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drcAre the nightly builds 7/week or ?02:28
Unit193He done gone...02:49
drcCharlie-tca? I know I was hoping one of the others would know (I'm trying to rough out a testing schedule ")02:51
Unit193[19:16:53] charlie-tca (~cjk@ubuntu/member/charlie-tca) has quit (Quit: Time to leave, I guess ...)02:53
* drc turns off joins/parts...a holdover from really busy channels like #ubuntu02:53
Unit193That was before you got on... (After you got off too...)02:54
drcUnit193: 1) Is the machine you will be testing on 32 or 64?03:06
Unit193drc: The OS is 32 (Will be using VM if I can...)03:09
drcUnit193: Is the hardware 64 or 32?03:10
Unit193Supports 64 (If I really have to do an install, it will be on a 32 only)03:10
drcCan on VN 64 bit OS on 32 bit hardware?03:10
drcbag03:10
micahgno03:11
drcDidn't think so.03:11
drcmicahg:  Do you if the nightly builds are 7/week or ?03:12
micahgidk how often the CDs are spun03:12
drcThanks03:12
drcUnit193: It took me a while (and a few facepalm questions) to figure VB out (such as I have).03:15
* Unit193 haz de smartz ;)03:15
drcWould you be more comfortable doing 32 bit testing (VB or hardware) or does it matter?03:16
Unit193I won't be doing any 64bit03:16
drcok, 32 bit it is :)03:16
Unit193I'm not the only user of the 64bit computer03:16
drcMakes it easy :)03:16
drcUnit193: Still Here?03:43
Unit193drc: No I am not03:44
drcOK, when you came back let me know what you think of this:  http://pastebin.com/zuhMNeLY03:44
Unit193I would have to do manual?03:47
drcAccording to this schedule, yes.  They are not hard, I can walk you thru one (esp in VB, so you can be here too).  If you could do 64bit then I could do all the manual and you could do Entire Disk.03:50
drcIf you really don't want to do manual, we could ge someone else (me, charlie-tca, someone) to do the manuals03:50
Unit193(The name just sounds bad...) What is it again? I don't remember... Maybe just a manual swap and HDD size?03:51
drcIt's a manual partiton:  you specify what and how big the partitons are.  For testing a 1 gig swap and the rest for / would work.  Once you've done one, it's really easy03:52
drcVB default hhd is 8gig, iirc03:53
drcso 1 gig swap,and the rest for / will be fine03:53
drcBeside if you do it in VB, then you can always do it over :)03:54
Unit193I'm not bad at using linux...03:54
Unit193I just always do the auto path (Swap size = how much ram you have)03:54
drcI didn't mean to suggest anthing like that, sorry.03:54
Unit193drc: You didn't! I was just making sure you know I'm not totally stupid ;)03:55
drc:)03:55
drcSorry, I tend to get in my lectural mode at times.03:56
cody-somervillewow. there is a serious performance issue with natty.04:02
cody-somervilleI seem to be offering from unnaturally high iowaits04:03
cody-somerville: - (04:03
cody-somervilleI think it has something to do with jbd2 or something.04:03
charlie-tcaGood morning14:07
ochosihey charlie-tca 14:09
ochosiso after a few days of testing, what do you think about the darker panel?14:09
charlie-tcaStill using the revised theme14:09
charlie-tcaDejaDup has a very dark icon14:09
charlie-tcathe panel is working fine for me. I say go with it, and we tweak as we go through the cycle?14:10
charlie-tcaI am upgrading this to Oneiric this weekend. Let's hope it works14:11
ochosik, let's do that14:11
ochosiuuh, then good luck :)14:11
charlie-tcamr_pouit: Can we add pavucontrol to defaults? It does make audio work most of the time14:11
ochosialso, as soon as you're on oneiric, you could test the latest greybird from git (i mean the gtk3 stuff)14:12
ochosianyhow, gotta go now14:12
charlie-tcaochosi: yes, I may have lost my mind this time14:12
charlie-tcaI will try to grab the git stuff then14:12
ochosik, i'm off for the weekend14:13
ochosihave fun!14:13
charlie-tcaYoiu  too14:13
ochosiand probably i'll make it to the meeting on sunday14:13
ochosiif not, you know everything about artwork already anyway ;)14:13
charlie-tcaGreat! Maybe we can increase participation with that change, too14:13
charlie-tcaNo new images yet15:02
drcI saw....gives us more time to work on http://pastebin.com/z1dD70zx (I just couldn't leave well enough alone last night)15:05
charlie-tcaLooks good to me.15:06
drcI didn't include upgrades because I think you said that you did that on hardware once you installed after A1?15:07
charlie-tcaoh, yeah.15:10
charlie-tcabut we test them every milestone, too15:10
charlie-tcaI prepped my machine last night so will upgrade to Oneiric this weekend15:11
charlie-tcaI will be running Oneiric Monday15:11
drccharlie-tca: I would have liked to mix the 32/64 up. but Unit193 can only test on 32 bit. Also, I gave you the resize and encrypt (being the more complicated) until I can figure it out (once I'm comfortable with testing in general)15:12
drcAny way, It's a start to deviate from :)15:13
drcKeeps us from duplication and everyone knows what they (and everyone else) is/are doing.15:14
charlie-tcaThat works15:14
charlie-tcaWant to add it to the wiki?15:14
drcNot in that shape :(15:15
charlie-tcaheh15:16
charlie-tcaokay15:16
charlie-tcaAre you on the xubuntu-devel mailing list?15:16
drcyes15:16
drcBTW, I agree, the new windows user is not our target audience.15:17
charlie-tcaI started the marketing discussion again. Hopefully, we will get something besides just emails this time15:17
drcYou mean "help" not "mail" ?15:17
charlie-tcaI don't understand 15:20
charlie-tcawhere?15:20
charlie-tcayes, I think15:21
drcI meant: You would like people to actually help with marketing, not just email to the list?15:28
charlie-tcaYes, that's the idea I had ;-)15:29
drcGood Luck15:29
charlie-tcaThat seems to be a really hard thing to get help with, too.15:29
charlie-tcamr_pouit: WARNING - I gave the UbuntuStudio guys your name to ask for help with converting the xubuntu-settings package for Studio use.15:32
drcWell, one suggestion I would have is to get Xubuntu included in the "blurbs" that are put out...Ubuntu and Kubuntu are talked about but Xubuntu is conspicuous by it's absence.  I'll try to find examples. Once I do, I'll post this to that list discussion.15:33
charlie-tcaThat's because I don't know what to put in, many times15:33
charlie-tcaWe have to get someone to write the news stuff for us.15:33
knomecharlie-tca, you can remove the teleconference from the meeting agenda for now. i've been dead busy with other things, mostly life, and haven't had a second to think about that15:34
charlie-tcaThanks. Any suggestions how to get more people involved in marketing?15:35
charlie-tcaknome: You know how that one goes. Everyone is willing to say "you did it wrong" but no one is willing to actually try and help with it.15:35
knomeget a new blog and write about low-hanging fruit15:36
knomei did write a post in the ML about that, didn't i? (i might have forgotten to send)15:36
charlie-tcaI don't know now. I remember you bi15:36
charlie-tcabringing it up, but don't know where?15:36
knomeprobably the ml15:36
knomelet me search the history15:36
knomehttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2011-April/007770.html15:37
knomethere we go15:37
charlie-tcaWhat you mean "get a new blog"?15:37
charlie-tcaI have to do it?15:37
knomei mean, when we get the new blog at xubuntu.org15:38
charlie-tcaokay15:38
charlie-tcaCan we resend that message with a new subject?15:38
knomei wouldn't start writing those articles to our current blog because the site is a bit crappy15:38
knome(at least a bit old)15:38
knomesure, or just fwd/re to that message :)15:38
charlie-tcatake it out of themes and into Help[ with the website, maybe?15:39
knomesorry, didn't follow that15:39
* drc thought charlie-tca did everything Xubuntu relate.15:39
charlie-tcaI want to change the subject to "Help with the Xubuntu website" or something 15:39
knomeright15:39
knomecharlie-tca, you are welcome to do that15:39
charlie-tcaThank you. Wouldn't do it w15:40
knomecharlie-tca, probably better to send that to the users ML then15:40
charlie-tcaThank you. Wouldn't do it without asking the author first15:40
charlie-tcaGood idea! I can send it to both lists15:40
knomebut as i said, i think we need to start writing those short things to our blog only when we have our new blog set up15:40
charlie-tcaAlso, want to try to get something like that into the newsletter15:40
knomeyeah.. could have some chances15:41
charlie-tcaGot to keep trying. You been pushing it for a long time, I been pushing it for a long time. Maybe this is the year to get more people involved?15:43
charlie-tcaknome: I will simply mark the tele-conference as completed/replaced by email on the ML15:44
drcAsssuming that the nightly builds get into a regular cycle, is it normally a 7/week or 5/week or ?15:44
charlie-tca7 days a week15:44
knomecharlie-tca, i hope so. tbh, things are not looking as good as they could with shimmer as mr. shuttleworth decided to go with a different gtk3 engine15:45
charlie-tcaoh, no!15:45
knomewell yeah15:46
charlie-tcaHm, big problem trying to change/include it?15:46
knomemeans that if we do a theme for xubuntu, we need to do the theme again, if we want it to be available for other distros..15:46
charlie-tcaUbuntu is out by itself again, huh?15:46
knomecharlie-tca, well, all distros can probably just include both of the engines, but that's crap again15:46
knomeyeah, bit like.15:46
charlie-tcaGoing to be an interesting couple of years, I think.15:47
knomeas ochosi said, he (and me too) thought that the engine wars could have ended with gtk3 coming out15:47
knomei suppose this is closely related to unity/g3 shell thing15:47
charlie-tcaheh, Got to have something to fight about.15:47
knomeprobably yeah, but that isn't a very solid business plan to fight about everything15:48
knomeeven if it meant you'd have a technology (probably worse) than others do15:49
charlie-tcatrue15:49
charlie-tcaI think Mark decided on Unity before Gnome decided on Gnome3, even, though. Gnome had said there would be no version 315:51
charlie-tcaand after unity was announced, changed their minds15:51
knomei don't know, i didn't follow the conversation15:51
charlie-tcaI did a little research back into it15:51
knomewhat ever the truth is, i really think gnome and ubuntu should have started to work cooperatively on this15:52
* drc looks for the unicorns and pixies :)16:09
drccharlie-tca: What do you think about a 7/week testing cycle (http://pastebin.com/Gdg4hg6G). That way everything is covered once a week.16:11
drcIt means only 2 tests a day...with 3 testers now, it gives us more flexability to react without adding to one's workload or messing with the schedule.16:15
charlie-tcaI think that is too many days. The cycle is six months. daily testing 7 days a week for six months is a lot. We also should have something that says if a day is missed, it's either covered by another tester.16:24
charlie-tcaI think we need a day off now and again. yes, there will be many days without images, but even so, we should not schedule anything that makes a person feel bad about taking a day off16:24
drcTrue Dat16:25
drcOne more question, then I'll come up with a final draft plan and quit bothering you :)16:30
drchttp://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/build/xubuntu/all says the encryption test are to be dome with the ALT ISO...wouldn't someone be more likely to use the LiveCD to do an encrypted install?16:31
charlie-tcaCan't do a full encrypted drive with the live cd16:32
charlie-tcaYou can only do /home16:32
drcah, only home?16:32
drcUnderstand16:32
charlie-tcayeah16:32
charlie-tcamr_pouit: I would guess you already saw this, but just in case, we might think about it: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-June/033344.html16:43
GridCubegood evening mister charlie-tca :)16:44
charlie-tcaGood evening, GridCube 16:44
drcOK, final draft plan   http://pastebin.com/aYBESyTN17:14
charlie-tcaLet's try it17:17
charlie-tcaIf I read that right, we cover all the tests on all the images every 4 days?17:18
drcok...Day 1 starts the next nightly build?17:18
charlie-tcaSure17:18
drcYes, if I've don't my homework correctly...double-check me to make sure I didn't leave any out, please.17:18
drcEr...every 4 testing days, we can say we test every other day if we want, and then it takes 8 days to cover, etc.17:19
drcUnit193: You here?17:20
charlie-tcawell, let's decide17:21
drcUp to you, you're the jefe :) Personally I'd say let's test it every other day for now (it's early alpha and that way we can adjust it easier if we need to).17:22
charlie-tcaWhat does Unit193 think about this?17:23
charlie-tcawhere is he hiding today?17:23
drcDisneyland?17:23
charlie-tcaI should have gone there, too 17:25
drcNo, I changed my mind, let's do it every day for 2 cycles; that will let us see if it works faster.  Then we can decide if we want to go every other day.17:33
charlie-tcaokay17:33
drcAfter the 2 cycle test, we can send it to the ML and figure out how to formally write it up and add it to the wiki.17:34
charlie-tcadrc: got all the tests in there17:37
drcGood17:39
charlie-tcahm, is it Unit193 or GridCube we are looking for?17:44
charlie-tcaGridCube is one of the milestone testers17:44
drcUnit193 was talking about daily testing, Grid about milestones.  Unit193 can only do 32bit testing, however.  Are there any more people that "normally" help you with the testing that we can plug in?17:45
charlie-tcano17:46
charlie-tcaI did it all for two years +17:46
drcsuper-charlie-tca17:46
charlie-tcatired-charlie-tca17:46
* drc wonders if he ought to hold out for more money?17:47
charlie-tcaheh17:47
charlie-tcasure, and put me in for some too?17:47
GridCube:D17:48
drcHey GridCube: You want in on the daily testing (see http://pastebin.com/aYBESyTN ) ?  I think we have it down to just one test perperson per day (except super-charlie-tca, of course), so it won't be the long drill the Milestone testing was.17:50
GridCubedrc, i can not asure you that i will be able to do that sorry :/17:56
drcOK...worth a shot :)17:57
charlie-tcaBetter to say no than say yes and then not be able to17:57
GridCubeif you ask me those days and i can i will try, but it has to be a case by case thing :P17:58
drcDeal!17:59
Unit193charlie-tca , drc: Looking18:18
charlie-tcaWe are willing to hjave18:20
charlie-tcaWe are willing to have day by day help! It does work.18:20
drcOh yeah!18:21
* drc catches charlie-tca looking towards the bullpen, looking to see if the relief pitchers are actually warming up after 2 years :)18:30
* charlie-tca is taking the wait and see approach18:31
* drc moves his chaw to the other cheek and spits.18:32
* charlie-tca couldn't believe there were testers for alpha1, even18:33
charlie-tcatbh, we have had some help with the milestones18:33
drcbiab18:34
Unit193Marketing Xubuntu: People that don't like Unity and want something close to the old Gnome look18:36
charlie-tcaI hesitate to use "old Gnome look" because it is subject to changing18:36
Unit193Yes, but what about Unity alt?18:37
charlie-tcaThat might be a good approach18:37
charlie-tcaKnow anyone that can help with selling Xubuntu?18:38
Unit193I don't think so...18:38
Unit193Along the lines of Larry Cafiero, there are some statewide events (Like OLF here) Could someone maybe use that time to market Xubuntu?18:51
charlie-tcayes, but it usually requires someone local that can attend18:54
drcTo be honest, while local events a a good idea, I think that if charlie-tca is right, and I think he is (We are in a good position to look towards those intermediate and expert users), then the 1) the website and 2) reviews and blogs (that will show up in a google search) are the first approach we do.18:55
charlie-tcaOur budget is kind of low18:55
drcWe need to keep our website absolutely up to date, add Xubuntu to the K/Ubuntu PR blergs that are released and get outside reviewers to look at Xubuntu (not just K/U) seriously.18:57
Unit193It was worth a shot...18:57
charlie-tcaIt is always worth suggesting18:59
charlie-tcawebsite is going to be problematic. We are in the middle of switching it from drupal to wordpress19:00
Unit193(That's another reason I didn't put it on the ML; Public shoot downs are never as good...19:00
charlie-tcaTrue19:01
charlie-tcaWhy not send that "instead of Unity or Gnome shell" to the ML, though?19:01
Unit193Because I'm scared of sending to ML :P (Really, I don't even send to our LoCo)19:01
drcQuick change of topics, while all three of us are here, when we get the next daily build, Day 1 is declared and Unit193 will do the 32bit LiveCD Test, I'll do the 64bit Alt Test, and super-charlie-tca will do the 64bit LiveCD-Resize and 32bit Alt=Encrypt Tests?19:07
charlie-tcaOkay, I can do that19:08
charlie-tcaThat should be tomorrow. I requested the server be kicked back in, so we get new images starting tomorrow19:11
Unit193Tomorrow should work19:13
charlie-tcamaybe #ubuntu-marketing would help us?19:25
Unit193You're the smart one... (I don't know as much about that as you and I would guess drc also doesn't)19:27
* drc 's motto is "If ignorance is bliss, I'm the happiest man on earth".19:28
charlie-tcaHow did I get to be the smart one?19:31
Unit193Easy! sysi wasn't around! ;)19:33
charlie-tcalol19:34
Unit193Can't seem to find the command that starts the correct xfce4-session...19:35
charlie-tcafrom a tty if no desktop is running - startxfce419:36
charlie-tcafrom a tty or terminal if desktop is running - xfce4-session19:36
Unit193charlie-tca: Thanks, sadly NX closes with the correct command...19:37
Unit193(Just had to make sure I was using the correct command)19:39
charlie-tcamicahg: what will I need to do to replace gdm with lightDM this weekend? 21:37
micahgcharlie-tca: change it in the seed and possible respin xubuntu-meta, I can do one of those :)21:38
charlie-tcano, for my own use. I will be installing Oneiric21:38
micahgcharlie-tca: ah, just install lightdm, debconf will ask you which one you want to use21:38
charlie-tcaokay21:38
charlie-tcaI like the other one, too. I just thought I would try before pushing too hard to make it default21:39
charlie-tcaI also want to explore the possibility of installing both firefox and midori as browsers in the installations, not on live cd21:40
charlie-tcafinally, I know what is closing these channels on me21:42
micahgwell, that's another meg at least21:44
charlie-tcaBut space is not so critical when it is an installation only app21:44
micahgI'd suggest waiting to see how much room we have to work with21:44
charlie-tcaWe can't just put a hook or something saying install this one too?21:45
micahgcharlie-tca: it still needs to be on the CD, just not in the live fs unless I'm misunderstanding something21:45
charlie-tcaoh21:45
charlie-tcaI see. I did not know that.21:45
micahgI could be wrong :)21:45
charlie-tcame too21:45
knomeanything in the default installation needs to be on the cd21:46
charlie-tcaand yes, space might be critical this cycle21:46
charlie-tcaI would take pavucontrol over most stuff, then21:46
knomei suppose we can cut that down a notch with the unused wallpapers etc., if that is not done already21:46
charlie-tcanope21:47
charlie-tcawe only got two or three, don't we?21:47
micahgcharlie-tca: why pavucontrol over xfce4-mier21:47
micahg*xfce4-mixer21:47
knomecharlie-tca, there is still the xfce wallpapers?21:47
charlie-tcamicahg: pavucontrol and xfce4-mixer21:47
charlie-tcapavucontrol is additional, it makes audio work with pulse audio for most users21:47
micahgcharlie-tca: xfce4-mixer does that already21:47
charlie-tcano21:47
charlie-tcaIt doesn't21:48
micahgyes, it does21:48
charlie-tcaThat is one of the biggest problems we get in #xubuntu21:48
charlie-tcaand installing pavucontrol fixes it for most users21:48
* micahg uses it to do it :)21:48
micahghmm, pavucontrol is 50k smaller, idk about the deps though21:49
charlie-tcaWell, for the majority of users with no audio, installing pavucontrol makes audio work21:50
charlie-tcaThat has become the first response now to "no audio"21:50
micahgright, we don't ship xfce4-mixer anymore21:50
micahgoh, I guess we do, weird21:50
knomecharlie-tca, that's true, but we should really fix the bug itself (no mute in pa) rather than push pavucontrol as default21:51
micahgright, speaker mute by default is a bug21:51
* micahg guesses lennart's "fix" was to write pavucontrol21:52
charlie-tcaspeaker mute by default has been a bug for almost the life of Xubuntu21:52
charlie-tcaWe only got one release that it wasn't muted21:52
micahgyep, it's a pulseaudio but I think21:52
charlie-tcaWe got plenty of bug reports for it, but in the meantime, users are frustrated with it not working21:53
micahgcharlie-tca: well, the fix w/out pavucontrol is to open xfce4-mixer and increase the speaker volume21:54
charlie-tcaThat fails for most users21:54
micahgwfm21:54
charlie-tcapavucontrol is a solid way to get audio for the majority of our users with problems. Nothing else works for them.21:55
micahgk, well, replacing xfce4-mixer w/pavucontrol might be an option (would probably save space)21:55
charlie-tcaWhy not in addition to. Installing pavucontrol does not require removal of the mixer21:56
charlie-tcait doesn't add itself to the panel, just to the menu21:56
micahgpavucontrol is a mixer though21:57
charlie-tcabut it doesn't use the panel/indicator area at all21:57
* micahg also thought sound control was happening through the sound menu21:57
micahgs/menu/indicator21:57
micahgunless that's not installed by defaulr21:57
micahg*default21:57
charlie-tcapavucontrol installs as an item in Multimedia only21:58
charlie-tcabut it allows the user to turn on his audio21:58
charlie-tcaI don't know all the ins and outs, but I know how to get sound for most of the issues our users have. 21:59
astraljavaGuys, where does support for xubuntu+1 take place? #ubuntu+1, here, or...?23:12
Unit193ubuntu+123:12
astraljavaWell, support maybe not in its traditional sense.23:12
astraljavaUnit193: Thanks.23:12
Unit193What type of support?23:13
astraljavaNo idea, just someone asked on #ubuntu+1 where to get it.23:18

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