/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/07/29/#ubuntu-ops.txt

=== LjL^ is now known as LjL
ubottusdhasu called the ops in #ubuntu-irc ()04:28
ubottusdhasu called the ops in #ubuntu-irc ()04:28
Myrttiwohey05:18
Tm_Trmorning05:24
Tm_Trg0t: how can we help you?05:24
Myrttig0t: hi05:27
Myrttig0t: did you have something to discuss?05:29
Myrttig0t: you have been banned on #ubuntu because you've had several clones on the channel, and you've had (and probably still have) a google trigger that is interfering with our bot05:31
Myrtti!google | test05:31
g0tResults for | test on Google:05:31
ubottutest: While Google is useful for helpers, many newer users don't have the google-fu yet. Please don't tell people to "google it" when they ask a question.05:31
g0t--05:31
Myrttig0t: you need to disable it.05:32
Myrttig0t: come back when you have05:33
bazhangrecommending MINT augh06:31
jpdsbazhang: But it leaves the mouth so refreshed.07:58
bazhangjpds, heh08:05
oCeang0t has a wider ban now?08:06
oCeana wait, I see it08:06
Myrtti4214708:07
oCean4214808:07
oCean:)08:07
oCeanMyrtti: does that mean we can remove entries such as 42113 42073 ?08:13
MyrttioCean: i havent a clue, i was and am on my mobile08:15
oCeanMyrtti: that's fine, those bans have IP in them, so they match your wider ban08:17
oCeanbut those have forwards to -ops in them08:17
bazhanggirl is crossposting the danger command in #u and #k08:45
oCeanah :(08:46
oCeanrecovered my whole home folder -- yeah08:47
bazhang<girl> I have Kubuntu hoary iso08:50
bazhangoh yeah08:50
Myrttii call troll08:56
Tm_Tit is08:57
oCeannow girl_ offering help in #u08:57
Myrttiwow09:03
Myrttivalid advice09:03
oCeanyup09:03
Myrttishock horror09:06
ubottullutz called the ops in #ubuntu (Austray)12:00
oCeanhello g0t13:00
bazhang<hyper_ch> hi there, I'm trying to get OS9 to talk to my *buntu box with netatalk13:10
bazhang#ubuntu-MacOS13:10
PiciAt least he didn't say OS713:11
bazhang!google | test13:11
ubottutest: While Google is useful for helpers, many newer users don't have the google-fu yet. Please don't tell people to "google it" when they ask a question.13:11
g0tResults for | test on Google:13:11
g0t--13:11
bazhanghehe13:11
PiciActually, if he did I *might* be able to help him.13:11
bazhangpretty bad google script13:11
LjLhow did you know that13:11
bazhangPici, haha13:11
bazhangLjL, having kicked him twice and banned him once for it13:11
IdleOne!google | IdleOne13:12
ubottuIdleOne, please see my private message13:12
g0tResults for | IdleOne on Google:13:12
g0t--13:12
IdleOnenow that is sad :/13:12
elkyleave the | off13:12
oCeanthere's a wider ban in #u now13:12
IdleOnegoogle doesn't know me13:12
oCeanbut the forward is from -server13:12
Pici!google elky13:12
ubottuI have no google command, use http://www.google.com/13:12
g0tResults for elky on Google:13:12
g0t--13:12
Pici:(13:13
elkylol13:13
IdleOneI think it is clear we don't need that bot in the channels13:13
Picig0tbot?13:13
bazhangouch!13:13
PiciDoes anyone have a log of him saying anything else?13:14
bazhangnope13:14
oCeannope, this is all13:14
IdleOnejust ban it, remove the forward13:14
bazhangI did that !google | some user and discoverd him/her/it13:14
Picifixed.13:15
oCeannice13:15
Picireally fixed.13:16
oCeanhello, I read something on the internet13:33
bazhangmust be true13:33
oCeanbut what do I have to change?13:34
IdleOneyour perception of reality?13:34
IdleOne:-P13:34
PiciI think therefore you are.13:34
IdleOneI is13:35
oCeanyou must be trolling me13:35
IdleOnenever13:35
IdleOneok, a little13:35
Psydollwhy was i banned from offtopic?13:46
Psydolli even said i didnt want to talk politics13:46
LjLprobably exhaustion with the nonsense you spout so often13:46
LjLbut it's just a guess13:46
Psydolli said i liked the 60s and 80s13:46
Psydollthen everyone starts talking about politics13:47
Psydolli even said i didnt want to talk politics13:47
PiciPsydoll: Saying that, and then continuing anyway doesn't really mean anything.13:48
PsydollPici: i was baited, a few people kept trolling me13:48
Pici*you* were baited?13:48
LjLin soviet russia13:49
Psydollyes, i said i didnt want a political discussion but people started flooding the channel with political stuff13:49
Psydollthey should kickban everyone that was talking politics aswell if thats the case because i clearly said i didnt want to talk politics13:49
PiciPsydoll: 1) You started the discussion 2) you were using rather loaded statements about the state of the US13:49
Psydoll1. i said i liked the 60s and the 80s13:49
Psydoll2. i never said anything negative about the us13:49
Pici09:39:31 <Psydoll> bazhang: the 80s were the best, everyone had money, ronald reagan was president, the berlin wall came down, the music, the films, the racial tolerance all the dawn of a new era.13:50
LjLyou said something very negative about the rest of the world, though13:50
Pici09:41:24 <Psydoll> The US is like 60 years ahead of the rest of the developed world when it comes to tolerence, integration etc13:50
Psydollits true, and i answered a question i was asked13:50
Psydolli wanted to avoid a political discussion, i said so clearly.13:51
Psydoll"no politics!"13:51
LjLdo you think swearing and then saying "no swearing" is fine?13:51
Psydollthats different swearing is clearly causing problems, i just expresssed my opinion of a decade13:52
Psydolland said i didnt want to get drawn into a discussion on it, its my personal opinion.13:52
LjLit's my personal opinion that you're annoying13:52
LjLbut no ad hominems, so please refrain from arguing back on this!13:53
Psydollyou have the ignore button you can use if you feel that way.13:53
LjLyeah i also have a ban button13:53
LjLand i use it when people are making my channel into a trollpit13:54
Psydollbanning me from a channel because i like the 60 and 80s is ott.13:54
LjLyou've been doing so for a long time13:54
PsydollLjL: i dont even know who you are.13:55
LjLperhaps that's because i don't spout nonsense in -ot all the darned time13:55
ikoniaLjL: if I may for a moment13:55
PiciPsydoll: The fact of the matter is we don't care if your opinions differ from ours, but you are dropping loaded statements and bait others into starting an argument. That is something that we can't have here.13:58
Psydollback14:03
Psydollif someone says they dont want to talk politics then the others should stop.14:03
Psydolli didnt want to talk politics and the others that were talking about it should be banned also.14:04
PiciPsydoll: So you have no problem with someone dropping a religiously loaded statement and then saying, oh, no religion discussion?14:05
IdleOnePsydoll: The thing is that you often make comments that are inflammatory. Ubuntu channels are about tolerance and respect towards everybody. Saying something like Europe started 2 world wars because of racial intolerance is just wrong. You have been warned on a few occasions by other ops about doing this sort of thing. You don't seem to get it.14:06
IdleOneso elky decided that a ban might be good for you for a little while.14:06
Psydollthe thing is: i made a general statement that i liked two decades of history the 60s and the 80s and when it was getting political i said no politics plz.14:07
LjLPsydoll: answer Pici please14:07
IdleOnebut you continued after saying that with loaded statements.14:07
Psydollinstead of letting the topic die down one overly sensitive op banned me from the channel.14:07
IdleOneanyway that is all I wanted to say i will let Pici deal with this.14:07
PsydollPici: I made a general statement that i liked the 60s and 80s, its not like thats overly loaded, when it got political i said "no politics!".14:08
LjLwhen YOU got it political14:08
Psydollthe topic should have been allowed to die.14:08
PiciPsydoll: I concur with LjL, you started the political discussion. No one else was talking about politics until you did.14:09
PiciDo I need to paste logs to remind you?14:10
Psydollyes please paste the part i said "no politics"14:10
LjLyes, it comes immediately after the part where you insulted all the developed world for being 60 years behind the US14:10
LjLyou can't really expect no reactions to that just because you say "no politics"14:10
Psydolli realised that it was getting political and tried to kill the topic then and there.14:11
PiciPsydoll: http://privatepaste.com/82389e25a014:11
Psydollthe whole thing happened over a matter of 3 minutes and i even said i didnt want to get drawn into politics, the topic should have been allowed to die before i was banned.14:12
Psydolli think some operator was overly zealous and wanting to show he has that ban button to impress the others.14:12
PiciPsydoll: I've been reminded that this isn't the first time that you've been spoken to about baiting people.14:14
PsydollI didnt "bait" anyone, i didnt want a political discussion, the topic was about to die anyway should have just let it die.14:15
Psydollive been coming here a while, its not like im some random person who came here specifically to cause trouble,.14:17
Psydollim a regular in the room, some people get overly sensitive and just want to use that ban button without giving the chance to change topic.14:18
LjLyes you've been coming here for a while, and almost every time there were eyes rolling. that's the entire point.14:18
Psydollinstead we have been talking about this for the past half hour.14:18
LjLincluding this one, you have 5 bans/mutes, that tells me something14:19
PiciI have better things to do than to talk about this, but I'm not about to overturn the ban if you don't understand what you did.14:19
Psydollhow long is this ban for?14:19
PiciSo at this point, I'm going to give you the appeals link, you may want to read it and follow up at your leisure: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/AppealProcess14:19
PsydollIm not going to waste anymore time here, I Just re-register and come back, you all had the chance to do the right thing.14:20
Psydollsee you all in a few minutes.14:20
PsydollQ/14:20
LjLdoubtful14:20
PiciBan evasion is ...14:20
elky!staff14:20
ubottuhey Christel, Dave2, Gary, KB1JWQ, Levia, Martinp23, SportsChick, VorTechS, jayne, jenda, marienz, nalioth, niko, nhandler, rob, stew or tomaw, I could use a bit of your time :)14:20
nikonoticed.14:21
elkythanks14:21
Piciniko: thanks14:21
* ikonia waits for the BT internet ISP to join #ubuntu-offtopic14:22
mrmistubottu's staff list is a little out of date.15:22
ubottuIn #ubuntu-ops, mrmist said: ubottu's staff list is a little out of date.15:22
mrmistI did!15:22
rwwmrmist: if you PM me a corrected one, I'll fix it15:23
rwwor if there's a list somewhere15:23
ikonialets update15:23
mrmistgood question as to who should be on the list15:23
mrmisti will ask about15:23
ikoniaI guess it's wise if it's the people who are active in #ubuntu15:23
kloerithe list is part of freenodes heavily guarded configuration :p15:23
mrmistwhichver staff are in here might be a good starting point15:23
ikoniacat ircd-7.admin.conf15:24
kloericat: ircd-7.admin.conf: No such file or directory15:25
kloeritold you it's heavily guarded :p15:25
ikoniaguess I fail at hacking freenode15:25
rwwfreenode's so cute, thinks it's the NSA :(15:25
nhandlerhttp://pastebin.com/iPgQuUxe is a list of staff currently in the channel15:51
* genii-around ponders birthday-spankings15:57
Picifor Corey?15:58
genii-aroundIs it their birthday?15:59
PiciI think it was yesterday.15:59
genii-aroundAh15:59
topylia bonus spankin on the day-after is always in order though16:12
genii-aroundikonia: I like how you called up Derek there, in -server18:26
ikoniajust gave them a quick call as it seemed nonsnese that they don't support that18:26
ikoniaand shock horror, it is nosense18:26
ikoniaI'm curious to how he "spins up another" without any install media18:28
* Pici shrugs18:28
ikonianot going to ask as I suspect that will just start a tail of more nonsense18:28
genii-aroundThe guy seems to be purposely difficult18:29
ikoniahe's messed up his lvm config, that's the issue18:29
ikoniasomeones put the PE device as a raw mount point, lvm doesn't like that so it's corrupted the device18:29
ikoniasimple to fix, however as his root file system is on lvm, he'll need something to fix it from18:30
ikoniawell hello AlanBell18:36
AlanBellhi, can Psychobudgie join here to discuss a ban18:36
ikoniano problem18:36
ikoniahello there Psychobudgie18:37
Psychobudgiehi can someone remove the ban placed on me in #ubuntu-offtopic18:37
ikoniaPsychobudgie: I'll just grab the notes, while I'm doing that, do you know why you where banned ?18:38
PsychobudgieI've apparantly got to laugh about it and not to imply that using autocomplete to set a ban is bad idea18:38
Psychobudgie<elky> sorry, you got caught in crossfire there, you're not banned in #ubuntu-offtopic. sorry18:38
Psychobudgie* Cannot join #ubuntu-offtopic (You are banned).18:38
Psychobudgiethat18:38
ikoniaPsychobudgie: one moment, so you where banned by accident ?18:39
ikonia@login18:39
ubottuThe operation succeeded.18:40
AlanBellit looks that way from my logs18:40
PsychobudgieI wasn't there so unless idling is a reason for a ban I would assume so18:40
AlanBell14:43 elky seems to have accidentally banned, and then unbanned18:40
ikoniaok, so if he's unbanned what's the problem ?18:41
ikonia(still waiting for notes to load)18:41
PsychobudgieI'm not18:41
PsychobudgieI assure you I cannot join the channel18:41
AlanBellit seems the unban failed18:41
PsychobudgieI've tried18:41
ikoniaooh18:41
Psychobudgiethat's why I'm here18:41
ikoniaPsychobudgie: can you try now please ?18:42
Psychobudgieworks now18:42
Psychobudgiety ikonia18:42
ikoniapici is your hero18:42
ikoniaPsychobudgie: sorry aboutthat18:43
Psychobudgienp, you weren't the one who was using autocomplete in a channel with over 200 nicks18:43
PiciIt works most of the time.18:44
ikoniaaccidents happen18:44
ikoniaI've certainly made them myself18:44
AlanBellthanks for sorting it out ikonia and Pici18:45
ikonianot at all, sorry for the mistake18:45
Psychobudgieas a general rule in our network we tell ops not to autocomplete at all when setting bans of any kind for that reason, just a suggestion18:45
Psychobudgiebut thanks for the help18:45
PiciThats too much work.18:46
Tm_Trautocomplete isn't the issue (:19:02
* Tm_Tr just tried to autocomplete the word "autocomplete"19:02
ikoniaannoyed with girl now19:15
ikoniaasked for help in #ubuntu - went to help, then is in #kubuntu asking about different issues while leaving me waiting for feedback19:15
Picisilly19:19
ikoniarude19:19
Picithat too19:19
ikoniahere is a thought, which I think is probably terrible but......19:20
ikoniawhat about #ubuntu-ppa where PPA maintainers can hang out to offer support,19:21
ikoniasome of the PPA's such as the KDE ones have good support19:21
PiciI don't think many ppa maintainers are interested in providing support.19:21
ikoniaI suspected it wasn't the best idea I'd had19:22
oCeanif there was to be a general -unsupported, the ppa maintainers that would like to provide (some) support, could help there19:23
ikoniaI don't like -unsupported to be honest19:23
topylijust a guess, but i'd think #kubuntu doesn't smite you if you're using the latest kde from the official team ppa19:23
oCeanikonia: but you would like -ppa ?19:23
Tm_Tikonia: KDE ppa's? if you mean Kubuntu ppa:s, those are supported in #k19:24
ikoniaoCean: I did as it was specific but I do agree with what Pici said19:24
ikoniaTm_T: yes, but technically they shouldn't19:24
ikoniaeg: we don't support PPA's19:24
ikoniaTm_T: (I don't mean pull support)19:24
ikoniaI just wondered if we could orginise it a little better, but I do agree with pici19:24
Tm_Twell, I don't see why we shouldn't support, even technically, in #k19:25
ikonia!ppa19:25
ubottuA Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and you use them at your own risk. See also !addppa19:25
ikoniabecause we are saying they are unsupported19:25
PiciThe Kubuntu backports PPA is a special case.19:25
topylikubuntu is a bit special i think19:25
ikoniaright, why is that special19:25
ikoniaI want someone to support my PPA19:25
ikoniahow do I make that special19:25
PiciBecause it has the blessing of the Kubuntu developers.19:25
Tm_Tikonia: because those who maintain the PPA are the ones supporting it too19:26
ikoniathat's just rubbish19:26
Tm_Tand what Pici said19:26
ikoniaI cannot get my head around how this team and IRC is supposed to be process driven and uniform,19:26
ikoniabut then we just bypass it when ever someone wants to19:26
topyliit does make it more difficult for up to generalize and "draw the line", but it's reality19:26
topylifor us*19:27
ikoniatopyli: I agree19:27
PiciKubuntu has always been special in some ways.19:27
Tm_Ttopyli: yup, and I rather keep it this way, than go creating yet another channel for support19:27
ikonianothing wrong with reality and as I say, I'm all for common sense, it's just hard to know how to deal with this "draw up a wiki page and lets make it a process".....execpt when we don't19:27
topyliTm_T: yes, #kubuntu is not that big19:27
Piciikonia: It was bad when we had a separate channel for #kubuntu-kde4, I don't think its worth it for this.19:28
ikoniakubuntu is a special case in general as it has it's own irc council that can overrule the IRC council if it wants to, another topic that no-one seems to want to deal with19:28
ikoniaPici: fully agree,19:28
Tm_Ttopyli: nor busy, and as it's the very same community, very same developers, and most likely very same helpers19:28
topyliyup19:28
Tm_Tnot to mention, we often recommend to upgrade to newest stable ppa release...19:29
oCeanwere did my #k tab go?19:29
ikoniawhy does these sort of upgrades not go into main though19:29
ikoniaor back ports ?19:29
ikoniawhy a PPA ?19:29
Tm_ToCean: I ate it, sorry19:29
ikoniawhy break the ubuntu development process19:29
ikoniaor release process to be clearer19:29
jussihttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/UpdatesPolicy19:29
jussiApproved by the tech board19:29
Tm_Tikonia: because we can backport only bugfix releases19:30
jussioh and Hai all.19:30
ikoniahonestly, it's just rubbish19:30
Tm_Tikonia: that we support newest stable release?19:31
ikoniano, just the "here is the process for $anything, but we'll bypass it here, here, here and here19:31
Tm_Tikonia: sounds like a life, unfortunately19:32
topylithat always happens when humans get involved19:32
topylistupid humans :(19:32
ikonianot really19:32
ikonialook at Fedora, don't see it there19:32
topylimessing up our process19:32
PiciI'd rather see the bypass than breaking people's installs by upgrading shared packages between versions.19:32
ikoniaPici: I don't want peoples machines broke either,19:32
Tm_Tikonia: we also support stable firefox releases that aren't just bugfix releases19:32
ikoniawhere to they come from another PPA ?19:33
Tm_Tonly difference is that Kubuntu's case the source is PPA19:33
PiciAnd now with Unity 2D using Qt, the risk is even greater.19:33
ikoniamy words,19:33
ikoniamy word even19:34
topylii agree that it would be nicer if it weren't a ppa but something called 'kubuntu-backports' or whatever19:34
ikoniatopyli: I'm not trying to break it, I just look on it as a dijointed mess19:34
ikoniathat doesn't meant the quality of what comes out is poor, but you look at other big distros and it's not a mess like this19:34
topyliikonia: no i don't think you're trying to break anything. your point is valid19:34
Tm_Ttopyli: unfortunately it's a uphill battle to try to get policies to support the efforts of Kubuntu, I'd say19:34
topyliTm_T: that's probably true :(19:35
Piciikonia: :P19:48
ikoniaclone time19:58
ikoniawas D34X a problem before, he shows up in my hilights and I remember him but there are no records20:04
oCeanthere was 4091920:09
oCeanoh20:09
oCeanwhat's the new rule again with someone asking "anyone?"? 2 yr ban?20:11

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