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didrocksGuten Tag pitti08:04
seb128hello everybody there08:19
seb128mvo, your synaptic update works much better!08:19
didrockslut seb12808:19
mvoseb128: sweet - its still not putting "apt" itself on top when search for it, but otherwise its a step forward08:20
seb128'lu didrocks08:21
seb128mvo, well yesterday "libgtk2.0-0" was giving me a zillion of choices and the correct one at 60% of the list08:21
seb128mvo, now it has 3 and it's listed first08:21
seb128mvo, so much better ;-)08:21
seb128robert_ancell, hey08:22
seb128hey slomo08:36
seb128IRC is really quiet this morning is everybody still sleeping? ;-)08:38
pittihey seb12808:46
seb128hello pitti!08:46
pittibonjour didrocks08:46
seb128good to see that somebody is still active there I was started being concerned for you guys ;-)08:46
pittino, was just away for supermarket and stuff08:46
seb128I was wondering if I miscounted days and we were saturday or something ;-)08:47
pittihah08:48
robert_ancellhey all08:56
seb128hello robert_ancell08:58
seb128robert_ancell, just wondering, did you receive my email about gdmsetup yesterday?08:58
robert_ancellseb128, yes, was going to work on that now.  I don't have strong opinions where the functionality should be, just that we need it.  I'm going to do a blueprint wiki page for it08:59
seb128robert_ancell, ok, I was just wondering because I did emails you a bit before GUADEC about updates to do and some other things too once09:00
seb128and you never replied09:00
seb128so I was checking that emails are reaching you09:00
robert_ancellyeah, I'm just slow at replying :)09:00
seb128ok, no problem09:00
seb128on a good note I pinged #gdm guys yesterday about patch review and they did some09:01
seb128they commited a bunch of pending patches to git and commented on some other bugs09:01
robert_ancellcool, be back in 30 mins09:03
andrew_sayersCould I ask what the current thinking is on making Empathy the default IM client in Karmic?09:03
seb128robert_ancell, ok, btw I still disagree with the gnome-games split so let's discuss that before you start on it09:04
seb128andrew_sayers, what do you mean? it's the default client now09:04
andrew_sayersseb128: And it's looking to stay that way when it's released?09:05
seb128andrew_sayers, why not?09:05
andrew_sayersWell, it'll take me a while to write up all the reasons :s09:05
andrew_sayersI don't see any evidence that they can actually maintain stable releases.09:05
seb128pidgin doesn't either09:06
andrew_sayersE.g. there's a bug in the MSN protocol stuff that's left people unable to sign in for 8 months.09:06
andrew_sayersIn Launchpad, getting no attention.09:06
seb128it's using haze and libpurple for msn09:06
seb128ie the pidgin lib09:06
andrew_sayersbug #33889109:06
ubottuLaunchpad bug 338891 in pymsn "Empathy MSN accounts stopped working after upgrade to jaunty (dup-of: 348752)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/33889109:06
ubottuLaunchpad bug 348752 in pymsn "pymsn doesn't work with Python 2.6 in jaunty" [Undecided,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/34875209:06
andrew_sayers(It's not a duplicate, at least for me)09:06
seb128jaunty is stable it doesn't get new versions, karmic do09:07
seb128empathy was not default in jaunty don't focus on jaunty09:07
andrew_sayersOkay, but MSN doesn't work at all.09:07
seb128nobody is spending efforts to get the jaunty version in a solid state09:07
seb128on karmic?09:07
seb128works for me09:07
andrew_sayersOkay, but will people spend effort to get it working when Karmic is stable and doesn't get new versions?09:08
andrew_sayersMore to the point, would something get put together if there was another situation like the recent Yahoo! protocol upgrade?09:08
seb128andrew_sayers, I don't understand the questions09:08
seb128andrew_sayers, do you ask "will you fix bugs on the softwares you ship by default"09:08
seb128andrew_sayers, do you expect to reply "no" to that? yes we will fix issues as we do since warty09:09
andrew_sayersseb128: TBH, this is just the latest in a long line of question marks around Empathy.  I can write up a full list if it's still the presumptive IM client in Karmic stable.09:09
pittiok, so fixed gnome-session and my fixed consolekit are happy again09:10
* pitti uploads CK09:10
kklimondaandrew_sayers: don't loose your time, it was discussed over and over already.09:10
seb128andrew_sayers, I don't really understand the question, yes we fix bugs on softwares we ship by default09:10
seb128pitti, \o/09:10
* pitti sends kudos to Chris09:10
andrew_sayersMy question is, where is the evidence that the Empathy team will put significant time and effort into e.g. backporting a new protocol into an old version if the network upgrades?09:11
seb128andrew_sayers, no, as there is none that the pidgin team will do that09:11
chrisccoulsonhey pitti09:11
chrisccoulsonglad it's sorted now:)09:11
seb128andrew_sayers, the yahoo issue is still not fixed in hardy for pidgin either09:11
andrew_sayersWhat about Jaunty?09:11
seb128andrew_sayers, that's how opensource work, you have no guaranty over what contributor do in their free time09:12
seb128andrew_sayers, the yahoo has been fixed in jaunty but it doesn't mean if there is an another change the pidgin team will pick quickly on that one too09:12
seb128andrew_sayers, your question is not really revelent to empathy, it's an issue for any im client09:13
andrew_sayersI accept that there are no guarantees, it's just that Pidgin seems like a safer bet.09:13
seb128andrew_sayers, on what basis do you judge?09:13
seb128andrew_sayers, for one thing telepathy-haze allow you to use libpurple, it the pidgin lib for any protocol09:13
seb128andrew_sayers, so fixing pidgin will make empathy work too09:14
andrew_sayersPidgin rushed something out in Jaunty for a new protocol, Empathy won't even fix an existing protocol.09:14
pitti*sigh*, CDs still overflowing without gimp help and only one langpack09:14
kklimondaandrew_sayers: not pidgin and not empathy but ubuntu developers.09:14
seb128andrew_sayers, fixing pidgin makes empathy work too if you use haze09:14
seb128andrew_sayers, and we did bother backporting pidgin because it's the default IM, empathy would have been the default we would have fixed it before pidgin09:15
seb128andrew_sayers, we just spend resources on what we distribute to users in priority and not in universe09:15
andrew_sayersBut surely you can only do that if the upstream developers provide you with sufficient resources?09:15
seb128why?09:15
seb128we have a team of people who know how to code and fix issues09:16
andrew_sayersIf Empathy carries on at the pace it is right now, any patches against the trunk wouldn't necessarily apply to the old version.09:16
seb128and that discussion has no sense anyway there is a good and responsive team working on telepathy09:16
seb128empathy is just a frontend09:16
seb128telepathy has the protocols interaction09:16
seb128and as said for yahoo and msn we use libpurple anyway09:17
seb128so it's pidgin which will still need fixing empathy will work09:17
andrew_sayersHang on, Telepathy is using pymsn for MSN, not libpurple.09:18
andrew_sayersAt least according to this bug report.09:18
seb128andrew_sayers, that's because you installed telepathy-butterfly which we don't do by default09:18
seb128we use telepathy-haze and libpurple in karmic09:19
pittianyone got an idea why libpurple0 has to depend on pidgin-data?09:19
seb128andrew_sayers, telepathy transports are used if installed but if you don't install those haze and libpurple will be used09:19
seb128pitti, no09:19
andrew_sayersI agree that the Telepathy team is good and responsive in the development, but in that case, why hasn't anyone checked the bug report and said "try with haze instead"?09:19
andrew_sayersseb128: Would it be better for me to write this up an post it to the ML?  As I say, this is just one of many things about Empathy that make me uncomfortable.09:21
seb128andrew_sayers, telepathy was not the default in jaunty so no effort were focussed on it09:22
seb128andrew_sayers, there has been a zillion of mailing list discussions on the topic recently09:22
seb128andrew_sayers, and there is a specification registered09:22
seb128pitti, libpurple seems have functions to deal with protocol, etc icons09:23
seb128pitti, not sure if that makes the icons an hard requirement or what would happen without those though09:23
seb128pitti, you can try asking on #pidgin they are usually nice and responsive09:23
andrew_sayersThere have been many discussions, and they all seem to raise significant issues about making Empathy the default.  Surely that's at least cause for more discussion?09:24
seb128all that is not really constructive if you have real concern expose those here?09:25
andrew_sayersOkay, I'll move on to the next one then :)09:25
seb128rather than trying to suggest that we will not fix bugs on what we ship by default09:25
seb128be aware that we know that empathy is not as good as pidgin right now as an IM client09:26
seb128but we aim at having a tested technology ready for the next lts09:26
andrew_sayersThat's exactly what I was about to talk about :)09:26
seb128and it will bring nice features as vnc sharing to im contacts or video for jabber09:26
seb128and video for msn probably09:26
andrew_sayersEmpathy won't have had a full round of testing by the time Karmic is released, as it wasn't included in the initial alphas.09:27
seb128the motivation for the switch is rather the telepathy stack integration in the desktop than the im client09:27
seb128well if we want it to be ready for next cycle we better stay on it now rather than roll back and have short testing before the lts09:27
seb128karmic is a technology change version of ubuntu anyway09:27
andrew_sayersAlso, discussions on ubuntu-devel-discuss suggest that testing is only practical if you're willing to install from a PPA and accept that you might lose logs now and then.09:27
seb128new gdm, telepathy, devicekit*09:27
seb128what you talk about is probably testing on jaunty09:28
andrew_sayersI'll go and get the references...09:29
pittichrisccoulson: btw, did you send the fixed polkit crash upstream, or shall I?09:29
andrew_sayersSince there's only a month left until feature freeze, I don't see how it's possible to get enough testing done by the community in time.09:29
chrisccoulsonpitti - i was going to comment on the fedora bugzilla, but seb128 found a version of the patch on the gnome bugzilla, with the fix already in09:29
seb128andrew_sayers, we accept that karmic will have some rough edge, that's the only way to get something solid for the coming lts09:29
pittichrisccoulson: rock, thanks09:30
seb128andrew_sayers, rolling back now to have the same discussion in 6 month will not make karmic+1 any better09:30
chrisccoulsonyou're welcome09:30
seb128andrew_sayers, note that pidgin will still be available and not changed for people upgrading09:30
andrew_sayersseb128: How will the smoothing process actually work?  Surely existing users will stick with what they've got, and new users will file bug reports that are at best difficult?09:30
seb128andrew_sayers, and that you can keep running jaunty if you want09:30
seb128andrew_sayers, what smoothing process?09:31
andrew_sayersSmoothing out the rough edges in Karmic.09:31
seb128as in any ubuntu version?09:31
seb128upstream fix bugs, we fix bugs, we iterate and we ship in a few months?09:31
andrew_sayersSee https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2009-June/008887.html for an example of problems testing in Karmic (you'll need to read the whole thread)09:32
seb128do you have a specific concern?09:32
seb128I've read all those thread we moved things quite a while since09:32
pittiseb128: I'm going to merge Cody's propsed gdm change09:32
seb128empathy is not installed by default in karmic09:32
seb128pitti, please don't09:32
pittioh?09:33
pittiwhy not?09:33
seb128pitti, chrisccoulson was talking with him yesterday, talk to him first09:33
pittiokay09:33
pittichrisccoulson: any idea why gdm should not just depend on gnome-session-bin?09:33
seb128pitti, gnome-session is actually required to get g-s-d and theming etc working09:33
andrew_sayersMy specific concern is that testers haven't been given enough time to do their job.09:33
andrew_sayersSo there's no way of knowing whether Empathy has showstopping bugs.09:33
seb128andrew_sayers, we accept that, as said we need to do this switch now if we want the lts to be solid next cycle09:34
chrisccoulsonpitti - gdm will also need to depend on gnome-settings-daemon09:34
pittiseb128: hmkay (not sure whether the xubuntu guys would insist on those features)09:34
seb128andrew_sayers, rolling back now will not lead to a better karmic+109:34
chrisccoulsonand it seems it will also need to depend on metacity too09:34
seb128andrew_sayers, if karmic has to be lower quality so be it09:34
chrisccoulsonso it will still pull in half of gnome on xubuntu ;)09:34
chrisccoulsonbut cody tried it last night, and he can at least start a working xfce session with the changes, which is better than he had before09:35
seb128andrew_sayers, for the record I think we will manage to have a decent user experience for karmic and pidgin is still available09:35
andrew_sayersThat's actually an important point in itself - is there a page somewhere that explains how this will actually benefit the user?09:35
andrew_sayersI've read a lot around this, and haven't been able to find a clear case spelled out anywhere.09:35
seb128andrew_sayers, you start by assuming that empathy will give a not so good user experience which I would not bet on09:35
seb128andrew_sayers, we don't justify every change we make no or we wouldn't get any work done, we have been commenting on the lists and have a specification on the wiki about that09:36
seb128andrew_sayers, and that's discussed during desktop team meeting which are open, I think that's enough09:36
seb128andrew_sayers, if you care enough you should read informations where they are or trust the team to do their job as they do usually09:37
seb128pitti, maybe xubuntu should stop using gdm if it's too GNOME heavy for them now09:37
seb128pitti, I'm not sure that upstream considered the non GNOME users in their new design it relies on GNOME technologies now09:37
andrew_sayersOkay, I'll go and read some desktop team meeting minutes.  Is there one in particular that explains the benefits to the user?09:38
seb128pitti, ie you need a least one session manager able to run autostart for a specified user directory, a setting daemon, a wm, etc09:38
pittiseb128: ok, so perhaps they need to switch to another *dm then09:38
seb128andrew_sayers, no09:38
seb128andrew_sayers, benefits are: regular schedule aligned on GNOME, responsive upstream, video for jabber (and msn coming) desktop integration09:38
chrisccoulsoni'm sure it could be adapted to use non-Gnome components. ef, it doesn't really need metacity as a WM, and the only reason it needs gnome-sesion is so it can specify where the autostart folder is09:38
chrisccoulsonef -> eg09:38
pittia properly configured xdm shoudln't be too bad09:39
seb128chrisccoulson, well it depends on gconf in any case now though for example09:39
pittichrisccoulson: but shoulnd't that part be in -bin?09:39
chrisccoulsonGDM and gnome-session-bin should already depend on gconf09:40
seb128chrisccoulson, well just saying part of the GNOME technologies will be triggered in any case, I'm not sure what part xubuntu is happy to use or not09:40
seb128ie does xubuntu use gconf or not?09:40
chrisccoulsonpitti - they're both linked against the gconf library09:41
chrisccoulsonseb128 - i'm not sure. i'm not familiar enough with how xubuntu works09:41
andrew_sayersseb128: surely those are reasons to replace Ekiga, not Pidgin?  Pidgin is cross-platform and has plugins, so picking one over the other will always cause regressions.09:41
chrisccoulsonfor example, what do they have in the place of things like gnome-settings-daemon etc?09:41
seb128andrew_sayers, msn video chat is not an ekiga thing no, ekiga is a softphone not an im client09:42
kklimondapitti: do you have a minute? wrt bug 379413 removing vmmouse_detect from mdetect.install will leave dangling vmmouse_detect.1.gz. Also debian has just released 0.5.2.2 so we could just make a sync and spare me further humiliation while I'm preparing another bad debdiff ;)09:42
ubottuLaunchpad bug 379413 in mdetect "Update mdetect to remove vmmouse_detect (will be in xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse package instead)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/37941309:42
pittiso, xdm is magnitudes faster as well, it's just a little tricky to configure09:42
pittikklimonda: so vmmouse_detect.1.gz is shipped in a different package?09:42
chrisccoulsonpitti - if i get some time this weekend, i might do some hacking and see if i can get GDM to load the session with xfce4-session and xfce4-wm09:42
seb128andrew_sayers, anyway that discussion is pointless now, I explained the reasons several time by now09:42
pittikklimonda: sure, syncs are always the best way to fix stuff :)09:42
chrisccoulsonno guarantees though - i don't know how xfce works enough09:42
pittichrisccoulson: well, check with Cody first before wasting workon it09:43
andrew_sayersOkay, I still think this is a mistake, but it's clear you've made your mind up.09:43
seb128andrew_sayers, the telepathy stack is much better integrated on the GNOME desktop and will allow lot of cool things pidgin will never do09:43
chrisccoulsonpitti - yeah, i'll have a chat with him09:43
seb128andrew_sayers, ie sharing your desktop over vnc with im contacts09:43
andrew_sayersActually, that's a good point that's still worth talking about.09:43
seb128andrew_sayers, you focus on the IM client aspect apparently09:43
seb128andrew_sayers, other team plan to integrate other desktop components with telepathy too09:44
andrew_sayersYes, I have no problem including Telepathy, so long as Empathy isn't the default IM client.09:44
seb128andrew_sayers, if empathy is not the default you loose all the integration between IM and desktop09:44
seb128andrew_sayers, it sharing vnc with contacts over IM will not work in pidgin it doesn't use telepathy09:44
seb128ie09:44
seb128same for sharing music with an IM contact from rhythmbox or banshee09:45
seb128that only works if you IM talk to telepathy09:45
andrew_sayersBut how many users actually want to do that, compared to using plugins or using the same client across OSes?09:46
seb128I'm not sure what are your real concerns about empathy as an IM09:46
seb128what plugins do you think is used by lot of users?09:46
seb128same clients across OSes, we should not limit yourself to that when we can do way better09:47
andrew_sayersWell, my major point is that there are a lot of unknowns here.09:47
seb128cross platform clients will not work as good as softwares integrated in your environment09:47
andrew_sayersWe don't know how important plugins are, we don't know what bugs Empathy has, and so on.09:47
seb128pidgin is still available for those who want it09:47
andrew_sayersIt seems to me like waiting is still the prudent choice.09:47
seb128by being prudent you don't move09:47
seb128we need to get things moving so cool things can happen09:48
seb128pidgin will still be there and users upgrading will still get it09:48
seb128as said karmic is a technology change version09:48
seb128we need that to put foundations for the coming lts09:48
seb128if you don't want to run it don't run it09:48
seb128jaunty is still there and supported and pidgin is still available09:49
andrew_sayersOkay, so here's an example - say someone tries Ubuntu out for the first time.  They get started with Empathy, and it turns out that the log-deleting bug is still there, but only happens once every few weeks...09:49
andrew_sayersSo they try it for a while, then a few months later, they discover that they've been losing log files.09:49
seb128well pidgin could have a bug deleting your logs tomorrow in the next version too09:49
seb128that's life, sofwares have bugs09:50
andrew_sayersTrue, but it's less likely, as it's been tested widely, for a very long time.09:50
seb128well another reason to do go tesitng in karmic on empathy09:50
andrew_sayersAnd there's no evidence of Pidgin losing logs at any time in the recent past.09:50
seb128so issues are fixed before the next lts09:50
seb128and you don't get a lts destroying your logs09:50
seb128well, with your thinking we would never change anything09:50
seb128we would stay put on known to be working softwares and versions09:51
seb128as said karmic is a technology change version09:51
seb128we will put disclaimers where required09:51
seb128it's the user choice to run a non lts version then09:51
andrew_sayersNo, I would advocate making something the default when there's currently a feature-complete, well-maintained version in the current stable release.09:51
seb128ok, I've enough discussed that you are not interested to listen to other people arguments anyway09:52
seb128we did the mistake of switching to new technologies in a lts before09:52
seb128we will not do it again if that's not really required09:52
andrew_sayersI agree with that, and I would prefer to leave it until after the LTS.09:53
seb128and not do it now would mean delaying after the lts, one year, when we have cool things ready that we want to distribute to users09:53
seb128all your argument is based on the fact that we suck too much to get empathy issues sorted before karmic09:53
seb128thanks for vouching for our team there09:53
seb128but I'm of the advice that we will do a better job that you think09:54
andrew_sayersI'm sorry if that's how I sounded, that's not what I was trying to say.09:54
seb128we can re-discuss that after karmic if you want and see who was right09:54
seb128we will put resources required to get empathy working correctly and not destroying your logs or datas09:54
seb128if there is such issues around beta time and we thing the quality is not there we will roll back09:55
seb128but until there we will give some good testing to empathy to know where we stand09:55
seb128and help upstream getting the software rocking solid09:55
seb128if there is some random plugin people need and is not in empathy they can still install pidgin09:56
seb128we trade some of those features for better desktop integration, regular schedule, new cool features, etc09:56
andrew_sayersOkay, well I wish you the best, I'm sorry if I gave the wrong impression, and I do appreciate all your work.  I won't bother you about this again.09:57
seb128no problem, it's fine to ask questions09:58
seb128it's just not as obvious as you seem to think09:58
seb128we have been doing what you suggest for several cycles now09:59
seb128but if you don't push something a bit harder you don't get work done09:59
seb128same issues for the new gdm codebase09:59
seb128robert_ancell, did you read my comment about gnome-games splitting before?10:01
andrew_sayersWell, thanks for talking :)10:01
andrew_sayersBye bye.10:02
robert_ancellseb128, which one?  I have read the bug reports you've replied to before.  I'm writing you and pitti an email with why I think it is a good idea10:02
seb128robert_ancell, ok, btw I still disagree with the gnome-games split so let's discuss that before you start on it10:02
seb128ok10:02
robert_ancellseb128, oh, yes the irc comment, that's what's triggering the email :)10:03
seb128ok10:05
seb128pitti, did we decide anything about bug #383256?10:11
ubottuLaunchpad bug 383256 in seahorse "seahorse no longer running after upgrade to karmic, no gpg agent available" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/38325610:11
robert_ancellclocking off now, later all10:11
seb128pitti, ie having seahorse-plugins not installed by default10:11
seb128robert_ancell, 'night10:11
pittirobert_ancell: good night!10:11
pittiseb128: I thought you were okay with that as well? developers etc. can install that (or gnome-gpg, or whatnot)10:12
robert_ancellseb128, I look forwards to your reply to the split. Gloves off, no holds barred ;)10:12
seb128robert_ancell, ahah10:12
robert_ancellcya pitti10:12
seb128pitti, well, I'm not opposed to it, to be honest I've no strong opinion10:12
seb128pitti, but that's the second surprised user comment I read about it since yesterday10:12
seb128the first on was james_w yesterday10:12
pittiwe should release-note it, perhaps10:14
pittibut I wonder why it gets removed on upgrades anyway? it's still in main10:14
pittiah, perhaps auto-dependency10:14
seb128the autoremove will clean it I think10:15
seb128brb10:21
geserasac, superm1: I've added a debdiff for bug #399482 in case you're still interested to fix it.10:24
ubottuLaunchpad bug 399482 in bluez "Upgrading from bluez 4.45-0ubuntu{1,2} to 4.45-0ubuntu3 or later fails" [High,Won't fix] https://launchpad.net/bugs/39948210:24
pittiuh, wontfix?10:26
pittithis breaks everyone's upgrade?10:27
geseronly in karmic10:27
geserbut yes, many people using karmic seem to be affected (18 dupes already)10:28
mvoI have it too10:32
asacpitti: it was a 24h regression window10:38
pittiasac: ah, only affects upgrades from -2?10:39
asacpitti: so i said it was ok to wont fix it10:39
asacpitti: 24h before ubuntu3 ubuntu1 was uploaded10:39
asacright10:39
pittiok, as long as there's a way to unbreak everyone's desktop10:39
* pitti tries --force-depends -P and a reinstall10:42
pittiargh, init script fails as well10:42
* pitti removes init script as well10:42
pittiok, that worked10:43
asacpitti: so you catched this?10:43
asacgeser: if you want we can do something like that; but i think we should restrict it to the versions as suggested by maxb10:43
hyperairi modified my initscript, regarding that.10:43
hyperairadded the || true part10:43
geserasac: will update the prerm script with his suggestions10:46
Laneyshould I not take this bluez upgrade then?10:47
Laneyubuntu310:47
hyperairtake it10:49
hyperairbut modify the initscript first10:49
hyperairthe reason the upgrade fails is because the initscript can't stop bluez.10:49
asacLaney: depends what version you have10:49
Laneyubuntu110:49
hyperairrather, it's not running, so you can't stop it.10:49
Laneywell I don't mind holding the version10:49
asacLaney: which major version? the latest ubuntu1/ubuntu2 was just in for 24h10:49
Laney  Installed: 4.45-0ubuntu110:50
Laney  Candidate: 4.45-0ubuntu310:50
asacyeah. that will break then.10:50
hyperaircan it even be fixed, i wonder?10:50
hyperairthe issue was that bluez's prerm script couldn't run properly, right?10:50
pittiseb128: did you see the recent comments on bug 207072? apparently the nautilus patch was broken (it patches itself, not the source)10:51
asachyperair: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/399482/comments/2010:51
ubottuLaunchpad bug 207072 in gvfs "nautilus does not display samba shares for machines inside an ADS network." [High,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/20707210:51
ubottuUbuntu bug 399482 in bluez "Upgrading from bluez 4.45-0ubuntu{1,2} to 4.45-0ubuntu3 or later fails" [High,Won't fix]10:51
asaci would think it might also work for already broken systems ;)10:51
seb128pitti, yes, I've access to a hardy box now I will have a look before lunch10:51
hyperairi see.10:52
Laneyforbid-version :cool:10:53
hyperairLaney: just modify your initscript and let it update. it isn't that hard =\10:53
Laneyit's harder than waiting for the update10:53
hyperairlazy ass10:54
geserasac: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29133899/bluez.debdiff10:54
Laneypfft10:54
Laneywhy would I deliberately walk into a problem?10:54
hyperairhmm well then. time to RFS for gtk2-engines-aurora in debian10:54
geserLaney: which version of bluez do you currently have installed?10:55
Laney4.45-0ubuntu110:55
geserLaney: then either wait for a fix (which might not even come, the bug is currently won't fix) or apply the work-around10:56
Laneygeser: I am doing10:56
Laneysee comment about forbid-version10:56
asacgeser: you verified path: u1 -> u3 (broken) -> u4 ?10:56
asacgeser: dont you mean "ge" ?10:57
asache you flipped order10:59
asacok10:59
geserasac: no, "4.45-0ubuntu1" <= $2 <= "4.45-0ubuntu2" looks ok10:59
Laneynot ubuntu3?10:59
asacgood point.11:00
asac;)11:00
geserLaney: 0u3 is fixed but doesn't catch the error from 0u{1,2}11:00
geserasac: rerunning my upgrade checks with the new prerm, one moment11:02
asacgeser: what he means is 4.45-0ubuntu1" <= $2 <= "4.45-0ubuntu3"11:02
asacassuming that u1 -> u3 (broken) -> u4  works11:02
geserasac: as the upgrade fails -0u3 doesn't get installed but I'll check the version at this point11:03
asacgeser: yes. thats what i wondered about11:04
geserasac: just checked, the version stays at -0u111:08
asacgeser: ok i upload it then, ok?11:08
asac3 .. 2 ...11:09
seb1281!11:09
hyperair0!11:09
geserasac: go11:10
asacdone11:10
asacthx geser11:10
gesermy upgrade checks all succeeded11:11
geserfrom the old working version to -0u4, as from the broken ones to -0u4 and from -0u3 to -0u411:12
* Laney doesn't even have bluetooth ¬_¬11:13
Laneyoh it's pulled in by n-m11:14
maxbI kind of want to call this bluez thing a test of whether you should be running karmic or not :-)11:24
maxb--> post a duplicate bug == you fail!11:25
james_wis anyone else getting too many tooltips from the pager?11:35
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james_wI move my mouse in, change desktop by clicking, then move the mouse out11:35
james_wand I consistently get a tooltip left there until I mouseover it11:35
seb128james_w, yes, there is a bug open about that since jaunty11:42
james_wthanks11:42
james_wI guess it's a race condition?11:42
seb128dunno11:42
seb128I've noticed it but not debugged11:43
james_wah, it happens on the task list as well11:43
seb128james_w, bug #35670211:43
ubottuLaunchpad bug 356702 in libwnck "Jaunty: window switcher tooltips stick when they shouldn't" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/35670211:43
james_wthanks11:43
* seb128 fixes the title and grrrr at people specifying the version there11:44
seb128re11:46
seb128pitti, nautilus hardy uploaded11:46
pittiseb128: merci beaucoup, will process11:46
seb128waouh, didrocks took over the g-c-c update, good luck!11:47
pittianother one?11:47
pittididn't we just get a new one yesterday?11:47
seb128yes, that one from yesterday was being working for over a week11:48
seb128and GNOME rolls new tarball every few weeks11:48
seb128can I tell firefox to open webpages on the current workspace and not to add tabs to an instance on an another workspace?11:50
seb128hum lunch is ready now11:50
seb128bbl11:50
didrocksseb128: I heard it was quite a challenge, so, let's challenge it :)11:55
didrocksseb128: have a good lunch!11:55
pittiseb128: firefox -new-window http://ubuntu.com11:58
seb128pitti, well that will always open a new one12:12
seb128pitti, what I want is to add a tab if there is already a firefox on the workspace or open a new firefox there otherwise12:12
pittioh12:12
pittiseb128: I don't know a way to get that12:12
seb128ok12:13
seb128the default behaviour is just weird12:13
seb128you click on an url and you get a blinking task12:13
* Laney wonders if something has changed12:15
LaneyI've been not noticing new pidgin windows12:15
chrisccoulsonLaney - in jaunty or karmic?12:15
Laneykarmic12:16
chrisccoulsonthat happens to me in jaunty all the time. not only with MSN, but someone tried to talk to me privately on IRC yesterday, and I was never notified of the new tab that appeared12:16
chrisccoulsonthe messaging indicator had nothing in it at all12:16
LaneyI can't remember for the life of me what used to happen12:16
Laneythe messaging indicator is working fine, but I never notice the change in it12:16
Laneythere's been a few times in the past couple of days where I've been IMed and not noticed it fora ges12:17
chrisccoulsonah. yeah, that is a problem. i do notice when the icon is different, but it is very hard to spot12:17
Laneythe new window gets raised on another workspace12:17
chrisccoulsonbut in my case, if i leave my machine for 5 minutes, then come back, and someone started a conversation with me whilst i was away, i never get any indication of it12:18
Laneymaybe that's what's changed12:18
Laneyhm12:18
chrisccoulsoni don't know what specific steps trigger it. sometimes it works12:18
chrisccoulsonbut often, it doesn't12:18
chrisccoulsondoes anyone here use the messaging indicator then?12:18
seb128I don't12:19
LaneyI think I'll just put the blinking icon back12:19
* Laney wonders how12:19
seb128how what?12:20
Laneyto get the pidgin notification icon back12:20
Laneydo I have to remove indicator-applet?12:20
chrisccoulsonseb128 - yeah, i'm starting to think i should go back to the old way. raising the buddy list is a pain with the indicator12:20
seb128Laney, there is a preference option or you can remove the indicator applet from the config12:20
Laneyah yes there it is12:20
Laneyoh I bet that's it12:21
Laneyit was on "only on unread messages" but I never saw it12:21
chrisccoulsonand my girlfriend didn't even know that pidgin could be raised from the indicator. she always raises it again from the application menu after she minimizes it12:21
* Laney tests12:21
seb128yeah, opening the buddy list is annoying and non obvious12:21
chrisccoulsonopen eveolution -> indicator appears -> open pidgin -> minimize pidgin, then there's no indication that pidgin was minimized to the indicator, and nothing to suggest that12:22
chrisccoulsonit's so non-discoverable12:22
chrisccoulsonhey didrocks - i see you've taken the g-c-c update13:00
chrisccoulsonyou'r brave ;)13:00
* seb128 kicks autotools13:08
seb128./configure: line 20268: `SHAVE_INIT(., enable)13:08
seb128pitti, didn't you fix that the other day? or you just mixed the Makefile.am change in the autoreconf patch13:09
seb128it's gnome-panel13:09
pittiseb128: ah, might be that I accidentally put the .am change into 70_autoreconf indeed, sorry13:09
asacSHAVE_INIT ... lol13:12
seb128pitti, did you send the patch upstream? if not I will do that now13:13
pittiseb128: I didn't13:13
seb128ok, doing that now13:13
pittimerci!13:13
pittiso it is an actual bug in the Makefile.am then?13:14
pittiI wonder how upstream generated their configure then13:14
seb128well new autotools don't work correctly without that so I will send it as a "work with current autotools versions"13:14
asacpitti: whats the most modern way to attach .crash information to existing bugs? i guess apport-collect doesnt do that?13:15
seb128asac, you can't add informations to a bug and get those retraced, better to open a duplicate and close it once retraced13:16
pittiasac: right, what seb128 said; file a new bug and dupe as appropriate13:21
asacok, so our wiki section is still up-to-date13:22
asac(mozillateam)13:22
vuntzseb128: no need to spam me with the SHAVE patch13:26
vuntzseb128: the right fix is to use automake 1.11 ;-)13:26
seb128vuntz, if you know about it you could have fixed it with 2.27.413:26
seb128vuntz, what is wrong with using "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4"?13:27
vuntzseb128: you know that I hate packagers13:27
vuntz:-)13:27
seb128yeah I know13:27
seb128shame you are one now :-p13:27
seb128vuntz, still, why would "ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4" be wrong?13:29
seb128vuntz, that fixes the SHAVE_INIT issue13:29
vuntzit's actually okay for gnome-panel13:29
vuntzbut for some other modules, the m4 dir is only used for shave and will disappear soon13:29
seb128ok, so should I send you the patch or not? ;-)13:29
vuntzseb128: yeah, send it, I guess13:30
seb128well it's weird that GNOME requires an automake version which is not in most distros yet13:30
vuntzsad that I have to change my mind ;-)13:30
seb128lol13:30
vuntzyou don't have automake 1.11?13:30
seb128no, neither has debian13:31
vuntzweird13:31
seb128why?13:31
seb128vuntz, the version is less than 2 months old13:32
vuntzI just thought you had it13:32
didrocksseb128: sorry for being silly, but what does this SHAVE_INIT autohell things do? (google was not my friend, there)13:35
seb128didrocks, it's a build errror13:35
didrocksseb128: SHAVE_INIT is an automake instruction, no?13:36
seb128didrocks, yes, it's the shaving thing to not display every compiler line13:36
didrocksseb128: ok, thanks13:37
seb128but just "CC object.o" lines13:37
seb128didrocks, see http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/NicerBuilds13:37
didrocksseb128: thanks for the link, reading it now.13:38
seb128brb trying new gnome-panel version13:38
vuntztss13:41
vuntzgnome-panel --replace13:41
vuntzno need to log out13:41
vuntz14:40 < vuntz> tss13:42
vuntz14:41 < vuntz> gnome-panel --replace13:42
vuntz14:41 < vuntz> no need to log out13:42
seb128vuntz, what GNOME version are you running?13:42
vuntzseb128: right now? It's a mix of a bit everything that was available mid-june13:42
seb128vuntz, what gnome-panel version on that?13:42
vuntz2.26.2 in what I have13:43
seb128ok, you don't test tarballs you roll then ;-)13:43
seb128since 2.26.3 alt-f<n> shortcuts are broken when using a transparent background13:43
seb128I'm wondering if that's a side effect of a gtk change which arrived around the same time or something or due to gnome-panel13:44
seb128I guess I will have to downgrade to 2.26.2 to try13:44
seb128alt-f<n> as alt-f1 to open the applications menu and alt-f2 to run commands13:44
seb128it works when you use the default solid background though that's weird13:45
asacouch. thats rogue. i think i upgraded to latest and now the applications menu is completely empty13:45
vuntzseb128: I certainly test gnome-panel in jhbuild13:45
* asac killall gnome-panel13:45
asac its back.13:46
asacseb128: ^^ known?13:46
seb128asac, yeah, you updated to the buggy version from yesterday which renamed the .menus by error13:46
asachmm. maybe i should use the real archive and not a fast mirror13:47
seb128asac, the update fix that and clean the wrong files but that leads to this issue until restart13:47
asacseb128: ok so next update will have the same effect, right?13:47
seb128asac, it's working now?13:47
asacyes13:47
asaci ran killall gnome-panel13:47
asacand now all is back to normal13:47
asacbut still i had no entries before doing this restart13:47
seb128asac, no, only people who will notice that are those who installed the buggy version which was available for some hours yesterday13:47
asacinteresting13:48
asaci didnt upgrade yesterday i think13:48
asacbut have to check13:48
vuntzseb128: but indeed, the alt+fn stuff is not working (not something I use all the time)13:48
seb128vuntz, I use alt-f1 to open menus and alt-f213:48
seb128vuntz, it broke around the 2.26.3 time13:48
asacLog started: 2009-07-14  21:20:2713:48
asacLog started: 2009-07-16  12:18:0413:48
seb128asac, grep upgrade /var/log/dpkg.log | grep gnome-panel?13:49
asacso well. i guess 14th still counts as yesterday13:49
seb128ups13:49
seb128gnome-menus13:49
asac2009-07-14 13:00:51 upgrade gnome-menus 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 2.26.2-0ubuntu113:50
asac2009-07-16 12:20:56 upgrade gnome-menus 2.26.2-0ubuntu1 2.27.4-0ubuntu113:50
asacso even on the first upgrade on 14th13:50
asacso 2.26.2-0ubuntu1 was the broken one?13:50
seb128yes13:51
asacgreat. thanks.13:51
seb128you're welcome13:51
seb128it has been uploaded earlier that I though13:51
asacack13:51
asacseems so13:51
seb128anyway only people who had this version will notice the issue13:51
asaci am even on a mirror that lacks behind like 3 hours i think13:51
asacthe story is consistent so all fine ;)13:52
seb128vuntz, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58877614:04
ubottuGnome bug 588776 in general "running autoreconf breaks on SHAVE_INIT with current version" [Normal,Unconfirmed]14:04
asacccheney: is it true that openoffice.org-l10n needs xulrunner during build?14:04
asacits somehow on my ffox 3.5 TODO list to move that to 1.9.114:04
vuntzseb128: feel free to commit, etc.14:15
seb128vuntz, ok, thanks ;-)14:15
superm1geser, thanks for that fix14:31
rickspencer3hi didrocks14:50
didrockshey rickspencer314:50
rickspencer3will you be available in about 2.5 hours?14:51
* rickspencer3 has meetings for a while14:51
didrocksrickspencer3: no problem, I will be there :)14:51
didrocks(just ping me)14:51
seb128hey rickspencer314:53
rickspencer3hi seb12814:53
seb128vuntz, do you still commit change entries? or do you git log to build the ChangeLog at tarball time?14:53
seb128vuntz, ok, ChangeLog explains that, ignore the question14:53
pittihey rickspencer314:54
rickspencer3hi pitti14:54
rickspencer3hi vuntz!14:54
vuntzhola rickspencer314:58
rickspencer3vuntz: did you get the feedback that you needed from the ad board at Desktop Summit?14:59
vuntzyeah, was good feedback14:59
vuntzand positive feedback :-)15:00
rickspencer3good15:00
rickspencer3vuntz: are you seeing more contributions to gnome 3 now that you have set a target date?15:00
vuntzthere's definitely more focus, and people are planning things to work well with the schedule15:02
rickspencer3great15:03
ccheneyasac: well it needs it as much as openoffice.org itself does15:10
ccheneyasac: just fixing openoffice.org will fix openoffice.org-l10n as it is just a copy15:10
ccheneyasac: ooo-l10n is a copy of ooo with change of the package name to the changelog/control.in and regeneration of the control file15:11
asacccheney: wow. that sounds scary. so what should i do in the ppa where i stage als the ports in your opinion? just upload both?15:17
ccheneyasac: yea, upload the l10n making the changes i mentioned, it is documented in the ooo-l10n changelog as well15:35
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asacccheney: cant i just bump the version in the oo-l10n and upload that?15:48
asacits a no change upload15:48
ccheneyoh, i see, yea that should work fine15:50
ccheneyasac: ^, sorry i am a bit lagged i am in meetings all day15:50
asacalrighty15:51
asachmm 76M diff15:52
asacccheney: is that about right?15:52
asacfor ooo15:52
seb128didrocks, g-c-c 2.27.4.1 for you15:54
seb128didrocks, they fixed a mistake in the tarball which made the previous version not build15:55
Laneycan versions.html link to all relevant changelogs?16:00
seb128Laney, changelog?16:09
seb128Laney, it doesn't list changelogs16:09
Laneylinking to them might be nice16:09
seb128ah that's a feature suggestion16:10
Laneyye16:10
seb128right, patch welcome ;-)16:10
Laneythought as much16:10
ccheneyasac: i think that sounds right16:19
ccheneyasac: somewhere in the 70-100MB range in any case16:19
ccheneyasac: depends on how many GSI files are in the ooo-build section16:19
rodrigo_chrisccoulson: you wanted to ask me something about gnome-control-center upstream?16:19
chrisccoulsonhey rodrigo_ - it was gnome-settings-daemon actually. are you still the person to speak too?16:21
rodrigo_chrisccoulson: one of them, yes :)16:22
chrisccoulsonfantastic. i wouldn't mind someone reviewing a patch i wrote (if you have time, of course). i'll dig out the bug report number16:22
rodrigo_ok16:23
chrisccoulsonrodrigo_ - the number is gnome bug #57398016:24
ubottuGnome bug 573980 in plugins "Low Disk Space warning doesn't suggest emptying the Trash if that will help" [Enhancement,New] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57398016:24
rodrigo_chrisccoulson: it's a bit long to have a look now (busy with work), so just ping me later or tomorrow, please, and I'll review/test/commit if it's ok16:27
chrisccoulsonrodrigo_ - no problem. Colin Walters left a comment yesterday, and I'll address that this evening16:28
chrisccoulsonthanks16:28
rodrigo_yes, was going to ask you that, so yes please16:28
didrocksseb128: ok, thanks16:52
rickspencer3didrocks: ping16:56
rickspencer3didrocks: can you hop into #quickly when you are ready to discuss release management for quickly?16:58
rickspencer3anyone else interested in quickly can surely hop in too16:58
rickspencer3interesting gnome-shell variant proposed here: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/A+Gnome-Shell+Variant?action=content&content=10833217:00
seb128pedro_, those nautilus crashes, look to the stacktrace that's useful17:16
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pedro_seb128: just started to processing them, btw it's my idea or we are getting some more crashes related to the ubuntu-one client lately?17:22
seb128pedro_, I've just reassigned a bunch of nautilus bugs to ubuntuone indeed, look to the stacktrace17:22
seb128pedro_, when the crash is in libnautilus-ubuntuone.so17:22
pedro_yeah17:23
seb128it's an ubuntuone bug, I reassigning to ubuntuone-client17:23
seb128reassign17:23
seb128dobey, ^ ubuntuone-nautilus is crash land17:23
kklimondawasn't it fixed few days ago already?17:29
chrisccoulsonyeah, but people might still be running an outdated version17:32
chrisccoulsonremember they might not get notified of a new update for up to 7 days as it isnt a security update17:32
chrisccoulsonso people will still be reporting duplicates from the old version17:33
chrisccoulson(if its the same crash that i'm thinking of anyway)17:33
kklimondaheh, another reason why the new update notification system need serious tweaking? Was package urgency considered as another factor that change notification delay? is it even possible to use it like that?17:35
chrisccoulsonkklimonda - no idea, i'm not involved with that, and i don't use the new system17:36
dobeyseb128: the non-file uri crash?17:40
seb128dobey, dunno, I've not tried to look at the issue I've just reassigned to ubuntuone-client everything which crashed in libnautilus-ubuntuone.so17:40
dobeyseb128: ok, thanks17:41
didrockspitti: sorry for the mail spamming on distutils bug but it seems that launchpad has hard time with ajax & traditional status update at the same time17:42
pittididrocks: I know, many people (including myself) stumble over this17:42
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seb128didrocks, pitti: bug #400222?17:51
ubottuLaunchpad bug 400222 in launchpad "new status ajax menu let you change bugzilla watch status" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/40022217:51
seb128ups17:52
seb128bug #40030717:52
ubottuLaunchpad bug 400307 in launchpad "dynamic status change doesn't update combos" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/40030717:52
didrocksseb128: confirmed :)17:52
pittiseb128: right, 400307 is it17:54
pittigood night everyone18:14
tgpraveen2hey now that empathy is default in karmic18:35
tgpraveen2does it work with messaging indicator?18:35
tgpraveen2 and also the appending of new messages to notify-osd notifications?18:35
davmor2tgpraveen2: yes18:35
tgpraveen2davmor2: yes to both?18:35
davmor2tgpraveen2: sorry I didn't see the second part as I answered18:36
jcastrotgpraveen2: the m-i support has a patch being prepared, I don't think it's in karmic yet though18:36
jcastroI think it's in kenvandine's ppa though18:36
tgpraveen2davmor2: so works with messaging indicator but not appending msgs in notfiy-osd?18:36
tgpraveen2jcastro: and the notify-osd support?18:36
jcastrono idea18:37
tgpraveen2for appending to notifications18:37
tgpraveen2ok18:37
davmor2tgpraveen2: Just double checking now. Yes notify-osd work with salut/bonjour18:37
davmor2not m-i yet though it still has it's own icon18:38
tgpraveen2davmor2: u mean the way it works with pidgin that is the notification bubble is appended with new message as it arrives?18:38
davmor2jcastro: do you know if anyone is introducing the 2.27.4 version on a ppa yet at all?18:39
tgpraveen2davmor2: use the daily ppa18:39
tgpraveen2of empathy18:39
davmor2tgpraveen2: no it isn't doing extended currently yet I don't think18:40
jcastrodavmor2: no idea, I assume that it gets worked on the same time as the other gnome stuff18:40
davmor2tgpraveen2: fresh announce for each mail but only while the window is closed18:41
davmor2jcastro: ta :)18:41
davmor2tgpraveen2: once the window is open the task button on the bottom bar flashes and notify-osd isn't used18:42
tgpraveen2davmor2: hmm ok18:43
davmor2tgpraveen2: It'll need work and I found another bug Yay ;)18:44
tgpraveen2kenvandine: ping. will u do the work on adding appending messages to notfiy-osd bubbles for empathy. and will it be available in ur ppa?18:44
tgpraveen2davmor2: what bug?18:44
davmor2osd not being used when the window is open even when it is not the selected window18:45
davmor2tgpraveen2: ie with firefox open and selected pidgin would use n-osd where as empathy uses it while it has no window open but once the chat window is open it only flashes on the bottom bar18:46
antileetHi folks, is this the place to get feedback on tools that might potentially help the ubuntu desktop user? If not where do I go for feedback on a tool I wrote.18:50
seb128antileet, you can comment there on email the ubuntu-desktop list18:51
seb128Zdra, cassidy: will the vnc sharing thing be in 2.28?18:52
antileetseb128, okay. I'd written a tool earlier which I abandoned - http://code.google.com/p/diagnosis-helper/ I wanted to know if you guys think it'll be useful so I can continue work on it18:52
seb128better to email the list maybe18:53
seb128so you reach a higher number of people there18:53
antileetseb128: Okay, I was hoping to get some realtime feedback here, I'll post to the list instead :) You folks keep up the fantastic work18:54
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* rickspencer3-afk figured out how to do /nick with empathy19:00
chrisccoulsonrickspencer3-afk - would you like to share? ;)19:03
chrisccoulson(although, i have to admit - i didn't try to figure it out yet)19:03
Keybukwalters: so, apparently it's impossible to build D-Bus 1.2.16 with --enable-tests on Ubuntu19:29
waltersKeybuk: pastebin?19:30
Keybukwalters: on another machine, but basically issues with pthread_cond_var_wait_timeout not existing19:30
Keybukand I guess missing -lrt for clock_gettime as well19:31
KeybukI'm guessing it's depending on glibc 2.10 features ?19:31
waltersman, i told myself two days of dbus this week, at 4 now =/19:32
waltersanyways it's definitely possible the configure checks are wrong, let me look again19:32
waltersKeybuk: you want this stuff to work though, because I *believe* it will fix the problem case of suspend with active dbus calls19:33
waltersKeybuk: are your builders older?19:37
waltersold kernel, i mean19:37
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Keybukwalters: Ubuntu still has 2.919:42
Keybukwe haven't updated to 2.10 yet19:42
waltersspeaking of libc, are you guys following the debian fork?19:42
Keybukwalters: probably19:42
waltersalright, not sure if it matters here, probably not, just curious19:43
waltersKeybuk: if you can get me a configure+build output that would help a lot19:43
Keybuksure, building now19:44
Keybukwalters: http://people.canonical.com/~scott/build.log19:47
Keybukthat's on karmic19:49
Keybukon jaunty, you get more19:49
waltersinteresting so it seems like the AC_TRY_COMPILE succeeded, but we failed to link19:49
walterswe should probably replace that with AC_TRY_LINK19:50
waltersKeybuk: i see -lpthread and -lrt in your log19:51
davmor2Guys to use empathy's audio/video capabilities you need to set up the hardware in Sys->Prefs->Sound however in karmic this is missing from the menu options so how can this be done?  Or is this something that will remedied shortly?19:51
waltersoh hmm, in the test utils19:52
Keybukwalters: right, in the wrong order though19:52
Keybukwalters: libdbus-convenience.la doesn't declare a dep on them, so libtool won't get them in the right place in the linker line19:52
waltersKeybuk: yep, so we need a LIBADD for that19:53
waltersKeybuk: testing this patch now: http://fpaste.org/paste/1898119:55
waltersKeybuk: well it builds for me, but then again it did before (maybe bits of -lrt are in pthread in 2.10?)20:00
Keybukwalters: entirely possible, yeah20:01
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chrisccoulsondavmor2 - that shortcut was for the old sound capplet, which is deprecated upstream and pitti removed from g-c-c this week20:10
chrisccoulsonyou tried installing gnome-volume-control-pulse? does that do what you want?20:11
davmor2chrisccoulson: I'll have a look thanks :)20:11
chrisccoulsonbtw seb128 - whats happening with gnome-media this cycle? are we migrating to gnome-volume-control by default, or sticking with the mixer-applet and gst-mixer?20:11
seb128chrisccoulson, we are switching to pulse only, g-c-c has been changed and I was meant to drop the gnome-media split20:12
seb128chrisccoulson, I will do that tonight, did you want to do it?20:12
chrisccoulsonseb128 - i'll have a look at it if i get the chance. but if i don't get it done tonight, then don't block on me - i've still got some other stuff to do first ;)20:13
seb128chrisccoulson, let me do it I've not so many things to do tonight and I want something easy, ie not too much thinking ;-)20:13
chrisccoulsonyeah, that's ok. put your feet up for a bit ;)20:13
seb128be back in 15 minutes or so20:14
chrisccoulsoni wish it would stop raining here20:15
didrocksit will rain very soon (and in a hard way apparently) here.20:17
chrisccoulsondidrocks - yeah, it's been raining quite heavy here20:17
chrisccoulsonand i have a leaking roof20:17
chrisccoulsonmust sort it out this weekend ;)20:18
didrockschrisccoulson: sure, that's more important than a gnome-* patch :)20:18
didrocksjust fix your roof!20:18
chrisccoulsondidrocks - i'm not sure about that. the bit that's leaking doesn't cover anything important.20:18
chrisccoulsonand doing ubuntu stuff is more interesting ;)20:18
didrockschrisccoulson: sure, I understand ^^20:18
didrocks(and agree)20:19
chrisccoulsonwhat i should do really is pretend to be sick tomorrow and take the day off work, fix it during the day and then work on ubuntu from the afternoon like usual20:19
chrisccoulson;)20:19
didrockshum, are you sure that you will fix it during the day and not rush on ubuntu? :)20:20
chrisccoulsonwell, i can do a quick job on the roof so that it doesn't leak for a few weeks20:21
waltersKeybuk: gotta context switch for a bit, let me know about the patch20:23
chrisccoulsonhmmm, i probably should have sent an e-mail out on the devel list yesterday about the gnome-session / consolekit issue and tell people they shouldn't upgrade consolekit without upgrading gnome-session20:23
didrocksthe new consolekit is incompatible with the previous gnome-session ?20:24
chrisccoulsonthe new consolekit exposes a crash in the old gnome-session, which makes it crash as soon as you log in, and causes your whole session to stop working20:24
chrisccoulsonpitti held off uploading consolekit until i fixed gnome-session, and i assumed people would upgrade them both, but someone just reported a bug on LP saying they can't log in anymore after updating some packages20:25
didrocksoh ok :/20:25
Keybukwalters: will test tomorrow20:25
didrocksso, yes, a mail is needed20:26
chrisccoulsondidrocks - it's probably a bit late now ;)20:26
didrocksof pitti could have put a conflict: gnome-session << ?20:26
didrocks(when you read that pitti, please, let me know why you didn't do that, as you are surely smarter than I :))20:26
chrisccoulsoni'm not sure it's worth adding conflicts like that due to transient bugs in the development release20:27
chrisccoulsoni could be wrong though ;)20:27
davmor2chrisccoulson: can you not do gnome-fix-my-roof patch :)20:28
didrocksI'm not aware of that policy… that's clear that's extra uneeded bits20:28
chrisccoulsondavmor2 - i tried that. i struggled to get it to build, and when i did, it leaks even worse20:28
chrisccoulsoni'll have to run my roof through valgrind20:28
* chrisccoulson gets coat20:28
didrockschrisccoulson: do you know some good documentation for all this {console;policy;*}-kit things? I tried 2 monthes before to take a look at that and even packagekit seems not well documented20:29
didrocks… or my google is broken :)20:29
chrisccoulsonhmmm, i'm not sure about that. i don't know how well the new policykit is documented20:30
chrisccoulsonprobably not very well yet, i haven't looked though20:30
didrocksI really don't know how pitti had be able to manage devicekit transition with so few documentation :)20:30
chrisccoulsonheh, yeah, i'm not sure either20:31
chrisccoulsonwow, over 400 new bugs today20:36
didrocksclose the pipe :)20:39
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chrisccoulsonare you nearly ready for the weekend didrocks?20:43
didrockschrisccoulson: nearly ready for a "quickly developping" weekend ;)20:44
didrocksand you?20:44
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chrisccoulsonyeah, i'm always ready for the weekend on thursdays. i finish work at lunchtime on friday20:45
chrisccoulsoni'll be spending my weekend painting probably20:45
didrockscool!20:46
didrockstime have my lunch. Not sure I will be back later. Have a good night!20:46
chrisccoulsonand you too. enjoy your lunch20:46
didrockss/lunch/dinner ;)20:46
chrisccoulsonlol20:46
chrisccoulsonyeah, i did wonderl)(20:46
chrisccoulsonlate lunch!20:46
didrockstechnically, I didn't have the time to take my lunch, so… :)20:47
chrisccoulsoni always make time for lunch ;)20:47
didrockshehe ;)20:47
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pittididrocks: no conflict> I simply forgot; partial upgrades FTL :/21:22
pittididrocks: but if we'd do that for every glich we upload to karmic, we would collect them by the hundreds21:22
pittiI don't think it's worth doing that21:22
pittibryce: hm, X keeps crashing durig gdm for me now; downgrading -intel from git20090716.a1e6abb5 to git20090715.b74bf3f9 fixed it21:24
pittiwhere should I report that?21:24
brycehrm21:26
brycexserver-xorg-video-intel21:26
bryceor feel free to report it directly upstream at freedesktop.org21:27
pittiok, so xorg-edgers doesn't have any magic patches over them21:27
bryceno, in fact they generally have patches removed (nothing major)21:28
pittinothing helpful in xorg.log, unfortunately21:28
brycegdm logs might have something21:28
pitti:0-greeter.log.1 has lots and lots of warnings21:29
pittibut they are pretty much the same after downgrade21:29
pittiand mostly gtkish21:29
pittiok, will do tomorrow21:30
pittithat was just supposed to be a quick mail check before bed time :)21:30
pitticu all!21:30
seb128'night pitti21:31
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chrisccoulsonseb128 - you had any luck running gnome-shell?23:29
chrisccoulsoni just tried it for the first time and i get a screen full of garbage when i run it23:29
seb128chrisccoulson, yes, it works fine there in xephyr and normal use23:29
chrisccoulsonhmmmm23:30
seb128you use the ppa version?23:30
chrisccoulsonyeah, thats the one23:30
seb128in xephyr?23:30
chrisccoulsoni'm just running "gnome-shell -r" from my normal session23:31
seb128if you run "gnome-shell" it will start in xephyr (if it's installed)23:31
chrisccoulsonah, i'll try that instead23:31
chrisccoulsoni really need to get karmic on some real hardware this weekend23:31
seb128is your video card and driver working for easy bling, ie compositing, opengl, etc23:32
chrisccoulsonthe video driver works fine on my real desktop, but i'm currently running karmic in VMWare, which doesn't really support compositing23:33
seb128I doubt gnome-shell will work without compositing and opengl working23:33
chrisccoulsonah, that could be why i see the display corruption then23:33
seb128there is no software rendering fallback you need bling to work to run it23:33
chrisccoulsonis there any plan for a fallback? or will we all have to have proper graphics hardware to run gnome 3?23:34
seb128excellent question23:34
chrisccoulsonthat's not good if there is no fallback :-/23:35
seb128upstream opinion is that a fallback is not required in gnome-shell, by then they think videodrivers should be there23:35
seb128we sort of disagree and that's why we don't plan to have gnome-shell in the default install before the coming lts23:35
seb128or we need to find an acceptable fallback on old components23:35
seb128anyway it's a pending issue and a concern but upstream opinion is that we can't lower on the lowest quality configurations23:36
chrisccoulsonyeah, i'm not sure that everyone will be running good graphics hardware. especially with people using virtualization and thin clients etc23:36
seb128ie for a modern desktop experience you need modern hardware23:36
seb128we have an open question on that, let's see how things turn23:36
chrisccoulsonyeah, it will be interesting23:37
chrisccoulsoni get the feeling that things perhaps haven't been thought through all that much ;)23:37
chrisccoulsoni could be wrong though23:37
seb128the driver requirement?23:37
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seb128it has, that has been discussed for a while on the upstream list23:38
seb128upstream's opinion is that you need modern hardware for a modern desktop experience23:38
chrisccoulsoni've probably got that discussion in my inbox somewhere. i really should get round to reading my emails more often23:38
seb128they claim that any card shipped those 7 most recent years should be able to run bling and that drivers are becoming better at supporting recent cards23:39
seb128which some people disagree on23:39
seb128well they are not interested spending effort for fallback solutions anyway23:39
seb128ie you have a setup not working with desktop effects you can keep using GNOME223:40
chrisccoulsonyeah, i think there will still be corner cases like the ones i've identified. i'm sure my 8800GTX card will be able to do the bling quite easily - but if i want to fire up a VM to do some work without breaking my main desktop, then i wouldnt be able to do that23:40
seb128right, will be interesting to see how they deal with that23:41
chrisccoulsonof course, perhaps i'll be able to run virtualized hardware with hardware graphics acceleration at some point in the future23:41
chrisccoulsonthat would be nice:)23:41
seb128that was sort of their reply I think23:41
seb128that the stack becomes better and that effects should work on thin clients, virtualization, etc too23:42
chrisccoulsonyeah, that would be ideal23:42
seb128that seems to be optimistic to say that we will be there in 1.5 cycle though23:42
chrisccoulsoni think so. but i think it is optimistic that gnome-shell could replace the existing components in the timeframes they are talking about too23:43
* TheMuso has a matrox G550 card here that is 6 years old and cannot do any bling, dispite having 32MB of video ram. Added to that, I've seen 32MB cards do bling quite ok, probably ATI or NVIDIA, but still possible.23:43
seb128hey TheMuso23:44
chrisccoulsonTheMuso - i'll be glad for something that makes use of my video card. my card hardly gets used here ;)23:44
TheMusoHey seb128.23:44
chrisccoulsonand it takes up the space of two bays23:45
seb128TheMuso, we have switched gnome-control-center and gnome-media to use the new GNOME sounds capplet now23:45
TheMusoYeah video cards are getting too big IMO.23:45
seb128ie pulseaudio only23:45
chrisccoulsonseb128 - i managed to get it running in xephyr23:45
seb128just for information23:45
chrisccoulsonlooks a bit rough around the edges though23:45
TheMusook thanks for the heads up.23:45
seb128chrisccoulson, interesting23:45
chrisccoulsonyeah, that is pretty strange23:46
TheMusochrisccoulson: Does it have a big heatsink on it?23:46
chrisccoulsonTheMuso - my graphics card is so long that it splits the top and bottom of my case completely in two, and stops the airflow23:46
chrisccoulsonso everything else in there cooks23:46
TheMusoyep23:46
chrisccoulsoni also had to grind down some fins on my chipset heatsink to get it in23:47
TheMusoRight. Its getting crazy with those stupidly big video cards.23:47
chrisccoulsonit reaches from the back of the case to my hard disk caddy, so i reckon it's probably just under 1ft in length23:47
TheMusoYeah, I've seen an 8800GTS about that size.23:48
chrisccoulsonit's crazy. i never thought that it wouldn't fit in my big case before i bought it23:48
TheMusoYeah one has to be careful when buying higher end PCI Express video cards these days.23:48
chrisccoulsonTheMuso - just to change the subject - you're an admin for ubuntu-universe-sponsors aren't you?23:49
TheMusochrisccoulson: Yes, would you like to be added? Whats your LP username?23:49
chrisccoulsoni would if you don't mind:) my username is chrisccoulson23:50
chrisccoulsonthanks23:50
TheMusook np23:50
TheMusoDone.23:51
chrisccoulsonthank you:)23:51
TheMusoYou're welcome.23:51

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