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Lnsflyingsquirrel32: look into lts.conf settings in the documentation00:32
LaserJockstgraber: at some point before jaunty is released will you have time to look at the italic bugs?05:18
alkisg1LaserJock: iTalc bugs? which ones, he fixed most of them...05:22
LaserJockthere's only 305:22
alkisg1where? https://bugs.launchpad.net/~edubuntu-italc-devel05:23
LaserJockalkisg1: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/italc05:23
LaserJockalkisg1: you can also get those from hitting "Show package report" from the URL you gave me05:24
alkisg1Ah, ok, it's just paperwork, he fixed other, more "critical" bugs :)05:26
LaserJocksure, that's why I said "sometime before jaunty is released"05:26
alkisg1LaserJock: when is the last date before we can send patches for bugs for jaunty?05:27
LaserJockwell ...05:27
LaserJockdepends on the bug05:27
alkisg1Small ones :)05:27
alkisg1No UI involved05:28
LaserJockApril 9th05:28
alkisg1Ah, ok, I'll be waiting for the beta then before installing it :)05:28
alkisg1Ty!05:28
LaserJockwhat!05:29
LaserJockyou can't do that! :-)05:29
LaserJockwe need testers *before* we can no longer fix things :-)05:29
LaserJockwell, I guess Beta gives us 2 weeks05:30
alkisg1I tried the alpha, but it doesn't work well in my laptop - no touchpad :(05:30
LaserJockKubuntu or Ubuntu?05:30
alkisg1both05:30
LaserJockhmm, Kubuntu was having some problems with that05:30
LaserJockUbuntu though has been doing ok for me that way05:30
alkisg1And all my personal files are there, so I'll have major problems with data loss... :O05:30
LaserJockmeh, backups ;-)05:31
LaserJockI keep all my data on a separate partition, and back up that partition decently often05:31
alkisg1Nah... backups are for people that don't like risks :)05:31
alkisg1(or are not as bored of them as I) :P05:31
LaserJockbut I blow away installs fairly often05:31
LaserJockI usually keep 2 OSs on my laptop and reinstall them every couple months05:32
alkisg1I usually have the latest + the previous ubuntu version in my laptop, and ~30 other OSes in vmware/virtualbox etc05:32
LaserJockI have latest + development and I don't have enough room for that many VMs :-)05:34
alkisg1Heh... win95a/dsl/delilinux etc only need ~100mb05:35
LaserJockI've got a XP partition (only Windows in the house) that 16GB05:36
LaserJockand then several ~5 GB linux VMs05:36
alkisg1Fortunately my laptop hd is 250Gb... otherwise I'd have to use an external one all the time05:36
highvoltage12300 ilab3     20   0  4352  1504  1068 S  0.0  0.0  0:00.00 bash -c echo LTSPROCKS; /bin/sh -08:45
highvoltage^^^ is that normal or is someone playing tricks on me?08:46
ograthats the sentinel the first ssh connection (the one not forwarding X ) sets08:58
* nubae2 waves to the German speaking ally09:01
ograguten morgen nubae2 :)09:02
alkisg1Good morning all, hey nubae2, were you looking for me yesterday?09:12
nubae2i was alkisg109:13
nubae2but cannot for the world rem,ember why09:14
nubae2something to do with ltsp on kde09:14
alkisg1Hm... I tried Kubuntu jaunty yesterday, the kernel has problems with my touchpad...09:15
alkisg1...so I think I'll try it later on, maybe when it's beta09:15
* ogra hopes alkisg1 filed a bug :)09:16
alkisg1ogra: nope :-D Filed another one for filezilla which corrupted ~2000 of my files, though... :P09:16
alkisg1nubae2: why don't the logs at #ltsp work?09:17
alkisg1nubae2: and I talked to pitt about system-config-user and users-admin... He told me that there's a try for a new user management tool in fedora: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2008-May/msg00006.html09:19
nubae2ah shit again?09:19
nubae2ok, gonna move the bot to another server09:20
nubae2its even cronned and everything09:20
nubae2but think the idiotic sysadmins at godaddy caught on09:20
nubae2I have to log #sugar now too anyway09:20
nubae2hmmm... why do I get this with sudo (and fix please): udo: /var/run/sudo owned by uid 1000, should be uid 009:21
alkisg1Don't know, why don't you try deleting it with `gksu gnome-terminal` ?09:24
nubae2alkisg1: logs fixed09:35
nubae2not sure why they werent updating... anway we didnt loose them, they just werent getting to the page09:36
alkisg1Ah, good09:36
nubae2@locate alkigs111:35
nubae2@blog gr alkisg11:36
* alkisg doesn't have properties "locate" or "blog", try again...11:36
alkisg:P11:36
nubae2dfoh were not in ltsp11:37
nubae2of course bot wont respond11:37
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=== bdefreese is now known as bddebian
Ahmuckis there a way to print out ttf font styles on a spec sheet that is in the ubuntu system?16:06
alkisgAhmuck: huh? You mean a list of the ttf fonts in the system, rendered with the fonts themselves?16:10
Ahmuckyes16:11
Ahmucksomething i could look at for font representation16:11
Ahmuckfor scribus, and DTP16:11
alkisgWell, I don't know if any easier way exists, but you could make a very simple script that would produce an .html file with all your fonts, which you would then open with firefox16:12
Ahmucki was thinking the same thing16:13
alkisgAnd I think I have some code to generate a .pdf from python, using a specific font16:14
alkisgAhmuck: see `man fc-list` for an easy way to get the installed font list16:17
Ahmuckhave you seen a application that would allow the creation of ttf fonts from someone's handwriting ?16:18
Ahmuckhttp://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts-a2.html#FreeFonts16:19
alkisgI've heard of such applications, but I haven't tried any of them. And I think there was also a free web service for this.16:19
Ahmuckis ttf creation really that hard?16:19
Ahmuckit would seem to me it's a matter of creating a svg gallery of fonts16:19
Ahmuckand then inputing them into key signatures16:20
Ahmuckforgive my terminology16:20
alkisgTo create a font from scratch? Yeah, it's really hard!16:20
* Ahmuck gets out wacom bamboo and writes - new font16:20
Ahmuckvia inkscape for svg font types, and then convert to ttf16:21
Ahmuck?16:21
alkisgWell, a typographer would need some months to create a new font... I don't know how quickly you could do it. :)16:21
alkisgIt's not only about drawing the letters; kerning, hinting etc take a _lot_ of time16:22
Ahmuckmy question is why?16:22
Ahmuckwhy months ?16:22
Ahmuckthat i understand, but what is a font really16:22
alkisgBecause it takes 1 hour for each letter? :)16:22
Ahmuckit's a fancy letter16:22
alkisgYeah, but you have to draw the points exactly16:22
Ahmuckand a handwriting font (someones handwriting) would only require they write two or three samples16:23
Ahmuckwhich then put in for a==a, etc.16:23
Ahmuckit may seem i'm over simplyfing things, but from my perspective, it seems simple16:23
alkisgAhmuck: apt-get install fontographer and try it :)16:24
alkisgE.g. you may draw a letter, but when you try to use it at 12 points it may not draw well, so you have to move it, modify the line width etc16:26
alkisgAnd if you draw "a" and then "i" and you put them side by side and they're too far apart, you have to fix that. And not only for a specific size, for all sizes.16:27
alkisgAnd there are > 65000 characters to draw for a unicode font...16:27
Ahmuckah16:28
alkisgAnd a lot of variations for the same letter or for letter combinations16:29
Ahmuckalkisg: what do u do?17:53
Ahmuck? do u do ?17:53
Ahmuckheh17:53
Ahmuck?doudo?17:54
alkisgAhmuck: I'm a teacher17:56
Ahmuckscience, math, computer ?17:57
alkisgcomputers, in kids 12-18 years old17:58
LaserJockawesome18:06
LaserJockalkisg: do you teach any programming then?18:06
alkisgYeah, sometimes pascal, c, or basic, and mostly a greek programming language for which i've also build an ide/interpreter18:07
LaserJockalkisg: any Python?18:08
alkisgNo, we don't teach python in greece. Shame, I know, it's a fine language18:08
LaserJockit is a shame18:10
LaserJockyou could do some basic pyqt stuff fairly easily18:10
alkisgSure, and it would be easier to teach, the kids would be interested in this18:10
Ahmucki'd like to see a python learning enviroment such as alice, though i'm not into 3d18:19
LaserJockemacs is no good? :-)18:20
nubae2vi is better21:46
nubae2:p21:46
nubae2LaserJock: around?22:08
nubae2Lns: ?22:10
LaserJocknubae2: am now22:11
nubae2ah cool22:11
nubae2I need to run a vm for Jaunty debugging/testing22:11
nubae2I heard vbox is having problems22:11
nubae2u recommend kvm?22:11
nubae2and which jaunty... a daily build?22:12
LaserJockI'm using vbox and haven't had any problems really22:14
LaserJocknubae2: you could start with Alpha 422:14
LaserJocknubae2: also starting next week we need to test the Ubuntu DVD22:15
* ogra comforts LaserJock 22:15
ogramake sure to rsync daily else the downloads get huge22:15
LaserJockogra: did you see the change cjwatson made?22:15
ogranope ?22:16
ograi only see dmraid related work from him today22:16
LaserJockI asked him about the DVD d-i installer22:16
ograah22:16
LaserJockit was being preseeded so that it only installed the normal Ubuntu install22:17
LaserJockso he took out the preseeding so that tasksel pops up22:17
nubae2the vbox problems I heard about were sugar related, which I need to run too inside the vm22:17
LaserJockso I *think* you should be able to select the Edubuntu tasks and get a Edubuntu install all in one go22:17
LaserJocknubae2: ah, then if you can run kvm I'd go for that22:18
LaserJockI can't on my laptop so I use vbox22:18
LaserJockogra: I also filed a bug about LTSP not being in the F4 menu on the DVD22:21
LaserJocknubae2: should I write an email to -devel with details on what and how to test?22:22
nubae2maybe yeah, others will want to do the same22:33
nubae2also, alternate or desktop?22:33
ogranubae2, alternate or DVD22:34
ograthere is no edubunti live anymore (which would be desktop)22:34
ogra*edubuntu22:34
LaserJockif the DVD thing works out it might be a really a nice system22:37
LaserJock-a22:37
nubae2ok, Ill try dvd then22:40
nubae2or are u saying in a week?22:40
LaserJockafter Saturday22:42
LaserJockthat's when the next DVD will be built with the change22:42
nubae2so for now?22:44
nubae2alternate22:44
LaserJocksure22:46
nubae2gosh, u still need that list of universe apps from me dont u?23:19
LaserJockit'd be handy23:19
nubae2oh, btw.... things became really really heated with sugar/debian/ubuntu cooperation23:21
LaserJockoh?23:21
nubae2so basically ubuntu has now officially forked from debian23:21
LaserJockgood grief23:21
nubae2yeah... if u read the emails some would make u cry23:21
nubae2u know Jonas?23:21
LaserJockperhaps23:22
nubae2Smordgard23:22
nubae2debian packager23:22
LaserJockyeah23:23
nubae2and holger levsen23:23
LaserJockyep23:23
nubae2well, as u probably know Jonas is not the easiest person to deal with23:23
nubae2from what I hear23:23
nubae2just rumours, and from what I've seen in response to my mails23:23
nubae2so anyway, u know about the abiword issue23:24
LaserJocksure23:24
nubae2basically its ./configure --enable-libabiword and we have a lot of things suddenly fixed in sugar23:24
nubae2well, Jonas will not do anything but stick to releasing 0.8223:25
nubae2for lenny23:25
LaserJockright23:25
nubae2and holger suggested something in between23:25
nubae2which errupted into a little flame war23:25
nubae2he then went on to call ubuntu a fork23:25
nubae2and that we really dont know how to do packaging and dont understand debian policy23:26
nubae2etc etc23:26
nubae2so in the end David Farning wrote an official email stating that due to the political status quo, it was best to go our own ways and merge to experimental when the time comes23:27
nubae2just so u know :-)23:27
ograwhich holger ?23:27
ogralevsen ?23:27
nubae2yup23:27
ogragrmpf ...23:27
nubae2nice guy23:27
nubae2holger23:27
nubae2I met him at fossdem23:27
ograyeah, he is23:28
nubae2and he got some real grief from Jonas man...23:28
ograhe was the first person every showing me ltsp :)23:28
nubae2On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 03:37:15PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:23:29
nubae2what I build.23:29
nubae2Please stop posting noise that can be mistaken as invitation to break23:30
nubae2>please relax...23:30
nubae2the second part was Jonas23:30
nubae2after holger had already been attacked and just quietly asked to relax23:30
nubae2amazing...23:30
nubae2so thats that... I guess that means abiword is also forked23:31
nubae2and all its deps23:31
nubae2its weird cause Holger seemed such a calm relaxed, just totally chilled out guy... and he was being attacked... made no sense23:32
LaserJocknubae2: where is that happening?23:32
nubae2iaep list23:33
LaserJockI checked debian-olpc-devel and didn't see anything23:33
nubae2its all sugar related23:33
nubae2its an education project list23:33
nubae2acutally u should probably subscribe, if u have the time23:33
nubae2its a very wide circle of educators23:33
nubae2I feel kinda bad, cause I started the entire thread... and it ended being 51 answers and forks of those emails23:34
nubae2jeez23:34
nubae2Hi,23:36
nubae2regards,23:36
nubae2thats all holder said...23:36
nubae2alioth gito repos.)23:36
nubae2(I'd be happy to sponsor if someone provides those packages as branch in the23:36
nubae2it in unstable...23:36
nubae2holger23:36
nubae2we could prepare sugar 0.83 (or 0.84) in experimental, as long as we dont want23:36
* nubae2 sighs23:37
LaserJockwell, it doesn't look at bad as it sounded23:37
LaserJockright now is a good time for Ubuntu to leap forward23:38
nubae2all I said was, look sugar doesnt work on ubuntu, we cant include it in jaunty in its current state23:38
LaserJockbut surely once Lenny is out Debian will be looking at what Ubuntu's been doing23:38
nubae250% doesnt work... and the packagers responsible have no interest in doing anything but their git way23:38
nubae2freezing everyone else from moving forwards23:39
nubae2Lenny is now offficially to be released 14th23:39
LaserJockwell, I think you need to kinda calm down a bit if you can23:39
nubae2holger at least confirmed this23:39
LaserJockit's going to take quite some work to get everything working23:39
nubae2oh, I am... now we can actually work23:39
LaserJockand is not a Lenny deal23:40
nubae2but as it stood.... nothing was going to change until lenny+123:40
nubae2when would that be?23:40
LaserJockthe 15th23:40
nubae2funny guy23:40
nubae2:p23:40
LaserJockno, I'm serious23:40
nubae2its the 14th23:41
nubae2and im talking lenny +123:41
LaserJockon the 15th lenny+1 (called squeeze) starts23:41
nubae2oh23:41
nubae2i mean stable release23:41
LaserJockso that's when we can get everything moving23:41
nubae2u know what i mean23:41
LaserJockwe don't care about what's in their stable release23:41
LaserJockonly unstable23:41
nubae2i know23:42
LaserJocklenny is just currently blocking most movement in Debian23:42
nubae2i was more talking about debian's sugar release23:42
LaserJockso once that roadblock is released then we can sync up again23:42
nubae2not just debian though so many other upstream projects23:42
nubae2I mean I get it, I do... the stability and everything... but newer projects really really suffer because of that23:43
LaserJockyep, that's the way it works23:43
LaserJockit's a balancing act23:43
* nubae2 is still learning the politics of it all23:44
nubae2and boy is there a lot of that23:44
LaserJockso has somebody filed a bug in Debian to split out libabiword?23:44
nubae2i guess the sugar ubuntu team will be hard at work tomorrow doing that23:45
LaserJockfiling the bug?23:45
nubae2bugs23:46
nubae2whole of sugar is splitting off23:46
LaserJocknah, nah23:46
nubae2we move to 0.83/0.84, they stay at 0.8223:46
LaserJocksure23:47
LaserJockbut that's not unusual23:47
LaserJockbut what about abiword?23:47
nubae2http://luke.faraone.cc/2009/02/forking-sugar-from-debian/23:47
LaserJockthis is kinda rediculous23:48
LaserJockI don't see a reason for all this23:48
nubae2the reason is that one guy is stopping sugar from progressing if this isnt done this way23:49
nubae2we're supposed to be a team23:49
LaserJockhe can't stop you23:49
LaserJockit's git!23:49
LaserJockthat's the wonderful part of distributed revision control23:50
nubae2but he has... its been 8 months with the same crap23:50
LaserJockno, no, no23:50
LaserJockhang on23:50
LaserJockyou have a git repo23:50
LaserJockyou guys can make a branch for Jaunty23:50
LaserJockwith 0.8423:50
nubae2on ubuntu yes23:51
nubae2forking23:51
LaserJockno23:51
LaserJockforking is when you no longer merge23:51
LaserJockyou guys *should* merge once Lenny is out23:51
LaserJockyou're just moving ahead for a time for Jaunty23:51
nubae2but the main package maintainer doesnt want to23:51
LaserJockbut that is *not* a fork23:51
nubae2he alrready calls it a fork23:51
LaserJockhe wants 0.84 after Lenny is released, right?23:52
nubae2not until he decides its stable, no23:52
LaserJockok, well fine23:52
LaserJockbut whenever that is23:52
LaserJockso there's no reason why you can't create a 0.84 branch23:52
LaserJockto get everything ready23:52
nubae2but thats exactly what holger suggested23:53
nubae2and was blocked23:53
nubae2its the reason for the fork23:53
LaserJockwell, i don't know that it really was blocked23:53
LaserJockI thought he blocked parallel uploads23:53
LaserJockdoes Jona refuse to let anybody create a 0.84 branch in git?23:54
LaserJockJonas23:54
nubae2I believe it is more important to have a full core set of Sugar packages23:54
nubae2packages. But we are not there yet!23:54
nubae2Certainly it is best to have multiple fully working full sets of Sugar23:55
nubae2half-baked sets of packages that does not work fully.23:55
nubae2that actually works (even if not the very newest), than multiple23:55
nubae2>Couldn't we simply clone the current "stable" tree and import later23:55
LaserJockok, but that doesn't answer my question23:55
nubae2packaging!23:55
nubae2Current source handling is already too complex: Noone except me is23:55
nubae2>releases into that, no extra software changes needed?23:55
nubae2I guess it requires some more upstream debain packagers to get involved23:55
nubae2I dunno23:56
nubae2but its the right decision imho to move forwards and whenever its decided its not experimental anymore (0.84) actually merge again23:56
LaserJockright, but you can work in the same git repo23:57
LaserJocksame team23:57
LaserJockinstead it's all "we're forking!"23:57
LaserJockwhich is not a great community builder23:57
nubae2right right, I strongly argued against that23:57
nubae2but Jonas wants to use topgit23:58
nubae2and only that23:58
nubae2we are a team, and we'd like to help, but if only he can push changes, what's the point of keeping the status quo?23:58
LaserJockI'm pretty sure you guys could work it out, but I'll leave that alone23:58
LaserJockit's git, he doesn't have to be involved23:59
LaserJockbut the issue now is how to get anything going in Ubuntu23:59
LaserJockdoes the sugar team have any MOTUs?23:59
LaserJockare they talking with Xubuntu?23:59
nubae2I can send u the email stream if u want, its 51 responses... but its just silly at this point... whats been explained to me, and I dont know enough about this stuff to comment is that he doesnt want to loose the power to control the sugar releases23:59

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