidm, "we" ?13:42
ograubuntu ?13:42
ograor just mobile ?13:42
davidmmobile / USG13:42
loolLet's clarify tonight13:42
davidmyes13:42
loolI'll try to think of updating ubuntu-devel@ on this topic with psb debate13:42
davidmpersia status of installer13:43
persiaYou know, it'd be best to also participate in the wider discussion.  Having two different kernels for two different architectures is bound to cause issues.13:43
persiaThe installer still doesn't install.  On the bright side, I know lots more about how the installer is supposed to work.13:43
persiaI think I'm nearly there, but am currently chasing networking issues with the latest image.13:43
davidmOK13:44
davidmlool status of MIC merges?13:44
lool*done*!13:45
davidm:-)13:45
loolWould like to see a tarball release from them13:45
loolI've sent further comments on design of MIC and would be willing to provide a patch to move to / add intrepid platforms13:45
davidmSo we need to get a tarball release from them and then can put fresh packages into Intrepid?13:46
loolBut it's not really clear who leads what and whether this thing will evolve13:46
loolWell we don't strictly need it; we have about the same features as they do13:46
ograwould be cleanr though13:46
loolWe developped more changes than they did13:46
ograbut require a FFe13:46
loolYeah, it would be cleanup13:46
loolAnd it's not strictly needed13:46
loolWhat we would get are a cleaner base to patch on and some features like i18n13:47
loolBut this is all minor or wishlist material13:47
davidmOK13:47
loolIt's not like we're using MIC anyway13:47
davidmVery true.13:47
persiaIt's probably not worth an FFe, but would be nice for intrepid+113:47
loolSure, I'm the defacto MIC maintainer these days13:47
davidmogra status?13:47
loolI'll update it if they release13:47
davidmlool, thanks13:48
ograclassmate: still fiddling with the gstreamer issue ETA tomorrow for hardy-proposed and SRU13:48
ogratouchpads: bug #261873 opened, discussed with bryce ... he agreed that it should eb fixed for release13:48
ubottuLaunchpad bug 261873 in xf86-input-evtouch "make evtouch devices work with hal-input in intrepid" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/26187313:48
davidmogra, how much left before classmate is put to bed do you think?13:49
ogramobile: settings uploaded, creates a desktop like http://people.ubuntu.com/~ogra/ubuntu-mobile-intrepid.png, waiting for installer (depends on ubuntu user without password for autologin atm13:49
ogra)13:49
ogradavidm, i will always have to touch it from time to time until 8.04.213:50
ografor kernel security updates13:50
davidmOK13:50
ograbut thats all scripted on my side13:50
ograso only some mins of work plus build time, testing and triggering elmo13:51
davidmogra, is the process you use to generate images documented anywhere?  I know that cjwatson had a hard time making a working image in your absence13:51
ograits only: execute ./cron.daily in the build tree13:51
ograthat will autobuild13:51
ograi have done my last image in my own env but will take a look at antimony (which has a 1:1 copy of my system)13:52
davidmOK 8 minute warning13:52
davidmogra thanks13:52
davidmlast topic13:52
ograi'd like to put a proposal out :)13:52
davidm???13:53
ograwe should start collecting spec ideas for intrepid+1 asap on a wikipage13:53
davidm+113:53
cjwatsonit wasn't so hard, for the record; just startup problems13:53
ograso we can follow the regular distro/spec process this time, now that the packages are sanely in the archive13:53
davidmI agree strongly13:53
ogragreat13:53
davidmcjwatson, thanks for that, I just want to make sure we have it documented so it's not hard if it ever needs be done again. :-)13:54
ogra(i.e. al the requests for 1024x756 got me thining about inclusion of a sane patch for gtk for example... that needs preparation for a spec)13:54
davidm[topic] Switch claws with modest/libwpeditor libwpeditor-plus?13:54
davidmI think you all just about put this to bed last week?13:55
loolHmm I pushed modest and libwpeditor+ to my ppa, but cgregan hadn't a change of testing them13:55
loolAlso modest suffers from many issues such as missing strings and icons which render it quite ugly13:55
davidmbut we have the possbility of choice if we need it?13:56
loolI think we need to defer discussion until a) I can address some of the issues b) other people can test it c) we test the images13:56
davidm4 minute warning13:56
davidmlool, OK13:56
looldavidm: Yes exactly, the hurry was to get the packages pushed, they are now13:56
davidmthanks13:56
davidmI'll carry an acttion to review in future but not next week.13:57
loolWhich reminds me of two other FF related issues which I usually report on: langpacks and xulrunner; we're still missing translations in intrepid AIUI and xulrunner I didn't merge13:57
loolI really need to tend to it now rather tahn later13:57
davidm[action] review modest and libwpeditor+ after lool has time to address some of its issues.13:57
* ogra creates https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded/IntrepidPlusOneSpecSuggestions13:57
davidmOK13:57
loolI poked cgregan to have an early look and work with me on solving the issues13:57
davidmogra, thanks13:57
davidmlool, good enough13:58
loologra: Oh nobody told you the codename for intrepid+1?13:58
davidmlool, has it been announced?13:58
loolNo :)13:58
ograheh13:58
loolWhich makes it even more fun to guess13:58
davidm:-)13:58
davidmOK almost out of time.13:58
davidmany last opens?13:59
davidm1 minute warning13:59
Hobbseethe sky is falling!13:59
loolThe jitty jamthund!13:59
davidm#endmeeting14:00
davidmThanks everyone.14:00
* persia doubts "jamthud"14:00
* Hobbsee covers lool in jam.14:00
loolthe jolly jumper!14:01
loolThe jumpy jellyfish14:01
* Hobbsee hums14:01
loolOr the jelly fish :)14:01
Hobbseejolly jumbuck, i thought it was...14:01
StevenKHah14:02
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persiaWho's here for the Java Meeting?15:00
robiladhere15:00
Koono/15:00
Koonthe usual suspects :)15:01
persia:)15:01
* persia hopes slytherin and doko might join15:01
KoonI /think/ doko is still in vacation.15:01
persiaCould be.  He was at a meeting earlier.15:02
persiaAnyway: Agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaTeam/Meeting15:02
cjwatsonsee the foundations team meeting notes last night for some items relevant to Java15:02
KoonI see. /This/ kind of vacation.15:02
persiaNobody added anything, so nothing special to discuss.  We've just the RoadMap15:02
* persia checks the Foundations Team meeting log15:03
robiladurl?15:03
persiaSeems that doko is looking at some of the continued changes to use default-jre(-headless), and may also be looking at making it more headless.15:04
persiahttp://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/08/27/%23ubuntu-meeting.html15:04
persiaWe may hear more next week.  On for other updates:15:05
persiarobilad: Where are you on identifying tasks that need doing?15:05
robiladworking my way through the maven pom system and trying to figure out a good way to automate that with aptitude15:05
persiaIs there anything else non-maven that needs doing that would benefit from someone looking into it?15:06
robiladbasically, when you use maven to build software it downloads many jars15:06
robiladand those come with a kind of descriptions, 'pom' files15:06
robiladwhich contain artifact ids15:07
robiladwhich could in theory be fed into aptitude etc. more or less automatically.15:07
robiladexcept that there are many little catches. ;)15:07
robiladbut getting there.15:07
persiaSo a tool that can read .pom files and pass arguments to apt to tell it what to install?15:08
robiladwell, to tell me what seems to have a package of sorts, and what hasn't15:08
robiladthat's the one way to figure out what to do15:08
Koonrobilad: feel free to add any of your thoughts to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaTeam/Specs/MavenSupportSpec15:08
robiladthe other one is to just install all jars in ubuntu, generate a list of packages mapping to each one of them, and then to see which jars in a build match15:09
persiaYeah, that feels definitely part of the maven stuff, but it's good :)15:09
robiladneither way is really perfect :/15:09
robiladand I'm doing the former as it should in theory just require a bit of shell scripting15:09
robilad;)15:09
Koonwe're still at the brainstorming stage for this maven support thing. Might be useful to schedule a session at next UDS on the subject (though I won't be coming there)15:11
Koonand make sure the (other) relevant persons can join.15:11
persiaKoon: You'll be able to attend remotely, no?15:12
Koonpersia: I'll definitely try to attend remotely to select sessions15:12
Koonbut on the maven thing I'm more a catalyst than a specialist15:12
persiaKoon: Excellent.  Just complain over VoIP if we're not loud enough.15:12
Koonand we are getting to a stage where specialists will be handy15:13
persiaRight.  Let's jump ahead since we're on the topic: Koon: how is maven going?15:13
slytherinKoon: what is the status of your maven2 patching effort? Do you need any help? I may be able to lend a hand over weekend. I would rather do it in 5-6 hours stretch than in pieces.15:13
Koonthe https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JavaTeam/Specs/MavenSupportSpec presents two alternatives15:13
Koonone is the maven2 jpp-patched (the fedora way)15:14
Koonthe other is kaaloo's maven proxy system15:14
Koonthe first alternative can theorically be tested using the packages in my PPA15:14
Koon(as described in the ubuntu-java email persia kindly resent on my behalf)15:14
persiaAny update from kaaloo on how the proxy system is coming along?15:14
Koonnothing since Aug 12, but August might not be the busiest month for him.15:15
Koonmy feeling is that it's a nice way around the problem, but I feat the complexity of its implementation15:15
slytherinpersia how about moving Koon's package to java team ppa?15:16
Koonthe jpp stuff is more hackish, maybe more work, but much simpler work.15:16
Kooni guess I could publish it there15:16
Koon(as a member of the team) ?15:16
persiaslytherin: I don't see much advantage to one PPA over another.  PPAs can depend upon each other if required.15:16
slytherinKoon: yes, if you are member15:17
Koonanyway, it's probably more useful to push the packaging to the team bzr15:17
slytherinpersia: The reason I am asking that is anyone else from team can modify and the reupload the package15:17
persiaslytherin: Ah, with a single source for testing.  Don't let my ambivalence block something you find useful to get something done :)15:18
slytherin:-)15:18
Koonslytherin: i'll push the current maven2 packaging mods to the team bzr15:18
slytherinKoon: next task for you then, move your package to team ppa and add the ppas link on your spec page15:18
slytherinKoon: let's setup bzr once we have more than 2 people working on it.15:19
* slytherin secretly dislikes bzr15:20
persiaWell, pushing the bzr stuff along with the PPA makes sense, as it keeps things together.15:20
KoonOK, I will do a little cleanup, push the packaging to team BZR and the resulting package in team PPA15:20
persiaAnything else for maven?15:20
Koonnothing on my side.15:21
persiaslytherin: How goes the investigation into performance improvements?  Is that something likely, or is it something we ought drop for now, and pick up later?15:21
slytherinpersia: drop as of now.15:22
persiaAnyone else want it before I drop it?15:22
persiaOK.  Gone.15:22
persiaslytherin: How about moving stuff to Universe?  Are we caught up with Debian, or still behind?15:23
slytherinpersia: We are almost with debian, I haven't checked updates in recent weeks. I still have to file few bugs yet.15:24
persiaslytherin: OK.  Is that progress blocked by anything?15:24
slytherinpersia: yes, I am short on time. :-)15:25
persiaAnyone have some time to help slytherin?  The goal here is to identify everything that can be free, so we have a good idea what can be pulled into main.15:26
slytherinas a start, if anyone can file bugs for libgdata-java and libcodemodel-java it will be good. They are in sync with Debian.15:27
persiaslytherin: Could you send a mail to the mailing list describing the steps required, and asking for help?15:28
slytherinpersia: will do15:28
persiaOK.15:28
persiaAs a reminder, we've now reached FeatureFreeze: as a result we'll not be adding any new libraries, new software, or new upstream versions to intrepid without especially good reasons.15:29
persiaAlso, any significant changes to behaviour will require an exception.15:29
persiaDoes anyone have anything that they expect to need an exception?15:29
slytherinpersia: two packages, ant and fop15:30
persiaslytherin: What do they need?  Especially for ant (as so much build-depends on ant)?15:31
slytherinant has a bug fix release 1.7.1.15:31
persiaAny new features, or just bug fixes?15:32
slytherinpersia: AFAIK, just bug fixes15:32
slytherinfop has a new release 0.95, haven't checked changelog. But debian developer is busy so we won't see an update for long time.15:32
slytherinpersia: ok, wait - Ant 1.7.1 has extended support for Java6 features. Ant 1.7.1 <script> now has support for JavaFX.15:33
persiaThat would require an exception.  Is it something we *need* for intrepid, or just nice to have?15:33
slytherinpersia: I will check release notes and see what kind of bug fixes it has. It might be worth having FFE.15:34
persiaOK.  If we need any, please try to report them as soon as possible.  Approvals can take a while, and we may have to rebuild things.15:35
persiaAlso, we ought generally avoid them if at all possible.15:35
slytherinpersia: will do both of them by weekend15:35
persiaOK.  Anyone else have any thing we need to discuss?15:37
slytherinI have one thing.15:37
persiaYes?15:38
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slytherindoko is not in favor of removing 'library-gcj' packages from 'Recommends'.15:38
persiaOK.  Generally he knows best about these things.  What does that cost us?15:39
Koonyes, I've expressed a different opinion in bug 24917815:39
ubottuLaunchpad bug 249178 in ecj "libecj-java shouldn't recommend java2-runtime" [Low,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/24917815:39
slytherinpersia: that costs users about 20 MB of download.15:39
Koondoko proposed to limit the problem by dropping the recomend of libgcj9-0-awt in libgcj9-015:40
Koonpersonally I think -gcj packages hardly qualify for something you want to have in all but unusual installations, which is the definition of Recommends15:42
persiaAh.  Looking again at the Foundations Team meeting log (http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/08/27/%23ubuntu-meeting.html) there is mention of java-gcj-compat-hl15:42
persiaDoes that also help?15:42
persiaNote also: 23:20doko249178 should be uploaded15:42
Koonit mitigates the issue15:42
Koonyou would still get the gcj packages as soon as you install a jar library that happens to have a -gcj counterpart15:43
Koonbut they wouldn't install all X libraries with them.15:43
persiaOK.  That makes sense.  So it's more about parallel installation than anything else.15:44
Koonyes. If you drop the recommend, GCJ users get lousy performance unless they install the suggested -gcj package15:45
persiaPersonally, I think the wider solution is probably best discussed in concert with Debian.  Having two copies of every library doesn't seem right, but support for gcj remains essential for some architectures.15:45
Koonif you keep it, you install useless packages for all those who just use openjdk15:45
Koondoko's proposal is to mitigate the issue by limiting the number of useless packages that would be installed15:46
slytherinI am not really sure about this lousy performance argument.15:46
persiaslytherin: Koon: Would either of you be willing to debate this with the Debian Java team?  I think we'll probably only get mitigation for intrepid given the scope of the issue (and number of packages affected), but it would be good to also have a plan for the future.15:46
persiaslytherin: I thought GCJ didn't have a particularly fast JIT, which is why the native compilation was preferred.15:47
robiladit has no jit15:47
slytherinpersia: For debian default-jre is gcj for lenny. So it may not make much difference for them.15:47
KoonI think doko intends to fix it in a more definitive manner for Intrepid+1 anyway15:47
Koonsee https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-August/026070.html15:47
persiaslytherin: For the release as a whole, sure, but it's with those people that a fruitful discussion can be held: otherwise we need to maintain variance on all the libraries that have such recommendations.15:47
slytherinpersia: I will drop a mail to debian-java list.15:48
Koonthe best way to make sure we're in line with future debian is to follow doko's suggestions :)15:48
slytherinTwo questions. 1. How many people prefer GCJ over Sun JRE at any point of time. 2. How may people who prefer GCj are not aware of -gcj packages.15:48
persiaKoon: Well, as far as that goes, it's also the best way to make sure we're in line with future Ubuntu :)15:49
persiaslytherin: Depends on the architecture.  For some architectures, I expect the answers are 1) everyone, and 2) most of them.15:49
robiladi'd have a small dpkg-query question - is there a way to query whether a given file is present anywhere in the archive, even if it is not installed?15:52
slytherinrobilad: don't think so.15:52
robiladdpkg-query -S does a fine job locally but I'd need something that let's me find out whether a jar exist in maybe another package15:53
persiaI don't think with dpkg-query, but apt-file (or working with Contents.gz) can do that.  Anyway, that question makes me suspect our meeting is over, and we ought take discussion back to #ubuntu-java15:53
Seveasrobilad, use apt-file15:53
persiaThanks everyone.15:53
robiladthanks & back to work ;)15:53
Koonthanks persia15:54
slytherinyup, back to work.15:54
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