/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/04/29/#xubuntu-devel.txt

=== cipi is now known as CiPi
CiPihello, I have a problem with the new Xubuntu 12.4 LTS. I can`t create a encrypted home directory from the beginning of install. I get: ubi-usersetup failed with exit code 1.13:54
* pleia2 waves to knome 14:04
knomehai pleia2 :)14:04
pleia2I might take a nap later, but I'm around now for a few hours :)14:05
knomeokay14:05
knomeso, shall we work on the wiki?14:05
pleia2yes14:05
knomehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing14:05
knomewe should also probably look at http://xubuntu.org/contribute/qa/14:06
* pleia2 nods14:06
knome" Xubuntu/Testing, move "How to contribute" to xubuntu.org; delete "Projects", but link to release schedule somewhere "14:06
knomethat's the todo-item14:07
pleia2do we have an astraljava^Wvolunteer to take over for charlie re: testing lead?14:07
knomeastraljava has been pretty much working on the qa stuff lately14:07
knomei don't know if we should have a "testing lead" in the same sense as before14:08
knomei think with charlie, it meant he did majority of the tests14:08
knomei don't want anybody to have that burden14:08
* pleia2 nods14:08
pleia2it should be mostly a "make sure they get done, however you have to" thing14:08
knomebut there should be somebody that is coordinating the tests and getting publicity if we need more tests14:08
pleia2yeah14:09
knomelet's not worry too much about that14:09
knomei think testing should be a team effort anyway14:09
pleia2well I'm asking because I wonder if it's better to coordinate changes with astraljava on the Testing pages :)14:09
knomei'm sure he's happy with whatever we come up with14:10
pleia2ok14:10
knomei'm seeing him tomorrow, so he can hit me if it's crap14:10
pleia2hehe14:10
knomeso, i'd start on the "projects" section14:10
knomesince that's about to be removed completely14:11
pleia2yeah14:11
pleia2ok, so the last paragraph of Projects should be merged with last paragraph of How to Contribute14:12
knome...and they should both be moved to xubuntu.org14:12
knomebut most of that info is already there14:12
* knome is just logging in @x.org14:12
knomeare we linking to the TestingInfo pages from the QA ISO tracker?14:13
knomeif not, can we, and is it needed?14:13
knomeor could we add our testing info/testcases in the qa iso tracker wiki14:13
pleia2for the hardware?14:14
knomeno14:14
pleia2oh14:14
knomehttp://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/216/builds/16047/testcases/143/results --> "Link to the testcase"14:14
pleia2I sort of saw them as separate tests14:14
knomeyeah, but could we have some pages in the qa wiki14:15
knomeand tell the users to "do the normal tests first, then come back here"14:15
knomeeven if the TestingInfo -page is linked from xubuntu.org, it's too easy to miss that while doing tests and reporting them to the QA tracker14:15
knomesince there is simply no link there14:16
knomeif we could incorporate the tests to the QA tracker, we would have all the information in one place14:16
pleia2so http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopPostInstallation is what is linked now14:16
knomeyeah14:17
pleia2and you can do all that stuff in xubuntu (I always did)14:17
knomewhat if it was same.domain/Install/Xubuntu/Desktop or sth14:17
pleia2but yeah, it's unclear where you go from there since it feels like the test is done14:17
knomeand linked to that page, plus having the short and long tests14:17
knomei suppose that's possible14:17
knomei just logged in to the qa testcases wiki14:18
knomethe thing is, we need to ask somebody to update the links to point to correct urls14:18
knomebut i imagine that is rather tricial14:18
knome*trivial14:18
knomei contacted stgraber on that already in PM14:18
pleia2ok cool14:19
pleia2yeah, so I think we do that14:19
pleia2create and start linking to our own pages, then we can maintain them too14:20
knomeyeah, and that will further make the qa page at the website cleaner14:20
knomeyes14:20
knomebut anyway, what comes to the wiki now ;)14:20
knomecan't we just delete the projects section14:20
knomeas long as we link the release schedule somewhere14:20
pleia2yeah, maybe move link to release schedule in the intro14:21
knomeyup14:21
pleia2I can pop in and do this if you want14:21
knomei'm on it14:22
pleia2ok14:22
knomedone, and freed the lock14:22
knomeso, what about "how to contribute" ?14:22
pleia2I'm going to make some quick changes there14:23
knomesure14:23
knomethough14:23
knomei think we can drop that14:23
knomeit's all at xubuntu.org14:23
pleia2ah, yeah14:24
pleia2me compares14:24
knomei'm doing changes to the xubuntu.org page14:24
knomejust a sec14:24
pleia2"To get started on testing Xubuntu, you should join the Xubuntu Testers group and add your name, hardware and other appropriate information in the Xubuntu Testers page on the wiki."14:25
pleia2should swap "join launchpad" and "add info to the wiki"14:25
pleia2since we want people to add info to the wiki first14:25
knomeupdate the page14:25
pleia2(unless we just open the lp team up, which has been floated)14:26
pleia2ah, good14:26
knomefixed some small stuff14:27
knomei think that renders the "how to contribute" page useless14:27
pleia2agreed14:28
pleia2except we should maybe link to the website?14:28
knome" ccasional testing is welcome, but regular testing is even better" ?14:28
knome+o14:28
knomeshould we add that to the website14:28
knomei think the order should be website -> wiki anyway14:29
* knome is hoping we can just point people to the "contribute" section on the website14:29
knomeand leave the wiki completely for those who already have decided to start contributing14:29
knomeso to say, only include things relevant to contribution itself14:29
pleia2I think we still need to tie them together, in case someone new does end up on the wiki14:29
knomethat should be in the header then14:30
knomei mean, look at the new header14:30
knomethere is next to no cruft14:30
knomethere is only stuff we really need14:30
pleia2yeah, maybe move development assets all to point to the website?14:31
knomethe marketing and artwork -pages only list stuff we are working on14:31
knomeno, because we don't want to work on the marketing projects on the website14:31
knomebecause we need a platform for that14:31
knomewhich is the wiki, available for everybody14:31
pleia2ok14:32
knomethe marketing frontpage on the wiki is something i'd like for testing too14:33
knomeit's the same with the ubiquity-slideshow14:33
knomewe don't need to talk the user to install xubuntu any more, since he is already doing it14:34
* pleia2 nods14:34
knomeso, we can think of adding a link like "contribute"/"get involved" in the wiki header14:34
knomebut let's not duplicate stuff from the website :)14:35
* pleia2 ponders14:35
knomeyup?14:35
pleia2just looking through some pages to get my head around where we are linking things14:37
knomeyeah14:37
knomeas said, i'd like the direction to generally be website -> wiki14:37
pleia2ok, in case someone lands on Xubuntu/Testing I think we keep the contribute section, but instead just link to the website14:39
pleia2"Basic information about how to contribute found $link"14:39
knomeyeah.14:40
knomeprobably do something similar for the artwork/marketing pages too then14:40
pleia2yeah, that's what I'm thinking14:40
pleia2I'll jump in on marketing14:40
knomeso, "how to contribute" goes - what about "how it is organized" ?14:41
knomei think most of that is just duplicating what we wrote in xubuntu.org14:41
pleia2well, I think "how it is organized" will change a bit as we update the tracker (not sure how accurate it is anyway)14:41
knomesince we are going to have the pages in the qa wiki, i think we don't need to specifically describe the structure here14:42
knomejust make sure when somebody is linked to a testcase that the difference between the short and long test is explained there14:42
pleia2yeah, I think before it was somewhat confusing to me just because there was a disconnect between the Long/ShortTest pages and the iso tracker14:43
pleia2they felt like different things when they shouldn't have been14:43
knomeyes, exactly14:43
knomethat's exactly what i was thinking too14:43
knomethe intro text "The primary goal of Xubuntu Testing is to facilitate regular, organized testing of development releases of Xubuntu. If you have a spare hard drive or computer, and are interested in trying out the latest Xubuntu development releases, this is the place for you." is something i'd actually remove too14:44
knomesome things in TestingInfo would be good for the testing frontpage14:44
knomewell, i'm not sure even about that.14:44
knome:|14:44
pleia2so yeah, that intro text duplicates what is on the website14:45
knomewe probably should describe the alpha/beta/rc/final releases14:45
knomebut if possible, make it *shorter*14:45
knomei wonder what the ubuntu testing wiki says14:45
pleia2yeah, TestinInfo describes them but it could be formatted better14:45
pleia2(not sure it's length so much as "aaah I don't want to read wall-of-text"14:46
knomeyeah, that14:46
pleia2better formatting could make it better on the eyes14:46
knomehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO for the instructions on how to download14:47
knomehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/ISO/Milestones ah!14:47
pleia2ah, very similar14:48
knomeit's probably the same14:48
knomebut we could just link14:48
pleia2I actually just checked if it was Include-ed ;)14:48
knomethen we don't have to maintain14:48
knomehehe14:48
knomeme too14:48
pleia2but yeah, we should link14:48
knomeit's probably been the same14:49
knomebut the xubuntu text is outdated14:49
pleia2yeah14:49
=== CiPi is now known as cipi
knomecipi, do i smell an awaynick?14:49
knomepleia2, i just pasted the link to TestingInfo for now14:50
pleia2ok looks good14:51
pleia2Downloading info is duplicated in the QA tracker, zsync info is good because most won't be familiar with it (I wasn't!)14:51
knomei just added a todo item14:52
knomeask stgraber to add a link to instrcutions from iso tracker download links14:52
pleia2which instructions?14:53
knomeinstructions on zsync14:53
knomei mean, zsync is featured on the list14:53
pleia2oh yes14:53
knomeso it wouldn't hurt to have a link to instructions there14:53
* pleia2 nods14:54
knomeagain, rendering the duplication in the xubuntu wiki useless14:54
knomehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/ZsyncCdImage14:54
knomealso14:54
pleia2good14:54
knomejust thrwe that link in too14:55
knome"what you need is duplicating website information too?14:55
knomeor if not, maybe we should extend the xubuntu.org qa page14:56
pleia2actually, maybe keep the actual command lines for xubuntu zsync? the generic ubuntu wiki link wouldn't have them14:56
knomepleia2, no, but they are in the qa iso tracker14:56
pleia2yeah, I suppose14:56
knomefor what? :)14:57
pleia2it's fine14:57
knomewhat is? :D14:57
pleia2zsync stuff14:57
knomeyeah14:57
knomethe ideal situation is to have that link in the qa tracker14:57
knomehmm.14:58
pleia2ok, now on this page we need a link to the qa tracker14:58
knomemaybe a quick paragraph on:14:58
knome"when you get started, you need to:"14:58
knome* download the image14:58
knome* report bugs14:58
knome* report tests14:58
knome"Testing Xubuntu does not help the developers unless the tests are reported." is a good one14:59
pleia2yeah, maybe starting out with something like "The Xubuntu team uses the QA tracker, which has full details on how to do testing, but for a quick overview to get started you need to..."15:00
knomeyeah15:00
knomexubuntu.org udpated15:04
knomewoops, where did the zsync link appear :)15:04
pleia2hehe15:05
pleia2I'd add a link to the tracker again the second time you mention it15:05
knomesure, i'll do some other minor improvements too15:06
pleia2While the QA ISO testing tracker has all the necessary information on how to do testing, but <-- and remove "but"15:06
knomek :)15:06
pleia2(the rest is fine, just that single word, since we started the sentence with "While")15:07
knomeupdated15:07
pleia2great15:08
knomeokay good15:08
knomenotice how i linked to the zsync page too15:09
knomeso we don't need to in the wiki15:09
knomemaybe we should add the milestone link in the website too15:09
knomeTestingInfo is now down to only a few paragraphs15:10
pleia2what do we want the TestingInfo page to have?15:10
knomelet's not come up with anything unless there is something we need to have15:10
pleia2ah, on the website you can add to Download an ISO; "do an integrity check"15:11
knomemm-hmm15:11
pleia2if there isn't something we can link to, maybe quickly explaining how to do an md5sum on TestingInfo15:12
pleia2ah, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM :)15:13
knomepage updated again15:14
pleia2great15:14
knomeso15:14
knomeTestingInfo is down to one <p> :D15:14
knomeand i think that paragraph is rather useless15:14
knomeor, if we want15:15
pleia2https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/InstallMethods is crazy old, we shouldn't link to it15:15
knomehehe15:15
knomeright15:15
knomein that case, nvm the "or" :D15:15
knomeso15:15
knomewe have the milestones link15:15
knomehow to integrate that to xubuntu.org?15:15
pleia2Testing <a href="milestones">versions under development</a>15:16
pleia2hmm, no15:16
knomeno15:16
knomei'm on it15:16
pleia2since we test *before* the milestones15:16
knomeupdated15:19
knome-when15:19
pleia2great15:19
knomeor -when just15:19
knome== right before15:19
knomeso, should we go and move the TestingInfo subpages (Long/Short) to the qa wiki already15:20
pleia2yep15:20
knomethen we could actually... *drumroll* remove Xubuntu/Testing15:20
pleia2that's scary15:20
pleia2:)15:21
* knome removed Xubuntu/Documentation already15:21
knomeand others15:21
knome;)15:21
knomei wonder what the structure would be15:21
pleia2ok, I think we're good on testing now15:23
knomemaybe we should wait until confirmation15:23
pleia2yeah, in case astraljava wants something we deleted15:23
knomeand then move the subpages and remove X/Testing15:23
* pleia2 nods15:23
knomebut what about the Testing page15:23
knomeshould we just remove that15:23
pleia2testing or testinginfo?15:23
knomeactually, both15:24
knomethen move Testing/Testers to Testing maybe15:24
knomeand update links15:24
knomebecause that's pretty much the only thing we are going to track at wiki15:24
pleia2yeah, I think we want some redirects though, since we do have blog posts and things in the wild linking to the old pages15:24
pleia2or maybe keep Testing with a link to the website and have it link to Testing/Testers15:25
knomeor include15:25
* pleia2 hates delete15:25
pleia2:)15:25
pleia2I don't love include for things people edit, they get confused15:25
knomei'll do link-to-website + include15:25
knomemeh.15:25
pleia2wikis are hard enough, when they try to edit Testing and cant figure out where to add their name, scary :)15:26
knomeinclude + add a link with "Add your information here" that links to edit15:26
pleia2ah, yeah15:26
knomehehe15:26
knomeokay, i'll go for it15:26
pleia2great15:26
knomewe don't even need to update the links then15:26
pleia2yeah15:27
* knome is trying to type too fast, too many typos15:27
pleia2hehe15:27
GridCube:(15:31
knomeGridCube, ? :)15:31
pleia2oh yeah, we'll need to yank out the header from Testers to include it15:31
knomenope15:31
pleia2oh15:31
knome<<Include>> supports from/to15:31
knomei'm hacking on it15:32
pleia2:)15:32
knome\o/15:34
pleia2looks good :)15:34
knomeoops15:34
knomeexcept the link doesn't work15:34
* knome foes fixing15:35
knomeany way15:35
knomethe next issue15:35
knomeupdate the table :|15:35
pleia2oh, it converted all the ? and stuff characters15:36
pleia2better :)15:36
knomehmm? :)15:36
pleia2looks good now :)15:36
knomeyeah15:37
knomebut what about the table structure15:37
knomeare we happy with the columns15:37
pleia2I think so15:37
knomeok15:37
knomei think the "releases" column is...15:37
knomei mean, why do we need information if you can test, say, natty?15:38
knomeSRU/backport: yes/no 15:38
knomeLTS releases: yes/no15:38
knomeor even group them15:38
knomepdesm15:38
knome...15:39
pleia2I don't know enough about testing to say why/if that is actually useful, maybe it was so the testing lead could keep track of who contributed and when?15:39
knomeis that necessary, if that information is not included in the release or so?15:39
knomeit seems to be hard enough to add the information15:39
knomeso why should we ask people to update it every release15:39
pleia2I have no idea15:40
knomei don't see the benefit15:40
knomeyou can see who tested an who not on the qa tracker15:40
knome*and15:40
pleia2yeah, I don't know enough to have an opinion here :)15:42
knomei'll remove it, we can reintroduce (that will give more space for the other info, cleaning up)15:42
knomedone15:44
knomemuch better15:44
knomethough your name is still too long!15:44
pleia2lol15:45
knomefixed, i think it's better that something else than the first column wraps15:46
pleia2:)15:47
knomeok, one more little fix in15:48
knomei think it's much better now15:48
* pleia2 removes the word "graphics" from her gfx card info so it's prettier15:49
knomehehe15:49
knomenow there is Xubuntu/Developemnt15:49
knome-typo15:49
knomeand X/About15:49
pleia2maybe pick up on these later?15:50
knomeyeah, i was thinking something like that15:50
pleia2I think I'm going to run out to the pool for a bit before it gets busy15:50
knomeand we probably need mr_pouit to tell what's current and what's not15:51
pleia2yeah15:51
knomehihi, okay15:51
knomehave fun :)15:51
pleia2thanks :)15:51
* knome will digest the 300g steak15:51
GridCubei cant think of more now16:48
GridCubehttp://typewith.me/p/xubuntu-1204-top10faq16:48
knomesame here, ideas-list compiled from the head16:48
GridCubethe number 4 was the NÂș1 question from yesterday16:49
knomehehe16:49
knomeyeah...16:49
GridCubeoh, arandr16:50
GridCubethats a pretty usual one16:52
knomeyeah, quite16:52
GridCube:P 16:53
GridCube--no-install-recommends, good one knome 16:53
GridCubeD: i don't know16:54
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knomepleia2, ping me when you're back (especially if you're in the mood for some more reviewing), i might be up for another session today :)19:05
pleia2working on UWN summaries, if I don't end up going out for brunch when I'm done I'll let you know :)19:05
knomeok, good19:06
knomemight be around 1h until i can do something like that, but anyway19:06
knomeerr, about 1h more likely19:06
knomelook at http://typewith.me/p/xubuntu-1204-top10faq if you have extra time :)19:08
Unit193(I'd assume I can poke at that)19:15
knomeUnit193, sure. :)19:17
astraljavaknome: pleia2: I don't care either if the testing thing has a lead. I'm just the QA contact person, but that should do. If you have /Testing somewhere, please send it to me via email. If it's deleted already, that's fine. Now I'm falling to bed. :)19:39
knomegn19:39
knome:)19:39
Unit193That was in the unreadable block of text? Good night.19:39
knomeastraljava, once you get back though, be assured that nothing was removed. it's not all in xubuntu.org, or, waiting to be moved to the QA wiki and to be linked from the QA tracker19:42
knomeok, i'm ready19:52
knomehey j1mc :)19:53
knomej1mc, what's up?19:53
j1mcheya knome 19:57
j1mccongrats on xubuntu 12.04  :)19:58
knomethanks!19:59
knomeit's a great release19:59
j1mcit is.  :)  i have it on a computer that i'm using to rip cd's. i basically start it up, and then go straight to "asunder"19:59
j1mcasunder is a good ripping program.19:59
knomeit's getting better, but i still don't like it's forcing something to the genre field20:00
j1mc:)20:01
j1mci am headed out. take care, knome. :) bye all.20:10
micahgmr_pouit: I assume we're going with xfce 4.10 in quantal?21:16
knomeoff to bed. see you!22:25

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