[01:57] <benonsoftware> Hi all
[02:06] <benonsoftware> tumbleweed: Say if I'm not that good at making patches could I find a bug that has a patch and package that?
[02:08] <jmarsden> benonsoftware: Sure.  Many such bugs will already be tagged with the 'patch' tag to make them easier to find.
[02:09] <jmarsden> benonsoftware: When you have a working package, attach your debdiff to the bug report concerned.
[02:14] <benonsoftware> jmarsden: Thanks, it's just that I'm not that good at programming yet :)
[05:26] <benonsoftware> is there going to be a Packaging Class any time soon?
[05:33] <jmarsden> benonsoftware: If you mean something in #ubuntu-classroom, see http://people.ubuntu.com/~nhandler/classroom.html (which means no).  Read the Packaging Guide and learn from that, no need to wait for a class.
[05:35] <benonsoftware> Can someone please send me a memo pointing to http://people.ubuntu.com/~nhandler/classroom.html
[05:36] <jmarsden> benonsoftware: If you need one, why not send yourself one :)  Seems a very odd request... ?
[05:37] <benonsoftware> jmarsden: I thought I couldn't send one to myself
[05:37] <jmarsden> Since you already know the URL, and are online, what use is sending you a memo with it in?
[05:38] <jmarsden> (I just sent you one by the way)
[05:38] <benonsoftware> jmarsden: I want to go to a class in Sep. I'll forget about it. I don't like sending emails to myself :)
[05:39] <lifeless> put it in your calendar
[05:39] <benonsoftware> lifeless: A what? :)
[05:39] <lifeless> A tool for remembering to do things
[05:40] <benonsoftware> lifeless: What things? :)
[05:40]  * benonsoftware likes acting dumb :)
[05:40] <lifeless> benonsoftware: not a particularly good strategy for gaining respect or getting assistance.
[05:41] <lifeless> heh
[05:55] <chilicuil> hi there, does anyone know which package contains 'addional drivers' program?
[05:56] <benonsoftware> chilicuil: Like https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ?
[05:57] <chilicuil> benonsoftware: yep, but the program itself not the driver
[06:36] <micahg> is 3 days too much build skew to give back 3 out of 4 arches or should I do a no change rebuild?
[06:48] <micahg> nm, it's haskell, so giving back
[08:49] <benonsoftware> What would be a good debaian package to adopt? http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
[08:50] <Laney> something you use
[08:50] <benonsoftware> Laney: I don't use many of them. I don't know which one to choose :)
[08:53] <benonsoftware> Laney: So which one should I choose?
[09:04] <Laney> benonsoftware: nobody can tell you that. Only that it's best to maintain software you use.
[09:04] <Laney> understanding the language it's programmed in would be good too, but not required.
[10:25] <jtaylor> use wnpp-alert to list orphaned packages which you have installed
[11:58] <soc> hi
[11:58] <soc> does someone know if there is a channel for questions about canonnical's offerings, like Landscape?
[13:01] <paultag> #nonfree-crap ?
[13:01] <paultag> soc: I honestly have no idea. I'd email someone :)
[13:02] <paultag> soc: there's no community around those tools, so it might be canonical employees, so you might have the best luck during normal hours during the week
[16:53] <saimanoj> hello all
[23:16] <philipballew> what do i need installed on my comp to download from svn?
[23:21] <RAOF> philipballew: svm
[23:21] <RAOF> GAH! svn :)
[23:21] <philipballew> haha. and when i download it all i do is cd into is and build?
[23:24] <RAOF> That depends on the source.
[23:24] <RAOF> Whatever project you're grabbing will probably have some build instructions, though.
[23:26] <philipballew> true. i see it says i need to make,make strip, make install. I would think check install would be better. and i have to ./configure before make to correct?
[23:29] <RAOF> That depends.
[23:29] <RAOF> Projects can have arbitrarily crazy build systems.
[23:30] <RAOF> It's more likely that you'll need to run autogen.sh, though.
[23:31] <philipballew> whats the best way to figure this stuff out?
[23:31] <philipballew> documentation?
[23:33] <RAOF> Yes.
[23:33] <RAOF> Many projects will use autotools, which will have an INSTALL file saying “we use autotools, do this…”.  There are many other posibilities, though, and they're all different.
[23:33] <philipballew> i read the ubuntu compile documentation. might need to read more to
[23:36] <philipballew> haha, makes sence to me somewhat. http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/655934/ this is what the file has
[23:36] <philipballew> it looks to be easy