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jlbhshluekg.12:07
jlbhshluekgdid usa intelligence supply isis with weapons like they did with al-qaeda to justify creating wars?12:07
jlbhshluekgdid usa excute the creative mess in the middle east like they said they will, does the creative mess include explosions with uncertain responsibles to create wars?12:07
jlbhshluekgplz, send my qs to help limiting usa & israel aggression against others& may then lessen number of people killed in the middle east.12:07
jlbhshluekg.did usa intelligence supply isis with weapons like they did with al-qaeda to justify creating wars?12:07
melodiehi16:23
melodieI would like to ask some details about the way some parts of Launchpad work. I have an account and and old ppa for precise there and need to move on to know things16:24
melodieif someone can give me hints on how to do things best next, it would be nice16:24
cjwatsonsure16:24
melodiehi cjwatson16:25
melodiehere is my nest: https://launchpad.net/~meets16:25
melodieI would like to do two things next, start a ppa repos for trusty and vivid, copy a few ppa from other ppa's repos (ones I use, so I have only one ppa to add to my system) and the other thing, a new package project. Should I "branch" that? How should I get it organized?16:26
melodiethe name for the ppa should be bento16:27
tewardmelodie: create a new PPA16:27
melodiehi teward16:27
melodiewith the name bento then?16:27
cjwatsonWhatever you like.16:27
melodieand then can I put different types of ppa packages in it?16:28
tewardjust create a new PPA, give it whatever name you choose, and do different uploads with different version strings which point to specific releases16:28
tewardmelodie: you just have to upload the packages, but yes16:28
cjwatsonOr copy.16:28
tewardtrue16:28
melodieto make my question more precise, in future ppa:bento can I put both packages I will create and packages I'll get from other ppa repos?16:29
tewardmelodie: my nginx staging PPAs, and then ~nginx ppas are a prime example of my environment.  THe staging PPAs get uploads from me to it.  `init-system-helpers` was copied in from elsewhere.  with each new nginx version, I repackage locally on my computer, and upload to the staging PPA where it builds16:29
tewardmelodie: lets evaluate things separately though... first, packages you create, you can just upload them (dput, etc.) and the PPA page gives you the upload commands.  You have to upload source packages though, not binary .debs16:29
melodieyes I know about no debs16:30
tewardyou can easily copy from one PPA to another, depending on the PPA on the source side16:30
melodieI just want to know how to add things to my ~meets account16:30
melodie"depending on the PPA on the source side" ?16:31
melodiewhat does this part mean?16:31
tewardsome private ppas will complain16:31
tewardmost public ones don't care16:31
melodieok16:31
melodiewhat does complain look like?16:31
melodieI'll copy only ppa's that I'm already using in the Bento Openbox project16:31
tewardimpossible to explain and irrelevant for most PPAs16:31
* teward yawns16:31
melodieteward ok so I don't care. :)16:32
tewardurgh, nginx ftbfs again16:32
* teward throws nginx 1.9.0 out the window, and the sbuild box with it16:32
melodieI use only ppa's I have been testing locally and will add them to the Bento Project16:32
melodiethen once this done, can I and should I link ~meets to the Bento Openbox project page? If yes, how can I do that?16:33
melodiehttps://launchpad.net/bento-dev16:33
tewardmelodie: stupid question but is this PPA going to be the bento group?16:34
tewards/group//16:34
melodieteward another stupid question, what is considered as a "group"? If I understand it right it will be a yes16:34
melodieI a starting to write the list of packages for a bento-desktop meta package16:35
melodieand while doing so I want to make sure the list starts to show in a new ppa repos16:35
melodie*I am starting to16:35
cjwatsonThere's no formal way to link a PPA to a project, but you can just edit the project description to mention it.16:37
melodiecjwatson ok, will do that. thanks16:37
cjwatsonIncidentally, if you want a PPA to be worked on by multiple people, it's generally better to create a team to own it.  That's usually appropriate for something that's going to be associated with a project.16:38
cjwatsonIt could be owned by ~bento-dev, for instance.16:39
cjwatsonAlthough only an administrator of a team can create PPAs owned by that team, so as currently configured you'll need to ask Gustavo Silva to do that step.  (Any team member can upload to or copy into a team-owned PPA once it's been created.)16:40
melodiedoes it mean creating a new account?16:40
cjwatsonIt's almost never necessary to create multiple Launchpad accounts per real person.16:40
melodiecjwatson then we have to change how it is configured. Gustavo only does communication16:40
cjwatsonAnd certainly not in this case.16:40
melodiehe started that page to help me but in no case will he create packages or lead the project16:41
cjwatsonSomebody who only does communication is an odd choice to lead a development team.16:41
melodieyes I just didn't know how he would do that16:41
cjwatsonYou should probably just ask him to set you as a co-administrator of that team.16:41
melodieyes, that's what I was going to say16:41
melodiethen in ~bento-dev I can create the new ppa : right?16:42
cjwatsonYes.16:42
melodieok! I get it. thank you very much.16:42
melodiethere are logs for the ubuntu chans, how long does it take to have discussions appear there?16:45
cjwatsonmelodie: As far as I remember, they update hourly.16:53
melodieoh good!16:53
melodie:)16:53
tewardsorry i disappeared, i got busy16:59
teward:P16:59
tewardbut i see cjwatson has helped, melodie :)16:59
melodieteward indeed!17:00
melodieI sent the mail to gsilva17:00
melodieyesterday I had a discussion with a french guy from belgium how learns coding, he is into several languages at a time and is willing to join the project to help17:01
tewardcjwatson is a resource, definitely, in fact i see cjwatson answering my questions more than all.  wgrant is second in that list of people who answer/field my questions, but most of my questions are technical or need lpadmins so meh :P17:02
melodiecjwatson is one of our very good Ubuntu gurus :D17:03
melodiealways so helpful we need him17:04
tewardindeed17:05
melodieteward what do you think about the sentence "less is more" ?17:06
tewardcjwatson: stupid question but is the way Ubuntu's bug trackers say "Status tracked in [dev release at time]" handled at the backend level?17:06
tewardbeen curious about that for some time17:06
cjwatsonWhat do you mean by backend?17:06
cjwatsonI mean, it's implemented in the LP webapp, but so is the rest of that page :-)17:06
tewardcjwatson: as in not easily configured for other projects, and implementation wise would require development for other projects' usecase.17:07
tewardjust a question that's been on my mind for a while :)17:07
tewardmelodie: in what context?17:07
melodieI just saw the viewnior image viewer has been added to the latest 2 editions in the repos. It's very very small and works fine. So I am happy17:07
tewardcjwatson: my thoughts are that such implementation has to be coded for the project at the web handler, etc.17:08
melodiesmaller even than gpicview17:08
tewardcjwatson: and that's really what my question was :P17:08
tewardmelodie: "it depends" is the answer i can give, because i'm not qualified to answer the question17:08
cjwatsonteward: I believe that you get the same thing if you try to target a project bug task to the project's development focus series.17:08
tewardmelodie: use case is valid, feature requirements, etc., etc.17:08
melodieteward sure17:08
cjwatsonteward: It's not utterly special-cased for Ubuntu, if that's what you mean.17:08
tewardcjwatson: ahh, ok, cool.  perhaps I should go test that on qastaging or something to test the implemetation.17:08
tewardcjwatson: that kinda answers my question, i just need a non-production environment17:09
melodieI just wanted to mention about viewnior, which brings in just about 800Kb17:09
tewardwe have a sandbox test env, no?17:09
teward(for just messing around with it to learn)17:09
tewardhate laptops >.<17:09
cjwatsonSure, qastaging or staging is fine for that.17:09
melodieteward laptops or keyboards from laptops?17:10
tewardcjwatson: probably will throw it at staging, because reasons.17:10
tewardmelodie: hate touchpads on laptops, give me the little track stick on some dell models anyday.17:10
cjwatsonThey're updated in different ways and on different schedules, but either is fine for this kind of thing.17:10
tewardcjwatson: i know i ran extensive tests on my "Won't Fix for Karmic" script i had which did API calls and that was explicitly targeting one at a time for testing17:11
tewardso yeah.17:11
tewardcjwatson: qastaging is more cutting edge code/features no?17:11
melodieteward an added keyboard and mouse could help17:11
tewardmelodie: exactly, it's the failure for Ubuntu to autodisable the touchpad that irritates me17:11
teward:P17:11
tewardbut meh17:11
tewardthat's a different issue17:11
melodieteward can't gsynaptics help there?17:11
cjwatsonteward: qastaging gets latest webapp code, staging gets latest database patches, but in practice the two are synced back and forth pretty frequently17:11
tewardack17:12
tewardcjwatson: OK so for just messing with it to learn how the system implements features i could use either (or both), rather than production.  Thanks.17:12
cjwatsonteward: The distinction matters for developers but if you just need a temporary sandbox it doesn't really matter17:12
cjwatson(hopefully) obviously neither is guaranteed to preserve changes for particularly long17:13
tewardcjwatson: implementation wise, is there any way to say "If $anyseries is targeted, then track status in $anyseries rather than at project level"?  That sounds like an edge case but meh17:13
tewardcjwatson: oh, of course, but sandbox testing... :P17:13
tewardi think the 'if you want to experiment use staging' recommendation is still in the docs too17:13
cjwatsonteward: not at present17:13
cjwatsonexcept by setting that series as the development focus17:13
tewardmmm, that's what i thought.  thanks.17:14
tewardmelodie: not sure if gsynaptics can help, but meh17:14
tewardultimately irrelevant as i can disable with a keyboard stroke :P17:14
melodiehow do you do that?17:14
cjwatsoncan you maybe talk about touchpads in a more relevant channel? :)17:15
melodiecjwatson sorry /o\17:15
melodieteward #old-world ?17:15
tewardcjwatson: already done, the discussion is ended now :P17:15
melodie:)17:15
melodienever mind...17:15
tewardcjwatson: i may have other LP questions over the next few hours so meh17:15
cjwatsonsure, though I'm about to finish up17:15
tewardno rush on my questions though :)17:16
GyrosGeierhi23:37
melodiehi GyrosGeier23:37
GyrosGeierif I have a branch that requires another branch to be merged first, should I merge the other branch into my branch before sending a merge request?23:37
GyrosGeierI'd like the merge request to show only the changes that are part of that merge request, but the other branch needs to be applied first or I'd get merge conflicts23:38
melodieyou answered your question yourself23:39
melodieI have a branch that requires another branch to be merged first || first things come first, don't you think so?23:40
GyrosGeieryes, the main question is whether the LP UI will do the right thing then?23:40
melodieelse than that I have no knownledge of LP23:40
melodieyou will have to wait for the people to come back23:40

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