[08:45] <thorwil> newz2000: i now need to make the text on ubuntu.com very large until i get to see text leaking on the slideshow. so it is unlikely enough that a noteworthy number of people will see that. instead of causing a relaod of ubuntu.com, could you perhaps link the slideshow to the countdown banner page?
[13:43] <newz2000> thorwil: that's a good idea
[15:54] <Turl> hi newz2000
[15:54] <Turl> just noticed, half of google results when looking for packages are totally broken
[15:54] <Turl> for example, http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/linux-image-generic
[15:54] <Turl> you should redirect them to the correct urls
[16:36] <newz2000> Turl: would you do me a favor and file a bug on that one? File against ubuntu-website
[16:37] <Turl> ok newz2000
[16:50] <SiDi> Hello
[17:12] <Turl> newz2000: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350428
[17:13] <ubot3> Malone bug 350428 in ubuntu-website "Old package pages urls are broken" [Undecided,New]
[17:17] <newz2000> thanks
[17:31] <LaserJock> newz2000: what are you doing around on the weekend?
[17:31] <newz2000> hey
[17:31] <newz2000> paying bills unfortunately
[17:31] <LaserJock> I've been battling drupal :-)
[17:31] <newz2000> oh?
[17:32] <LaserJock> well, more battling my DB/web-app ignorance
[17:32] <LaserJock> it took me a couple hours to figure out how to get a fresh Druapal 6 with the DB you sent me
[17:32] <LaserJock> but I got it in the end
[17:32] <LaserJock> then I had to figure out why themes weren't showing up
[17:33] <LaserJock> in drupal 6 I guess they need .info files
[17:33] <newz2000> yeah
[17:33] <LaserJock> but I do now have the current Edubuntu theme going on Drupal 6
[17:34] <newz2000> The .info file is pretty simple
[17:34] <newz2000> just look at the one for garland
[17:34] <newz2000> but actually you can leave out most of the lines
[17:35] <newz2000> http://drupal.org/theme-guide/6 has a page on updating your theme
[17:35]  * SiDi made a PHP script for the countdown banner.
[17:36] <newz2000> and here's the .info file details http://drupal.org/node/171205
[17:36] <newz2000> hey SiDi
[17:36] <SiDi> hello :)
[17:36] <SiDi> I'm the one who sent the mail about it on the artwork list, by the way
[17:36] <newz2000> The problem with the php is that our servers are so heavily cached, especially the week before release, that the image won't change at the right times
[17:37] <SiDi> I just need to find a way to upload it (port 21 blocked here) and it'll be ok
[17:37] <SiDi> I can host it
[17:37] <newz2000> you understimate how much load that would generate
[17:37] <SiDi> my server isn't a race machine but i'm having so many visitors (0) on it that it'll be ok
[17:37] <SiDi> my ISP will be happy to do this for Ubuntu xD
[17:38] <newz2000> SiDi: You're welcome to do it but I'm not ready to endorse it as an official countdown at the moment
[17:38] <SiDi> (i've got a .free.fr domain, the server is on one of Free's machines, Free is a big french ISP, and their servers host a few big sites, they should be ok with that)
[17:38] <SiDi> no problems. i'm doing it just so that if someone asks for it on irc/forums we can give him/her a link
[17:39] <newz2000> ok, that is fine
[17:39]  * SiDi hates js/iframes :P
[17:39] <newz2000> I understand
[17:45] <SiDi> Mind if my script links the images hosted on your server instead of mine ? it'll avoid me to manually upload them via a web interface :P
[17:52] <newz2000> SiDi: yes, you can link to our images
[17:52] <SiDi> Thanks
[17:53] <newz2000> SiDi: did you figure out the pattern for the filenames?
[17:53] <SiDi> no :P your .js file is weird
[17:54] <newz2000> the imgaes are named 30.png for 30 days from release... 10 days from release you'd want to show 10.png
[17:54] <newz2000> 3 days from release 03.png
[17:54] <newz2000> on release day show 00.png until the release actually happens
[17:55] <newz2000> once we pull the trigger on the release then you'll want to change to here.png
[17:57] <SiDi> i'll link to static.png once it's at 0
[17:57] <SiDi> so that when you change it, mine gets updated too
[17:57] <SiDi> unless there is a particular hour planned at which we should setup here.png
[17:57] <SiDi> by the way, what timezone should i use ? forcing to America/New York now
[18:04] <SiDi> http://www.2nt.free.fr/host/jaunty/source.php that's the php source i'm using
[18:04] <SiDi> http://www.2nt.free.fr/host/jaunty/countdown.php here is the result
[18:04] <SiDi> the server isnt fast but at least it will never be down
[18:12] <newz2000> sorry, stepped away for a min...
[18:13] <newz2000> the timezone varies, as does the release time (it depends on mirrors getting ready)
[18:13] <newz2000> so we can't hard code it
[18:13] <newz2000> if you're not going to change the image each day then what's the difference between your php script and my static image?
[18:15] <SiDi> it does change
[18:15] <SiDi> takes the day's image
[18:15] <SiDi> but based on NY's timezone, since i suppose the release date is based on US hours
[18:17] <newz2000> The release manager is in Seattle so it's probably going to be afternoon US/Eastern time
[18:18] <SiDi> ok, i hope its not too far from  NY because i cant remember the US map right now :P
[18:19] <SiDi> i just dont wanna have to wait for the release in order to update the script, or to use an approximate hour, that's why i link to static.png for the last day, so it gets updated at the same time than you update static.png . I cant say if i'll be on my pc on 23rd of april
[18:23] <SiDi> Shall i drop a mail with the URI of the php script in the -website list ?
[18:24] <newz2000> sure
[18:37] <SiDi> Sent
[18:37] <SiDi> is there a way to change the mail address used on the ubuntu mailing lists ? I should really need to move to my gmail address, this hotmail one is adding ads for WLM T_T
[18:40]  * SiDi found. Sorry for the dumb question
[18:42] <SiDi> I need to leave. Have a nice day / evening, people.
[18:44] <thorwil> 48 views from the countdown page yesterday
[18:48] <newz2000> not bad
[18:49] <LaserJock> newz2000: do you have an expectation as to how many hits ubuntu.com will have the day of release?
[18:50] <newz2000> LaserJock: sorry, management has asked me not to discuss that
[18:50] <newz2000> it
[18:50] <LaserJock> k, np
[18:50] <newz2000> it's actually not a very meaningful number because people sit there and refresh the page again and again until release
[18:53] <LaserJock> sure, I wasn't trying to figure out a people number
[18:53] <LaserJock> just an idea of the kind of load
[18:53] <newz2000> the site is pretty busy
[18:54] <newz2000> we lock the caches so that the site is served entirely static except for the download page
[18:55] <LaserJock> is it all served from a single machine?
[18:55]  * LaserJock is fairly ignorant of how "big" web services/sites are run
[18:57] <LaserJock> newz2000: so is the ubuntu07 drupal theme current?
[19:58] <thorwil> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/FridgeTheme?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=fridge_banner_tw.png
[20:02] <thorwil> good night! :)