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ubottuIn #ubuntu, DmiCool20 said: !ask My disp res is wrong (cont of prev prob03:49
ubottusomsip called the ops in #ubuntu (LLckfan was trolling earlier and has returned with the exact same question)03:50
CoreyEnough of dmitry's "faulty keyboard" for one night.04:01
DJonesHmmh, scrollbac has been joining/quitting the channel multiple times for a number of days with multiple nicks, mostly guest****, just saw this 09:37 < guest4129> thunder12121 you can login from http://scrollback.io/08:39
DJonesSounds like scrollback.io is a web interface08:39
DJonesWith a very unstable connection08:40
Tm_TDJones: hmmm, kind of a webchat?08:43
DJonesLooking at the website, it seems sort of, but not quite08:44
DJonesWebsite also shows live history of whats going on the #ubuntu channel on its front page08:46
DJonesI'm not sure how that sits with the public logging of the channel and the decisions made for IRCAnswers & IRSeek bots08:47
DJonesMaybe something for the IRCC to think about08:47
DJonesIn a way, it possibly gives people a way round bans if they find out about it, in that it cloaks ip's to the scrollback.io's08:49
MyrttiI have been wondering about that08:51
DJonesYou just click on the live channel at the bottom and it auto joins you to #ubuntu08:52
Myrttino I think it autojoins on page load08:52
Myrtti8601 was mee08:52
DJonesJust trying, only seemed to join when I clicked on the feed08:53
DJones2334 was my join08:53
DJonesI couldn't spot any specific contact details for the people running the website08:54
DJonesAlthough looking at the nicks using the service, one is Aravind I'm sure I've seen that nick fairly regularly as a #u user08:56
DJonesBut could just be a coincidence08:56
tomawhrm, that looks a bit nasty08:58
tomawthe scrollback feature is a bit iffy08:59
Myrttirealname ban might work08:59
Myrttibut don't know if something else should be done too08:59
Myrttithe lack of contact details is a bit nasty08:59
tomawhostname ban is enough09:01
DJonesPretty much all the connections show Guest1234!~scrollbac@ec2 etc, or occasionally @x.x.x.x ip09:01
DJonesCouldn't find any way to change the nick of the user joining09:03
Myrttiyeah, you can change it, it just disconnects then09:11
MyrttiI think the disconnects probably are a design feature of somekind09:11
DJonesLooking at github page, the commits are done by aravind/harish/sankha93/mengwong The only nick that jumps out is aravind09:13
Picireally?12:40
bazhangbwhaha12:40
bazhangthat is my second favorite after "seriously?"12:40
bazhangI watch *way* too much Supernatural12:41
Pici:D12:41
bazhangcinnamon is in the repos? yegads14:49
genii-aroundIn universe, apparently16:41
Myrttiwell atleast MATE isn't16:42
Myrtti(please, tell me it isn't)16:43
genii-aroundapt-cache search   tells me it isn't16:45
LjLi remember a time when what you had in your repositories wasn't a political statement16:54
MyrttiI have no big issue with cinnamon being there16:55
Myrttimate makes me uneasy16:55
genii-aroundLjL: I dunno. Like, firefox vs iceweasel has been going on a long time.16:56
LjLgenii-around: ah well, when legal issues get involved, sure16:58
LjLgenii-around: also, pretty sure GNOME vs KDE was hot for quite some time, but i wouldn't know because i was using WindowMaker16:58
genii-aroundHeh :)16:59
bazhangMINT and their codecs for everything out of the box would not pass muster16:59
LjLmuster?17:00
bazhangpass licensing issues examination17:00
LjLah17:01
bazhangpass muster is a term from the military originally17:01
LjLthe WP article says some drivers are not included due to licensing issues, so maybe they're not deaf to this issue17:02
bazhang<hacktus0> Can you help me please. I forget my pass root17:03
bazhang<Guest25659> then aight17:45
DJonesWhat ip did lars connect from was it a .de address?18:01
bazhang* [Lars1] (~lars@pD9FFD8EA.dip0.t-ipconnect.de): purple18:02
bazhangoh yeah18:02
bazhangthe dip0.t18:02
DJonesThe problem lars looks to be t-dialin.net18:03
bazhangcould well be18:04
DJonesI'm sure I can remember another lars* nick from a .de host that was a coc compliant user18:04
bazhangperhaps he and his cousins/brothers/roommates/neighbors got an upgrade18:05
DJonesFrom memory, I'm pretty sure it was a different user18:05
DJonesThats probably proven given that they have been connected longer that 10 seconds without causing a problem18:07
bazhangheh yeah18:07
seronisi've seen a number of people pointlessly get chewed out for doing nick changes for away status.  is anyone offering an alternative means of showing your status?  if not complaining is pointless as some people need the ability to show this information18:37
seronisand anyone NOT wanting to see it can configure their client to ignore it18:37
jbroomeyou don't18:37
jbroomeYou do /away lunch  and someone can /whois you and see the away msg18:38
seronisand.. people who dont want to see nick changes can hide them.   next ?18:38
DJones!away18:38
ubottuPlease do not use noisy away messages and nicks in Ubuntu channels. It is annoying and unnecessary. Use the command "/away <reason>" to set your client away silently. See also «/msg ubottu Guidelines»18:38
seronisits not being used in channels.. its being used in Freenode.   next?18:38
DJonesseronis: One of the reasons in the Ubuntu channels is that if all 1600 users used it evry time they went away, it would add to the non support comments18:40
seronisif you dont want to see it,..  you HIDE it via your own client options.  your argument is the same as saying join/part msgs are spam and people should never join the channel (or leave once there)18:41
DJonesIf you hide joins/quits/parts as with most IRC clients, nick changes are still shown18:41
jbroomei'm not as irritated with nick changes for away as the horrible announce scripts18:42
seronisand?  someone who doesnt want to see them can still use a client that hides them.18:42
seronisjbroome:  i agree with that.  spam is spam.  a nick change is not spam18:42
jbroomenext?18:42
seronisand to me its idiocy to chew people out for a single nickchange18:43
seroniswhich i've seen done several times the past month (all such incidents were polite.. but still idiotic)18:44
DJonesIts not something that gets called that often, in general its more for the user changing nick half a dozen times in a few minutes, I don't think many people would call it for an occasional away/sleep nick change18:47
DJonesLooking at my lastlog, I can only see it once in the last 24 hours18:48
seronisnope.  its been pointed out on the very first instance of use.  thus my annoyance at the policy.  if it was only enforced when reasonable (for spammed nick changes) it would be another issue18:48
knomei'm pretty sure seronis is speaking about me18:48
seronisand i also said each time i saw it it was never RUDE.18:48
knometbh, i don't think there's much idea to enforce a rule after you've done it "several times"18:49
knomechanging a nick does produce unneeded lines on the channel18:49
seronisit produces zero lines if you hide them18:49
seronissame as join/part msgs18:49
knomethe fact that there is a designed /away feature only makes it more annoying18:49
knomeseronis, i can't hide nick changes/join/part/quit if i'm opping a channel. i need to know what's going on.18:50
seronisknome:  but you can redirect them to a seperate window to view only as needed for OPing18:50
seronisi have all highlights redirected with a script like that and i've only been on here 3 weeks18:51
knomeseronis, yes, or i can tell the user not to use awaynicks.18:51
seronisbut there is no legitimate reason to tell them that18:51
seronisthey are doing nothing wrong18:51
jbroomehow is this still going18:51
seronisjbroome: rule lacks any intelligent purpose.  thats how18:52
knomeseronis, they are noisy. the channel guidelines tell not to use public away messages (and that includes away nicks)18:52
knomeseronis, you agree to the guidelines when you join the channel.18:52
knomeseronis, if you aren't fine with them, you should not join the channels.18:53
seronisusing nick changes has nothing to do with the channel.  it is allowed at the server level18:53
seronisa person is responsible for properly configuring their own client18:53
knomeseronis, ok, this is leading nowhere. is there something else you need help with?18:53
seronisi'll stick with the ruling given by DJones.  Its something only meant to be enforced when its an issue of spam18:55
knome!guidelines | seronis18:55
ubottuseronis: The guidelines for using the Ubuntu channels can be found here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines18:55
knomeseronis, if you are unhappy with the guidelines and/or the policy being enforced on any channel(s), you are free to leave the(se) channel(s).18:56
seronisand im also free to speak my mnind and get the policies changed when appropriate. =-)18:57
seroniswhich is why im in -here- mentioning this and not in #xubuntu18:57
seronisand 2 out of 3 OPs who spoke up seem to think that the guideline in this case is meant purely for issues of nick spam18:57
knomeseronis, you can raise it to the IRCC council if you disagree18:58
knome*IRC council or IRCC18:58
LjLuhm, something can't be "allowed at the server level" meaning that channels *have to* allow it while you're in them.19:04
LjLthere might be no "server level" rule about away nicks, but there is an Ubuntu rule, which is supposed to be respected while in Ubuntu channels.19:05
seronisLjL:  the people in question are not sending ANYTHING to the channel.  they are sending a command to the server.19:06
seronisif the server is sending you info you dont want to see its up to you to configure your client to hide it19:06
seronisits not MY responsibility to hide  join/part msgs on your client if you dont like them.  its your job19:06
seronisyou can just as easily hide nick change messages19:06
knomeseronis, it's your responsibility to respect the guidelines which you are agreeing on when joining the channel19:07
Unit193The same thing could be said about profanity, if you don't like it you can just as easily remove the message, or with trigger.pl change the word.19:07
LjLyou're confusing technical matters with matters of policy i think, seronis19:07
IdleOneseronis: You do have a right to speak your mind. I heard a really great saying about peoples rights last week that made things very clear in my mind at least. I'll share it with you "Your right to swing a fist ends at the tip of my noes."19:07
LjLthe fact that the protocol makes it so that away nicks don't technically "send anything" to the channel has nothing to do with what the rules about them are.19:08
Myrttican't decide if typo or intentional19:08
knomeMyrtti, :)19:08
seronisLjL: please logically explain the difference between having a rule against nick changes.. and having a rule against  join/part msgs ?19:09
seronisno hypotheticals.  no semmantics.  use a bit of logic and state reasonably why one is the fault of the user and one is the fault of the client19:10
knomeseronis, join/part message is compulsory, using an away nick is optional.19:10
seronisfalse.  i cant  'not' send a join/part message when i enter or leave a channel19:10
seronisit is equally compulsory19:10
IdleOneseronis: join part message are sent to the client by the server, the client can disable those. nick changes are sent by the user via the server.19:10
LjLseronis, whether or not you send a quit message, a line gets sent and usually shown to the channel19:11
LjLthere is no such thing as a join message that i know of19:11
seronisLjL:  and its the responsibility of the user to configure their own client to show or hide join/part msgs19:11
seronissame thing with nick changes19:11
MyrttiI sense a circular discussion where neither side is budging. I'll go get the popcorn.19:11
seronisMyrtti:  only real.  microwave stuff smells like cancer19:11
IdleOnewrong, it is the responsibility of the user to follow the guidelines set by the channel owners/ops19:12
knomei agree with Myrtti.19:12
knomeseronis, if you really want to, raise this issue for the IRCC to decide.19:12
knomeseronis, now, if you don't need further assistance, please leave this channel as we have a no-idle policy here.19:13
seronisno need to do that (yet).  i'll just bring the issue up here for discussion as the matter becomes relevant, aka when someone gets pointlessly chewed out for single uses of nick changes19:16
seronisalso.. id prefer to idle.  and when i first /join'd in here i read  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines  which i assume is the rules for discussions in here.  there is no rule against idling19:16
knomeseronis, yes there is. please read the topic.19:17
Myrttiactually19:17
genii-around/topic19:17
LjLseronis: the /topic of this channel is part of the rules.19:17
jbroomethis isn't an idling channel19:17
knomeseronis, also, this channel isn't really the right place to do that. if you think it's necessary to change the policy, contact the IRCC19:17
knome!appeal | seronis19:18
ubottuseronis: If you disagree with a decision by an operator, please first pay #ubuntu-ops a visit. If you are still unhappy, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/AppealProcess for the steps you should take. If you feel the need to discuss the channel rules, please contact the ops on IRC or via the email address on the aforementioned page.19:18
IdleOneYou have brought it up here, and you were told what the ops position is. if you want to continue you need to contact the IRCC19:18
knomeseronis, you've now had 40 minutes with several people in this channel (counting up to >100 minutes of people's time for your issue); if you think it's not fair that we ask you to leave now, please tell that to the IRCC too19:19
knomeoops.19:19
Myrttior join in #ubuntu-irc and continue the discussion there19:19
Myrttior just not continue it.19:19
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