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philipballewjono, I submitted a request for some community funds today and was hopping you could take a look at it in the next day or so if possible.02:02
josejono, mhall119: ping04:52
dholbachgood morning06:51
elfyhi dholbach06:55
dholbachhi elfy06:55
philipballewdholbach, Hey dude07:08
dholbachhi philipballew07:08
philipballewdholbach, This semester in school I am taking German. It seems like a cool language so far.07:15
dholbachnice... I hope you're going to continue to like it ;-)07:16
philipballewdholbach, Thanks. I'll let you know how it goes!07:22
dholbach:)07:22
smartboyhwdholbach_, the Hack Days are over, and http://developer.ubuntu.com/ isn't updated:P12:34
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dholbachsmartboyhw, dpm and mhall119 might be able to answer that12:37
dpmsmartboyhw, I'm on it, thanks for the heads up12:37
dpmsmartboyhw, we thought if we leave it there for a few days more, we might trick you into contributing to core apps again ;)12:38
smartboyhwdpm, heh12:38
cprofittmorning all13:30
mhall119jose: pong13:32
SergioMenesescprofitt, \o13:43
SergioMenesesmorning13:43
dholbachdpm, when exactly does the app showdown finish again?13:58
dpmdholbach, Sunday 15th Sept 23:59 UTC13:58
dholbachthanks13:58
cprofitthey dholbach14:03
smartboyhwcprofitt, nice post14:03
smartboyhwI assume you are running for LoCo Council?:P14:04
cprofittsmartboyhw: No, I am not14:04
smartboyhwcprofitt, ok14:04
cprofittI am on the Community Council and firmly believe that people should not sit on two councils at the same time14:04
smartboyhwYeah, CC is enough for you14:04
cprofittwe need to develop more leaders and having people take multiple leadership spots does not help accomplish that goal14:05
SergioMenesescprofitt, totally agree14:07
smartboyhwSergioMeneses, are you re-applying?14:07
smartboyhw(I think you are one of the people ending the appointment)14:07
SergioMenesessmartboyhw, I dont know, perhaps14:08
SergioMenesesI am still thinking about it14:08
smartboyhwSergioMeneses, sure14:09
josemhall119: hey, did you know about the app design clinic today?14:38
PabloRubianesjose: I just email you14:42
PabloRubianes:)14:42
josePabloRubianes: seen it, will respond in a while (connection is super slow atm)14:42
PabloRubianesjose: no rush, I got a mistaken email address14:43
PabloRubianesyour old email :P14:43
joseyeah, happens :P14:44
elfy<cprofitt> I am on the Community Council and firmly believe that people should not sit on two councils at the same time - I totally agree with that14:48
popeysabdfl is on two. ☻14:49
smartboyhwpopey, that's an exception:P14:50
smartboyhwNobody is in more councils then sabdfl14:51
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popeyI was on 314:52
smartboyhwpopey, eh hum, it is "is", not "was"14:54
smartboyhwI don't care for how many councils you *were* in14:54
popeyʘ‿ಠ14:54
popeyGolly. That's rude.14:54
smartboyhwpopey, nice emoticon:P14:54
popeyok. never mind.14:54
smartboyhwpopey, I do care for how many councils you *are* in, and your tech skills are brilliant;P14:55
smartboyhwThat's what I care, basically:P14:55
mhall119jose: I did, yes14:59
mhall119why?14:59
josebecause I wasn't told at all, didn't know about it until yesterday14:59
josewho was hosting it?14:59
jose(I needed the details for the calendar)15:00
popeyI did15:00
popeyI didnt know we had to tell you.15:00
popeyWhere is the process for making UoA Hangouts documented?15:01
joselet me grab a link15:01
josewe have https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OnAir/Submissions, although a simple email to onair@ubuntu.com saying 'we'll be doing this at this time and date on uonair, and he will be hosting it' is good enough15:02
popeythanks15:04
popeyjose: that one will happen every week15:04
josewhat are the nicks of the people who will be in the hangout? so I can add them to the calendar and AirBot can manage questions with them15:04
popeythat depends15:05
popeydifferent people each week15:05
popeybut me and katie_ initially15:05
josegreat, if there are any other nicks participating just let me know a couple days before and it'll be all done15:05
popeyk15:06
dholbachjono_, hey hey15:13
dholbachjono_, hanging out?15:20
philipballewjono_, got a minute for a pm?15:45
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jono_philipballew, sure16:12
jono_dholbach, hey16:13
jono_sorry, was in another call, I marked myself as No in the invite16:13
dholbachah ok16:13
dholbachI didn't check that bit16:13
jono_bkerensa, where did you FUD blog entry go?16:19
jono_I don't see it anymore16:19
jono_bkerensa, http://benjaminkerensa.com/2013/09/10/ubuntu-voice-feedback-market-research is 404ing16:31
philipballew404!16:33
cprofitt8?16:34
jono_72!16:34
SergioMenesesphilipballew, look http://t.co/VdH0DHoLdg16:35
cprofittYeah... that works better.16:35
SergioMenesescprofitt, jono_ \o16:35
cprofittSergioMeneses: I used to play WoW, but gave it up for Guild Wars16:36
jono_hey SergioMeneses16:36
SergioMenesescprofitt, really? that is awesome16:36
cprofittYeah... I played on Earthen Ring and led an alliance back in the early days16:36
cprofittplayed a paladin, druid and warlock16:37
philipballewI need to get in on these games one day, but have never been able to call myself a gamer.16:37
SergioMenesescprofitt, :') I am a paladin16:37
* SergioMeneses hugs cprofitt 16:37
SergioMenesesbtw jono_ are you busy?16:37
jono_SergioMeneses, a little, what's up?16:39
SergioMenesespm16:39
dholbachall right my friends - I call it a day17:03
dholbachsee you tomorrow!17:03
cprofittsee ya dholbach17:03
SergioMenesesdholbach, see you17:04
bkerensajono_: It was being flooded with negative comments and also your comments I disliked so I removed it.17:58
jono_bkerensa, erm, ok17:59
bkerensajono_: Did you think fanboys were not going to pounce on me when you left that comment yesterday? Clearly you underestimate the bacon effect.18:01
jono_bkerensa, I don't think the negative comments were because I commented18:02
jono_I think the negative comments were because people disagree with your viewpoint18:02
jono_and speaking personally, I would not delete a blog entry because people disagree with me in the comments18:02
jono_every blog entry I have ever written and people have disagreed strongly with, I have left online18:02
jono_I think it is important to be accountable for our words18:03
jono_but it is your blog, your choice18:03
jono_this is just my opinion18:03
cjohnston1918:04
jono_an example being: http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/12/07/on-richard-stallman-and-ubuntu/ :-)18:04
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bkerensajono_: Sure I remember that post and like you said its my choice and I think that post needed to go versus explaining why I halted commenting on it.18:06
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bkerensajono_: plus its not like it disappears completely if I elect to remove it18:07
bkerensahttp://bd.summit.net/articles/2013/09/10/benjamin-kerensa-ubuntu-voice-feedback-or-market-research/18:07
jono_bkerensa, np, like I said, your blog, your choice18:07
jono_makes no difference to me :-)18:07
jcastrolol18:30
jcastrocome on, that post is crazy18:30
bkerensajcastro: What you dislike the Steller's Jay?18:31
jcastro"I don't like that Ubuntu is not using Wayland, therefore Ubuntu doesn't listen to users" makes no sense18:31
bkerensajcastro: why does it make no sense? Have you surveyed users at all to see what they think? I know there was solid support behind using Wayland and it was quite controversial when Mir was announced because Wayland was previously promised (repeatedly even)18:33
bkerensaThis is why publicly available feedback from users is good18:33
jcastrobecause community development is not "run a web poll to see what users think"18:33
jcastrono OSS project works like that18:33
cjohnstonmeritocracy18:33
jcastrousers want stable, high performance, OS that works.18:33
bkerensajcastro: oh really none? https://dnt-dashboard.mozilla.org/18:34
bkerensajcastro: Mozilla takes user feedback on every product it makes and it shapes every product18:34
jcastroIf that's Mir or Wayland has _zero_ to do with running a poll18:34
bkerensaso18:34
bkerensathats absolutely false18:34
jcastrowho says we don't?18:34
bkerensaok18:34
bkerensano staff18:34
bkerensawho in here has been surveyed by Canonical?18:34
jcastrook, so basically ... if I convince 10,000 people that Firefox should dump Gecko for blink ... then they'll do that?18:34
bkerensaanyone?18:34
jcastroof course they won't18:34
bkerensaif it had been feedback early very likely18:35
jcastro"Firefox refuses to switch to a different rendering engine, refuses to listen to end users" would be ridiculous!18:35
bkerensaMozilla is feedback driven18:35
bkerensaand community driven18:35
bkerensanot business not driven18:35
bkerensaHave you read the Mozilla Manifesto?18:35
cjohnstonisn't do not track tracking ?18:35
jcastroyes.18:35
jcastroit's like, users want better graphics support18:36
bkerensacjohnston: Its opt-in based and anonymized18:36
jcastroso we made Mir so we can give them than on every form factor18:36
bkerensacjohnston: by default Mozilla does not collect any data from users unless they are running nightly and it is always anonymized in any case18:36
jcastrowe don't run a web poll to be like "ok what do you all think about doing this?"18:36
bkerensajcastro: I hardly need the marketing speech18:36
bkerensa:)18:36
bkerensajcastro: if its what users wanted then why is not one flavor supporting Mir?18:37
jcastrousers don't want display servers18:37
bkerensaif its such a great experience and has such great support why has not a single Ubuntu fork considered using it?18:37
jcastrothey don't care, they want a working computer18:37
bkerensaoh users dont care?18:37
jcastrothe developers make the choice of how best to deliver that to users18:37
jcastroof course not18:37
bkerensamaybe Mac Users that Canonical is trying to target dont care18:38
jcastroyou really think my wife cares if she's running X or wayland or mir?18:38
bkerensabut I care about all the software I run18:38
bkerensaI care about the drivers I use18:38
jcastroso run wayland! What's the problem?18:38
bkerensaI care about the networking stack18:38
jcastroI don't really see the problem you're trying to solve18:40
jcastroother than "I don't like mir"18:41
bkerensajcastro: the problem is unsolvable with Canonical driving Ubuntu18:41
jcastrowhich is fair enough18:41
bkerensa:)18:41
bkerensawhich is why the flavors are the best option for users who want to have a say in their desktop18:41
bkerensabecause quite frankly18:41
jcastrook so let's say I want Xubuntu to switch to KDE. If they don't do that they don't listen to the community?18:42
bkerensaUbuntu stopped being Linux for Human Beings a long time ago18:42
jcastrodude please.18:42
jcastroyou have _zero_ evidence to support that18:42
jcastroother than you don't like Mir18:42
bkerensaHow many time has the release time objected to sabdfl pushing stuff into release after freeze? three cycles now? Its been a wreck each time18:42
bkerensawhy do development processes exist if Canonical does not follow them18:42
bkerensawhere is the meritocracy there?18:42
bkerensajcastro: Xubuntu switching to KDE? Xubuntu is a XFCE desktop OS18:43
jcastrothe people putting stuff in ubuntu have release and quality criteria to pass18:43
bkerensayes18:43
bkerensaand we have a thing called Freeze18:43
jcastrobkerensa: oh but I want Xubuntu to be the KDE desktop. If they don't listen to me then they're not listening to the community.18:43
jcastrothat's basically your argument18:43
bkerensathats the thing... There is an alternative there where if you want KDE you use Kubuntu18:44
bkerensaand thats why I said flavors are the best option18:44
bkerensayou can use a DE of your choice18:44
bkerensaand still have input that is actually valued18:45
jcastroI don't get how you can claim that input isn't valued18:45
jcastrojust because you don't agree with a decision18:45
bkerensajcastro: when members of the tech board/security team are not even replied to on bugs that alone shows input is disregarded if Canonical is set on doing something18:46
jcastropeople get ignored on bugs all the tiem18:47
jcastroit's not a conspiracy18:47
bkerensajcastro: but members of the tech board which sits high on the meritocratic totem pole should not be ignored18:47
bkerensaotherwise its not a meritocracy is it?18:47
jcastroif it's an issue then surely the person would bring it up on the dev list or something18:48
bkerensathey did18:48
bkerensaand blogged about it18:48
bkerensaand comment on a bug18:48
bkerensaand assigned it to desktop team18:48
bkerensaand desktop team ignored it18:48
jcastrowell go yell at them18:49
bkerensaanyways this is pointless conversation... I'm not going to convince you otherwise and your not going to convince me differently18:50
jcastroI'm not trying to convince you of anything18:50
bkerensajcastro: thats futile... I have been asking them for weeks for release critical stuff for doc and they have not responded18:50
bkerensawhats the point anymore?18:50
bkerensawhy do you think I dont want to contribute anymore?18:50
jcastroother than everytime you make something up about us not caring about the community that I am going to call you out on it18:50
bkerensaits a joke to swim against the current18:50
bkerensajcastro: call me out all day there are plenty of people in the community who feel similarly to the way I do18:51
bkerensaand outside of the community18:51
bkerensaand former Canonical employees18:51
bkerensalets not pretend like its just me18:51
bkerensa:)18:51
jcastro"I don't like these decisions being made therefore they don't listen to the community" is made up hogwash18:51
bkerensajcastro: then why are we discussing Firefox not being default next cycle if Canonical listens to the community?18:52
bkerensathe discussion this cycle was overwhelming against changing to Chromium18:52
bkerensa?18:52
bkerensaexactly18:52
jcastrooverwhelming?18:52
jcastrolet me guess ... you ran a poll.18:53
cjohnstonwas it overwhelmingly or the loudest18:53
bkerensajcastro: OMG did18:53
bkerensajcastro: the mailing list discussions were also almost all against18:53
bkerensathere were two people who supported it18:53
jcastrodude, no project on the planet makes technical decisions via web polls18:53
bkerensaok18:53
bkerensabut on mailing lists and at UDS they do18:53
bkerensaand the feedback was against18:53
bkerensaand Jason Warner keeps pushing it18:53
cjohnstonI supported it.. but I didn't reply to an email or take a survey18:53
bkerensadespite cycle after cycle of people saying no18:54
jcastroI supported it18:54
jcastroI also didn't vote on the webpoll18:54
bkerensathis is not the first time he has proposed it18:54
cjohnstonjcastro: I guess it was just you and me18:54
jcastroprobably because tons of people have been asking about chromium18:54
jcastroand it's been brought up since UDS in Belgium18:55
bkerensaI dont see a comment from either of you in the discussion18:55
bkerensahttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2013-August/004271.html18:55
jcastroof course not18:55
jcastrobecause _I don't care_18:55
jcastroI don't want to care18:55
jcastrothat's why I use Ubuntu!18:56
jcastropick the best browser, I have more important things to do18:56
cjohnstonbkerensa: I think we both said that we didn't take a poll, and I said that I didn't email...18:56
bkerensaok18:56
cjohnstonI support switching to chromium18:56
bkerensaso you were not involved in the discussion18:56
cjohnstonbut I don't care what ships default18:56
cjohnstonnope..18:57
cjohnstonso.. again..18:57
bkerensawell the discussion and feedback was mostly not in support of18:57
cjohnstonWas it the overwhelming support, or was it the loudest18:57
bkerensawhich is why it did not change18:57
cjohnstoni.e. the loudest18:57
bkerensabut Jason despite that is planning to push again next cycle18:57
bkerensaif the support wasnt there then drop it18:57
cjohnstonthe people who supported it have no huge reason to 'debate' the switch18:57
cjohnston318:57
bkerensamhall119: its interesting to see you in expats? :) Are you using Debian?19:01
jcastrodebian rebrands firefox, they don't listen to the community19:01
jcastroSee how silly it all becomes?19:02
bkerensajono: http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/03/18/recent-ubuntu-community-refinements/19:25
bkerensadid the Leadership Meetings ever start happening?19:25
pleia2no, CC never followed up with jono to schedule another19:26
* pleia2 has been busy this summer :\19:26
elfyand the FC often can't make things like that - it took 2 or 3 goes to get us to a CC meeting19:27
bkerensapleia2: >(<o.o>)<19:29
bkerensapleia2: would it work maybe at a vUDS as a session?19:29
pleia2bkerensa: maybe, if we wanted to wait that long for the next19:30
bkerensa:)19:31
elfyyou'd not be very likely to get us on a webcam19:31
elfyI mean - for 1/6th of us you have no chance and for the other 5/6th little chance19:32
bkerensaelfy: especially since Google opens up that data to NSA :)19:33
elfyI couldn't care less about that19:33
bkerensaelfy: camera shy? :)19:33
elfyno - I just don't want people to know what I look like - we've had incidents in the past19:34
mhall119bkerensa: I've been in that channel since it started19:48
jonobkerensa, as pleia2 said we haven't had an opportunity to schedule them, pleia2 would it help if I coordinate one and mail the leadership team as before?20:07
jonopleia2, I think if we get you, some other CC folks, a TB member, LC members etc, that could be fun20:07
jonobut I know you are busy20:07
pleia2jono: yeah, that would at least get the ball rolling so we can start sorting out schedules20:08
jonopleia2, np, maybe we can do it later next week20:08
pleia2I'm traveling next week, but the following week I should be around20:08
jonopleia2, ditto20:08
jonopleia2, are you at LinuxCon?20:08
pleia2jono: nah, heading up to seattle for an openstack sprint20:08
pleia2(get to see lifeless, yay!)20:08
jonopleia2, oh awesome :-)20:09
elfyjono: the trouble with these hangouts is they stop some people participating20:10
pleia2elfy: we already have fully open community council meetings on IRC, and a mailing list people can mail, the hangout is just another avenue of contacting councils/leaders20:11
elfyI know that20:11
pleia2so it doesn't really replace participation elsewhere, just supplimental for folks who like video20:11
jonoelfy, every communication method stops people participating20:12
jonobut we need to pick something to move forward20:12
jonoas pleia2 said, this is supplmental20:12
elfyif there's really a want to have a meeting with leaders of different communities then it should be in a way that all will be able to take part20:12
cjohnstonjono: you headed to New Orleans?20:12
jonocjohnston, yup20:12
pleia2not everyone can get on IRC either (company firewalls), or use the forums (content filtering)20:13
cjohnstonjono: cool20:13
jonoelfy, there will always be something people can't access20:13
pleia2so while we do have IRC meetings and discussions on email too, there will never be a method that everyone likes and is comfortable with20:13
elfypleia2: whatever - I'm just saying20:13
jonothe only consistent balance for everyone is mail20:13
jonowhich sucks for meetings :-)20:13
elfyI'm not interested enough to argue the point20:13
elfyjust so long as you don't all wander along thinking that google hangouts are the best thing since sliced bread ;)20:14
PabloRubianestimezones suck too :P20:14
pleia2I guess my point is that we *do* have meetings elsewhere too, everyone is welcome at CC meetings and we now even have specific meetings where we ask leaders from the communities to come chat20:14
pleia2the leadership hangout is just extra20:15
elfygood lord - please read what I say20:15
pleia2I don't like hangouts either20:15
elfyit's not a leadership hangout - it's a hangout where some people can participate20:15
pleia2I give up20:16
elfyso do I20:16
IdleOneNot trying to stir the pot, but I think what elfy is trying to say is that sometimes it feels like google hangouts is the first comminucation method that is being chosen for ubuntu stuff.20:18
PabloRubianeswe could use IRC for this meeting20:19
elfyIdleOne: yea - more or less - not very well though, it's the end of a long day :)20:21
IdleOneelfy: I think the point is that there is no one perfect method/time/day.20:22
IdleOneWe're all just trying to do our best :)20:22
pleia2IdleOne: that doesn't even make sense, we have 24 IRC-based community council meetings per year, we've had 1 leadership hangout ever, I don't see how you could reasonably make that argument at all20:22
pleia2if anything the argument should be that IRC has been our favored communication method and we're excluding folks who can't use it or aren't comfortable with it20:23
IdleOnepleia2: I didn't mean to imply that the CC seemed to default to hangouts20:23
elfyI certainly wasn't talking about CC meetings - but specifically about one - the leadership meetings - which has 100% been done on google hangouts so far :)20:25
pleia2I guess I don't really make a distinction20:25
elfythe conversation isn't about all of the ubuntu meetings - just the one type :)20:26
pleia2so that's the issue, I see all CC meetings as pretty much leadership meetings, I've been trying for a couple years to get more people to come to them, part of the reason we have scheduled check-ins with teams now is so people actually come so we can get caught up, so I always saw the leadership hangout as a CC meeting+20:32
pleia2rather than its own distinct thing20:33
elfy:)20:33
pleia2anyone know how to relaunch the touch intro tour after dismissing it? mhall119?20:49
pleia2(prepping for an Ubuntu Hour tonight were an attendee has a flashed tablet, woo)20:50
jcastroyou can mute video on google hangouts btw20:55
jcastroI do it all the time20:55
pleia2nm, found someone in -touch20:59
mhall119pleia2: there's a long command you can run to reset it....I don't recall what it is though21:00
mhall119pleia2: try asking in #ubuntu-touch21:00
pleia2see above :)21:00
mhall119ah, cool :)21:00
pleia2thanks though21:01
bkerensajcastro: you can mute the video but the voice is still captured and sent to NSA :)21:02
bkerensag+ is spyware!21:02
bkerensaoh thats right I use g+21:02
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