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* persia peers about10:59
persiaOops.  Wrong Week11:01
PmDematagodapersia: isnt the meeting now?11:01
* elky nudges persia11:01
persiaI thought so too, but I checked the wiki page, and it's next week (the 14th)11:01
persiahttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/AsiaOceania11:01
elkyaha11:01
PmDematagodaoh11:02
PmDematagodawell, then I'll have to withdraw my name for now11:02
PmDematagodauntil my exams are over11:02
persiaAnd you've been there so long :(11:02
PmDematagodapersia: no worries11:02
PmDematagodapersia: to be rather honest, Ive been forgetting this meeting for months :)11:03
elkywe all have11:03
PmDematagodaelky: Ive made a reminder application to help me attend, looks like it works well :)11:04
elkyi have one of those too. it's called a phone.11:05
PmDematagodaelky: lol11:05
elkyit reminds me and i look in here, see a lack of amachu, and forget about it for the next week11:05
PmDematagodaelky: I still havent put that in, hopefully I can do that after my exams :)11:06
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egbert?12:44
egbert?12:44
cjwatson#startmeeting15:00
MootBotMeeting started at 09:00. The chair is cjwatson.15:00
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cjwatson[Technical Board]15:00
cjwatsonmdz,Keybuk: here?15:00
Keybukyup15:01
mdzyep15:01
jonohey folks15:01
cjwatson[TOPIC] Internal Support For Community Development (Daniel Holbach)15:01
MootBotNew Topic:  Internal Support For Community Development (Daniel Holbach)15:01
cjwatsondholbach doesn't seem to be around15:01
cjwatsonjono: can you speak to this one?15:01
jonoDaniel is on holiday15:01
mdzI don't know what this is referring to15:02
cjwatsonthis seems to be a carried-over item; it just doesn't look familiar and I can't remember what it was about15:02
jonoI am not sure what this is referring to either15:02
cjwatsonMaria appears to have added it on the 24th March15:02
cjwatsonrev 190 of the wiki page15:02
cjwatsonranda: ?15:02
mdzI think it was taken out of context and we can skip it15:03
jonook15:03
cjwatsonremove from agenda for next time then?15:03
mdzdone15:03
cjwatson[TOPIC] Codecs in ffmpeg (Reinhard Tartler) (cf. Debian #522373)15:03
MootBotNew Topic:  Codecs in ffmpeg (Reinhard Tartler) (cf. Debian #522373)15:03
cjwatsonthis is carried over; is there anything new?15:03
* siretart` waves15:03
mdzDaniel sent a followup to technical-board@15:04
siretart`AFAIUI there is no requirement to strip of encoders from the orig.tar.gz for 'main'.15:04
mdzwith more questions from siretart15:04
mdzjono is working on writing up a clear policy based on the guidance from sabdfl at the meeting15:04
mdzhe sent me a draft overnight, which I haven't had the chance to review yet15:05
siretart`as a small update, I've filed the same questions as debian bug #522373 with some possibly relevant references15:05
mdzjono: would you mind sending it direct to t-b@ so it doesn't block on me?15:05
jonomdz, no problem15:05
cjwatsonsiretart`: the encoder/decoder identity wrt MPEG LA patent enforcement is new information to me. At least at one point, I was under the impression that encoders were enforced more rigorously than decoders. Is this a relatively recent change?15:06
siretart`if there is no requirement to strip of the source, the package names -unstripped- are misleading at best. does someone have better names for the multiverse packages?15:06
cjwatson"full"15:07
siretart`cjwatson: according to my research, the taxes for MP3 and AAC are higher. for mpeg2 and co they are the same15:07
mdzdo we consider these patents "alleged" or "judge-tested" per sabdfl's guidance?15:07
siretart`cjwatson: I'm happy to learn about other references though15:07
cjwatsonsiretart`: I'm speaking about whether they are in practice enforced, rather than what the financial considerations are in the event that they are enforced15:07
siretart`cjwatson: to my research, they are only enforced when selling products containing them. I have no indication that mere source-code distribution is enforced15:09
siretart`and TBH, mere binary distribution does not seem enforced as well, since ubuntu already shipped them in the past15:09
siretart`and others as well15:09
cjwatsonselling products based on Ubuntu is something we support, of course15:09
siretart`that's of course no proof15:09
siretart`indeed. we blacklist these packages from the livecd, after all15:10
siretart`and thus, from the default install15:10
* cjwatson nods15:10
siretart`practically, for jaunty, this lead to 3 changes:15:11
cjwatsonmdz: are we in a position to answer siretart's e-mailed questions yet, or do we need to review jono's proposed policy first?15:11
cjwatsonunfortunately I hadn't seen the latter before this meeting15:11
siretart`a) no longer munge libavcodec/allcodecs.c in the ffmpeg source15:11
cjwatsonsiretart`: for jaunty? what are the release-critical bugs being fixed by a proposed change here?15:12
siretart`b) enable (some) encoders in libavcodec5215:12
siretart`c) rename the multiverse -unstripped- package to a better fitting name15:12
jonocjwatson, the patent policy is a general  document that ultimately ends in "reviewing serious cases"15:12
siretart`cjwatson: well, ok, not really release critical, but I'd like to do the changes now and have them ready for karmik15:13
mdzcjwatson: I don't think the policy helps yet; it doesn't provide guidance on making the decision, only process (and thus needs work)15:13
jonoso the continued review of this case can continue while the document is prepared15:13
mdzcjwatson: under the circumstances (we have no inquiry made by a patent holder), I think what siretart wants to do is OK, but since this is the first time we've applied this guidance, I'd like to confirm with sabdfl first15:15
cjwatsonmdz,siretart: from what I can tell, I agree, but I would prefer the package rename to be deferred until karmic since that will involve changing reverse-dependencies15:15
mdzcjwatson: agreed, I don't see an indication that this is urgent or RC and so would default to leaving it alone for 9.0415:16
mdzthat will also give us time to get the policy finished, and a final OK15:16
siretart`cjwatson: I don't think this will involve changing any reverse-dependencies, but I'm also happy to delay this for karmic15:16
jonoI will continue to drive forward the patent policy and try to get something in place for the  next TB meeting15:17
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siretart`mdz: the next question will be what to do about AAC, MP3 and h264. the h264 encoder is currently in multiverse, which could then be prmomoted to universe (which would get us vlc in universe as well)15:17
cjwatsonsiretart`: xine-lib15:17
jonoI am keen to get this documented as complete as possiblesoon15:17
siretart`mdz: but that'15:18
cjwatsonalso aqualung, audacity, blender, ...15:18
siretart`mdz: but that's strictly speaking offtopic right now15:18
cjwatsonsiretart`: (from grep-aptavail unstripped)15:18
mdzjono,cjwatson,Keybuk: let's aim to process all of the feedback on the policy and have a proper draft ready for the next meeting15:18
jonomdz, agreed15:18
cjwatsonright15:18
Keybukmdz: agreed15:18
cjwatsonsiretart`: thanks for your patience on this15:18
siretart`cjwatson: yes, but we'd need transitional packages anyway.15:18
mdzjono: is it OK if we just edit your draft directly?15:19
cjwatsonsiretart`: right, best done at the start of a release cycle rather than the end :)15:19
jonomdz, sure15:19
siretart`cjwatson: of course15:19
mdzcjwatson: actions?15:19
cjwatsonoh, sorry15:19
cjwatson[ACTION] TB to process feedback on Jono's proposed patent policy and complete draft by next meeting15:20
MootBotACTION received:  TB to process feedback on Jono's proposed patent policy and complete draft by next meeting15:20
cjwatson[ACTION] mdz to confirm siretart's proposed ffmpeg changes with sabdfl15:20
MootBotACTION received:  mdz to confirm siretart's proposed ffmpeg changes with sabdfl15:20
cjwatsonanything else?15:20
cjwatson[TOPIC] Archive Reorganisation (Colin Watson)15:21
MootBotNew Topic:  Archive Reorganisation (Colin Watson)15:21
cjwatsonsorry, I have no progress on that this week owing to being flat-out on jaunty15:21
cjwatsonI believe the Launchpad changes are still on track15:21
cjwatson[TOPIC] AB15:21
MootBotNew Topic:  AB15:21
cjwatsonerr15:21
jonofrom my last check in with Daniel there was no further progress on the community side of the project other than organizational work15:21
cjwatson[TOPIC] AOB15:21
MootBotNew Topic:  AOB15:21
cjwatsonnhandler asked me a few days ago if we could keep https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Technical up to date15:22
mdznothing from me15:22
KeybukI'm good15:22
cjwatsonI was not entirely keen on the prospect of having to update yet another page with an IRC log, and asked whether it would be OK if we just linked to the mootbot log15:22
cjwatsonany objections to that?15:22
mdzcjwatson: hmm, surely between the fridge and mootbot that should be automatable15:23
cjwatsonmdz: you would have thought so, but ...15:23
cjwatson(and that was more or less my reaction too)15:23
cjwatsonI'm not overly familiar with the world of automatic wiki editing myself15:23
mdzcjwatson: we can ask randa to help with that if needed15:23
cjwatsonin the meantime, how about I put a note on our standing agenda next to "update TeamReports"15:24
cjwatsonif it's just a link, it isn't too onerous15:24
mdzok15:24
cjwatsonhas somebody been in contact with vorian to follow up from the last meeting?15:25
jonoI spoke to him on the phone15:25
cjwatsonI had a brief mail thread with him, CCed to technical-board@15:25
jonoalso I know nixternal has been in touch with him15:25
cjwatsonI would like to know whether we should be scheduling a separate meeting with him at some point to reconsider him15:26
jonohe did not mention any plans to consider an application again15:26
cjwatsonit seemed to me that trying to cram it into the end of a TB meeting was part of the problem15:26
jonoI think the barrage of questions at the same time was a factor too15:27
jono(mainly due to the lack of time)15:27
cjwatsonyes, that stemmed from the meeting format15:27
jonomaybe we could consider soliciting answers to questions on a wiki page15:27
mdzI'd like to revisit at some point how we process applicants; a panel interview is not necessarily the ideal format15:27
jonoand then ask further questions in the meeting15:27
jonomdz, agreed15:27
mdzjono: could you take that on as part of your governance review?15:28
mdzjono: by the way, how is that going wrt the TB?15:28
cjwatsonjono: or an e-mail interview15:28
jonomdz, no problem15:28
jonomdz, it has been bumped a few times, but on-going15:28
jonoI should have something ready soon15:28
jonolikely for the next meeting15:28
cjwatson(I find wikis to be a poor means of conversation, I don't imagine I'm the only one; I would prefer applications not to be a form-filling exercise)15:28
jonocjwatson, email interview could make sense15:28
jonomy worry about email is that it could drag on for a long time15:29
jonowhereas with a wiki the main questions could be answered first and then reviewed and discussed in the meeting15:29
cjwatsonjono: could well be better than meetings every two weeks ;-)15:29
jonoheh, wise point15:30
cjwatsone-mail seems workable in the MC; not ideal of course, but they do seem to make progress15:30
cjwatson(nowadays, anyway)15:30
jonowhy don't we try email first15:30
egbertis this the right place/moment to briefly discuss the server install script?15:31
cjwatsonegbert: I'm not sure. What is the specific question?15:33
egbertI was wondering if there is a special reason to choose for just DHCP in the network settings. Why not a choice between fixed/dhcp?15:33
mdzegbert: what server install script?15:33
cjwatsonyou can cancel the DHCP progress bar and get a choice, or you can use expert mode15:33
mdzoh, you mean the installer used for the server edition15:33
cjwatsonI don't think this is appropriate for this meeting though15:33
cjwatsonyou can ask questions about the installer in #ubuntu-installer15:34
egbertOK, then  I shut up.15:34
egbertwill do, tnx15:34
cjwatsonit sounds like we're finished here15:34
cjwatson#endmeeting15:34
MootBotMeeting finished at 09:34.15:34
cjwatsonI'll write stuff up15:34
Keybukthanks cjwatson15:34
Keybukand mdz15:34
mdzthanks all15:35
egbertbye15:35
* Keybuk heads for breakfast15:35
jonothanks15:36
james_wit's interesting to the MC just moved *to* IRC interviews for applications, and now the TB is considering moving away from them15:47
ttxOK, who's here for the server team meeting ?16:00
jamesrflaI am16:00
sommeryo16:00
nijabao/16:00
ttxYou guessed it, the incredible mathiaz is unavailable, so you'll have to bear with the less-incredible me as your host.16:01
zulmorning16:01
zulthe more french ttx?16:01
ttxyes. The true one.16:01
ttx#startmeeting16:01
MootBotMeeting started at 10:01. The chair is ttx.16:01
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ttxToday's agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting16:02
ttxLast week logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/2009033116:02
ttx[TOPIC] Review ACTION points from previous meeting16:02
MootBotNew Topic:  Review ACTION points from previous meeting16:02
ttxThat should be quick, since there weren't any.16:02
ttxUnless someone wants to comment on some of last meeting points ?16:03
ttxI'll suppose not. Let's move on to:16:04
ttx[TOPIC] Review progress made on the specification listed on the Roadmap16:04
MootBotNew Topic:  Review progress made on the specification listed on the Roadmap16:04
ttxAnyone has any progress reports ?16:04
* ttx feels very lonely :)16:05
sommerit's just that things are going really well :)16:06
jamesrflaNot really sure what to say. First meeting with you guys16:06
ttxsommer: did you get some reviewing on the Server Guide ?16:06
ttxsommer: how much is it OK to change things after StringFreeze ?16:06
sommerttx: yep there was some16:06
sommerttx: at this point it's very bad I guess translation freeze is tomorrow16:07
sommerttx: but we can always fix issues with the karmic branch :)16:07
ttxsommer: likewise-open 5 apparently requires reboot before you can attempt a GUI login as a domain user. I uploaded a version that warns the user, but I thought adding it to the doc might also be a good idea16:07
ivokso/16:07
sommerttx: ah, ya that will probably have to be in karmic16:08
sommerttx: or an SRU16:08
ttxsommer: ok. A bug is filed anyway.16:08
sommerttx: cool, I think I rember seeing it16:08
ttxOK, let's move to Open bar^Wdiscussion16:09
ttx[TOPIC] Open discussion16:09
MootBotNew Topic:  Open discussion16:09
jamesrflawhat can we talk about in the open discussion?16:09
ivoksanything server related16:09
ttxjamesrfla: anything :)16:09
ivokssorry for being late16:09
ttxSo FinalFreeze is coming up this Thursday16:09
ttxif you have critical bugs (especially regressions) that have yet to be fixed, it's almost your last chance16:10
jamesrflaDoes anybody have any suggestions for running two server os on one computer16:10
ivoksuh, already?16:10
ttxivoks: April 9th16:11
jamesrflahey that is my birthday ttx16:11
ivokswell, i sorted everything i had :)16:11
egbertAny chance that the postfix-dovecot mail system will be enhanced with amavis/spamassassin/etc?16:11
ivoksegbert: not for jaunty16:11
egbertoffcause  not. but for KK?16:11
ivoksegbert: but that and much more should arrive in karmic16:11
zulif we dont work ivoks to the ground then then no16:12
ivoksit's not that i have that much to do16:12
egbertOK for the near future I'll install from .deb of taball16:12
ivokstarball?16:13
egbertsorry...16:13
ivoksanyway, that's not meeting material16:13
egbertno16:13
ttxNothing else anyone wants to mention ?16:13
ivoksi do16:14
ivokswe rock!16:14
ivoks:D16:14
jamesrflalol16:14
sommerheeeh16:14
ttx\o/16:14
jamesrflaGo Ubuntu server :)16:14
ttx[TOPIC] Agree on next meeting date and time16:15
MootBotNew Topic:  Agree on next meeting date and time16:15
ttxSame time, same bat-channel, next week ?16:15
sommersure16:15
jamesrflaCan we make it another time or something. This time I can't make it16:15
jamesrflaThe only reason I am hear today is because of my spring break16:16
ttxjamesrfla: what would be your availability ?16:16
jamesrflaMaybe 2PM eastern US time and any other time after that16:16
ivoksnext week is spring break too16:16
ivoksjamesrfla: well, i don't want to be rude...16:16
ivoksbut most of us are from europe16:16
ivoks:D16:16
ivoks2pm eastern us is... quite late in europe16:17
ttxjamesrfla: team is across Europe/US so US mornings are the best time16:17
jamesrflaoh I see. Well just as long as you guys are okay with me not being hear all the time. Only days off I can make it16:17
ivokss/most/part/16:17
ttxok, so we'll keep the current time then16:18
sommerjamesrfla: there's a log, and the meeting minutes are usually posted to the server mailing list and blog16:18
ttxAnyone has anything else to add ?16:19
ttxPlease ?16:19
zuli do...not really...hah kidding!16:19
jamesrflaokay sommer I will take a look at them when I miss the meeting16:19
ttx#endmeeting16:19
ivoksttx: i was hoping we would beat the record this time :)16:19
MootBotMeeting finished at 10:19.16:19
jamesrflashort meeting16:19
egbertno, I'm off to the kitchen... 17:20 here (NL)16:19
jamesrflafine with me :)16:20
ttxivoks: well, I'll beat the record of the most boring meeting minutes, that's for sure.16:20
ivoksttx: well, it would be a problem if we had something to discuess so late in release process16:20
ttxI couldn't prepare something funny, I didn't know I would chair this one 30 minutes ago16:20
nealmcbthat was quick....16:21
* ttx hugs nealmcb16:21
nealmcb:)16:21
sommerttx: a horse walks into a bar... and the bartender says why the long face?16:21
ttxnealmcb: if you have something interesting to add, I'll make sure it makes it to the meeting minutes.16:21
sommerttx: that one's always funny :-)16:21
* nealmcb hugs the whole server team (except those that are hug-averse)16:21
jamesrfla:)16:22
jamesrflaI did a science fair project on Ubuntu server and got 1st place at science fair16:22
ivoksyay16:22
nealmcbI'm still wound up in IDtrust and ElectionAudits and Android work so haven't been finding time for much server team stuff - sorry to say....16:23
nealmcbjamesrfla: cool - what did you do?16:23
jamesrflaI benchmarked Ubuntu server edition with apache2 and Windows server 2008 standard with IIS and see how fast they could reply with a response and how many pages it could send at once16:24
jamesrflaI also got a renewable one year scholarship to my local college along with first place16:25
ivoksstatic html?16:27
jamesrflaFor some reason Ubuntu server wouldn't go past 400 clients at once. There was some security thing. Windows server 2008 was able to get up to 3000 clients before giving out errors. For my final results I just tested the servers up to 400 cliesnt16:27
ivokser?16:27
jamesrflaivoks: I tested too saved web pages. A saved cnet.com page and a picas web album16:27
jamesrflaivoks: er?16:27
ivokswhich apache mpm?16:27
jamesrflaivoks: mpm?16:28
ivoksyes, apache has diferent MPM's for diferent loads16:28
nealmcbi.e. how threads are handled16:29
ivoksfor static html, worker MPM would be better than prefork16:29
ivoksfor php, worker with fastcgi is faster and better for server than prefork16:29
ivoksprefork just provides some functionality worker doesn't and is easier to set up :)16:29
jamesrflaOh yeah I remember now. I tried to configure it so it would go over 400 clients but after a few days trying to get it working and time running out I had to give what I had16:29
jamesrflaI just got the default apache2 from the repository16:30
ivoksapache can do over 400 concurent connections without a problem16:30
ivoksjamesrfla: there are couple of apache2 in repository :)16:30
ivoksjamesrfla: did you install php5 module?16:30
jamesrflaivoks: I did sudo apt-get install apache216:30
ivoksok, that was probably worker16:31
jamesrflaivoks: no I didn't. Maybe I should of gone to the #ubuntu-server for help on this. I went to #apache16:31
* jamesrfla hugs the Ubuntu Server team (unless somebody doesn't want to get hugged) 16:32
jamesrflaCya later Ubuntu server team for now16:37
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hggdher, well, aren't we late?20:21
Ampelbeinhggdh: 20:00 UTC20:24
Ampelbeinhggdh: andreas@apophis:~$ date -u20:24
AmpelbeinTue Apr  7 19:24:05 UTC 200920:24
hggdhAmpelbein, heh. As usual, got confused by daylight20:26
Ampelbeinyeah, we had the change last week and i was irritated, too. as well were my cats ;-)20:28
charlie-tca1/2 hour yet, isn't it?20:31
Ampelbeintrue20:33
andolAmpelbein: Hey, got kind of confused there for a short while, seeing "my" name in a promt like that :)20:50
Ampelbeinandol: ;-)20:52
hggdhAndreas :-D (almost was my son's name, got the Portuguese version in the end)20:52
andolWell, I guess it's too good of a name to keep to one self :-)20:53
Seveasforumsmatthew, Pricey, popey, stgraber, phanatic: POKE :)21:01
forumsmatthewhere21:01
popeyhere21:01
phanatichere21:01
SeveasPricey and stgraber both said that they might have problems being on time today, so I suggest we start without them21:02
forumsmatthewokay21:02
jpdsIsn't it the CC meeting now?21:03
SeveasLirazSiri, you're up first, please do your 3-line introduction.21:03
Seveasjpds, no, that's in an hour21:03
LirazSiriHi everyone21:03
popeyhmm, fridge says now21:03
Seveasreally?21:04
LirazSiriI'm from Israel, a member of the news team, the co-founder of TurnKey Linux and an Ubuntu enthusiast all around21:04
popeymistake Seveas , the wiki says 21:00 UTC21:04
Seveaspfew21:04
LirazSiriOn the Ubuntu news team I've been involved with UWN21:05
LirazSiriIn charge of 6 sections since issue #126 (we're at issue #137 now), help some minor editing before that.21:05
cody-somervilleIs this the EMEA?21:06
popeycody-somerville: yes21:06
SeveasLirazSiri, the mails we received earlier this week worry me. Why are you not cooperating with the team but doing your work independently?21:06
LirazSiriSeveas: there are time zone differences21:06
Seveascooperation does not need to be real-time21:07
LirazSirithe UWN team is based in Arizona, I'm based in Israel. I've been guided into a role that does does need real-time collaboration. I have been collaborating with the team via Email whenever the need has arised. Most of my work for UWN is very well defined. I asked in advance if working solo would be a problem and the team said no.21:08
popeyLirazSiri: other than the news team and TurnKey, are there other positive ways you've contributed to Ubuntu that we can see?21:08
LirazSiriWell I don't know if this counts, but I'm the editor for the Ubuntu category on DMOZ21:09
popeyI meant specifically towards the ubuntu project, bug tracking, loco work, answers, forums, wiki edits and so on.21:09
Extendso i'm not included21:09
Extendor not yet?21:09
popeyExtend: not yet21:10
Extendok how much time ?21:10
popeyExtend: 5 more people before you21:10
Extendcause i want to go and come back after a short period21:10
charlie-tcaExtend: goes right down the list on the wiki21:10
SeveasExtend, please wait your turn. We follow the list on the wiki in the order it is now21:10
popeyhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/EMEA see that list Extend21:10
Extendokay thank you21:10
popeynp21:10
popeyLirazSiri: still there?21:11
forumsmatthewLirazSiri, I'm not seeing much community involvement outside of the UWN, and with the discomfort your team mates there are feeling at the moment, I'm having trouble seeing how we could consider your membership.21:11
LirazSiriIMHO, my main contribution to Ubuntu has been as a developer of Ubuntu appliances. I've helped introduce thousands to Ubuntu as a server platform. That's what I've been receiving the strongest positive feedback for from the community.21:11
popeyok, understood21:11
LirazSirimy team mates aren't uncomfortable with my contribution, or my work at all21:12
popeydoes turnkey have its own community?21:12
LirazSirithey've testified for me21:12
SeveasLirazSiri, the mail received yesterday says otherwise. John clearly didn't want to endorse you then but now I see a testimonial. That confuses me21:12
LirazSiriyou guys have to understand that the rest of UWN is very tightly nit geographically. They're all Arizona locals. I guess that's part of the reason I've been viewed as a bit of an outsider. Nobody is questioning my work though.21:13
LirazSiriSeveas: John has written a testimonial on my behalf on my wiki page.21:13
popeyI don't believe the UWN team works in quite such a black and white manner as you put21:13
SeveasLirazSiri, yes I see. I find that puzzling and would like to know what made him change his mind21:13
forumsmatthewFWIW, I am also an Arizona local...21:14
LirazSiriSeveas: communication21:14
popeyI am inclined to agree with forumsmatthew, I'd like to see a more sustained spread of work through the community21:14
LirazSiriregarding the TurnKey project, it's an extension of the Ubuntu community21:15
Seveaswell, UWN work is good, but is turnkey a contribution to ubuntu or a 'competitor'?21:15
forumsmatthewI see a reference to adequacy, not really a stellar endorsement in John's or Kenny's testimonials21:15
Seveasforumsmatthew, yeah, that's what I read in it as well21:15
LirazSiriI do some development, but mostly help write documentation, tutorials, answer questions on the forums. None of it is unique to the project.21:15
forumsmatthewThe Turnkey website is nice looking, and it seems like a good project. I'm not sure that is community involvement, but it looks like good stuff.21:16
popeyI'm going -1 for now due to lack of concreate testimonials, and a lack of breadth of work within Ubuntu.21:16
LirazSiriSeveas: I think you are influenced by the tone in the emails you read before. I think we cleared up the air afterwards21:16
* Pricey tries to catch up21:16
LirazSirihttp://www.turnkeylinux.org/tracker21:16
PriceyApologies for being late.21:16
LirazSirithat's a good way to see the breadth of involvement. We're helping thousands of users with the project.21:17
SeveasLirazSiri, then why are there no links to said documentation and forum things on your wikipage? How are we supposed to know about them if you don't tell us?21:17
popeyWe have quite a few people to get through and a hard time limit chaps21:17
forumsmatthewLirazSiri, the tracker page shows that you are active in supporting your project. That is great! It doesn't show activity in the greater Ubuntu community.21:18
LirazSiriSeveas: that's a good point. I was led to believe that because our sister project was not part of the official Ubuntu project it would not be considered. I really don't agree with that, but it led me to downplay that contribution21:18
Seveasyeah, I'm going for -1 now. Additional contributions should be documented and I want to see a solid endorsement from the UWN team21:18
LirazSiriSeveas: what is missing in the endorsement in your opinion?21:18
Seveasforumsmatthew, Pricey, phanatic: a vote please21:18
forumsmatthewpopey is right. We need to move on. I need to -1 for now with a comment to read Seveas comment above21:18
SeveasLirazSiri, what forumsmatthew said: <forumsmatthew> I see a reference to adequacy, not really a stellar endorsement in John's or Kenny's testimonials21:19
LirazSiriso you're saying what is lacking is enthusiasm?21:19
Seveaswhat is lacking is an actual endorsement21:19
popeyand a breath of work21:19
popeybreadth21:20
popeywhy can i never spell that21:20
forumsmatthewWhat is lacking is a sense of "wow, this guy is a great asset to the Ubuntu community!!" rather than a "yeah, he's okay."21:20
forumsmatthewand what they said...21:20
popeyPricey: ?21:21
LirazSiriwell, what can I say. I've done the work and I consider TurnKey to be a notable achievement, but you are entitled to think otherwise.21:21
Seveasand phanatic?21:21
popeyLirazSiri: nobody said turnkey wasn't notable21:21
PriceySorry, searching a failing for the email referred to earlier.21:21
phanatici haven't read the discussion you all refer to, so i'd stay at 0.21:21
forumsmatthewLirazSiri, the tracker page shows that you are active in supporting your project. That is great! It doesn't show activity in the greater Ubuntu community.21:21
forumsmatthewThat's a quote of what I said earlier.21:21
LirazSirithe download stats show that there is a huge amount of objective interest from the community. 8000 downloads just last month...21:22
popeyAnyone can sit back and watch a download counter click over21:22
LirazSiriMany of these people hadn't previously considered Ubuntu as a server platform.21:22
SeveasPricey, phanatic: the mail was only sent to popey and myself. I will forward it to you21:22
cody-somervilleLirazSiri, Is there any particular reason you host your own forums instead of integrating with the official Ubuntu forums?21:22
popeyDownloads do not a community make21:22
PriceySeveas: aha. makes sense!21:22
LirazSiripopey: it's not as simple as that. You have to make good stuff and support it for people to be interested21:23
LirazSiriWe don't do any marketing, so people are recommending this to each other by word of mouth after they've used it themselves and have received support on the forums21:23
Seveasok, let's move on to the next candidate. LirazSiri let's discuss a bit more tomorrow and see if we can get things cleared up21:23
popeyBy all means discuss it with us via mail.21:23
Seveasknome, you're up, please introduce yourself21:23
LirazSiriok guys, thanks for your consideration. ttyl21:23
PriceyI think we could come to a better conclusion that way yes.21:23
popeySeveas: no, its ianto next21:24
SeveasI see no ianto in the nicks in this channel :)21:24
popeyooo21:24
jpdsianto isn't around and isn't on Jabber either.21:24
popeysilly rabbit21:24
Seveasso knome is up :)21:24
Seveasidle for 2.5 hours, knome when you arrive poke me21:24
Seveasmoving on to tuxlinux21:24
popeymaybe this list isnt as long as I first thought21:25
Seveastuxlinux, please introduce yourself21:25
Seveasalso idle for a while. tuxlinux, knome: please be in time for meetings :)21:25
Seveasandol, are you here?21:25
* andol is here21:25
popey\o/21:26
Seveasexcellent, please introduce yourself :)21:26
andolHello, my name is Andreas21:26
andolAs a computer user I'm very much the system administrator. Besides having it as my profession it is also kind of my primary role in the Swedish Ubuntu LoCo.21:26
andolPerhaps not suprisingly, most of the bugs I triage are related to the server team.21:26
andol(Also been doing some general translations)21:27
Seveasandol, how do ddtp-ubuntu and ddtp in debian cooperate?21:27
andolSeveas: From what I've understood, there are some exports being done upsteam to Debian.21:28
Nafalloandol: don't forget to mention your debdiff patches to bugs have been sponsored... :-)21:28
popeyNafallo: are you here in support of andol ?21:28
Nafallopopey: can be a quickie if needed. as long as I don't have to IRC from the shower :-)21:28
popeyTMI21:29
Nafallohe got root on my VPS hosting the ubuntu-se.org and he's quite quick on answering my questions about PHP and such :-)21:29
NafalloI do support him.21:30
popeyI'm seeing bugs filed and replied to, albeit not a tremendous amount, and a small amount of translation via launchpad.21:30
andolpopey: Well, I guess I'd say my primary contribution has been in the LoCo.21:30
Nafallooh!21:30
Seveaslong time activity in swedish loco (and I have a weak spot for sysadmins) make me lean towards a +121:30
Nafallowell worth mentioning is long standing user support in #ubuntu-se :-)21:30
Seveasbut I do feel that loco work could be better supported21:31
PriceyDo we have anyone else from -se to cheer?21:31
Seveass/supported/documented/21:31
* popey points Pricey at Nafallo 21:31
forumsmatthewI see activity over a sustained period of time, and some good testimonials. I'm +121:31
* Pricey points popey at 'else' :P21:31
forumsmatthewI liked the last line of the second testimonial on the wiki page21:31
forumsmatthew"he is always very kind and helpful, a good representative for the Ubuntu spirit"21:31
popeyindeed21:32
phanatic+1 the others have already explained why :)21:32
Seveasphanatic, lazy :P21:32
Priceyah both of those cheers are from the leaders of the LoCo21:33
popeythat helps21:33
popeynot some random dude like Nafallo ;)21:33
popey+121:33
Nafalloyeah. founder of loco must be a bad one ;-)21:33
PriceyYep I'm happy to give +1 too.21:34
Seveask, welcome aboard andol!21:34
forumsmatthewcongratulations!21:34
andolthank you.21:34
NafalloCongrats andol!21:34
SeveasAmpelbein, you're next21:34
popeyKeep up the good work!21:34
iGamaContratz21:34
Nafalloandol: you owe me three beers! :-)21:34
AmpelbeinHi there. I'm Andreas, 29 years old from germany. My regular job is as IT-Supporter/System-operator working from home. I have been active in the community since last year, mostly in bug-triaging, packaging and helping on IRC.21:34
jpdscongrats andol!21:34
AmpelbeinIn the field of package upgrades I started with some simple tasks and am now starting to work on more complex packages, like library updates. In bug triaging, I have learned quite a lot on what information is needed for upstream to fix the bugs reported.21:34
tuxlinuxcongrats andol21:34
AmpelbeinIn the future, I want to be more active in bug fixing and sending upstream, trying to take work away from the developers. Also, I want to continue my journey towards becoming a MOTU. Thanks for your consideration.21:34
SeveasI like the feedback template thing (and those endorsements as well)21:35
AmpelbeinSeveas: i "borrowed" that from the developer-application-template ;-)21:35
popeywe should use that template!21:36
tcrossHi.  This is my first time at a meeting and my friends and I were wondering wWhy does ubuntu-server use vim-tiny, and not vim?21:36
popeytcross: ask in #ubuntu-server :)21:36
Seveastcross, this is not the meeting for such questions21:36
tcrosssorry21:36
tcrosswill do21:37
popeyI see a lot of development work, would this membership request not be better off going through MOTU?21:37
SeveasAmpelbein, between september and march I see no uploaded packages. What happened?21:37
AmpelbeinSeveas: little time and a hospital visit.21:37
popeyWow! Look at all that bug work!21:37
Ampelbeinso i focused on other things21:37
Seveasfair enough21:37
jpdsSeveas: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/DeveloperApplicationTemplate21:37
Ampelbeinwhich don't take that much time.21:37
Seveascan you give some examples of advocacy you did?21:38
popeyI'm going to +1 based on great bug work and a testimonial from seb21:39
Ampelbeinsure. whenever i am asked to give some aid in computers I bring a cd of ubuntu to show them, how easy things could go.21:39
PriceyI'm confused about karma and things on launchpad, 8 translations viewable though a huge amount of translation karma?21:39
SeveasAmpelbein, ok, last question from me: why take this route towards membership instead of the motu route?21:39
Ampelbeinalso, i try to persuade people that having a non-legal copy of windows for business use21:39
AmpelbeinSeveas: i'm not confident i have what it takes to become a MOTU right now.21:40
forumsmatthewI don't see how I could do anything but give a +1 to someone who is so active in making Ubuntu better, and who has good testimonials.21:40
Ampelbeinneed some more learning i thing.21:40
forumsmatthewMOTU is a great goal, and I hope you pursue it actively21:40
Ampelbeinthink. blah.21:40
popey:)21:40
Seveasgood answer21:40
Seveas+1 from me21:40
forumsmattheweven so, I think there is adequate evidence of activity21:40
AmpelbeinPricey: the karma comes from uploading packages where the upstream translations are imported.21:40
PriceyAmpelbein: aha. Thanks.21:41
Seveasforumsmatthew, yeah, evidence good, testimonials ok and plans clear :)21:41
phanatic+1, hope to see you as a motu soon21:41
Ampelbeinthanks. i'm sure I will ;-)21:41
PriceyI'll go with a +1 too. The MOTU don't bite though!21:41
Seveassome of them do...21:42
PriceySeveas: you enjoy it.21:42
Ampelbeinthanks for all the positive feedback.21:42
Seveasah, I missed forumsmatthew's +121:42
Seveasso, you're there, congrats!21:43
forumsmatthewcongratulations!21:43
charlie-tcaCongratulations, Ampelbein21:43
jnevesAmpelbein: congratulations21:43
Ampelbeinthank you very much.21:43
bdmurrayAmpelbein: congrats!21:43
iGamacongratz21:43
phanaticwelcome, Ampelbein21:43
SeveasExtend, you're next21:43
tuxlinuxcongrats Ampelbein21:43
Extendok i am ready21:43
Seveasthen please introduce yourself :)21:43
Extendmy name is mohamed zaian , im from egypt alexandria , i work as a linux systems administrator in a large company in middle east21:44
Extendi started work with unix/linux systems earlier in 2002/200321:44
Extendgot introduced to FreeBSD by a friend21:45
SeveasExtend, you're lying on your wikipage: {*} Member of Ubuntu members Launchpad team.21:45
Seveasthat's not true yet ;)21:45
Extendi worked with FreeBSD many years till 2005/2006 i had many good contributions in the old bsdforums.com and, then21:45
Extendoh Seveas this is a mistake21:46
Extendnot a lie i can't lie on that21:46
PriceyWow 1200 people attended the install fest?!21:46
Extendyes Pricey21:47
popeyExtend: some nice integration how-tos on your blog - be nice to see them on the documentation wiki21:47
Extendi can show you the pics21:47
SeveasExtend, if you read along in the meeting, you know that we value testimonials/endorsements highly. Given that your contributions seem to be limited to the egyptian locoteam, I would like to see some comments from other community members21:47
Extendpopey, i will but u know no much time to do everything but i will do my best21:47
popey:)21:47
ExtendSeveas, we are having a problem in egypt loco team21:47
PriceyExtend: can only help21:47
forumsmatthewI've been reading the EGLUG site (I speak some Arabic...) and am enjoying the mix of languages.21:48
Extendforumsmatthew, that's nice21:48
ExtendSeveas,21:48
Extendthe admin of the loco team is away21:48
Extendi talked in #ubuntu-locoteams to jono bacon and nick ali21:48
Extendwe r in talks to change the leaderhsip and to let the guys work21:48
Extendwe have many members and they are active and good21:48
Extendthe loco team channel is dead21:49
Extendi want to refresh that21:49
SeveasExtend, the admin being away sure doesn't mean that nobody can comment on your work :)21:49
Extendif you read the mailing list of our team you you will notice about what im talking about21:49
Seveasis the mailing list in english? (I do not speak arabic I'm afraid)21:49
ExtendSeveas, yes you are sure21:49
Extendyes it is in english21:49
forumsmatthewAs I am looking through everything, I think you show a lot of promise. What I would like to see, along with Seveas, are more comments from people who know you and can effectively describe your contributions21:50
Extendi can help you translate arabic using some tools in ubuntu ;) and on the web21:50
Extendforumsmatthew, wait i will get some friends here21:50
forumsmatthewThat would be great!21:50
Extendok just give me minutes21:50
popeyI can see a lot of enthusiasm, but the launchpad answers work started the same time as membership was applied for, and very little bug work21:51
forumsmatthewFYI, we need to surrender the channel in just over 5 minutes...21:51
PriceySeveral teams joined on the 4th too.21:51
Extendpopey, u r right i was away and i wasn't learn using launchpad that much21:51
PriceyExtend: Did you say you had some photos?21:51
ExtendPricey,  yes give me a moment21:51
popeyI prefer to see a sustained effort over a period of time, before I would say yes to membership.21:52
Seveasforumsmatthew, we can continue elsewhere if needed :)21:52
Extendthis is the fest page in facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Alexandria-Egypt/Linux-Install-Festival-in-Alexandria/50973332573?v=wall&viewas=61390056921:52
Extendsome photos of the fest are here21:53
Extendhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo_search.php?oid=6707385873&view=all21:53
popey\o/ happy people using ubuntu21:53
SeveasI'm going for -0 now, Extend you're showing good membership potential, but more documentation and endorsements would be very welcome21:54
Extendpopey, we r getting more ppl21:54
ExtendSeveas, i don't know what to say21:54
Extendthank you :)21:54
popeyI too will go 0, because I can see you're enthusiastic and clearly want to contribute to your loco, but would like to see a more sustained effort21:54
phanaticSeveas: +0 looks better :)21:54
Extendhttp://www.eglug.org/node/3154 this was from the bib alex sessions21:54
SeveasExtend, just say that you'll continue to do good work, and that you'll fix up your wikipage and come back in 2 months ;)21:54
popeymaybe come back after 3 months?21:55
popey2.5 months :)21:55
Seveas:-)21:55
Extendi will continue my work whatever happens from you guys21:55
Extendcause i love to do that21:55
Seveasok21:55
forumsmatthewYeah, me too. +0. I think you show great potential and I want you to come back with more evidence to help us gauge your activity, and some testimonials21:55
popeyAwesome!21:55
PriceyI think I'm going to go -1 sorry. I would agree with the others that I think we would like to see a more sustatined contribution, and get some people cheering for you (as well as photos!)21:55
Extendand it some kind of love to this world21:55
ExtendPricey,  i posted the photos link21:55
Extendhere it is http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/photo_search.php?oid=6707385873&view=all21:56
SeveasCC is moving into this channel now. Pricey phanatic popey forumsmatthew jneves hggdh (and those who want to join), please come to #ubuntu-emea-meeting for the rest of the EMEA meeting of today21:56
Pricey#ubuntu-emea-meeting21:56
popeyooo21:56
Seveaselmo, the floor is yours ;)21:56
* popey picks up his glass and coaster, and shuffles over to #ubuntu-emea-meeting21:56
forumsmatthewI hope the CC has a great meeting...I'm heading off to #ubuntu-emea-meeting21:57
Extendso i'm done?21:57
popeyyes21:58
Extendthanks21:58
Technovikingafternoon all21:59
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Technovikinganyone else here for the CC meeting?22:01
* elmo is22:01
elmowe seem to be under represented by CC people though22:02
Technovikingdon't think there is anything on the agenda, since we finish the FC votes.22:03
elmoyep22:04
elmoanyone with any other business?22:04
elmo(otherwise I think we may as well nix this particular meeting)22:05
TechnovikingI love a smooth running community:)22:05
elmoyeah!  well done community for not needing governance!  ;-)  (or at least, not our governance)22:06
Technovikingok, neet meeting will be in two weeks, then it is time for Jaunty love!!!22:07
cody-somervillelol22:08
makohi22:20
makoi guess i missed that :)22:20
Seveasyou didn't miss much :)22:21
makoapparently not :)22:21
Extend!ping22:23
ubottuping yourself ;-) really the diodes all down my left side are sore22:23

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