2008/01/05/#ubuntu-devel.txt

[01:45] <SirBob1701> maybe i'm just too tired but its hard to figure out what needs to be done in ubuntu.  I wanna start to help out but everything seems spread all over
[01:47] <zul> SirBob1701: you can start on #-motu
[01:47] <SirBob1701> zul: ok thanks
[02:08] <emgent> ping *
[02:22] <LaserJock> emgent: ?
[02:23] <emgent> done.
[02:23] <emgent> i was found a security bug in ubuntu.com website
[02:23] <emgent> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/180468
[02:26] <keescook> emgent: can you subscribe "ubuntu-security" to that bug?
[02:26] <emgent> sure
[02:26] <keescook> thx
[02:27] <emgent> heya keescook :*
[02:27] <keescook> hiya :)  just stepping out for dinner
[02:28] <nuxil> whats the release date for hardy? aprl may ?
[02:28] <LaserJock> nuxil: wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseSchedule
[02:29] <nuxil> thank you
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[03:34]  * lamont plays with his new laptop
[03:35] <LaserJock> nifty, what kind?
[03:40] <lamont> Dell Inspiron 1520
[03:40] <StevenK> LaserJock: PONIES
[03:40] <StevenK> LaserJock: In all seriousness, Gutsy was out two months ago
[03:41] <LaserJock> yeah ...  I know  :/
[03:41] <persia> Umm..  It's January.  That's three months
[03:41] <lamont> persia: 2.5
[04:06] <gQuig1> anyone know if hardy alpha 3 will ship with firefox 3?
[04:09] <ScottK> Considering Gutsy was released with a version of it, I'd say yes.
[04:09] <TheMuso> But shipping is different to it being in the archives IMO.
[04:10] <gQuig1> yea.. I know it'll be in the archives I am currently using it
[04:10] <minghua> I doubt firefox 3 will be out early enough to be shipped on hardy CD.
[04:11] <minghua> Hardy, being LTS and all, probably won't use a beta version for default browser.
[04:11] <gQuig1> does it have to be fully out to make it to an alpha cd?
[04:11] <minghua> And I don't see it shipping both firefox 2 and 3 either.
[04:11] <TheMuso> Even if 3 is out, I don't see it being shipped for an LTS.
[04:12] <Fujitsu> TheMuso: Why not? 2 won't be supportable.
[04:12] <Fujitsu> Well, it will be even less supportable.
[04:12] <TheMuso> Fujitsu: Oh...
[04:12] <Fujitsu> Mozilla kills off old series very quickly.
[04:12] <ScottK> I do believe there is already a commitment to use xulrunner in the final release, so I think it'll be FF3.
[04:12] <gQuig1> yea.. I assumed it would ship final with 3
[04:12] <minghua> gQuig1: You are still not clear with your question though, what is the "ship" you mean?  Default browser?  Installed by default?  In main?
[04:12] <gQuig1> I was asking about the alpha 3
[04:13] <gQuig1> on default cd
[04:13] <Fujitsu> Alpha 3 will ship with Firefox 2 on the CD.
[04:13] <minghua> ScottK: Does the firefox-3.0 currently in archive already using xulrunner?
[04:13] <gQuig1> yup
[04:14] <minghua> Everything on the desktop CD will be installed, right?
[04:14] <Fujitsu> minghua: It depends on it.
[04:14] <Fujitsu> minghua: Except for a couple of live-specific things which are removed after it's installed.
[04:14] <gQuig1> what's the reason we can't go to firefox 3 for an alpha?
[04:14] <minghua> Nice, probably I should try it, instead of using the binary downloaded from mozilla.com.
[04:14] <minghua> s/com/org/, I think.
[04:14] <ScottK> minghua: I think so.
[04:15] <Fujitsu> I find Firefox 3 to be much, much nicer than Firefox 2. It's actually usable!
[04:15] <minghua> Fujitsu, ScottK: Thanks for the info.
[04:15] <minghua> Firefox 3 beta1 was terrible on my Debian.
[04:16] <Fujitsu> What was wrong with it?
[04:16] <gQuig1> I find some of the features slow without video acceleration
[04:16] <gQuig1> but I'm currently running nouveau so...
[04:16] <Fujitsu> The scrolling tab bar is infuriating.
[04:16] <Fujitsu> Arrrrrgh!
[04:17] <Fujitsu> It's turning into Windows XP!
[04:17] <Fujitsu> I don't want to be questioned when going into about:config, TYVM.
[04:17] <gQuig1> ....Firefox 3 is turning into XP?
[04:17] <ScottK> Considering we already need permission to patch it.
[04:17] <minghua> Fujitsu: What's wrong with beta1?  The font rendering was completely unbearable.  It was much better in beta2 though.
[04:18] <Fujitsu> gQuig1: It gives me a page warning not to do bad things when I go to about:config. XP does similar when opening up C:, Program Files, etc.
[04:18] <gQuig1> eh.. I liked it
[04:18] <gQuig1> Be careful, this gun is loaded!
[04:19] <Fujitsu> Heh.
[04:20] <minghua> Fujitsu: That can be disabled in about:config, IIRC.
[04:20] <Fujitsu> minghua: Or by unchecking the `show this every time' checkbox.
[04:20] <Fujitsu> Looks like it's general.warnOnAboutConfig.
[04:21] <Fujitsu> ... why is there a key named general.config.obscure_value?
[04:25] <gQuig1> don't know why but I want to say for compatibility
[04:27]  * gQuig1 would like to see firefox 3 in alpha 3 if possible to get better testing coverage and wishes all a good night
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[07:46] <peterjtech> I've got a question about defualt settings for hardy. I work over on the ubuntu forums in the absolute beginners fourms answering questions, lately I've seen a bunch of problems from people with fresh installs that have all of thier repositories disabled because they installed gutsy while not connected to the internet. Is there a bug report for, or discussion, of removing the repository check during the install? It seems like a good i
[07:48] <nenolod> #ubuntu+1
[08:54] <evand> peterjtech: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/networkless-installation-fixes
[08:55] <evand> It's targeted for Hardy: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/
[08:55] <peterjtech> evand: that's good to know
[08:56] <peterjtech> I was looking around in launchpad but couldn't think of good search terms to find what I was looking for, seems rather obvious now
[08:58]  * Fujitsu would like that, particularly with smaller timeouts, as he installed yesterday when au.a.u.c was down, which caused much waiting and brokenness.
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[09:46] <tuntun> how do i disable the login window after resuming from suspend?
[09:51] <Fujitsu> tuntun: This channel isn't for support. Use #ubuntu.
[10:24] <Lure> can somebody give-back kdeedu-kde4 (kde4libs is built now)
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[11:28] <superm1> imbrandon, you still around?
[11:29] <Fujitsu> superm1: It's getting to the time when people in his part of the world /should/ be up. Thus, you can fairly safely say he's not.
[11:29] <superm1> Fujitsu, he does work odd hours for central time though on a regular basis
[11:29] <superm1> so i figured it'd be worth a shot
[11:44] <superm1> well if any other core-devs would have a few moments to look over the patch i was going to show imbrandon, i'd appreciate it: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/3300/
[11:45]  * persia gets reminded, and goes digging for rarely used hardware
[11:45] <superm1> persia, i was thinking more about what you said the other day, and realized there was a corner case that caused it to reconfigure itself without user asking
[11:45] <superm1> persia, hence was pre-empted this patch
[11:46] <persia> superm1: The changelog looks to hit all the points I had referenced, but I really should test with my hardware and get back to you.  I'll wait for the new rev to send feedback (but make sure I have my HW handy first).
[12:33] <tjaalton> hmh, what broke gdbm?
[12:34] <tjaalton> bug 180368 for instance
[12:34] <ubotu> Launchpad bug 180368 in command-not-found "gdbm fatal: lseek error" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/180368
[12:43] <tjaalton> oh, seems that the error message is from c-n-f after all.. I just didn't have the command installed that I tried to run :)
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[15:36] <belsebubb> is ntop broken in gutsy ?
[15:38] <belsebubb> i dont know. but it seems to broken. buggy
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[19:14] <nixternal> any archive admins hanging out today? I need a give back on kaider-kde4 that I just uploaded...thanks
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[19:22] <pitti_> nixternal: this package doesn't seem to exist?
[19:25] <jpatrick> nixternal: hasn't got past NEW
[19:32] <pitti_> nixternal: then you don't need a giveback (that's necessary for a previously failed build which should work now)
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[19:50] <nixternal> pitti: thanks
[19:53] <nixternal> pitti: if I upload new will it overwrite, or should I bump the revision to ensure it?
[19:54] <pitti> nixternal: you mean upload the same version again?
[19:54] <nixternal> ya
[19:54] <pitti> nixternal: you can do that, both will be in NEW
[19:54] <nixternal> groovy
[19:54] <pitti> nixternal: but I'd prefer rejecting the previous one first to avoid confusion which is the good one
[19:54] <nixternal> k, how do I reject or request that?
[19:54] <nixternal> haven't had to do that ever
[19:54] <pitti> nixternal: so, shall I kill kaider-kde4 from NEW?
[19:54] <nixternal> yes please
[19:54] <nixternal> and I owe you a cookie, or a drink of your choice :)
[19:54] <pitti> killed; NP :)
[19:55] <nixternal> you rock! thanks again
[19:55] <nixternal> I cd'd into the wrong directory and dput the wrong one
[19:58] <geser> pitti: do you have a suggestion what to do with a package which uses ${source:Version} to depend on an package from an other source? In Debian the versions are kept in sync but in Ubuntu one package has changes which breaks this dependency
[19:59] <pitti> geser: hm, that sounds pretty fragile to begin with
[19:59] <pitti> why can't we keep those in sync, too?
[19:59] <pitti> if the strict dependency is actually justified, we have to do that anyway
[19:59] <pitti> and if not, we should file a Debian bug to relax it
[20:00] <geser> we could, but then I would need to upload an cyrus-sasl2-heimdal 2.1.22.dfsg1-16ubuntu2 as a rebuild
[20:00] <geser> the strict dependency is from cyrus-sasl2-heimdal-dbg to cyrus-sasl2-dbg
[20:01] <pitti> hm; in this case I think a rebuild is justified (new compiler, toolchain, etc.)
[20:03] <geser> it looks odd to use ubuntu2 as a rebuild and skipping ubuntu1
[20:03] <pitti> oh, right, it's unmodified ATM
[20:04] <pitti> would be unfortunate to break it indeed
[20:08] <pitti> so, I wouldn't mind fixing cyrus-sasl's dependency either
[20:11] <geser> I see now that uploading cyrus-sasl2-heimdal with ubuntu2 would also fix the unmet deps for libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal
[20:11] <geser> so I don't get hurt when I do this strange upload? :)
[20:12] <geser> or is there a better solution?
[20:17] <dfiloni> DktrKranz: ./configure && make && debuild binary giusto?
[21:23] <blueyed> Is nobody interested in sponsoring the fix for bug 177032? :)
[21:23] <ubotu> Launchpad bug 177032 in dash "Regression with filename glob expanding" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/177032
[21:26] <geser> blueyed: I guess now is not a good moment to search for a main sponsor :)
[21:36] <blueyed> geser: are you refering to weekdays/weekend?
[21:37] <geser> blueyed: yes, and that it's evening in europe
[21:38] <LaserJock> there are some core devs not in europe ;-)
[21:47] <geser> LaserJock: true, but the chance to find a non-european core-dev on a weekend here aren't much better (in particular one who is willing to do some sponsoring)
[21:50] <ScottK> LaserJock: Are you up for some Main sponsoring?
[21:51] <LaserJock> actually depends on the patch/package
[21:51] <LaserJock> I generally don't like being the guy who breaks core apps ;-)
[21:51] <ScottK> I've got two small ones.
[21:51] <ScottK> Both should be safe.
[21:52] <ScottK> Bug 17169 is one
[21:52] <ubotu> Launchpad bug 17169 in dput "Avoid warning when uploading packages with -0ubuntu1 revision" [Medium,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/17169
[21:53] <ScottK> Bug #178203 is the other.
[21:53] <ubotu> Launchpad bug 178203 in pinentry "Please merge pinentry (0.7.4-2) from Debian Unstable (Main)" [Wishlist,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/178203
[21:53] <LaserJock> ScottK: k
[21:54] <ScottK> LaserJock: Thanks.
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[22:05] <LaserJock> ScottK: was there a rationale for adding in debian-mentors to dput.cf other than it's nice to have?
[22:08] <ScottK> LaserJock: My rationale is that it does no harm and makes it easier to contribute back to Debian (one less barrier) and that's a good thing.
[22:08] <LaserJock> right, I just wondered if there was a bug
[22:09] <ScottK> No.  I didn't see value in filing a bug for that.
[22:09] <ScottK> I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't actually fixing something at the same time.
[22:09] <ScottK> I did recently set up a new laptop and it was slightly annoying to have to add it by hand.
[22:10] <LaserJock> sure, I think it's a good idea
[22:10] <LaserJock> we have revu in there
[22:10] <ScottK> Exactly.
[22:15] <LaserJock> ScottK: hmm, actually there is a new Debian version that has a number of fixes, perhaps a merge would be good?
[22:15] <ScottK> LaserJock: I'll have a look at it.
[22:15] <LaserJock> I'll look at the other one while you're doing that
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[22:16] <ScottK> Sounds good.
[22:35] <ScottK> LaserJock: Merge debdiff attached to the bug.
[22:40] <LaserJock> ScottK: pinentry done
[22:41] <ScottK> LaserJock: Thanks.
[22:41] <ScottK> I have to run out for a while to drop one of my kids off for a church function.  I'll be back in about 45 minutes or so.
[23:07] <LaserJock> ScottK: dput done as well, thanks for the merge
[23:10] <ion_> It would be nice if /etc/dput.cf had an entry for ppa by default. That would require ppa to be changed a bit, though.
[23:11] <LaserJock> ion_: I don't know how you could do that. How would you determine what PPA to upload to?
[23:11] <ion_> By the signing key
[23:12] <LaserJock> that's not enough
[23:12] <LaserJock> that might work for personal PPAs I guess, but wouldn't for teams
[23:12] <ion_> If you want to upload to a team PPA, then you’d need to add your own ppa entry.
[23:13] <LaserJock> I guess the common use case would be for personal ppas
[23:16] <ScottK> LaserJock: Thanks.