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64MAA2DVHI did a zerofill and a reformated a entire 1TB disk, but now, in ext2 partitions, I can't create a directory with dolphin ... msg is Access denied to /media/722834cd-2063-499e-9446-893d41cd60c8/New Folder.00:24
64MAA2DVHbefore my reformat it works00:24
TheMuso64MAA2DVH: Do you have write permission to the directory/file in question?00:26
64MAA2DVHI should, it's a removable device00:27
64MAA2DVHa 1TB disk in a USB case00:27
64MAA2DVHor via e-sata00:27
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broderchronos: nothing gives you access to removable devices automatically, if they use a filesystem that has strong permissions (such as ext2)00:29
TheMusobroder: Exactly what I was about to say. :)00:29
chronosso with what user I should format these partitions?00:34
chronosto get access00:34
chronosthis is my external disk, that I use every dau00:34
chronos*day00:34
TheMusochronos: You just need to perform a chown on the root directory on tha tpartition.00:42
maxbAlso, is there a reason to use ext2 over ext3?00:43
TheMusoOr even ext4.00:43
chronosI use ext2 cause I put my external hd connected to a router :)00:45
chronosTheMuso: and what should be the default user of this partition?//00:45
TheMusochronos: The user who is going to write to the drive.00:49
chronoscan be various users00:50
chronosI put chmod 777 and group users00:50
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cdbsjasoncwarner_: there?01:51
cdbsHey guys, a quick question:01:51
cdbsAs for the RB vs Banshee discussion, would it be okay if I put up a poll on OMG! Ubuntu! asking readers to choose between those?01:52
cdbsthat would be a good way to check what the community things about the issue01:52
jbichaI don't think this decision is a popularity contest01:56
cdbsWell yes it isn't, but still, a good way to check out what the community things about it02:00
jbichapersonally I'm worried that there isn't an official stable release of GTK# for GTK302:00
cdbsAre we actually going to dump GTK2?02:00
brycehcdbs, check with jasoncwarner_02:00
cdbsI doubt it02:00
cdbssince Firefox will still remain GTK202:00
cdbsand so will TB02:00
brycehcdbs, if you do post it, just make sure to word it carefully02:00
cdbsbryceh: exactly02:00
cdbsI blame the recent flamewars because of the wording of articles in the blogosphere02:01
brycehyep02:01
cdbsespecially about the 750 MB thing02:01
brycehlike, instead of posing it as "vote your choice between rhythmbox vs. banshee" do something like, "Which of these are your top concerns if ubuntu switched from banshee to rhythmbox"02:01
jbichaMozilla can make big changes in less than 3 months, but yes we likely won't be able to fully get rid of GTK2 on the CD this time02:02
jbichaoh my math's wrong, <18 weeks02:02
cdbsjbicha: that way I doubt if banshee NOT being gtk3 is a big issue02:03
jbichait actually is an issue: how well is mono being developed?02:03
cdbsDon't say that02:05
cdbsXamarin is driving development really well02:05
cdbsand the more issues against Mono are raised02:05
cdbsthe more the people will point out about Xamarin02:05
cdbssince that point is quite wrong02:06
bjsniderhow well is rhythmbox being developed?02:10
jbichaI don't actually use music players very much, but if we keep Banshee & Mono the lack of GTK3 support will be a question02:12
bjsnidermono ain't going away02:13
bjsniderlast few times i tried to use rhythmbox it crashed out swiftly02:13
micahgcdbs: gtk3 port for firefox is progressing02:52
cdbsThat's good to hdar02:52
cdbs*hear02:52
cdbsbut I'm sure we might still have to stick gtk2 in, because of one app or something02:52
cdbsthere are still quite many apps using it02:52
cdbssuch as TB, s-c-p, software-sources (if I'm not mistaken), just to think of some02:53
cdbsof course, these other apps can be ported quite easily02:53
cdbsalright, I was wrong about software-properties-gtk02:54
* cdbs g2g02:55
dobeypeople are arguing about that in here too? fun times.03:00
dobeycdbs: btw, the banshee v rb article on omgubuntu already has a poll attached to it.03:03
bjsniderjust looking over the git repo for rb, there are a couple dozen commits per month, which is a lot more than i expected to see. so maybe it's better than i remember03:45
bjsnideri don't thinkt he default app is really all that interesting. people can still use what they want03:46
dobeyyeah; see the blog post jono just made :)03:48
bjsniderurl?03:50
dobeytop of planet03:55
dobeyhttp://www.jonobacon.org/2011/11/08/ubuntu-more-than-the-default-install/03:56
bjsnideryeah, he's exactly right. you're limiting your experience quite a bit if you only use the default stuff04:00
pittiGood morning06:33
TheMusoHey pitti.06:39
jasoncwarner_hey, pitti...avoid ubuflu?06:46
pittijasoncwarner_: well, I already had it last week, I'm mostly through06:47
didrocksgood morning06:48
jasoncwarner_pitti: ah, ok. seems seb128 is a bit under the weather.06:48
jasoncwarner_morning didrocks06:48
pittibonjour didrocks06:48
didrockshey jasoncwarner_, guten morgen pitti06:48
pittiseems the ML/blogosphere is exploding over the music player :(06:49
jasoncwarner_pitti: wait, we still ship a music player? :P06:50
desrtdidrocks: damn you!07:27
* desrt is sick :(07:28
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didrocksdesrt: urgh, sorry dude07:29
* desrt is in LHR with a headache due to air pressure07:30
pittiisn't it nice to bring souvenirs back home? :/07:31
* desrt tries a shower07:32
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chrisccoulsongood morning desktop team08:02
pittihey chrisccoulson08:02
chrisccoulsonhi pitti, how are you?08:02
desrtgood morning chrisccoulson08:02
chrisccoulsonhi desrt08:03
pittichrisccoulson: pretty well, ubuflu mostly gone08:03
pittichrisccoulson: how about yourself?08:03
desrtpitti: you too, eh? :(08:03
chrisccoulsonyeah, i think i'm getting delayed ubuflu08:03
pittidesrt: there's no escape!08:03
chrisccoulsonor, "flubuntu" as blake put it ;)08:03
desrthmmm08:03
chrisccoulsondesrt, did you get it too?08:03
desrtchrisccoulson: ya.  just after i got back home the symptoms kicked into full gear08:04
desrtand i just had a miserable head-exploding landing at LHR08:04
desrt2 hours ago and my ears still haven't sorted themselves yet08:04
chrisccoulsonthat's not nice :(08:05
chrisccoulsoni hope you feel a bit better soon08:05
desrtwithin the next 5 or 10 minutes would be nice :)08:05
* desrt takes some drugs08:05
chrisccoulsonheh :)08:05
didrockshey chrisccoulson08:08
chrisccoulsonhi didrocks08:09
jasoncwarner_morning chrisccoulson , how are things?08:13
chrisccoulsonhi jasoncwarner_. yeah, not too bad thanks. i think i'm mostly recovered from UDS now08:13
chrisccoulsonhow about you?08:13
jasoncwarner_chrisccoulson: pretty good, thanks. just trying to get two kids over jetlag. That is fun ;)08:14
chrisccoulsonyeah, i can imagine ;)08:14
desrtkids + jetlag.  hmm.08:18
desrtnever a thought that entered my head before08:18
jasoncwarner_desrt: me neither, but oh man, I'm quite aware of that combination now!08:19
desrti imagine so...08:19
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seb128hey09:32
didrockssalut seb128, ça va?09:32
seb128lut didrocks, some ubuflu but good otherwise09:32
seb128what about you?09:32
didrocksend of my ubuflu (still some cough), but fine!09:33
pittibonjour seb128, ca va?09:35
seb128hey pitti, ubutflued but otherwise ok09:36
seb128what about you?09:36
pittiseb128: ubuflu is mostly gone09:36
seb128what about jetlag?09:36
hyperairdid a flu spread around UDS or something?09:36
pittithat went surprisingly well09:36
pittihyperair: pretty much every time :)09:37
hyperairhahah09:37
* hyperair looks forward to attending UDS someday when i no longer need to study for exams09:37
pittiseb128: I went to bed at 10 on Sunday and woke up at 6, same yesterday/today, so no problem at all09:37
seb128good, almost the same here, went to bed at 11pm and woke up at 10am the next day09:38
seb128then midnight to 10 today09:38
seb128shrug, hate online rants about app selections09:38
seb128especially when they are partially based on after session etherpad spamming and not on the real discussion09:39
* hyperair is guilty for a bit of the spam09:42
hyperairwhoops.09:42
hyperairi'm kinda interested to know whose brilliant idea it was to port banshee to vala though.09:43
pittiI think we can safely discard that :)09:44
pittithere's a lot of oddity on that pad09:44
pitti50.92348239 %, haha09:44
hyperairoh yeah, that09:44
hyperairit was there before i woke up09:45
hyperairif you added the two percentages together, you get more than 100%09:45
hyperairheheh09:45
pitti"71.342 % of all statistics have too precise numbers, and 103 % of statistics contain at least one invalid number"09:45
pittihyperair: well, that's fine09:45
pittiyou can use both at the same time09:45
pittiespecially with multiple users09:45
hyperairright.09:46
pittibut the precision is absurd, and there is no reference to where these numbers came from09:46
hyperairhahah09:46
pittialso, there will be a huge bias for whichever app is installed by default09:46
pittiwhich is RB <= lucid and Banshee >= maverick09:46
pittiso you also need to partition the statistics at that point09:46
hyperairhmm yes that's true09:47
pittianyway, I don't think we have a good way of measuring this, and I don't think having it would actually help us much09:47
seb128vala> that was not even mentioned in the session09:47
hyperairbut for users who upgraded from lucid to maverick, do they continue using rhythmbox or start using banshee?09:47
seb128that's etherpad spamming09:47
pittihyperair: 'zactly09:47
seb128we never change applications under user feet09:48
didrocksjibel: hey, how are you?09:48
pittiit depends on the user's preference09:48
seb128they can keep running what they were using09:48
hyperairpitti: supposing the user has no preference. what happens?09:48
pittihyperair: you must have one, as you now have two players installed09:48
hyperairi mean banshee had a clear upgrade path from rhythmbox, but i think you still had to make a conscious decision to change to bnashee09:48
pittihyperair: my gut feeling is that more people will continue to use what they got used to, but some might actually try the new one09:48
hyperairpitti: how is the new one presented to the user anyway?09:49
pittibut just as everyone else the only thing I have is some totally non-representative anecdotal stories, no representative numbers09:49
pittihyperair: they both appear in teh sound indicator, and of course in the menus/unity search09:49
hyperairpitti: default mime handler changes, though?09:50
pittihyperair: for playlists? yes, I think that switched over09:50
hyperaireh no i'm not talking about playlists09:51
hyperairi'm talking about double clicking random audio files on the desktop09:51
hyperairor say selecting "open" in firefox when downloading stuff09:51
pittihyperair: totem09:51
hyperairah, right, it was totem.09:51
pittiit's still the right choice for playing individual files, as you don't want to import them into your library first, etc.09:51
hyperairbanshee has a "file system queue" for playing individual files09:52
hyperairso it all works out fine if the default handler was banshee09:52
hyperairin fact, it is the default handler for audio files in oneiric.09:53
pittiah, someone might have switched that over in 11.10 then09:54
chrisccoulsonhmmm, after accidentally clicking the search button in nautilus, is there no way to get rid of the search bar without closing the window?09:55
hyperairpitti: yeah, i did.09:55
pittichrisccoulson: Esc doesn't work?09:55
hyperairpitti: there was a bug where totem was the default music player in gnome3's default things09:55
pittichrisccoulson: which search button?09:55
chrisccoulsonpitti - it doesn't seem to work09:55
hyperairchrisccoulson: it should. are you sure it's not segfaulting?09:56
chrisccoulsonpitti - the search button on the right hand side of the toolbar09:56
hyperairchrisccoulson: works for me.09:56
chrisccoulsonhyperair, yeah, nautilus works fine. just with a search bar that i can't get rid of09:56
hyperairchrisccoulson: no, i mean esc removes the search bar in nautilus for me09:56
hyperairchrisccoulson: since when has esc closed nautilus windows anyway? O_o09:56
pittichrisccoulson: esc works here09:57
chrisccoulsonhmmmm, now i closed the window and tried again, and esc works for me too09:57
chrisccoulsonbut it definitely did not work just a moment ago :/09:57
hyperairheh09:57
hyperairare you sure it didn't segfault?09:58
hyperairand yes, while we're on the topic of nautilus bugs, can we have https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/879456 in -proposed please?09:58
ubot2Launchpad bug 879456 in nautilus "Typeahead functionality for nautilus is broken" [High,Triaged]09:58
hyperairhmm i could have sworn i subscribed ubuntu-sponsors and ubuntu-sru to that bug.10:00
hyperairoh yeah both teams are subscribed.10:01
hyperairchrisccoulson: ^10:01
pittiseb128: ugh @ https://blueprints.launchpad.net/~seb128/+specs?role=drafter&searchtext=desktop-p10:17
pittiseb128: I can draft https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-desktop-boot-speed if you want me to, and set you as approver instead10:18
seb128pitti, why "ugh", I guess that's because nobody else than me spammed the list with topics before UDS :p10:18
pittiseb128: well, many of them will be small, like gnome version and bugs,bugs,bugs10:18
seb128pitti, you are welcome to do so if you want10:18
seb128pitti, yeah, half the list is "informative", like the vnc or video player ones are not specs, they were topics to raise for discussion that we sorted on the list10:19
pittiseb128: grabbed boot speed then10:19
seb128pitti, danke10:19
pittiseb128: VNC does have WIs, though, at least for the MIRs and seed changes?10:19
huatsmorning10:19
seb128pitti, oh, I didn't check, they maybe hijacked it for the freerdp remmina discussion10:19
pittibtw, please link the MIR bug instead of adding a whiteboard WI item, better for tracking10:19
seb128pitti, I will review those today10:20
pittiseb128: I thought that's what this BP was all about10:20
seb128lut huats, bien rentré ?10:20
huatshello seb12810:20
pittiseb128: but anyway, please let me know if you have many big ones you need help with10:20
huatsyes10:20
huatset toi,10:20
huats?10:20
pittiseb128: I'll draft the boot speed one now10:20
seb128pitti, ok, maybe I got confused, there was one about vino being bugged and not redrawing correctly on nvidia and ati drivers10:20
seb128pitti, which turned to be a driver issue and that was descoped10:20
seb128huats, no problem from my side ;-)10:20
huatscool10:22
rickspencer3hi huats10:25
huatsrickspencer3: hey :)10:25
huatslong time since I saw you !10:26
rickspencer3huats, indeed10:26
seb128rickspencer3, salut, bien rentré ?10:28
rickspencer3seb128, oui oui10:28
rickspencer3naturalament, j'ai prix un jour en Amsterdam10:29
rickspencer3dimanche10:29
rickspencer3aujourd'hui je vais travailler avec huats in leur beaurau :)10:30
seb128une journée pour récupérer du voyage et du décalage horaire ? ;-)10:30
rickspencer3seb128, est tois?10:30
seb128oh, bien10:30
seb128rickspencer3, je suis bien rentré, rien de spécial à signaler durant le voyage10:30
huatsseb128: on va travailler le françaisde rickspencer3 !10:30
seb128je me suis couché à 23h et levé 10h, pas de décalage horaire !10:30
seb128huats, bien! ;-)10:30
seb128urg, new banshee in precise10:37
seb128is 2.4 going to be gtk2 or gtk3?10:37
pittididrocks: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-unity-quality > don't forget to add "Work items:" before each WI paragraph10:48
didrockspitti: right, I'm just doing the first pass with WI right now, then, I'll add the alpha1/2…, and such don't want to spam your script before10:49
pittididrocks: ah, ok10:50
pittididrocks: the WI tracker is not running for precise yet, though10:51
pittioh, wait, it is now10:51
pittinice10:51
pittihttp://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-precise/10:51
didrockspitti: I'll add them when knowing which target to aim for :)10:52
pittiseb128: done with https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-desktop-boot-speed, in your approval queue now10:57
seb128pitti, danke11:01
rodrigo_hello11:09
pittihey rodrigo_, how are you?11:09
seb128hey rodrigo_11:09
rodrigo_hi pitti, seb12811:10
rodrigo_now recovered, after 12 hours sleep last night :)11:10
rodrigo_everyone back home safely?11:10
seb128seems so ;-)11:11
didrockshey rodrigo_!11:11
rodrigo_hi didrocks11:12
seb128some people lost their passports or baggages on the way but everybody made it at the end11:12
rodrigo_oh, lost password? who? and how did they get out of the US without it?11:13
rodrigo_passport, not password :)11:14
pittiseb128: did you hear back from him? I didn't11:14
pittirodrigo_: he lost it after the security check11:14
rodrigo_ah11:14
pittiapparently someone else took it11:14
mhr3rodrigo_, i did11:14
seb128pitti, he was in the plane with us and he said he made it home yesterday11:14
rodrigo_mhr3, oh, suck :(11:14
seb128hey mhr3, how are you?11:14
pittihey mhr3, good that you made it; did someone bother you when you arrived?11:15
mhr3seb128, good thx, also slept a while yesterday, but it's easier than getting used to us11:15
mhr3pitti, nah, in germany it was fine, fortunatelly i had my national id which is good enough here11:15
mhr3and they found my passport in the us yesterday ("just" 14 hours after my departure)11:16
rodrigo_I only had one issue also, but yesterday in Madrid with a f***ng taxi driver11:16
rodrigo_they are bandits in madrid11:16
mhr3so i'm arranging how to deliver it here...11:16
rodrigo_I didn't have cash so he tried with 2 credit cards and the machine said the payment didn't work, so went to an ATM to get cash, paid him11:17
pittirodrigo_: so you paid him three times?11:17
rodrigo_and then got a sms for my 2 cards being charged with the amount11:17
rodrigo_yes, I need to go to the police now, so that my bank can cancel the payments11:17
rodrigo_I am from Madrid and I know the taxi drivers there suck, not sure what I was thinking about when I wanted to pay with a credit card11:19
rodrigo_I guess I was too sleepy11:20
chrisccoulsonwow, metacity just crashed for the first time in ages11:54
rodrigo_hey kamusin12:04
kamusinhola rodrigo_, how is it going!12:04
rodrigo_kamusin, we missed you in orlando :(12:04
rodrigo_did pedro brought you the mickey mouse ears? :D12:05
kamusinI know I know, me too :( ...  I told him but am not sure.. I think he is in the country side in this moment12:06
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seifhi rodrigo_12:12
seifrodrigo_, where r u based?12:12
rodrigo_hi seif12:12
seifhi davidcalle12:12
rodrigo_seif, pamplona, spain12:12
davidcallehi seif12:13
seifdavidcalle, i am supposed to contact you for the unity-ppl-lens12:13
seifrodrigo_, and i am supposed ot work with you on getting alm into g-c-c12:13
rodrigo_seif, hey, you said you didn't want to work with me!! :D12:13
davidcalleseif, yeah and I'm supposed to contact a Canonical designer about it.12:13
seifrodrigo_, i was kidding12:15
seifi love you12:15
seif:P12:15
rodrigo_seif, I know :)12:15
davidcalleseif, I believe you already have a branch (from last year ?) for it.12:15
rodrigo_love you too :D12:15
seifdavidcalle, yes i do12:15
seifi would love to take a stab at it again12:15
seifrewrite in vala12:15
seifrodrigo_, as for the ALM afaik john lea liked our UI12:16
seifso its all about converting it to vala and adding it into the g-c-c12:16
rodrigo_yes12:16
rodrigo_although libgnome-control-center doesn't exist anymore in g-c-c, it's all in the g-c-c binary12:17
rodrigo_so we'd need to integrate it into g-c-c proper12:17
seifyeah12:18
seifstill ok12:18
seif:)12:18
davidcalleseif, I'd like to make a python prototype with what design will give us. Kenvandine should be in the loop too as I believe it will be more like a social lens.12:19
seifdavidcalle, ok my work was in python12:20
seifbut i dont think it is up2date with libfolks12:20
davidcalleseif, but if you want to port yours to vala, we can iterate on it. It's just that I prefer prototyping in python, but that's not a big deal, I will adapt. :)12:21
seifdavidcalle, u kidding i love prototyping in python12:21
seif:)12:21
davidcallegreat :)12:22
seifdavidcalle, its what i thnk the desktop team needs12:22
seifmore python prototypers12:22
davidcalledbarth ^ ;)12:22
seifdavidcalle, we need a OUDIRC movement12:23
seifOccupy Ubuntu Desktop IRC12:23
seifdemand more python prototyping12:23
davidcalleHehe12:24
davidcalleseif, I will ping Mika from design tomorrow. Do you know the latest libunity lens API?12:26
seifdavidcalle, i can read it today12:27
seifdavidcalle, should not be a big deal12:27
seifi mean once u go through hacking extensions for gnome shell i think everything is doable12:27
pittichrisccoulson: should we really keep https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-firefox-translations-in-launchpad targetted to precise, or should I move to q?12:27
davidcalleseif, https://code.launchpad.net/onehundredscopes there is a template for a lens in trunk, and scopes in other branches.12:28
chrisccoulsonpitti - it's definitely something i'd like to work on in precise. but it's quite low priority12:28
pittichrisccoulson: what about https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-desktop-n-firefox-pgo-builds ?12:29
chrisccoulsonpitti - i guess that one's really just a matter of trying a build again12:29
seb128re12:35
seb128(back from lunch)12:35
seb128pitti, I bounced some drafting to others (i.e bugs bugs bugs to pedro) I hope it's ok12:35
seifdavidcalle, awesome12:35
seb128or calendar to chrisccoulson12:35
pittiseif: sure12:35
seifpitti, are u flirting with me12:35
seif?12:35
pittihey seif12:36
pittiseif: no, I'm just too dumb to use Tab properly :012:36
seifhi pitti12:36
chrisccoulsonseb128, is it fixed yet?12:36
pittiseb128: sure12:36
seb128chrisccoulson, lol12:36
chrisccoulson:-)12:36
seb128chrisccoulson, speaking of which federico was mentioning on #gnome-hackers working on docking issues yesterday, I wonder if that's the dual event bug he was talking about12:38
jbichachrisccoulson: I built Firefox with xz compression yesterday and saved a few MB https://launchpad.net/~jbicha/+archive/dev/+build/290782112:42
jbichahttps://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa/+build/290635012:42
seb128hey jbicha, how are you?12:42
jbichaseb128: I'm fine, I had allergies bad or something for a few days but I'm doing better today12:43
seb128oh, good that you are better then!12:44
jbichaI hope so :)12:44
jbichaI can't tell the difference between a cold and bad allergies though12:44
seb128you perhaps just got ubuflu as well12:45
seb128seems quite some people were sick this time12:45
pittifor me it was mostly sore throat and some nose congestion, I felt quite fine otherwise (no fever, no headache, etc.)12:49
pittiseemed mostly an immune system's "preemtive strike"12:50
pittiwas it much worse for you?12:50
seb128well I've no fever or headache but running nose which is turning in a cough12:50
seb128it's mostly annoying, I don't feel tired or bad12:51
seb128bah12:53
seb128http://www.generation-nt.com/ubuntu-precise-pangolin-taille-cd-actualite-1499441.html12:53
seb128title "Ubuntu will not longer fit on a CD"12:53
seb128we should really do a better job at communicating what happens at UDS with the outside12:57
rickspencer3seb128, "we should really do a better job at communicating what happens at UDS with the outside"13:06
rickspencer3it's only 2 days after UDS!13:06
seb128rickspencer3, it's enough for quite some people picking up infos from etherpads and doing blog or online article about those13:06
rickspencer3seb128, is it the case that the "DVD image" will be < 750 megs, but there will still be a CD image?13:06
rickspencer3seb128, I know, and people like to write inflammatory things, without necessarily fact checking first13:07
seb128rickspencer3, well, the sabdfl agree to bump the CD limit to 750mb when we will need it during the session but consensus is that we will probably don't need it in precise13:07
rickspencer3fair enough13:07
seb128so precise should still fit on a CD13:07
rickspencer3seb128, are we still considering the DVD image to be the "target" image for Precise?13:08
rickspencer3and making it fit on a 2meg stick?13:08
rickspencer3<1.5 gig?13:08
pittiAFAIUI not13:08
pittii. e. what ubuntu.com will offer will still be the CD, as long as we have it13:08
seb128rickspencer3, not really, from the session the sabdfl would like us to drop the 1.5g image to reduce duplication and testing13:08
pittiand for +1 we'll only have one image which will then be 750 MB13:08
pitti(which is certainly a bit strange)13:08
rickspencer3pitti, well 750 fits on a 1gig stick, that's pretty cheap13:09
rickspencer3fits and makes a nice enduring live image13:09
chrisccoulsonheh, yes, we definitely need to do a better job of communicating decisions made at UDS ;)13:09
rickspencer3so, no DVD image?13:09
seb128rickspencer3, the consensus from the session was to use pitti's localized image tools to allow users to create an iso with more than the standard set but not provide any of those directly13:10
rickspencer3chrisccoulson, seb128 I said "it's only been 2 days" to say "it's not too late to communicate about it"13:10
seb128rickspencer3, i.e we would have a standard CD iso and a tools that allow to build a custom iso with that basis and any additional packages you might want13:10
rickspencer3so, no more DVD image for 12.04?13:10
pitti"stop thinking that everything that anyone at UDS or on an etherpad ever said is a firm decision, or even being considered"13:10
seb128pitti, right...13:11
seb128rickspencer3, well, I don't think there was a strong decision made at the session and it depends if we can get the "build your own custom iso" done tool working good enough to deprecate the dvd need13:12
jbichabut the blogs and news sites don't want to wait to report what is happening13:12
rickspencer3jbicha, well, the blogs don't care to report what is happening, they thrive on contoversy13:12
seb128we should perhaps think about wrapping up the session with a 1 line summary13:13
rickspencer3thus, you will not see any fact checking from those "sources"13:13
seb128not sure that would make a big difference but it would allow people to have a somewhat official summary of what was decided13:14
rickspencer3seb128, pitti, the summary is supposed to build itself from the work item tracker13:14
rickspencer3that is supposed to represent the work that was decided to be done, and that usually comes after UDS13:14
seb128right, out of the fact that we do the synthesis work when drafting after UDS13:14
seb128the etherpad tends to be a notes dump until somebody who was at the session do shuffle things around and do a proper job at writing the blueprint13:15
seb128right13:15
seb128well there is maybe not an issue there out of people who like to make some buzz from whatever they can get13:15
seb128which will indeed not stop since that's what they aim at doing13:15
Laneyyou should not be worried too much about people who don't contribute anything13:22
seb128Laney, well seems even people contributing pick random wrong infos from etherpad13:23
seb128Laney, seeing the blogs about banshee13:23
Laneytalking about jo?13:23
seb128not especially, just about comments on the internet, blog posts, etc13:24
seb128including yours or the replies to the desktop list13:24
seb128some of the points raised in those discussions didn't even get mentioned during the session, they are just notes user dumped on the etherpad afterwards that others picked for discussions online13:25
seb128we should perhaps have a way to "lock" the etherpad after the session13:26
Laneythe 'facts' stated in that plus thread came from someone who was in the session13:26
hyperair+1 for locking etherpad13:26
Laneyit was pretty obvious to me that the pad was vandalised13:26
seb128well things like vala or armel didn't get mentioned in the session13:26
hyperairLaney: which plus thread?13:26
Laneydnielsen13:26
hyperairoh that13:26
jbichahttp://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-3.0-status.html13:26
seb128seems quite some people picked up on the armel state in online comments13:27
Laneyogra mentioned it in the closing plenary13:27
seb128which was not something we discussed during the session13:27
seb128well, nothing to do with the session or decision13:27
* rodrigo_ lucnh13:27
seb128jbicha, yes? is there anything we should check there?13:28
Laneyanyway, like I've said before and like directhex is trying to say, a UDS session is not the best way to begin such conversations13:28
seb128jbicha, you probably want http://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-3.2-status.html13:28
Laneybetter would be to raise things between release and uds13:29
seb128Laney, right, no disagreement on that and it was not planned to be handled this way13:29
Laneylike you did with other topics in fact13:29
seb128the session got somewhat hijacked with the topic13:29
Laneyit could have been headed off by having discussions before13:29
seb128Laney, well I honestly didn't plan to discuss the music player at UDS13:29
seb128it came as a surprise that it was started being discussed during the session13:30
LaneyI believe you, and I didn't think it would come up either otherwise I woul dhave gone13:30
seb128but lesson learned, next time we will do a call for topics on that session in advance13:30
seb128then "lock" the agenda13:30
Laneygreat13:30
seb128Laney, note that the decision is not made yet, we had a sort of consensus between people in the session which is a basis but jasoncwarner_ just started the discussion on the ubuntu-desktop list13:31
seb128the whole topic handling has been poor so far sorry about that13:32
Laneywhat made it sound like a decision to me was when pitti announced it13:32
seb128but there is no thing to turn things into frustration yet13:32
seb128yeah, the short summary things is suboptimal as well, it's things we will look at, not things which are done deals13:32
jbichaseb128: no, just that 3.0 finished landed in testing last night13:33
LaneyI still haven't restart my session at work since 3.0 landed :-)13:34
Laneyscared13:34
seb128jbicha, yeah, I noticed, some blogs from unhappy users today ;-)13:34
seb128I'm a bit surprised that 3.0 moved that easily to testing13:35
Laneytook quite a while to get transition slots13:35
seb128right, well it's rather that I'm bit surprised that nobody tried to stop it because GNOME3 was dropping too many features people are using13:36
seb128or tried to argue that GNOME 3.2 is a bit iteration and rather what should go to testing as the first GNOME3 version13:36
seb128GNOME 3.0 has some limitations and rough edges13:37
seb128I would have though that Debian standards would have pushed for extra work happening before GNOME3 would hit testing13:37
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mterrypitti, heyo, got a python-distutils-extra question for ya14:51
pittihey mterry14:51
mterrypitti, I'm porting quickly projects to use PyGI, and when auto.py processes the file, the Gtk import causes a crash because nowadays PyGI's Gtk module apparently requires DISPLAY and will bail if it doesn't see it14:52
pittimterry: oh, I thought crashing imports were gracefully handled now14:52
mterrypitti, yeah, that was one thing I was wondering14:53
* kenvandine is updating to precise14:53
mterrypitti, does the code not catch RuntimeError ?14:53
pitti    except RuntimeError: # When Gdk can't be initialized14:54
pitti        return False14:54
pittimterry: it does14:54
pittikenvandine: good luck (seems to be tame, though)14:54
mterrypitti, hmmm, I see that too.  I'll dig into it14:55
pittimterry: but I guess it throws up somewhere else, so we should add a test case for this; do you have a sample file which reproduces it?14:55
mterrypitti, yeah, but it may not be as tiny a test case as it can be yet14:56
mterrypitti, ah...  the code that does the importing...  when it's a relative port, it doesn't catch Value or Runtime errors.  It only catches those on a regular imoprt14:58
mterrypitti, lp:~mterry/python-distutils-extra/relative-errors15:00
seb128btw I've started added notes about things we will update to 3.4 or not to the etherpad15:01
mterryoh, but I should add a test case to that branch I suppose15:01
seb128jbicha, ^15:01
pittimterry: oh, nice! what's the import statement there, for a test case?15:04
mterrypitti, in one file, "from . Builder import Builder" and then in Builder.py, "from gi.repository import Gtk" which causes the error.  but for test case, I suppose it could just be "raise RuntimeError"15:06
pittimterry: I think I reproduced it15:09
mterrypitti, nice15:10
pittinow with the test case it fails differently15:10
mterrypitti, hm?15:14
pittimterry: I'm on it15:17
mterrypitti, cool.  Once you have it all figured out, I'd appreciate an upload to precise.  This is the last piece of the puzzle for the giant gtk3/pygi/gsettings migration in quickly15:18
mterryI hate that all of that has to happen at once.  stupid pygi15:18
mterrypitti, was the other error in python-mkdebian?  I just hit that15:23
pittimterry: no, within auto.py15:24
pittimterry: http://paste.ubuntu.com/732099/ is what I'm trying15:24
mterrypitti, after fixing it locally, I ran into it again on line 285 of python-mkdebian15:25
mterrypitti, I can get by it adding except lines, but then it doesn't notice that it needs to add gir1.2-gtk-3.015:27
pittithat was rev 261.1.1, fairly recent15:28
pittimterry: I think for gi.repository we should just do string mangling15:28
pittiat least if it fails to import15:29
pittiwe still need to figure out the version, though, hmm15:29
mterrypitti, you could find the highest version installed...  Which wouldn't necessarily be the right one if they used gi.require_version...15:31
pittimterry: ok, merged with test case, and fixed the followup bug (yay test cases..)15:39
pittimterry: I suppose I should hold back the upload until that mkdebian bug is fixed, too?15:39
mterrypitti, yeah, wouldn't help my use case without that one fixed too15:39
pittimterry: hm, merely running mkdebian in apport trunk doesn't reproduce it; it doesn't even pick up Gtk, hmm15:41
pitti   apt_pkg ... [dpkg -S found more than one extension: python-apt-dbg, python-apt; ignoring] [not found]15:41
pittithat's another interesting bug, fixing15:41
mterryhmm15:42
pittipresumably because gtk/ is not in its standard search path15:43
pittioh, of course I should run it without $DISPLAY15:44
pittimterry: ^15:44
pittimterry: so you actually run quickly not under X?15:44
pittithat seems rather a corner case to me?15:44
mterrypitti, the tests run without DISPLAY. normal quickly runs with it15:44
pittiwith DISPLAY it works quite fine15:44
pittiSearching packages which provide required Python modules:15:45
pitti   gi.repository.Gtk ... gir1.2-gtk-3.015:45
mterrypitti, yeah, it works fine with DISPLAY15:45
pittimterry: if that's blocking you, would it be absolutely unthinkable to run the tests through xvfb?15:45
pittimterry: I'm sure we can fix this in some better way, but I can't get to this today any more (I'm about to wrap up)15:45
mterrypitti, sure.  no problem.  I can do hte xvfb thing, it will just require some rejiggering elsewhere15:46
mterrypitti, thanks!15:46
pittimterry: alternatively, would it be enough to fix the crash, or do you need the dependency in the tests?15:46
pittimterry: (you could check if gir1.2-glib-2.0 is generated)15:46
mterrypitti, true that I can set it up so the test doesn't need it.  Certainly fixing the crash would help15:47
pittimterry: fixed in bzr15:51
pittimterry: want me to upload now?15:51
mterrypitti, yes please.  thanks!15:52
mterrypitti, i confirm that my tests will be fine with the crasher fixed15:52
pittimterry: uploaded to sid and precise15:56
mterrydidrocks, what are all these foo quickly branches?  Did you get hacked?  ;)16:00
didrocksmterry: no, sorry, using this one for testing unity tarmac <-> jenkins integration branch, do you get spammed by those? :)16:01
mterrydidrocks, no, just happened to look at the list of branches16:02
mterrydidrocks, because I have a giant merge for review....  just saying...16:02
* didrocks whistles16:03
pittigodo night everyone!16:03
mterrypitti, gn!16:03
didrockshave a good night pitti!16:04
seb128'night pitti16:08
rodrigo_bye pitti16:21
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seb128chrisccoulson, is it fixed yet? poke, is it fixed yet? ;-)17:11
chrisccoulsonseb128, not yet ;)17:11
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chrisccoulson_did your indicator stay blue?17:12
seb128lol17:12
seb128that's a lame thing to do :p17:12
chrisccoulson_lol17:12
chrisccoulson_i couldn't resist :)17:12
seb128chrisccoulson_, the oneiric version of the indicator as a "clear" entry ;-)17:12
seb128that doesn't clear the counts but the blue17:12
chrisccoulson_ah, that's not as much fun17:12
hrwhi17:12
seb128which is something ;-)17:12
seb128hey hrw17:12
chrisccoulson_hrw, you're brave coming in here ;)17:13
hrwwhat do I have to install to get unity 3d/2d working (except 'ubuntu-desktop' metapackage)?17:13
chrisccoulson_i think it's required that everyone in here speaks french now17:13
chrisccoulson_:-)17:14
hrwchrisccoulson_: I know17:14
seb128chrisccoulson_, lol17:14
hrwI have precise on my desktop, ubuntu-desktop installed, logged to fresh user (empty $HOME) and unity3d does not even start (from lightdm) and unity2d starts without launcher (present: background, top panel with indicators)17:15
hrwradeon 5450 with opensource driver17:15
chrisccoulson_ah, i'm not running precise yet17:15
chrisccoulson_but if there really are things missing, you could try running "sudo apt-get install --fix-policy --install-recommends"17:16
hrwchrisccoulson_: I have oneiric only on headless machines now17:16
chrisccoulson_i think that's the magic to install missing recommends. no guarantees that would fix your issue though ;)17:16
seb128unity should work on precise17:16
chrisccoulson_what is in ~/.xsession-errors?17:16
seb128you can probably apt-cache search unity-2d and install the ones listed17:16
hrw7 upgraded, 185 newly installed, 19 to remove and 19 not upgraded.17:17
hrwNeed to get 551 MB of archives.17:17
hrwAfter this operation, 750 MB of additional disk space will be used.17:17
hrwwill see in few minutes17:17
hrwthen lot of work with debfoster ;(17:17
seb128well you can read the list and see what has unity in the same17:18
seb128same->name17:18
hrwchrisccoulson_: ~/.xsession-errors: http://paste.ubuntu.com/732212/17:18
hrwk, fetched17:19
chrisccoulson_hrw, ah, unity-2d-panel aborts with an X error17:20
chrisccoulson_that's going to be fun to debug :(17:20
seb128well unity-panel-service is not installed from the log17:21
seb128not sure if that's enough to break unity-2d-panel17:21
hrwstandard 'lets make it nearly optional (aka: recommended)' way?17:22
chrisccoulson_not sure. IME, the panel just doesn't do anything if there is no panel service, but it doesn't crash17:22
hrwis there a way to disable 'run n-th app from launcher' on Meta-n (where n=[0-9])?17:22
chrisccoulson_i'm not sure. didrocks might be able to answer that17:23
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hrwccsm has lot of crazy switches ;)17:23
seb128you can probably remap super17:23
seb128note that ccsm is for 3d only17:24
didrockshrw: it's possible if you change the "super" to reveal launcher17:24
seb1282d doesn't use compiz17:24
hrwseb128: once 3d will start I will play a bit with it17:24
chrisccoulsoni wish we could make ccsm disappear17:24
hrwrelogin...17:24
seb128chrisccoulson, well ccsm is not really an issue by itself, it's only an issue for a class for users who know enough to want to hurt themself, most users will not see it17:26
achianghow can i turn on ffm? i did a fresh install of oneiric and can't figure it out now. :-/17:26
seb128but it would be nice we solve enough issues this cycle that users don't feel compelled to get ccsm to tweak things17:26
chrisccoulsonseb128, unfortunately it's too easy for people to shoot themselves in the foot. especially as you need to only press the "Preferences" button in ccsm to destroy your session and lose unity :(17:27
seb128achiang, it's likely somewhere in gconf17:27
seb128chrisccoulson, yeah..17:28
achiangalso, i can't seem to configure a key to switch workspaces anymore... i used to have this mapped to alt-[1234] but trying that in the preferences doesn't seem to work17:28
hrwbyobu17:28
hrwok, rebooted machine and now monitor went to powermode ;(17:28
achiangseb128: ah, interesting, compiz reads metacity gconf keys?17:32
seb128achiang, it does for some stuff yes17:33
achianggot it, thanks17:33
seb128yw17:33
hrwok, unity/3d started17:36
hrwand first translation bug spotted17:37
achiangoops, i think i just found the bug chrisccoulson mentioned17:37
achiangccsm feels like i'm walking around with a loaded shotgun pointed at my crotch17:37
chrisccoulsonachiang, yeah, that's what i said at UDS ;)17:37
hrwachiang: but if you want to configure unity desktop you often need it ;(17:38
chrisccoulsonachiang, if you've broken your session, you can remove ~/.config/compiz-1 to fix it17:38
* achiang goes for a reboot17:38
achiangchrisccoulson: thanks17:38
achiangchrisccoulson: thanks, that was necessary to get my session back17:41
* achiang vows to never load ccsm again17:41
hrwok, time to go - will be back tomorrow17:42
kirklandhrw: byobu?18:01
jbichakirkland: I am trying the byobu-tmux in Precise, the Alt-left/right shortcut overrides the shortcut I'm using in irssi18:04
kirklandjbicha: append to ~/.byobu/profile.tmux:18:06
kirklandbind-key -n M-left18:06
kirklandbind-key -n M-right18:06
kirklandjbicha: that should clear them18:06
kirklandjbicha: and just use F3/F4 as usual18:06
kirklandjbicha: is that something custom you use for irssi, or is that default irssi?18:06
jbichakirkland: I'm not sure, I used a guide when I set up irssi18:08
jbichado you have documentation for the fancy tmux keyboard shortcuts you showed off in your lightning talk? I don't see the video of that posted yet18:08
kirklandjbicha: not yet, but that's a great question/todo for me18:09
kirklandjbicha: I'll knock that out today18:09
kirklandjbicha: you're welcome to file a bug on that, if you want to make damn sure I do it :-)18:09
jbichaI'll give you a few days first :)18:09
* didrocks waves good evening18:31
seb128'night didrocks18:33
didrocksgood night seb128 :)18:33
CarlFKtrying to keep the "incomplete language support" alert from coming up on a fresh install.  I don't care that it is incomplete.  I don't care if I install what it wants or just prevent it from coming up.18:53
CarlFKI did apt-get install the packages, but it still wants to show me the "language support" gui18:54
achiangcyphermox: hey, what version of NM do you plan on moving to for Precise?18:59
achiangcyphermox: nevermind, my real question was around MM and i found the etherpad notes (0.5 => 0.6)19:06
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TheMusoOk, since Robert is not around atm, and Chris is off this week, and Jason is ont likely to be around? I wonder whether a meeting is worthwhile.22:02
jbichaearly shift didn't have a meeting22:03
jbichathere isn't even a wiki page for one22:03
TheMusoWell that answers that questino, since I didn't even receive a reminder. :)22:03
TheMuso*question22:03
TheMusogah typing22:03
brycehTheMuso, ah I even forgot it was Tuesday22:04
brycehTheMuso, yeah I seriously doubt we have anything to discuss for one day of work. ;-)22:05
brycehTheMuso, I patch piloted yesterday so particularly have nothing newsworthy done22:05
TheMusoNp, I've not done much since I got back other than catch up on email I ignored last week, mostly bugmail, and did some work items tweakage.22:13

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