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EpikVisionis anyone available?03:15
* hyperair is semi-available03:19
hyperairoh he disapeared.03:19
psusiI'm married and have a kid... definitely not available.03:39
EpikVisionok03:40
bobweaverHello there I am haveig trouble when building it is my control file it is here http://paste.ubuntu.com/981264/  just wondering what I am doing wrong thanks for your time. Oh and the email address are in the control file I just took out for the paste. error is here http://paste.ubuntu.com/981275/07:40
bobweaverthanks again07:41
geserbobweaver: add a 2nd whitespace at the start of lines 2-707:43
bobweaverthanks07:43
bobweaverI always get that mixed up if it is one or two spaces07:44
bobweaverthanks again07:44
_rubenthat file could use some spellchecking and whitespace fixing :)07:48
bobweaverI am on it thanks _ruben07:59
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nigelbCan someone grant nomination on this bug? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sphinx/+bug/99789109:04
ubottuLaunchpad bug 997891 in sphinx (Ubuntu) "sometimes cannot build pdfs for de, sl, pt, es, nl, pl, or it locales" [Undecided,New]09:04
nigelbgeser: you around? :)09:05
gesernigelb: sort of, why?09:11
nigelbgeser: I was wondering if you had the magical powers to ack the nomination on that bug.09:11
gesershould have as a MOTU09:11
nigelbgeser: Can you? :)09:14
gesernigelb: sorry, I can't. It's either because it's in main or some other team membership is needed09:14
nigelbAH.09:14
nigelbI wonder if it needs release team.09:15
elkyhttps://launchpad.net/sphinx/trunk suggests it wants stub09:17
iuliannigelb, elky: Done.10:12
elkyiulian, woot thanks10:13
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highvoltagehmm, where's the motu crowd, I'd thought you'd be in tha archive-reorg room by now :)15:56
highvoltage(ah here you are)15:58
broderi got really good at timing how long the drive would take15:59
broderbeen inching my alarm later and later all week15:59
* ajmitch made it in time...15:59
ajmitchstarting to feel the effects of too many sleepless nights though :)16:00
* ScottK thinks being at a local UDS would be rough.16:24
brodernot getting a room at the hotel was a mistake, i think :)16:24
ajmitchbroder: at least you get to sleep in your own bed16:25
broderyes, although i don't get to sleep in it for nearly long enough16:25
EpikVisioncan someone help me in the package guide?16:44
broderLaney: ping (one sec...)16:51
broderif you're testing manual backporting, let me give you my patch to include an lp closer16:52
broder(even though it will be ingored by lp, i feel moderately strongly hat we should have it there to capture history)16:52
Laneypush it to udt?16:52
Laneyalso it looks like it doesn't pass -v16:53
broderwill land momentarily16:54
broderi think that's mostly deliberate - we don't want to, e.g., close sru tasks16:54
Laneywould it?16:54
broderwell, if there was a closer in the history between current archive version and backported version16:54
broderand an sru task on that bug16:55
vibhavEpikVision: What do you want help with?16:56
tumbleweedEpikVision: no need to ask to ask. Please just ask your question16:56
EpikVisionhahah16:56
EpikVisionok16:56
broderLaney: pushed16:56
EpikVisionhttp://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/fixing-a-bug.html16:56
EpikVisionI'm going through "Work on a fix"16:57
broderLaney: hmm. actually, the real reason to include the lp closer is for the sake of AA review16:57
EpikVisionvibhav: I've done all the steps to this point16:57
vibhavEpikVision: What are you working on?16:57
EpikVisionFixing a bug.16:57
EpikVisionfrom the packaging guide16:58
vibhavI mean, which package16:58
EpikVisiontomboy16:59
vibhavEpikVision: Whcih bug?16:59
EpikVisionvibhav: I don't think the guide goes through any bug.17:01
EpikVisionbut i was just following the steps, up to the section "Work on a fix"17:01
EpikVisionI don't get why $ patch -p1 < ../bugfix.patch17:01
EpikVisionis giving me an error.17:01
vibhavEpikVision: You need to fing a bug to work on17:02
EpikVisionalright then.17:02
EpikVisionvibhav: I'm totally new to the scene.17:02
EpikVisionand the package guide is confusing me.17:02
vibhavIF no bug, no fix = NO changes in source17:02
EpikVisionalright17:02
vibhavEpikVision: Which part?17:02
EpikVisionvibhav: "Work on a fix"17:04
EpikVisionup to the code ($ edit-patch 99-new-patch), everything went fine17:06
EpikVisionbut I can't get past $ patch -p1 < ../bugfix.patch17:06
EpikVisionvibhav: when I put that command, I keep getting17:07
EpikVisionbash: ../bugfix.patch: No such file or directory17:07
EpikVisionI cd-ed to tomboy/tomboy.dev17:08
vibhavEpikVision: bugfix.patch needs to be the name of the patch17:09
vibhavyou made to fix the bug17:09
EpikVisionok17:09
EpikVisionso how do I work on the fix, if it were necessary?17:10
EpikVisionfor this tutorial specifically?17:10
* EpikVision scratches his head17:10
tumbleweedEpikVision: what are you fixing in tomboy?17:12
EpikVisionvibhav: as mentioned earlier, I was just following the package guide17:12
EpikVisionohh17:13
EpikVisionhold on.17:13
EpikVisiontumbleweed:  I was just following the package guide17:14
tumbleweedEpikVision: right, but that's the point where you need to fix something17:15
EpikVisiontumbleweed: really?17:15
tumbleweedI mean, edit some source code17:15
tumbleweedwell, sure, that's the point of that guide, right? :)17:15
EpikVisionok, do you any bitesized bug for tomboy that I should try?17:15
tumbleweedyou can find a bunch on harvest.ubuntu.com17:15
EpikVisiontumbleweed: i'm at harvest, but I'm having trouble filtering the list to tomboy.17:17
tumbleweedEpikVision: http://harvest.ubuntu.com/opportunities/package/tomboy/17:17
EpikVisionalright.17:18
EpikVisionhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+bug/38689317:18
ubottuLaunchpad bug 386893 in tomboy (Ubuntu) "Searching within a notebook should inform the user that no results were found within that notebook" [Wishlist,In progress]17:18
EpikVisionwait a min17:18
EpikVisionnvm this one.17:18
EpikVisiontumbleweed: is it courtesy to tackle a bug with no current assignee?17:19
tumbleweedthat person has been assigned for over a year17:21
EpikVisionwhoa17:21
tumbleweedlet's assume that they aren't going to do it17:21
EpikVisionhahaha17:21
EpikVisionok17:22
EpikVisiontumbleweed: so now that I'm at "Work on a fix" at this point17:23
EpikVisionhow can I delve into the source code?17:23
EpikVisionI found the problem, figured out that the package could be looked through, and I branched the source package.17:24
EpikVisionnow how can I start with a fix?17:24
tumbleweedEpikVision: there's a patch in the linked gnome bug that you should try17:25
tumbleweednote that the patch author mentions it wasn't perfect yet17:26
EpikVisionshould, I should replace gnome-bug with myself?17:27
tumbleweedwhat is 'gnome-bug'17:27
EpikVisionthe assignee17:28
EpikVisionwere you referring to the linked page I sent you earlier?17:28
tumbleweedno. that's a linked bug. click on it17:28
EpikVisionohhh17:28
EpikVisionok, i clicked it.17:29
EpikVisionwhat should I do?17:30
* EpikVision feels slightly bewildered.17:30
tumbleweeddownload the most recent patch and see if it applies?17:32
EpikVisionok, according to the package guide, what step am I at?17:33
EpikVisionhttp://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/fixing-a-bug.html17:34
tumbleweedyou are going to use patch patch, not edit patch17:34
EpikVisionalright.17:34
tumbleweederr patch, not edit-patch17:34
EpikVisionit gives me (err: command not found.)17:35
tumbleweedthen install it :)17:36
EpikVisionso, I should patch patch tomboy?17:37
EpikVisionI cded to /tomboy/tomboy.dev17:37
tumbleweed"patch patch" was a typo of mine17:37
EpikVisionwhat is the syntax i need to patch tomboy?17:38
EpikVisionI'm guessing (err patch <insert app name>)17:38
tumbleweedno, the packaging guide shows you the right syntax17:39
tumbleweedwhere ../bugfix.patch is the name of the patch17:39
jtaylorquilt import <patch> should also work17:39
tumbleweedsorry, yes that,s the best approach17:40
jtaylorthen: quilt push17:40
Laneyfrom within a quilt shell (which I assume edit-patch uses)?17:40
EpikVisionI wrote (quilt import ../bugfix.patch)17:40
EpikVisionbut it gives me (Patch ../bugfix.patch does not exist.)17:41
EpikVision:(17:41
* micahg is curious what manual backport testing is17:43
EpikVision../bugfix.patch doesn't exist in my folder...17:44
jtayloryou need to download it from the bug first17:44
Resistanceand secondly:17:44
Resistance<tumbleweed> [05/11/12 12:39:22] where ../bugfix.patch is the name of the patch17:45
Resistanceit might not be *named* bugname.patch17:45
Resistanceso you'll need to know (1) where you downloaded the patch to, and (2) what that patch's name is17:45
Laneymicahg: it means us uploading it instead of archive admins using the script17:45
ResistanceEpikVision:  after you download it from the bug17:45
EpikVisionhttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58873017:46
ubottuGnome bug 588730 in General "Searching within a notebook should inform the user that no results were found within that notebook" [Enhancement,New]17:46
EpikVisionResistance: I'm trying to tackle this bug, but I can't work on a fix.17:47
EpikVisionHow do I download it from here?17:47
* Resistance looks17:47
jtayloris it a good idea to add a patch that is not upstream?17:48
* Resistance seems to be missing backlogs17:48
* EpikVision is a new at this. 17:48
Resistancewhat's the package the bug is in?17:48
jtaylortomboy17:48
EpikVisionyup. I got the source code from a branch.17:49
* Resistance reads the bug, and reads the equivalent LP bug17:49
EpikVisionI'm following the outline provided by the Package guide17:49
EpikVisionIf I succeed, this would be the first bug I ever fixed.17:49
ResistanceEpikVision:  did you check the upstream bug to confirm that the patch(es) that fix LP Bug 386893 (linked to the upstream bug) are *committed* upstream, and not just proposed?17:51
ubottuLaunchpad bug 386893 in tomboy (Ubuntu) "Searching within a notebook should inform the user that no results were found within that notebook" [Wishlist,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/38689317:51
Resistanceupstream, there's two bugs on there17:51
jtaylorunfortunatly I don't think this particular bug should be fixed in ubuntu17:51
Resistances/bugs/patches/17:51
Resistancejtaylor:  i'm in agreement, it needs to be fixed upstream17:52
* Resistance is on BugSquad, and is giving his opinion on this one17:52
Resistanceperhaps the fix(es) will show up in Quantal at some point?17:52
Resistanceafter fixed upstream17:53
EpikVisionok then.17:53
EpikVisionResistance: what do you mean by "checking">17:53
ResistanceEpikVision:  i.e. go to the upstream bug, check both of the submitted patches and figure out which one is needed to fix the issue listed on that bug17:54
Resistancethere's two patches submitted to that upstream bug17:54
Resistanceone which was committed already and the other which is proposed17:54
EpikVisionoh ok17:54
Resistancehaving said this, i believe it needs upstream fixing.17:55
Resistancejtaylor:  any objection to me voicing my opinion on that on this bug?17:55
Resistance(the LP bug)17:55
PaoloRotoloHi all!17:56
EpikVisionResistance: what's the link to go to the upstream bug?17:56
Resistanceits linked to the LP bug.17:57
Resistancehttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58873017:57
ubottuGnome bug 588730 in General "Searching within a notebook should inform the user that no results were found within that notebook" [Enhancement,New]17:57
EpikVisionshould I choose a committed one or a proposed one?17:58
Resistance<jtaylor> unfortunatly I don't think this particular bug should be fixed in ubuntu17:58
Resistancerather it needs to be fixed upstream17:58
Resistancewhich means that it needs to be fixed in the program itself and applied for whatever version that gets included into17:58
EpikVisionah17:59
Resistanceand while it may be nice to really have in Ubuntu, it should ideally be fixed upstream17:59
EpikVisionwhat's the downstream then?17:59
Resistancei'm going to concur with jtaylor on this, it doesn't need fixing in ubuntu17:59
EpikVisionalright.17:59
EpikVisionperhaps, I'll find another one.17:59
EpikVisionsince I'm new, i need to tackle a bite-sized bug.17:59
Resistancethere's a list of bite-sized ones, isnt there?17:59
* Resistance could have SWORN there was one18:00
jtaylorhttp://harvest.ubuntu.com/18:00
Resistancejtaylor:  any objection to me stating your opinion (which is also my opinion) that this does not need fixing in ubuntu (but rather upstream) on the corresponding LP bug?18:01
jtaylorno18:01
* EpikVision hopes to fix at least one bug today.18:01
* EpikVision thanks Resistance and jtaylor for helping.18:02
EpikVisionhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/39500118:02
ubottuLaunchpad bug 395001 in pidgin (Ubuntu) "apt-get install of finch requires X11 (deps wrong)" [Medium,Triaged]18:02
EpikVisionIs this a good one?18:02
jtaylorjudging from the amount of comments probably not18:03
jtayloralso that again looks like an upstream issue18:04
Resistancejtaylor: can you poke the LP people and see whether LP is having a comms issue with gnome-bugs' upstream tracker?18:04
EpikVisionhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/39500118:04
ubottuLaunchpad bug 395001 in pidgin (Ubuntu) "apt-get install of finch requires X11 (deps wrong)" [Medium,Triaged]18:04
ResistanceLP suggests that it is having a comms error18:04
EpikVisionResistance: maybe this is better.18:04
ResistanceEpikVision:  FYI: jtaylor's higher up in the chain than I am, i'm pretty comfortable immediately trusting his assessment of bugs18:05
EpikVisionhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/39500118:05
ResistanceEpikVision:  posting three times gets annoying18:05
Resistanceand in some cases is floody18:05
EpikVisionhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/82835918:05
ubottuLaunchpad bug 828359 in lightdm (Ubuntu) "Help strings for session related command line options not very informative" [Low,Incomplete]18:05
EpikVisionI meant to get this one. I'm orry18:05
Resistancemight i suggest, EpikVision, that you not assign yourself to bugs willy-nilly?18:06
Resistancejust a small suggestion, is all18:06
EpikVisionwilly-nilly?18:06
EpikVisionalright.18:06
Resistancei'm noticing on 395001 you assigned yourself then removed yourself from assignee after jtaylor pointed out its an upstream bug18:06
* Resistance looks at 82835918:06
EpikVisionsorry about that.18:06
Resistancethis one's marked as incomplete18:07
EpikVisionI think I would like to be assigned a decent bug to start with.18:07
EpikVisionI have poor judgment and choice.18:07
EpikVision:(18:08
* Resistance quickly runs off for a cup of coffee18:08
* EpikVision stares at the computer screen.18:10
Resistancejtaylor:  tumbleweed:  sorry for interjecting and stealing your thunder, there18:11
Laneybroder: can we have it API close the bug with -c à la syncpackage?18:12
tumbleweedResistance: no problem I ran off to the canonical shop in UDS between sessions :)18:12
Resistance:P18:13
ajmitchtumbleweed: got a bunch of goodies?18:13
* Laney need to get something18:13
Laneygot a voucher18:13
tumbleweedajmitch: yar, a new backpack and a hoodie18:13
* ajmitch has a hoodie & fleece jacket18:13
tumbleweedplus some special orders for people in ZA :)18:13
* Resistance should make an effort to attend UDS in the future.18:14
* EpikVision had much fun at UDS.18:15
Resistancethe past two UDS, i've been showing up remotely, although i did a lot of lurking this one18:15
tumbleweedI love that we have remote participation, but it's really hard to actually participate when you aren't there in person18:17
Resistancemhm18:18
* tumbleweed is glad to be here18:18
Resistancei should point out, though, that when people actually talk loudly enough to be heard over the live audio streams, it makes life easier18:18
* Resistance stopped by the MOTU BoF session yesterday18:18
Resistance(remotely of course)18:18
tumbleweedsome people seem incapable of speaking up :)18:18
Resistancemhmn18:19
Resistancehaving said this, i could have said "Turn up the volume", but that crinkling noise was already too loud xD18:19
Resistance(there was crinkling somewhere near the mic)18:19
* ajmitch blames highvoltage 18:19
EpikVisionhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/81304118:21
ubottuLaunchpad bug 813041 in unity-2d "[launcher] Drag And Drop should only be activated with the left mouse button." [Low,Triaged]18:21
EpikVisionguys, I think this one is ok.18:21
tumbleweedthe most useful thing you can do there is to provide a patch18:22
Resistancemhm18:22
EpikVisionproviding a patch?18:22
Resistanceaw, man, how is it i can just down a cup of coffee without realizing it...18:22
* Resistance goes off to get another cup18:22
EpikVisionhaha18:22
* EpikVision laughs18:22
EpikVisionI should use http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/udd-patchsys.html18:23
Resistancethat bug'd need a patch at the most, that's the best you can do, its triaged upstream (with the Unity project)18:28
EpikVisiontumbleweed:18:28
EpikVisiontumbleweed: since you are UDS, can you lend a prospective developer a hand?18:28
EpikVision*are at18:28
ResistanceEpikVision:  UDS is a busy time for devs :P18:28
Resistancei think you'll need some patience ;P18:28
EpikVisionperhaps so...18:28
* Resistance is intentionally not bugging the MOTUs much during UDS, even though their attention is necessary for a sync request from Debian for Quantal18:28
tumbleweedEpikVision: what are you needing a hand with?18:29
EpikVisiondetermining what is a proper bug to fix.18:29
EpikVisionhow to recognize a easy bug from a hard bug18:29
EpikVisionetc.18:29
EpikVisionlol18:29
tumbleweedbitesize tag is an esay way to find an easy bug18:29
EpikVisionsome bitesize ones aren't meant to be fixed, I noticed during this discussion.18:30
EpikVisionor a starter can't try them.18:30
Resistanceprobably because they're already merged/committed upstream18:30
tumbleweedright, so for each bug we make a decision on where we want to fix it18:30
Resistancefor the first one you did, the one i came in on, that was already filed upstream and merged upstream with a fix18:31
Resistanceso that didn't need fixing in Ubuntu18:31
EpikVisionahh ok18:31
Resistancei didnt look at that second one very well18:31
* Resistance was too busy focusing on the need for coffee18:31
EpikVisionoh my18:31
tumbleweedbut if it's serious enough, we can apply the patch in Ubuntu rather than wait for the new version from the upstream that fixes the bug18:31
Resistancemhm18:31
EpikVisioni c.18:32
EpikVisionstarters should try simple bugs then.18:32
EpikVisionlike typos18:32
Resistanceyep.18:32
Resistancewell, even then, minor fixes arent always accepted18:32
EpikVisionbtw, does anyone know alejandro's irc name?18:33
tumbleweeduser-visible typos are a great thing to start with18:33
Resistancei agree18:33
EpikVisionalrighty then, where and how can I find a bunch of them?18:33
tumbleweedsearch for spelling / typo on bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu ?18:34
Resistancethe easy-to-fix stuff is good, including the bitesize bug i took up / filed against php5 to use unix sockets instead of TCP sockets, which was accepted upstream and exists in 5.4 in some debian repo :P18:34
Resistancethat was a very easy to fix one ;P18:34
Resistanceyeah, what tumbleweed suggested would work18:34
Resistance(default setup, on that php5 bug/wishlist request, btw ;P)18:34
Resistancespeaking of which...18:34
Resistancetumbleweed:  who do i need to prod about server packages, such as php5 and whether they'll update to whatever the latest is in debian for Quantal?18:35
EpikVisionResistance: can you give an overview of the way of the developer?18:35
Resistancethe ubuntu server team?18:35
Resistancei *should* be honest and point out that my duties with bugs primarily are deciding what's triage-worthy, and then filing it upstream as necessary18:35
Resistancenowadays i dont usually patch/fix bugs18:35
Resistanceunless they're in the nginx project's PPAs, because i'm the manager of that ppa's lucid packages... :P18:35
EpikVisionwow, that's awesome.18:36
ResistanceOW!  hot coffee!18:36
* highvoltage kind of stumbles in18:36
Resistancebut to be honest, most bugs for that are fixed upstream, or have patches upstream that get included in the package18:36
highvoltage(eek I've missed a lot)18:37
Resistance(in regards to nginx's ppas which are more up to date than the repos)18:37
Resistancehighvoltage:  meh, that's what scrollbacks and ubuntu logs are for :P18:37
tumbleweedResistance: the last person who touched it is responsible for merging it from Debian18:37
Resistancetumbleweed:  ah, i see.18:38
Resistancehow do i determine who was responsible for merging from debian?18:38
Resistancechangelog entries?18:38
broderLaney: eh...i'm a bit iffy on that one - it has the same problem as syncpackage but worse since the upload hits unapproved18:38
Laneyyes18:38
tumbleweedmerges.ubuntu.com (which is currently a little out of date)18:38
LaneyI would just leave it open though18:38
LaneyI think most backporters are capable of doing that :-)18:38
broderhuh?18:39
Laneywhat?18:39
Laneyjust don't press yes until it gets accepted18:39
broder....that could take days, though18:39
Laneyit could18:40
Laneythe one i just did took 12 minutes18:40
broderthat's because cjwatson and i were sitting next to each other and testing manual backporting18:40
Laneyyou are always free to quit and not do it18:40
Laneyfine.18:40
broderi'm fine with adding the option18:40
broderbah. connection fail. in any case, colin and i came up with a list of changes we want to see in backportpackage before we start using it for heavy-duty backporting18:43
broderi will add bug closing to that list18:43
Laneyty18:44
broderin case you're curious, the changes are: switching from ~precise1 to ~ubuntu12.04.1 and passing -v because (a) that's what was always done and (b) it won't close bugs18:45
broder(the -backports pocket is special cased to never be able to close bugs)18:45
Laneyinteresting18:46
Resistancebroder:  mind if i pick your brain about requesting a package sync?18:46
broderResistance: i'm about to go afk for a while. asking the channel would probably be better18:47
Resistanceif i use requestsync to request a sync from Debian unstable to Quantal, do i put quantal or something else for the target release?18:47
Resistancesimple question, just a question of what to put in for target release18:47
jtaylorbug 997201 is weird18:47
ubottuLaunchpad bug 997201 in qwt (Ubuntu) "libqwt-dev (6.0.0-1ubuntu1) in update loop" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/99720118:47
jtaylorhow can that happen?18:47
broderResistance: yes, quantal is correct18:48
Resistancejust wanted to make sure, thanks.18:48
broderthough you shouldn't have to specify anything - it should default to the current devel release18:48
Resistancebroder:  reminder that i'm on natty still (waiting for a replacement drive to come in), i'd rather not chance it ;P18:50
broderrequestsync will ask you to confirm what it's doing before it does anything18:50
Resistanceyeah, well i'm in the habit of putting information into the fields just to make sure it has the right info18:51
* Resistance made the mistake of not doing that before when packaging things, and ran into all sorts of crap from pbuilder when it locally-build the package he was building18:51
Resistancelocallybuilt*18:51
Resistancebah, stupid keyboard18:51
Resistancehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/998195  <-- in case someone can take a look at this18:52
ubottuLaunchpad bug 998195 in boinc (Ubuntu) "Sync boinc 7.0.27+dfsg-3 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)" [Undecided,New]18:52
Resistance(it builds in Quantal, i tested locally, and in a Quantal VM)18:52
Resistancebah, more firefox updates >.>18:53
RhondaHow brave would it be to upgrade from maverick directly to precise?19:05
RhondaHuhm, I guess I should redirect myself to #ubuntu :)19:07
Laneyprobably it should display an "I uploaded this, please wait for it to be approved" message too19:07
Laneysyncpackage could also do this during freezes ^o)19:07
tumbleweedor we should have a separate tool that looks at recent syncs / backports uploaded by you that have open bugs nad closes them19:08
Laneyi'm thinking of Fix Committed which the same tool could/should do19:09
Laneyfor Fix Released, maybe closemybugsd would be nicetm19:09
Laney19:09
Laneywell, maybe not backportpackage unless that is driving dput for you19:10
Rhondawow, 500mb ram and 380mb swap. this is going to be fun :)19:10
Laneyhuh, what machine is this?!19:10
Rhondatwo cores atom 1.6 ghz, hmmm19:11
Rhondaan aspire one netbook19:11
RhondaI think it was one which had ubuntu preintalled back then19:12
Rhondathe display is broken, and there are some keys missing (I am typing on the rubber thingies mostly ;)19:12
RhondaIt's the best I could get as a quick replacement for my hp laptop that doesn't want to charge anymore19:13
Laneysounds like an enjoyable piece of hardware :-)19:13
RhondaDidn't know you are also into masochism like me, Laney ;)19:13
Laneyheh19:14
RhondaReminds me of the days when the m key on my compaq notebook b0rked.19:15
RhondaI tweaked the keyboard bindings and even managed to get used to have the m above the tab key.19:15
Rhondasfvbm right alt menu and right windows key, also right shift key, those are the keys that are missing the regular plastic above the rubber thingy19:18
Rhondaalso, for additional fun, they keyboard layout is some qemrtz19:19
Rhondaanyone got a clue which language uses qemrtz?19:19
Rhondaitalian potentially?19:19
Resistanceif i've filed a sync request for a bug on LP in which the package that is being synced to Quantal closes that bug, should I set the bug that the sync request will close  to  "In Progress" (and assign the bug to someone involved with getting that sync request completed)?19:30
Resistanceassuming the bug has "confirmed" as its current status19:31
tumbleweedResistance: mention all the bugs that this will close in the sync request19:33
tumbleweed(assuming they aren't closed in the changelog)19:33
Resistancethey are closed in the changelog19:33
tumbleweedperfect19:34
Resistancebut the LP bug that's being closed, does it need "In Progress" set to its status with the sync request having been filed?19:34
tumbleweedyou can, if you are worried that someone else is going to look at them19:35
Resistancenow i assume i just wait for someone on the sponsors team to see the sync request?19:36
tumbleweedyes19:36
* Resistance has all the patience in the world, then, on that one :)19:36
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bobweaverhello there I am trying to find information about " Traditional Packaging "  is it like   make upstream  make make or autotolls/whatever  then start the debian package with dh_make -e <email> -c < license  -f foo.tar      then make all your debian/*  then make tar ball foo.orig.tar.gz  then build package with fakeroot and dpkg-buildpackage -F  ?21:39
bobweaverThis is why I ask  http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/traditional-packaging.html21:40
ScottKbobweaver: In very general terms yes.21:49
LaneyThat packaging guide is using "traditional packaging" to mean packaging without using UDD.21:50
* Laney tries to say "packaging" some more21:50
* ScottK thinks of it more as "way that works reliably" than "traditional".21:58
* Laney looks forward to reviewing that patch to the guide21:59
bobweaverahh cool so like a hardened package ? or like very sound package21:59
bobweaverquilt is verry confusing for new comer like me and that guide if that helps at all22:00
ScottKQuilt is confusing to a newcomer period.22:00
bobweaver:)22:00
ScottKI don't recall exactly why, but I had a lot of trouble with it.22:01
ScottKNow I've gotten past it, but it's definitely a barrier to entry.22:01
bobweaverthanks ScottK22:05
bobweaverthere was also something in the ,manual about RCD or something like that and I do not know what that is either I am looking for it now.22:06
bobweaverI can not belive that I deleted my Quesytions file then again it was 4 am22:06
bobweaverok so I found it it is under the section Limitations of UDD¶What is  RCS on top of RCS.  ?22:11
tumbleweedbobweaver: RCS = revision control system22:12
tumbleweedboth bzr and quilt are RCSs22:12
bobweaverahh thanks that should be in maunal ? I should file bug ?22:13
bobweaveror shouldd I just add that and push my branch ?22:13
tumbleweedeither works. If you're adding an explanation, that's great, that's what matters22:14
bobweaverwill do now22:14
bobweaverthanks for the info everybody !22:15
ScottKtumbleweed: Quilt isn't really an RCS.22:19
ScottKdpkg tries to treat it that way, but that's dpkg's fault.22:20
tumbleweedScottK: yeah, it's more a patch management tool22:21
ScottKYes22:21
tumbleweedwhich is a job taken on by modern RCS tools22:21
ScottKSort of.22:22
bobweaverhello again is there any tips that you could give too a new comer that wants to learn but also wants too learn from your mistakes. Like one for me is learn debconf before you try to write a postinst script or you do not have too package something eachtime you make a change, Thanks again I know that that is a loaded question but any tips help thanks22:29
ScottKLearning debconf is an advanced task.  Save it for later (until you find you need it).22:36
ScottKFind a bug that bothers you and see if you can figure out how to fix it.  Then package the fix.22:36
ScottKThat's the best way to learn.22:36
bobweaverThanks ScottK  !22:41
bobweaverI just got great news !23:01
bobweaverfor bringing devs into motu. If you know what the newboston that is great if not it is a place too watch tutorials online about programing and all sorts of other stuff. his python video #1 of like 60 or something has over 288,000 hits and watches on youtube  and that is just the pyhton videos. He has said yes that he would put any video tutorials from motu on his site. I think that this would bring a lot of people in not sure if this is23:05
bobweaver good or not what do you think  ?23:05
bobweaversorry I was wrong about the numbers on that video it has 399,246 views23:10
bobweavermost have at least 100,000 per 1st video23:10

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