[09:20] <ev> "this is not spam." amazing.
[10:10] <CIA-4> grub-installer: cjwatson * r874 ubuntu/ (5 files in 3 dirs): merge from Debian 1.57
[10:17] <ev> mpt: given that michaelforrest is gone, I don't suppose you have any free time to help determine how the "replace existing Ubuntu installation (keeping my files)" option should look?
[10:22] <mpt> ev, I don't know how much free time I have, but maybe just use that wording for now (change the brackets to a comma, maybe) and I might have time to look at it later
[10:25] <CIA-4> grub-installer: cjwatson * r875 ubuntu/debian/po/si.po: msgmerge
[10:27] <ev> mpt: it's more a matter of how it looks on the second partitioning page (there could be more than one ubuntu install), so I'm wondering what the buttons on the bottom of the page should look like.  Noted though.  I'll come up with something for now.
[10:27] <mpt> Report a bug and assign it to me, perhaps
[10:27] <ev> okay, cool
[10:45] <ev> bug 678454
[10:45] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 678454 in ubiquity (Ubuntu) "How should the 'replace existing Ubuntu installation' option look? (affects: 1) (heat: 6)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/678454
[11:38] <ev> any objections to me upgrading ubiquity to bzr 2a?  There's an outstanding merge proposal using it, and I might as well cover this off now.
[11:47] <cjwatson> ev: please do
[11:49] <ev> cool, on it
[12:14] <ev> done
[12:14] <ev> that was quite quick
[12:37] <CIA-4> grub-installer: cjwatson * r876 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 1.57ubuntu1
[16:11] <superm1> ev, it's a little bit noisy in there, i'll put what i said there here: <superm1> well i was thinking checkboxes, but bullet points might make more sense if it is automatic
 but the important bit was relaying what the outcome would be before doing it since it could have different results depending on web access and for different people
[16:51] <ev> superm1: sorry about the delay.
[16:51] <ev> and indeed, we need to be *very* clear with the messaging
[16:51] <ev> this really needs design attention
[16:52] <ev> I want it to be simple, but useful to the vast majority of people.  So picking a reasonable default action and being able to encapsulate it in a sentence or two.
[16:53] <ev> if mpt doesn't have time, I'll see if I can pester Iain to find a suitable replacement.
[17:01] <CIA-4> debian-installer: cjwatson * r1309 lucid-proposed/ (8 files in 2 dirs): Move to 2.6.32-26 kernels.
[17:03] <CIA-4> debian-installer: cjwatson * r1310 lucid-proposed/debian/changelog: releasing version 20081029ubuntu102.6
[22:23] <starf> Hi all, sorry if this is the wrong place, but I'm having a hard time creating a custom lucid install disc - based on the Alternate ISO
[22:23] <starf> I am consistently having a failure with pkgsel
[22:24] <starf> when running 'tasksel install ubuntu-desktop' manually from an alt-f2 console during the install, I see 'aptitude failed (100)'
[22:26] <starf> my custom disc is basically just the alternate disc repackaged with my gpg key inside the ubuntu-keyring package and the apt repo rebuilt using apt-ftparchive
[22:28] <starf> also, if i run 'apt-get install ubuntu-desktop^' within /target chrooted, i see 'cannot find task ubuntu-desktop', whereas the task is visible from 'tasksel --list-tasks'
[22:29] <starf> so if anyone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated
[22:29] <soren> starf: tasksel gets its data from a configuration file.
[22:30] <soren> starf: apt-get install blah^   goes by data in your Packages file(s).
[22:30] <soren> starf: So the likely cause is that your apt cache is empty.
[22:30] <starf> so i imagine this conf file would be read during tasksel postinst?
[22:30] <starf> ok
[22:30] <starf> but why would this change just by rebuilding the apt repo on the disc?
[22:31] <starf> is the cache preloaded, or something crazy like that?
[22:32] <starf> also, an apt-get update does not help... :(
[22:33] <soren> /usr/share/tasksel/ contains the configuration files for tasksel.
[22:34] <soren> starf: Do you have the ubuntu-desktop package?
[22:34] <soren> starf: Can you paste the output of "apt-cache show ubuntu-desktop"?
[22:36] <starf> i don't know how to paste from virtualbox, but apt-cache show ubuntu-desktop shows a lot of info about the package and a huuuge list of dependencies
[22:36] <starf> if i do a straight 'apt-get install ubuntu-desktop' it installs fine, but not the task
[22:38] <magn3ts> Why is the WUBI page out of date...
[22:39] <magn3ts> It is still linking to the 10.04.1 installer....
[22:47] <soren> starf: The important thing to look for is whether it lists "Task: ubuntu-desktop"
[22:47] <soren> starf: The way "apt-get install whatever^" works is by installing all packages that say "Task: whatever" in the Packages file(s).
[22:48] <soren> starf: So that's what you want to look for.
[22:48] <soren> starf: Are you using a special mirror?
[22:48] <starf> aha, it does not have a 'Task:' line at all
[22:48] <soren> Oddness.
[22:48] <starf> probably stripped when i rebuilt the apt repo
[22:48] <soren> Ah.
[22:48] <soren> Yes, apt-ftparchive doesn't keep it unless told to, iirc.
[22:49] <starf> i'll go and check i did the overrides stuff properly
[22:49] <starf> thanks for your help
[22:49] <starf> you've probably saved me a day's worth of googling!
[22:55] <soren> starf: np
[23:07] <starf> btw, are the tools used to create the distributed ubuntu ISOs available?
[23:11] <soren> Sure.
[23:12] <soren> They're on Launchpad somewhere.