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bluesabregigolo's default terminal is xterm00:15
bluesabrewhy does nobody complain? :)00:15
ali1234what is gigolo?00:20
bluesabrebasically a frontend for mount00:22
ali1234i'm guessing the answer is because nobody uses it?00:22
bluesabreprobably00:22
ali1234thunar auto mounts anything anyway00:22
ali1234i had to go into the help->about to even figure out what gigolo does00:23
bluesabreIts useful for the bookmark manager at the very least... though I'd argue its usefulness is going away00:23
ali1234it could be if the bookmarks actually showed up in thunar or places plugin, but they dont00:24
ali1234it isn't a mismatch between gtk2/gtk3 bookmark locations either00:24
ali1234it seems to store bookmarks privately00:24
bluesabreyup00:24
bluesabreali1234: btw, do you know how to enable mininize/max with gtk 3.12 headerbars?00:27
ali1234no00:27
ali1234i know how to patch out headerbars completely if that's any use?00:27
bluesabreyeah, I knew you had that part down :)00:28
* skellat notes that gigolo is great for mounting OBEX/Bluetooth things to deal with when interrogating cell phones00:37
ali1234indicator-bluetooth and blueman-applet both do that though, in a much more obvious way00:38
bluesabrexubuntu-docs uploaded, yay!02:04
* bluesabre returns to what remains of his weekend02:05
ochosimorning everyone08:50
knomehey ochosi 08:50
bluesabrehey all10:02
ochosihey bluesabre 10:02
elfyso ...11:46
elfydoes gdm still work properly :D 11:46
elfyjust trying today's daily now11:47
bluesabreany luck, or still broken?11:48
elfystill installing bluesabre 11:48
elfyI see respins in final beta's future ;)11:48
elfylast week - hardware installs worked ok, it was only vm's with an issue11:49
elfybut most people test with those ... 11:49
bluesabreI think everybody needs one tonight... lots of things are landing this morning11:49
elfythe beta's not up on the tracker yet anyway11:49
bluesabredid a few package tests last night, found a new bug in blueman (maybe, it already had >70 bugs)11:51
elfyfew people test that 11:51
bluesabreit looked like mine was the first reported result11:51
elfyyea11:52
elfyI've given up with package testing this cycle11:52
bluesabreI'll probably test some more stuff tonight, time permitting11:52
bluesabreanyway, gotta run now, bbl11:53
elfycya11:53
elfyftr - image still busted for vbox11:54
slickymasterWorkthnaks for the heads up on beta elfy 11:56
slickymasterWorkI was planning on doing some test after lunch11:56
elfyslickymasterWork: only got dailies currently11:56
elfyyou *can* start desktop with service lightdm start11:57
slickymasterWorkI know, but as far as testing goes, are you interested?11:57
elfyI'll be more interested in getting beta results11:58
elfybut anything is good :)11:58
slickymasterWorkif yes, I'll download the ISO while having lunch at home11:58
slickymasterWorkok, I'll do it then, at least it will serve to increase the tests report numbers11:59
elfyup to you slickymasterWork 11:59
slickymasterWorkelfy: ^^11:59
elfy:)11:59
elfyyep11:59
slickymasterWorkcy after lunch elfy 11:59
slickymasterWorkoff to lunch ->11:59
elfycya later - I'll be gone 11:59
slickymasterWorkhave fun and be safe11:59
knomewe should create a wikipage that lists all software that we ship/care about and where their translations are being done to encourage people translating12:41
knomeand/or update the "get involved" page for translations12:43
knomeok, improved the latter mentioned13:15
knomehttp://xubuntu.org/contribute/translating/13:15
slickymasterWorkhey knome, great idea /work re: "Get involved" page for translations14:08
knometa :)14:13
knomenow we only lack a listing14:13
knomewant to set up a pad?14:13
slickymasterWorkelfy, the daily doesn't boot into graphical interface only on installation or did it also happens with the Try option?14:13
elfyonly once installed - the livesession works fine 14:14
elfyat least for me14:14
slickymasterWorkalso for me, and as I started with the Try option I just wanted to be sure14:14
slickymasterWorkwill do knome, in a few minutes14:15
elfyslickymasterWork: yep from livesession try & install both work 14:15
slickymasterWorkok14:15
knomehttp://pad.ubuntu.com/xubuntu-apps-translations14:15
slickymasterWorklol knome 14:15
knomei'm a man of action14:16
slickymasterWorkyeaps, one can hardly breath 14:20
slickymasterWorkknome, what about the ones that are translated through Transifex like Whisker? I think they also should be added14:23
knomeyep14:26
knomewe should have the full listing of projects of which translations we care about14:26
knomethe xfce stuff is fine with a link to i18n.xfce.org14:26
slickymasterWorkthat's my view also14:26
slickymasterWorkyeap, all that stuff get covered by that link14:27
knomegimp? really?14:27
knomei'd keep on the apps that we consider "core" components14:27
knomeno in the same sense as in xubuntu-core14:27
slickymasterWorkbut it's shipped by default knome 14:27
knomebut gimp is a stretch IMO14:27
knomewell i plan to suggest dropping it :P14:28
slickymasterWorkand it's the only image editing software that we provide14:28
knomei mean...14:28
knomewe have a lot of things shipped14:28
knomebut gimp has its own finnish translations team14:28
slickymasterWorkthat's true14:28
knomei'd imagine14:28
* slickymasterWork doesn't have the slightest idea about gimp translations14:29
knomethe list we have now sounds like a sane list of projects we need/want to maintain14:29
knome...translations for14:29
knomeme neither14:29
slickymasterWorkbut I'm ok with dropping it14:29
knomebut i'm sure they have a policy ;)14:29
knomei'd say even catfish/whiskermenu are on the verge, but it's ok to link those14:30
knomethey are relatively important components to the basic functionality14:30
knomemaybe this list should be in the processes page14:35
slickymasterWorkthat's a good point knome 14:36
knomewith the rationale why the translations are important to us, it seems more like a list that describes what we do, not only what new people can do14:36
knomebut thanks for gathering the list14:37
knomei'll put it up on the wiki at some point14:37
knomefeel free to edit until that; once i do, i'll leave a message in the pad pointing to the processes page; after that, feel free to edit the wiki directly14:38
slickymasterWorkwell tha rationale of it kinda of place it in the correct position, not only it describes what we do but also serves as a call/request for getting people involved14:38
slickymasterWorks/tha/the14:38
knomeyes14:38
knomeit's also a good reference sheet for the URLs...14:38
knomejust need to remember to edit that each cycle, since the slideshow is per-release14:38
slickymasterWorkok knome, noted -> "feel free to edit until that; once i do, i'll leave a message in the pad pointing to the processes page; after that, feel free to edit the wiki directly"14:39
slickymasterWorkand every single time one of those apps get some sort of a revamp14:39
knomeyep14:39
knomehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/StrategyDocument#Core_components14:40
knomejust need to make sure that, xubuntu-core and this list aren't mixed14:41
slickymasterWorkby the way knome, is https://translations.launchpad.net/xubuntu-docs/utopic/+pots/desktop-guide/fi/+translate status doc freeze previous or post doc freeze? 14:41
knomeit should be the latest translation template14:41
knomei translated the few simple scan strings today14:42
knomeso i'd imagine everything is in the templates now14:42
slickymasterWorkI would cross reference with https://sigma.unit193.net/~unit193/core.html, re: xub core and that list but apparently Unit193 removed that page14:42
knomeyeah, but that list is NOT xubuntu-core14:42
knomewell, it kind of describes the same thing14:42
knomei'm not sure if we really need that list in the strategy document14:42
slickymasterWorkit served as refernce to me :P14:43
slickymasterWorks/reference14:43
knometo me, it seems redundant because if there was new leadership, they could change the strategy document along with the shipped components14:43
knomewhat i'm trying to say is i don't know what the point of describing that is14:43
slickymasterWorkyes14:43
knomethere are other things that, in my not at all humble opinion, contribute to the "xubuntu feel"14:44
slickymasterWorkI think we talking about different things knome 14:44
slickymasterWorks/we/we're14:44
knomeand whatever package, there *always* should be a very compelling reason to switch, not only with the core components14:44
knomeprobably ;)14:44
knomethe different things i'm saying are:14:45
knome1) the core components list does not equal xubuntu-core14:45
knome2) the core components list does not equal packages we think are important to translate14:46
slickymasterWorkagree with14:46
slickymasterWorkonce again, I agree14:46
knome3) xubuntu-core does not include everything we think is important to translate14:46
knomeand14:46
slickymasterWorkthat one I missed, Hasn't really cross my mind14:46
knome4) the core components list seems more and more redundant now that we have xubuntu-core and list important packages to translate14:47
knomeand14:47
knome5) the core components list is lacking, it doesn't list things that i consider "fundamental" for the xubuntu feel/identiety14:48
knome*identity14:48
knomeand14:48
knome6) i don't understand the reason we list those packages since either a) leaders can change the spec if they want to switch to other components b) changing any component shouldn't be a light decision regardless if it was a "core" component or not14:50
slickymasterWorklol knome, since you put it that way, I can only admit that I had narrowed view of it14:50
knomeand c) since the core components list is lacking, it does not serve the purpose we currently say it does14:51
knomeyeah...14:51
knome:)14:51
slickymasterWorkre: your point 6 I was convinced it is due to mandatory paperwork/bureaucracy 14:51
knomenope, there's no obligation to list those packages14:51
knomethey've only served the team14:51
slickymasterWorkbeing so, I have no clue, then14:52
knomei guess there was a time when that kind of core components were much more under discussion14:52
knomethe section is pretty much copied from the original strategy document, only the list has been poked slightly14:52
slickymasterWorkbut I do appreciate the insight on ^^^ 14:54
knomei do agree with the SD, where it implies:14:54
slickymasterWorkall of it14:54
knome"thunar is a fundamental component of xubuntu, and should not be changed unless it's either deprecated by upstream xfce or there are other very compelling reasons (that require) to substitute them"14:55
knomebut on the other hand, isn't that self-evident?14:55
slickymasterWorkyes, but any file manager is a key component in any OS14:56
slickymasterWorkexactly 14:56
knomeyes14:56
knomeif we even thought of replacing it with, say, nautilus, i'm sure there would be good reasons to do so14:56
* slickymasterWork doesn't like nautilus :P14:57
knomethe only thing i see that list doing is proctecting the "spirit" of the original xubuntu composition14:57
slickymasterWorkno amount or quality of those reasons would convince him14:57
knomeand i kind of agree with that, but i doubt the team would leave the project into somebody's hands who'd like to change it all14:58
knomeif such a person even wanted to be nominated to begin with14:58
slickymasterWorkbtw knome, on a completely different subject, and because of the "spirit" of the original Xubuntu, did you manage to get in touch with mr_pouit?14:58
knomeand if that happened, well, then i guess it would be time to move on :)14:58
knomefor people, and xubuntu14:58
slickymasterWorkI would follow14:58
knomeheh, nope, didn't have time yet14:58
slickymasterWorkjust asked beacuse of bug 16508214:59
ubottubug 165082 in xubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) "Alert ! we are losing the history of xubuntu !" [Wishlist,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/16508214:59
knomeprotecting the spirit of a project and being able to move on are often contradicting14:59
knomei guessed that15:00
slickymasterWorklol, that's almost like a marriage knome ;)15:00
knomehehe15:00
knomeyep15:00
knomeochosi, you'll want to scan through that ^ discussion about three kinds of "core" stuff, and strategy document revamping :)15:01
slickymasterWorkknome, and gmb?15:51
knomehmm15:52
knomenot sure about that15:52
knomei guess we'd have to consult ochosi 15:52
slickymasterWorkand pidgin, as we're on it, it's supposed to became our main interface for IRCing?15:53
slickymasterWorkwithout the ?15:53
knomeyeah, but i don't consider that something we should worry too much about translating15:53
slickymasterWork+ 't 15:53
knomegenerally, the list for new potential contributors should be:15:53
slickymasterWork;)15:53
knomexubuntu-docs15:53
knome"core" functionality apps15:54
knomeanything you use15:54
knomeso, if they use gmb, they should translate that15:54
slickymasterWorkyeah, those two fall under that last category15:54
knomebut since they should translate docs and other apps first... even listing gmb is a bit meh :)15:54
knomeif they've went ahead and translated docs + the core apps, then they probably know how to find out how to translate X15:55
knomeor know where to ask15:55
slickymasterWorkwe can add them to the pad as eventual potential ones and wait on ochosi's pov15:56
knomeyeah, but i don't want to list $every_app_in_the_world15:56
knome;]15:56
knomebut sure, we can consider them...15:56
slickymasterWorkat least pidgin should get the benefit of doubt15:57
knomeyep15:57
knomethat15:57
knome...15:57
knomethat's the most likely one for inclusion15:57
knomeby far15:57
knomeotoh, i think it might again be a bit redundant, because pidgin is very widely used15:58
knomein the sense that it's not only xfce/xubuntu users interested in it15:58
slickymasterWorkI see your point knome and agree with it, but I'm think in the perspective of newly come into xubuntu/linux ecosystem users 16:03
knomeyep16:03
knomebut then the xubuntu team can't be considered responsible for taking that translating burden alone16:03
slickymasterWorkthat's also correct16:04
ochosiknome: oh, that's a long discussion. i'm about to leave the office, i'll read it @home16:04
knomeochosi, yep16:04
slickymasterWorkit's a matter of balance16:04
knomeno hurry with it, it's both release-independent and not critical16:04
slickymasterWorkjust food for thought ochosi 16:04
Unit193slickymasterWork: Also, pretty sure that wasn't a question, but yeah core.html was removed when you added all the content to a page on the site, but it never had a application listing.18:17
slickymasterWorkyeah Unit193, it wasn't18:18
slickymasterWorkand yes I knew it wasn't a list, that wasn't the point., afterwards 18:18
slickymasterWorkI remembered that you had it removed after I added the content to the site18:19
slickymasterWorkanywas, thanks for taking the time to answer on that18:20
slickymasterWorks/anywas/anyway´18:21
Unit193:D18:23
slickymasterWorkheading home, cy later ->18:24
BrunoAssisHi guys, i'd like to start contributing to the project as a Developer, can anybody give me some intro?20:05
BrunoAssisI've already subscribed to the mailing list20:06
knomehey BrunoAssis 20:06
knomewhat area are you interested in developing?20:06
BrunoAssisWell, i was thinking of improving the UI, but not limited to.20:07
knomeok, so what in the UI you think needs improving?20:08
BrunoAssisTransitions about windows, Icons, the file explorer interface 20:09
knomeright, then that's more into the artwork side to the things20:09
BrunoAssisFor example, why not implement the transitions from OSX to linux20:09
knomeuhm, you mean visual effects?20:09
knomethere are several compositors and pieces of software that do stuff like that; the xubuntu team mostly believes visual effects get into the way, so we haven't enabled those20:10
BrunoAssisYes! I want to bring a good design, a good UI to linux, as we have in OSX and Windows, and always trying to keep a good performance.20:10
knome(nor do we want to sacrifice the performance for those)20:10
BrunoAssisOk, ahm, do you have any special needs at the moment?20:11
knomewe're very late in the cycle, so not for 14.1020:11
BrunoAssisI don't know if my skills can be useful for xubuntu, maybe help XFCE developers instead?20:12
knomethere are some ongoing projects (like a GUI for a panel configuration switcher)..20:12
knome..however, i think you should start with something that scratches your itch20:12
knomewe work closely with xfce, so sure, depending what you are interested in20:12
knomewhat programming languages are you familiar with?20:13
BrunoAssisPHP, JAVA, C#, and (C/C++ , although i'm not expert in C/C++  i have developed few applications for graduation purposes) 20:14
knomexfce is written in C, so that's a start20:15
knomeare there any bugs that specifically annoy you in xfce components?20:15
BrunoAssishumm, yeah, i will, look for some information about XFCE to get a position of what i'm gonna do20:16
BrunoAssisI actually enjoy XFCE, but i'm a developer20:17
BrunoAssisi want to bring linux close to Windows users.20:17
BrunoAssis*closer20:17
knomei would start by fixing bugs you experience yourself, then start moving towards implemeting new features20:17
knomeyou always have to remember that not everybody agrees on the direction projects should take20:18
BrunoAssisYes, that's because i'm here, learning about it!20:18
BrunoAssisI'm a completely newbie on this matter, so.. as you can see, i'm gathering opinions to help me out to define which path i'm gonna take20:19
knomesure, understood, and it's a good way to start by communicating20:19
ali1234we need code audits20:19
ali1234especially thunar, there's loads of silly stuff in there20:20
BrunoAssisgood, code audit is interesting! 20:21
BrunoAssisOne more doubt that maybe you could help, i want to build the installation of xubuntu from scratch, i mean, download the source-code, compiling it, making an ISO and then installing, is there a tutorial or some stuff that can help me with this?20:23
NoskcajBrunoAssis, To compile all of xubuntu from scratch, you'll need a few days for it all to compile, and it seems harder than is worthwhile20:30
NoskcajWEEEOOOW20:31
ali1234Noskcaj: what's this thunar crash about?20:35
knomehey ali1234 :)20:35
Noskcajali1234, I pressed the up directory button many times, and it crashed20:35
ali1234well yeah :)20:35
ali1234did it crash before or after reaching the root directory?20:36
ali1234were you in a gvfs filesystem?20:36
Noskcajbefore20:36
Noskcajext4, it got to ~/Jackson20:36
ali1234when you say "many times" do you mean you were clicking it continuously as fast as possible?20:36
NoskcajOops, just ~/20:36
Noskcajyeah20:36
knomeNoskcaj, thunar is not a cookie clicker game!!20:37
NoskcajI've had the problem for a few months, i thought i'd already reported it20:37
knome;)=20:37
Noskcajknome, I've got a script for cookie clicker, but that's unrelated :)20:37
ali1234how deep were you when you started clicking?20:37
Noskcajabout 10 folders deep from root20:37
ali1234and how complex was the dir structure? was it like, "bottom of linux kernel tree" or something?20:37
NoskcajRandom stuff from inside a packaging svn20:38
knomeNoskcaj, putting effort in important things in life, and so on :)20:38
Noskcajyeah20:38
Noskcaj:)20:38
knomeNoskcaj, but yeah, cheating is the only way to keep those games interesting at least for 5 minutes.20:38
ali1234sounds like a race condition with queueing the "up" requests20:38
knomei guess one debug step would be to try if that happens when bashing backspace :)20:39
ali1234yeah. also, does it happen outside the homedir?20:39
knomeor does that simply go back in history? *shrugs*20:39
ali1234going back in history may trigger it too20:39
knomebecause history and directory structure are different things20:40
knomeyeah, but history does not have to queue the filesystem in the same way as "go to parent dir"20:40
ali1234yeah but the thing that handles changing directory may not be20:40
knomethat made no sense...20:40
Noskcajali1234, I'll let you know if it happens again, but it's hard to reproduce the issue20:41
knomei use backspace and sometimes bash it, but don't remember seeing that issue20:41
ali1234yeah... cannot reproduce21:03
ali1234i created a directory tree 100 levels deep with 100 files in each level, then remapped left click to the mousewheel to be able to click impossibly fast. and spammed clicks all the way up that directory tree21:04
ochosiali1234: any idea how the present extension support is going in graphics drivers? i haven't really followed this anymore recently...21:48
ali1234it hasn't changed21:49
ochosiso still little/no support?21:50
ali1234we don't even get xorg 1.16 until utopic21:50
ochosiright, but utopic is kinda around the corner21:51
ali1234nvidia still has made no indications of supporting it21:51
ochosi:/21:55
ochosiknome, slickymaster: i read through your discussion now, i agree that the section of the XDS might not be super helpful21:56
ochosierr, XSD21:56
knomemhm21:56
ochosiand yeah, we might want to rethink that along with what -core and -translateable means to us21:57
knomei guess the burning question is if you wnat to try to make it useful, or simply drop it21:57
knomei personally don't know what we would use such a list for21:57
ochosiyeah, i'm not sure it's the best place for such a list21:57
knomeit seems like, as i said, a way to protect a young project from completely wacked ideas21:57
ochosii wouldn't mind setting up a list of the packages we consider "important" to xubuntu21:57
ochosiyeah21:57
ochosifeels like it21:58
ochosinot sure we really need it anymore21:58
knomei'm sure all of the team agrees that, for example, xfdesktop4 is an important part of xubuntu...21:58
ochosiso personally i'd keep the "unsuitable" section, but replace the other one with a simple general statement21:58
ochosiwithout listing the individual components21:58
knomei'd just drop the "core" section21:58
knomexubuntu-core communicates that to some extent already21:59
knomeit's not exactly the same, but it's close21:59
ochosii mean as you said, these things are quite obvious21:59
ochosiat least to people who know what xfce is21:59
ochosinice that there's still leafpad, this must be a rather ancient section22:00
knomethose who don't do not contribute to xubuntu anyway :)22:00
knomeit's not actually22:00
knomeremember we shipped leafpad for a moment?22:00
knomethen returned to mousepad once it was fixed22:00
ochosiyeah, but i thought leafpad was kinda a predecessor at some point22:00
knomeyes22:01
knomeit is22:01
ochosii know we shipped it for one release or so because mousepad broke in some way (can't remember aymore)22:01
knomeyep, iirc something about printing or so22:01
ochosifeels though that this list is older22:01
knomeyes, the body of it comes from 200922:02
* pleia2 frowns at iso tracker23:33
pleia2wish these images came out sooner23:33
knome:)23:34
pleia2oh, thursday is a holiday and I won't be around23:53
knomeright23:53
knomei guess i can handle the news stuff23:54
knomeat least website + twitter23:54
knomeand we probably should start gathering release notes soon too23:54
pleia2yeah, I can look those over tomorrow and wednesday as needed23:54
knomeoh, we can just base that on beta 1 announcement, awesome23:54

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