[01:00] <crimsonmane> how does one find unanswered questions on launchpad ?
[01:05] <teward> probably filter on "Open" only... but don't quote me on that
[01:07] <crimsonmane> there's no filtering option
[01:07] <crimsonmane> see here: https://answers.launchpad.net/
[01:11] <teward> well you have to have a specific project selected of course
[01:11] <teward> if you're just trying to search all projects, well, why would you want to see all the unanswered questions for all the projects
[01:12] <crimsonmane> why would you not?
[01:12] <teward> not to mention you'll probably run into timeout errors
[01:12] <crimsonmane> everyone says if you want to get involved in open source, "just do it then."
[01:12] <teward> in *theory* maybe this link would help... https://answers.launchpad.net/questions/+questions?field.search_text=&field.actions.search=Find+Answers&field.scope=all&field.scope.target=&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.status%3Alist=OPEN
[01:13] <teward> crimsonmane, "open source" is a very wide scope, usually you only get involved in something specific in open source (in my case, nginx, znc, and some server packages)
[01:13] <crimsonmane> no
[01:13] <crimsonmane> you start by finding something to work on
[01:13] <crimsonmane> back up a step. how to find said something?
[01:13] <teward> i don't agree with that statement.
[01:13] <teward> you have a scroll button, scroll up and see the link
[01:13] <crimsonmane> if you can't see everything, you can't make a proper decision, can you?
[01:14] <teward> if you could see everything you'd see a jumbled mess
[01:14] <crimsonmane> that's what sorting/filtering is for
[01:14] <teward> even then
[01:14] <crimsonmane> point is, there did not seem to be any way to produce a list of unanswered questions. motives aside.
[01:14] <teward> there are 1885 results from that search, but i'm limiting by language.  but remove that filter...
[01:14] <teward> and 2021 show for me
[01:15] <teward> I still don't understand why you want to see all the questions, but meh.
[01:15] <teward> https://answers.launchpad.net/questions/+questions?field.search_text=&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=OPEN&field.status-empty-marker=1
[01:15] <crimsonmane> yeah thanks for the "none" tip. but dont question peoples motives so much.
[01:15] <teward> (note that only shows OPEN questions, not things that need more information or have answers.
[01:15] <teward> ... if you took my statement as targeting your motives then perhaps you should instead consider it "confusion over your question"
[01:15] <teward> rather than your motices
[01:16] <teward> motives*
[01:16] <crimsonmane> i'm not going to get into a debate over semantics
[01:17]  * teward notices messages about packages in his PPAs failing to build, and investigates
[02:03] <dobey> crimsonmane: if you want to answer questions as a means of support, askubuntu.com might be a better place to look. i think most projects on launchpad don't actually use the "questions" feature there.
[02:04] <teward> dobey, yeah most don't.
[02:04] <teward> crimsonmane, i agree with dobey, if you want to get started with helping open source in Ubuntu, you should start at Ask Ubuntu, that's a general questions/answer site revolving around Ubuntu
[02:04] <dobey> crimsonmane: also, as an analogy to your previous statement about making a proper decision: you don't go and test drive every car ever made, when you want to buy a car, do you? :)
[02:04] <teward> and projects have their own question asking systems sometimes too,so Launchpad Answers isn't the best place to work with.
[02:05] <dobey> crimsonmane: best place to start contributing is with things that interest you personally
[02:05] <teward> dobey, bad analogy, I know five people who fit that scenario you posed.
[02:05] <teward> they do stick to specific model years, though, but still.
[02:06] <dobey> and a limited number of models i'm sure
[02:06] <teward> but yes, that's a good way to word the analogy :p
[02:06]  * teward shrugs
[02:06] <crimsonmane> actually i dont' like ubuntu. i use Mint. but I'm also a know-it-all. and finding things that interest me personally, IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WITHOUT A COMPLETE LIST OF THINGS GOING ON. How sense can you possibly be? We went over this... almost twice.
[02:07] <teward> ...
[02:07] <crimsonmane> s/sense/dense
[02:07] <dobey> not as dense as you are rude
[02:07] <teward> ^ that
[02:07] <teward> it's rudeness that makes me appreciate behind-the-scenes bug triaging rather than talking to people
[02:07]  * teward goes off to do something that doesn't involve dealing with rude people
[02:08] <crimsonmane> it's easy to point at the first person who looses temper and say "you're the bad guy here" ... it is more difficult to look at yourself and realize how antagonizing you are.;
[02:08] <dobey> and pretty far from dense, since i've been doing this for 16+ years
[02:08] <teward> ^ that
[02:08] <teward> dobey knows what he's talking about, anyways, nginx FTBFSes to deal with... *disappears into the terminal*