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Riddella|wen: goodness, lots in that00:00
Riddella|wen: uploaded00:02
Riddell3.5 really is supported in hardy :)00:02
Tm_Tour KDE3 guy answered: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6206917&postcount=10300:13
a|wen-night people00:26
ScottKTm_T: If someone wants to support KDE3 in Intrepid, I think it's great.00:49
Tm_TScottK: I too, but it should be done right IMO00:49
ScottKTm_T: True, but I don't think we really have the time.  Someone ought to tell him though that bluetooth is hopeless due to the bluez update.00:50
* JontheEchidna already did00:50
Tm_TScottK: I know, that's why I would love to see him and perhaps others to be volunteered to do it for us00:50
ScottKJontheEchidna: Great.00:50
JontheEchidnahttp://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6207264&postcount=10400:50
Tm_TScottK: I just fail to see why he didn't contact us properly00:50
ScottKTm_T: I don't see the need.  We aren't going to do it/support it, so why should he.00:51
ScottKEffectively he's running a KDE3 based Ubuntu derivative.00:51
NightroseScottK: and causing a lot of trouble with an epoch of 7 :(00:52
Tm_TScottK: true, but, problem is in how those packages are done00:52
Tm_TScottK: and I afraid it will come later to us, badly00:52
ScottKThere's no way to do it that won't cause problems because he has to either entire replicate the non-KDE parts of the Ubuntu archive or have a higher version number.00:52
ScottKSome of those words are out of order.00:53
ScottKSorry.  I only got 2 hours sleep last night and spend almost 10 hours driving today.00:53
ScottKI'm a bit fried right now.00:53
JontheEchidnasounds fun00:54
Tm_TScottK: yup, that isn't excuse to make packages the way he have done00:54
ScottKJontheEchidna: I'd use two of those three letters in my description.00:54
JontheEchidnaheh00:54
* ScottK isn't familiar with the details of the packaging.00:54
Tm_Tanyway, I should have been sleeping some 4 hours ago00:55
Tm_Tso good night ->00:55
ScottKGood night.00:56
* ScottK goes for a bit of a lie down.00:56
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glade88JontheEchidna: is this governed by kde4libs? http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/990/kdelibsxh2.jpg06:52
Arbymorning08:01
^seelenn^Morning08:02
glade88stdin: so should I file another bug?08:49
stdinglade88: I guess, I'm just looking at what -d does for the original kdesu to see if it's kdesudo or not08:49
glade88stdin: thanks. I'll report one08:50
stdinglade88: yeah, it's a KDESudo issue, -d does nothing without --comment, but with kdesu it just asks for the password08:52
glade88what do I have to do to kde-nightly to show entries in kicker->applications?10:12
bdgraueglade88: http://groups.google.com/group/amarok-neon/browse_thread/thread/52aacf37ef7b05b810:42
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apacheloggerArby: png12:21
Arbyapachelogger: pong, briefly12:23
Arbyapachelogger: is it urgent, at work and no time.12:24
apacheloggersame here :P12:24
apacheloggerArby: nvm, it can wait12:24
apacheloggerI'll mail the KDE 3 dude in a minute12:24
apacheloggerNightrose: png12:37
Hobbseeapachelogger: gif.12:37
apacheloggerewww :P12:37
Nightroseapachelogger: jpg?12:38
Nightrose;-)12:38
apacheloggeroh dear12:38
apacheloggerNightrose: shall I CC kubuntu-devel in my mail to the kde3 dood?12:38
NightroseRiddell: awww - /me hugs her computer12:38
Nightrosehmmm - probably a good idea to keep everyone in the loop - but might make him feel "everyone against him"12:39
apacheloggerwell, that feeling could help make him realize the importance12:40
Nightrosei think private mail might be better for starters12:40
Nightrosetrue12:40
Nightrosebut we might loose the chance to prevent more harm12:40
seeleargh, my network manager popped out again12:41
seelethe only thing it might be was from logging in to neon, but i dont know how it would have messed with it.  theyre separate .kde folders12:41
apacheloggerNightrose: we could go to epoch 8 :P12:41
* seele bangs head on desk12:41
apacheloggerstart an epoch war ;-)12:41
Nightrosehehe12:41
apacheloggerseele: popped out?12:42
* Nightrose puts pillow on seele's desk12:42
seeleapachelogger: yeah, it's not in the systray, it's a standalone window with a taskmanager entry12:42
* Hobbsee removes the desk, and leaves the pillow on seele's knees12:42
apacheloggerah12:42
apacheloggerhm12:42
seeleHobbsee: it *is* kindof early for me to be up yet ;)12:43
apacheloggerseele: kill it and restart it12:43
apacheloggermaybe plasma is stupid right now ;-)12:43
seeleok, brb.. but i'm pretty sure that didnt work last time12:44
Hobbseeheh12:44
Hobbseeguess it is...12:44
* seele sighs12:45
seeleapachelogger: didn't work12:45
seeleapachelogger: i think the last time i had to remove all my plasma settings12:45
seeleapachelogger: i still dont understand why it's affecting my .kde settings12:45
apacheloggerseele: could be a random plasma break12:59
apacheloggerin fact, it is most likely, I am also using neon and didn't notice anything like it12:59
seeleapachelogger: you switch between the two?13:01
apacheloggeryus13:02
* Riddell copies 4.1.3 to intrepid-proposed13:03
apachelogger\o/13:03
rgreeningyay13:09
NCommanderRiddell, retry adept once publisher runs13:20
Riddellthat's the plan13:23
RiddellNCommander: I have another challenge for you if you're up for it :)13:23
Riddellkde4libs needs some arm love13:26
NCommanderIts already on my ARM todo list13:28
NCommanderBut ubuntu-desktop is taking priority ATM13:28
smarterdon't Debian already build packages for arm?13:29
jtechidnaFedora Core 8 doesn't have the Oxygen konversation nicklist theme D:13:31
jtechidnaor at least I think FC 8 is on this ancient thing...13:31
smarterFedore Core doesn't exist anymore13:32
smarter*Fedora13:32
jtechidnaSysinfo for 'lockjaw': Linux 2.6.22.5-76.fc7 running KDE 3.5.7-21.fc7 Fedora, CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz at 1600 MHz (3190 bogomips), HD: 72/145GB, RAM: 688/2026MB, 141 proc's, 17.28min up13:32
jtechidnaha, fedora core 713:32
jtechidnathat is sad, this thing has 3 times more ram than my desktop13:32
rgreeningthis seems interesting... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArchiveReorganisation13:36
* jtechidna goes for his dentist's appointment13:37
apacheloggerohh13:53
apacheloggertrunk now uses the new plasma notification thingy for file transfer progress13:53
apacheloggervery sweet13:53
apacheloggerreading that fall of kde thread makes me vomit, that is like watching a dog chasing it's tail14:12
apacheloggeror like the really slick screensavers14:13
apacheloggerif you look too long at them you start feeling sick14:13
ScottKRiddell: Do you have any plans to port/update kde-hal-device-manager?  Should it be removed?  I'm looking at python-kde3 rdepends trying to see if we can kill it off this cycle.14:17
apacheloggerwasn't that more of a device-viewer really?14:20
* apachelogger doesn't remember ever managing stuff with it14:20
Riddellit was a GUI wrapper around lshal pretty much14:20
Riddelland a port of the gtk hal-device-manager, it never did manage devices indeed14:21
RiddellScottK: are we trying to get rid of python-kde3?14:21
apacheloggerhehe14:21
apacheloggerRiddell: we will have to, in order to get rid of kdelibs4 I guess :)14:21
ScottKRiddell: Just looking to see if it's feasible.  I'd say we're trying to get rid of anything KDE3.14:21
RiddellI don't mind getting rid of kde-hal-device-manager, it was mostly done to touch up my pykde skillz14:22
ScottKRiddell: There are some other rdepends that look like they'll still work OK, so I'll leave it.14:22
ScottKHaving 3 rdepends instead of 4 doesn't really help.14:23
tictrichi folks, I just realised that intrepid has no package kpilot which I actually need. Only way is to compile hardy sources?14:32
jtechidnaYeah, the KDE 4.1 release of kdepim didn't include kpilot since it wasn't working. I think KDE 4.2 will have kpilot again14:33
apacheloggerit's not like the KDE 3 version of kpilot was working very well14:34
tictricNot very, but well enough for my purposes. You only need to have lots of backups handy :-)14:35
apacheloggersmarter, ScottK, Tm_T: btw, http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~bzr-loom-devs/bzr-loom/trunk/annotate/head:/HOWTO14:35
smarterinteresting14:38
tictricMay I point your attention to this place? -> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/i386/kpilot/4:3.5.9-0ubuntu314:38
ScottKapachelogger: That assumes a lot more familiarity with bzr than I have.14:39
ScottKtictric: Why?14:39
tictricThis package does not install and it's named kpilot in intrepid14:39
apacheloggerScottK: I hope it becomes easier to use, I don't think I would want to use it right now14:39
apacheloggerbut it certainly improves the full-source branch proposal14:39
apachelogger...still we have the problem that KDE source would be eating bandwith and space like nothing else14:40
smarterneeds some work thought, if you really need to type "bzr down-thread" X times to get to a specific "thread" and cannot just type bzr thread X14:40
apacheloggerit's WIP :P14:40
smarter"(this will be made easier in the future with an automatic mode of operation)" okay ;)14:41
ScottKapachelogger: As long as Debian is using patch systems, I think we should too, so there's no great benifit to moving to full DVCS packaging.14:41
apacheloggerIMHO bzr should use a quilt-like approach to handle patches, why track the version of every source file when you only need the 1% which is affected by a patch14:41
apacheloggerScottK: debian started that whole vcs-pkg stuff off IIRC ;-)14:41
apacheloggertictric: Status: Superseded14:42
ScottKapachelogger: Yes, I'm OK with having debian dir in VCS.14:42
apacheloggertictric: also see https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/i386/kpilot14:42
ScottKtictric: That's an obsolete KDE3 package that was removed during development.14:43
apacheloggerScottK: well, I think we shouldn't worry about the full-source approach at all until bzr has a sensible solution for the amount of data we would be carrying around14:44
tictricYep, I see. Wasn't reading carefully enough. I was wondering anyway :)14:44
ScottKapachelogger: Agreed.14:44
NCommanderRiddell, KDE4libs is now being ported14:45
RiddellNCommander: by you?14:47
NCommanderyeah14:47
Riddellyou're my hero :)14:47
NCommanderIt looks easy enough to fix14:47
apacheloggersmarter: can you write a wiki page giving a quick intro to bzr packaging?14:56
smarterapachelogger: well, the wiki pages james_w pointed out at the meeting are pretty good14:57
apacheloggersome of the stuff doesn't work yet though15:01
apacheloggerJontheEchidna: you should try to drop the kdepimlibs build dependencies of kdebase* in beta115:02
* jtechidna makes a note of that15:02
apacheloggerfrom my experience with neon nothing in kdebase depends on pimlibs anymore15:02
NCommanderRiddell, I hit a snag15:02
NCommanderRiddell, to compile kde4libs on my hardware will take somewhere in the ball park of two weeks15:02
jtechidna"the little ARM that could"15:03
NCommanderRiddell, I can provide a patch that should fix the issue, and not break any other architecture, but I can't actually test build it15:03
RiddellNCommander: we can run it by doko, he's the one complaining about it not building15:04
apacheloggerhttps://code.edge.launchpad.net/~kubuntu-members/kdebase/workspace-ubuntu15:04
NCommanderRiddell, I'm complaining because it blocked OOo :-P!15:04
NCommanderapachelogger, neat15:05
* apachelogger shudders15:05
apacheloggerooo15:05
RiddellNCommander: if kdelibs takes too long to compile...15:05
NCommanderRiddell, it compiles fine on the ARM builders15:05
NCommanderMy personal ARM hardware is a generation out of date15:05
NCommander(well, it compiles fine until it FTBFS :-))15:05
jtechidnaI could compile it with my Nintendo DS if it had any compilation tools whatsoever :P15:06
jtechidna...and if it didnt have a 66 MHZ processor15:06
NCommanderwith 4MB of RAM?15:06
apacheloggerlolz15:06
jtechidnaya15:06
NCommanderWTF would you page out to?15:06
jtechidnaactually I have a flashcart that provides 32 MB more15:06
NCommanderRiddell, would you have a strong objection to us uploading a kde4libs with a fix that is at least known not to break amd64/i486?15:07
NCommander*i386?15:07
RiddellNCommander: fine with me15:08
Tonio_hi there15:12
smarterhey Tonio_15:12
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smarterTonio_: how is it going?15:18
ScottKapachelogger: One of my reservations about moving to keeping debian dirs in bzr is uploads to the archive not getting reflected in the bzr repo.  I think it's probably not to hard to write a script that would notice the subset of the packages we are worrying about and flag to someone's attention is the version in the archive gets higher than what's in bar.15:20
ScottKapachelogger: Maybe someone could work on that now (before we lose changes)?15:20
rgreeningsmarter: got any experience with using qtdesigner to design the ui for use in python?15:20
jtechidnargreening: I have experience with that15:21
rgreeningjtechidna: ok, cool. halp15:22
smarterI probably used it one time for an exercice on my PyQt book :)15:22
rgreening:P15:22
smarterI let jtechidna halp you15:22
rgreeninghehe15:22
jtechidnargreening: the uic class15:22
jtechidnawith that class you can load a .ui file on the fly15:23
jtechidnawith something like self.ui = uic.loadUi("imagedialog.ui")15:23
jtechidnathen you can manipulate the objects in the ui files as normal15:23
jtechidnaself.ui.myfavoritecombobox.makehugeliekXBOX()15:24
rgreeningjtechidna: ok, I get that much. But within qtdesigner, how far do I have to go... i.e. I drag and drop the widgets, do I need to go and modify properties, slots/signals, etc.. or do I defer to the python code.15:24
jtechidnayou would want to modify the object names at the least15:24
rgreeningok.15:24
jtechidnaafter a while it gets hard to track objects when they are called combobox_3515:25
rgreeningjtechidna: and for the menu items, do I build them on the fly, or should I predefine all the menu items in the ui15:25
jtechidnaif they're not going to change much during runtime I'd construct them in designer15:25
* rgreening n00b to python and qt and kde programming (but learning quickly)15:25
jtechidnaunless it's easier to do it in pyqt :P15:26
rgreeningjtechidna: ok, I'll predefine in designer.15:26
jtechidnadefining the rest of the stuff in designer vs. python is really a matter of style15:26
rgreeningjtechidna: want to help me code the ui for a KDE firewall front-end to ufw ? :)15:26
jtechidnanot at the moment :P15:27
rgreeninglol...15:27
rgreeninghaha15:27
jtechidnabut I'd be glad to lend a hand15:27
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rgreeningjtechidna: that would be appreciated. I really need to get the pyQt book - Rapid Gui Programming With Python And Qt: The Definitive Guide To Pyqt Programming15:28
jtechidnayeah, I've seen it at Barnes and Nobles but it's like $40 there D:15:28
* smarter has rapid gui stuff, it rocks15:28
rgreeningI wish my bookstore had it.. I think I have to order in15:28
jtechidnawhat I really would like is python-style documentation15:29
rgreeningsmarter: a good book huh..15:29
smarterthe trolltech docs are great imho15:29
jtechidnayeah, the docs are good15:30
rgreeningjtechidna, smarter: When it comes time to internationalize the app, I'm going to need some help... not sure how to do it with the ui (I know how to in the python code).15:34
jtechidnargreening: hmm, you might want to stick with python for that15:35
smarternot sure too actually ^^15:35
smarterI'm not even sure this is supported15:35
smarterI heard something about i18n support and Qt Designer 4.515:35
jtechidnanice15:35
kb9vqfI read through the ubuntu-meeting log from yesterday...if anyone would like to talk with me about the KDE3 respository I'd be glad to listen. :)15:51
kb9vqfI apologize for the problems that I caused15:51
kb9vqfand I would like to repackage KDE3.5 properly15:51
kb9vqfThe repository is offline for now per your request15:51
jtechidnaoh hi, I'm dualscreenman from the forums15:52
kb9vqfHi!15:53
Nightrosehi kb9vqf - thanks for taking it offline and coming here15:53
kb9vqfYou are welcome15:53
Nightrosei am sure we can get this worked out :)15:53
kb9vqfSounds good! :)15:53
Nightroseapachelogger: ping honey15:54
Nightrosekb9vqf: apachelogger is the one who send you an email and one of our packagers15:55
Nightrosekb9vqf: ScottK seemed interested as well15:55
kb9vqfI tried to contact him, but this is the first time I used IRC so I don't know what a "poke" is!15:55
Nightrosewell i just poked him for you ;-)15:55
Nightroseno problem15:55
jtechidnakb9vqf: poke15:56
jtechidna:P15:56
jtechidnathat is a poke15:56
gribeluyay http://websvn.kde.org/tags/KDE/4.1.80/15:57
jtechidnaooh, nice. beta1 got tagged15:57
Nightrosekb9vqf: anyway they seem to be away right now so please wait a little - i am sure they have ideas how this all can be done to please the users without risking problems when they update to jaunty15:58
rgreeningjtechidna: TypeError: ('Wrong base class of toplevel widget', (<class 'PyQt4.QtGui.QWidget'>, 'QMainWindow'))15:59
rgreeningjtechidna: grr.. arg...15:59
rgreeningoh.. nm..15:59
jtechidnargreening: when that happens I usually fiddle around until stuff works :P15:59
rgreeningI used QWidget instead of QMainWindow.. doh16:00
rgreeninghaha16:00
kb9vqfOK, thanks!16:02
kb9vqfDo you know when the next meeting is so that I can apply for membership?16:03
ScottKNightrose and kb9vqf: My main interest in this is that it appears that kb9vqf is doing a project that satisfies a real user desire and so we should not try to oppose it, but give advice in a supportive way.16:03
NightroseScottK: sure :)16:03
NightroseScottK: you were interested so i thought you might want to give some of that advice16:04
jtechidnakb9vqf: I believe we do these monthly. I don't know how that will work out with the Ubuntu Developers summit being next month though...16:04
ScottKkb9vqf: Do you understand the concern about you using an epoch in your KDE3 packages?16:04
kb9vqfYes!16:04
kb9vqfI think I can undo that16:04
kb9vqfI have some bash experience, so maybe I can write a script to automagically remove epoch3 packages and replace them with the -kde3 packages16:05
ScottKkb9vqf: Also settings in .kde for KDE3 and KDE4 versions of packages shouldn't be mixed.16:05
ScottKkb9vqf: You probably ought to have your packages use .kde3 (you can see how the KDE4 packages in Hardy use .kde4 for an example).16:06
kb9vqfOK.  What about the KDE3 programs that are not yet replaced (e.g. kdevelop)?16:06
kb9vqfCan you / I alter them to use .kde3 as well?16:07
ScottKIn the cases where we provide the KDE3 version in the official archive, I think you should just use that and don't worry about it.16:07
jtechidnaas long as they aren't replaced yet they will be fine using the normal .kde16:07
kb9vqfMy concern was the settings16:08
kb9vqfIf I tell kcontrol, for example, to use .kde3, then the settings will not be applied to kdevelop, correct?16:08
ScottKkb9vqf: One other thing to be careful of is that we have a kdvi (KDE3 package) in the archive that is incompatible with trying to provide all of kdegraphics from KDE3.  You will need to replace that.16:09
kb9vqfHow many KDE3 packages are still in the official repos?16:09
kb9vqf(Approximately :))16:10
jtechidnaall extragear apps that still compile, I think, along with kdewebdev16:10
jtechidnaand kde3's kdebindings16:11
kb9vqfCan those apps be modified to use .kde3 as their settings directory?16:11
ScottKThere's no need for that.16:12
ScottKkb9vqf: Look at the output of apt-cache rdepends kdelibs4c2a.16:12
kb9vqfI'm away from my Intrepid machines at the moment, but I will do that when I get back.16:12
ScottKkb9vqf: You'll also need to resurrect kde-guidance as your KDE3 desktop will have some substantial missing pieces without it.16:13
ScottKOK16:13
kb9vqfScottK: Sorry if I'm not understanding something here, but if my kcontrol dumps settings into .kde3, how will the official KDE apps get their configuration information?16:14
kb9vqfScottK: or does KDE4's control center handle that now?16:14
* ScottK looks over at jtechidna.16:14
jtechidnaI think16:14
jtechidnathat you could package the components that intrepid already has in -kde3 packges, and have them conflict with the official ones16:15
kb9vqfOK, that sounds fine16:15
kb9vqfHere's something else I'm not sure on.  Since I cannot change the epoch, how can I force my packages to override the official ones?  I tried something like this in the past, and apt-get forced me to manually select every single package before the upgrade would proceed.16:17
kb9vqfevery single KDE3 package that is16:17
jtechidnasomewhere under the packages' depends you add something like;16:18
apacheloggerreplaces: foobar16:18
apacheloggerconflicts: foobar16:18
jtechidna^that16:18
apacheloggerkb9vqf: you will need to add these for every package16:18
apacheloggerthen installing the kde3 metapackage should remove the kde4 ones for now16:18
apacheloggerlogn term solution should be to make them installable alongside each other :)16:19
ScottKapachelogger: Couldn't a kubuntu-desktop-kde3 metapackage be enough (*conflicta/replaces)?16:19
apacheloggerhm16:19
jtechidnawell he would only have to conflict the kde3 ones that we have in intrepid16:19
apacheloggerkb9vqf: what ScottK said, you migth just want to add the conflicts/replaces to the the metapackage16:19
apacheloggerthat was a connection reset alright16:19
* apachelogger continues playing star trek legacy16:20
rgreeningjtechidna: I got my window to show.. yay...16:21
jtechidna:)16:21
kb9vqfSorry, my connection dropped out16:21
kb9vqfCan my packages somehow become "official" instead of "unofficial"?  If so, how can I do that? :)16:22
jtechidnakb9vqf: (what you missed) for all the -kde3 packages that would already have in intrepid, you'd add conflicts: foobar and replaces: foobar under the depenencies of the packages.16:23
rgreeningjtechidna: tres cool indeedy16:23
devfilRiddell: what about https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebindings/+bug/297161 ?16:24
ubottuLaunchpad bug 297161 in kdebindings "Please merge kdebindings 4:3.5.10-1 from Debian unstable (main)." [Undecided,Confirmed]16:24
kb9vqfjtechidna: thanks for the resend16:24
kb9vqfSince I'm rebuilding anyway I can probably handle the merge16:25
jtechidnakb9vqf: I think if you asked you could get a PPA with more space. Even though you are graciously offering to maintain KDE3 packages they can't really become "official" official since making teh packages official would require official support and use of the official bug tracker, which is something we really don't have the resources to deal with16:26
jtechidnaI think that getting a larger PPA & using your existing support facilities would be about the best solution16:26
kb9vqfOK16:27
apacheloggerwell, the main problem is that we want to decrease the amount of KDE 3 packages ;-)16:27
smarteryes, LP let you have a bigger PPA if you ask nicely :)16:27
kb9vqfWho would I ask about that?16:27
smarterquestions.launchpad.net iirc16:27
kb9vqfthanks16:27
apacheloggerwell, it's not really urgent ;-)16:27
apacheloggerneon is exceeding it's limits since the first week16:28
Riddelldevfil: bah, missed it, sorry :(16:28
smarterbut in http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6153716&postcount=88 what did you mean by "I've had to do so much fiddling with the build environment that I doubt this will work. I want a place to upload the binaries (and source) that I have already built, tested, in some cases modified, and verified." ?16:28
devfilRiddell: np16:28
apacheloggerkb9vqf: btw, by using a PPA and establishing a set of rules to ensure package quality we could make them semi-official16:28
Riddelldevfil: any others outstanding?16:29
devfilRiddell: AFAIK no16:29
Riddelldevfil: if stuff like that gets overlooked mind and keep poking16:30
smarterkb9vqf: correct link to request the change to PPA size: https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion16:30
kb9vqfThe problem is that there were several header files that were buggy, so I had to modify them on the system that I was building on16:30
kb9vqfThey have probably since been fixed16:31
kb9vqfas they were known bugs16:31
smarterdo you have a list of the patches you did? (assuming you added patches for that and didn't modified directly the sources)16:31
kb9vqfOn the header files, no.  Chages to KDE, yes I have patches16:32
kb9vqfWell, that is I could make patches if I needed to16:32
kb9vqfI have notes on what I cahnged16:32
jtechidnausing the patch system for modifications is very much preferred16:33
jtechidna*a patch system, like quilt16:33
smarterbut did you really modified the _binary_ packages?16:33
kb9vqfno16:33
kb9vqfI modified the control file inside the .deb package16:33
kb9vqfjust to get stuff out faster16:33
smarter*bad16:34
smarter* practice16:34
kb9vqfYes, I know16:34
kb9vqfI don't do that anymore16:34
jtechidnagood :)16:34
kb9vqfBTW semi-official is OK :)16:34
rgreeningjtechidna: when I load the ui in python, and then close it, the program doesn't exit... did I miss something?16:34
jtechidnargreening: how are you closing it?16:35
rgreeninghittin the X button16:35
jtechidnalol16:35
jtechidnaum, hmm...16:35
smarterkb9vqf: also, you should remind people on the pages where you put the installation note and stuff that they can still use Hardy if they really don't want to change16:35
jtechidnargreening: could you batpaste your script or something16:35
jtechidna?16:35
kb9vqfsmarter: I can do that16:35
smarterI'm pretty sure that most of the users of these packages don't really need Intrepid16:36
kb9vqfWell, I did :)16:36
kb9vqfIt has made my daily work a lot easier16:36
kb9vqfThen again, maybe I just have an uncommon number of bugs that I hit on Hardy16:36
jtechidnahehe16:37
kb9vqfHey, do you know if there is any chance that a 'revert to old "desktop as dumping ground"' option will be present in 4.2?16:39
jtechidnayes16:39
jtechidnathere will be an option to set folderview as the background with a wallpaper and everything16:39
jtechidnahttp://jakilinux.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/a11.png16:40
kb9vqfI'll have to take a closer look...but looking better :)16:41
jtechidnahehe16:41
kb9vqfMaybe I could work on adding missing KDE3.5 features to KDE4 after I gain some experience?16:41
jtechidnaI'm sure that the KDE devs would be happy16:42
jtechidnabecause they want to start going out in new directions in KDE 4.316:42
kb9vqfOK, sounds good!  Thanks for all the help guys, I will look into how to upload to the PPA and start the long rebuild process.16:43
jtechidnaNow that 4.2 has autohide, files-on-desktop, etc16:43
kb9vqfI will try my best to make it to the next meeting and apply for membership if you would consider it16:43
jtechidnaok, good luck :)16:44
kb9vqfI have a wiki page up http://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimothyPearson :)16:44
RiddellNCommander: adept built!16:54
Riddellas did kdebase-workspace in jaunty16:54
Riddellit's all coming together16:54
jjesse_yaya16:55
NCommanderRiddell, told you that would fix it :-)16:56
NCommanderRiddell, Ok, I confirmed my fix works on ARM, I'll be uploading kde4libs as soon as it finishes in my PPA17:04
RiddellNCommander: how did you confirm?17:06
NCommanderRiddell, I built the file I had to change on ARM hardware17:07
Riddelljust hope there's no more ARM issues :)17:07
NCommanderSInce it was one of the very last files to be built, there shouldn't be any more FTBFS17:07
NCommanderright17:07
NCommanderRiddell, was a new Qt recently uploaded?17:10
* NCommander just reproduced the ARM FTBFS on amd6417:10
Riddell11 Nov17:10
NCommanderAh17:10
NCommanderSo it was a general FTBFS that just hadnt' cropped up17:10
Riddellerk17:10
NCommanderTHat makes life easier17:10
NCommanderRiddell, kde4libs is being uploaded19:23
ScottKRiddell: Did you see Bug 30004720:19
ScottK?20:19
ubottuLaunchpad bug 300047 in python-qt4 "armel build failure (package not yet in the archive)" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/30004720:19
NCommanderScottK, I can look into this if you want20:25
ScottKNCommander: Great.  Looked at a glance like a patch just not appying, but I didn't have time to do more than glance.20:25
NCommanderI'll put it on the armel todo20:25
nixternalRiddell: do you have any documentation on the steps behind creating Kubuntu? ie. seeding the CDs, repo prepping and such?21:25
nixternalneed something to use when I present our appliances running on Ubuntu here and having ample documentation will help me out with that21:26
nixternalgotta make it easier than our current setup, which at this time is pretty easy for us to build21:26
=== echidnaman is now known as JontheEchidna
NCommandernixternal, use the documenation on setting up debian-cd, and then replace ubuntu with debian21:36
NCommander(make sure you use ubunu-cd source however)21:36
nixternalgroovy, thanks21:39
NCommanderRiddell, who's working on kde4bindings21:48
ScottKNCommander: I thought it was you?21:52
NCommanderI was looking at python-qt421:52
NCommander...21:52
* NCommander adds it to the growing list21:52
RiddellNCommander: I am I guess21:52
Arbyseele: do you have time to talk about system-config-printer-kde?21:53
NCommanderRiddell, did you finish that merge from Debian?21:53
Riddellnixternal: the seeds are in lp.net/ubuntu-seeds bzr branches, germinate turns them into meta packages, livefs turns that into squashfs images and ubuntu-cd turns it into CDs21:53
RiddellNCommander: no, couldn't get their C# stuff to work21:54
RiddellNCommander: but then I updated to 4.2 alpha and it's now a lot closer to what debian has21:54
Riddellso it might be worth another shot to merge if someone can be bothered21:54
nixternalc#?21:54
NCommanderwhere's directhex21:54
nixternalplease don't tell me that KDE is using c#21:55
NCommanderkde4bindings :-P21:55
Riddellthe debian c# stuff didn't seem to be actually tested (which is unusual for Debian, more our style:)  needed at least these changes kubuntu.org/~jr/tmp/kdebindings-debian.diff21:55
RiddellNCommander: directhex?21:55
nixternaloh, kde bindings21:56
NCommanderRiddell, the mono guru21:56
RiddellNCommander: well it's working fine in our package, qyoto and kimono both work for me21:57
Riddellhttp://www.kubuntu.org/~jriddell/tmp/kimono.png21:58
Arbyanybody here good with cups config, particularly how to set system wide paper sizes/orientations etc?21:59
Riddellnixternal: but best thing generally is to look for the remastering docs on help.ubuntu.com21:59
RiddellArby: I doubt anyone here understands CUPS's internal API22:00
ArbyI was afraid that was the case22:00
ArbyRiddell: any idea who looks after system-config-printer in ubuntu?22:01
ArbyI've reached the limits of my (already limited knowledge) and need some input22:02
NCommanderArby, try the desktop team, since they use cups as well22:02
NCommander(#ubuntu-desktop)22:02
ArbyNCommander: good point22:03
ArbyHi dentaku6522:07
dentaku65hi Arby22:08
Arbycome to join in the fun?22:08
dentaku65THANKS! Today is a big day :-)22:08
Arbyyour welcome22:09
Arby*you're22:09
dentaku65Well... is too complicate for me... maybe I can provide a good spaghetti code and very good wine for the team :-)22:09
Arbyyou don't need to be able to code22:09
Arbythere are other things you can do you know :)22:10
Arbybut wine is also welcome :)22:10
dentaku65:)22:10
Arbywe can always use more people looking at bugs22:10
Arbyor testers22:10
Arbytesters are good22:10
dentaku65fine for me22:11
Arbydentaku65: which one, both?22:12
dentaku65yes, both...22:12
seeleArby: i will tomorrow, when will you be around?22:12
seelei'm out for a bit this evening22:13
dentaku65yes, both...22:13
Arbyseele ok, not urgent22:13
Arbyanytime after about 8pm UTC22:13
Arbysorry I'm useless at timezones22:13
seeleArby: what time zone are you in?22:14
Arbyseele GMT22:14
Arbydentaku65: ok why not start by having a read through https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Bugs/HowToTriage22:14
seeleArby: canada?22:15
Arbyseele no, Greenwich Mean Time (UK)22:16
seeleok, so +1 UTC?22:16
a|wenseele: he's fooling you ;) ... GMT = UTC (at this time of year)22:17
seelea|wen: ah well, i'm lucky i can figure out my own time zone22:17
Arbylike I said, I'm useless at timezones22:17
Arbydon't travel enough22:18
* ^seelenn^ doesn't do travelling... tis cold outside and I'm a wuss22:18
Riddellnot that cold tonight, just went for a cycle ride22:19
* a|wen wishes it was possible to use UTC as time-zone for his plasma clock22:19
Arbydentaku65: then we can find you some bugs to work on22:20
^seelenn^was cold when I went out at 6pm, really windy too... not fun at all22:20
Arbyjtechidna: you seem to be bug man these days22:20
Arbyhave we got a list in need of triage for a new triager?22:20
Arbyfirst person to say 'launchpad' get's whacked :)22:21
seelehmm22:21
seeleRiddell: did you ever suggest the kickoff menu changes upstream?22:21
seeleRiddell: the label alignment and hover22:21
Riddellseele: yes, Aaron vetoed and I presume it's been argued to death already so no point pushing them22:22
* seele sighs22:23
seelei strongly dislike that menu22:23
seele*STRONGLY*22:23
Riddellnot tepidly?22:24
seelei would use hate, but hate is a strong word22:24
Riddellso the menu does not speak to your condition?22:25
seelethe menu is the root of my current condition which would take a tag cloud to fully visualise22:26
seelehmm.. openoffice has taken over the #1 spot.  apparently it isn't talking to klauncher22:28
* seele wonders how she can get this picture in her presentation..22:28
seeleRiddell: when does your holiday start?22:29
Riddellseele: 23:59 this Friday22:30
Riddellalthough since I'm going around visiting KDE developers, it's more a Kubuntu research trip on a Brompton :)22:31
seeleunless canonical paid for your train ticket, you should stick to swimming and limit hacking ;)22:31
rgreeningok, here's a real stupid question... what would noobie users use to format a pen drive in KDE (3.5 or 4.1) without resorting to command line? I had a user ask if there was a simple util to format their pen drive. mkfs.vfat seems to be my only answer or qparted (overkill). There should be a context menu or something22:32
seelenixternal: i'm telling you.. going all the way to Michigan to talk is so 1990's.  Teleconferencing is the way of the future22:32
nixternaldid you do yours already?22:32
seelenixternal: tonight, about 22:00 EST22:32
nixternalgroovy22:33
seelegot slides and everything, although it will be weird needing to say "next slide please"22:33
seelei should get one of those spoken story book "dings" to play22:33
Riddellrgreening: that's depressingly overlooked.  I had a summer of code student working on it once but it didn't end up very polished22:33
nixternallol22:33
rgreeningRiddell: still got the code?22:33
rgreeningRiddell: I'm tempted to write something myself22:34
Riddellsomewhere I should do22:34
rgreeningDolphin should have a right-click Format option22:34
rgreeningfor any removable media22:34
a|wenthat would be cool22:37
rgreeningRiddell: know anything about using konq_popupmenuplugin? as it was suggested I may be able to implement the context menu for the format using that (in at least konqueror). Dolphin may not (yet) support using this plugin...22:52
jtechidnalook up service menus22:56
rgreeningjtechidna: Not sure if dolphin supports that23:03
rgreeningkonq and kdesktop yes...23:03
jtechidnait does23:04
jtechidnaobviously kde3 servicemenus won't work with KDE423:04
jtechidnaKDE4 example: http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/ark/app/23:05
rgreeninghmm.... I'll look into it. If it'll work with a service menu, that'll be great...23:06
rgreeningok, off ...23:06
* jtechidna waves23:06
Riddell~twitter update my blog a top hit for wikileaks bnp, jriddell.org/diary23:13
kubotustatus updated23:13
Riddellanyone with intrepid able to check that this works? http://www.kubuntu.org/koffice-2-beta-323:17
* a|wen starts installing23:20
* Nightrose updates23:20
Nightrosehmm i only have an update for adept23:23
* Nightrose headdesks23:23
a|wenkword and kspread starts23:23
Nightrosedidn't have it installed - installing now23:24
a|wenRiddell: looks good... removed my old koffice and installed all the -kde4 packages instead23:26
Riddellgreat23:26
Riddellthanks23:26
Nightroseinstalled fine here - testing now23:27
Nightrosejep everything looks fine here23:30
neversfeldeI had to do an apt-get install  -f on intrepid23:34
neversfeldebut I installed koffice-kde4 from the ppa23:34
neversfeldewas a problem with krita23:34
a|wenneversfelde: could be the dependency resolver of apt-get not being "good enough"23:36
neversfeldemaybe, I shoud have copied the message, but I was in a hurry.23:37
neversfeldeI do have a second machine running koffice, if there is a problem I will report it23:38

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