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poptisseThis the development team - because I have a really annoying bug that I have found which is not present on 10.1009:48
poptisseonly on Natty09:48
Ampelbeinpoptisse: what is the bug number?09:49
poptisse60017809:49
poptissehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/60017809:50
ubottuUbuntu bug 600178 in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) "Screen tearing when dragging window, in videos and other large screen redraws (on nVidia GPU)" [Undecided,Confirmed]09:50
poptisseIt is extremely irritating - as some of the fixes I just don't understand as I am brand new to Ubuntu.09:50
poptisseIt just appears to be an on-going issue that needs a fix09:50
poptisseAmpelbein: You part of the development team?09:54
Ampelbeinpoptisse: not of the core development team, no. but that issue seems to be with the closed source nvidia drivers anyway so the development team will most likely not be able to do anything about it.09:55
poptisseWorkarounds are mention on the bug - just one of the workarounds is confusing me lol09:56
poptisseIf you could help me understand it that, would be perfect09:56
Ampelbeinpoptisse: user support is better placed in #ubuntu09:57
poptisseI have tried ubuntu and no one understands what i am asking so cant help09:58
poptisseEnable Workarounds -> Force full screen redrews (buffer swap) on repaint - Its just this09:58
poptisseand09:58
poptisseDisable Workarounds -> Don't wait for video sync09:58
poptisseDoes that mean I tick force full screen and untick don't want for video sync09:59
poptisseBecause in compizconfig don't wait for video sync is alreayd unticked..09:59
Ampelbeinpoptisse: i don't know. have you tried it?10:00
poptisseYes/No because10:00
poptisseIn compizconfig there is an option to disable workarounds10:01
poptisseso am not sure if i disable workarounds and than tick the don't wait for video sync10:01
poptisse:l10:01
poptisseI am just going to downgrade to 10.1010:02
bdrungtumbleweed: around?12:20
wibblymatDoes anyone have a moment to point a packaging newbie in the right direction?12:21
bdrungwibblymat: shoot12:21
wibblymatI have downloaded a package using bzr and copied in the latest upstream source12:22
wibblymatBut when I try yo bzr build, I get 'Looking for a way to retrieve the upstream tarball' and some errors12:22
wibblymatWhy is it trying to download the source?12:22
wibblymatHmm, tried to keep it short, hopefully that is still intelligible :)12:24
bdrungthe file is in the wrong directory or named wrongly12:24
wibblymatWhich file?12:24
bdrungthe upstream source tarball12:25
bdrungit should be ../package_version.orig.tar.gz (or .bz2)12:25
wibblymatBut... why does it need the upstream tarball at all?12:25
Laneyso that it can tell which parts are your modifications to upstream's source12:25
bdrungit's needed for the source package build (if you build only the binary .deb package, it's not needed)12:26
wibblymatOk, I can see that I have got the wrong end of the stick somewhere :) I downloaded the upstream source and then copied the files from in the tarball over the top of the source in the package. Was that wrong?12:27
Laneydid you add a new changelog entry with the new version number?12:27
wibblymatYep12:27
Laneyshould be fine if you have the file in .. then, as bdrung said12:28
wibblymatI'm still a bit confused about why the build requires the original source tarball12:30
Ampelbeinwibblymat: did you use 'bzr merge-upstream' to include the changes?12:31
wibblymatNo12:31
wibblymatShould I have done?12:31
Ampelbeinwibblymat: that's the recommended way when using bzr12:32
Ampelbeinwibblymat: see http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/packaging-guide/html/udd-merging.html#merging-a-new-upstream-version12:34
wibblymatAh, thanks!12:34
Laneya source package usually consists of some upstream code (orig.tar.gz/bz2) and the Debian modifications (diff.gz/debian.tar.gz), as well as a control file (dsc)12:35
wibblymatAh, ok. Was thinking of it as just a way to get the binary deb so couldn't understand why it needed the tarball when I had already included the code.  I'll revert and start again :)12:36
frafuHi, I need some advice about what version of a dependency to use in debian/control because of a bug in the dependency.13:15
frafuIn fact, the package named Onboard needs python-distutils-extra >= 2.10. But distutils-extra 2.26 has a bug that breaks the building of Onboard. The bug is fixed in distutils-extra 2.28. Thus, I am wondering if I should use 2.10 or 2.28 in debian/control. Could anybody please give me any advice? Thanks in advance.13:15
bdrungfrafu: use 2.1014:02
bdrungfrafu: bumping the version if only one version has a bug14:02
bdrungit would make backporting harder14:03
frafubdrung: Thanks for the answer and the explanation. I will leave it to 2.10.14:04
mirak_hi14:51
mirak_is there a way to run the alternate installer from within an ubuntu install ?14:52
maxbany of the various virtual machine systems14:53
maxbbut as a plain chroot builder, no14:53
vishanyone have an idea where the bug could be ? Bug #792085  the bug has three tasks and no debugging..16:06
ubottuLaunchpad bug 792085 in usb-creator (Ubuntu) "Automatic remount of safely removed drive" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/79208516:06
vish.. and I'm able to reproduce it too on two separate WD drives16:06
bdrungbroder: bug #80194516:37
ubottuLaunchpad bug 801945 in ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu) "[backportpackage] Fails to backport local .dsc file" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/80194516:37
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broderbdrung: in find_package, just change SourcePackage to UbuntuSourcePackage20:05
bdrungbroder: that doesn't seem to be the right solution20:08
broderthe code used to use UbuntuSourcePackage. i changed it because i didn't see any reason i couldn't but forgot to test20:08
bdrungbug #801945 look more like a bug in tumbleweed's archive.py20:25
ubottuLaunchpad bug 801945 in ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu) "[backportpackage] Fails to backport local .dsc file" [Medium,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/80194520:25
broderbdrung: maybe, or maybe we just shouldn't be using SourcePackage20:57
broder(and only using the subclasses)20:57
bdrungtumbleweed: your opinion to ^?20:58
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sveinseI'm trying to make a debian package, and the files within this package can be installed without compilation. dh_make seems to be centric around building a source package, then a binary package. What is the easiest way to create a binary package without building. (I'm a n00b on this)23:35

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