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stochasticHi all, the Ubuntu Studio developers meeting is about to get underway.  If everyone could refer to the proposed agenda here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2009Oct1220:01
stochasticokay, so let's call this meeting to order.20:02
stochasticwho all is here?20:02
luisbghello everyone20:03
luisbgbrb20:03
* TheMuso is here.20:03
abogani_Same for me.20:03
stochasticokay, well it looks like attendance has improved from last month's attempted meeting20:04
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stochasticLets look over the importance of the meeting topics.  Are there any that we should deal with first?20:04
TheMusowebsite update20:05
TheMusoI think we have had complaints that it is badly out of date.20:05
luisbgTheMuso, yes20:05
luisbgwe have tried to find a web designer to join the team and update the web20:05
luisbgand so far no success20:06
stochasticI have some web experience/capabilities20:06
luisbganybody offers a different approach? or wants to take on the task of finding this person?20:06
luisbgstochastic, the ubuntu studio website is done through the Drupal framework20:06
luisbgdo you have any experience with Drupal?20:06
stochasticyes I'm familiar with Drupal, currently manage about five drupal installs20:07
stochasticbut I don't have access to our website, and the bzr branch changes look like they haven't been pushed in a while20:07
luisbgstochastic, I can give you admin access to the website20:08
luisbgwith that you can update the bzr or create and push a new branch to launchpad20:08
luisbgI dont really mind which version control method you use20:08
luisbg:)20:08
stochasticluisbg, okay, I'll treat that access with respect20:08
luisbgI'm happy with versioned tarballs kept in the actual website if that means you are going to update the website more happily :)20:09
stochasticwell I think bzr might be fine, provided it is kept up to date20:09
luisbgso ping me sometime after the meeting and I will grant you access20:09
stochasticwill do20:09
luisbgpreferably tomorrow (getting late for me)20:09
luisbghappy with drupal and bzr20:10
luisbgyou are the man for the job ;)20:10
luisbgtopic finished unless someone else has something to say20:10
luisbgTheMuso, ?20:10
TheMusoNot about the website20:10
stochasticokay, next topic: Release Artwork20:10
luisbgwait20:10
luisbgthe website has a very quick subtopic20:11
luisbgeverybody in the team is comfortable with stochastic and myself selecting what the actual updates will be?20:11
luisbgfirst it will be content update (I've tried to update all the links at every release but I'm sure there are some stuff I've missed)20:12
luisbgthen trying to match the aesthetics to our current themes20:12
luisbglater... and if time permits it: adding new interesting content20:12
TheMusoluisbg: Whatever. I am no web guru.20:12
luisbgok :)20:13
luisbgso just for minutes sake...20:13
luisbgattendants are TheMuso, stochastic, abogani, and myself20:13
luisbganybody else?20:13
luisbgstochastic, the floor is yours again20:13
stochasticokay, next topic: Release Artwork20:13
stochasticI simply put this on the schedule hoping that a bit of co-ordinated release advertising might be possible20:14
luisbgckontros should know about this20:14
luisbgbut he isnt here20:14
luisbgwe've been sending missing pings for a few weeks now20:14
stochasticI think 9.10 is one of the better releases we've had since 8.04 and I'd like to see much of the userbase try it out20:14
luisbghe is busy adapting back home20:15
stochasticckontros did mention he'd be reading these minutes20:15
luisbgTheMuso, do you remember if there was a theme change in 9.04?20:15
TheMusoluisbg: There was a slight theme change in 9.04 if I remember correctly, at least on the desktop20:16
luisbgthat's good news20:16
luisbgbecause more than a year ago we decided to update the art every _other_ release20:16
TheMusoRight20:16
luisbgexcept wallpapers20:16
luisbgwhich we usually just explore flickr for some good artsy high res suitable stuff20:17
TheMusoRight20:17
luisbgI can take that task20:17
luisbgI will ping Cory to see if he wants to do it (he usually has spotted some stuff before he even needs to LOL)20:17
luisbgand since he is the Art Lead20:17
luisbgconfirm the above said with him and decide who takes the task of doing it20:18
stochasticspeaking of that, one topic from last meeting's agenda was Dashua as the new art lead20:18
luisbgso I'm basically taking the task of getting the task done ;)20:18
stochasticdo we want to touch on Dashua?20:18
luisbgwe can pass this discussion through him20:18
stochasticokay20:18
luisbgmaybe he has some wallpaper proposals or would like to do that himself20:19
luisbgbut the pressure of a new kick-ass theme... is for 10.0420:19
stochasticI recall him saying he's planning on getting much more involved in 10.0420:19
luisbgthen it matches our schedule perfectly20:19
luisbgin my experience watching Cory do it before20:20
luisbgart themes are much more work than first expected20:20
TheMusoindeed20:20
luisbgstochastic, can you take the task to push Dashua a little once we close this release20:20
luisbgso he starts working in the new art from day 020:20
luisbgit wont work if he lets it for the last month20:20
stochasticluisbg, yes, will do20:20
luisbggreat! thanks20:20
stochasticOkay, anything else to say on artwork updates for 9.10?20:21
luisbgnai20:21
stochasticWiki documentation updates for 9.10 release?20:21
* luisbg hides20:21
luisbg:P20:22
stochasticmuch of our documentation id decrepit20:22
luisbgyes20:22
stochastic*is20:22
luisbgI am aware of20:22
stochasticI think this is a task that we can push the community to help out with20:22
luisbgso who was the responsible of documentation?20:22
luisbgstochastic, what do you mean with that?20:23
luisbgdo you care to explain in more detail?20:23
ScottLI agreed to help with documentation and I shall20:24
stochasticI mean publishing a request on our users mailing list for people to edit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/ to get it up to date for 9.1020:24
luisbgScottL, :) hello20:24
ScottLmy in-laws moved in with us and I lost room/time20:24
ScottL'ello all20:24
stochastichello ScottL20:24
luisbgScottL, do you have time to manage what stochastic mentioned?20:24
TheMusoHey ScottL.20:24
luisbgit consists in checking all the edits in the wiki20:24
ScottLluisbg: yes, I am wrapping up other items this week and can give time to the wiki20:25
luisbgScottL, I can send an email to the user list20:25
luisbgget some motion happening20:25
stochasticthe three pages I listed on the agenda were ones I thought were in particularly bad shape20:25
luisbgand then you can join in later and review the edits20:25
stochasticthose might need a mention in the e-mail to the users list20:26
luisbgstochastic, very true20:26
stochasticokay anything else to say on Documentation updates?20:27
luisbgScottL, do you agree?20:27
ScottLluisbg, yes (sorry at work)20:28
luisbgScottL, no problem20:28
luisbgstochastic, next topic :)20:29
stochasticalright, Kernel updates20:29
luisbgthis one is for TheMuso20:29
TheMusoOk. I am proud to say that we will ship 2.6.31 RT for karmic.20:29
luisbg\o/20:29
* luisbg jumps from his chair and does the MC Hammer dance20:30
luisbgHammer Time20:30
luisbgTheMuso, sorry :S, continue20:30
TheMusoI am currently working on ensuring that we have the latest ubuntu mainline code + rt patch for kernel freeze, this thursday.20:30
TheMusoI still need to ensure that nvidia and fglrx dkms packages build against the RT kernel, so if anyone can help with that and can help patch them if need be, that would e much appreciated.20:31
luisbgand help testing20:31
stochasticI'll try to find time to give the fglrx driver a test in my VM20:31
aboganiI hope to fix fglrx in two days.20:31
TheMusoI am pretty sure that the 185 nvidia drivers are ok, since I patched them20:31
TheMusoOk bare in mind that we freeze for RC as well this Thursday, and after that, we don't unfreeze.20:32
aboganiOk20:32
TheMusoSo it will be harder to get fixes in, and they will need good reasons.20:32
stochasticso is there any update strategy for 9.10 RT kernel?20:33
TheMusostochastic: What do you mean exactly?20:34
stochasticthat's the actual topic on the agenda20:34
aboganiThat point is mine20:34
stochastic"update strategy"20:34
aboganiWho update rt kernel before release?20:34
aboganis/before/after20:34
TheMusoWell, I think we have to watch out for kernel SRU patches, and determine whether any of those are something we need to apply. Certainly security patches need to be taken into consideration.20:35
aboganiTheMuso: No way.20:35
aboganiKernel team send me to MOTuers. And MOTUers send me to kernel team. And that since Intrepid.20:36
aboganiThis is why substantially rt kernels aren't ever well maintained after release.20:36
TheMusoabogani: I don't mean ask the kernel team to do anything. I mean we follow the git tree for the karmic kernel, and fi any users report similar issues with rt as have been reported against mainline, then we get the patch and get it tested, and an update released.20:36
TheMusoabogani: Yes I know, which is why we need to step up our efforts to do so ourselves. There is no problem updating universe packages after release, as long as we have users affected with users that need fixes, and security updates, there shouldn't be a problem, we simply follow the update process as normal.20:37
aboganiFYI I never able to upload a single update through MOTU.20:38
aboganiIs there a way to obtain per-packages upload rights???20:39
TheMusoOk, I must admit I didn't make an effort to see the rt kernel updated with important fixes either.20:39
TheMusoabogani: yes there is20:39
aboganiTheMuso:  By the way, Thank you for your invaluable work for RT kernel in karmic.20:40
TheMusoabogani: No problem. It is easier when upstream are regularly churning out patches.20:40
stochasticokay, so is that all that needs to be decided/discussed for the kernel?20:41
stochasticfor now anyway?20:42
TheMusoI think so.20:42
aboganiYes of me20:42
TheMusoabogani: good call re the rt-pae flavour20:42
stochasticNext Topic: Any major bugs need fixing before release?20:42
aboganiI'm just download fglrx-kernel-source source package...20:42
stochasticBug #374733 maybe?20:42
ubottuLaunchpad bug 374733 in swami "Swami needs updating to latest SVN." [Critical,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/37473320:42
TheMusoIf it is done, it has to be done in the next 2 days.20:43
stochasticeek!20:43
stochasticwhat about as an update or backport to Karmic?20:44
TheMusoYes thats possible20:44
stochasticTheMuso, were you working on this previously?20:44
luisbgsorry I wont have time in the next two days to tackle that :(20:45
TheMusostochastic: I was looking into it at some point, but don't know why I didn't get back to it.20:45
stochasticnor will I20:45
stochastichello ckontros20:46
* ckontros waves20:46
luisbghey ckontros :)20:46
TheMusoHey ckontros.20:46
aboganiabogani: Hi ckontros!20:46
ScottLhi cory20:47
stochasticso at this point the Swami update will most likely be a post-release update/backport20:47
* ckontros sits back and watches for now. (phone call)20:48
stochasticshould we put anyone in charge of tackling the Swami update?20:49
luisbgstochastic, it seams like it20:49
luisbgstochastic, yourself? ;{20:49
luisbg:P20:49
TheMusoDeending on how it gets updated in lucid, I could help with getting it backported.20:50
stochasticokay I think either TheMuso or myself should be able to get it done20:50
stochasticany other important bugs before release?20:50
stochasticif not, then there's just two last minor discussion points I'd like to touch on20:52
TheMusoSure20:52
luisbggo ahead20:52
stochasticfirst, in ubuntustudio-menu Xjadeo, our new jack-synced video player, appears in the main Sound & Video menu20:52
stochasticI'd committed a change to bzr to fix this.  if it could get pushed before release that'd be good20:53
TheMusostochastic: Right, will get to it after the meeting.20:53
stochasticsecond, in the Desktop meta, there's a note in the code:20:53
ckontrosWell, if its a player, /should/ it go in the submenu?20:53
stochastic* update-notifier # Re-visit for karmic20:54
stochasticckontros, it's part of the video meta package, I thought instinctively that it should be put into the submenu20:54
luisbgplayers should go in the main list20:55
ckontrosstochastic: Typically, it was tools that went in the submenus. I'm not nitpicking. I shoulda mentioned the rational before.20:55
luisbgeditors inside audio and video subsections20:55
stochasticbut it's a player that is used in production20:56
stochasticit doesn't play any audio itself, just syncs video playback with jack transport20:56
ckontrosstochastic: How so? Can you give a link or use case?20:57
ckontrosI /think/ I know what you're gettin' at though.20:57
stochastichttp://xjadeo.sourceforge.net/doc/20:57
stochasticit's meant for creating soundtracks to video20:58
stochasticusually used in conjunction with Ardour20:58
aboganiAnyone have a ATI video card for test fglrx driver?20:58
stochasticabogani, yes I do20:58
aboganistochastic: Arch?20:58
ckontrosstochastic: Ok. I see what is meant. It's not just a simple player that uses JACK.20:59
luisbgabogani, all my workstations are nVidia20:59
stochasticckontros, nope, it's clearly a production tool20:59
aboganiluisbg: Same here! ;)20:59
stochasticabogani, 32bit install right now20:59
luisbgckontros, Im starting to agree with stochastic20:59
ckontrosAs do I.21:00
luisbghis argumentation makes sense21:00
luisbg:)21:00
aboganiluisbg: Do you have a change to test all nvidia drivers? In particularly .96 seems completely untested....21:00
luisbgabogani, my company has an angreement with nVidia to make workstations with that vendor :) very hard to find ati stuff here21:00
luisbgabogani, change/chance? and I will have one in a few days21:00
TheMusoabogani: I have a card that I could test 173 with.21:00
TheMusofor nvidia21:00
aboganiluisbg: Yes sorry. Too much time away from IRC :-)21:01
aboganiSorry guys I have only one 185.21:01
TheMusoabogani: thats fine, we test what we have to hand.21:02
aboganistochastic: Do you prefer package or build procedures for fglrx driver?21:02
stochasticabogani, I prefer not to touch fglrx if at all possible ;)21:02
stochasticbut in all seriousness, I don't have very much free time over the next few weeks to do a test.  I'll try, but can't promise.21:03
aboganiTheMuso: Seems that ATI remove completely RCU stuff so fix should be easy as remove my old patch (or instruct DKMS to use this patch only for kernel <= 2.6.28).21:04
TheMusoI think we can test if the package builds, but unless someone has a card to test with, we can't be sure it will run21:04
stochasticI always just recommend the open source radeon driver whenever possible21:04
TheMusoabogani: Ok I'll have a look when I get to it.21:04
aboganistochastic: Good suggestion.21:04
TheMusoNot to mention KMS goodness.21:05
TheMusofor the open source version.21:05
ScottLI have an ATI 1300 on my recording machine21:05
aboganiPerhaps users involved in #159941 can help in test?21:05
TheMusobug #15994121:06
ubottuLaunchpad bug 159941 in linux-rt "fglrx driver does not work in RT kernel" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/15994121:06
TheMusoyeah good idea.21:06
TheMusoI can make sure we have a buildable/installable package at least.21:06
stochasticokay guys I need to run very soon21:06
TheMusostochastic: Ok thanks for helping to run the meeting, and thank you all for your help with studio. Hopefully we can pick it up more for lucid.21:07
stochasticJust a reminder that the next scheduled meeting is November 9th at 7am UTC (07:00)21:08
TheMusoRight21:08
ScottLwill someone post the logs so I can read the parts that i missed? (at work, came in late)21:08
stochastichttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings21:08
luisbgthanks stochastic :)21:09
TheMusothere is also logs.ubuntu.com for IRC iirc21:09
ScottLTheMuso: thanks21:10
stochastichttp://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/10/12/%23ubuntu-meeting.html21:11
ScottLdo we want to post the logs at wiki.ubunut.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings ?  if so I will21:11
TheMusoIf people want to do that, go ahead imo21:12
luisbgI think the same21:12
aboganiScottL: A link to irclogs could be  useful.21:12
luisbgif anybody wants to do it... go for it21:12
ScottLI will take care of the log and the link21:12
* stochastic is gone. See you all later.21:13
TheMusothanks folks.21:13
ScottL* leave good day :)21:13
ScottL#leave21:13
luisbgI also have to leave21:14
luisbgtalk to you all tomorrow21:14
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