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lotuspsychjegood morning to all05:46
lotuspsychje_http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-donates-ubuntu-phones-to-ubports-to-continue-ubuntu-touch-development-519877.shtml06:34
lordievaderGood morning07:02
lotuspsychje_hey lordievader07:20
lotuspsychje_cold here today07:20
lordievaderHey lotuspsychje_ How are you doing?07:20
ducassegood morning, everyone07:20
lordievaderYeah, indeed.07:20
ducassehi lordievader, lotuspsychje_07:20
lordievaderHey ducasse07:20
lotuspsychje_hey ducasse modem day :p07:20
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ducasselotuspsychje: yep, picking it up a bit later - got to wake up first :)07:21
lotuspsychjecool07:21
ducassewhat are you guys up to?07:23
lotuspsychjebit irc before work here07:23
jinkYes.07:23
lotuspsychjemorning jink07:23
jinklotuspsychje: Why not at work?07:23
lotuspsychjejink: i start at 1107:23
jinkI get that.  I mean the other question. :)07:24
lotuspsychjeits too early for riddles07:24
jinkWhy can't you IRC at work?07:24
lotuspsychjein the kitchen? lol07:25
jinkYou work in a kitchen?07:25
jinkFijn, doe maar zo. :P07:25
lotuspsychjeyes part time07:25
jinkOk, so that won't work.07:25
lotuspsychjenop :p07:25
ducasse\o jink07:25
jinkI kind assumed this channel was full of IT nerds, with IT jobs.07:26
jinkHey ducasse. :)07:26
jinkbrb, coffee, tea.07:26
lotuspsychjejink: my other job is IT07:26
lordievaderjink: Haven't you learned that assumptions are dangerous?07:28
lotuspsychjeyeah07:28
jinklordievader: :D07:28
lotuspsychjefew bionic updates again07:30
jink"Ears 2.1: you can now configure your audible range."07:31
lotuspsychjehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule07:32
jinkYeah, I know. xD07:32
lotuspsychje8th march beta107:32
jinkBut you know, bionic.07:33
lotuspsychjehi07:34
akiki'm in disbelief about what canonical is planning to do with the data collection of the installation08:46
akikthe right way is to set it as a opt-in option, not opt-out08:46
ducasseagreed, would think they'd learned from the amazon thing08:48
akikthey are saying it helps fix bugs faster. it took them 1.5 years to acknowledge   bug i filed about black text on black background in firefox, with the message "is this thing still a problem?"08:49
ducasse:)08:49
TJ-Originally we had the data collection and popcon as standard but it was dropped, possibly around 2010 due to lack of interest. Belately someone's realised we need statistics to help focus resources where they're most needed08:50
akikmichael tunnel was on jupiter broadcasting irc channel yesterday and we had a long discussion, me saying it's not ok and he  defending the decision08:50
ducassewhich packages are responsible for doing this?08:50
TJ-It's proposed to be  a 1-time hardware report at install time08:52
akiki read that it'll also enable popcon08:52
TJ-Same place as the 'install 3rd party drivers?" question I believe08:52
TJ-but for package popularity it'll be popcon I assume08:53
TJ-Seems to me, SEEMS TO ME, (hehe) that popcon isn't needed! Just analyse the archive.ubuntu.com server logs and count the downloads of packages divided by the dowloads of the release files08:54
akiki bet there would be enough people who want to submit this data if they ask for it08:55
TJ-The hardware data is very valuable now there are so many devices out there; it would help identify firmware bug trends rapidly08:56
akik* Popcon would be installed.  This will allow us to spot trends in package09:01
akikusage and help us to  focus on the packages which are of most value to our09:01
akikusers.09:01
akikand also automatic apport reports09:02
lotuspsychjehttp://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-wants-to-collect-some-data-from-ubuntu-users-to-improve-new-releases-519815.shtml09:15
lotuspsychjefeedback here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-February/040139.html09:16
lotuspsychjein a bad way, this information could be exploited right?09:17
akikanonymous data, when you collect it enough, tends to be not so anonymous09:19
lotuspsychjei also would rather see this package as 'optional'09:19
lotuspsychjeleaving it to the users choice has always been my favorite way for everything09:20
TJ-Back around 2006 the installer asked users to contribute by using popcon and collecting info and it felt like a positive experience; that should just be brought back09:25
lotuspsychjeseems like this still works: popularity-contest | less09:26
lotuspsychjehttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPopularityContest09:26
lotuspsychjelaterz09:31
LtWorfdoes the ubuntu popcon work differently than the debian one? I remember someone telling me that the ubuntu one doesn't count uninstalls09:33
akikLtWorf: don't know about the differences but this checkbox would enable popcon automatically10:37
akikhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-February/040170.html "If the box is left checked, then popcon would get installed.  In the normal10:37
akikdesktop installer there isn't an option for that any more.  There used to10:37
akikbe in the past, and there was an option to turn it on in Software Sources,10:37
akikbut that went away ages ago.  10.04 I think."10:37
akikalthough it says popcon would be installed, i gather that it would be enabled10:38
akiki have it installed on 16.04 and for sure i didn't ask for it10:38
LtWorfwell it's opt out no?10:39
akikthat's the issue10:39
BluesKajHiyas all12:09
pauljwhi everyone13:14
BluesKaj'Morning pauljw13:19
pauljwhi BluesKaj :)13:29
LtWorfhi pauljw13:33
pauljwhi LtWorf13:34
akiki hope the date at the bottom here https://popcon.ubuntu.com/ is not correct14:00
akikotherwise it would seem nobody's submitting anything14:00
LtWorfubuntu's popcon is not very informative, debian makes charts per package14:05
LtWorfhttps://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=python-xtermcolor14:05
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EriC^^hmm why is #ubuntu +r ?18:11
TJ-Spam attack18:14
OerHeksfrom #devuan .. i wonder if their ops know about this now18:14
lotuspsychjegood evening to all18:36
OerHeksay lotuspsychje18:42
lotuspsychjehey hey OerHeks18:42
lotuspsychjefriend was happy with his artful box OerHeks ?18:44
OerHeksfriend?18:46
lotuspsychjeOerHeks: you gave it to yourself?18:46
OerHeksehm not sure what box you talk about; i just got a free laptop18:47
lotuspsychjeyeah thats the one i mean18:47
OerHeksspare machine that was eating dus, he also has some win7 machines waiting for an user...18:48
OerHeksif i would care, i got a win7 machine...18:48
OerHeksbut no, this is fun, i played youtube from my bedroom this morning18:48
lotuspsychjecool18:48
OerHeksyes, that is why i stayed in bed after 1st coffee18:49
OerHeksbrrrrrrrrr18:49
lotuspsychje-4 today here18:49
lotuspsychjegot tears in my eyes from riding my bike18:49
hggdhand here (Dallas, TX) we dropped around 18C from yesterday to today19:06
lotuspsychjewow19:06
lotuspsychjethats freezing hggdh19:06
hggdhlotuspsychje: it is... today is around 0C :-)19:07
hggdhin the capital of the influenza...19:07
lotuspsychjehggdh: you guys have this every year such colds?19:09
lotuspsychjethose are siberian temps oO19:10
hggdhnot quite normal. Usually we get some sub-freezing spells (this year we reached around -9C for a few days)19:10
lotuspsychjethats cold enough already brrr19:11
hggdhbut most of the times it is between +6C to +15C19:11
lotuspsychjewe never get more then -5 in belgium19:11
lotuspsychjeyeah like 20 years ago i walked on the sea once19:11
hggdhon the other hand, apart from a bit of snow dusting once this winter, no snow, no icy rain. So far19:12
lotuspsychjegood, we dont need that :p19:12
lotuspsychjewe had 1 night snow19:12
lotuspsychjebbl guys tv time19:33
OerHeksbing .. https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/dsBBS7G8hb/22:16

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