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zequenceWe've been talking about making all our social channels + website have the same kind of look00:10
zequenceI was going to just add the logo and icon, just as they are in the website, but suitably layed out for G+ and FB00:10
zequenceMade it with a small twist https://www.facebook.com/Ubuntustudio00:11
zequencehttps://plus.google.com/b/102125777892703446963/102125777892703446963/posts00:11
zequenceDid the work with Inkscape this time. Can't really work with text using Gimp00:12
micahgzequence: your branch started with a very old version and has quite a few differences with the current version00:46
zequencemicahg: Well, is there a new bzr branch then?00:53
micahgzequence: we don't usually use branches for the metas00:54
zequencemicahg: I just updated the one that existed with the existing meta, and then did the changes00:54
micahgright, but that old branch had the old arches enabled00:54
zequenceHas this something to do with how bzr works?00:55
micahgif you have a debdiff for d/control, and any config files, that's enough for me00:55
micahgno, it's that the archive version is authoratative00:55
micahgand updating a branch to a new version won't delete old files00:56
zequenceok. I'll do a debdiff then.00:56
zequencemicahg: I replaced the debian/control and update.cfg. Now I'm doing an ./update. After that edit the changelog. Then just debdiff?01:01
micahgzequence: yeah, that should be fine01:02
zequencemicahg: I get a bunch of files that end with .old01:05
micahghrm01:08
micahgdid you cd into the new dir?01:08
zequenceah, I just needed to build the source01:10
zequenceNever did a debdiff before either01:10
zequencemicahg: debdiff the .dsc files?01:11
micahgyes01:12
zequencemicahg: This ok? http://paste.ubuntu.com/5589254/01:14
micahgzequence: well, a couple notes, please add a note about fixing the recommends for audio-plugins in debian/control, please leave transitional packages for the old metas with a dependency on the new one (versioned breaks/replaces should be fine), is audio-plugins meant to change at all?01:18
micahgactually, you might not need any breaks/replaces since these are just metapackages01:19
micahgthe empty packages are to support upgrades (which actually might not be needed anymore now that update manage will remove packages...)01:19
zequencemicahg: recommends for audio-plugins? I don't think I altered anything for it in debian/control.01:24
micahgyou fixed an outstanding bug that I've skipped over due to laziness01:25
zequenceYeah?01:25
micahgline 27201:25
zequencemicahg: Ah, right01:26
zequenceI forgot about that. I don't know what the best way would be to go about t01:26
zequencemaking changes, and actually remembering them01:26
micahgjust list it in debian/control, * Fixed recommends for audio-plugins package to actually work01:27
micahgor something01:27
zequencemicahg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5589282/01:30
micahgzequence: if audio-plugins is a depends of audio, does it make sense to keep it separate?01:31
zequencemicahg: Yes. Some people will only want to install ardour and a bunch of plugins01:31
micahgalso, can you leave -generation and -recording as transitional packages?01:31
zequencemicahg: What would they do?01:32
len_1304make upgrades work?01:32
micahgdepend on ubuntustudio-audio01:32
micahgyeah, make upgrades work01:33
zequenceIn case someone only installed -generation or -recording, and with an upgrade, those metas would disappear?01:34
micahgyeah01:34
zequenceI don't know. It would be nice if one could script that somehow and let the user make a choice01:35
zequenceOtherwise they get a bunch of packages they didn't want to install01:36
len_1304zequence, at this point it doesn't matter01:36
len_1304they can only upgrade from 11.10 and up anyway.01:36
len_1304Since live the user has all of the metas installed..01:37
len_1304*live DVD01:37
zequencelen_1304: Those who installed using the live DVD, yes01:37
zequenceBut not those who used any other flavor, or derivative, or alternate CD to install01:38
len_1304It's all we really offer.01:38
len_1304But if we are going to only one meta aren't we already making that choice?01:38
zequenceUsers don't like when you make choices for them, but if you can ask, that would be ok, I think01:39
len_1304How many audio metas do we have?01:39
len_1304(since your change)01:39
zequenceTwo. -audio and -audio-plugins01:40
zequence-recording and -generation are merged01:40
micahgzequence: it's standard to upgrade someone to where something moved, if it didn't include the old stuff, I'd tend to agree01:40
len_1304Right, so you have made a choice for the users that they can no longer have just recording.01:40
zequenceI think of this a bit like changing user setings. An upgrade doesn't do that01:41
len_1304plugin will stay separate, and recording and generation will depend on the new audio01:41
zequenceIt's not like the system is left broken, if the meta disappears01:42
micahgit makes sure that people that just wanted those tools, still get the meta with those tools01:42
micahgif they had -desktop installed, it'll pull in the new stuff anyways01:42
len_1304An upgrade can remove packages if they don't exist in the version and they did in the last01:43
len_1304*new version01:43
zequenceWell, I'm not going to put up a big fight over it. I can add the two metas, as transitional. I really need to learn more about how this all works anyway01:45
len_1304micahg, did settings ever get done?01:46
len_1304(released)01:47
micahglen_1304: no, I got distracted, let me do that in a bit01:47
len_1304Ok, If all else fails I can put a bug report in that the new icon package doesn't work.01:48
len_1304(it looks like FF is back on)01:49
zequencelen_1304: What makes you say that?01:55
zequenceI mean, I think it was always on, just that we haven't yet been confirmed on that it won't be on01:56
zequenceGreg KH posted a funny thing on G+ the other day. Someone told him, now that dbus is being implemented into the kernel, he'd be using BSD from now on. Shortly, a BSD hacker told him they probably want to do that as well02:00
zequenceI mean, implement dbus into their kernel02:00
zequencemicahg: Third time's the charm :) http://paste.ubuntu.com/5589323/02:03
zequenceI'm not really against having even more metas than we have now, btw. I think initially, my goal was to remove the tasks for -generation and -recording02:05
zequenceAlso, I don't find those two categories well named, but maybe that's just me02:05
zequenceI'd rather have -sequencers, -soft-instruments, or something in that fashion02:06
zequence-audio I think should contain a polished set. so, if we have metas that would include more than -audio would, the other -metas wouldn't be preinstalled02:07
micahgzequence: my other question is since audio depends on audio-plugins, does it make sense to keep them separate (or should that be a recommends?02:07
zequencemicahg: -audio should be the full package, but -plugins you should be able to install without having to install anything else02:08
micahgzequence: you might want to make the description clearer about the purpose of the package than (-plugins)02:09
zequencemicahg: I don't understand. I haven't touched -plugins. I've simply merged -recording and -generation into -audio02:10
micahgzequence: sure, this is something extra02:11
micahgI didn't understand the purpose of the plugins package and i'm guess most other don't either02:11
zequenceWell, there is a good purpose02:11
micahgapt-cache show ubuntustudio-audio-plugins | grep -A4 Description-en02:12
micahgDescription-en: Ubuntu Studio audio plugins Package02:12
micahg Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu for the02:12
micahg Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional.02:12
micahg .02:12
micahg A collection of LADSPA, LV2, and DSSI plugins.02:12
micahgdoesn't tell me much about the purpose, just that it's a collection02:13
zequenceI think if you're into audio, you'll understand what they are for02:14
zequenceI'm a little tired now. It's past 3 am. Gotta get up early, and I can't really think straight right now. So either this will have to wait, or we just go with what we have02:15
zequenceI think both holstein and len_1304 would be able to say something useful about this02:16
zequencegn folks02:16
micahgsee http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-descriptions02:17
micahgzequence: sure, I can upload what you have, would be nice if someone could improve the descriptions02:17
zequencemicahg: I'll have a look tomorrow. Thanks, btw, for all your help, and comments. Makes a huge difference02:19
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micahgzequence: meta and livecd-rootfs uploaded, so hopefully there will be images later today05:38
zequencemicahg: Thanks07:20
zequenceWe're getting a lot of interest as soon as we post something on any of the social medias. We've gone from reaching about 300 people to 1600 people of fb the last week or so08:12
zequenceWe should keep it up and post at least something once a week08:13
astraljavaGood job guys!10:34
zequence-sI might have to take credit for the past postings, but it would be nice if we could get some kind of routine going with more posters :)10:40
smartboyhwhello10:41
smartboyhw(smartboyhw) 7/3 Chinese 8/3 Chinese History 11/3 Chemistry 14/3 English 18/3 Physics 20/3 Geography 26/3 Biology10:41
zequence-stest dates?10:42
smartboyhwzequence-s: That's how many tests I''m having in March...10:42
smartboyhwBAH10:42
zequence-sFun fun10:42
smartboyhwzequence-s not fun10:42
zequence-sHow many pages do you need to read for all those tests combined?10:43
smartboyhwzequence-s: 300?10:43
zequence-ssmartboyhw, That's not too bad10:44
zequence-sI'm doing about 50 pages a day10:44
zequence-sWell, not for the past week10:45
zequence-sBut, from now on10:45
smartboyhwzequence-s bah that basically means I am missing UDS I might even not be able to join Beta 1 + 2 testing10:45
smartboyhwzequence-s when are Betas 1 and 2?10:46
zequence-ssmartboyhw, We will only particapate in the final beta10:53
zequence-sthe ISO is not building right now, but as soon as it is, and we have decided that we aren't adding any more features, we should check for bugs10:54
zequence-sActually, I want to go through the seeds a bit today, and see if we should add some apps. Like guitarix10:55
smartboyhwI know it's not working. zequence-s make sure you do it before Feature Freeze tmr.11:00
zequence-sThat's the plan11:01
smartboyhw;-)11:03
zequence-shmm, we do have guitarix. I think I'll check plugins a bit then11:05
zequence-sactually, it looks pretty ok11:06
zequence-sNothing critical missing from what I can see11:06
smartboyhwgood11:06
zequence-sLen-nb, Anything more you would like to do before FF?11:06
smartboyhwlen_1304, ^11:06
zequence-ssmartboyhw, He might be sleeping11:08
smartboyhwzequence-s he should be 11:08
zequence-sIt's fairly early in the morning over there11:08
smartboyhwyep11:09
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zequence-shere's a pic that shows what happens when you post on our fb page http://imagepaste.nullnetwork.net/viewimage.php?id=576213:24
zequence-sJust shows that it's important to be active in the media13:25
zequence-sLet's see if Canonical will have the balls to go with the rolling release. Or, if they just wait until after this release to try. I mean, they would have basically 6 months having a go at it13:30
len_1304zequence-s, getting our -settings released as is would do it for me14:14
zequence-sLen-nb, I feel fine with what we have too14:15
len_1304Though I will put it as a bug if it doesn't.14:15
zequence-sLet's hope the ISO starts building soon, so we can try it out then14:15
len_1304(new icon theme doesn't work14:15
zequence-sStill pending upload?14:16
len_1304I haven't looked this morning, but ti was still waiting last night14:16
len_1304To be fair, getting ISOs again was a more important use of micahg's time14:17
len_1304As soon as that is released and I can confirm it works, I will start on the settings manager.14:18
zequence-sLen-nb, Oh, right. We really should do that today.14:19
zequence-sProbably not lethal if we miss FF deadline14:20
zequence-sBut, better we have the features in, and then do debuggin, if needed14:20
zequence-sAnd the ISO can fail to build too. As long as we aren't making it fail after FF14:22
zequence-snot sure how all of that works yet14:23
zequence-sSeems like there's more involved than I realized14:23
len_1304The features are in...I can manually enable the icon theme. but it is a bug that it isn't by default.14:23
zequence-sdocumentation really sucks in some areas14:23
zequence-sah, ok14:23
len_1304The settings manager changes will come next release.14:28
zequence-sLen-nb, Why wait? Does it require that much work?14:29
zequence-salso, many people have wished for the open as admin script14:30
zequence-sIt's a bit late to start adding stuff like that14:30
zequence-sBut, there's also no reason to wait14:30
len_1304FF is tomorrow? I could start, but not finish.14:32
len_1304If I start messing with settings right now, what I did months ago might not get into this release.14:33
zequence-sWe need to get it uploaded of course14:36
zequence-sSince it's not a high prio for anyone else but us, it's not as crucial security wise14:37
zequence-sStrictly speaking, we should have all feature uploads done today14:37
zequence-sThen, if there are bugs, we fix them, and do new uploads14:37
zequence-sI'm thinking we should start rolling our own packages completely, and have people sponsor our uploads14:37
len_1304well thats the only one for me, it finishes all my BP work items14:37
len_1304Ya, I am beginning to think that too.14:38
len_1304At least the 32/64 bit agnostic packages.14:38
zequence-sI'll get the source for default settings, and have a loog14:39
len_1304Thanks, I have to go to work.14:40
zequence-ssee you14:40
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zequence-sLen-nb, I've uploaded the settings to ppa:zequence/ubuntustudio-dev. The meta is there too (a different version than what is being uploaded), so if you install, do:14:57
zequence-ssudo add-apt-repository ppa:zequence/ubuntustudio-dev && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install only-upgrade ubuntustudio-default-settings14:57
zequence-sDon't ever trust my spelling, btw14:58
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scott-workgood morning everyone15:41
scott-workwhat do people think about the rolling release concept?15:42
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scott-worki ask because david jordan (of novacut fame) was asking me about our thoughts16:21
scott-workhe linked jason's g+ post: https://plus.google.com/u/0/114471118004229223857/posts/PNJGWmqv6Qe16:21
falktxheya16:29
falktxI've been reading the last news about the whole Mir thing16:30
falktxand Canonical again brings bombs like this...16:30
falktxit makes me think that they have even other things planned that are not telling anyone16:30
falktxscott-work: I guess rolling release will be discussed internally at Canonical and some random day in the future announced out of the blue16:31
falktxvery likely when least expected... :(16:32
falktxor maybe I'm being too pessimistic16:36
micahgrolling release has been discussed on the ubuntu-devel list for the last week and the discussion is likely to continue for a while16:37
micahgscott-work: I think a regular release with a shorter lifespan might be interesting, I think a rolling release is a cool idea, but we need to ramp up quality a lot more to have it16:38
* falktx has been considering switching to arch16:38
micahgdid anyone want the new blender in raring?16:40
zequencemicahg: sync from debian? I haven't heard any requests, but I'm sure people will want it latest16:56
micahgzequence: yeah, I can sync it (if it builds)16:57
micahgmfv just uploaded 2.66a16:57
zequencemicahg: Any chance of uploading -default-settings today? :)16:59
zequenceI just had a loot at it16:59
zequenceI think we did want one more change, but I'm not sure we'll have time to do it today17:00
zequenceit was that settings manager thing in the menu17:01
micahgzequence: yeah17:01
micahgoh, hrm, blender is distro patched?17:01
zequencescott-work: I've been posting a bit about the suggested changes http://ubuntustudio.org/2013/03/rolling-release-mir/17:03
zequencescott-work: I think a general opinion is that rolling release needs to be at least somewhat conservative than the development release, but I haven't yet seen any clear plans on how to do that17:04
zequencesomewhat +more conservative17:04
zequencefalktx: Big changes, yes. But all of them things that many people want. Especially a replacement for X (from what one reads). 17:05
micahgnot exactly, but there needs to be at least part of the rolling release that is, in theory, we can have both stable and unstable in rolling at the same time17:05
scott-workzequence: btw, i like the "contribute" page on the website :)17:05
falktxzequence: big changes are fine. developing them in secret is not17:05
falktxspecially for a big distro like Ubuntu17:06
zequencescott-work: Thanks. I also redid "about", but will redo it again. And have a look at our wiki. Been doing a lot of changes http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio17:06
zequencemicahg: I meant, comparing the current development release with a future rolling release17:06
scott-workmicahg: one of the concerns of people like david jordan and jason derose is parallel support of many, many releases, so a shorter lifespan seems to be a good aspect17:07
zequenceAll though, if Canonicals main objective is to just drop the interim releases and keep a continuous development release, it would seem logical to me to create another layer that would be more conservatively synced from the "development release"17:07
scott-workmicahg: i wonder if we might do like fedora with different repos then? isn't the non-rawhide repo (i.e. the "stable" one) a rolling release as well?17:07
micahgidk17:08
scott-workand then rawhide is unstable and rolling as well17:08
zequenceDebian has testing, unstable and experimental17:08
micahgmy idea would be to use -updates for unstable and the release pocket for stable with a britney migration similar to the Debian unstable -> testing transition in between17:08
zequencescott-work: I've gotten so far with the wiki now, that I felt better not waste any more time, and start fishing for volunteers. 17:14
zequenceI put a couple of posts up, but so far, only one or two serious answers17:14
zequence..though, one could see form fb statistics, that people liked to share that kind of posts17:14
zequencescott-work: Also, what did you think of the theme change I did for fb, and G+?. I was initially just aiming at unifying with the site, as we had been talking about, as well as adding the slogan "linux for creative humans". But, saw the opportunity to add a bit of charm to it17:15
zequenceI'd rather have a graphical artist redo those, and make them awesome, but as we don't have one, I just thought, better get the job done17:16
zequenceWe should really try to get someone to help us with the art but17:16
zequencebit*17:16
zequencewth17:17
zequenceJust opened the G+ page, and what does it say? "Cover Photos just got bigger"!17:17
zequenceThanks G+17:18
zequenceNow I have to redo it again17:18
zequenceWell, one can wait17:18
zequenceI'm not at all sure those G+ covers will be very long lived17:38
zequenceOnce you change it, it takes up the whole damn page17:38
zequencelightning talks just starting http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1303/meeting/21665/lightning-talks/17:57
zequenceAfter that the Xubuntu session17:57
falktxUDS is live *right now* ?17:58
falktxhm firefox can't play the video... :S17:59
micahglen_1304: ah, thanks for doing most of the merge for 0.40 -settings, I fixed the timestamp and tagged it, now I just have to review the changes before I upload18:07
scott-workzequence: LOL @ cover photos18:10
scott-workzequence: i haven't looked at the FB page in a while. i'll have to do that at home as we block it at work. granted i don't usually use FB anyways18:11
scott-workzequence: serendipitously  i just saw this : http://xubuntu.org/contribute/18:14
scott-workxubuntu then has subpages for specifics18:14
scott-worklike this: http://xubuntu.org/contribute/qa/18:14
scott-worki like that a lot18:14
scott-workzequence: i like the g+ page picture, probably the best we have done so far18:22
zequencescott-work: It's very bare (g+). The format now is a 1920x1080 wallpaper basically18:27
zequenceI regret being so hasty to edit looks on pages18:28
zequenceThe fb cover is badly done. The blue text needs to be separated a bit18:28
zequencemicahg: Seems like the build failed again. Same problem as last time basically https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-devel/2013-March/004908.html18:30
zequencefalktx: You can't get the video to play?18:31
zequenceIt's regular youtube18:31
micahgzequence: I'll have to see if I missed something18:31
falktxzequence: wrong codec, firefox doesn't load it with html518:31
falktxI guess it needs flash... errrg18:31
zequencemicahg: I'm highly suspecting the seeds now  lp:~ubuntustudio-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntustudio.raring18:33
micahgok, I'll have to look after this hangout is done18:34
zequenceyep18:34
zequencefalktx: Not much left of the UDS this time: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1303/2013-03-06/18:36
zequencefalktx: Currently, Xubuntu having a session about rolling http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1303/meeting/21666/community-xubuntu-contingencies/18:36
zequencefalktx: All the videos are available, so just look in each session18:36
falktxlater18:37
falktxtoo much stuff to do, I'm kinda losing interest on Ubuntu18:37
zequencefalktx: You don't like Debian, Ubuntu.. Is it going to be Arch and Gentoo for you?18:38
falktxnot sure, I'm gattering user opinions now18:39
falktxhttp://forum.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=1076218:39
zequencefalktx: So far, no decisions have been made on rolling release. the community is involved in discussions, and so can you. MIR is the kind of thing people want, but it won't replace X, just that the community will need to maintain it. Or, just import from debian. What has changed, other than time moves forward, and things change?18:41
falktxwhat hasn't changed is Canonical bringing bombs like that and doing development in closed doors18:43
falktxif they do this, they will do other similar things18:43
falktxI wouldn't be surprised to see a Qt5 fork some time in the future18:43
zequenceIMO Canonical have the freedom to develop what they want, just like any developers. Granted, if they start making the system libraries customized in a way which wouldn't allow for the upstream original libraries to coexist, that would be bad18:45
zequenceAnd, that the system libraries would be incompatible with upstream applications18:46
falktxI'm ok with they developing whatever it is, as long as it's announced first18:46
falktxor done in the open18:46
zequencefalktx: So, isn't that exactly what happened now?18:46
falktxmir, they developed for almost a year, and want to replace X later18:47
falktxthere's a reason why most kde devs are not in Ubuntu18:47
zequenceSo what? X won't disappear18:47
falktxCanonical seems to want to bring DRM to Ubuntu too18:47
zequenceCan't say I know that problem fully18:47
falktxI don't like that18:47
scott-workfalktx brings up a good point that i've thinking about for a while...canonical is _very_ disruptive with ubuntu's development18:49
falktxI'm glad I'm not alone on this18:49
scott-workthe cadence discussion years back between distros, bazaar, MIR, gnome, etc18:49
falktxubuntu's future is very uncertain18:50
zequenceI don't agree fully on that. They are a big player, among very small ones. When they decide to do something, it has a bigger impact18:50
scott-worki understand why people like jan wilderboer and fab schershel give canonical/ubuntu/sabdfl grief18:51
falktxzequence: the problem is that Canonical has a bad habit of doing this kind of things, for some time now18:51
falktxNIH syndrome18:51
zequenceThere's no way to get forward quickly, if not moving quickly18:51
zequenceThe community is very adaptable, and if MIR is a good window system, every one will want to support that18:51
scott-workfrankly, however, i support canonical's development. i think they are evolving and want to do amazing things. these things most likely either couldn't be done or done in a timely fashion otherwise18:51
falktxzequence: they could have told everyone that they were doing MIR, no?18:52
falktxwhat's the excuse for it?18:52
scott-workzequence: but i feel canonical is pushing some community members out while expecting others (different types) to come in with the new vision18:52
zequencefalktx: There's more than enough time to adapt. MIR is scheduled to be fully in use for 14.04. X won't disappear.18:52
zequenceI've never thought Ubuntu is the best distro to be in, if you have the most pure ideals18:53
falktxzequence: but what's next? no one can know if Canonical for example decides to drop support for some community variants 18:53
zequencefalktx: If they do that, it will be very problematic for them18:54
falktxdo they care?18:54
zequenceI don't care if they do18:54
falktxonce they reach mobile, there's no one stopping them18:54
falktxif Canonical gets profitable, they have no more reasons to support community versions18:55
zequenceAs long as it's free software18:55
zequencefalktx: The community might need to change18:55
zequencefalktx: If Ubuntu finds a way to become really big, that probably means things *have* to change18:55
falktxand then so does UbuntuStudio and others18:55
falktxUS is basically doing whatever Canonical wants with no say on the matter18:56
zequenceThat is not true at all18:56
zequenceAnd, frankly, I feel you are being paranoid without a reason18:56
falktxI'm been cautious18:57
falktxmaking a distro is a lot of work18:57
zequenceUbuntu Studio is in no way governed by Canonical18:58
zequenceAnd never will be18:58
falktxit's a canonical brand18:58
zequenceThat may be so, but that doesn't change the nature of the relationship18:58
zequenceIt's just a name18:59
falktxI'm still worried neverthless18:59
zequenceWorry makes you make bad decisions, and treat people with suspicion18:59
falktxlike I'm walking on a mine field, don't knowing what could explode next. that's ubuntu for me18:59
zequenceWe're not quite there yet, I would say. We're rather in the position where people are so stuck in their own worlds, and ways of thinking, that when Ubuntu takes one step forwards, it's like your universe collapses, and all you knew is suddently not what you thought it was19:01
zequenceIt is quite a normal reaction19:02
zequenceBut, things do change19:02
falktxwell, I'm not sure I trust Canonical anymore19:02
falktxbut that's me19:02
zequenceI don't trust anyone. There's no reason to19:02
zequenceI'm not seeing any indication of there not being the same possibility for communities to work close to Canonical, so far. But, I'm quite sure the relationship we have with them now will change, if Ubuntu gets very big19:03
zequenceOne simple reason might be, that there will be new resources to fill the work that we are doing now, and that much of what we do now would not be needed anymore19:04
zequenceDifferent OSs on Ubuntu phone?19:04
zequenceMaybe, but not the way it's now19:05
micahgfalktx: it seems like a lot of things happened at once which made people feel uneasy, after being in the hangout with Jono and Rick Spencer, I'm convinced that Canonical's policy is the same that it's always been, which is to be a member of the community that tries to lead the way within the structure of the community that it's a part of19:08
scott-workif ubuntu goes rolling release, i wonder what options that leaves for us, i.e. do we have to use a rolling release as well?19:47
micahgwell, you don't have to advertise regular users to use it, but the only "releases" would be the LTS ones19:54
zequenceFor us a rolling release would be the least worrysome19:55
zequenceIt's much worse for the other flavors19:55
zequencePeople can always use our metas no matter which system they are on19:56
zequenceAnd from what I've seen so far, it could work fairly well19:56
zequenceJust that, even if Unity has been stable the last 6 months, doesn't mean all of the desktops have been19:57
zequenceI would suspect mostly because people take less care with updates during development release19:57
zequenceSince you have time to test things, and fix bugs19:57
zequenceIf Xubuntu doesn't go rolling release, that would be problematic for us though19:58
micahgwell, if the archive is rolling, it's rolling19:59
scott-workmicahg: that was kinda my concern ;)20:05
zequencemicahg: the metas seem fine anyway20:21
zequenceI'm thinking I've just messed up with the seeds somehow20:22
zequenceProbably something obvious for someone who knows that stuff better than I do20:22
micahgzequence: I didn't add audio-plugins as a task20:24
zequencemicahg: So, that is not done in seeds?20:25
zequenceIf so, I think I know what's wrong (maybe)20:26
zequenceOr, not..20:26
zequenceWhere are the tasks created?20:26
micahgthey're added in livecd-rootfs20:28
zequencemicahg: Cause, I left out all the Task* stuff from the audio-plugins seed20:29
micahgI guess I can add audio-plugins and reupload20:29
micahghrm20:29
zequencemicahg: No, that's fine20:29
zequenceI think we only need audio20:29
zequencemicahg: But, what would be great is if you could add desktop20:30
zequenceThat has been missing for a while now20:30
micahgto the rootfS?20:30
zequencemicahg: Yes. I assume that makes the task appear in the alternate install?20:30
micahgno20:31
zequenceOh, yeah20:31
zequencelivecd-rootfs20:31
zequenceThere's another one too,right?20:31
zequencemicahg: We of course want audio-plugins to be a part of the default installation, if that is what livecd-rootfs provides20:33
micahgit should get pulled in by ubuntustudio-audio though20:34
zequenceok20:34
micahgoh, nm, it20:34
micahgs in there20:34
micahglive-build/auto/config:ubuntustudio-dvd)20:34
micahglive-build/auto/config:add_task install minimal standard ubuntustudio-desktop ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-font-meta ubuntustudio-graphics ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-video ubuntustudio-publishing ubuntustudio-photography20:34
zequenceOk, looks good20:35
zequencemicahg: So, there are really two things I'm looking to fix. One is of course having the DVD to build. The other, to get -desktop as a part of the tasks for the alternate CD. That is what I thought was done in seeds. Is that correct?20:40
micahgno, I think that's tasksel20:41
zequenceah, there's a package called that20:41
zequenceWill look that up20:41
zequencehmm, it's there. Wonder why it has not shown up in the task selection then, during install20:44
zequenceMaybe it appeared after last update20:46
zequenceToday..20:46
zequenceI'll check a daily later to see20:46
zequencemicahg: So, any chance you could spot what's wrong with our seeds?20:47
len_1304zequence, lots of metas got updated :)20:47
zequencelen_1304: Well, cjwatson went ahead and updated tasksel for both us and edubuntu. perhaps from talking with micahg 20:48
len_1304They are showing up on my daily update.20:48
zequencetasksel is apparently a package. I didnt' know that before. It uses seeds to create its contents20:48
len_1304Is there a different one for each flavour?20:49
zequenceNo. All the flavors are configure in the same file20:50
zequenceThen a script looks up the seeds, and auto fills a dir with files20:51
len_1304I thought so, but wasn't sure.20:53
zequenceThe dirs for where the seeds is located there too20:54
zequenceI mean, URLs20:54
zequenceNope, still not showing21:07
micahgzequence: I can have a look in a bit21:08
zequenceubuntustudio-desktop I mean, in tasksel. All the other tasks do. Audio even, which I recently did. I'll try installing21:08
* micahg has to run out now21:08
zequencemicahg: See you later man21:08
zequenceI chose audio only, to see what happens :). Not sure what it will install other than the audio deps21:09
len_1304zequence, re:wayland/mir is there somewhere I can read some stuff about them?21:16
zequencelen_1304: This was released when MIR was announced https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MirSpec21:25
zequenceDon't know much about Wayland, but apparently, many people have changed their minds about it21:26
len_1304Big Linux distros are becoming more consumer oriented... as opposed to developer/hobbiest oriented.21:27
len_1304There is nothing wrong with that.21:27
len_1304But, a lot of things that Linux supports very well right now are tending to be compromised to do it.21:28
len_1304Development work or content creation, have different requirements, but are only a small part of the user spectrum.21:29
len_1304For all many people have dreamed of Linux taking over the computer world, I don't think many realized it would be by catering to the masses :)21:30
zequenceI think there's a good chance Ubuntu will be much less a Debian derivative in the future, all though, as long as the community can maintain their own packages, that just means more options21:31
len_1304There are things I have in mind that would be very useful to a few people, I just want to see if these X replacements will let me do them.21:31
zequencelen_1304: What sort of things?21:35
len_1304Things that use server client stuff. Running an appp on one machine that displays on another.21:35
len_1304It seems to me that the server/client part of X is what most people want to switch for because that causes the most problems for speed.21:42
zequenceWoa, cool21:46
zequenceFirst time I boot a new install of Ubuntu Studio raring for a while21:46
zequenceInstalling the audio task from a mini install also installed the desktop21:47
zequenceStill, we probably want the desktop tast there too :P21:47
len_1304I think MIR or wayland are not so much a way forward as a means to a different end. Also useful.21:47
len_1304Installing the desktop task? I would have thought that was not what you would want.21:48
len_1304ie. someone has kde and just wants audio.21:48
zequenceWell, not sure if the desktop installs if you also install another desktop21:49
zequenceit's not the same as with the metas21:49
len_1304Ok, gotta go for a bit... C U in a while.21:49
zequenceok, bye21:49
zequenceWhat I would like to have now is my own build server, so I could do some experimentation. That would actually help a lot21:51
zequenceWould also be useful for not just Ubuntu Studio, but anyone else who wanted to automate ISO building for custom work21:51
zequenceSo, everything seems to work, but our ISO build21:54
zequenceI'm going to set up my own build server. what the heck. Then I can build my own custom releases, if I want to22:27
zequenceFound this quite helpful http://www.mythbuntu.org/development/developer-cheatsheet23:11
zequenceGoing to add one of those to our wiki once I get the hang ot if23:12
zequenceof it*23:12

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