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Sam-I-Ammathiaz: howdy15:39
Sam-I-Ammathiaz: wondering if you got my last email regarding getting involved in debian/ubuntu slapd15:39
* mathiaz waves16:01
Davieyo/16:01
Sam-I-Amhowdy16:01
jmdaulthello16:01
nijabao/16:01
Sam-I-Am<- new to these meetings16:01
mathiazlet's get this started16:02
mathiaz#startmeeting16:02
MootBotMeeting started at 10:02. The chair is mathiaz.16:02
MootBotCommands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]16:02
nealmcbo/16:02
mathiazToday's agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting16:02
mathiazlast week minutes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/2009072816:03
mathiaz[TOPIC] SRU tracking on server-related packages16:03
MootBotNew Topic:  SRU tracking on server-related packages16:03
Daviey\o/16:04
mathiazso I talked to bdmurray16:04
mathiazand I've got the script to generate a list of bugs that have been fixed16:05
DavieyThis was a point i raised a few meetings ago.. where certain SRU releases that were reasonably crucial were taking possibly too long to hit the mirrors..  The idea was, should -server team either help or chase16:05
mathiazDaviey: I don't remember exactly what your proposal was. However this topic was about making sure that bug fixed in the development version that are worthy are updated in stable releases16:06
mathiazDaviey: the issue of doing the actual testing is another matter16:07
mathiazI'll publish a weekly updated list of bugs that we can start reviewing in this weekly meeting16:07
Davieyok16:07
mathiazanything else on this topic?16:08
mathiaznope - let's move on16:08
mathiaz[TOPIC] Mysql 5.1 in karmic main16:08
MootBotNew Topic:  Mysql 5.1 in karmic main16:08
Davieymathiaz: Well the actual script, does it just show packages the -server team care about.. or all SRU releases?16:08
mathiazDaviey: only package relevant to -server16:09
mathiazDaviey: these bugs are not yet on the SRU list16:09
Davieygreat16:09
mathiazso I've been working on getting MySQL 5.1 in main16:10
mathiazzul filed the MIR16:10
zulindeed16:10
mathiazthe MIR team is working on the request16:11
mathiazand I've been working on updating the package16:11
mathiazso I expect Mysql 5.1 to be moved to main by this end of the week16:11
mathiazanything else on this topic?16:12
mathiazlet's move on16:13
mathiaz[TOPIC] Asterisk16:13
MootBotNew Topic:  Asterisk16:13
mathiazjmdault: ^^?16:13
jmdaultDebian put net packages last week16:13
mathiazjmdault: any news?16:13
jmdaultasterisk-1.6.2.0~dfsg~beta316:13
jmdaultthis replaces the previous 1.6.0 version16:14
mathiazjmdault: is it in a good state for karmic?16:14
DavieyI've sucessfully built asterisk-1.6.2 on karmic with not too much difficulty16:15
jmdaultIt looks good16:15
mathiazDaviey: using the new debian packages?16:15
Davieyyah16:15
DavieyWell debian svn16:15
Davieywhich is equal16:15
jmdaultI had some problems with dahdi 2.0-rc versions, some kernel panics16:15
mathiazCould you remind me why 1.6.2 should be used instead of the current version in karmic?16:16
jmdaultI tried dahdi 2.0 final, and it fixes all problems16:16
jmdaultmathiaz: current version in Karmic is 1.4.2116:16
jmdaultworks with the old zaptel drivers, which are obsolete16:16
jmdaultthe current 1.4 series is 1.4.2616:17
DavieyWhilst 1.4 is still stable and maintained upstream, we really should look to get onto the 1.6 release prior next LTS IMO16:17
Sam-I-Ami'd agree in seeing 1.6 in the next LTS... so its not really old when they deprecate 1.416:17
jmdaultWe have to switch to dahdi drivers16:17
jmdaultThat's the important thing16:17
jmdault=)16:17
mathiazso IIUC the main argument is that we should have 1.6 in the next LTS and it already is available from debian unstable16:18
DavieyNow dahdi has been out a while.. i can't see too many issues.  Third party FXO cards drivers seem to work nicely now.16:18
jmdaultOnly problem with 1.6 is that Debian haven't packaged the addons yet16:19
DavieyIs it a concern having a zaptel to dahdi migration script as part of upgrade?  It not too much to do it manually, but inversely - should we try and automate it16:19
Davieyperhaps too much work.16:19
jmdaultso no mysql or mp3 support16:19
jmdaultbut it's in svn16:19
jmdaultso packageable16:19
jmdaultDaviey: migration from 1.4 to 1.6 is not straightforward, as the syntax has changed a lot16:20
mathiazjmdault: right - let's focus first on merging the pacakge from debian16:20
Davieyjmdault: "a lot".. not sure that i fully agree there.. 1.2 -> 1.4 was lots16:20
jmdaultDaviey: do you think you could come up with migration scripts?16:21
jmdaultand support them? ;-)16:21
Davieyjmdault: The migration aspect i was talking about was zaptel to dahdi16:22
Davieynah :)16:22
mathiazok - so to summarize:16:22
mathiazastersik 1.6 should be merged from unstable into karmic16:22
mathiazthe diff doesn't seem to big16:23
mathiazthe diff doesn't seem too big16:23
DavieyThere is one issue..  we will need to merge pwlib aswell16:23
mathiazDaviey: pwlib? I don't see it as a package in debian16:24
jmdaultthere's a whole stack we should merge16:24
* nealmcb wishes projects didn't change syntax without easy migration strategies in place16:24
mathiazDaviey: what's the actual name?16:24
mathiazjmdault: do you have a list of packages that should be merged?16:24
jmdaultHere is a list for 1.4:16:24
jmdaulthttps://launchpad.net/~revolution-linux/+archive/asterisk16:24
jmdaultI don't know yet which ones will work on 1.616:25
Davieyopenh323 won't build on karmic unless pwlib is is merged16:25
Davieyopenh323 is a build dep (of choice) of asterisk16:25
Davieyother than that.. it's out of the box rebuild16:26
mathiazok - so to move on it seems that we first need to come up with a list of all the packages that need to be updated/merged from debian16:26
mathiazcould someone generate such a list and put it a wiki page?16:26
DavieyI'm happy to, unless jmdault wants to :)16:26
jmdaultDaviey: go ahead =)16:27
mathiaz[ACTION] Daviey to generate a list of packages to be updated for the asterisk stack16:27
MootBotACTION received:  Daviey to generate a list of packages to be updated for the asterisk stack16:27
mathiazanything else on this topic?16:27
Davieyslight other note.. i did speak with debian-voip about dkms.. they are not against the idea.. but tbh, they weren't overally familair with the pros/cons16:27
jmdaultDaviey: I've spent the last week with dahdi issues.16:27
Davieyjmdault: :(16:28
jmdaultDaviey: but dahdi issues have been resolved with the 2.0 final16:28
Davieyhandy.16:28
jmdaultDaviey: Debian has 2.0 rc3 or rc516:28
mathiazok - let's move on16:28
Davieyjmdault: They are aware of the new release.16:28
mathiazis there anything else related to last week minutes?16:29
jmdaultDaviey: who did you talk to?16:29
Davieyjmdault: I'll grab you during the week.16:29
Daviey / after meeting16:29
jmdaultok16:29
mathiazthat's all I had from last week minutes16:29
mathiazLet's move on to the next point in the agenda:16:30
mathiaz[TOPIC] Server tips - How to implement?16:30
MootBotNew Topic:  Server tips - How to implement?16:30
mathiaznijaba: ^^?16:30
nijabaso we now have a list of potential tips16:30
nijabaI am thinking into turning them into a fortune file16:30
Sam-I-Amdo you have a link to them?16:30
nijabapackage them16:30
Davieyhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/server-tips16:30
nijabaand then change motd so that it call "fortune /path/to/the/file"16:31
kirklandnijaba: excuse my ignorance...  pam already supports a fortune file?16:31
kirklandnijaba: or where would you put this fortune call?16:31
kirklandnijaba: i was going to suggest putting it in /etc/update-motd.d ;-)16:31
Sam-I-Amsince tips would likely get added/updated on an ongoing basis between releases, would newer versions of the package get distributed with usual updates?16:31
nijabakirkland: well, it is really to bring up this kind of question that I wanted to have this topic here16:32
kirklandnijaba: fair enough16:32
jpdskirkland: ~/.bashrc ?16:32
Davieywould it be out of bounds, to have it retrieve a list via http?16:32
nijabakirkland: kirkland: update-motd.d sound good to me16:32
kirklandjpds: not bashrc16:32
kirklandjpds: too many other shells in use16:32
mathiazDaviey: some systems don't have access to the internet16:32
nijabaDaviey: yes, lots of servers do not have http access16:33
Davieyjpds: if anywhere, surely /etc/bash.bashrc for systemwide?16:33
mathiazDaviey: and it would slow down the login process16:33
kirklandDaviey: that would have to be configurable, at the very least16:33
Sam-I-AmDaviey: thats why i was thinking during updates... the machine would have internet access for that usually... or access to an internal mirror.16:33
Davieymathiaz: cached.. not retrieve on login16:33
kirklandi think we just merge and release the tips like any other package16:33
Davieyok16:33
kirklandwe should be very aggressive about gathering tips up to beta16:33
kirklandand very agressive about reviewing them thereafter16:34
Sam-I-Amwhat kind of submission/review process would we have?16:34
Sam-I-Amsuggestion box + commit by ubuntu-server folks?16:34
nijabaSam-I-Am: published and reviewed on the mentioned wiki page16:34
nijabaSam-I-Am: a basic set of rules are availabel at the top16:34
kirklandit would help if the sponsor/upload would happen in a large batch16:35
kirklandwith the submission/review being handled more atomically, more frequently than the upload to the archive16:35
nijabakirkland: not sure I understand your point16:35
nijabakirkland: ah, ok16:35
kirklandnijaba: such that we don't upload one new package, version bump, per fortune added16:35
nijabaright16:35
kirklandnijaba: we add 50 at a time or something16:35
Sam-I-Ammaybe a monthly package version roll?16:36
Davieysounds sensible16:36
kirklandnijaba: say once or twice per week, up to beta16:36
nijabakirkland: I would be surprised if we reach 50 soon16:36
Davieywell we could all certainly throw 5 in a week, i imagine.16:36
kirklandnijaba: what's the submission process currently?16:36
kirklandnijaba: and what's your target number of fortunes?16:36
nijabapublish it on the wiki, collective review just before string freeze here16:37
Sam-I-Amwould this be a default package?  like... what happens if someone decides to replace the motd/fortune with their own.16:37
nijabaSam-I-Am: they can modify the update-motd.d script to tehir leisure16:37
Davieynijaba: Then we really should hammer for translations..16:37
nijabaDaviey: right16:38
nijabaany volunteer to create the base package?16:38
Davieynijaba: it's your pet project, don't you want it? :)16:38
nijabakirkland: once the base package is done, can you do the motd?16:39
kirklandnijaba: try using "quickly"16:39
kirklandnijaba: rickspencer just demo'd it to me, it's awesome :-)16:39
kirklandnijaba: to create the packaging, i thought that's what he just showed me....16:39
nijabaDaviey: yes, but (a) I am not a good packager (b) have no upload rights (c) is an easy one for anyone that want's to have a first package16:39
* kirkland might be confused16:39
Sam-I-Amcouldnt you more or less take the existing fortune package and change the fortune contents?16:40
nijabaSam-I-Am: well, no, I want a separate package for the ubuntu specific tips16:40
nijabaSam-I-Am: so that it is more granular to update16:40
kirklandnijaba: fortunes-ubuntu ?16:40
Davieyfortunes-ubuntu-en16:41
kirklandnijaba: i like Sam-I-Am's ide16:41
kirklandidea16:41
Sam-I-Amor alternatively just add a server tips option to the package16:41
nijabakirkland: of modifying the existing fortune package?16:41
Davieywell if nobody else wants to do it, /me throws his hand in the air o/16:41
kirklandnijaba: clone something like fortunes-debian-hints16:42
Sam-I-Amyeah16:42
* kirkland high fives Daviey 16:42
nijabakirkland: ah, yes, that's exactly what i think needs to be done16:42
nijabaDaviey: great!16:42
Davieyit would be  /nice/ to improve the submisson process16:42
Sam-I-Amwould there be a script to convert approved hints into the package file format?16:42
Davieyi mean, anyone can add one right now16:42
Sam-I-Amor just commit a text file...16:43
mathiazok - sounds like we have  a plan16:43
Davieyperhaps a submission is a LP bug?16:43
nijabakirkland: would you be willing to help for the update-motd.d part?16:43
kirklandnijaba: sure16:43
nijabakirkland: thanks :)16:43
kirklandnijaba: it's a one liner in the packaging16:43
nijabakirkland: I bet16:43
kirklandwe should discuss, though, where in the motd it should go16:44
kirkland00-header  50-landscape-sysinfo  90-updates-available  91-release_upgrade  99-reboot-required16:44
kirklandthose are ordered16:44
mathiaz[ACTION] Daviey to take a look at creating a package base on the fortune* package to include server tips.16:44
MootBotACTION received:  Daviey to take a look at creating a package base on the fortune* package to include server tips.16:44
mathiazanything else to add on this topic?16:44
kirklandi suggest somewhere before 9016:44
kirklandie, leave the updates available, release upgrade available, and reboot required at the very end16:44
* nijaba votes for 60-fortunes-ubuntu16:44
Davieymathiaz: streamlining submisson process.. currently adding to the wiki won't scale to a few hundred tips16:45
DavieyIMO16:45
Davieyand approval etc.16:45
mathiazDaviey: sure. We'll discuss that issue once the problem will arise16:45
kirklandDaviey: somewhere after landscape seems reasonable16:45
nijabaDaviey: once we have a package/project on lp, we can certainly use bugs16:45
mathiazDaviey: but yes. The current process may not scale.16:45
Sam-I-Ami'd say closer to the bottom so it doesnt disappear with the normal stuff16:45
Davieyok16:45
* Daviey satisfied16:46
mathiazanything else to add on this topic?16:46
mathiaznope - let's move on16:47
mathiaz[TOPIC] Open discussion16:47
MootBotNew Topic:  Open discussion16:47
mathiazanything else to add/discuss/propose/comment on?16:47
Sam-I-Ammathiaz: got a question about involvement with slapd16:47
Sam-I-Ammathiaz: i'm the one who's bugging you on email about getting involved... and the process for packaging/merging16:48
mathiazSam-I-Am: I've received your message16:48
mathiazSam-I-Am: right now in the ball is in the Debian maintainer camp16:48
mathiazSam-I-Am: I'll be talking to slangasek tomorrow about the work on cn=config and slapd-cfg16:48
Sam-I-Amok16:48
Sam-I-Amso the ubuntu specific patches are maintained on LP?16:49
mathiazSam-I-Am: the code is on LP and there is a TODO file in the src tre16:49
mathiaztree16:49
mathiazSam-I-Am: Server tips - How to implement?16:49
Sam-I-Amok... trying to make sense of it all.16:49
mathiazSam-I-Am: https://code.launchpad.net/~mathiaz/+junk/slapd-scripts-upstream16:49
Sam-I-Ami read through your stuff on there16:50
mathiazSam-I-Am: you mean ubuntu patches to slapd?16:50
mathiazSam-I-Am: they're not maintained in LP - they're part of the ubuntu package16:50
Sam-I-Amoh yeah... that part... how the whole debian->merge->ubuntu->add ubuntu patches->release bit works16:50
mathiazSam-I-Am: that may take some time to explain16:51
Sam-I-Amha, figured :)16:51
mathiazSam-I-Am: but I basically work from the pkg-openldap-maintainer svn tree16:51
mathiazSam-I-Am: and merge stuff from there16:52
Sam-I-Amthats the alioth svn?16:52
mathiazSam-I-Am: yes16:52
Sam-I-Amwhere are the patches specific to ubuntu stored?16:52
Sam-I-Amlike... cn=config16:53
Sam-I-Amand nssov16:53
mathiazSam-I-Am: in the ubuntu packages itself16:53
mathiazSam-I-Am: there isn't a public branch for it16:53
Sam-I-Amahh ok, that explains the missing piece16:53
mathiazSam-I-Am: locally I'm using a bzr loom to handle the different patches16:53
mathiazSam-I-Am: however I need to check if I could push the bzr looms to LP16:53
Sam-I-Amok16:53
mathiazSam-I-Am: I don't think it works yet16:53
mathiazSam-I-Am: if you wanna contribute patches to ubuntu, I'd suggest to branch lp:ubuntu/karmic/openldap16:54
mathiazand then submit the branch for review in LP16:54
Sam-I-Amok16:54
mathiazanything else to add?16:55
Sam-I-Amalthough some of this stuff needs to get tossed into debian...16:55
Sam-I-Amits different for me dealing with two slightly different distros16:55
mathiazSam-I-Am: yes - development in ubuntu will continue16:55
Davieynext?16:55
mathiazSam-I-Am: right - but I'm working closely with the debian maitnainer16:56
mathiazDaviey: sure16:56
DavieyDefault Apache homepage.. Does anyone else think the default we are shipping, "It Works!" isn't as slick as some other distros which have pretty defaults?16:56
Sam-I-Amcool, thanks16:56
mathiazDaviey: this has been discussed multiple times so far16:56
Davieyi must have missed this :)16:56
kirklandmathiaz: https://launchpad.net/bugs/8936416:57
ubottuLaunchpad bug 89364 in apache2 "Apache2 default site contains only the words "It works!"" [Medium,Fix released]16:57
mathiazDaviey: see the bug above for the whole discussion16:57
mathiazwe're almost out of time for this meeting16:57
mathiazDaviey: so I'd rather not start a discussion on this now16:58
Davieyok16:58
mathiazDaviey: if you have new arguments - add them to the bug.16:58
mathiazanything else to add before we wrap up?16:58
mathiaz[TOPIC] Agree on next meeting date and time16:58
MootBotNew Topic:  Agree on next meeting date and time16:58
mathiaznext week, same time, same place?16:58
Sam-I-Amsounds good16:59
jmdaultgreat16:59
mathiazgreat then16:59
mathiazsee you all next week, same time, same place16:59
mathiazthanks16:59
Sam-I-Amseeya17:00
mathiaz#endmeeting17:00
MootBotMeeting finished at 11:00.17:00
Davieythanks17:03
nealmcbtips17:06
nealmcb... I just edited https://wiki.ubuntu.com/server-tips to try to clarify some of them and link to launchpad rather than the wiki17:07
flint_Does anyone know when the Edubuntu meeting is scheduled for? This information is not apparent on the fridge...18:09
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PriceyAnyone else around?21:09
bernard-opicYes21:09
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Pricey(For hte EMEA membership meeting)21:10
bernard-opicthat's it21:10
Priceywill ping everyone in a sec21:10
SarvattI'm here as well, just barely made it home in time.21:11
PriceySeveas: markvandenborre stgraber phanatic PING21:12
markvandenborrepong21:12
phanaticpong21:12
Seveaspang21:13
PriceyDon't think Matthew is online.21:13
Seveasis it that time of the month again? :)21:13
PriceySorted, that's 4!21:13
Seveasso, who are todays victims?21:15
PriceySo bernard-opic is first. Would you like to introduce yourself?21:15
bernard-opicwell, first good evening all21:15
bernard-opicyou may have read a bit about me at Launchpad and the wiki, so I can just explain what makes me ask to be a member21:16
bernard-opicas you probably noticed, I switched from Windows to Ubuntu halh and a year ago, and I'm still here21:17
SeveasI'm going for -1 based on no documentation of contributions. Bernard, please make sure you come to these meetings well prepared with documented contributions and testimonials from other people in the community21:17
bernard-opicwell, contribution were correctly listed on the Wiki and Launchpad, as required, would you like details then? I'm a novice here21:18
bernard-opicmy last one has just been added to Ubuntu Wiki today by Marc -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase21:19
bernard-opicso, I can rewrite here part of if21:20
bernard-opicSpreading Ubuntu: Since I like that distribution I use everyday, I help spreading Ubuntu, mainly trough my personal blog, and more recently via Ubuntu & Co, my new blog at ZDNet France.21:20
bernard-opichttp://www.zdnet.fr/blogs/ubuntu-co/21:20
bernard-opicHelping Ubuntu users: From time to time, I write some tutorials like this one about Ubuntu Netbook Remix install with ImageWriter or this one explaining how to solve sound issues with Intrepid.21:20
Seveasyour wikipage only links to your blogs, does not mention any contributions to Ubuntu or cooperation with other members. You also have no testimonials from other members of teams you work with, which definitely is a requirement if most of your contributions are in the advocacy area21:20
bernard-opichttp://blogs.media-tips.com/bernard.opic/2009/04/23/installer-ubuntu-netbook-remix-avec-imagewriter/21:20
bernard-opichttp://blogs.media-tips.com/bernard.opic/2008/11/19/retablir-le-son-sous-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/21:21
bernard-opicNews translation: Sometime, I also translate in French some posts from Mark Shuttleworth blog, and more regularly, the Ubuntu Security News.21:21
bernard-opichttp://blogs.media-tips.com/bernard.opic/category/mark-shuttleworth/21:21
bernard-opichttp://blogs.media-tips.com/bernard.opic/category/ubuntu-security-notices/21:21
bernard-opichere it is21:21
bernard-opicdoes that help?21:21
bernard-opicok Seveas21:21
markvandenborreif you're doing quite some ubuntu related promotion work, how do you relate to ubuntu-fr.org?21:22
Seveasno. How are we supposed to know these blogposts are even read for instance? Or even what they say (not all of us speak french)21:22
bernard-opicMarc Deslauriers adding my translation of the USN is somewhere a kind of recommendation, no?21:22
bernard-opicClaire Newman also approved my translation of Mark Shuttleworth blog21:23
stgraberPricey: pong (sort of, quite busy here, sorry)21:23
bernard-opicI just considered that is was some usefull cnotribution, at least for spreading Ubuntu21:23
Priceystgraber: emea meeting right now :)21:24
SeveasDepends on how long you've been doing that and the quality of the translations. And the value of the contribution depends on whether the articles are read. That's something you should detail on your wikipage *beforehand* and not during a meeting21:24
stgraberPricey: yeah, my cell told me so :)21:24
bernard-opicok Seveas21:24
bernard-opicas you want21:24
bernard-opic:-)21:24
bernard-opicI'm here to help21:25
bernard-opicjust21:25
Priceybernard-opic: Get people to write on your wiki page, I'm not sure where this approval is from Claire for example.21:25
bernard-opic@Pricey, I can forward you her mail :-)21:25
czajkowskibernard-opic: see pm21:26
Priceybernard-opic: Its best to get people to write testimonials on your wiki page to vouch for your work.21:26
bernard-opicregarding the success of that translations, for example, ubuntu-fr.org frives me hundreds of visitors each days,21:27
bernard-opicspreading Ubuntu at my new blog at ZDNet France goes fine too21:27
Priceybernard-opic: Including people from the ubuntu-fr loco :) Even better, they could vouch for you during a meeting.21:27
PriceyI'm afraid I am also going to go -1.21:27
bernard-opicok then, we could see that later may be21:28
Seveasmarkvandenborre, phanatic, stgraber?21:28
* BUGabundo waves21:28
bernard-opicvouching for me :-) I asked support but it's holliday time21:29
phanaticsome testimonials would really help you, so please come back for the next meeting: +021:29
stgraberlooking at the wiki now, hang on a sec21:29
bernard-opicok, thanks for your comments, I'll try again may be21:29
markvandenborre0 from me, I'd rather see more explicit testimonials (cooperation with/members of ubuntu-fr.org), and more work within wiki.ubuntu.com for example as opposed to personal site21:30
stgraberhmm, all that was said above makes sense for me. I'd also like to see more testimonials and well described contributions (like what you said on IRC and these e-mails), then come back at a later meeting. -121:30
markvandenborrethat's not -1, mind you, and I would really encourage you to take this up again soon21:30
markvandenborreI do have a feeling that you are doing valuable work!21:31
bernard-opicthanks mark, that's nice from you21:31
SeveasThat's 5 votes, I'm afraid you'll have to try again later bernard-opic. I agree with mark that you could be doing valuable work, but we really need to be sure before we can grant Ubuntu membership. Hope to see you soon21:32
SeveasSarvatt, you're up next, please introduce yourself21:32
bernard-opicThanks for your attention, bye for now21:32
SarvattNice to meet you all! I've been involved in ubuntu development since april and have been running the xorg-edgers PPA as well as contributing xorg packages to ubuntu for the past few months. Outside of packaging, I spend a lot of time helping out with bug fixes and helping people in irc (#ubuntu-x and #ubuntu+1 channels usually). Mostly trying to help with problems people have with things such as intel KMS.21:32
SarvattI realize I haven't been active in the community for very long but I hope my contributions can make up for that in the consideration of my membership. My launchpad profile is here- https://edge.launchpad.net/~sarvatt and my wiki page is here- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sarvatt21:33
SeveasYour contributions look very nice, and it's always good to see someone doing the scary stuff that X provides21:33
SeveasBut (there's always a but), I'd really like to see someone like Bryce say "Yeah, he's doing a good job" on your wikipage, since I cannot really judge the quality of your contribution21:34
Sarvatthe was the one that suggested I go through this process and looked over my wiki page before I did it, I made a mistake not asking him to say something on there :(21:36
Seveasheh21:37
BUGabundoI would like to say that Sarvatt has been doing a great job on #ubuntu+1, provide *huge* support, debug, and intel on video area.21:37
BUGabundowe all in there have learned a lot from him!21:37
PriceySarvatt: Are you aware of the process of becoming an "Ubuntu Contributing Developer"? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers21:38
stgraberI have been around on ubuntu-x for a while for various reasons and Sarvatt is clearly active there and helps quite a lot with package testing and bugfixing for Karmic, +121:38
stgraberthough it'd have been great to have a comment from Bryce on the wiki page21:38
SeveasSarvatt, did he suggest that in a public irc channel/mailing list? If so, the logs of that will do for me :)21:39
SarvattPricey: Yes I am, I want to give it some more time before I apply for MOTU but I am very interested in being a member. Mostly I am not very interested in universe packages, everything I help out with is in main besides intel-gpu-tools.21:39
SarvattYes, one moment let me dig up a log for #ubuntu-x21:40
SeveasSarvatt, just the timestamp please. I'll check irclogs.ubuntu.com :)21:40
Sarvatthttp://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/07/09/%23ubuntu-x.html21:40
Sarvatt19:1921:41
Seveasok, +121:41
Seveas(not just based on that, also on the comments from BUGabundo and stgraber)21:42
Seveas(and the documented work)21:42
BUGabundonods21:42
PriceySarvatt: I see him suggesting you try to become a Developer!21:42
Pricey19:28 <bryce> you've done considerably more than the typical motu applicant, you're definitely well qualified.21:43
BUGabundoI was trying to ping cwillu, but is away21:43
SarvattYes, but he also mentions that I should work on having more people sponsor my uploads because I only have him and tjaalton21:43
BUGabundocwillu also has large experience on X packages, and has worked with Sarvatt21:43
SeveasPricey, so that should qualfiy for a membership testimonial :)21:43
PriceySeveas: hmm?21:44
markvandenborre+121:44
phanatic+1, great to have people here who can comment on your work21:45
SeveasPricey, if a core developer likes Bryce thinks Sarvatt is ready to become a motu, with that extra compliment attached, I'd say Bryce vouches for Sarvatt for membership as well.21:45
nealmcbhttp://www.zigbee.org/21:45
BUGabundonot trying to put Sarvatt work down, but I would like to add, that AFAIR he started his participation on #ubuntu+1 just this cycle21:46
Seveasnealmcb, there's a meeting here now. Please take random chatter elsewhere21:46
BUGabundonealmcb: ?21:46
nealmcbsorry about that....21:46
SarvattYes, I joined the community in april like I said21:46
PriceyBUGabundo: My logs show it starting in June for #ubuntu+1, yes.21:46
SeveasBUGabundo, yes, since april. That's 4 months now, with impressive contributions.21:47
PriceyYep I think with that little gem from bryce and the other testimonials I'm happy to give a +1 too.21:47
Seveasok, that's +5. Welcome aboard!21:47
BUGabundoI can't vote, but if I could, he would get my +1 :)21:47
Sarvatt#intel-gfx is where I did most of my support, then I moved on to #ubuntu-x and try to help out in #ubuntu+1 now as well21:47
Sarvattthank you everyone!21:48
BUGabundocongrats Sarvatt21:48
Seveas"Robert Hooker (sarvatt) has been added as a member of this team."21:48
bernard-opicCongratulations!21:48
Seveasso launchpad now agrees with the meeting. Meeting ends :)21:48
SeveasI probably won't be here sept. 1st, so I'll see you all in October :)21:49
gQuigsCongrats!21:50
BUGabundoenjoy your vacations Seveas21:50
Seveashah, vacations21:50
SeveasI wish :)21:50
SeveasI'll be painting and wallpapering and laying floors in my new house :)21:50
BUGabundome too21:50
BUGabundono vacations for me, this year :(21:51
gQuigsCommunity Council meeting up next?21:53
TechnovikinggQuigs: should be21:54
TechnovikingAnyone else here for the CC meeting? elmo?22:00
elmoTechnoviking: hi22:00
elmosabdfl should be coming22:00
Technovikingelmo: greets22:00
elmoI've been exchanging SMSes with him about it22:00
TechnovikingThink Daniel is still on vacation, have not heard from mako.22:01
elmothat's going to make quorum hard22:02
Technovikingyup, we need some new blood:)22:02
sabdflevening all22:02
Technovikingsabdfl: evening22:03
BUGabundohey sabdfl22:03
elmosabdfl: hey, technoviking and I are here, but that's it so far22:03
sabdfldholbach's on holiday22:03
sabdflmdke?22:04
elmohe's been idle a while, not sure he's around, but I've pinged him22:04
elmowe've not heard from mako either22:04
sabdflwell, we have agenda items from mdke that we'll have to carry over22:06
sabdflsladen: ?22:06
sabdflok, current status of the election, we have many nominations22:07
sabdflcurrently discussing on CC list how to whittle down to roughly 12-15 candidates that I'll nominate22:07
sabdfli believe the election will start in a week or so22:07
sabdflelmo: i believe you're the only person who unsubscribed from the list on time22:08
sabdflvery good of you, but we're grandfathered till the election22:08
sabdflthat's all from me on the election front22:08
sabdflany other thoughts on the process?22:08
sabdflok22:09
gQuigsjust curious, how many nominations total?22:09
sabdflstgraber: around?22:09
sabdflgQuigs: including existing CC members, perhaps 1722:09
sabdflwhich is *great*22:09
elmosabdfl: (I'm just speed-catching up on archvies)22:10
sabdfli'm seeking comments and confirmations on them and will make nominations22:10
sabdflelmo: welcome back ;-)22:10
sabdflhi matthew22:10
mdkesorry I'm late22:10
mdkethanks for the reminder :)22:10
Technovikingno problem22:10
mdkeI think sabdfl just tried to apste me too much log :)22:11
elmohaha22:11
sabdfloops, got kicked off for flodding mdke with scrollback22:11
mdke*paste22:11
sabdflright, now mdke is up to speed...22:12
mdkeI didn't get much, if there is anything vitally important, perhaps a pastebin; otherwise, just crack on :)22:13
sabdflmdke: just sent key bit22:13
elmoprocess looks fine to me, FWIW22:14
sabdflupdate on election s tatus for those not on the list22:14
sabdflhey mako22:14
elmosabdfl: how long will the election run, and any thoughts on where to announce it?22:14
sabdflcool! i think we can now actually get stuff done :-)22:14
mdkethanks sabdfl22:14
sabdflelmo: i think dholbach had suggestions along the lines of ubuntu-announce22:15
sabdflit's a big election, biggest we've had by far22:15
sabdflhmm... now that i think of it, we still have a big gap in terms of election technology22:15
mdkeif there is a choice between candidates, Launchpad may not be the right way to achieve that22:16
mdke(and it looks like there will be a choice)22:16
Davieymako was working on an independant election platform a few years ago i seem to remember.22:16
sabdfli'd like to do STC or Condorset22:16
sabdflhmm... we'd need some sort of openid+LP-teams22:16
makosure, there are a few options22:16
makoi've build something, but it certainly doesn't integrate with LP and it does not do openid22:17
makowikimedia uses a wiki-based plugin which SPI runs for them as outsiders22:17
makoboth do preferential voting (schulz method) which debian also uses22:17
sabdflpython?22:17
sabdfli think openid+teams is easy to add to something in Python22:19
sabdflas a fallback, it will be straight vote-for-the-guys-you-want and those who garner the most votes win22:19
sabdflwhich is very average, as these things go22:19
sabdflany offers of a better solution?22:20
sabdflanyone want to add preferential voting to LP?22:20
sabdflit's open source now ;-)22:20
makosabdfl: my stuff is in ruby, and i'm sure the mediawiki stuff is in php since it's a mediawiki extension22:22
sabdfl:-/22:22
sabdflok, we fall back to LP then, and max-votes22:22
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sabdfli think that's a wrap on the election22:23
mdkethe question is whether we ask people to try and only vote for the right number of candidates or just let them run riot and vote as many "yes" as they like22:23
sabdflmdke: want to bring us up to speed on the wiki question?22:23
sabdflmdke: hard to enforce22:23
DavieyWould that be one poll per candidate, or one poll for all.. I seem to remember from the poll system, you could only have one vote per poll.. Or is that resolved?22:24
mdkeyeah, so asking in the first place might distort the vote22:24
sabdflDaviey: good question22:25
sabdflcould be complicated - for example, what if someone gets a lot of no votes?22:25
DavieyWell the question can be posed, "Which candidate?" and you can't vote no, positve only.  But if one poll, you can only vote A, B or C.. Not A & B22:26
DavieyI may be mistaken, to be fair.22:26
makowhy wouldn't we allow people to vote for all candidates they approve of22:27
mdkewe'll have to do that, IMO22:27
makook then :)22:27
nellerywill it be yes/no or just yes?22:27
mdkeI've never liked competition between candidates :(22:28
mdkenellery: I think Launchpad is basically a yes/no system at the moment22:29
czajkowskimdke: then list the candidates, have a tick box/radio button beside then select say a max of say 4 (or how ever many psoitons there are ) out of how ever many and click submit, final22:29
mdkeczajkowski: right but Launchpad doesn't give us that technology22:29
TechnovikingWe also have the problem if all CC members terms ending at once22:30
sabdflthat's by design now22:30
czajkowskimdke: it does do tick boxes, like on translations?22:30
czajkowskiclick and submit22:30
sabdfli think we have to go with what we have, i'll ask dholbach to look into it22:30
mdkeczajkowski: I don't think the poll feature does it22:31
mdkeanyway, we'll look into it and announce in due course22:31
mdkeon the wiki issue, there isn't much to add to the agenda description at the moment. Daniel and I thought that we should write a similar spec to the way it was done for the help wiki, but wanted to raise it here first to identify some of the key issues22:31
mdkeI recall that when we discussed this before, there was a concern about licensing code/artwork22:32
mdkeand similar things that regularly appear on the team wiki22:32
mdkethose things weren't an issue with the help wiki when we decided on the licensing scheme22:32
mdkemy initial feeling is that the amount and variety of content on the team wiki is so vast22:32
sabdflthe agenda says this was catalysed by fedora blogs?22:33
mdkethat we'd need to give the option to users to specify individual licenses22:33
mdkesabdfl: yes, correct22:33
sabdflis this just a knee-jerk response or is there a real issue?22:33
mdkeI'll dig the link out22:33
mdkepersonally, I think that as a matter of principle it would be better if the wiki was licensed. I don't know whether it's actually a huge deal, i.e. if people are actually trying to use content, and failing because of the copyright22:34
mdkehere is a blog post that raised the issue - http://www.stefanoforenza.com/ubuntu-wiki-lock-in/22:35
mdkeanother - http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/06/25/ubuntu-wiki-not-shareable/22:35
mdkeok, so there is an example of someone wanted to use content and failing :)22:36
makothat seems strange22:40
mdkeI remember when we licensed the help wiki, we did discuss the team wiki issue, but I didn't really want to take it on because it raised a number of different issues which would have slowed down the process of licensing the help wiki. but now may be a good time to sort it out22:40
TechnovikingShould we requite all new material to be CC licensed?22:42
makoso, with wikimedia's migration to CC BY-SA, many other wikis have switched22:42
sabdfli have no issue with CC-BY-SA22:42
makoi don't see why we wouldn't move everything we can to by-sa22:42
sabdflwith the ability to do other licenses for code etc22:42
mdkeshould we prescribe a license for code?22:42
makowhen we talked about this early on, there wasn't a clear winner in the space but things have basically settled out at this point22:42
sabdflagree with mdke, will need to allow for some flexibility on a per-object basis, with guidelines for free-over-non-free22:43
sabdflso let's do it22:43
sabdflcan we have a vote on the following proposal:22:43
sabdfl - mdke and dholbach to investigate broadly licensing team wiki as CC-BY-SA (c) Canonical, with the ability to create exceptions as needed for certain content types22:44
sabdfl - if no blockers, mdke and dholbach empowered to make the change real22:44
sabdfl?22:44
mdkesounds fine22:44
Technoviking+122:44
mdkeit will be another mass email job22:44
* sabdfl can't work mootbot22:44
mdkejust one point, while we're here22:45
elmoerr, not to be the wanna-be lawyer kill joy, but are we talking about copyright assignment here?22:45
elmo(I notice you say (c) Canonical is why I ask)22:45
mdkethat's what I was going to come on to22:45
mdkeI've been thinking about this in relation to ubuntu-docs, which also says (c) Canonical22:45
mdkeit's actually wrong22:45
mdkethe copyright is of the author22:45
sabdflany other way is madness22:46
mdkeI don't mean it's wrong morally22:46
sabdflwe can't relicense if we can't reach people22:46
mdkeI mean it's incorrect22:46
mdkethe material isn't copyright of canonical22:46
mdkewithout copyright assignment, as elmo says22:48
sabdflcan we address that?22:48
makowell, we change the license for any future content added and deal with the rest later22:49
makoby talking to a lawyer for example22:49
mdkewe need to make a distinction between copyright and license22:49
mdkethe license can be changed by agreement, and I think it's reasonable to adopt the approach we did last time - i.e. email everyone and ask for objections22:49
elmomdke: I'm not a lawyer, but I think there's some serious and vigourous handwaving involved there22:50
mdkethe copyright can only be reassigned by a written document signed by each author22:50
* mdke nods22:50
elmoI think if we can find a light weight process to do copyrigt assignment, we should do that22:50
elmoif only to make the relicensing process more legitmate22:50
mdkeyeah, there is definitely handwaving22:50
elmosince, is the 2nd time in 5 years we've wanted to do it22:51
mdkewell, we could get a copyright expert to give an opinion on whether there is anyway to get around the "signature" requirement22:51
mdkebut lawyers are naturally cautious creatures, I'm not hopeful22:51
elmomdke: even if we used something weaker than a signature, it would imply a level of consent for future reassignment that I think beats are current "mail and pray" approach22:52
sabdflok22:52
sabdflwe should definitely put it in place for any future edits22:52
sabdfland we can include the proposal in the mass mail and call for discussion22:52
sabdfldeciding where we stand after that22:53
makoyeah, that sounds good22:53
mdkeelmo: I'm not sure, the mail and pray approach worked before, because if a person doesn't act on the email, they are unlikely to act later; and I would argue that in the event that anyone later tries to enforce copyright, we can immediately remove the relevant content22:53
mdkeelmo: but this is definitely worth some further thought22:54
elmomdke: (not if it gets copied onto the CD we can't) - but sorry, we don't need to continue this here + now22:55
elmosabdfl: +122:55
mdkeok, good point, I'll shut up22:55
mdke+1 on sabdfl's proposal22:55
sabdflmako?22:55
mako+1 from me22:55
makostill sounds good :)22:56
sabdflok22:56
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elmoTechnoviking: ?22:56
sabdfl...said +1 immediately22:57
sabdflso that's a mandate for mdke and dholbach, modulo gotchas they uncover22:57
sabdflstgraber: around?22:57
mdkechaps I'm going to have to duck out I'm afraid, sorry for leaving before the end22:57
mdkeyou know my views on both Ubuntu One agenda items from email :p22:58
sabdflwe're wrapping22:58
sladengroovy22:58
sabdfli've no stomach for those now!22:58
mdkeheh22:58
mdkeok, fine22:58
sabdflthanks all22:58
sabdflhi sladen22:59
sabdflwere you waiting?22:59
sladensabdfl: nope.22:59
sabdflok22:59
sabdflphew22:59
sabdflfelt briefly bad :-)22:59
sabdflthanks all and good night22:59
mdkenight22:59
Technovikingnight22:59
makolater everyone23:02
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