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popeyMorning all07:55
MartijnVdS\o popey08:05
popeyanyone fancy confirming bug 919082 ?08:19
lubotu3Launchpad bug 919082 in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) "Keyboard layout selector only supports max of 4 layouts" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/91908208:19
sagacipopey: affirmative08:20
popeyand if it does please tick the 'This affects you' thing08:21
sagacidone08:21
popeythanks!08:22
sagaciI checked in ubuntu 12.04 latest updates08:22
czajkowskialoha08:51
czajkowskiwhy would you need more than 4 layouts?08:51
dwatkinsSomeone might need to write in 5 different languages.09:16
jpdsdwatkins: Yes, I have experience with that.09:18
jpdspopey: Ohhh, yes.09:19
Seeker`o/09:20
AlanBelllooks like it is a hard limit in X09:22
jpdsAlanBell: Lovely.09:22
AlanBellhttp://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LibXklavier in the documentation section there are two pdf files that explain it09:23
AlanBellI don't understand them, but that is where the four is coming from09:24
dwatkinsSo it's all SGI's fault? ;)09:25
AlanBellit is probably a wait for wayland kind of bug09:26
AlanBellshould be fixed in 14.0409:26
jpdsOh well.09:29
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)09:33
daubersMorning09:35
daubersAnyone else on BT Business broadband having issues this morning?#09:35
oimonoh deary me. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/1664218909:38
AlanBellgosh09:39
bigcalm:(09:39
DJonesdaubers: The only person I know on BT is online without any problems09:39
daubersDJones: It's an issue with BT Business broadband, specifically with people who have static IP's :(09:40
DJonesRight, this was a residential line09:40
daubersBT have an answerphone message saying there's an issue..09:40
DJoneshttp://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/service_status_consumer/ss_cat/2468,2470/ Website just suggests sheffield have problems09:41
daubersWe have that issue and we're not in sheffield :(09:45
daubershttp://btbusiness.custhelp.com/app/service_status/a_id/19500#ans_1950009:46
dauberssuggests a bigger problem09:46
popeywhat i really want is for the keyboard layout on my mac to be correct, which it isnt ☹09:48
tugrik:)09:48
tugrika few stickers combined with a new keyboard mapping will solve that popey ?09:48
smittixhowdy campers.09:49
popeyno09:49
popeyxkb config fixes09:49
bigcalmYikes, it's Friday!09:49
smittixbug 78632509:50
lubotu3Launchpad bug 786325 in compiz (Ubuntu) "Unable to change mouse cursor theme and size" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/78632509:50
nothingspecialhi smittix, I missed you last night sorry (I have kids). Yes iTunes is in a Windows 7 VM09:51
smittixI am on BTBB everything looks fine here in Nottingham.09:51
smittixnothingspecial: Thanks for that.09:52
dauberssmittix: Got a static IP?09:52
smittixdaubers: Yes several09:52
daubersHmmm.... ours won't authenticate :(09:52
daubersHowever, I'm a lot further south than you09:52
smittix:/09:54
JamesTaitMerry Friday, everyone! :)10:00
gordbest holiday of the week10:00
gordwe really should make every Friday a national holiday10:01
daubersLike wear clogs to work day?10:02
gordthats not a real thing right? because that would be horrible10:03
* popey also wishes he knew why his ssh session hangs for some time, catching up when he presses a key10:03
oimonvirgin media?10:04
popeyyes10:04
oimon:P10:04
oimoncheck your ping stats10:04
popeymy what?10:04
oimoncheck for dropped packets10:04
oimonor CRC errors10:04
popey          RX packets:6419628 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:010:04
popey          TX packets:7655543 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:010:04
matti;]10:05
gordtubes clogged =\10:05
oimonworth running a continuous ping to double check :-\10:05
MartijnVdSpopey: http://www.bufferbloat.net/ or a flaky router10:07
popeyhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/810534/10:07
MartijnVdSHop 2 seems to be lossy10:07
MartijnVdSHop 1 seems to have scary high ping10:07
popeyhop 1 is my router I guess10:08
oimonlooks like a traffic jam on the information superhighway10:08
danfish_morning10:08
daubersMorning danfish_10:09
bigcalmMorning10:09
danfish_I expect VM's big speedupgrade is going to cause chaos over the next 6 months :/10:09
popeyheh10:09
danfish_daubers: o/10:09
bigcalmDamn phpexcel and column widths not matching excel column widths10:09
bigcalmdanfish_: oh yes, I look forward to it10:10
bigcalmpopey: remind me to move tig to bytemark10:10
danfish_went to 4yo son's assembly this morning to see him play the part of a duck. He cried10:11
danfish_time to do some work :(10:11
daubersOh dear10:11
czajkowskidanfish_: why a duck ?10:12
czajkowskihmm my keyboard seems to have gone a bit crazy during the update " is now longer where it should be as is @ a bit confused10:12
bigcalmSounds like a US layout10:12
czajkowskiaye10:13
smittixWhat's this Arch Linux I hear so much about.10:13
smittixheh10:13
bigcalm-.-10:13
smittixNew version of LightDM is looking good.10:14
bigcalmsmittix: I think czajkowski would be dragged over to RH if anything :P10:14
popeyanyone on precise with a touchpad which supports multitouch?10:26
gordwe talking real multi-touch or the two finger drag kind?10:26
popeyreal multitouch10:27
popey3 fingers should trigger dash10:27
popey(it seems)10:27
gordah nope here10:27
gordshould really buy a magic whatever it is to test that stuff10:27
popeythe dash keeps popping up randomly, i can trigger it by holding my hand just above the touchpad10:27
popeyits insanely annoying10:27
bigcalmCarphone Warehouse still shows the Xoom in stock but won't let you buy it10:27
bigcalm*le sigh*10:27
gordpopey, you anywhere near millbank today?10:28
oimonyou prefer a xoom to the tranformer prime?10:28
popeyno10:28
bigcalmoimon: price difference10:28
gordah shame, last day jason is there, he does our multi-touch stuff in unity10:28
popeydamnit, i was there yesterday10:28
oimonbigcalm: how much is the xoom?10:28
popeytempted to buy a thinkpad and donate my mac to an ubuntu person if they promise to fix it10:29
bigcalm249.99 from Carphone Warehouse10:29
gordthinkpad <3 get the x220 ;)10:29
gordeveryone else has one, should work well10:29
popeyyeah, but thats missing the point ☹10:30
popeyif everyone on the planet has an x220, no other laptops will ever work10:30
gordtis true, in my defence, i got my x220 before everyone else did. everyone else is a poser10:31
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jpdspopey: No other laptops are worth it.10:32
* czajkowski hugs her z83010:34
popeygord: is yours a tablet then?10:34
gordpopey, nope, tablet version wasn't out when i got mine10:35
czajkowskihmm no davmor2 :/10:37
bigcalmczajkowski: need somebody to poke/hug?10:38
czajkowskiI've not poked him or stabbed him or threatened to kill him once this year10:39
czajkowskiand January is almost up! :)10:39
bigcalmHence the hug option10:40
bigcalmHeh10:40
* czajkowski hugs bigcalm 10:40
bigcalmAwww10:40
* bigcalm hugs czajkowski carefully10:40
bigcalmAlways better than a poke10:40
czajkowskiindeed10:41
gorddavmor2 normally shows up around 1110:41
gordhe's crazy10:41
bigcalmAttending a wedding this afternoon. Such a shame that it's pouring with rain :(10:41
brobostigongood morning everyone.10:41
occupy64kgood morning10:42
brobostigonmorning occupy64k10:42
bigcalmHullo10:42
occupy64kToday I will be mostly hacking on the command line10:42
czajkowskibigcalm: not used to friday weddings, mate has chosen a friday at the end of august, as she wants a BBQ on the saturday for close mates to stay around. and catch up.10:42
* Neoti_Laptop just found codeigniter ..... playing........10:43
bigcalmczajkowski: the husband to be has stomach cancer and the chemo hasn't worked. So they are getting married while he is still in fairly good health. Which meant organising a wedding in 10 days :( Feel really honoured to be invited to the wedding. We are their cat sitters :)10:44
czajkowskibigcalm: aww poor family10:44
bigcalmNeoti_Laptop: try cakephp instead :)10:44
czajkowskigonna be a lovely day but I suspect pretty emotional10:45
Neoti_Laptopi luv cake.10:45
Neoti_Laptoplol10:45
Neoti_Laptopwill google it now10:45
bigcalmcakephp.org10:45
bigcalmCI makes you work far too hard for a MVC framework10:45
czajkowskimmm cake  usually about now Myrtti and christel pop up at the mention of cake10:46
christelcake.10:46
christel;)10:46
bigcalmHaha10:46
Myrtticheesecake10:46
czajkowskimorning :)10:46
Myrttiyou can even make it lowcarb high protein10:46
Myrttiprobably10:46
czajkowskiand christel does have the flour!10:46
Myrttihaven't looked for recipies10:46
christeli do indeed have flour :P10:47
bigcalmBeef Caje!10:47
bigcalmCake!10:47
bigcalmI baked them a cake for xmas. Went down quite well apparently10:47
popeyhttp://superuser.com/questions/262244/how-to-make-libreoffice-calc-to-not-to-hide-unfit-content-of-a-cell-when-the-fol10:48
popeyany idea how to do what he is asking?10:48
popeyI hate libreoffice10:48
Myrttiwell atleast he's using Calc10:49
Myrttihe is excused for using it10:49
popeyoooo, delete contents does it10:49
Myrttithere's no excuses for using Libreoffice for documents instead of latex10:49
popeythere is10:49
popeyi am exchanging documents with other people10:49
Myrttiso am I10:49
oimonwhat if the excuse is "i don't know latex well enough"10:49
occupy64kI've never used latex10:50
bigcalmNeither have I10:50
* popey ignores the troll10:50
oimonor "latex produces documents that are too beautiful"10:50
* popey leaves an answer like a good boy10:51
* Myrtti gives popey a cookie10:51
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gordwish i had cookies10:53
* czajkowski gives gord some Millie cookies 10:55
czajkowskiyummy stuff!10:55
bigcalmI feel really good for not buying any cookies yesterday. London, Birmingham New Street and Telford Centre (shopping centre) all teased me with their Millie Cookies stands10:56
oimonpopey: did you have anything in the cell on the right of the text?10:57
oimonthe spill over only happens then the cell to the right of it is empty10:57
oimonlovely videos if you have 10 mins to spare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ahXIMUkSXX0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lOIP_Z_-0Hs11:03
davmor2Morning all11:04
davmor2czajkowski: proddity proddity proddity prod, Happy Friday11:04
* czajkowski hugs davmor2 11:06
czajkowskisee we're back to normal davmor2 is back11:06
davmor2czajkowski: No I was still nice I added Happy Friday to the end :)11:08
czajkowskiindeed11:10
DJonesThis seems a promising read for Linux engineers http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/01/20/linux_foundation_survey_big_data/11:19
smittixdaubers: Having problems here now.11:26
dwatkinsI'm on BT at home, it seems to work ok in Edinburgh.11:29
bigcalmI want to hit PHPExcel with something11:42
bigcalmA clue bat would be good11:42
dwatkinssounds like a fun plugin, bigcalm ...11:44
gordheh "phpexcel" - there is not a single letter in there that i want a part of11:49
oimonlol11:50
bigcalmdwatkins: it's a useful library, if you have to deal with excel poop for clients11:55
dwatkinsbigcalm: ah I see, I feel your pain11:56
bigcalmBut right now I'm having silly problems with the PHP itself11:56
* dwatkins heads home to let BT in to hopefully fix his internet connection that drops out 5 times a day11:56
dwatkinsc ya11:56
bigcalmToodles11:57
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bigcalmPHP! HELP! http://paste.ubuntu.com/810643/12:31
bigcalm:)12:31
* MartijnVdS gives bigcalm a can of eye bleach12:33
mattiHuh.12:35
davmor2bigcalm: try on a PHP channel :P12:35
bigcalmdavmor2: there are PHP devs in here :P12:35
mattiPHP is so '70.12:35
christelbigcalm: i just hump mgdm's leg whenever i need php12:36
bigcalmTricky as it's a language of the '90s12:36
davmor2bigcalm: yeap but they won't mock you as much as an entire channel of them would :D12:36
bigcalmchristel: would you mind humping his leg for me? ;)12:36
christelnot at all12:36
bigcalmdavmor2: I'm used to it :P12:36
* christel gets the lu...oh12:36
* christel tickles mgdm 12:36
Myrttilooks like I need to add ubuntu-uk.tex on my IRCQuotes book12:38
bigcalmNot to worry. The example code was duff. I've found how to do it propperly12:43
mattibigcalm: Strip everything and only keep lines 2 to 12.12:45
davmor2bigcalm: man you got to love google :D12:45
mattibigcalm: Oh, you found it.12:45
bigcalmReplaced:12:46
bigcalm$objReader = new PHPExcel_Reader_Excel2007();12:46
bigcalm$objPHPExcel = $objReader->load($fileName);12:46
bigcalmWith:12:46
popeyPerl?12:46
bigcalm$objPHPExcel = PHPExcel_IOFactory::load($fileName);12:46
bigcalmHaha12:46
popey;)12:46
AlanBellpopey: http://mterry.name/log/2012/01/20/cant-log-into-precise-heres-help/12:47
popeyAlanBell: thanks, have set dupe12:53
mgdmo___O12:55
mgdmhttps://wiki.mozilla.org/Eudora_OSE12:57
bigcalmEudora?!12:58
bigcalmI actually _bought_ that12:59
gordwoo more japanese candy through my letter box, best service ever12:59
dauberswooo12:59
daubersinternets is back12:59
mgdmThat was an excellent sandwich13:02
mgdmthe only issue is, that it's not finished13:02
mgdms/not/now/13:02
christelaww13:03
bigcalmIs it possible to crop a spreadsheet to a specified range?13:04
bigcalmSod it, sub way13:21
smittixSubway solves everything13:22
smittixespecially hunger13:22
ikoniahttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminium-Linux-Ubuntu-Case-Badge-Sticker-/280803272311?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item41612de67713:22
ikoniajust incase any of you UK guys wanted to do a bit of pride on your laptops13:22
AlanBellwould if it was the new branding13:28
popeywe should get some made13:28
smittixI need some stickers for my lappy13:33
davmor2popey: let me know when you do :)13:33
danfish_I've got an ubuntu template at home for use with a spray can - spray the circle of friends on you laptop lid. Anyone want to borrow?13:59
daubers_Does anyone know if there's a FUSE irc channel?14:00
MyrttiI should take a photo of my laptop lid14:00
daubers_or can anyone tell me how I can catch what functions something wants me to impliment in python-fuse (instead of just getting a -34 error)14:00
MyrttiI wish someone would fix flickrfs14:01
gordwhy not you? ;) scratching itches is what most fixes come from14:02
Myrttigord: because it's been so long from my coding days I can't do even a helloworld in any of the languages I've ever used apart from LaTeX without sneaking a look from some cheatsheet14:03
Myrttinot at this moment anyway14:03
Myrttioh and bash of course14:06
Myrttithat and latex14:06
gordsounds like a good time to learn ;)14:06
MyrttiI know14:07
Myrtti:-|14:07
kazadeafternoon all14:13
daubers_Hello kazade14:15
kazadehey daubers_, how's the book going?14:16
daubers_kazade: A bit slowly, but getting there :) Did all the exercises to the end of chapter 214:17
kazadecool, I need to dig out the latest code for you14:17
daubers_spent ages understanding the windowing stuff that used X14:17
kazademy VPS died and it was hosted there14:17
daubers_:(14:17
kazadeyeah, annoyingly I couldn't cover Linux in detail in the text :(14:18
kazadeas the original was Windows focused14:18
daubers_Yeah, I kinda understand what's going one now (more or less) just need to carry on working through to get to the bits where I'm a bit wonky14:18
popeyhey kazade14:18
popeylong time no see14:19
kazadedaubers_: ok, I'll try and port some of the apps to SDL 1.3 which will make life easier for you :)14:19
kazadehey popey14:19
kazadeyeah, I keep forgetting about IRC :p14:19
kazadehow's things?14:19
popeyheh14:19
popeynot bad ☺14:19
kazadehow's the new job going?14:19
kazadewell, newish14:19
popeysweet!14:19
kazadecool :)14:20
* Laney bimbles14:22
gordapt-get update is such a tease.... 20s left... 10s left... 2. 1.. nope! anther 90s left!14:32
oimonbrought to you by the author of the windows file copy dialogue box.14:37
Myrttinew thriller, this January - will he keep the file transfer speed up to 200K/s? What happens if the speed goes below 50K? Presenting Gord Allott in his breakthrough role - premiere on Friday 20th!14:40
gordspelt my second name right :D no one does that14:42
Myrttithat's because I know you're not Alot14:42
Myrttieven though I like you alot14:42
gordpicturing an elmo alot now14:43
davmor2gord: that's just wrong14:44
awilkinsElmo likes code! Elmo wants Coffee!15:11
awilkinsElmo has web developer friend! ......    "COOKIE!!!!"15:21
zleaphas anyone here used kidsruby15:37
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daubersCan someone explain to me what the magic trick that's being explained here is and how I can impliment it? http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fuse/index.php?title=FUSE_Python_Reference#File_Class_Methods15:41
daubers</very confused>15:41
kazadedaubers: You're a Python guy yeah?15:54
dauberskazade: I ive in a couple of languages, but python mostly :)15:54
kazadewhat's your editor of choice?15:55
kazade:)15:55
* AlanBell contemplates an interesting fuse driver15:55
dauberskazade: pydev :)15:55
dauberskazade: But largley because I have machines that can handle eclipse well15:56
kazadeYeah mine too... well until Eclipse's memory usage drove me crazy15:56
kazadeI'm hacking plugins for GEdit to make it more Pydev-like (but without the bloat)15:56
davmor2kazade: geany, gedit, nano, vim, and emacs are the most totted ones with idle for beginners15:56
kazadehttps://github.com/lukebpotato/geditpycompletion15:56
davmor2kazade: try geany it's basically gedit geared to devs15:57
kazadealso: https://github.com/potatolondon/GPyflakes15:57
kazadedavmor2: Yeah I've used Geany15:57
Myrttigeany ♥15:57
kazadethey're all good :)15:57
Myrttigeany is loverly for latex as well15:58
kazadeI like how easy it is to write GEdit plugins though (granted, I haven't checked what geany's plugin API is like :) )15:58
gordgeany is nice :) i use vim myself, but if you want a moused based editor, its really good at just being nice and not getting in the way15:59
kazadeWell, if anyone needs a Python code completion plugin for GEdit, there's one there ^^ :)16:00
* zleap is upgrading to 11.1016:00
kazadeI must check out geany again..16:00
kazadeI'm not entirely sure why I stopped using geany actually..16:00
oimonnon gtk3 compatible?16:01
kazadewhat, geany?16:02
oimonyeah16:02
oimonit's more of a question than a statement :P16:02
AlanBelldoes geany have no menu, or not work with the global menu?16:02
kazadeI think I must've just stopped using it when I realized that GEdit could be more than just a Notepad equiv :)16:02
kazadehmm it's a shame Geany's plugin API is in C and not Python - I thought there would have been an easy port there :p16:06
AlanBelldaubers: what will your fuse thing do?16:11
oimona spooky floating error message: http://i.imgur.com/YdsAV.jpg16:13
daubersAlanBell: hide some files between UIDs16:20
daubersand redirect some writes to those files16:20
daubersmaking programs taht aren't designed for shared storage work with shared storage :)16:20
oimonhas anyone tried linuxdeepin?16:21
oimonhttp://www.linuxdeepin.com/16:21
daubersCan't get this magic trick to work :( Don't really understand what it's doing16:24
AlanBelldaubers: I am failing at the first hurdle, "fusermount mountpoint script.py" doesn't work16:28
AlanBellfusermount: extra arguments after the mountpoint16:28
popeyanyone tried mumble on windows?16:29
popeyI keep getting an odd error that everyone else gets, but nobody knows how to fix16:29
popey""A referral was returned from the server.""16:30
Davieypopey: i suspect version mismatch.16:31
Davieypopey: grab a different binary16:31
DavieyOR.. just use G+16:31
daubersAlanBell: heh, fun. I've got the script mounting itself16:31
oimonDue to an expiring certificate no Mumble 1.2.2 or newer released before today (15.01.2012) will work on the Windows Platform after 15 January 2012 11:36:47 GMT. If such an outdated Mumble is launched after that date the error message “A referral was returned by the server” will be displayed by Windows and Mumble will not start.16:31
popeyi cant use G+ when the people i need to speak to are on mumble16:31
oimonpopey: ^^16:32
oimonhttp://blog.mumble.info/important-update-to-mumble-1-2-3a/16:32
popeyi am on 1.2.3a16:32
* popey reinstalls16:33
oimonthe blog also has a fixed mumble exe for the 1.2.3 stable so try that otherwis16:33
popeygone to 1.2.4 which starts now16:35
popeythanks16:35
oimonnp16:36
AlanBell/usr/share/doc/python-fuse/examples/hello.py seems to work16:47
davmor2czajkowski: prod!16:55
davmor2popey: why would you want to use mumble on Windows out of curiosity?16:56
gordi use mumble on windows, to talk to people, because skype is a pain16:57
davmor2gord: fair enough I just wondered if there was a big mumble following, obviously there is some :)16:58
AlanBellis this a canonical internal murmer server?16:58
gorddavmor2, for video games mind16:58
gordpeople use mumble or some other one16:58
AlanBellI have a customer interested in using mumble16:58
davmor2gord: ah okay16:58
gordmumble can integrate into games and display stuff on top of the games16:59
popeyi use mumble on windows because mumble on linux sucks donkey balls16:59
popeyanyone trying to convince me otherwise can go to /dev/null16:59
* czajkowski hugs davmor2 16:59
* davmor2 sends himself to /dev/null17:00
gordmumble works fine for me :P17:00
gordafter i set it to explicitly use certain devices, i haven't had any problems17:00
davmor2popey: only issue I get is sometime on initial startup it doesn't do audio, restart and all is fine17:01
davmor2popey: maybe you abuse it incorrectly ;)17:03
* popey can't hear davmor2 talking from inside /dev/null17:03
AlanBelldaubers: this python fuse stuff doesn't cover up the c very well does it!17:04
davmor2popey: You'll like it here it's full of software you love to hate17:04
daubersAlanBell: :)17:07
gordonjcpAlanBell: ah, fuse17:09
daubersstill can't get the magic to work :(17:09
gordonjcpAlanBell: I started looking at implementing a filesystem in fuse17:09
gordonjcpAlanBell: after some dramatic use of dd, strings and a bit of C to extract the binary bits, I just wrote a script to pick the disk images apart17:10
ali1234struct.unpack17:11
ali1234use it17:11
* awilkins rolls back to about 1600-ish in the log17:33
awilkinskazade, gord, I quite like Komodo for the very little Python I do ; it has member indexing and autocomplete and also a vim emulation.17:33
gordkomodo is good for python, but i've not seen it since before it went free17:34
kazadeis Komodo free now?17:34
* kazade adds it to the list17:34
awilkinskazade, They do a free and a premium17:34
kazadecool17:34
awilkinskazade, Komodo Edit for free, Komodo IDE for bucks17:34
kazadeAhh k..17:34
kazadeEclipse PyDev has always been cool once it's configured with Pylint, but it's just so resource hungry :(17:35
gordthe main reason that komodo is good for python is that everything else is so bad with python though17:35
awilkinsIf I suddenly became a pro Python developer, I'd probably pay for the IDE version and try it out for a month or so17:35
awilkinsBut I've not hacked any Python since I got Bazaar working well enough in Windows17:36
davmor2gord: geany ftw :D17:36
awilkins(only a few things, like IIS and SSH support in win32 environments)17:36
awilkinsWhat I've really been craving is a good Debian packaging plugin for Eclipse17:38
awilkinsIt can't be that hard... have a "source" object and "package output" objects and fill in the forms for them...17:38
gorddavmor2, vim ftw :P17:38
awilkinsRun lintian over it at the end and present the problems in the Eclipse problems list17:39
davmor2gord: if you're going down that path nano ftw!17:39
gorddavmor2, don't be ridiculous :P17:39
gordnano is that horrible editor that makes my documents be peppered with :w all over the place17:40
awilkinsIs it just me or is there little impetus to make Debian packaging easier because it's perceived as a badge of honour to have wrangled your way though the pain?17:40
awilkinsOr is it that if the bar was lowered, undesirables and bad packaging would be the result?17:40
gordi think its more that once you have got through the pain, the tools work very simply, very easy to understand and use. so the itch does not need scratching17:40
davmor2gord: well stop trying to write out from it in vim terms then :P17:41
gord*never*17:41
awilkinsIt's things like the answer to the question : "By default, the upstream source package sets a prefix of /usr/local ; what is the standard mechanism for setting this to /usr in the debian packaging method?"17:42
awilkinsApparently the answer is that dh_auto_configure does it for you17:46
ali1234debian packaging is awful17:49
ali1234but at least it isn't rpm17:49
ali1234and in theory the tools are simple and easy to use17:49
ali1234but in the majority of cases they don't do what you need and every package that is more complicated that hello world ends up with many nasty hacks in the rules file17:50
ali1234and then you end up with packages that only build from the source once, then you have to rm -rf the whole thing and start again17:50
ali1234such as Qt for example, which takes about an hour to build the first time17:51
awilkinsReading both the Ubuntu debian packaging guide and the Debian maintainers guide has so far failed to enable me to produce a working set of packages for the thing I am packaging. It's easy enough to install it with some hacks like moving the JNI libraries to the right folder manually afterwards... but still, I'd prefer to be able to just add my PPA and apt-get it17:51
ali1234you just put the copy command into rules... = a nasty hack17:52
ali1234but it will work17:52
awilkinsNow I thought that was what the various *.install files were for17:52
ali1234well it depends what you need it to do17:53
awilkinsI just want it to put one library in /usr/lib/jni instead of /usr/lib17:53
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ali1234so you just make sure it's at that location inside the deb17:53
ali1234by moving it before you create the deb17:54
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directhexboth are valid approaches18:12
directhexi'd say using debian/install is better18:12
awilkinsI agree18:21
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awilkinsIt keeps hackishness and patching the original sources to a minimum18:21
daubersEvening19:09
dwatkinshi daubers19:23
zleaphello19:24
zleapupgrade to 11.10 seems to have gone very well19:24
daubers\o/20:57
daubersI'd forgotten how amazing Back to the Future was20:57
brobostigon:)20:58
daubersUbuntu-UK: Where we're going, we don't need roads.20:59
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daubers\o/21:02
daubersToday has been a good day :)21:02
AlanBelldo you have a fuse filesystem?21:03
daubersGot my Filesystem to work (few bugs left, but it works \o/), had chinese for free AND found Back to the Future Trilogy on DVD for £621:03
daubersAlanBell: Yes indeedy :)21:03
AlanBellI am a bit flummoxed by the need to know the filesize before it is opened21:03
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daubersYou're doing this in python still?21:03
AlanBellyeah21:03
daubersWhich example did you use? NullFS or xmp.py?21:04
AlanBellhello.py21:04
daubersah21:04
AlanBelland I looked at nullfs (yo dawg, we heard you liked filesystems)21:04
AlanBelland xmp too, but I was just playing with hello.py21:05
daubersI started with xmp, and used that as a base. But I don't need to interact with files, which makes it easier (just change the path as it passes through)21:05
AlanBellit looks like if getattr says the file is 5 bytes long then all it will return is 5 bytes21:06
AlanBelleven if read tries to return "Hello World" all that gets read is "Hello"21:06
AlanBellwhat I want to do is a fuse filesystem for openERP21:07
AlanBellso you would get a directory of invoices, one of purchase orders etc etc21:07
dauberscan you not just calculate the size from the data you have?21:07
AlanBellthey would all look like PDF files, and you can open them, but they don't really exist until you open them and it kicks of the report engine on the server to generate the PDF21:07
AlanBellnope, because they don't exist until it plugs the fields into an ODT file then spawns libreoffice headless to make a PDF21:08
dauberscan you not treat them as softlinks? or do softlinks pass through the size?21:08
AlanBellI have read some stuff about treating dynamic files as FIFO objects, but I have no idea how to do that21:09
daubersIf you can figure out how to treat them as softlinks then it should work. A link has size "st_size=100"21:09
daubersalso..... are you creating a file class?21:10
daubersYou might get away with doing it in there?21:11
AlanBellI have not really got very far, just trying to get all the pieces together so I can assemble them21:13
daubersFair enough :) It's quite fun when you get into it21:14
daubersstackexchange thing on fifo's http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1430446/create-a-temporary-fifo-named-pipe-in-python21:14
AlanBellhmm, that is how to make one, but not how to pretend to be one in fuse :)21:16
daubersheh :) Do you not just make one and subclass it's read/write stuff or somesuch?21:18
AlanBellmaybe if getattr returns the right size before read gets called21:19
AlanBelldunno the sequence of calls quite21:20
daubersIf you make a file class, the file is opened in the init, and then you can control the read/write calls21:22
daubersDon't think that was in nullfs, but is definatley in xmp21:23
AlanBellhmm, still fgetattr has to return a size at some stage21:28
Seeker`Daviey: are you the portable paper friend?21:32
DavieySeeker`: indeed21:33
Seeker`\o/21:33
Seeker`its the beard that gives you away21:33
Davieyheh21:35
Seeker`what  can I do with my 10 points?21:36
DavieyThey are worth 0.001 bitcoins.. so you could sell them21:37
* daubers waits for quickly to install21:38
Seeker`:O ZOMGWOW21:38
matttevening evening21:39
daubersOther than "They're all terrible" does anyone have any opinions on forum software these days?21:42
daubersProbably going to end up going down the phpbb route by the look of it21:42
popeyubuntu uses vbulletin21:43
popeyphpbb has a reputation...21:43
daubersI know, vbulletin costs £lots21:44
popeydoes it?21:44
daubersIt's like $20021:45
daubershttps://www.vbulletin.com/21:45
popeyis that a lot?21:45
daubersFor an organisation that is not for profit and has no money, yes :)21:45
daubers(this is for the hackspace)21:46
* daubers considers £lots to be > ~£45-5021:46
daubersskyrim is lots :(21:46
daubersMy options seem to be phpbb, yabb or Simple Machines21:47
daubersarduino seem to use SMF21:49
directhexdotnetnuke!21:54
daubersheh :)21:55
daubersc# or vb?21:55
ali1234write your own in turbopascal21:55
directhexdaubers: i assume it'd work, dunno if it's any good. and vb is a horrible language for perverts21:55
directhexoh, did i remember to upload vb.net to sid? i don't think i did21:56
Davieydaubers: $200 really isn't very much... if they are still bootstrapping, they should use hosted forums or mailing list... when they have the userbase, ask for donations... doesn't take many people giving $10 to reach the target :)22:01
* jutnux pokes daubers22:01
popeyooo turbopascal22:02
popeythose were the days22:02
MyrttiI wrote the snake game22:05
daubersDaviey: We're still trying to cover the cost of the building.... Andy's very kindly given us a VPS for free so I'd like to put it in there22:05
daubersDaviey: Might give SMF a go for now, and then look at moving to vbulletin at a later date22:07
daubersI'd rather spend that $200 on a new tube for the laser cutter rather than some forum software22:08
popeyoooh, snow22:34
ubuntubhoywhere ?22:34
popeyon tv22:34
ubuntubhoyit can stay there22:34
popeyhah22:35
jutnuxHowdy all.22:36
* daubers is supposedly driving to bolton tomorrow...22:37
popeybolt on22:39
daubersMight go watch my younger brother do a faclonry display on the way or on the way back22:40
mgdmnice22:41
* daubers heads to bed22:51
daubersnight all22:51
popeyexcellent plan22:59
jutnuxAdios23:11
jutnuxI appear to be 20 minutes late23:12

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