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Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: hi there! am I right that you are upstream for glchess in gnome-games?00:21
robert_ancellAmpelbein, I am00:21
robert_ancellbrb00:23
Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: cool, i was looking for a fix for bug 389889. I came up with http://paste.ubuntu.com/201152/ but that only works in python2.6, not 2.5.00:23
ubottuLaunchpad bug 389889 in gnome-games "Gnome Chess produces deprecation warning" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/38988900:23
robert_ancellAmpelbein, I suggest pushing that fix upstream and marking the Ubuntu bug as triaged - I'm not sure if we're ready to require Python 2.6 yet00:32
Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: http://paste.ubuntu.com/201153/ works also with python2.5, but I do have a question: what error do you want to be displayed?00:33
Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: http://paste.ubuntu.com/201156/ the first or the more detailed second?00:34
robert_ancellAmpelbein: I want the text of the message to be displayed, I think in http://paste.ubuntu.com/201153/ it will display something like "IOError('blah')" which is not what I want00:36
Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: ok, so you want http://paste.ubuntu.com/201160/ ?00:38
Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: or just the "No such file or directory"?00:39
robert_ancellAmpelbein, testing...00:40
robert_ancellAmpelbein: yes, I want that.  I didn't realise that .message doesn't return anything anymore!00:42
Ampelbeinrobert_ancell: ok, i'm filing a bug and attach the patch00:42
robert_ancellAmpelbein: thanks00:42
TheMusoc05:37
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pittiGood morning06:25
robert_ancellpitti: Do you know .deb Python packaging well? I'm trying to fix gucharmap, it FTBFS as it installs python modules in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages not /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages.  Is there a debhelper that will "do the right thing" for me?07:02
robert_ancellbug 39052307:02
ubottuLaunchpad bug 390523 in gucharmap "FTBFS: python files in wrong directory" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/39052307:02
pittirobert_ancell: does it use distutils?07:03
pittirobert_ancell: then you need to use --install-layout=deb on the "setup.py install" call07:03
robert_ancellpitti, unfortunately it doesn't use distutils - it's an autoconf job07:04
pittirobert_ancell: ok, then this needs to be fixed in debian/*.install07:04
robert_ancellpitti, but then how do you get it to work building both python 2.5 and 2.6?07:05
pittirobert_ancell: you probably have to split the python module install line in debian/*.install then07:11
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didrocksgood morning07:41
pittihey didrocks07:42
robert_ancellpitti: do you know why gnome-system-monitor is failing to build? It doesn't cant install dependencies it seems08:14
robert_ancellhttp://launchpadlibrarian.net/28187740/buildlog_ubuntu-karmic-sparc.gnome-system-monitor_2.27.3-0ubuntu1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz08:14
pittirobert_ancell: oh, just sparc?08:15
pittirobert_ancell: I guess gtk wasn't built (at all/correctly) on sparc08:15
robert_ancellpitti, no it seems to be all the archs08:15
pittirobert_ancell: no, all other arches built08:16
pittihttps://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/2.27.3-0ubuntu108:16
pittirobert_ancell: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/2.17.2-0ubuntu208:16
robert_ancellpitti: sorry, yes.  It sent me email saying the others hadn't built08:16
pittirobert_ancell: it's needs-build on sparc still08:16
pittiany/all arch conflict08:16
pittidon't worry about it08:17
seb128hello there08:46
didrockshey seb128, did you have a nice week-end? :)08:48
seb128didrocks: too short but good yes, you?08:48
didrocksseb128: same, even if the "Libre music" festival in Paris was not as good as last year08:48
seb128libre music = fĂȘte de la musique or something else?08:49
didrocksseb128: something related, but not exactly fĂȘte de la musique: http://www.libreacces.org/spip.php?article7508:49
pittihey seb12808:49
seb128ok08:50
seb128hey pitti08:50
pittiseb128: FYI, I'm packaging polkit-1 now08:50
pittiseems that we won't get around it08:50
seb128cool08:50
seb128yeah, GNOME is going to depends on it this cycle08:50
pittinew dk-disks and g-d-u releases depend on it08:50
pittieggdbus is in the archive now08:50
pittiI hope that dk-power will be ported soon, too08:51
pittiseb128: do you think you can get the new gdm into karmic this week?08:51
seb128I can try but I doubt it08:51
seb128I still have no clue how to fix those upgrade issues and rick asked me to have a look to get the new GNOME3 component in before GUADEC08:52
pittiah, ok08:52
seb128I expect the week to be busy08:52
seb128if somebody has a clue how to fix this "new gdm start after upgrade and autolog your user again"08:52
pittinow if only compiz would start..08:52
seb128and "the banner doesn't work until reboot"08:52
pittiwell, it'd be enough for now to make it work at all..08:53
pittiupgrades, themes, etc. can be fixed later08:53
didrocksseb128: the new version.py script should now install launchpadlib automatically (thanks pitti for the script \o/ I had to hack it a little because of strange import behavior in python). I saw also that robert changed the package list.08:54
seb128yeah he dropped me an email08:55
seb128pitti: ah right it doesn't work for you, I need to try that it was working there but on a jaunty-karmic mixed install08:55
seb128didrocks: excellent, I will try that08:55
pittiseb128: just try installing it on a live system08:55
seb128well I can try on my laptop now I upgraded since08:56
TheMusoIs anyone working on realtimekit, and is there anything besides a future pulseaudio version that needs it?09:10
seb128that's the first time I read about this one09:10
seb128so I'm not and I don't know if anybody else here is working on it09:10
pittilikewise09:10
TheMusook09:11
TheMusoWill worry about it if/when its needed.09:11
seb128TheMuso: do you know why the gedit version you sponsoed is 1ubuntu1?09:12
seb128debian doesn't have this version they don't track 2.2709:12
TheMusoseb128: Twas an error that RObert made which I msised. *blushes*09:13
seb128ok, I was just wondering that's just a detail09:13
seb128pitti: I will look at the notify-osd update if you didn't yet09:15
pittiseb128: thanks, I didn't09:16
seb128good09:16
seb128MacSlow: looking at your notify-osd update ;-)09:16
pittiMacSlow: interesting "403 Forbidden" patch :)09:16
seb128ubuntu-devel-discuss is very noisy recently09:21
Laneyyou can say that again09:21
Laneyit actually prompted me to reorganise my mail filters09:22
didrocksFspot is a revival of Mono flameware... when will it stop?09:24
Laneywhen you apply your killfile :)09:26
* pitti uploads policykit-1 to ubuntu-desktop ppa10:01
chrisccoulson1perhaps there should be a "mono-flamewar" list that these people should post to instead?10:01
MacSlowpitti What's missing?10:02
pittiMacSlow: look at your mail, the attachment 16_use_synchronous_notifications.patch10:03
pitti<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>10:03
pitti  <title>403 - Forbidden</title>10:03
pitti:)10:03
huatsmorning everyone10:17
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MacSlowpitti, resend10:23
MacSlowthe "wonder" of evolution10:23
pittihah10:26
loolMacSlow: Do you still need some help with autotools stuff, or did you manage to sort it out?10:37
MacSlowlool, I defeated it yesterday -> http://macslow.net/?p=31610:39
loolCool10:40
MacSlowlool, the end-result for karmic-users/testers is -> http://macslow.net/clips/correct-throbbing-debug-bar-proximity-fade.ogv10:40
LaneyMacSlow: you should look into pbuilder-dist if you want to manage multiple chroots10:41
MacSlowLaney, yeah... but not today :)10:41
MacSlowLaney, I keep that in mind for next time around10:42
Laneyok10:42
loolMacSlow: Cool :)10:42
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huatsdidrocks: seb128 : just for the record, right after lunch I start to work on bugbuddy finally11:30
seb128ok11:30
seb128I just finished reading emails from the weekend, users are crazy11:30
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cassidyseb128: tell me about that, I got a day off on Friday and I discovered 198 (upstream) Empathy bug mails this morning...11:31
seb128yeah, same for me, I had a 3 days weekend11:32
seb128got over 800 bugmails during the weekend11:32
Zdracassidy: and you are not monitoring evolution bugs.... you can be happy!11:35
cassidythanks god!11:35
didrockshuats: open a bug and assign it to you so that we can track it in versions.html11:48
huatsdidrocks: I already did it...12:13
didrockshuats: it's not in http://people.ubuntu.com/~seb128/versions.html12:14
didrocksdid you add the right tag?12:14
huatsdidrocks: not tagged yet12:15
huatsthat is the pb, but the bug was created12:15
huats:)12:15
didrocksgreat, you can tag it, so :p12:16
huatshum12:16
huatsactually it was already tagged desktop-upgrade12:16
huatsand it does appear in the list12:17
didrocksoh, maybe a bug in desktop-upgrade, when did you tag it?12:17
didrocks(url?)12:17
huats(saying unasigned while I am assigned to it but it is a detail)12:18
huatsI haven't tagged it !12:18
huatsWhen I tied to do it, it was already done...12:18
didrockscan you paste me the url?12:18
huatshttps://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bug-buddy/+bug/39061612:18
ubottuLaunchpad bug 390616 in bug-buddy "'Update bug-buddy to 2.27.1'" [Undecided,In progress]12:18
didrockshuats: versions.py finds the bugs by their tags...12:18
Laneycan I drop the gaim conflicts/replaces from pidgin now?12:19
Laneyoh12:20
Laneynm12:20
didrockshuats: ok, so, you tagged it recentely and now it's updated (I didn't refreshed the page). Now, I'm wondering why the bug is unassigned. Let's wair for seb128 to push the new version on prod using launchpadlib rather than page parsing to see if it fixes it12:23
didrockshuats: or you can launch it now by yourself at home to check if the generated page contains your assigned name :)12:23
huatsI can... but it is not a big deal I think12:24
huatsbut if it helps you I can launch it to test case12:25
didrockshuats: yes, please, can you launch it and paste me the result?12:26
seb128Laney: do you work on the pidgin update?12:35
Laneyseb128: yes12:35
seb128ok good12:35
Laneywe need to sru that yahoo fix right?12:35
seb128I guess so12:36
Laneyfun12:36
seb128why?12:36
pittiok, ubuntu-desktop PPA has polkit-1 crack now12:36
seb128didrocks: how is the local launchpadlib supposed to work?12:36
seb128pitti: cool12:36
pittidevicekit-disks is depwaiting on new libsgutils2 which is in karmic NEW12:36
pitti(*hint* :) )12:37
pittitrivial binary NEW, but I was the uploader12:37
seb128pitti: I can have a look ;-)12:37
pittiseb128: so, with dk-disks, packagekit, g-d-u and other stuff being ported, I guess we have to swallow this12:37
pittiit's pretty buggy still, but at least devkit-disks --mount /dev/sda3 works now12:38
pitti(internal drive)12:38
pittiI didn't package new g-d-u yet12:38
pittilunch first ;)12:38
cassidyseb128: some TP components need to be upgraded: http://people.collabora.co.uk/~cassidy/tp-versions.html  Sync from Sid is automatic, right?12:39
seb128cassidy: yes12:39
seb128pitti: sg3-utils newed12:40
pittiseb128: thanks12:40
seb128you're welcome12:41
pittiseb128: let's have the regular archive admins worry about the new polkit/p-gnome stuff, and work in the ppa for now12:41
pittiseb128: IIRC you were blocked by this for some update12:41
pittiwas it gvfs?12:41
seb128sounds good12:41
seb128yes gvfs12:41
pittiI hacked on gvfs over the weekend as well12:41
seb128but not hurry to get it updated12:41
pittiand seriously missed it as well12:41
seb128yeah I noticed your cdda and gphoto patches12:41
pittiso I backported my trunk patches12:41
pittibackports work fine for now, though, so it's not super-urgent12:42
pittiDIE, hal, DIE! :-)12:42
pittiand now, DIE, devicekit, DIE! :-)12:42
pitti(new devkit-disks doesn't use it any more)12:42
seb128lol12:42
seb128do they plan to stop rewritting everything one day?12:43
didrocksseb128: it's supposed to download launchpadlib if it's not present, and then, add it to sys.path, why?12:53
seb128doesn't work12:54
didrockshum? I tested on my host purging launchpadlib :/12:54
didrocks(and its dependencies)12:54
didrocksseb128: can you show me any traces?12:55
seb128how are you supposed to use that tool? run it by hand?12:56
didrocksseb128: no. versions.py try to use launchpadlib from the distribution, if it doesn't find it, it launches the script to download it and then, bind to it.12:57
didrocksseb128: so, you don't have to run it by hand, just run versions.py12:57
seb128let me try that12:57
seb128WARNING: it seems that python-launchpadlib is not installed system widely nor locally. Try to install it locally.12:57
seb128dpkg-deb: failed to read archive `python-httplib2*.deb': No such file or directory12:58
seb128ERROR: can't install launchpadlib locally12:58
didrocksseb128: which version of the distribution is the prod server?12:58
seb128dapper12:59
didrocksurgh, maybe this package is not there, let me check12:59
didrocksseb128: this package exists from hardy :/13:01
seb128running things on dapper is no fun really13:01
didrocksand same for python-simplejson13:01
didrocksseb128: we only need one file from each package, I can maybe embeeded them and copy if not found. What do you think?13:02
seb128give it a try ;-)13:02
didrocksok, one sec. I must connect on my server to branch the code :)13:03
didrocksseb128: can you try "dlocate /usr/share/python-support/python-httplib2/httplib2", we never know if it was on another package :)13:07
seb128didrocks: http://packages.ubuntu.com/ is your friend for that13:07
didrockseven for files? never used it13:07
didrockslet me have a look13:07
seb128"Search the contents of packages"13:08
didrocksoh, great, never used another thing that "search package directories" :)13:08
seb128it seems it was not on dapper no13:08
didrockshum, ok, let's try with karmic version and cross the fingers :/13:08
seb128karmic is really a piece of crap to use, need to reboot again it's eating all ram and most of the swap again13:16
chrisccoulson1seb128 - whats eating all your ram in karmic? i was thinking of upgrading my main desktop this week (well, more of a forced reinstall as my Jaunty install isn't working too well)13:31
seb128the intel driver13:31
seb128seems to be a intel965 issue13:31
chrisccoulson1ah, thats not so bad for me, as i don't have intel hardware13:32
kenvandinepitti, eww... libgstfarsight depends on  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad13:56
kenvandinethat is not cool13:56
pittikenvandine: right, what I wrote in the MIR bug13:56
pittiand on other gst plugins as well13:56
kenvandineyeah13:57
kenvandinehumm13:57
kenvandinei will investigate13:57
pittithanks13:57
pittiwe need to strip -bad either way, and preferably also the other new dependencies (conserve space)13:57
kenvandineyeah13:57
kenvandineunderstand13:58
kenvandinemorning tedg13:58
tedgGood morning kenvandine.14:04
mptmvo, hi, ready for a call?14:06
mvompt: sure14:06
seb128MacSlow: do you really need those new gboolean in the g-s-d change?14:15
seb128can't you use the level being being 0 or 100?14:15
MacSlowno14:15
MacSlowseb128, I tried numerous things... only this guarantees me the trobbing indication is sent correctly by g-s-d or g-p-m (by -1 or 101)14:17
seb128weird14:17
seb128I don't like the change much I've to say14:17
MacSlowseb128, also I wanted to keep the patch change in one single spot only14:18
seb128why wouldn't looking for the value being > 99 work?14:18
pittiseb128: desktop-ppa now has latest g-d-u as well, FYI14:18
seb128bah14:19
seb128why does notify-osd require gmcs to build now?14:19
seb128pitti: ok thanks14:20
SiDiseb128: its because of the examples in mono, but they'll be optional in the next release14:20
seb128why do we need those to build notify-osd for karmic?14:20
seb128no example are installed14:21
MacSlowseb128, the steps at which brightness/volume are increased are different from time to time (and apparently system to system)14:21
seb128MacSlow: well the steps are but the 0 and 100 limits should not14:21
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MacSlowseb128, pitti: gcms is only needed if you build notify-osd using --with-examples=mono14:22
MacSlowseb128, pitti: the package default is not to state --with-examples at all14:22
MacSlowseb128, pitti: thus it's not part of the build-requirements in the rules14:23
seb128MacSlow: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28200152/buildlog_ubuntu-karmic-i386.notify-osd_0.9.14-0ubuntu1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz14:23
seb128MacSlow: it failed14:23
MacSlowseb128, pitti: and _I_ will not change that behaviour... not in notify-osd and not in the packageing... I had enough of this over the weekend14:23
MacSlowseb128, were did you pull notify-osd from? Trunk?14:24
seb128MacSlow: the 0.9.14 tarball14:25
MacSlowfuck!14:25
seb128we use tarball for distribution builds14:25
MacSlowI forgot to update that14:25
MacSlowone "sec"14:25
pittiseb128: hm, you don't merge trunk into ubuntu any more?14:29
pittior is the error in the autoconfiscation? (which we take from orig.tar.gz indeed)14:29
seb128pitti: I do14:30
seb128bzr get lp:~ubuntu-desktop/notify-osd/ubuntu14:30
seb128cd ubuntu14:30
seb128bzr merge lp:notify-osd14:30
seb128dch -v new_version14:31
pittiok, was just confused14:31
seb128debcommit -r14:31
seb128bzr push14:31
seb128I'm doing things wrongly again?14:31
pittiseb128: no, that looks fine14:31
seb128ok *pfffiou* ;-)14:31
pittiplus bzr bd -S, I take it? (to fetch new orig.tar.gz)14:31
seb128bzr-buildpackage14:31
seb128it gets the tarball and build14:31
pittiseb128: so the error MacSlow is fixing now is just in the orig.tar.gz, like in teh autogenerated Makefile.in, etc.?14:31
pittiseb128: righto14:31
seb128pitti: right14:32
pittiseb128: ok, that explains it then14:32
mptmvo, a debconf prompt just grabbed focus, and I've no idea what I chose :-]14:35
mptI was typing something when it popped up, and I pressed Space, which triggered one of the buttons14:36
mvompt: *weeeh* focus stealing ftw14:37
mvompt: but seriously, for 2.0 we could work on a more intergrated debconf14:37
mptyes indeed14:38
MacSlowseb128, pitti: https://edge.launchpad.net/notify-osd/+milestone/notify-osd-0.9.14.114:38
mvompt: unfortunately its not tirivial to embeded the frontends (and its auto-generated UI, so very hard to make not ugly in the general case)14:38
seb128MacSlow: thanks14:38
mvompt: hm, but for a start we could set focus-on-map=False14:38
mptthat would help14:39
mptunless/until there's some way to front-load the questions14:40
didrocksseb128: I think you can bzr pull now. It works with intrepid package (not hardy ones). It took some time to setup a proper jaunty chroot with all depends :/14:41
seb128didrocks: that works now, good job ;-)14:48
seb128the page has been updated14:48
didrocksseb128: great \o/14:49
didrocks(but dapper is a pain ;))14:49
seb128dapper is old14:50
seb128MacSlow: your new notify-osd tarball...14:57
seb128MacSlow: it built fine, thanks for the tarball update ;-)14:57
MacSlowseb128, at least this time I came "prepared"14:58
pittididrocks, seb128: don't worry about dapper; it's easier to set up the cronjob on another DC host (macaroni or cocoplum) and rsync the result to rookery, than trying to get this stuff running on dapper14:58
MacSlownot that I don't expect the next release to as gruesome as this one... at least for me14:58
seb128pitti: too late to say that, didrock managed to fix it ;-)14:58
pittiwow14:59
pedro_lool: salut, are you looking at bug 390591 ? just wondering since you were subscribed by the reporter.14:59
ubottuLaunchpad bug 390591 in f-spot "f-spot seems wrongly packaged / unusable for armel" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/39059114:59
loolpedro_: I just verified that it was committed in the tip VCS15:00
loolpedro_: It seems we share packaging across Debian and Ubuntu, it's hosted in an Alioth SVN15:00
loolpedro_: I also confirmed the jaunty task as it seems SRU worthy, but I don't intend to actually prepare it (and didn't milestone it)15:01
pedro_lool: ah ok, thanks for the info15:02
LaneyI think you two are talking about different bugs15:02
loolAh we are indeed15:02
loolpedro_: Sorry, I touched only one f-spot bug myself; I see which bug you mean now15:03
loolpedro_: So for this armel crasher, I was subscribed because our ARM partners always subscribe me and then I dispatch  :)15:03
loolI usually assign or subscribe canonical-mobile for bugs we care about15:04
LaneyI don't think they are PE executables15:04
Laneymaybe it is broken, but that's not the reason I hope...15:05
pedro_lool: alright, do you want me to assign that to canonical-mobile then? would be good to have someone looking at it15:05
loolpedro_: I had sub-ed us some minutes ago, but I'll actually assign us15:05
pedro_lool: nice, thanks15:06
loolpedro_: Thanks for the heads up15:07
rickspencer3didrocks: did you see my updates to quickly over the weekend?15:14
pittirickspencer3: good morning15:15
rickspencer3hi pitti15:15
rickspencer3http://piware.de/tmp/desktopteam-burndown-karmic.png15:16
rickspencer3nice, except we're above the trend line already15:16
* rickspencer3 takes heartburn pill15:16
rickspencer3j/k15:16
pittirickspencer3: if you start exactly at the top of TODO, that's kind of expected, isn't it?15:17
rickspencer3I was just kidding15:17
rickspencer3I didn't really expect any to be resolved over the weekend15:17
didrocksrickspencer3: yes, I reviewed them this morning. I have some changes to do, but it will only by the end of the week :)15:19
rickspencer3ok15:19
didrocksrickspencer3: I changed slightely the spec, integrating my remarks15:20
rickspencer3did you see how eeejay figured out how to handle deriving from gtk.Window and gtk.Dialog and still use Glade?15:20
didrocksrickspencer3: I'm unfortunately not a pygtk programmer. Currently learning it, so, I didn't attach yet so much important to this part of code. (but from what I know, we should use gtk.AboutDialog)15:21
rickspencer3didrocks: ok. trust me, it's very cool15:21
rickspencer3:)15:21
didrocksI trust you :)15:22
seb128pedro_: is that an impression or is the desktop bug activity crazy recently?15:40
pedro_seb128: it's raising considering the past weeks, i wouldn't say crazy yet but we're getting more bugs yeap15:41
seb128I think the hundredpapercut thing has been generating lot of noise15:41
* awalton__ concurs.15:42
pedro_that's true, a good portion of the bug mail on the desktop-bugs is coming from there15:43
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Laneyseb128: do you have any ideas on python-gdl besides waiting for upstream?16:01
seb128build without the option for now or distro patch to build it?16:01
seb128it's probably easy to update to the abi changes16:01
Laneymaybe, did debian do the same with gdl?16:01
* Laney knows nothing about python-c bindings to fix it16:05
seb128Laney: no, debian doesn't track 2.2716:06
Laneyit's on 2.25.3 in both16:06
Laneyoh you mean gdl16:07
Laneynm16:07
Laneybuilding pidgin now16:08
seb128cool16:08
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seb128Laney: do you still work on the tomboy upgrade?17:29
Laneyseb128: yes it's at the head of meebey's sponsor queue now17:29
seb128oh, you are blocking on a debian update to sync?17:29
Laneyyeah17:30
Laneyyou can upload it direct if you want though17:30
Laneyjust pull it from git17:30
seb128no that's ok17:31
seb128I was reviewed the outdated desktop packages and wondering why this one was not moving17:31
Laneyah17:31
seb128we tend to no block on debian usually and update and sync later17:31
Laneyi should have put it in the bug17:31
seb128but I'm being lazy if they update soon17:32
Laneyi pinged meebey about it, maybe he uploads today17:36
* Laney looks at vino17:36
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Laneyseb128: is that a debian bug too?17:38
rickspencer3seb128: pitti: pedro_: anyone else ... I'm writing tutorials for quickly, and will write reference as well17:38
rickspencer3what should I be using for authoring, and what format should I be releasing help in?17:38
pittirickspencer3: I recommend docbook-xml as source format17:39
pittirickspencer3: there are nice tools to convert that to manpages, HTML, LaTeX, etc.17:39
pittiand it's pretty much _the_ FOSS documentation standard nowadays17:40
rickspencer3pitti: thanks17:40
rickspencer3any recommendations for an editor?17:40
pittilike dookbook2html, or gtk-doc-tools17:40
pittirickspencer3: oh, a flamewar gauntlet!17:40
rickspencer3oh17:40
pittivim, of course! :-)17:40
rickspencer3lol17:41
seb128Laney: what debian bug?17:41
seb128rickspencer3: what pitti said17:41
Laneythe conffile move17:41
pittisee, seb128 also recommending vim now :-P17:41
seb128Laney: they decided that using etc is wrong and started moving things to usr in a distribution specific way17:41
* seb128 slaps pitti17:41
Laneyseb128: and we don't follow this change?17:42
Laneyor if they started cleaning the conffile we would?17:42
seb128I'm not decided yet, I've been not following it for now17:42
seb128we are not on sync for most GNOME packages anyway17:42
Laneyok17:42
seb128that's extra diff over upstream for no good reason17:42
* Laney likes to strive for sync17:42
seb128right sync is good but for most of GNOME we package unstable versions and they don't anyway17:45
pittirickspencer3: apt-cache search has conglomerate and qemacs, but pretty much any reasonable XML editor should do17:45
pittirickspencer3: the other option is to just document it online in moin17:46
rickspencer3pitti: right17:46
rickspencer3what I want is to write it in one place, and export it as MOIN, HTML, etc...17:46
pittirickspencer3: if you don't actually need moin, just HTML (which makes sense anyway, since you only want to change the source), then docbook2html or gtk-doc-tools are great17:47
dobeyjames_w: hey. source package branches should only contain the contents of the tarball, right?17:48
dobeyjames_w: plus the debian dir of course17:48
james_wdobey: as opposed to what?17:48
dobeyjames_w: extra cruft that may be in vcs needed to generated a release tarball, that isn't normally in a release tarball17:49
james_wah17:50
james_wyeah, you probably just want what is in the tarball17:50
dobey cool. thanks17:51
Laneypidgin diff is up18:01
pittigood night everyone18:10
Laneyseeya18:11
rickspencer3pitti: it looks like "mallard" is the new standard for documentation authoring18:39
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dobeyasac: ping20:13
dobeyhrmm20:45
dobeywhat's the diff between Build-Depends-Indep and Build-Depends?20:45
Laneybuild-depends-indep are packages only needed to build the arch-indep packages20:50
dobeyLaney: so you can build only the Architectrue: all packages, without having to build the other packages for x86 or something?20:51
Laneyright20:51
Laneyvia build/binary-indep20:51
dobeyok20:52
dobeyso basically pointless for any package that only produces Architecture: all package(s)?20:53
Laneyyeah20:53
dobeyfun20:53
kenvandinedobey, how is the u1 packages coming?20:57
dobeykenvandine: will be fixed up very soon now20:57
kenvandinegreat20:58
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chrisccoulsonis there any point in opening papercut tasks for applications that are likely to disappear shortly?21:51
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Ampelbeinchrisccoulson: i don't think so. In my opinion, that's a waste of time for the developers.22:04
chrisccoulsonyeah, i agree22:04
chrisccoulsoni was just wondering what other peoples opinions were22:04
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chrisccoulsoni marked a bug in gdm-setup as a duplicate of an old gdm bug, but deliberately didn't copy the papercut task across as gdm-setup is gone from the new gdm. then someone told me i forgot to copy the task across :-/22:05
dobeykenvandine: i uploaded a new ubuntuone-storage-protocol to REVU22:08
dobeykenvandine: will have new ubuntuone-client very shortly22:08
dobeykenvandine: new ubuntuone-client is uploaded now too22:40
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kenvandinedobey, woot23:46
chrisccoulsonhi robert_ancell. just looking at this gnome-panel update. i think i drew the short straw;)23:59

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