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robert_ancelljbicha, can you confirm for bug 1672424 you were trying with non-absolute paths and you already have g-s running?01:56
ubot5bug 1672424 in gnome-software (Ubuntu Zesty) "Installing .debs from the command line fails for non-absolute paths" [Critical,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/167242401:56
sarnoldthat's annoying that rather than give an error message like "No such file or directory" which is a fairly clear indicator, it gives "this file type is not supported", which means nearly nothing. :(02:01
robert_ancellsarnold, agreed, the error message is also terrible.02:02
robert_ancellWill fix that too02:02
robert_ancellIt's because it passes the filename to all the plugins and none of them handle it. It never actually checks if the file exists.02:02
jbicharobert_ancell: good morning02:04
robert_ancelljbicha, hi02:04
sarnoldoh so it's not like there's a simple fopen() call with the results, but a potentially undertemined number of error messages from a pile of modules, all with different errors...02:04
robert_ancellsarnold, luckily in this case they don't return errors, they just don't make use of the filename02:04
jbichauh, it failed for me when I ran with an absolute path or with ./itch_23.4.0_amd64.deb02:05
jbichaswitcheroo-control is in zesty now so I didn't use that as a test case02:05
jbichabut I get different behavior if I try to open it directly from Firefox like LP: #168281902:06
ubot5Launchpad bug 1682819 in gnome-software (Ubuntu) "Pressing Install in Software Center does nothing when installing deb file" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/168281902:06
jbichaGNOME Software opens with the package description but the Install button does nothing02:07
robert_ancelljbicha, ok, so there is at least two bugs here then02:08
jbichahttps://itch.io/app/ was what I was using02:08
robert_ancelltrying that now02:08
jbichayes02:08
jbichaI got several confirmations of both these bugs in the past week02:08
jbichathis and networking issues were the 2 biggest problems I've heard about from 17.04 so I appreciate you looking into it02:09
jbichaoh, I read the test case again02:11
jbichaif I use the absolute file name, I get the package description page with the useless Install button02:12
robert_ancelljbicha, with itch?02:13
jbichayes02:14
robert_ancellOK, I see that with itch too now02:14
jbichaoh, it's not morning any more where you are02:16
robert_ancelljbicha, nope, 14:17 :)02:17
robert_ancellAbout the time I end up with a bunch of questions and no-one is online anymore!02:17
jbichaok, I finally added a world clock for NZ, let's see if that helps me get the time right02:20
dufluIs Artful Aardvark for real for a placeholder name?02:31
sarnoldsure looks real http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/artful/02:33
dufluI've been fooled before. Although that was just in conversation people using false codenames02:35
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Laneyhey08:03
davmor2Morning all08:03
didrocksmorning Laney, davmor208:03
willcookewhat ho08:10
Laneyhi davmor2 didrocks willcooke08:11
davmor2tally ho pip pip willcooke08:11
davmor2morning didrocks Laney how are you guys08:12
seb128hey there, I'm around but need to change location so back online in 10min or so08:15
davmor2quick everyone hide and get ready to rah seb128 when he comes back :D08:16
* willcooke puts a lampshade on his head08:19
Laneydavmor2: yeah ok08:22
Laneywent round to a friend for dinner last night and got a puncture on the way /o\08:22
Laneytook a detour through wollaton park to see if there were any fawns kicking about08:23
Laneythere were LOADS!08:23
Laneybut the path is spiky :(08:23
davmor2Laney: wompwompwomp.com08:24
Laneyis that like the sad trombone08:24
davmor2Laney: html5 sad trombone no flash required08:25
Laney:D08:25
Laneyanyway, said friend had a puncture repair kit and i managed to fix it08:25
Laneythen we had enchiladas08:25
Laneyso all was well08:25
seb128back08:40
Laneyhey seb12808:44
Laneyhow's it going08:44
seb128good, it's friday!08:45
Laneyoh yeah08:46
LaneyI forgot08:46
seb128I played tennis yesterday early evening, then we went to a nice italian place and watched the last round of political interviews before the elections08:46
seb128and you?08:46
Trevinhoah hey guys08:46
seb128hey Trevinho08:46
Trevinhoseb128: is elections going to be mad like usual nowadays?08:47
LaneyI made a youtube video of a traffic light last night08:48
Laneypeak cycle campaigning08:48
Sweetsharkmoin08:50
seb128what's wrong with the light? never green for bikes?08:50
Sweetsharkseb128: counting on you guys (wrt elections)08:50
seb128Trevinho, dunno yeah, we have 4 people close enough that they can qualify for the second round (only 2 to remain)08:50
seb128Sweetshark, hey, how are you?08:50
Trevinhoyeah, I know a little the process08:51
Laneyyeah it didn't change if you were on a bike08:54
Laneybut they fixed it after I complained!08:54
Laneymy video is rotated though and I don't know how to fix that08:55
Laneyguessing I have to use another program to do that08:56
* Laney later on08:56
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Sweetsharkseb128: mostly fine ;) -- still defragmenting my life, which actually is getting a much more enjoyable experience than I originally thought ...09:12
seb128ah, glad to see that you find some positive09:13
seb128sorry that you got hit by those changes09:13
seb128Sweetshark, do you already have ideas what you want to do next?09:15
Sweetsharkchange isnt bad, the swiftness of it all was a bit of a surprise.09:16
Sweetsharkseb128: ideas: yes. considering lots of options right now. Have not yet locked in on one option over all the others yet as "the one Thing" though.09:18
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seb128Sweetshark, k, good luck in any case and I hope you find something you like!09:18
Sweetsharkseb128: so: still open to suggestions ;)09:19
Sweetsharkseb128: thanks09:19
jbichamorning :|11:20
seb128hey jbicha, happy friday11:21
andyrockhey all11:48
darkxsthey seb12811:51
seb128hey andyrock darkxst11:51
darkxsttracker is pretty integral to the gnome-shell experience11:52
darkxstand I suspect its going to be really hard to benchmark performance11:52
darkxsthow big is you home folder? kind of thing11:53
jbichait doesn't index your home folder recursively by default11:53
jbichabut if you have a very large music library in Music/ or videos in Videos/11:54
seb128so how is the nautilus recursive search working?11:54
darkxsttracker indexes a subset of the folder11:54
seb128darkxst, I think you overplay how essential tracker is to gnome-shell and that we will find out that things work mostly fine without the indexer being active11:55
seb128or you are saying that out of the box GNOME experience is crap until tracker has indexed11:55
seb128does it index on battery?11:55
jbichaseb128: he's right about those specific apps being absolutely useless without a tracker index11:55
seb128yeah, but we don't plan to use any of those apps so far11:55
seb128at least not music/photos11:55
seb128we have rhythmbox&shotwell11:56
seb128we said first step is to change desktop and keep our app selection11:56
seb128we can rediscuss tracker in context of changing apps when we get resources to look at those changes11:56
jbichasure, I agree that Music & Photos aren't ideal11:56
seb128which we are not going to have in a first wave11:56
darkxstseb128, I supsect it would keep indexing on battery, but your not likely to pull a shitload of new files to index, while on battery?11:58
seb128well maybe my first login is on battery11:59
darkxstso its not actually gonna do much in that case11:59
jbichafor a typical user, the indexing should be very quick and have very little performance impact11:59
darkxstseb128, isnt there a warning to not upgrade on battery?12:00
seb128typical users might have more music and videos that you think12:00
seb128or photos12:00
seb128darkxst, yes, you upgrade on power, when upgrade is down the system reboot12:00
darkxstbut really a one time hit, to index that content is not a concern?12:00
seb128so you might just decide to stop and pick up your laptop/first boot next day in the train12:00
seb128disk content change, it's not a one time hit12:01
seb128you might use nautilus on battery12:01
darkxstseb128,  feels like your picking obscure corner cases here!12:01
seb128is it going to go through indexing the dirs you try to "typeahead" in?12:01
darkxstnautilus search provider calls in the already indexed files12:02
seb128so it does go through a full disk index at some point?12:03
seb128or it just has incomplete results?12:03
darkxstthe type in search box in nautilus at some point will just revert to old school recursive search which is far less efficient than tracker12:03
jbichatracker's used by virtually every distro12:07
jbichawhile it has a few bugs and some people strongly don't like it, it doesn't seem to be a problem for most people12:07
seb128doesn't mean it doesn't have drawbacks12:08
jbichareminds me a bit of systemd12:08
seb128good luck working without an init systemd ;-)12:08
darkxstseb128, no it doesnt just smash the file system, it uses inotify events to index changed files12:09
seb128inotify has its limitations12:09
andyrockdo you know if it's possible to download the dell xps13 9360 sputnik iso?12:09
seb128which is more the issue than tracker12:09
jbichainotify is on https://wiki.gnome.org/BastienNocera/KernelWishlist12:10
darkxstwell maybe, but zeitgeist musht be much the same12:11
darkxstand you were happy to use that?12:11
seb128it doesn't use inotify12:11
seb128?12:11
seb128we just push infos from apps12:12
seb128like nautilus or gtk fileselector when you open a file12:12
seb128which is also a sucking experience since it only knows about things you opened12:12
seb128or downloaded12:12
seb128but at least it has no i/o impact12:12
seb128nor battery12:12
darkxstif battery is your main concern, Im that can be resolved12:16
darkxstto not index on battery12:16
seb128read p_itti's comment on the bug mentioned on the list, it summarize also my opinion12:17
seb128anyway that discussion went wrong12:17
seb128it's something we should look at12:17
seb128we just don't have the resources to commit to look at it or maintain tracker atm12:17
seb128so that's probably for later and somebody is going to need to commit to do the work12:17
seb128need to go for lunch, bbiab12:18
seb128back13:27
seb128I might have missed some backlog, I dropped from IRC during lunch13:28
kenvandinehey seb12813:28
kenvandinewasn't mutter in main before?13:28
kenvandinefrom the old unity based on mutter13:28
kenvandinebefore precise...13:28
seb128jbicha, darkxst, don't take what I wrote as a firm no against tracker, we are just not going to change everything at once without proper planning and ressources handling, that's on the backlog of tech discussions to have but dunno what priority it has and when we are going to get to it13:29
seb128hey kenvandine13:29
darkxstseb128, have you tried Ubuntu GNOME?13:30
seb128kenvandine, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/<source>/+publishinghistory is your friend13:30
kenvandineah13:30
kenvandinei've been using rmadison :)13:30
seb128that lists only active series right?13:30
kenvandineyeah13:30
seb128darkxst, trying yes, using no13:30
seb128darkxst, like on a test machine with a vanilla image to play a bit, not real day use with datas and my normal user profile13:31
darkxstwell use it then!13:31
seb128and?13:31
kenvandineah, indeed maverick and natty had mutter in main :)13:31
seb128darkxst, what do you expect me to notice/get out of it?13:31
seb128darkxst, if that's about tracker it probably feels fine on my config13:33
darkxstseb128, I meant Ubuntu GNOME in general13:34
seb128doesn't mean power usage isn't going to increase by e.g 7% which wouldn't be easily noticable without proper benchmark, I'm also not using a rotational disk13:35
seb128darkxst, again why do you ask? just so I get a feel for it?13:35
kenvandineseb128, We only need 4 MIRs for a basic working gnome-shell in main13:38
seb128kenvandine, woot13:38
seb128gjs being on the list though :-/13:39
darkxstseb128, I ask because regular use would be easier to benchmark13:39
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kenvandinegjs, mozjs38, caribou, and gnome-shell13:39
darkxsteven if its a rough metric13:39
seb128mozjs13:39
kenvandineseb128, i didn't say they are simple ones :)13:39
darkxstI get ~5hrs on my laptop13:39
seb128I wonder if we should get in touch with the onboard guys13:39
kenvandineseb128, however... i think a very important one, but not required for basic usage would be chrome-gnome-shell13:39
seb128darkxst, not sure what we argue over13:40
kenvandineit doesn't bundle the browser extensions, but provides the host dbus service to install shell extensions after being prompted in the browser to install the browser extension13:40
kenvandinewithout it, shell extensions will be a pain for users13:40
kenvandinebut security might not like it...13:40
kenvandinepersonally i'd rank it as pretty important, but we can run the shell without it :)13:41
seb128darkxst, my point is that landing new techs should not be a "let's land unprepared and figure out later (or not if we lack resources)", we need to do a proper job upfront looking at what is needed, the cost&benefit and have plan which includes proper resourcing to deal with the work&maintainance13:41
jbichaseb128: bug 1672465 is a particular concern for onboard for us13:41
ubot5bug 1672465 in Onboard "Onboard doesn't work in Wayland" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/167246513:41
jbichaalso onboard can't fully integrate with the Activities Overview search or the GNOME password prompts I believe; it uses the much more limited caribou in those cases I think13:42
kenvandinejbicha, i noticed the shell provides it's own OSK, but i think it's only used in the shell's search13:43
jbichayou'll probably want to install gnome-shell-extension-onboard to give it a try13:43
kenvandinejbicha, is that right?13:43
seb128jbicha, k, using caribou is fine, the onboard time just did good work for us for years so I don't want to stab them in the back13:43
jbichalike to unlock your keyring13:43
seb128time->team13:43
seb128I want to give them a chance to make a case for their project13:44
jbichaI think Caribou is likely not fine; it has far fewer features and keyboard layout support than Onboard13:44
kenvandinethe shell is using libcaribou13:44
darkxstseb128, but you are creating extra work transitioning from a working Ubuntu GNOME to a Ubuntu with GNOME13:44
seb128darkxst, we can't replace the desktop and all the apps and techs while dealing with testing&quality with a couple of engineers in one cycle13:46
seb128just too much work13:46
seb128what do you propose to do?13:47
seb128give up on testing&knowing what we ship?13:47
darkxstseb128, switch to Ubuntu GNOME13:48
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seb128yeah, that's basically replacing the whole product and apps without giving us time to get familiar with what we ship13:49
seb128that doesn't seem like a smart move13:49
seb128we are going to get there, just not on day 113:49
seb128transitions need proper planning13:50
seb128feel free to keep Ubuntu GNOME for an extra cycle if you think it's better while we work our way out on how to get there13:51
seb128?13:51
kenvandinejbicha, hmmm... gdm3 hasn't been in main before13:52
kenvandineit's not the same source as gdm13:53
jbichakenvandine: what do you mean it's not the same?13:55
seb128kenvandine, it's the same project, just a source rename in Debian13:56
seb128doesn't need a new MIR13:56
jbichamterry: what process are we going to use for stuff at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/GNOME/MIR_List that had been in main before at one point?13:56
darkxstseb128, yes its a different product, but its all there in both debian and Ubuntu GNOME13:57
kenvandineah... great13:57
seb128darkxst, yeah, it's there and the corresponding teams who built it know what they did, great for them, we (as Ubuntu Desktop) don't as much so we need time to ramp up there ... does that make sense?13:57
seb128darkxst, I'm not sure what you are trying to argue for13:58
mterryjbicha: I usually like to give them a quick once over because, I mean, their situation may have changed, we may now have a duplicate feature/library in main, etc.  In theory it's a rubber stamp, so maybe don't fill a full MIR bug out, but it'd be good to file a bare MIR and note that it used to be in13:59
seb128darkxst, you want us to take a product we don't know and give official support&security updates for it without knowing if we have the resources to honor that commitment?13:59
seb128darkxst, or if some of the changes are going to create issues for our oem partners13:59
darkxstseb128, right you might need to hire a couple of extra people ;)14:01
seb128that's not an option I've control on...14:02
seb128would be nice though :-)14:02
seb128we just fired a bunch of people so I'm unsure that's going to work out14:02
jbichakenvandine: Debian experimental svn's gnome-shell packaging has demoted gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 to Suggests since gnome 3.24 only optionally uses it14:03
kenvandinecool14:03
jbichaso I'm going to drop it from the MIR list14:03
kenvandinei'll drop it from the build depends so we don't link to it14:04
darkxstthat was a partially sarcastic comment, but probably you are moving to a product (gnome-shell) that I am am the only one in the ubuntu world that understands14:05
darkxstthat should be your biggest issue, not nitpicks like tracker14:05
willcookejbicha, FYI - I'm following up on your libcolumbus question to devel14:07
kenvandinewillcooke, libcolumbus?  didn't jhodapp do some work on that?14:09
darkxstwillcooke, GPL3 will also be an issue lightdm, assuming the CLA was to be dropped14:09
Menzadordarkxst: Lol, pick me, until recently I spent a good week and a half on Ubuntu GNOME Zesty devel branch :)14:09
jbichawillcooke: thanks, it's a really nice feature so I'd love to see it used more14:09
jhodappkenvandine, I didn't do work on it, but I have used it14:09
darkxstMenzador, SonikAmerica, how was it?14:10
Menzadordarkxst: Nice and polished. I wish it had *all* of 3.24, but what we had was well done and fairly seamlessly integrated... no real issues at all14:11
MenzadorI even added a gazillion shell extensions... thankful for Google Chrome integration :)14:11
MenzadorCan't wait to see what 17.10 brings14:12
seb128darkxst, so you sort of backup what I said? it's more important that we get some engineers familiar with the gnome-shell code first which should be the priority before other changes?14:13
Menzador^ in addition, I understand the latest GNOME Builder app makes it easier to contribute specifically to GNOME14:14
darkxstseb128, regardless you will need engineers that can read both C and javascript!)14:18
seb128darkxst, I think we should be good with those, at least robert/laney/ken and probably others I forgot to list14:19
darkxstits a somewhat unique JS though14:22
kenvandinehey jhodapp!14:23
xnoxwillcooke, our theme needs a lot of fixing for gnome-shell =/14:24
jhodappheya14:24
kenvandinexnox, it does14:24
kenvandinei guess we should start filing bugs against our theme14:25
kenvandineseb128, do we even have anyone to work on our themes?14:45
seb128kenvandine, thanks for voluntering!14:47
seb128:-)14:47
* kenvandine runs for cover14:47
seb128willcooke said he would try to figure out who design-team looks like and if they can help us14:47
kenvandinei'm not opposed... however not my area of expertise14:47
seb128Laney and flexiondotorg know their way around14:48
willcookeI poked design this morning, they're looking in to it14:48
kenvandinecool14:48
seb128but I don't think we have anyone who like that enough to want to be official maintainer14:48
kenvandinei can't imagine fixing it up is a huge thing... just it looks very bad right now14:48
jbichaseb128: Ken's response sounds like a strong volunteering to me ;)14:48
seb128:-)14:48
kenvandine*strong*14:49
kenvandinelol14:49
kenvandinemore than others i guess14:49
jbichawell, comparatively :)14:49
seb128I guess we should file bugs to start14:49
seb128and maybe a few people can mp some fixes14:49
kenvandineyeah, i'll start doing that with screenshots14:49
seb128not perfect but it's a start14:49
kenvandinethe corners are bugging me more than anything14:49
jbicha+1 to getting Design to handle it since I think they would have more freedom to change things14:50
seb128there you go, you have one things you can start with :-)14:50
seb128yeah, if design could do that it would be ideal14:51
kenvandineit's weird, gnome-terminal doesn't have the problems with the corners up top14:51
kenvandinebut gedit does14:51
willcookekenvandine, in the tabs?14:52
willcookenotebook tabs14:52
seb128oh, I almost forgot that willcooke was our theme maintainer14:52
* willcooke hides14:53
seb128:-)14:53
kenvandinewillcooke, i'll file that one too14:54
kenvandinewillcooke, what about the tabs?14:55
willcookekenvandine, well, terminal has (or had) it's own notebook implementation, so the theme fixes to make the terminal tabs different colours was specific to Terminal, so that might be why Terminal looks OK and Gedit doesnt14:55
LaneyIt's the window border14:56
Laneyand terminal has black corners for me14:56
kenvandineLaney, not for me... gedit has them though14:56
Laneyok14:56
Laneydon't know what to say to that :)14:56
kenvandinewillcooke, so what's wrong with the tabs in gedit?  is it that they are hard to tell which is the focused tab?14:57
willcookekenvandine, yeah14:57
kenvandineLaney, indeed... however i will say the corners don't look great in terminal... but they are kind of rounded without the dark back square in it14:57
kenvandinewillcooke, got it14:57
kenvandinewillcooke, do we want to use a specific tag for bugs related to our transition to gnome?15:19
willcookesounds wise to me15:20
jbichamaybe just target stuff to Artful? because I'm guessing there are a lot of bugs we want to fix15:21
kenvandinejibel, indeed, but i think it would still be good to add a tag15:21
kenvandineit won't be long and we'll have lots of artful bugs15:21
jibeljbicha, ^15:22
kenvandinei'll use gnome-17.1015:23
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kenvandinewillcooke, seb128: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bugs?field.tag=gnome-17.1016:29
willcookethanks kenvandine16:29
Trevinhoah, I forgot to say... But weekend time here... So have a nice one guys16:34
TrevinhoIt will be national holidays Tue here too...16:34
TrevinhoSo I might get Monday off too. But not sure yet :-).16:34
TrevinhoMoving few days to seaside though...16:35
Trevinhowillcooke: ^16:35
seb128Trevinho, have a nice w.e!16:38
Trevinhoseb128: you too!16:38
seb128Trevinho, take some pictures for us16:39
Trevinhoseb128: yeah, I've too many to share already :-)16:39
Laneynighty night17:03
willcookehave a good one Trevinho17:11
oSoMoNhave a good week-end everyone17:17
willcookeNight all, happy weekend17:21
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HappyManhey guys, i'm on 16.04 and my pulseaudio can't get high-prio scheduling from rtkit... it says "permission denied". any pointers for where i could start looking?23:36
sarnolddo you see any DENIED messages in dmesg or auditd logs that might point out insufficient apparmor policy?23:41

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