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dpmhi everyone15:01
dpmanyone here for the translations meeting?15:03
dholbachdpm: isn't that in an hour? :)15:05
dpmdholbach, it's 15:00 UTC, but we don't seem to have many translations people today...15:06
dpmhttp://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar15:06
dholbachhttp://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar says 16 utc15:06
czajkowskithe fridge calender seems to be acting up15:06
dpmI'll check again, otherwise I'll have another go in an hour :)15:09
dpmah well...15:13
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dpmright, second try, this time at the right time16:03
dpmhi all16:03
popey:)16:03
dpmlet's see if we've got any translations people here today16:04
janpogockihello :)16:06
janpogockii translated ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10, but very little16:06
dpmhi janpogocki16:07
janpogockito polish of course ;)16:07
dpmwelcome16:07
adiroibansorry. I'm late16:07
dpmno worries adiroiban, we don't seem to have many l10n folks today16:08
adiroibanmaybe we can have the meetings on #ubuntu-translators16:08
dpmI'm not sure this would change things, though16:09
janpogockibut what about is this meeting 'ubuntu translations'?16:09
adiroiban:)16:09
dpmanyway, shall we get started?16:09
adiroibani'm ready16:09
janpogockiok16:09
dpmjanpogocki, the Ubuntu translations team has monthly meetings -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/Meetings16:10
dpmjanpogocki, here's the agenda for today -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/Meetings/2009-12-0316:10
janpogockiok, i'm going to reading that (or I gonna ;)16:10
dpmanyway, let's get started :)16:10
dpm#startmeeting16:11
MootBotMeeting started at 10:11. The chair is dpm.16:11
MootBotCommands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]16:11
dpm[TOPIC] Review of actions from previous meeting16:11
MootBotNew Topic:  Review of actions from previous meeting16:11
janpogockii wasn't month ago :(16:12
dpmbasically we'd like to see how are we doing in terms of the actions we talked about on the previous meeting16:12
dpmjanpogocki, don't worry16:12
dpm:-)16:13
dpmContact the QA team to check out the wording and the procedure description for reporting translation bugs (dpm)16:13
dpmI did contact the QA team, but I haven't received much feedback on that section. Today I was talking to some of them on #ubuntu-bugs, and I've changed some things16:14
dpmafter their comments16:14
dpmbut it basically is the content adiroiban already put in there -> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Filing%20translation%20bugs16:15
adiroibanok. I think we can fix the text on the go16:15
dpmSo I think we should be good to go there16:15
adiroibanas we feel the need16:15
dpmadiroiban, the next action was for you "Create a HandlingBugs wiki page (adiroiban)", and I know you've created that already and done some great work on it16:16
adiroibanthen ... checked :)16:16
dpm:-)16:16
adiroibanwell I'm not happy with with HandlingBugs16:16
dpmin which sense?16:17
adiroibanI still need to do more work on handling bugs and then write some best practices16:17
adiroibanbut we have the page... and we can update it16:18
dpmadiroiban, yes, I see. But basically I think we are on a good start. We can ask questions at #ubuntu-bugs regarding the workflow and practices16:18
dpmtoday being Translations Hug Day16:18
dpmanyway, the next action was on me: "Investigate how adding the Ubuntu Translations project RSS feed to Planet Ubuntu can be done - just adding the feed to the planet's config file?"16:20
adiroibanok. we can continue with the next topic16:20
dpmI haven't had the chance to look into that yet16:20
dpmbut I'll try to do it this week16:20
adiroibannp16:20
dpmok, next, then...16:21
dpm[TOPIC] Review of pending actions on the switch to restricted permission policy16:21
MootBotNew Topic:  Review of pending actions on the switch to restricted permission policy16:21
dpmNow that the switch to restricted has been done16:21
dpmI'd like to check all additional steps16:22
dpmare documented and done16:22
dpmto announce it16:22
dpmIt's basically https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTranslationsCoordinators/OngoingProjects/SwitchToRestricted#Actions16:22
adiroibanI tried to improve the way Launchpad inform translators about current permission bug 49092916:23
ubottuLaunchpad bug 490929 in rosetta "Inform users that have not licensed their translations under BSD the reason why the can not translate specific templates" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/49092916:23
adiroibanthis can help in explaining translators why they can not translate in languages without a translation team16:23
dpmadiroiban, oh I see, you mean we could reuse your explanation for that16:24
adiroibannope.16:24
adiroibanjust that those changes can help if someone is "lost in translation" and don't know why they can no longer tranlate into their language16:25
dpmI see - so implementing that feature would also help informing translators without a team in ubuntu-translators16:26
adiroibanthat's what I hope :)16:26
dpm:-)16:26
janpogockibut i was translating ubuntu without any team, so where's problem?16:27
dpmadiroiban, do you want to add a comment regarding this under "Discuss what to do with existing translations of languages without a team."?16:27
dpmjanpogocki, that's not a problem at all16:28
janpogockiso what?16:28
dpmonly that if you are not a member of a team you can provide suggestions16:28
dpmand translation team members will then accept them16:28
janpogockiaha, i remeber16:28
dpmwhat we are discussing right now is a recent change in policy16:28
janpogockitomasz dominikowski accepted my suggestions16:29
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adiroibandpm: don't know what to say :(16:29
dpmwhere previously some translators without a registered team for their language16:30
dpmcol16:30
dpmcould add translations directly16:30
adiroibanfirst, I would like to see a list of languages ... and how many new translations we have for each language in Ubuntu16:30
dpmjanpogocki, this doesn't affect Polish, which has already a registered team16:31
adiroibanif there are many new translations for a langauge... maybe we would like to find a team, before changing all of them to suggestions16:31
adiroibanwe still have ubuntu-l10n teams with open permissions....16:32
janpogockiit's about for example afrikaans? ;)16:32
adiroibanand for me this is like not having a reviewer team at all16:32
janpogockiand other languages which hasn't got teams?16:33
dpmadiroiban, yeah, but open teams are a separate issue. We can concentrate on those when doing the work on policies in this cycle, for example16:33
dpmBut I like your suggestions on the steps of 1) finding out these languages16:34
adiroibandpm: i will leave those translations by now16:34
dpm2) assigning them to a team if it exists16:35
adiroibandpm: i can investigate on that... or ask one of rosetta admins to run a query on the db16:35
adiroibanand provide us with a raw data16:35
adiroibanand from that I can extract what we need16:35
adiroibandpm: one idea (just an idea) would be to create those teams16:36
dpmadiroiban, do you want me to put an action for you on that? I can have a look into it as well16:36
dpm(on investigating the languages)16:36
adiroibandpm: anything is ok :)16:37
adiroibandon't know16:37
adiroibando as you think it is best16:37
adiroibanadd me on that task16:38
dpmok, thanks adiroiban16:38
adiroibanI will create the query and then just ask rosetta admin to run on the ubuntu data16:38
dpm[ACTION] Investigate on the teams affected by the switch to restricted (adiroiban)16:39
MootBotACTION received:  Investigate on the teams affected by the switch to restricted (adiroiban)16:39
dpmI think for now I'll announce the change first16:40
dpmso looking at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTranslationsCoordinators/OngoingProjects/SwitchToRestricted#Actions16:41
adiroibanyes. just make sure the annoucement contains a note about contacting utc for addind missing teams16:41
dpmI'll do, thanks for the pointer16:41
dpmthe next two pending items "Discuss what to do with existing translations of languages without a team. "16:42
dpmand "Let the Launchpad Translations team know about the decision and work with them to put it in place. "16:42
dpmwe'll be discussing16:42
dpmas a result of your investigation16:43
dpmand the last one "Draft a ?policy on how teams can be added to the ubuntu-translators group. Provide relevant links in Launchpad to this document. "16:43
dpmI will take care of while working on the set of Ubuntu Translators policies16:43
adiroibanhttps://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+faq/61116:44
adiroiban?16:44
adiroibanjust a not16:44
adiroibannote16:44
adiroibanto update ... or delete that FAQ when the policy is in place16:44
dpmgood point, thanks16:45
adiroiban...and maybe other related faqs16:45
dpmI think the FAQs we can keep16:45
dpmit's just that if they refer to a policy16:45
dpmwe should include a link to the policy inside the FAQ16:46
dpmanyway, was there anything else on this topic?16:47
adiroibanhm.16:49
adiroibanif you have time please look at bug 49092916:49
ubottuLaunchpad bug 490929 in rosetta "Inform users that have not licensed their translations under BSD the reason why the can not translate specific templates" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/49092916:49
adiroibanand see if the wording / explanations are ok16:49
dpmok, I'll do that and give you some feedback16:50
dpmI'm not sure I'll get on to it today, but tomorrow should be fine16:50
dpmIf that was all, I'll go quickly through the next topic16:51
adiroibandpm: no hurry... those changes will be merged only strating from monday16:51
adiroibanyep16:51
dpmas the idea was to provide a summary on the translations discussion UDS for those folks interested but who couldn't attend16:52
dpmbut as it seems that all participants in this meeting were there, we can simply go quickly through it :)16:53
adiroibanmaybe you can send an email16:53
adiroiban... but with low priority16:53
adiroiban:)16:53
dpmyeah :-)16:54
dpmanyway, I started a page collecting all the actions and session notes at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/Events/UDS/Lucid16:54
adiroibani like that wikipage listing all UDS actions16:54
dpmgreat, I'm glad of that :)16:54
adiroibani think we should link it from the header16:54
adiroibanit should be a busy page for us durring this cycle ;)16:55
dpmoh yeah ;)16:55
dpmMy intention was to provide a summary of all sessions as well, but depending on time, I might just leave the session notes as they are and concentrate on the blueprints and specs16:56
adiroibani saw you are also updating the whiteboard of blueprints ... but it looks to my like redundant16:56
adiroibanit i preffer keeping it on wiki16:56
adiroibanby linking the blueprints to this wikipage16:56
dpmyeah, I see some redundancy as well, but this cycle we are going to focus on blueprints and burn-down charts to track progress16:57
adiroibanon wiki we have these nice "checked" icons :)16:57
adiroibanI was thinking that it would be nice to have a page with all outstanding actions16:58
dpmand makes one feel good when using them and ticking things off the list :-)16:58
adiroibannot only with UDS...16:58
adiroibanright now we have actions on bugtracker (task tag), in wiki and on blueprints16:59
dpmI started doing that with the UTC team outstanding tasks -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTranslationsCoordinators#Ongoing%20projects16:59
adiroibanhm... so many pages17:01
dpmOn Lucid, though, I'd like to concentrate on the specs from UDS and we'll also be using the charts to track progress -> http://piware.de/workitems/community/lucid/report.html17:01
dpmyeah, that should be a good topic for discussion on the ML or on the next meeting - decide on the way to track tasks17:02
dpmbut for today I think we should leave it here17:02
adiroibanok17:02
dpmor was there anything else?17:02
dpmok, so I think we can leave it here. As usual, thanks a lot adiroiban for your participation, and also to those listening :)17:04
dpm#endmeeting17:04
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Technovikinghello all22:00
Technovikingany other FC folks here yet?22:01
jdonghey guys22:01
Technovikinghey jdong22:02
jdonggimme 10 minutes to grab dinner and I'll be right back22:02
Technovikingok22:02
forestpiskie2 then :)22:02
bodhi_zazenyep22:03
Technovikingwill have 3 in 10 minute, hopefully a forth will show22:03
jdongok, I'm back :)22:15
Technovikingexcellent22:15
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Technovikingstill don't have a forth for a quorum22:16
bodhi_zazen=(22:16
jdongindeed we dont'22:17
jdonghaven't heard back from Matthew or Ryan yet22:17
TechnovikingWe can talk and post the logs for any votes we need though22:17
jdongindeed22:18
Technoviking#startmeeting22:18
MootBotMeeting started at 16:18. The chair is Technoviking.22:18
MootBotCommands Available: [TOPIC], [IDEA], [ACTION], [AGREED], [LINK], [VOTE]22:18
Technovikinghttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumCouncilAgenda22:19
Technovikingfirst item, Ryan got all the info he needed during UDS for the Forums software upgrade22:19
bodhi_zazenw00t =)22:20
jdongawesome22:20
TechnovikingI think he was going to put up a test environment soon, but he would have to speak aboout that22:21
Technoviking2. Possible T&E team ...Pastebin Proposal and Staff thread and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/forestpixie/Sandbox22:21
bodhi_zazenThank you, this is sort of an old item now, but both forestpiskie and Ms_Angel_D are here =)22:22
jdong*nods*22:22
Ms_Angel_DHello22:22
forestpiskieo/22:22
bodhi_zazenI would hope the T&E team can help sort out people needing support from the others and (hopefully) reduce "trolling" in the T&E section22:23
bodhi_zazenAt least we have a group of users willing to donate their time to do so =)22:24
jdongok, so to clarify, the use case would be someone who, say,  tried Ubuntu, their wireless card doesn't work, post a 1 page tirade in T&E and it errupts in a flame war, right?22:24
Ms_Angel_DI don't know if I'm out of line in speaking but yes that is normally the case, we are hoping to cut down on such things22:25
jdongyou are absolutely welcome to speak on this matter!22:25
jdongI don't think I have any fundamental objections to the motivation for creating a T&E team22:26
bodhi_zazen+1 jdong22:26
TechnovikingMy first question would be, do people fell that the T&E forum is still needed22:26
jdongthe primary concern I'll express is whether or not angry users are going to respond positively to your valiant attempts22:26
Ms_Angel_DIt's our hope that through positive postings as well as use of the reporting such threads more quickly will help to reduce the occurnce of such threads22:26
TechnovikingIt is an artifact of when Ubuntu was growing22:26
forestpiskieI would prefer to think that we can help redirect those actually wanting help to the proper place before it gets completely out of hand22:26
jdongI think when people post something negative in T&E instead of a frustrated ask for help in general support, it typically implies that they are not really interested in fixing anymore22:27
forestpiskiethose just wanting to complain are going to do so anyway22:27
jdonghave you guys been informally trying to conduct the job of the T&E team, and if so, is it successful?22:27
bodhi_zazenyes, they have an IRC channel, #ubuntu-testimonials22:28
bodhi_zazenas far as success Ms_Angel_D or forestpiskie  , any thoughts ?22:28
Ms_Angel_DWell we have been activily participating on the forums in an attempt to sway negative posts as well as activly reporting.22:28
forestpiskiesome I think22:29
Ms_Angel_DI would say since the inception of the first disucssion T&E has calmed down quite a bit22:29
forestpiskiethough it is hard to tell as it is rather cyclical22:29
Ms_Angel_DI personally don't notice half as many 10+ page threads as there once were22:29
jdongI'm not very familiar with the #ubuntu-testimonials members -- what is the relationship between #ubuntu-testimonials and what is on the ForumCouncilAgenda? Does #u-t cover the entire Ubuntu community or just the T&E forum on UF?22:31
bodhi_zazenI am willing to give it a chance and see if it can reduce the 10 + page ranting , rude responses, and actually redirect frustrated users to receive support22:32
bodhi_zazenjust the T&E forum on the UF22:32
jdongand logistically and administratively, what would be required from the forums? Would the team require administrative powers within the T&E section?22:33
jdongstickying posts? locking threads?22:33
bodhi_zazenI do not think so jdong22:34
forestpiskienope - just we wanted to bring it here before it went any further22:34
bodhi_zazenif they need things, forestpiskie can assist22:34
Ms_Angel_DI wouldn't even go that far I would just solid moderator backing would be find22:34
Ms_Angel_D*say22:34
jdonggotcha22:34
Ms_Angel_D*fine...lol typos22:34
jdongas bodhi_zazen said, I support the effort of the T&E team and am willing to give it a shot -- but I'd like a progress update of some sort in "the near future"22:35
jdongwhatever is an appropriate timescale for "future"22:35
Technovikingjdong: +122:35
forestpiskiebefore 10.04 perhaps22:36
forestpiskiethat is before the next cycle begins :)22:36
jdonganytime you guys need to get back in touch with us if there's some way we can help, don't hesitate to place yourselves back on the agenda or mail the FC list,e tc22:37
bodhi_zazenhow about if forestpiskie gives an update in a month ?22:37
Ms_Angel_DThat should allow for plenty of time to see the effects22:37
jdongbodhi_zazen: +1. Even a "Yeah it's going well, progress is slow" is entirely fine, you guys don't have to solve all the world's problems in the next 6 months ;-)22:38
forestpiskiejdong: ok - fine by me22:38
Ms_Angel_DThanks guys22:39
bodhi_zazenThank you Ms_Angel_D22:39
Technovikingnext item then?22:39
Ms_Angel_DMy pleasure bodhi_zazen22:39
bodhi_zazenTechnoviking: next item is kind of a done deal22:40
bodhi_zazenI closed the 64 bit forums and to my surprise there were minimal complaints =)22:40
bodhi_zazenperhaps archive the 64 bit section ?22:40
bodhi_zazenbut I assume that is up to UG22:40
jdongwhen was it closed?22:40
forestpiskieI did see someone ask for a sticky to be moved from there22:41
bodhi_zazenMid November jdong , Nov 17th22:41
jdongI think let's leave it there and inactive for at least a month or two...22:41
jdongat least give infrequent visitors a chance to react to it before it going *poof*22:41
Technoviking+1 for moving any important sticky22:41
bodhi_zazenCan users not see archived forums ?22:41
Joeb454forestpiskie: was it the flash & java guide that was in there?22:42
forestpiskieI think they can bodhi_zazen - I could22:42
Technovikingthey can22:42
jdongit's just in a different place AFAIUI22:42
bodhi_zazenOK, thanks22:43
forestpiskieJoeb454: I think it was the flash one - at least it was oine of the 2 that had recent movement22:43
jdongok, I don't think theres' gonna be anything controversial about the wrapup phase of closing 64-bit...22:43
jdongthe remaining item on the agenda catches my eyes a lot more22:43
bodhi_zazenAs far as I know the closure went very smooth, I received only 2 comments, 1 was a complaint, the other was a comment to move stickies22:43
Technovikingthe flash problem maybe gone on Dec 8th22:43
Joeb454Technoviking: oh? howcome?22:44
Technovikingbodhi_zazen: some people want a forum for every thing:)22:44
Joeb454actually, probably best stick to the topic :)22:44
bodhi_zazenIndeed Technoviking22:45
TechnovikingJoeb454: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134369422:45
Joeb454thanks22:45
Technovikingany ccomment abot the Closure of the 64 bit forum?22:46
jdongNot from me22:46
jdongother than job well done :)22:46
Technovikingjdong: agreed, well done22:47
Technovikingnext item22:47
TechnovikingMake a video driver forum. See thread22:47
Technovikingis TormodVolden22:47
Technovikingis TormodVolden here?22:47
TechnovikingThread: TormodVolden22:47
TechnovikingThread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131100422:48
Technovikingthat was covered last meeting also22:48
Technovikingwhoops, time to clean the wiki22:49
jdongok I guess I need to read the scrollback last meeting22:49
jdongoh wow22:49
jdongam I developing short term amnesia? :)22:49
jdongI'm definitely -1 on the idea of a new subforum for video drivers22:50
bodhi_zazenWe already have Mulitmedia & Video =)22:50
Technoviking-1 from me also22:50
jdongbut I do think right now it's not patently obvious where to place "X wont' start" kind of questions22:50
bodhi_zazenso I do not see a need for an additional forum22:50
jdongmultimedia & video is the closest by long description22:50
jdongbut perhaps the name of t hat subforum can be revised to make it more obvious22:50
TechnovikingI think General Help is the best place22:51
bodhi_zazen+122:51
jdongthe thing is, either place it's put in I think ti'll receive plenty of attention22:51
jdongthat the whole point of not segregating into so many subforums22:51
bodhi_zazenFailures of X are getting less frequent, but when they occur it is most often hardware dependent22:51
jdongpedantic categorization doesn't really help answer such questions any faster IMO22:51
bodhi_zazenIMO22:51
TechnovikingAnything else?22:53
jdongI don't think so22:53
bodhi_zazenUbuntu 10.04 FTW !!!22:53
jdongT&E should be propagated to the fc mailing list for a vote22:54
Technovikingok, I updated the wiki, the next meeting will be jan 7th, same bat time, same bat chanel22:54
jdongand I'd expect us to be in agreement regarding the video driver subforum too22:54
bodhi_zazenhttp://sites.google.com/site/fishbulb1022/lucidlynx22:54
MootBotLINK received:  http://sites.google.com/site/fishbulb1022/lucidlynx22:54
bodhi_zazenThanks Technoviking and jdong22:56
TechnovikingDoes someone want to compose the mail to the FC? I will do the monthly report22:56
forestpiskiethanks people :)22:56
Technovikingthanks all22:56
jdongI've unfortunately got to run to another meeting now22:56
jdongurgh I hate end of term at MIT22:56
Technoviking#endmeeting22:56
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bodhi_zazenI can do the e-mail22:56
Technovikingbodhi_zazen: thanks22:56
bodhi_zazenNP22:57
bodhi_zazenTechnoviking: now that the meeting is over, we could have discussed secretarial position / monthly report =)22:57
Technovikingbodhi_zazen: doh23:04
bodhi_zazenI will add it to the mailing23:05
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