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yghannam7388hello everyone, I would like to know if anyone is interested in being a mentor for Google Summer of Code this year. I'd like to do either of two projects: cleaning up preferences and administration; and improving the file/folder sharing experience. I'm willing to do either or both if they are simple enough. I believe they would be important projects to take on because they are two of the most popular ideas on Ubuntu Brainstorm00:39
directhexi liked the "restore bootloader" suggestion on brainstorm00:44
yghannam7388that's funny, i just had to restore my bootloader a few minutes ago00:45
yghannam7388that looks like a good idea. what would a person need to know in order to do that?00:48
mrooneynhandler: should I just put a comment on that bug asking james_w to confirm that uploading as a native package is fine?01:27
nhandlermrooney: I've tried pinging him, but haven't gotten a reply. Either add a comment or I'll try and get a hold of him tomorrow. I am also not sure how the version should be handled for this release (see the lintian error for more info)01:28
porthosenhandler: thank you :)02:01
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yghannam7388directhex: i was looking at ways we can implement the restore bootloader/recovery option on the live cd. Here is what we could do: 1. Copy grub onto livecd (SuperGRubDisk = 4.4MB; we don't need all the extra stuff, but some people might like having all the options. We should ask )03:47
yghannam73882. Add Main Menu entry to boot into Grub recovery03:47
yghannam73883. Menu in Grub : One Linux partion = Auto03:47
yghannam7388                  Two Linux partion = Manual => Select which partition to edit: Make it obvious => Fedora 10, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04 instead of /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, etc.03:47
yghannam73884. Menu select : Back to Main Menu or reboot03:47
yghannam7388I looked at the SuperGrubDisk code to do the MBR recovery, and it is almost exactly like doing it through a terminal in the live cd. The only difference is we need to allow Grub to boot from the Main Menu, which shouldn't be too hard. We can package it as a binary and use it like memtest86+.03:47
yghannam7388sorry that came out all messy03:47
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bredotohia11:45
DktrKranzwgrant, re bug 338858, do you think it can be prioritized? It could lead to unwanted behaviours.11:57
ubottuLaunchpad bug 338858 in launchpad-buildd "Buildds do not follow versioned build-dependencies" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/33885811:58
geseraren't the build-dependency first installed and later dpkg-buildpackage checks and complains about unfulfilled build-dependencies?12:10
DktrKranzgeser, it should be so, but it usually complains if a build-dependency is lower than specified version, it seems that's no longer the case12:12
wgrantThe build dependencies were never installed - that's the problem.12:13
wgrantdpkg-buildpackage never entered the stage.12:13
wgrantI guess the problem could be that it tries to fulfill them and only then checks the versions.12:16
wgrantWhich means if an older version fails to install, it won't have a chance to depwait because it will die before the check.12:16
geserDktrKranz: the version check is a stage later12:19
geserlook e.g. at http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23240499/buildlog_ubuntu-jaunty-i386.cup_0.11a%2B20060608-1_MANUALDEPWAIT.txt.gz12:19
geserit installs first all B-D and checks the version later (by dpkg-buildpackage?)12:19
wgrantAha, just what I thought.12:19
wgrantNo, it's not dpkg-buildpackage doing that.12:20
wgrantIt's basically another instance of bug #160439, except more specialised.12:21
ubottuLaunchpad bug 160439 in launchpad-buildd "Some builds fail when they should depwait" [Medium,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/16043912:21
geserthe comment on that bug is nice :) "next milestone" from 2007 :)12:22
wgrantYep!12:22
wgrantI saw a 'not 1.1.7 - definitely 1.1.8' on a bug that's still open now.12:22
wgrantAlthough Soyuz karma (originally targetted for 1.1.7) did get implemented yesterday.12:23
wgrantThe difficulty with 160439 is how to know when to retry them.12:23
wgrantAlthough depwaits can't always be retried automatically even now, because of virtual packages.12:23
DktrKranzwgrant, do you mean I gain karma for doing package uploads?12:24
wgrantDktrKranz: Only if they're approved via the web UI on edge for now, I believe. But on April 1, yes.12:24
DktrKranzcool12:24
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c_kornhow can I find out which language pack contains the translation of gnome-screenshot?12:31
maxbSurely it must be one of the gnome ones?12:36
maxbOf which there are only two (IIUC), so just check them?12:38
c_kornI searched for gnome-screenshot instead of gnome-utils. so I did not find the right package with dpkg -S12:38
c_kornbtw. what sense does it make to translate the applications twice? I see untranslated string which are translated in the original po files in the upstream tarball12:40
RainCTuhm.. what's the difference between /usr/share/locale and /usr/share/locale-langpack?12:40
maxbc_korn: That's unfortunate. I guess the Launchpad Rosetta stuff isn't doing, or hasn't yet, done what it's supposed to on those12:41
ScottKThere's a lot Rosetta doesn't seem to do well.  For Kubuntu if we manage to release with translations that aren't worse than those provided by upstream it will be a major improvement over Intrepid.12:51
c_kornso practice is not to take the upstream translations because they are supposed to be bad? or does rosetta just grab those translations and put it in one package like language-pack-gnome-de-base so it can be improved if the upstream translations of some apps are bad?12:57
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ScottKI have no idea.  Every time I try to understand it, I end up running away screaming.13:04
ScottKThe Kubuntu problems were due to a number of issues coming together in an unfortunate result, but I don't really have the details.13:05
c_kornok :P so I just wait until the language-pack gets updates and hope that the translation will be in there13:10
ScottKThat or look in Rosetta and see if it's correct there.13:12
savvasis there a channel for the language-packs team?13:46
c_kornwhere can I see if it is correct in rosetta?13:48
c_kornsavvas: maybe #ubuntu-translators13:49
savvasah wait13:50
savvasyou're asking about the thing I need, language-pack-xx update :)13:50
savvasit's weird though, el.po for pidgin includes corrections since 2.5.2, but there are problems with el.po in language-pack-el-base in jaunty13:52
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yghannam7388hello everyone, i'm trying to implement the "fix bootloader" idea. so far i've been able to atleast edit the menu on the Ubuntu LiveCD but i can't get grub to load. i've tried copying super grub disk onto the livecd and loading it, and i've tried loading the grub binary located on my ubuntu installation. in order to get the grub binary to work do i need to edit the source and recompile it in order to make it loadable like memt15:42
* Adri2000 is looking for an archive admin17:38
bmmHi. I've got a problem with my PPA: a package has been build, no error, but it doesn't show up on the package file list. Orig, dsc, but no .deb. I think it may be a bug. My ppa: https://launchpad.net/~bneijt/+archive/ppa17:39
bmmThe package in question is autotrash ppa4 has no .deb17:40
c_kornbmm: be patient. now the deb is there17:41
Elbrusbmm: how long did you wait?17:41
ScottKbmm: #launchpad is a better place for PPA specific questions.17:42
bmmc_korn: really? not long, sorry. But as everything said it was published, I thought it should be listed.17:42
bmmScottK: ah, of course. Sorry17:42
bmmOh, literally a second after I ask it appears17:43
* bmm ashamed17:43
ScottKbmm: It's no problem.17:43
bmmCool, well, thanks everybody!17:44
binarymutantwhats "beta smoke testing" day?18:29
stgraberit's about doing smoke testing before the beta ISO image testing begins18:30
stgraberso trying to find as much bug as possible in the installer before the first beta candidates are released for testing18:30
binarymutantoh okay, thanks18:31
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c_kornI have written some patches for fast-user-switch-applet. I attached them to the proper bug reports and subscribed ubuntu-main-sponsors. anything else left to do?22:14
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c_kornsome motu still online?23:42
nhandlero/23:42
Laney\o23:45
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c_kornI have written some patches for fast-user-switch-applet. I attached them to the proper bug reports and subscribed ubuntu-main-sponsors. anything else left to do?23:48
Laneyno23:49
c_kornok23:51
c_kornare there members of ubuntu-main-sponsors also in here? or do they have an own channel?23:52
Laneythey usually hang around in #ubuntu-devel23:52
c_kornok, thanks23:53

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