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AlanBellhi all14:01
AlanBellno hangout yet . . .14:01
AlanBelljono is on the case14:03
UbuPhilluphi14:05
UbuPhillupyes14:06
Tm_Thi14:06
AlanBelljono: can you add "Jussi “Tm T” Kekkonen"14:09
AlanBellanyone else got a google plus name to add?14:09
AlanBelljono: IdleOne / Giovanni Chiazzese14:09
Tm_Tstupid google not allowing Tm_T as nickname14:10
AlanBellindeed14:10
MyrttiI'll just lurk and watch and annoy you via IRC14:10
Tm_TMyrtti ♥14:10
AlanBellok, so lets chat on IRC too and you can all watch me type14:10
MyrttiI see you're at the office AlanBell14:10
Myrttinice business gear, button up shirt and tie and all14:10
AlanBellyeah, we keep it formal14:11
UbuPhillupnice14:11
cm-t_phonehi14:12
UbuPhilluphi14:12
baizonsehr gut!!! http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/olg-duesseldorf-haelt-netzentgelte-befreiung-fuer-verfassungswidrig-a-887209.html14:14
baizonsorry wrong channel :(14:15
* tsimpson_ pokes his head in14:16
Myrttiin case it hasn't been obvious from my moanings of late, I'll probably move over to Debian on my personal systems. Will stick around in some of the channels, but dropping some channels out and probably my Ubuntu membership as well.14:17
Unit193Heya, tsimpson_.14:17
Myrttiand of course still a freenode staff member.14:17
IdleOneGood morning, sorry I am late14:20
UbuPhillup#ubuntu-de is good14:23
Mamaroksorry, have to go...14:26
Tm_Twouldn't hurt asking "what kind of communication you would need?" in time to time (:14:32
popeyjono: s/the mistake we have made/among the many mistakes we have made/14:33
AlanBello/ popey14:33
popeyo/14:33
jonopopey, yup14:33
popeyi am unconviced "lack of info for the community" is the big issue at hand.14:34
UbuPhillupthere is no officel wiki for ubuntu in germay we have ubuntuusers.de instead14:38
* IdleOne checks14:39
IdleOneYup, human.14:39
tsimpson_apparently we have ~100 members https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-ops14:40
Myrttiit's not because we particularly want to help, but it's easier to help with things going right on the first try than try to put off the fires when they've been done the wrong way and there's a great hurry to fix them, because X Y and Z start in 5  minutes14:40
Tm_Tyeah I rather help when it causes less work and damage (:14:41
Tm_Tand also I rather help than watch things go wrong just because14:42
Myrttijono: you have to excuse us for thinking it's already been decided when a lot of things have seem to be told to people on a 5 day notice without much discussion. It kinda sets people's teeth on edge14:44
Myrttibut I'm sure this has been said by many people already, so w/e14:44
Myrttithere was at one time some mirroring of the bots14:45
Myrttiwhen the responsibility of running them moved from Seveas to others14:46
Myrttiand jussi's was just one of the mirrored ones, I had one mirrored one as well ready to be launched if something goes sour14:47
tsimpson_and while we are talking about bots, we do have an issue with ubot214:47
IdleOneyup14:47
tsimpson_the issue being that it's horribly out of date and not maintained14:47
tsimpson_I'd like to have the bots decentralized, but that seems like something that requires much more planning and coordination that I can do on my own14:48
Myrttitsimpson_: I think people would be happy with functioning backups for a start14:49
tsimpson_and then there's the long awaited open-sourcing of the floodbots14:49
* Unit193 more or less considers his a backup.14:51
jussibringup later or?14:51
AlanBellyeah, the bans database is probably the main thing that isn't very redundant14:51
tsimpson_someone (smart) needs to come up with a way to integrate LP and ChanServ (access lists)14:51
MirvQUESTION: where are the etherpad notes? :)14:51
AlanBelltsimpson_: I did get some way on that14:51
tsimpson_Mirv: http://pad.ubuntu.com/uds-1303-community-1303-irc-team14:51
AlanBellhi Mirv I haven't been making any as such14:51
popeyoutrage!14:52
MirvAlanBell: ok, I was just joining after other session to get some sort of summary14:52
AlanBellMirv: about to start making some14:52
Mirvtsimpson_: reading that instead now14:52
Tm_TMirv: basicly "we want better communication and usage of our services" (:14:52
popeyMirv: in summary: Canonical are evil.14:52
Mirvtsimpson_: I mean the IRC log14:52
tsimpson_nothing much to read atm14:52
Tm_Tpopey: awww14:52
IdleOnelol popey14:52
ahayzenpopey, where is evilpopey today?14:52
vibhavpopey: NoTheyArent14:52
vibhav(tm)14:52
tsimpson_logs are on ubottu.com and (please use) irclogs.ubuntu.com14:53
evilpopeyboo14:53
ahayzeno/ evilpopey14:53
UbuPhillupi must left14:53
UbuPhillupby14:53
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roadmrhello again X)14:55
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balloonshello :-)14:55
balloonsjust speak up if you'd like to be in the hangout14:55
vibhavballoons: o/14:55
* stgraber waves14:56
* gema_ shouts14:56
* cjohnston pops balloons 14:56
balloonsohh look14:56
stgraberballoons: can you send me the link to the hangout?14:56
balloonsmy missing notes14:56
balloonsyes.. one sec to all those who pinged14:56
cjohnstonlmap14:56
cjohnstonlmao14:56
vibhavballoons: You will eed to invite me to another email, is that fine14:57
vibhavneed*14:57
ElderDryasCan whoever is in charge of the video feed let us know when it sactually tarts for this session, so I don't have to refresh every 30 seconds?14:57
balloonsElderDryas, sure thing14:57
ElderDryasdanke :)14:57
gema_balloons: can I have a spot in the hangout?14:58
vibhavballoons: me too!14:58
balloonsk I sent the url to all I believe14:59
balloonsanyone else who wants to join the hangout?14:59
balloonsstarting the broadcast15:00
balloonsanyone else who wants to join the hangout?15:00
janofinvite please15:00
balloonsanyone else who wants to join the hangout?15:01
cjwatsonI'd like to15:01
ElderDryasNames and nicks?15:01
balloonsanyone else who wants to join the hangout?15:02
philipballewballoons, if theres room, i can15:02
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plarsrestored15:04
pitti_udsballoons: would that include things like "we have a PPA with a proposed new X.org stack"?15:05
plarsah, sorry, I thought you were looking for it still. Feel free to delete15:06
plarsI can join if you have room15:06
gema_plars: your lower third15:07
skellatPPAs are going to screw those of us who use things like the BeagleBoard-xM in a desktop role15:07
plarsgema_: yes, one sec15:07
pitti_udsskellat: I didn't mean PPA literally as we have them today; obviously we need some kind of "staging areas" which include ARM15:07
micahgI think we need a second britney instance to give us human testing before packages hit most end users in a rolling release15:08
skellatpitti_uds: Definitely.  I look forward to seeing that coalesce.15:08
micahgramping up backports would be great as well, if be able to automate some of the backports testing, that could certainly make approving backports easier15:09
jasnowwhat is SRU?15:11
pitti_udsstable release update15:11
stgraberstable release updates15:11
balloonsstable release update15:11
jasnowthank u15:11
gema_https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates15:11
cjwatsonhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates for the current ruleset15:11
cjwatsonheh15:11
roadmrjasnow: hehe :) it's the updates you get offered by e.g. update manager to an stable, released version of ubuntu15:11
cjwatsonmicahg: right, there's a work item on another spec for that15:11
jtaylormicahg: displaying backports that need testing in some public place would be good, I don'T think people see the bugtracker15:12
jtaylor(also drop the rdepend build deps requirement)15:12
micahgcjwatson: WI for second britney?15:12
cjwatsonyes15:12
tumbleweedany idea which spec?15:12
micahgcool15:12
bjfif we are going to take the resources we use for putting out a 6 month release to doing more SRUs and backporting more packages we should limit those to the last LTS and not to every previous release15:12
cjwatsonthe first rolling release session yesterday IIRC15:12
vibhavjtaylor: Do you mean a dedicated page for backported packages?15:12
cjwatsonbjf: yes15:12
tumbleweedoh, didn't realise it hady any work items :)15:12
micahgcjohnston: the problem with that is that some people don't want their apps changing out from under them in an LTS15:13
jtaylorvibhav: I was maybe thinking software-center15:13
cjwatsonright, new versions that introduce interface changes are exactly what some people run LTSes to specifically avoid15:13
plarshangout plugin just crashed15:13
diwicplars, works here15:13
vibhavjtaylor: ah15:13
cjwatsonso I don't think we can just dump -backports into -updates15:13
cjwatson(say)15:13
barry_backports may be more difficult to support because they can sometimes cascade into updating a bigger dependency stack15:13
janofisn't the point of moving to a rolling release to free up resources, devs are not working to support 3-4 versions of Ubuntu, and doing backports will defeat this purpose?15:14
diwicplars, if you mean the live stream15:14
cjwatsonjanof: it's a trade-off15:14
janofthe trade of is not having to deal with this when moving to a rolling release, its the main point IIRC15:14
cjwatsonjanof: we can't just drop stuff and leave users without a replacement that's acceptable - trying to figure that kind of thing out is exactly why we're having these discussions15:14
cjohnstonjanof: not really, its only going back one vs multiple15:14
cjwatsonand I would hope much more targeted15:15
janofcjohnston, so the plan is to support the existing, and the next future rolling release, no past versions, is that correct?15:15
arawhy we are mixing the rolling release with the LTS in terms of stability?15:15
theDoctorAm I understanding correctly: the LTS is separate from the rolling release?15:15
janofara, exactly15:15
cjwatsonat the moment developers generally SRU to every affected stable release regardless of whether there's any pressing reason to believe that there's any users15:15
cjohnstonjanof: continue supporting old releases until the EOL.15:16
micahgI don't think the main archive LTS criteria should change since it needs to be stable, it'll be much easier to backport newer stuff from a rolling release to the LTS though as we currently have to backport through the regular releases15:16
cjwatsonjanof: there is no fixed plan as yet; there are proposals15:16
skellatUpgrade from CD was deprecated once the alternate discs went away, no?15:16
jasnowsecurity fixes too15:16
janofcjohnston, this would mean that the benefits that we desperately need for the next version, 13.04, would not be feasable until EOL of older versions.15:16
cjwatsonara: the proposal to withdraw non-LTS stable releases means that some users will need an acceptable replacement15:16
cjohnstonjanof: how so? not everything would get backported15:17
aracjwatson, yes, I agree with that, but the LTS will stay stable15:17
cjwatsonjanof: let me be clear: we are not going to put the newest version of everything into the LTS15:17
balloonsif anyone else who wants to join the hangout, let me know15:17
cjwatsonbut that is not to say that the current constraints are 100% fixed either15:17
vibhavjtaylor: Instead of software-center, I think it should be more sensible for a universal resource which could be accessed from everywhere15:17
jasnowupgrade from 12.04 to 13.04?15:18
yofelwhy would you upgrade from 12.04 to 13.04?15:19
yofelpolicy should still be 12.04->12.10->13.0415:19
cjwatsonbecause in order to support upgrades from 12.04 to 14.04, upgrades from 12.04 to 13.04 ought to work15:19
pitti_udsit needs to work anyway15:19
jtaylorvibhav: that already applies to the bugtracker15:19
cjwatsonit's a lot easier if you don't have to put all the upgrade support back in at the end15:19
pitti_udsas the 12.04 -> 14.04 upgrade needs to work, we need all the postinst quirks etc.15:19
yofelok, good point15:19
jasnowbrand new user - had a cd of 12.04, but thought 13.04 was the target15:19
sebsebsebhi15:19
vibhavcm-t_phone: If there is a LTS version for every seeded package, the idea sounds great15:20
arabut they might skip putting a new HWE in .315:20
pitti_udscjwatson: I think we should test/fix 12.04 -> daily and and 12.10 -> daily every day15:22
micahgI was envisioning daily ISOs + automatic testing of both the "stable" rolling release and the "unstable" rolling release15:22
cjwatsonpitti_uds: agreed15:22
barry_well, both yesterday->today and last monthly->today15:23
cjwatsonvibhav: that's massive overkill - take for example man-db, really doesn't need a separate LTS version15:23
janofthe least amount of release versions surely is desirable. utilization of resources.15:23
vibhavcjwatson: Well yes, I was wrong here15:23
cjwatsonAnd I would say that's the common case15:24
barryright, because one day, today's snapshot will *be* the monthly :)15:24
janofso two versions of the RR, daily and monthly ?15:25
selena2013greetings from Miami15:26
vibhavcjwatson: Excluding packages which dont need to have LTS versions15:26
sebsebsebselena2013: greetings from England15:26
cm-t_phonevibhav: yes, but to be honnest i try to see that from the point of a big company, because they can not spend on migrating all their custom tools and apps on monthly(but we are more in the LTS talk than SRU)15:26
cjwatsonvibhav: Which is most packages15:27
vibhavIndeed15:27
thomicjwatson: you've destroyed my world :(15:27
micahgI think that with adding the second britney migration would allow people to receive updates in a more delayed fashion which might alleviate the need for monthlies since there will be increased stability and quality in the rolling release15:27
skellatFrom this it really sounds like monthly roll-ups would be a nightmare15:27
janofis LTS still a term we will use with a RR?15:27
ogra_https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-March/036798.html ....15:27
pitti_udsjanof: it's two different things15:27
pitti_udsjanof: future LTSes will still be what they are used to be, nobody was debating those15:28
janofright, but im saying if we move to RR, the LTS term will be sunsetted and only reflect past releases, is that correct?15:28
pitti_udsjanof: ah, naming hasn't been discussedyet15:29
cjwatsonThat's not true15:29
cjwatsonNone of the rolling-release proposals alter the support terms of LTS releases, past or (AFAIK) future15:29
pitti_udscjwatson: I think he means calling them "LTS" doesn't make too much sense any more, as we woudn't have other kinds of releases15:29
janofright, it defeats the entire purpose15:30
cjwatson*shrug* Might also be too confusing to change15:30
cjwatsonLeast of our problems, IMO :)15:30
janoffair enough15:31
janofdaily builds = new beta / alpha versions15:31
pitti_udsgema_: we have several scenarios right now, like "default install", "all of main", and the huge "everything that has a .desktop file"15:32
selena2013so a regular user will choose between LTS and rolling release in the future15:32
pitti_udsgema_: these give quite some good coverage15:32
vibhavstgraber: IMO, SRU's for new versions of packages would be helpful if some interface in the old version was depreceated15:32
yofeljanof: for rolling it would have to be at *least* beta quality15:32
janofselena2013, thats sorta my point, thats the same problem we have now15:32
janofthat choice hurts ubuntu15:32
sebsebsebselena2013: yep I think that's the idea,  rolling release and LTS supported for years15:32
vibhavstgraber: i.e, only update those packages which have been depreceated15:32
pitti_udsstgraber: we also check for orphan or changed conffiles15:33
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janofthe point of moving to an RR, im not not mistaken, is to provide updates faster, and to save resources by not having to support LTS and other versions for years15:33
pitti_udsplars: do you know if we run the post-install ISO tests on the auto-upgrade tests as well? it seems we should15:33
janofLTS, the term and the physical being, wouldnt make sense with a RR15:33
thomiautopilot is already run before packages are relased...15:33
mmrazikthomi: but there would be value to run it e.g. when X is released (and there is no change to unity)15:34
plarspitti_uds: iirc it's a slightly different set of tests15:34
thomiand the tests specify the unity config to use, so I'm not sure AP is going to help you much here15:34
pitti_udsthomi: but upgrades might change some of its assumptions, so running again after e. g. an LTS->LTS upgrade makes sense15:34
mmrazikbut I'm not sure if LXC /X is going to be an answer15:34
selena2013i dont have a problem with that , i would recommend newcomers LTS . But if you want the latest and greatest you can choose RR15:34
plarspitti_uds: most of the upgrade ones are around making sure that we got the kernel we expected after the upgrade, etc15:34
mmrazikwe had troubles to run the tests in a VM (but maybe things changed)15:34
sebsebsebselena2013: yep that's the idea, RR instead of the six month releases15:34
pitti_udsplars: right, I see that we need some addiitonal ones; but we could also run the post-install iso tests?15:34
thomimmrazik: sure, but you get that if you run AP as part of the X release tests.15:35
plarspitti_uds: I don't think there's anything that would keep us from expanding those15:35
yofelquestion: how are mesa upgrades currently tested? I remember too many cases where a new mesa version broke some rendering in a driver and caused issues in KDE. Can that be somehow catched at all?15:35
mmrazikthomi: right15:35
thomimmrazik: I just meant that using autopilot to test the *upgrade* of unity (as it stands today) won't get you much extra15:35
dobeyballoons: wouldn't the automated daily images still exist?15:36
mmrazikthomi: oh. agree with that.15:36
pitti_udsto all extends15:36
dobeythe monthly would be the current daily15:36
balloonsdobey, yes, I believe so15:36
cjwatsonMore or less15:37
sebsebsebthe dialsy would become the monthly15:37
cjwatsonThe last proposal I saw did require a configuration tweak to dailies just before each monthly15:37
cjwatsonWhich is cumbersome but hard to avoid15:37
gema_cjwatson: sorry I muted your quick typing!15:37
ogra_hehe15:37
cjwatsonYeah, sorry, I could have sworn I'd muted15:37
ogra_sounded like drum fire15:37
dobeyright. to avoid updating until next month15:38
ogra_why am i hearing german ads now ?15:38
cjwatsonThis is one of the many difficult issues with monthlies15:38
cjwatsonI definitely wouldn't assume monthlies will happen, there's still lots of debate15:38
dobeyright, i don't want to derail the discussion; but i'd just not do monthlies. maybe have a monthly milestone but not a special image/config for it15:39
jasnowRemember to help the devs to reproduce an issue when they get a bug by saving images/etc15:39
cjwatsonSaving the image URL is generally enough15:39
cjwatsonWe can extract package versions from that15:39
micahgbeing able to match package versions to RC bugs seems important15:40
cjwatsondobey: There are many good things about having some kind of monthly rhythm, e.g. dev milestones, marketing, etc.; and I can see the point of images; I just don't buy the upgrade thing15:40
cjwatsonBut yeah, another discussion15:40
dobeycjwatson: right15:40
dobeycjwatson: which is why i say milestones without images is something i could get behind :)15:40
vibhavRRs should be rock solid, IMO15:41
roadmrwell it depends on what the promise is15:41
micahgI would expect quality for the end users to be about equal to the regular releases we produce now15:41
selena2013thanks to all developers for the hard work .15:41
roadmrif you promise RRs will be stable and usable, that's what I expect15:41
micahgs/about/at least/15:41
roadmrif you tell me they're to be treated as the current, daily development images where things *may* break, then I'd expect that15:41
jasnowdraw a picture15:41
araroadmr, ++15:43
dobeydo-release-upgrade every 2 years instead of every 6 months, basically15:43
dobeyjanof: ^^15:43
cjwatsonWe haven't drawn a picture yet because there are still about a dozen different opinions :-)15:44
chiluk_how are we going to provide hardware enablement kernels back to LTS in this new scheme? Similar to the quantal-lts-backports kernel..15:44
cjwatsonchiluk_: There was a session end of yesterday about that15:44
chiluk_nuts... I was on a plane.15:44
micahgmost server users are probably on the LTS now15:44
wendarmost ... yeah15:44
ogra_chiluk_, there should be a video of that session15:44
wendarserver is a different world than desktop15:44
chiluk_yes a lot of them are..15:44
dobeyservers not running LTS already are either personal home server users, or crazy :)15:44
pitti_udsI can't imagine many production servers who'd want to be rolling15:45
chiluk_but a lot of them are running quantal backports kernels as well.15:45
cjwatsonchiluk_: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1303/meeting/21598/foundations-1303-hwe-stack/15:45
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micahgthose not on the LTS should be able to handle any bumps that regular end users would be able to handle15:45
barrydobey: even home servers use lts :)15:45
arafor business desktops will be the same15:45
aralts to lts15:45
dobeybarry: i do yes. but some people apparently don't15:45
pitti_udsthanks15:45
arathanks!15:45
dshimerThe last 4 minutes sound like: As a nobody end user, daily (1 desktop, 1 laptop) I have two choices. Scary - developer build take my chances (I'm willing but nervous) or Sad - I only get new stuff every two years.15:45
thomio/15:45
vibhavo/15:45
jtaylorwhats the name of the next lts going to be? raring?15:45
dobeydshimer: that's how it is now15:45
balloonsdshimer, my expectation is rolling = non-lts stable15:45
cjwatsonjtaylor: We'll see15:46
balloonsnot developer edition scary15:46
balloonsthanks everyone15:46
jtaylorcjwatson: it must be raring or "larger" for daily ppas which use ~raring suffix15:46
cjwatsonjtaylor: We clearly can't decrement15:46
gema_balloons: scary salmon?15:46
dobeyjtaylor: it probably won't be 'rickroll'15:46
jtaylorlucky raring is smaller than most other "r" words :)15:46
cjwatsonjtaylor: But that suffix is horribly misguided for obvious reasons15:46
balloonsgema_, indeed!15:46
gema_I am glad I don't have to name them x)15:47
sebsebsebdshimer: a bit like contract phones to an extent, 24 months contract is quite standard, then you may buy a new phone after15:47
cjwatsonjtaylor: It needs to be changed to ~ubuntuYY.MM before we reach U15:47
jtaylorcjwatson: yes but thats a launchpad issue so far I know15:47
cjwatsonjtaylor: Yes15:47
cjwatsonAnyway, LP series have a fixed name; renaming would be madness15:47
dobeyi don't think it really matters if it's ~rickroll or ~ubuntuYY.MM15:48
cjwatsonHopefully nobody will require us to do that :)15:48
dobeywell, until after z15:48
cjwatsondobey: It matters once we ... yes15:48
cjwatsonWhich is why I've been trying to fix this for a while before it becomes a crisis :)15:48
dobey:)15:48
cjwatsonWe fixed backports a year or two ago15:48
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dobeyi imagine it's not really that hard to fix the recipe builder code though.15:50
dobeyanyway, i guess we need to stop discussing that here now :)15:50
cjwatsonShouldn't be, just a matter of finding people to maintain and deploy it given lack of LP manpower at the moment15:50
dobeyright15:50
cjwatsonThere's been an RT open for some kind of upgrade there for months15:50
cjwatsonBut as you say15:51
dobeyciao :)15:51
yofeljtaylor: I did file a bug about launchpad not using ~ubuntu..., it's low though15:51
roadmrcprofitt: hello15:52
balloonscprofitt, zyga-uds,roadmr hangout is up15:53
roadmrballoons: thanks15:54
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balloonsI'll start it in a few15:56
arawho is the track lead in charge for this one?15:58
aracan I get a hangout link, please?15:58
roadmrcprofitt: are you around?15:58
balloonsara, sent16:00
balloonsanyone else who wants in the hangout, speak up :-)16:00
balloonsstarting in a moment16:01
balloonswe should be live now :-)16:03
jedimike_ara: hi! could I get an invite to the hangout?16:04
jasnowIs this the public web site for Friendly? https://friendly.ubuntu.com/16:06
balloonsjasnow, that's correct16:06
jasnowthanks16:07
roadmrcprofitt: \o/16:10
jasnowlike "UPS Tracking" link ;o)16:10
balloonsara, try turning off your video to lower your bandwidth needs16:11
jasnowCan you report the submit status without the user's identify?16:14
bobthebobberinvite please16:15
roadmrjasnow: status as in, it was accepted/processed, or rejected due to failing tests? is this what you mean?16:15
balloonsanyone else who wants in the hangout, speak up :-)16:16
balloonsbobthebobber, inviting16:16
jasnowyes16:16
rrnwexecone thing to consider is the difference between "works without any tweaks" and "works if you apply some patches, additional drivers, confi changes"16:23
rrnwexec*config16:23
rrnwexecUbuntu Certified handles this by saying "Certified (with Notes)"16:24
cprofittrrnwexec: yep16:25
cprofittwe can do that as well on Friendly16:25
rrnwexecQUESTION: what about sending incomplete results? if I only run 3 tests (out of 10), shouldn't i be able to submit what i have done?16:26
cprofittrrnwexec: I ping them on your question in a second16:27
roadmrdeliberately crashing checkbox!16:29
rrnwexecthere is still a theme out there that says "ubuntu works on everything." Improving SEO of Ubuntu Friendly would help, but we also need a strong(er) awareness campaign.16:35
cprofittrrnwexec: you can help us with the SEO16:37
cprofitt:)16:37
rrnwexeccprofitt: yes, i can blog about it, post to lists, etc. that may help.16:38
araroadmr, doesn't checkbox already support it?16:38
balloonsara, roadmr I believe I've resumed tests before16:38
jasnow"black hole problem"16:38
rrnwexecQUESTION: Is Ubuntu Friendly submission an Ubuntu Accomplishment "trophy"?16:38
roadmrara: resuming tests? yes, but the feature is geared towards resuming after a crash16:39
roadmrara: cprofitt was talking about "oh crap, I need to go now, I want to pause the test and resume later" - we don't accomodate that use case16:39
roadmrara: the only option as he mentioned is deliberately crashing checkbox %)16:40
arajedimike_, searching in Google for ubuntu Acer Aspire 3610 brings the staging site first :-\16:41
roadmr\o/16:41
jedimike_ara: oh dear... well at least we know the pages are SEO ready...16:42
cprofittwe need to both get more results on the UF site ... and increase SEO16:42
arajedimike_, maybe it was only deployed to staging? (seo capabilities)16:42
swaveckgreetings to zyga ;)16:42
jasnowwork with LoCo Advocates16:43
roadmrrrnwexec: for your question, so it doesn't scroll up and disappear (re: accomplishments). Answer is "No" :(16:44
jasnowcheck before buying on Craigslist16:45
balloonsfirst things first should be to fix the submission process I'd think16:46
rrnwexecwhen the site is ready, and the submission process is better, we could spin up a Global "Test Your Hardware" Day.16:48
rrnwexecsimilar to a Jam, but with less jam ;)16:48
bobthebobberwhy dont we incorporate ubuntu friendly into the installer?16:48
SergioMenesesrrnwexec, +116:48
ssbob_+1 bobthebobber16:48
bobthebobberubuntu friendly, now friendly +++16:49
roadmrbobthebobber: poking the hardware in ways that can make it fails or crash at install time... fun16:49
bobthebobberroadmr: ah yeah, good point, but maybe after the install, and before first boot?16:50
roadmrbobthebobber: an interesting goal would be making this runnable from the live cd. so boot the "try ubuntu" thing, select "test your system"16:51
ssbob_or a slide show page talking about it, as a todo item after first boot16:51
roadmrbobthebobber: right now it doesn't work very well mainly because it needs write access to stuff; for instance, if you booted from USB stick it will be unable to test usb ports :/ (ironic because it's 100% certain that they work in that scenario)16:51
SergioMenesesI think the slide would be the best16:51
roadmrssbob_, SergioMeneses : that'd be awesome exposure, I'd probably wait until the testing/submitting experience is better16:52
roadmrotherwise we'll become the most hated group in Ubuntu :(16:53
ssbob_and or make it a feature in the software center (as part of the inventory step)16:53
ssbob_something you can toggle on and off depending on paranoia levels16:53
balloonshttp://www.canonical.com/contributors/faq16:54
balloonsYou DO retain copyright16:54
SergioMenesesroadmr, you're right but is a great idea :)16:54
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cprofittthanks everyone16:58
SergioMenesessee you later!16:59
philipballewLooks like this is gonna be an interesting session18:03
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tumbleweedpity that it overlapps with the other rolling session18:09
micahgyeah18:09
skellatIt was this or overlap with Jono Q&A18:09
tumbleweedpff jono :P18:10
jonoskellat, hey18:12
jonoare you on G+?18:12
skellatyes18:13
jonoskellat, reload the summit page and you should a link to join18:13
jonovalorie, can you join the hangout?18:14
jonoRiddell, did you want to join, I sent an invitew18:14
valoriehow do I join it?18:15
knomehello people. are we doing the hangout?18:15
baizonyes18:15
jonovalorie, join https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/e5b5813205d5c1063626f2001b8e4e51d3fd95ad?authuser=0&hl=en18:15
ElderDryasyes jono18:15
jonoknome, want to join?18:15
ElderDryasnames and nicks?18:16
knomejono, not really.18:16
jonoknome, np18:16
knomejono, i don't want to join G+.18:16
jonoknome, np18:16
valoriethere we go18:16
knomewell, it is a problem to be exact.18:16
knomebut this is not the time or place to discuss it.18:16
jonoknome, ok18:17
knomewho's the one in the middle?18:17
valorieshall I put our list of worries on the pad?18:17
knomeo/18:17
valorieor share the google doc18:17
Mirvvalorie: I think pad'd be better18:18
tumbleweedskellat: actually, the monthly discussion got postponed18:19
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Unit193knome: skellat.18:20
knomeyeah, i figured that out ;)18:21
micahginvite please?18:21
knomeyay micahg18:21
micahgwe can't do library transitions in a stable release, there might be an option of using a derived distro to allow for targeted additions while benefiting from the base LTS platform18:25
knomejono, can you invite micahg to the session?18:25
rickspencer3-udshi all18:25
rickspencer3-udssorry I am late18:25
jonoknome, sure18:26
jonomicahg, https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/e5b5813205d5c1063626f2001b8e4e51d3fd95ad?authuser=0&hl=en18:26
micahgworking on it18:27
rickspencer3-udsbut doing a derived release would have the unfortunate consequence that flavors would have to do all the support for their own archives18:28
Mirvjono: change picture to the speaker as well18:28
knomerickspencer3-uds, we're not getting much support to keep the xfce stuff up-to-date now either18:29
knomeMirv, o/18:29
yofelare updates synced from the main archive for derived distros?18:29
Mirvknome: \o18:29
rickspencer3-udsI can speak to that18:29
rickspencer3-udsjono: I'm happy to speak to that if you guys want18:30
knomeyes, that's good.18:30
rickspencer3-udsI'm happy to type or join as you wish18:30
jonorickspencer3-uds, https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/e5b5813205d5c1063626f2001b8e4e51d3fd95ad?authuser=0&hl=en18:31
knomethe communication was lacking.18:33
knomeand too late.18:33
jonoknome, cut him some slack, people make mistakes18:34
jonoknome, the point is, lets have the discussion18:34
jonopointing fingers doesnt help18:34
knomei'm not pointing fingers18:34
knomei'm saying it would have been more fair to do this transition 6 months later or so18:35
jonoknome, what transition?18:35
knomesorry, the proposal to do the transition18:35
knomeatm i think we're in a hurry18:35
Mirvthis is just a subtopic, but there are ~5 ~free software distros for mobile/tablet - Android (+Replicant), Firefox OS, Mer/Sailfish, Ubuntu, Tizen, of which only one is currently released on devices and owns the whole market. Ubuntu and Firefox OS are the closest next ones, Tizen will surely come to alive.18:35
jonoknome, but this is the point, it is just a proposal - nothing will get implemented unless the time is right18:35
MirvI'd love to see Kubuntu having the product quality Plasma Active release etc18:36
knomeand it's possible that more bad decisions are going to be made, because we need to make them quick18:36
micahgknome: it's not decided when the transition will happen, that's part of what's being discussed ATM18:36
knomemicahg, yes, in understand that, but see my last comment ^18:36
jonoknome, the decision will only be made if it is right for the project - but it is important that we have the discussion18:36
knomejono, the canonical project or the community project?18:36
Mirv(just talking about the culture shift)18:36
knome(with no pointing fingers, would just be good if that was communicated clearly)18:37
jonoknome, they should be the same18:37
knomejono, i couldn't agree more.18:37
jonoI am talking about the shared project, Canonical one part of it18:37
knomeok18:37
jonolets focus on the proposal and evaluate it's merit18:37
tumbleweeda derived distro lets you do new releases of your desktop, on the LTS Ubuntu base18:40
yofelagain, are updates synced from the main archive for derived distros? If that's a case, I otherwise agree with all points micahg made18:41
yofelrickspencer3: make that ~7-9, not all users like to upgrade at release day18:42
knomeor can18:42
yofelbut I agree that it doesn't have to be 18 months18:42
knomeagreed with that18:43
knomebut isn't the support period virtually a decision for every flavor separately?18:43
knomeexcept of course new updates being added18:44
* balloons pops in18:44
micahgknome: no, if Canonical isn't providing security support for the base OS, the flavor support is basically worthless18:45
tumbleweed^ that18:45
knomemicahg, yes, that's the only drawback.18:45
knomeright.18:45
knomesee yofel's comment before on 7-9 months18:46
GridCubebut if the "archive" is going to a complete different place than all the rest of the developers of desktops...18:47
knomeis it at all possible that the support time would be any longer than 6mth?18:48
knometo support the transition.18:48
balloonswho would use a 6month supported released?18:48
tumbleweedrickspencer3: it's one thing to be striving for that, it's another to say "we're there"18:49
GridCubepeople who would also use a rolling release?18:49
Mirvlike the kernel is considering "unstable-3.9" kind of thing in parallel18:49
balloonsif your basing something off a stable supported distro, dropping it after 6-8 months seems a bit off18:49
micahgI think most regular users are upgrading shortly after the new release comes out18:49
Mirvso to provide both releases and another path for people who want the betas18:49
micahgonce they're sure that it won't break their system18:49
knomemicahg, yeah, i'd say that timespan is about 1mth18:50
GridCubebut you dont18:50
GridCubeyou get it every 6 months, or so, or updates18:50
balloonssure.. but i think that not having to upgrade would better serve that type of user, don't you think?18:50
rickspencer3hey tumbleweed ... so I worry that if we wait until "we are there" we'll never really commit to being there18:50
knomeballoons, not update for 2 years? that's a bit harsh.18:51
balloonsknome, no I mean as opposed to constant 6 month upgrades, just be on rolling and never upgrade really18:51
micahgballoons: depends, most people are on regular (interim) releases to get the latest without the risk of a breaking system18:51
balloonsjust stay small constant updates18:51
balloonsif you want stability, your on the lts.. and it gets point releases to stay up to date18:52
yofelballoons: the questions on library transitions etc. haven't been answered there.18:52
GridCubei use lts on a machine and update the other, i like to have a stable system and i dont apply updates as they come18:52
yofel2-year only release might make sense for unity18:52
balloonsjust trying to figure out what a really short lifecycle distro buys us18:52
yofelit doesn't for KDE18:52
GridCubebut i could, easily18:52
knomenor xfce, i think18:52
yofelon the other hand, just supporting a kubuntu release until the next one is out would work18:52
knomemicahg, feel free to disagree.18:52
tumbleweedrickspencer3: we can set ourselves a target of a release cycle to get there, rather than needing to be there today18:53
balloonsbasically, I hate to see us put effort into things and then drop them so quickly18:53
matzipan_yofel: 2 year release would probably not be good at the rate of changes in unity right now....18:53
yofelif we loose releases, we loose the beta-time integration Q/A time that we currently have to catch all the releases18:53
yofelmatzipan_: true, but that's again the question on how much changes and possible breakage/regressions a user likes18:54
matzipan_well, judging by the way 13.04 went... for me updating from 12.10 to 13.04 in mid february only did good18:55
yofelin kubuntu we had too many cases where a late X/Mesa upload in the cycle broke KDE/Kwin on some drivers18:55
matzipan_but i'm only talking about vanilla ubuntu18:56
rickspencer3hi tumbleweed18:56
yofelsession: nothing new really18:56
yofelmatzipan_: sure, but it would be nice to find a compromise that works for everyone18:57
yofelI do believe that canonical has the manpower and infrastructure to manage a rolling release. The flavours don't really18:58
knomeyeah.18:58
yofelthanks guys for the session!18:58
knomethanks18:58
matzipan_meh there should be a middleway for making a snapshot that flavours could possibly use18:58
balloonsthe flavors plan is really interesting.. so in summary (sorry I missed the first part), you don't see a way to do it?18:58
skellatyofel: It is on record and Mr. Spencer had an opportunity to participate.  Too much is draft stages right now but what needed to be accomplished was, I think.18:59
micahgyofel: I think we can integrate most of the concepts from the rolling release into a new proposal which keeps regular(interim) releases which I'll pen to ubuntu-devel, kinda the best of both world18:59
micahgs18:59
balloonsI've always liked the LTS model for flavors honestly.. i think you can put a lot of value add that way, putting your stuff on top of the lts base18:59
yofelmicahg: right, thanks for you and rickspencer3 for working that out18:59
knomefor xubuntu, the "interim" releases have been pretty much the same as LTS18:59
micahgrickspencer3: thanks for joining, it was nice to hear your thoughts directly19:00
rickspencer3no worried micahg19:00
micahgknome: no, with the LTS, Xubuntu was cautious in moving forward with the latest Xfce19:00
yofelballoons: kubuntu though primarily focused on the "interim" releases. The LTS is good to have, but not treated really any different from the other releases19:00
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knomemicahg, well... yes. but i was referring the the quality19:00
balloonsyofel, yes, that is true.. and a valid way to do it certainly. you simply support/supported LTS like a normal release.. it wasn't special19:01
micahgknome: well, maybe from our work point of view, but I see the core OS as having more quality which improves Xubuntu's quality19:01
knomemicahg, sure19:01
balloonswouldn't you rather support a single stable base you can update over a longer period tho? rather than roll with the new stable's every 6 months?19:01
yofelballoons: we do try to keep the LTS updated more than the other release, but that's about it. As for KDE, their release support time is so short, that we really don't need 18month of kubuntu release support19:02
shadeslayer^19:02
knomei think a 6 month cadence helps with planning and setting the goals with a smaller team19:02
shadeslayerKDE's support cycle is only for 6 months19:02
micahgballoons: the problem is if your base is always moving, it's hard to roll it out (think System76)19:02
yofelballoons: in fact, as far as upstream goes, kubuntu 12.10 is already unsupported19:02
balloonsI guess what I'm saying/asking, what's stopping you from staying on 6 month cycles.. but pushing to the LTS base?19:02
shadeslayerso it actually helps us to have a 6 month support according to KDE upstream19:02
balloonsmeaning, kubuntu 4.10 on 12.04?19:03
shadeslayers/according to/in accordance with/19:03
yofelballoons: at least KDE upstream doesn't like "old" libraries :/19:03
shadeslayer^19:03
micahgballoons: we'd lose the ability to work in the archive itself and have to devote resources that could be spent stabilizing the devel release on backporting to the LTS19:03
tumbleweedballoons: also, that requires a PPA / dervied distro, and would currently disqualify an Ubuntu flavour19:03
yofelballoons: so we would have to take care of many library transitions ourselves possibly19:03
balloonsyofel, sure, but you could push what you need as part of it.. it would be a big deal to do it19:03
yofelit is a BIG deal on the Q/A side19:03
yofelwe would essentially re-create the beta-freeze time on the LTS every time19:04
balloonsyofel, hehe.. I know.. it would be big.. the question is, is it bigger/harder than what you do know?19:04
balloons*now19:04
micahgyofel: as long as the libraries live happily together, a full transition wouldn't be necessary19:04
Unit193balloons: Basically, I like to be able to use a computer without fixing it every morning/day, but also able to use new things (like the opus support in VLC)19:04
yofelit's not bigger than the regular release, but there everyone works on getting the same things stable19:04
micahgUnit193: didn't we get opus support in backports for vlc?19:04
yofelso we would have to do more ourselves19:05
yofelmicahg: ok, that much is true19:05
balloonsI'm really wondering if it wouldn't be possible19:05
dholbachyou're out of time - next session starts :)19:05
Unit193micahg: I think not, as libopus1 would have to go as well, I the bug report you commented in.19:05
yofelheh, sorry dholbach19:05
Unit193micahg: I could easily be wrong!19:05
balloonsI'd like to see some good thoughts around that.. I feel like you could participate in the rolling release and then push it as a point release update to the LTS19:05
balloonsand keep stability.. QA would be easier in many ways.. but who knows19:05
balloonsI think it would be possible anyway.. possible.. which is better than completely impossible19:06
micahgyofel: anyways, I'm hoping with rickspencer3's support that we can move away from this idea of forking and move towards a shorter regular release that's seamlessly upgradeable to the next release19:06
yofelit would be *possible*, but not something we would really like to do19:06
yofelmicahg++19:06
ayr_ton"too many windows"19:06
ayr_tondholbach: \o/19:07
balloonsyofel, micahg, et la.. thanks for discussing with me19:07
balloonsI appreciate your insights19:07
yofelsure :)19:07
balloonsto the next session19:07
dholbachhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityWebsite19:09
dholbachMockup 2011: http://ubuntuone.com/1vNud7sJ1rRUj5givnTX5q19:11
dholbachJono's announce: http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/12/09/improving-community-getting-involved-documentation/19:11
tiagoscd|uds_hey guys :)19:12
dholbachhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityWebsite19:12
dholbachhey tiagoscd - what to join?19:12
tiagoscd|uds_dholbach: sorry, again at work :/19:13
dholbachtiagoscd: do we have a link to the canonistack instance?19:13
dholbachtiagoscd: não há problema!19:13
mhall119|udspaste here or in the pad19:14
philipballewhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityWebsite19:14
dholbachmhall119|uds, want to join in as well?19:14
tiagoscd|uds_dholbach: I don't have the link19:15
dholbachtiagoscd: ok19:15
tiagoscd|uds_I'll try to found it19:15
tiagoscddholbach: it's correct? http://chinstrap.canonical.com19:17
mhall119|udsrrnwexec: that's the canonistack I was working on19:17
mhall119|udsrrnwexec: http://91.189.93.108/19:18
mhall119|udsthe plan with this instance was to load it with content, then have IS just copy it all into production19:18
mhall119|udsthis is a stand-alone site from ubuntu.com19:19
mhall119|udswe can manage it fully ourselves19:19
mhall119|udsno19:19
mhall119|udstechnically I'm not working today19:19
mhall119|udsif anybody wants access to the WP instance on canonistack, just email me19:19
kalenjohnsonstreeeeetch19:21
mhall119|udsQUESTION: Is there a mailing list, irc channel, some other way of keeping up with the work going on?19:22
kalenjohnsonWhat needs to be helped with? just content? the website overall?19:22
dholbachhttp://ubuntuone.com/1vNud7sJ1rRUj5givnTX5q19:26
tiagoscd|uds_hey guys, I need to go, but I like to say that I'm available to help on page revamping19:27
tiagoscd|uds_see you19:28
dholbachtiagoscd: thanks a lot!19:28
mhall119|udsI can get an example of the design team's personas19:29
tiagoscddholbach: you're welcome. gute nacht :D19:29
dholbachtiagoscd, can't remember what "good night" was in  Portuguese :-/19:30
tiagoscddholbach: it's "boa noite"19:31
tiagoscd:)19:31
mhall119It shouldn't ask, but it should provide paths to get them to the data they likely want19:31
dholbachkalenjohnson, both :)19:31
mhall119I can provide example personas from the design team19:32
mhall119but we'll need to create some community-specific ones19:33
mhall119dholbach: those are the personas we need :)19:34
dholbachmhall119, hum hum :)19:34
kalenjohnsoncontributing needs to be exciting!19:36
niemeyerkalenjohnson: +119:36
niemeyerKnowing what was going behind the scene, I have to say I can't see much to sweat about regarding mir. It's a tricky project, and some people were trying to figure things out.. the decision to take it more seriously was made *now*, and that's why an announcement was made and why the plan is being opened up.19:39
dholbachniemeyer, which discussion are you in? is this about ubuntu.com/community?19:41
niemeyerLOL19:41
niemeyerdholbach: Sorry19:42
niemeyerThis was about community19:42
niemeyerdholbach: Just the wrong community session, sorry19:42
* dholbach hugs niemeyer19:42
mhall119dholbach: we should probably start making work items too19:42
dholbachthought so :)19:42
mhall119+1 for flat19:42
* niemeyer hugs dholbach back19:42
mhall119lets not block on the design team though, they're going to be very busy19:44
mhall119rrnwexec: to a large extent the personas are going to determine what content we need19:44
mhall119rrnwexec: ^^19:45
TadeasParikthere are the local version of the community pages too, our Czech community has these pages done... are there any plans to translate them also into other languages?19:45
* ayr_ton thinking19:45
TadeasParikI mean share this concept with the other LoCo teams...19:46
mhall119TadeasParik: Wordpress doesn't really make translation easy19:46
kalenjohnsonIt seems like the focus should be on new user content first, as that seems to be why most users are coming. Once they see if the community wiki is helpful, they will be regular, possibly contribute more...19:46
kalenjohnsonmhall119, I haven't worked with translations, but I know it can handle it. How easy it is, I don't know...19:47
mhall119kalenjohnson: I'm inclined to direct people to loco teams and loco team sites for that19:47
mhall119they'll be able to manage it better than we could in one place19:48
TadeasParikmhall119, you can create a totally new concept and use another system... not only wordpress... I meant to share this idea with other LoCos...19:48
mhall119every other part of ubuntu.com is English19:50
mhall119I'm not sure how somebody would find the community site except for going through an english-only page19:51
kalenjohnsonI would think translations would come from the English pages19:51
ayr_tondholbach: lets create a trello board for review the content19:59
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