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elfyhi knome - really sorry about weekend, I put my back out :( 10:38
knomeelfy, aha - no problem10:38
knomeelfy, i didn't even remember it myself10:39
elfyI'm off work for a week now - so anytime you have some to spare for me I'll be about 10:39
elfylol 10:39
knomeelfy, hope you're feeling better now10:39
knomehow about in 15 mins?10:39
elfyyea - funnily enough I then fell down the stairs and put it back in lol10:39
elfyyep - that will be great - ping me :)10:39
knomesure10:40
* knome tries to get some coffee into the machine10:40
knomethe human machine10:40
smartboyhwknome, oh how much coffee is the machine missing?>10:40
knomeno idea10:40
astraljavaStill no IV for caffeine... *sigh*10:41
elfylol10:44
astraljavaC'mon science, how much longer?10:50
astraljava*grumble* This isn't it either.10:50
knomeelfy, ok, i'm all set10:56
elfyok - basically I'm still confused lol 10:56
knomeyep, just ask anything you need10:57
knomewe even have astraljava here10:57
elfywhat is it exactly you want from a QA manager :)10:57
elfylead or what you want to call them 10:57
knomethe task is pretty much making sure testing will get done10:57
knomeso 1) send call for testing emails10:57
knome2) if that doesn't work, try other ways10:58
knome3) if that doesn't work, be in contact with me/others about how we could fix the situation10:58
smartboyhwelfy, on 2) you have the power on the forums so should be easy for you...10:58
elfy:)10:58
knomeduring the R cycle, we want to look at automated testing too10:58
knomeif you know about that, it's great!10:58
knomeif you don't, there will be others with you on it10:59
elfyknome: I 'know' about it and was set to check the utah things at UDS - unfortunately work interfered 10:59
knomewe need to see how we can make use of automated testing anyway, and that essentially means people *managing things* should be doing most of the stuff anyway10:59
elfycan catch up on that quite quickly I think 10:59
* smartboyhw needs to learn more about UTAH too10:59
knomewell, "most"; at least, they should tell what they'd need from automated testing11:00
knomei was at a "UTAH school" session, but that was quite boring. i skipped the other part.11:00
knome(same goes for pleia2)11:00
elfyfrom my understanding the automated stuff is mostly checking that stuff actually installs - is that correct - in a basic sense?11:00
knomefor exampel, UTAH itself isn't hard. the hard part is figuring out how we will benefit from it11:01
knomeelfy, installs, or pretty much anything that returns with an error/pass code11:01
smartboyhwknome, oh? I thought it should be fun. (But then probably autopkgtest is better)11:01
knomethere are other automated testing things too, but i'm not too familiar with them11:01
elfyyep - I can spend some time over the next 7 days getting that automated straight in my head and thinking on how we can use it 11:01
smartboyhwknome, autopkgtest is what I heard about most11:01
knomeif you have the time and motivation, it would be great if you could get your head around them, and maybe send some kind of email to the mailing list telling about what they are and how you think we could use them11:02
smartboyhwelfy, congrats that you have so much time. (I don't with Physics test on Monday and Geography open-book test on Wednesday11:02
knomeultimately, i don't care about automated testing for R or S.11:02
elfyok knome 11:02
astraljavaknome: Yeah, I'm here. What is it good for? I have no idea.11:03
elfyam I right in saying no alphas this cycle and 2 betas 11:03
knomebut if we can benefit from that, we should start looking at it so we don't need to build the infrastructure during the LTS cycle, when we want/need the tests the most11:03
knomeyes, we will have two betas but no alphas11:03
elfyso we're going to be wanting people to do daily tests when they can and reporting to the tracker11:03
elfyand11:03
smartboyhwelfy, yep. You got harder work than me then (one beta for Studio only)11:03
knometesting before betas shall be "social alphas", and we need to communicate when we want those and what to specifically test11:03
elfyalso testing specifics as and when they turn up11:03
elfyyep - thought I had that right :)11:04
knomeif we could get daily testing in a better shape, that would be awesome11:04
knomeagain, let's try to pump it slowly up for the LTS11:04
elfyone of the other forum admins is also testing xubuntu 11:04
knomeok, that's great. is he sending testing reports? :)11:05
elfyI'm sure he will - he's the one who's heavily involved in testing11:05
knomeif you have ideas how to organize daily testing and get the coverage higher, any ideas are welcome11:05
knomethe mailing list is a good place to throw ideas and brainstorm11:05
elfyI'll be posting on the forum in the testing section too - try and get some more of those people involved11:05
knomethat would be great11:06
smartboyhwelfy, try to "bother" balloons as much as he accepts, he really does help you along:D11:06
knomewe need reliability over quantity really11:06
elfyyea - I'll post a couple of threads to the m/l in the next few days then - one about how we'll be testing this cycle and another asking for thoughts about testing generally11:06
elfyknome: +1 11:06
knomeyeah, balloons (nick skaggs) can help you with a lot of things11:06
elfysmartboyhw: yea I know all about nick :)11:07
smartboyhwelfy, LOL 11:07
ochosihmm, i don't want to interrupt you too much, but have you discussed the testing of individual apps that are targeted for R yet?11:07
knomei even fixed his website theme just for fun so i can blackmail him if he's acting wonky :P11:07
knomeochosi, no, not yet11:07
elfyha ha ha 11:07
smartboyhwknome, what?11:07
knomesmartboyhw, ?11:07
knomeelfy, so yeah, we're introducing a "few" new apps for R11:07
elfymenulibre for instance?11:08
knomeelfy, we want "social alphas" to test those11:08
smartboyhwknome, you mean you changed balloons' website theme just to blackmail him?11:08
knomemenulibre, display dialog, gtk color chooser11:08
smartboyhwelfy, "social alphas" = cadence testing11:08
elfyaah yes - dispaly was the other I remembered vaguely11:08
knomesmartboyhw, no, i fixed it just for fun. but that allows some blackmailing too d:11:08
smartboyhwknome, LOL11:08
ochosiwell anyway, if/when you discuss testing the individual apps for R, feel free to ping me11:09
knomeelfy, SUBSCRIBE https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-r-xubuntu-testing :)11:09
elfyochosi: cheers11:09
* smartboyhw will subscribe to the blueprint too11:09
elfydone knome 11:09
knomeelfy, the assignee is xubuntu team just because i don't want to make you feel like you have to work on it. if you rather want it to say elfy, i can change that11:10
elfynah - fine as it is :)11:10
knomeelfy, and if there is any work items you are working on that aren't listed, please add them and keep the status up-to-date11:10
elfyyep - will do that 11:10
knomeelfy, are you familiar with work items or should we go through that?11:10
elfyquick run through would be helpful - I did it once 11:11
knomeok11:11
knomeso the format is11:11
* astraljava raises eyebrows... "all about nick?"11:11
knome[assignee] work item: STATUS11:11
elfyastraljava: enough perhaps :)11:11
knomeassignee is a launchpad nick, you can use teams too11:11
knomework item is a short but accurate description what to do11:12
knomeif you can't keep it in one line, you probably should split it into two or more separate work items11:12
smartboyhwastraljava, if elfy knows everything about balloons I will surely tell balloons to hide11:12
knomeSTATUS is one of: BLOCKED, TODO, INPROGRESS, DONE11:12
knomethey are quite straightforward11:12
elfyaah yes - I remember fighting that status thing last time :)11:13
knomeuse BLOCKED whenever you need somebody else to do something before proceeding11:13
elfyk11:13
knomeor even if you need broader discussion before continuing11:13
knomeand if you mark something as blocked... you probably should add another work item11:13
elfyyep - that makes sense 11:13
knome[lp-nick] do something that unblocks another item: TODO11:13
elfyfairly logical really11:14
knomeyep11:14
elfycool - that all makes sense to me then 11:14
knomewe should be tracked at status.ubuntu.com sooner than later11:14
elfyso I could in effect change Look at UTAH testing with balloons: TODO from you to me 11:14
knomewell, i already changed that item11:14
knomerefreshed11:14
knomei was thinking to do that @ UDS, but that didn't work out11:15
elfyyea - see the changes 11:15
knomethere seems to be a lot of partly overlapping work items11:16
knomechange as you see fit, and feel free to do that along the way too11:16
elfyok 11:16
knomeit's a way to track progress, but it's also a very useful tool for assignees11:16
knometo keep track what they need to do11:16
elfyyea - done properly all will know what everyone is up to 11:17
elfyI can see the usefulness in that :)11:17
knomeyeah, and it's easier to track what's actually left to do11:17
elfy:)11:17
smartboyhwI like status.ubuntu.com 11:17
smartboyhwIt shows you the progress:D11:17
knomeit's only directional though, not all work items are "worth" the same11:18
* smartboyhw realizes that the Xubuntu and Studio blueprint are not at the page11:18
elfyanyone know if there is an easy way to filter 'our' new bugs with LP 11:18
elfyor am I hoping for a good summer 11:18
* elfy hates searching Launchpad 11:18
knomeelfy, you probably should ask mr_pouit/micahg for lp-fu tips11:19
elfyok - I will then :)11:19
knomethey'll hate me for telling you to do so, but oh well11:19
knome;)11:19
elfyha ha ha 11:19
elfyon a completely unrelated note - do you know what the html code is for xubuntu blue? 11:19
knomei do11:20
knomehttp://xubuntu.org/marketingresources/11:20
knome#04a11:20
knomeor, #0044aa11:20
knomeyou know, sleeving cards kind of sucks11:21
knomebut unsleeving - oh man, this is unbearable11:21
elfyexcellent - there's only one person on the forum with user title in xubuntu blue :) http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=61042811:21
knomehehe11:21
smartboyhwelfy, LOL11:21
elfysmartboyhw: no you can't before you ask - admin privilege :D11:22
smartboyhwelfy, grrr.11:22
elfyknome: right - thanks for that - I am a bit clearer in my head now 11:23
knomeno problem11:23
knomejust ask if you have more questions11:23
elfyknome: only other thing is to let you know that I am week on week off at work - so 2 weeks in 4 I am about - but less so 11:24
elfybut it's a funny week - starts on a Thursday 11:24
knomeyeah, np :)11:24
elfyI realise everyone else works as well - but last cycle I was about more or less constantly, just thought I should give you heads up on that11:25
knomeyeah, not a problem at all. if there's longer periods when you can't do anything, just tell people (as soon as you know), and we'll get stuff done11:25
smartboyhwelfy, I forgotten: In last cycle when did you appointed QA contact ?11:25
elfyknome: yep11:26
elfyat the end smartboyhw 11:26
smartboyhwelfy, yeah so last cycle more or less constantly isn't a big problem compared to this one then I think11:26
elfy?11:27
smartboyhwelfy, you said last cycle you weren't about that much right? 11:27
elfyno - completely the opposite :)11:27
smartboyhwelfy, then please decode "last cycle I was about more or less constantly".......11:28
elfycheers knome - bacon sarnie time for me now I think - and more tea :)11:28
knomehehe, again, np. and bon appetit :)11:28
elfymore or less - means mostly all the time smartboyhw :)11:28
elfythis cycle will be less constantly than last 11:29
smartboyhwelfy, oh OK since you have work now:D11:29
elfyyea :)11:29
knomeprobably the same for me, at least at the end of the cycle..11:29
smartboyhwknome, the end of it? Meaning like, March 2013?11:30
knomenext year11:30
smartboyhwGee that is bad then11:31
knomei'll take care i'll be around when needed11:31
knomebut generally people should take more responsibility of their assigned items11:32
knomei'm not needed to micro-manage everything11:32
elfy+1 11:32
smartboyhwYeah volunteer projects are like that...You may be more busy when you thought you weren't11:32
smartboyhwknome, +1000000000000000011:32
ochosimr_pouit, micahg: there have been various bugreports (and i've been able to confirm that myself) with e.g. app-icons not rescaling in gtk-menus. there are issues with e.g. picasa, jabref, scilab, tgif etc. i'm wondering whether this could be a general gtk2 issue, as i don't see anything xfce-specific in this problem. thoughts? (it looks like this btw: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-11152012-023047am.php )11:59
ochosinot sure there are real bugreports on lp about that yet tbh, but at least i've read about it in #xubuntu11:59
astraljavaknome: You may not be _needed_, but IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW SOMEONE CARES!!!!11one12:00
knomewe should really take the social stuff to -offtopic12:01
knomejust saying... :)12:01
mr_pouitochosi: Bug #1066591 already reported (but it only occurs with xpm icons)15:41
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1066591 in xfce4-panel (Ubuntu) "regression: desktop icons no longer scaled down" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/106659115:41
ochosihm, ok, well good to know15:42
ochosiit's really weird that people still ship xpm icons15:42
ochosii mean i can see why it's useful in xfwm415:42
ochosibut for app-icons...15:42
mr_pouitanyway, that's very low on my "mmh, I'm bored let's look into this" list15:44
GridCubethis bug has been reported many times this week15:45
GridCubeat least twice in my watch15:45
ochosimr_pouit: yeah, actually andrzej also pointed me to it. but yeah, imo app-maintainers should simply ship icons in a less deprecated format...15:49
mr_pouityeah, I've no idea who's at fault here, gdk-pixbuf maybe15:58
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pleia2we need to finish our FAQ :\22:49
knomeyeah22:49
knomei just hit my toenail and it's about to come out sooner or later22:50
knome:/22:50
pleia2ew22:50
knomeyes, IT HURT.22:50
knomeanyway, yeah22:50
pleia2Q: Why does knome's toe hurt? A: Click here for pictures22:50
knomeno replies in the mailing list :<22:50
knomeeww! :D22:50
pleia2hehe22:51
pleia2we can include the release notes errata22:51
knome:)22:51
GridCube:( i'm sorry 22:53
knomeGridCube, it's not your fault people aren't helping22:53
GridCubewe can add a question about the xpm icons issue though22:53
GridCubeand if xfce supports gtk3, thats a fairly usual question, i mean, as questions go22:54
knomeanything works for me22:54
Unit193Where is the Xubuntu rum stored?23:22
knomerum?23:23
Unit193For the FAQs, I'm sure that's a good question.  Alacarte should be fixed, thunar should be too, xfdesktop...23:24
knome:P23:24
Unit193(At least, so says -proposed)23:24

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