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pittiGood morning05:32
didrocksmorning06:01
larsumorning :)06:01
didrockshey larsu! How was your week-end ?06:03
larsudidrocks: great thanks (except for the weather)! How was yours?06:05
didrockslarsu: splendid, but really warm weather here. Was great! And today, thunderstorms and rain06:05
larsuyou can never know in the south of france!06:07
Laneyhey hey hey08:02
RAOFHo ho ho!08:06
didrockshey Laney, RAOF!08:09
seb128good morning desktopers08:10
seb128hey Laney RAOF didrocks08:10
didrockshey seb12808:10
Laneygreetings!08:11
Laneyhow's it going?08:11
Laneydid you have good weekends?08:11
seb128going good!08:11
seb128yes, weather was sunny and nice, TV had some nice football games, France had music festivals this w.e (our early "music fest" where most town organize events)08:12
seb128even played some tennis yesterday ;-)08:13
seb128you?08:13
Laneyyes it was quite warm here too, was scared of getting sun burn ;-)08:14
LaneyI went home to visit the family, made some beer with my dad and hung out with bbq08:14
Laneyquite relaxed!08:14
seb128nice08:14
seb128you are making beer? is the result drinkable? ;-)08:15
Laneyfind out in a few weeks :P08:15
seb128right08:15
Laneydad's taken up the hobby recently08:15
seb128was it the first time you try?08:15
Laneywanted to show me how it was done08:15
seb128oh ok, nice08:15
Laneywell i have done it from beer kits before08:15
Laneybut this was the full thing08:16
Laneylike starting with grains08:16
seb128cool08:16
seb128sounds like a fun thing to try to do, at least once08:16
Laneycould be a good hobby if you can make beer that actually tastes good ;-)08:17
seb128yeah08:17
xnoxLaney: anything that my dad ever made, smelled and tasted much stronger than beer should....08:33
Laneyhaha08:34
Laneyyeah he likes them strong too ...08:34
xnoxin other news, I've ordered my first Dyson08:49
xnoxwhich hopefully will act better than current karcher08:49
seb128xnox, Dyson is a brand, what did you buy from them? a vacuum cleaner?08:50
xnoxseb128: yeah, vacuum cleaner DC5408:50
xnoxseb128: well, a brand and (at least in the UK) it is assumed vacuum cleaner line of theirs.08:52
seb128right, I was just unsure because you said you had a karcher and I didn't know they did vaccum cleaners ;-)08:53
xnoxoh, right =)08:53
xnoxseb128: karcher in your opinion would be a high pressure  water car/garrage cleaner?08:54
seb128yes08:54
xnoxyeah, should use fully qualified product names.08:54
seb128;-)08:54
ochosihey seb128! was away for a few days (mountains) so i only saw your comment on https://code.launchpad.net/~ochosi/xdg-utils/support_xfce/+merge/223206 today08:55
seb128ochosi, hey08:56
ochosiseb128: i guess there's no way of "redirecting" that MR apart from filing a new/correct one?08:56
seb128right, I think you need to "resubmit" in the top right corner options08:57
seb128which basically resends a new one08:57
ochosiok, done08:58
ochosifinally the diff is more reasonable :)08:59
seb128;-)08:59
ochosifwiw, i'm really not sure the alternative solution that upstream suggested makes sense...09:00
ochosithing is, xdg-screensaver already checks for specific DEs, why it doesn't act on that knowledge is a miracle to me09:00
ochosiand the fix isn't distro-specific, just DE specific09:00
seb128right09:02
ochosii'll add another reply to the upstream bugreport though..09:02
ochosiseb128: also, this one can be done either way: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/133038609:05
ubot5Ubuntu bug 1330386 in xdg-utils (Ubuntu) "The xserver-blanking patch in Ubuntu duplicates code" [Undecided,New]09:05
seb128ochosi, right, does that create any issue? I was just waiting for the other changes to batch those09:06
ochosiseb128: no, sure, you can also do both in one go. just wanted to make sure that part doesn't get lost ;)09:07
seb128yeah, don't worry, thanks for opening a bug about it ;-)09:07
ochosi:)09:08
* didrocks is puzzled on some tests…09:13
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ochosiseb128: m, one more question (never dealt with stuff that needs packaging), is there anything i can do for this to move along? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/100041609:55
ubot5Ubuntu bug 1000416 in Ubuntu "[needs-packaging] Thunar Dropbox" [Wishlist,In progress]09:55
ochosi(if the bugreport is already complete and correct, that's all i wanted to know then)09:55
seb128ochosi, not really, it's in the sponsoring queue, just need somebody picking it up there09:56
ochosiokeydokey, thanks!09:57
ochosiseb128: will try to ping you less about stuff like that, i promise!09:57
seb128ochosi, no worry, feel free to ask questions on the channel ;-)09:57
ochosiwill do :)09:58
thedoctorhi10:09
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darkxstpitti, can api additions be SRU'ed? we really need this to fix our biggest crasher in gjs https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72966211:23
ubot5Gnome bug 729662 in introspection "Parse and expose ownership transfer for instance parameters" [Normal,Unconfirmed]11:23
pittidarkxst: should be ok as long as they don't change existing API11:24
darkxstpitti, ok, it doesn't change any existing API11:25
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GunnarHjHi seb12813:01
seb128GunnarHj, hey13:01
GunnarHjseb128: Did you talk to Sweetshark about bug 1308771? I'm kind of wondering why it wasn't just uploaded.13:02
ubot5bug 1308771 in openoffice.org-hyphenation (Ubuntu Trusty) "Update Swedish spellcheck and hyphenation dictionaries" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/130877113:02
seb128GunnarHj, he asked me about it, I told him I think it's fine but he should check with the SRU team if they are fine adding new binaries that way13:02
GunnarHjseb128: Ok.. I just want it in before the 14.04.1 release.13:03
seb128k13:03
seb128Sweetshark is on holiday this week and next, but we still have some room after that (and others can sponsor that as well)13:04
GunnarHjseb128: If it's uploaded, the SRU team will have it for consideration automatically, right?13:05
seb128yes13:05
GunnarHjseb128: Any chance... ?13:05
seb128though it's easier to have a direct conversation with them to sort out details13:05
seb128than go through queue review reject/and comment back on why it was rejected13:05
GunnarHjseb128: What's the best channel to ask them directly?13:07
seb128#ubuntu-devel is probably fine for that13:07
GunnarHjseb128: Ok, I'll give it a shot.13:08
seb128k13:08
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tseliotseb128: hey, do you remember how to use GDK_SYNCHRONIZE to debug the gnome-settings-daemon? exporting GDK_SYNCHRONIZE=1 doesn't seem to have any effect in Precise14:22
tseliotI'm trying to debug an issue with X that apport doesn't collect14:22
seb128tseliot, the GTK in precise maybe didn't have that yet, before you had to use --sync14:24
tseliotseb128: that doesn't seem to work either14:24
seb128tseliot, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=902fd60a86e8e40b87b4ea0c4a8a9dd04f2f8d0814:25
seb128tseliot, seems like that was changed before precise14:26
seb128tseliot, well, how do you try to debug?14:26
tseliotseb128: that's from 2010, also the g-s-d suggests that I use the env variable14:26
seb128you should export GDK_SYNCHRONIZE=114:26
seb128then b gdk_x_error14:26
tseliotthat's what I'm doing14:26
tseliotbut I keep getting no backtrace and the same warning that tells me to use that env variable14:26
tseliotseb128: apparently only adding a break point on _XError works14:29
tseliotstill, it should be documented14:29
seb128tseliot, yeah, I was checking for that14:29
tseliotseb128: I'm glad that at least it works with _XError. I wish the error that gtk+ throws could be updated14:33
seb128yeah14:34
seb128tseliot, open a bug upstream about the error being confusing14:34
tseliotseb128: I will, when I'm done with this issue14:35
seb128great14:35
seb128cyphermox, hey14:38
seb128cyphermox, I'm playing with your u-s-s bluetooth changes but it behaves a bit weirdly14:39
seb128if I turn bluetooth off, the "discoverable" line keeps spinning for ever, and the "connect other devices" spinners goes off and on14:39
seb128cyphermox, is that known/wanted?14:39
seb128cyphermox, turning the bluetooth back on doesn't seem to work either :/14:45
seb128cyphermox, unping, I've been told you are on vac this week, enjoy ;-)15:11
Laneybahahaha merges.ubuntu.com shows a libreoffice merge for me15:29
LaneyYEAH RIGHT15:29
seb128Laney, it's your lucky day, infinity just made what was needed to own it instead of you ;-)15:34
Laneyperfecto15:37
* didrocks sees Laney "phewing" ;)15:39
cyphermoxseb128: thanks16:03
seb128cyphermox, yw ;-)16:04
seb128cyphermox, I landed those changes btw, we can deal with bugs and tweaks later16:04
cyphermoxah, cool16:07
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cyphermoxindeed someone pointed out tweaks to the qml16:07
seb128k, calling it a day, have a nice evening desktopers16:37
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robert_ancellmterry, debian/patches/0020-support-login.defs.patch in accountsservice is causing some problems for systems with uids > 60000 - why does Ubuntu Touch need this?22:09
robert_ancellAnd I'm wondering if we just need UID_MIN - getting rid of the upper limit might solve this22:12
mterryrobert_ancell, in Touch, we have some system users with UIDs like 1000 and 1001 (I think "system" and "radio" or some such)22:31
mterryrobert_ancell, so we just need MIN22:31
mterryrobert_ancell, but that patch is reverting to historical usage I thought.  Is this a new problem?22:32
robert_ancellmterry, We made u-g hide users that a-s thought were "system". It is using UID_MAX to determine this which doesn't seem correct22:32
mterryrobert_ancell, right right22:33
mterryrobert_ancell, and I'm just explaining why the patch continues using UID_MIN22:33
mterryrobert_ancell, UID_MAX doesn't matter for Touch, so if it's causing problems, we can drop it22:33
robert_ancellOk, so if I change it to just UID_MIN it should still work for you?22:33
mterryrobert_ancell, yup22:33
robert_ancellthanks22:33
mterryrobert_ancell, but again I'm just a little confused, is this a new problem or something that always happened?22:34
robert_ancellI can't think of any reason why you'd want a max value22:34
mterrybecause I thought that patch just put us back to historical usage22:34
robert_ancellWe changed to the "correct" behaviour in lightdm 1.9.3 in hiding system users22:34
robert_ancellwhich would mean this was a behaviour change in 14.04 LTS. I think the LTS upgraders with big systems are now noticing it22:35
mterry?  we've always hidden system users in greeters I thought22:35
robert_ancellnope22:35
robert_ancellwell, I think we used another method, not honoring what a-s marks as system22:36
robert_ancellbug 1248541 was the change in lightdm22:38
ubot5bug 1248541 in Light Display Manager 1.9 "root user displayed on greeter screen" [Medium,Fix released] https://launchpad.net/bugs/124854122:38
robert_ancellah, that's right - a-s reports logged in users which might be system users and we weren't hiding those22:39
robert_ancellmterry, yeah, the UID_MAX change is not in 12.0423:07
mterryrobert_ancell, curious.  AS must have added UID_MAX before removing them both23:08
robert_ancellmterry, the first implementation from Ray Strode just used UID_MIN, then desrt updated it to use UID_MAX as well, then Ray removed all login.defs support23:10
mterryrobert_ancell, sounds right23:10
robert_ancelldesrt, ^ Do you happen to know if there was a particular reason to use UID_MAX?23:10
robert_ancellmterry, was those system users because they came from android?23:30
mterryrobert_ancell, yeah we needed to use same UIDs as android23:30
robert_ancellmterry, because the other method was just to add them to the blacklist which is what upstream solely relies on23:31
robert_ancellI guess there's always a risk that those usernames could be real users on some systems though23:31
robert_ancellyay for shitty barely defined unix legacy stuff23:31
mterryrobert_ancell, so hacky  to blacklist.  Plus what you mention.  Plus UID_MIN was a feature of Ubuntu, wasn't clear how dropping it would affect people23:32

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