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Sep 11 12:07:32 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current
Sep 11 12:08:51 <mw> Ok, welcome everybody to this week's opensuse-gnome meeting
Sep 11 12:09:27 * suseROCKs thinks meetings need special effects so we can hear crowd roarings and such
Sep 11 12:09:30 <mw> Since as usual I have no introductory comments, let's get started with suseROCKs' Helping Hands update
Sep 11 12:09:37 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Helping Hands update (suseROCKs)
Sep 11 12:09:49 * suseROCKs raises eyebrow
Sep 11 12:10:07 <suseROCKs> I thought we discussed last week that HH is now moved into the purview of Marketing team...
Sep 11 12:10:25 <mw> yeah, we did
Sep 11 12:10:44 <mw> it's on the agenda; shall we nix it?
Sep 11 12:10:54 <suseROCKs> aww you guys just wanted me on stage so you could see a thing of beauty :-)
Sep 11 12:11:00 <suseROCKs> yeah
Sep 11 12:11:09 <abharath> hehe
Sep 11 12:11:29 <mw> ok, so
Sep 11 12:11:29 <suseROCKs> ooh abharath is here. We should have an evo topic somewhere...
Sep 11 12:11:40 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Listing apps on the wiki (suseROCKs)
Sep 11 12:11:56 * suseROCKs oofs...
Sep 11 12:12:28 <suseROCKs> hobbsc is going to spearhead the wiki reogranizatoin effort and we'll insert the listing apps page in there. He's been tied up this week though
Sep 11 12:12:38 <hobbsc> that's an understatement
Sep 11 12:12:45 <hobbsc> i've not really had any internet access, either
Sep 11 12:12:55 <hobbsc> i'm having some demo done on my house, so no power/internet access
Sep 11 12:12:57 <hobbsc> etc.
Sep 11 12:13:08 <hobbsc> should be done soonish
Sep 11 12:13:12 <suseROCKs> Fiance disconnect your internet cuz you didn't work enough around the house?
Sep 11 12:13:15 <hobbsc> (in a few days)
Sep 11 12:13:21 <rodrigo_> :)
Sep 11 12:13:24 <hobbsc> ha
Sep 11 12:13:34 <hobbsc> no, moron earth movers cut my cable line
Sep 11 12:13:36 <hobbsc> zoom
Sep 11 12:13:48 <jpr> the GNOME wiki or the opensuse wiki as a whole?
Sep 11 12:13:53 <decriptor> hobbsc: what people like that never do things like that
Sep 11 12:13:54 <suseROCKs> hobbsc: I was talking to ademmer who is co-designer of the new openSUSE home page coming soon
Sep 11 12:13:55 <hobbsc> GNOME was what i was going for
Sep 11 12:14:06 <jpr> cool
Sep 11 12:14:14 <suseROCKs> And next step they're going to address wiki cleanup. I told him about your efforts and will hook you two up to coordinate
Sep 11 12:14:15 <jpr> are there notes on the layou?
Sep 11 12:14:22 <jpr> there were notes on the intiial
Sep 11 12:14:23 <jpr> layout
Sep 11 12:14:24 <hobbsc> suseROCKs: roger that
Sep 11 12:14:26 <jpr> in the wiki
Sep 11 12:14:36 <hobbsc> jpr: i was just going to make a request for ideas
Sep 11 12:14:47 <hobbsc> what would make it easier to navigate
Sep 11 12:15:07 <hobbsc> decriptor: heh, touche
Sep 11 12:15:31 <suseROCKs> There has to be some actual support stuff on the main /GNOME page. Right now it's all "come join us, be a part of us, participate with us" stuff
Sep 11 12:15:50 <decriptor> hobbsc: used to work for a telcomm
Sep 11 12:16:04 <hobbsc> decriptor: i don't envy you
Sep 11 12:16:17 <decriptor> *used to* :)
Sep 11 12:16:21 <hobbsc> heh
Sep 11 12:16:26 <decriptor> since then the twitches have gone
Sep 11 12:16:38 <hobbsc> jpr: anyway, the whole thought was that the gnome wiki was difficult to navigate from a support perspective
Sep 11 12:16:47 <hobbsc> i volunteered to post an email requesting ideas
Sep 11 12:16:48 * suseROCKs sees decriptor as a 1950's telephone operator with bubble-gum hair pushing/pulling plugs and gossiping all day long
Sep 11 12:16:58 <hobbsc> and then perhaps hold a "bug day" style event to clean it up
Sep 11 12:17:43 <decriptor> we should hired a full time tech writer for the wiki
Sep 11 12:17:44 <decriptor> only
Sep 11 12:17:53 <hobbsc> not a bad idea
Sep 11 12:17:59 <mw> yeah, i'd like to see that too
Sep 11 12:18:09 <hobbsc> that would certainly streamline things
Sep 11 12:18:20 <decriptor> but not tell anyone that he exists so that he can focus on that
Sep 11 12:18:33 <decriptor> I hate our wiki, its not that great to use
Sep 11 12:18:47 <hobbsc> ha, not tell the community about a maintainer?
Sep 11 12:18:55 <decriptor> no
Sep 11 12:19:03 <decriptor> don't tell anyone inside of novell :P
Sep 11 12:19:03 <hobbsc> well, is that something i should bring up in the email/meeting?
Sep 11 12:19:18 <hobbsc> "we're looking for someone to commit to keeping track of the wiki"?
Sep 11 12:19:21 <mw> hobbsc: anyway, you think you'll be able to get to work on it within a few days?
Sep 11 12:19:37 <hobbsc> mw: as soon as my cable is back up, that's looking like Monday
Sep 11 12:19:44 <mw> hobbsc: ok
Sep 11 12:19:46 <suseROCKs> I rather consider hobbsc as the /GNOME maintainer
Sep 11 12:19:47 <hobbsc> unless i can cobble something together on a lunch break here at the office
Sep 11 12:19:59 <hobbsc> suseROCKs: ha, i didn't sign up for that :)
Sep 11 12:20:09 <decriptor> too late
Sep 11 12:20:12 <decriptor> mahahahaha
Sep 11 12:20:14 <hobbsc> ha
Sep 11 12:20:22 <mw> suseROCKs: anything else to bring up before moving on?
Sep 11 12:20:50 <suseROCKs> I don't think it would be that difficult to maintain... everyone still writes to the wiki. Just have one person overview to make sure everything is consistent
Sep 11 12:21:08 <suseROCKs> That's pretty much it mw. It rather became hobbsc's topic :-)
Sep 11 12:21:26 <mw> suseROCKs: ok. we should make next week's agenda reflect that :)
Sep 11 12:21:35 * suseROCKs suddenly feels efficient having cut out one topic and hot-potatoed another topic
Sep 11 12:21:37 <hobbsc> well, i would honestly volunteer to maintain it, but i'm going to be ridiculously busy in the next few months
Sep 11 12:21:41 <hobbsc> (getting married and all)
Sep 11 12:21:51 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : 11.0 updates review : gvfs, puseaudio, and telepathy and empathy
Sep 11 12:21:51 <hobbsc> at least the first two weeks in november, i'll be swamped
Sep 11 12:22:00 <hobbsc> otherwise, i can step up
Sep 11 12:22:08 <jpr> november is a good time
Sep 11 12:22:09 <rodrigo_> yes, it's probably good to have 2 people
Sep 11 12:22:10 <mw> hpj: rodrigo_: hub: any pending updates?
Sep 11 12:22:12 <jpr> just ahead of 11.1
Sep 11 12:22:19 <rodrigo_> no thing from pulseaudio
Sep 11 12:22:23 <jpr> ie post wedding
Sep 11 12:22:25 <hub> mw: not that I remember
Sep 11 12:22:28 <hobbsc> jpr: i'm getting married november 8th and will be in breckenridge on my honeymoon until the 16th
Sep 11 12:22:36 <mw> rodrigo_: hub: ok, didn't think so :)
Sep 11 12:22:49 <mw> i'm going to assume that there are no pending updates for gvfs either
Sep 11 12:22:50 <hub> hobbsc: congrats
Sep 11 12:22:51 <rodrigo_> mw: nothing for 11.0
Sep 11 12:22:54 <jpr> ah
Sep 11 12:22:55 <hobbsc> hub: thanks
Sep 11 12:23:00 <decriptor> hobbsc: congrats
Sep 11 12:23:10 <hobbsc> thanks :)
Sep 11 12:23:21 <mw> yeah, congratulations :)
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Sep 11 12:23:29 <hobbsc> thanks again hehe
Sep 11 12:23:33 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Dropping and adding packages (vuntz)
Sep 11 12:23:36 <mw> vuntz: !
Sep 11 12:23:37 * rodrigo_ will congrat hobbsc in november 8th :)
Sep 11 12:23:42 * srag (n=sragavan@123.237.140.228) has joined #opensuse-gnome
Sep 11 12:23:43 <vuntz> mw!
Sep 11 12:23:56 <suseROCKs> hobbsc: GNOME will go to hell in a handbasket during your absence. I hope knowing that doesn't affect your performance on your wedding night.
Sep 11 12:24:04 <vuntz> just want to quickly discuss package drops
Sep 11 12:24:39 <vuntz> banshee, helix-banshee, evolution-python, tapioca-sharp, telepathy-sharp
Sep 11 12:25:06 <mw> vuntz: well, the first two are no-brainers in my opinion
Sep 11 12:25:08 <vuntz> I was also wondering why we have eiciel (could probably be moved in G:C)
Sep 11 12:25:38 <jpr> eiciel is for SLED
Sep 11 12:25:40 <vuntz> so, yeah, we reached agreement on banshee & helix-banshee
Sep 11 12:25:42 <jpr> so veto :-)
Sep 11 12:25:53 <decriptor> wow, what power
Sep 11 12:25:55 <vuntz> jpr: you're cheating ;-)
Sep 11 12:26:03 <jpr> fast-user-switch-applet and resapplet
Sep 11 12:26:07 <jpr> need dropping I think
Sep 11 12:26:13 <vuntz> oh, yeah
Sep 11 12:26:24 <jpr> with proper provides/obsoletes
Sep 11 12:26:39 <jpr> is gdm and gnome-settings-daemon
Sep 11 12:26:55 <vuntz> same for evolution-python (with in gnome-python-desktop)
Sep 11 12:27:19 <mw> in general i would like to see lots of packages dropped from the distro and moved to G:C or similar
Sep 11 12:27:26 <jpr> or to contrib
Sep 11 12:27:30 <mw> yeah
Sep 11 12:27:37 <jpr> we should talk about what to do about contrib next week
Sep 11 12:27:44 <mw> but for a lot of apps, one update every 6-9 months seems like the wrong model
Sep 11 12:27:56 <vuntz> ok
Sep 11 12:27:57 <vuntz> so
Sep 11 12:28:23 <vuntz> I'll do the stuff for banshee, helix-banshee, evolution-python, tapioca-sharp, telepathy-sharp, fast-user-switch-applet, resapplet
Sep 11 12:28:34 <decriptor> why telepathy stuff?
Sep 11 12:28:35 <vuntz> (ie, drop in pdb, and remove from G:F)
Sep 11 12:28:42 <mw> vuntz: i think federico did the needful for resapplet already
Sep 11 12:28:48 <decriptor> maybe move them to G:C
Sep 11 12:28:49 <vuntz> good
Sep 11 12:28:59 <vuntz> decriptor: sure, we can move them to G:C
Sep 11 12:29:00 <rodrigo_> yes, I think resapplet should be ok, but double check
Sep 11 12:29:24 <decriptor> do we have a list of packages that need some help being updated on a regular basis
Sep 11 12:29:39 <decriptor> I can try and help out in that area (submitting updated packages)
Sep 11 12:29:41 <jpr> i would like to propose dropping transmission to G:C as well
Sep 11 12:29:43 <vuntz> decriptor: see next topic :-)
Sep 11 12:29:44 <rodrigo_> I guess the packages in G:C are a good start
Sep 11 12:29:47 <jpr> if we are keeping monsoon
Sep 11 12:29:50 <decriptor> vuntz: :)
Sep 11 12:30:48 <vuntz> so moving tapioca-sharp, telepathy-sharp to G:C and dropping the rest
Sep 11 12:31:05 <jpr> and transmission?
Sep 11 12:31:58 <rodrigo_> if we are keeping monsoon, I'd move it to G:C
Sep 11 12:31:59 <vuntz> jpr: we can move it out, sure (although I prefer it over monsoon, but that's another topic)
Sep 11 12:32:15 <jpr> i'm fine either way
Sep 11 12:32:21 <jpr> just a suggestion really
Sep 11 12:32:24 <vuntz> decriptor: oh, one reason I wanted to drop tapioca-sharp and telepathy-sharp is that I couldn't find any upstream information about them
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Sep 11 12:32:40 <vuntz> which makes me wonder if there's some work, or if it's just dead
Sep 11 12:33:00 <decriptor> vuntz: oh, I can see if I can figure stuff out about it (can you email me a reminder?)
Sep 11 12:33:51 <vuntz> I tried hard already, but yeah. Mail address?
Sep 11 12:34:04 <jpr> ajorg might know more
Sep 11 12:34:18 <decriptor> I'm thinking of gallaxium
Sep 11 12:34:22 <decriptor> (sp?)
Sep 11 12:34:54 <vuntz> I'll take a look at the list of modules and see which ones would be good candidates for gnomeicu
Sep 11 12:35:07 <vuntz> s/gnomeicu/contrib
Sep 11 12:35:08 <decriptor> galaxium
Sep 11 12:35:09 <vuntz> heh
Sep 11 12:35:27 <vuntz> unless somebody else wants to do this?
Sep 11 12:35:48 <ajorg> which might I know?
Sep 11 12:36:05 <decriptor> the state of telepathy-sharp
Sep 11 12:36:10 <decriptor> and tapioca
Sep 11 12:36:19 <ajorg> nope, don't know
Sep 11 12:36:41 <ajorg> I thought tapioca was also being obsoleted by empathy though
Sep 11 12:36:50 <decriptor> that could be
Sep 11 12:37:21 * glunard1 (n=glunardi@nat/novell/x-37292eaf56b70bae) has joined #opensuse-gnome
Sep 11 12:37:39 <vuntz> (G:C vs contrib should really be a topic for next meeting)
Sep 11 12:37:46 <jpr> yes
Sep 11 12:37:49 <mw> vuntz: indeed; it's not clear what the diff is at all
Sep 11 12:37:52 <suseROCKs> heyyy I know glunard1 :-)
Sep 11 12:37:57 <decriptor> empathy depends on telepathy
Sep 11 12:38:10 <suseROCKs> probably the only guy in this channel I've ever actually met in person :-)
Sep 11 12:38:44 <vuntz> also, do we want to move projecthamster to Factory? Or should it just go to contrib?
Sep 11 12:39:07 <AlbertoP> suseROCKs, that's why others are not trying to meet you :P
Sep 11 12:39:11 <decriptor> what is the difference between contrib and community
Sep 11 12:39:11 <decriptor> ?
Sep 11 12:40:20 <vuntz> it's unclear -- that's why we should discuss it
Sep 11 12:40:23 <mw> next topic
Sep 11 12:40:26 <rodrigo_> that's what we need to discuss on next meeting, it's not clear :)
Sep 11 12:40:31 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : The lauded osc gnome plugin (vuntz)
Sep 11 12:40:44 <vuntz> oh, it's me again
Sep 11 12:40:59 <decriptor> vuntz: its always you :P
Sep 11 12:41:10 * suseROCKs retitles GNOME meeting to VUNTZ meeting
Sep 11 12:41:43 <vuntz> so, as users of 'osc gnome todo' (or of http://tmp.vuntz.net/opensuse-packages/obs.py) noticed, we now have upstream information about lots of modules
Sep 11 12:41:57 <vuntz> which is quite cool
Sep 11 12:42:20 <vuntz> if you go to the webpage, you'll still notice a few yellow cells (around 20)
Sep 11 12:42:37 <vuntz> we need people to find where upstream tarballs for those packages live
Sep 11 12:43:13 <vuntz> or we accept that we will have to live with yellow cells
Sep 11 12:43:33 <vuntz> now, we need to be careful
Sep 11 12:43:44 <vuntz> by default, we have the latest upstream tarball
Sep 11 12:43:55 <vuntz> which can be a tarball from a development/unstable branch
Sep 11 12:44:02 <suseROCKs> vuntz: If I were to take up the task of looking for the upstreams, how would I update this?
Sep 11 12:44:08 <mw> vuntz: how hard would it be to do some filtering in "osc gnome todo"? for example, something like "osc gnome todo --group=platform" which would only list gnome platform packages
Sep 11 12:44:33 <vuntz> mw: not really hard. We just need to define platform
Sep 11 12:44:44 <mw> vuntz: your package list already does, doesn't it?
Sep 11 12:44:56 <mw> gnome-opensuse-match.txt
Sep 11 12:44:58 <vuntz> suseROCKs: send a mail to opensuse-gnome (or use git to get the repo)
Sep 11 12:45:28 <vuntz> mw: yeah. We can use this
Sep 11 12:45:35 <vuntz> mw: file a bug :-)
Sep 11 12:46:00 * suseROCKs decides to do just that...
Sep 11 12:46:35 <vuntz> example of cases where being careful was important: latest poppler is 0.9.0, but is unstable. Latest gq is 1.3.5 (or something like this) but is unstable
Sep 11 12:47:01 <vuntz> so I added a mechanism to say "no version higher than 0.9" or "no x.y.z where y is odd"
Sep 11 12:47:31 <ajorg> where is this osc gnome thing I keep hearing about?
Sep 11 12:47:38 <suseROCKs> slightly-off-point: Is this a list of everything that will be in the GNOME pattern?
Sep 11 12:47:41 <vuntz> the thing is that there's not a lot of such rules right now (5). So we might need more. Hence the need to be careful :-)
Sep 11 12:47:58 <vuntz> ajorg: git diff http://www.vuntz.net/git/osc-plugins.git/
Sep 11 12:48:04 <vuntz> s/diff/clone/
Sep 11 12:48:07 <ajorg> vuntz: thanks
Sep 11 12:48:56 <decriptor> thanks
Sep 11 12:49:01 <decriptor> I was wondering the same thing
Sep 11 12:49:08 <vuntz> also, in other osc gnome news: we have 'osc gnome update' and 'osc gnome setup' now
Sep 11 12:49:14 <jpr> you will never use anything else :-)
Sep 11 12:49:23 <vuntz> 'osc gnome update' will do most of the magic to update a package to a new version
Sep 11 12:49:31 <decriptor> ?
Sep 11 12:49:35 <vuntz> it's not complete yet, but at some point, it will download the tarball, edit the .spec, etc.
Sep 11 12:49:37 <suseROCKs> amazing how vuntz has changed jpr's life so dramatically
Sep 11 12:49:58 <vuntz> it of course branches the package, checks it out, etc.
Sep 11 12:50:34 <decriptor> vuntz: so you have a mini tutorial on this right :)
Sep 11 12:50:38 <vuntz> 'osc gnome setup' does the first part of 'osc gnome update' (reserve, branch, check out). It's for cases where you just want to work on a package
Sep 11 12:50:43 <vuntz> decriptor: not yet
Sep 11 12:50:53 <vuntz> will write one in the next few days, I guess
Sep 11 12:51:45 <decriptor> cool
Sep 11 12:51:47 * suseROCKs gits the osc and sees alot of walking on his screen :-)
Sep 11 12:51:48 <decriptor> that'll be nice
Sep 11 12:52:17 <vuntz> mw: I guess we should move osc-gnome.py with the other plugins, so that it gets packaged?
Sep 11 12:52:29 <rodrigo_> yes
Sep 11 12:53:29 <vuntz> that's all from me
Sep 11 12:53:49 <vuntz> feedback & patches for 'osc gnome' welcome, as usual
Sep 11 12:54:17 <nagappan> hello all
Sep 11 12:54:29 <mw> vuntz: my repo (unpushed) just has a symlink
Sep 11 12:54:57 <vuntz> mw: oh, cool, perfect
Sep 11 12:55:08 <mw> vuntz: i'd like to clean up some of the plugins i'm doing and call it 0.4.0
Sep 11 12:55:47 <mw> vuntz: anyway, policy stuff?
Sep 11 12:55:54 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Policy stuff (vuntz)
Sep 11 12:56:05 <vuntz> policy: no news, didn't even think about policy in the last week
Sep 11 12:56:18 <vuntz> not sure if we need to keep the topic
Sep 11 12:56:33 <mw> ok, we should remove it for next week
Sep 11 12:56:50 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Feature update : printing (vuntz)
Sep 11 12:56:54 <mw> vuntz: you're almost done :)
Sep 11 12:57:49 >sbrabec< ping
Sep 11 12:57:49 * [sbrabec] is away (TeÄ tu zrovna nejsem)
Sep 11 12:57:54 <vuntz> still me?
Sep 11 12:58:03 <mw> anything new in printing?
Sep 11 12:58:06 <vuntz> system-config-printer submitted to factory
Sep 11 12:58:19 <vuntz> it's blocked in autobuild and/or legal
Sep 11 12:58:20 <mw> woo
Sep 11 12:58:22 <mw> ok
Sep 11 12:58:28 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Feature update : pulseaudio (rodrigo)
Sep 11 12:58:31 <vuntz> I'll drop gnome-cups-manager once it's accepted
Sep 11 12:58:34 <jpr> vuntz: do we need to drop gnome-cups-manager and update the patterns too?
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Sep 11 12:58:59 <vuntz> jpr: I told cthiel about the pattern already. But I'll remind him
Sep 11 12:59:17 <vuntz> just waiting for the package to really reach factory
Sep 11 12:59:57 <rodrigo_> for pulseaudio, 0.9.12 has just been submitted to G:F
Sep 11 13:00:14 <rodrigo_> and I have updates for the other PA tools coming in (paprefs, pavu*, etc)
Sep 11 13:00:27 <rodrigo_> this should fix many of the problems in 0.9.11
Sep 11 13:00:48 <decriptor> does this mean that audio will work correctly again on linux?
Sep 11 13:00:50 <mw> rodrigo_: i accepted pa into G:F earlier today and sent it on to o:F
Sep 11 13:00:58 <rodrigo_> mw: cool :)
Sep 11 13:01:09 <rodrigo_> decriptor: it will work better :)
Sep 11 13:01:20 <suseROCKs> I'm kind of against fixing PA
Sep 11 13:01:32 <decriptor> suseROCKs: you would be
Sep 11 13:01:44 <suseROCKs> I'ts about the only topic ever brought up in #suse. Without it, GNOME almost never gets mentioend there. :-)
Sep 11 13:02:05 <rodrigo_> well, 11.1 will have a better mecvhanism for enabling and disabling it
Sep 11 13:02:23 <rodrigo_> but even though I know it causes many headaches to some people, I see it as the future
Sep 11 13:02:49 <rodrigo_> it supports HD audio and other niceties that we won't be able to live without in a few years :)
Sep 11 13:02:59 * suseROCKs sees rodrigo_ standing atop a bluff with a long grey beard pointing to the promised land
Sep 11 13:02:59 <rodrigo_> so yeah, I think we want to fix it
Sep 11 13:03:15 <rodrigo_> even though, really, it would be easier for me to just drop it and move to other stuff :)
Sep 11 13:03:27 <rodrigo_> suseROCKs: :-)
Sep 11 13:04:04 <rodrigo_> the problem really with PA is not really PA itself, it's the "others" sound systems
Sep 11 13:04:17 <rodrigo_> if everyone used PA, we would be living in a better world :)
Sep 11 13:05:13 <suseROCKs> Even us Deafies?
Sep 11 13:05:14 <rodrigo_> anyway, nothing else from me on this
Sep 11 13:05:22 <tambeti> what's (except flash) does not use it yet?
Sep 11 13:05:40 <rodrigo_> suseROCKs: yes, we'll add a deaf-enalling plugin soon :)
Sep 11 13:05:46 <tambeti> well, flash and skype
Sep 11 13:05:55 <rodrigo_> tambeti: directly nothing uses it, except now GNOME
Sep 11 13:06:08 <suseROCKs> rodrigo_: actually, (not kidding) we DO deserpately need that. OSX has one
Sep 11 13:06:11 <tambeti> rodrigo_: I thought there were patches for pretty much everything
Sep 11 13:06:16 <rodrigo_> outside of GNOME, all apps use it but indirectly, though the alsa/oss/etc apis
Sep 11 13:06:19 <tambeti> rodrigo_: like gstreamer, mplayer, ...
Sep 11 13:06:25 <suseROCKs> deserpately?!? wtf.. "Desperately' ahh better
Sep 11 13:06:59 <rodrigo_> tambeti: yeah, for some apps, but there are also backends for alsa/oss, so apps that use those continue to work without changes
Sep 11 13:07:12 <rodrigo_> tambeti: those are the problematic ones
Sep 11 13:07:27 <rodrigo_> suseROCKs: oh, really? didn't know that, quite interesting indeed
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Sep 11 13:08:00 <tambeti> rodrigo_: reading http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup , it doesn't look like there are all too many of apps that we care about and don't have patches to use PA directly
Sep 11 13:08:02 <suseROCKs> rodrigo_: let's talk after the meeting about it.
Sep 11 13:08:56 <rodrigo_> tambeti: right, everything in factory should be ok
Sep 11 13:09:24 <rodrigo_> suseROCKs: after the meeting I'll go out to get some fresh air, so send me mail, please :)
Sep 11 13:09:37 <tambeti> ok, so we do live in a perfect world :)
Sep 11 13:09:45 <rodrigo_> suseROCKs: pr poke me later/tomorrow
Sep 11 13:09:58 <rodrigo_> tambeti: not from user's perspective though :)
Sep 11 13:10:03 <suseROCKs> ok
Sep 11 13:10:12 <tambeti> rodrigo_: hmm:
Sep 11 13:10:13 <tambeti> 20:04 < rodrigo_> if everyone used PA, we would be living in a better world :)
Sep 11 13:10:37 <rodrigo_> tambeti: people install vlc, mplayer and other apps, without the pulse plugins, from packman, etc
Sep 11 13:10:37 <tambeti> everything in factory does use PA and stuff still doesn't work?
Sep 11 13:10:57 <rodrigo_> and no, KDE in factory still does'nt use PA
Sep 11 13:11:09 <rodrigo_> in 11.1 it will probably, so we should be much better
Sep 11 13:11:12 <tambeti> so we need to get packman to include PA plugins?
Sep 11 13:11:21 <rodrigo_> yes
Sep 11 13:11:54 <tambeti> that's easy, let's remove pa-alsa plugin :)
Sep 11 13:12:03 <rodrigo_> and apps setup to use PA
Sep 11 13:12:14 <rodrigo_> but as I said, in 11.1 everything will be much better
Sep 11 13:12:24 <decriptor> promise
Sep 11 13:12:24 <decriptor> ?
Sep 11 13:12:29 <rodrigo_> yes
Sep 11 13:12:33 * rodrigo_ crosses fingers
Sep 11 13:12:37 <rodrigo_> :)
Sep 11 13:12:55 <mw> ok
Sep 11 13:13:06 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Feature update : multiscreen (federico1)
Sep 11 13:13:14 <mw> federico1: anything new in multiscreen land?
Sep 11 13:14:17 <mw> ...
Sep 11 13:14:20 <mw> apparently not
Sep 11 13:14:33 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Feature update : gdm (hpj)
Sep 11 13:14:41 <mw> hpj: anything new and exciting in gdm?
Sep 11 13:14:56 <jpr> not much
Sep 11 13:14:59 <mw> (those jalapeños need to pay more attention to the meetings :))
Sep 11 13:15:01 <jpr> just ensuring it works :-)
Sep 11 13:15:04 <jpr> can drop that topic
Sep 11 13:15:05 <jpr> its in
Sep 11 13:15:27 <mw> jpr: is it safe to update to 2.23.92?
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Sep 11 13:16:08 <suseROCKs> A Norwegian Jalapeno. Now I've seen it all...
Sep 11 13:16:37 <jpr> mw: working on it
Sep 11 13:16:47 <mw> jpr: oh, you're updating it already?
Sep 11 13:16:52 <jpr> in general yes, but there are some bugs to fix while doing it
Sep 11 13:16:54 <mw> ah, indeed
Sep 11 13:16:56 <jpr> osc gnome lr dude
Sep 11 13:16:57 <mw> i just noticed that it's resv'd
Sep 11 13:17:12 <mw> mw@engraver:~ % osc gnome lr dude [12:16]
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Sep 11 13:17:15 <mw> Too many arguments.
Sep 11 13:17:18 <mw> ;)
Sep 11 13:17:27 <mw> ok
Sep 11 13:17:35 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Feature update : NetworkManager (tambet)
Sep 11 13:17:39 <mw> tambeti: anything new in nm?
Sep 11 13:17:57 <tambeti> not much to add. Stuff is mostly ready for the checkin tomorrow
Sep 11 13:18:07 <tambeti> have been holding back to get more goodies in
Sep 11 13:18:08 <mw> great
Sep 11 13:18:21 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Next meeting's agenda (everyone)
Sep 11 13:18:27 <tambeti> so expect to have scanning-signal-quality-showing NM in the next beta
Sep 11 13:18:40 <jpr> ooh
Sep 11 13:19:21 <mw> ok, so this week we skipped right over the following: helping hands update, 11.0 updates, and policy stuff
Sep 11 13:19:28 <mw> they should go :)
Sep 11 13:19:32 * suseROCKs thinks he's going to summon tambeti to do a Helping Hands NetWork Manager presentation in the future...
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Sep 11 13:19:59 <tambeti> suseROCKs: if it's needed we've failed somewhere :)
Sep 11 13:20:09 <suseROCKs> +1 to assign the task to pygi
Sep 11 13:20:13 <decriptor> tambeti: is the new networkmanager something we can install on 11.0 and test?
Sep 11 13:20:17 <mw> i'd like to talk next week about starting to use rpm2git and git2rpm, publishing branches, and the like
Sep 11 13:20:28 <pygi> suseROCKs, hi from Budapest
Sep 11 13:20:30 <mw> ... under developer topics, of course
Sep 11 13:20:35 <decriptor> mw: oooo, do share
Sep 11 13:20:50 <suseROCKs> tambeti: HH sessions aren't just about helping users resolve problems, but also glorifying the features of openSUSE. Don't you wish to be glorified?
Sep 11 13:20:54 <tambeti> decriptor: yes, I have a build service project which has 11.0 as well. Ask again next week (it's out of date at the moment)
Sep 11 13:21:05 <tambeti> suseROCKs: meh :)
Sep 11 13:21:08 <tambeti> suseROCKs: sure!
Sep 11 13:21:14 <suseROCKs> hehe
Sep 11 13:21:25 <decriptor> tambeti: I have to wait until next week :(
Sep 11 13:21:30 <decriptor> :-)
Sep 11 13:21:34 <suseROCKs> You guys are such publicity whores
Sep 11 13:21:47 <mw> any other burning issues to talk about next week?
Sep 11 13:22:29 <suseROCKs> umm don't know about next week per se... but
Sep 11 13:22:47 <rodrigo_> the contrib/G:C diff stuff
Sep 11 13:22:59 <suseROCKs> we should probably take the time soon to start thinking of good ways to promote openSUSE-GNOME with the 11.1 release. We brought up this issue rather closely to the 11.0 release last time.
Sep 11 13:23:20 <suseROCKs> According to the survey results, gnome usage is up. So keep up the momentum.
Sep 11 13:23:35 <mw> rodrigo_: yep, definitely
Sep 11 13:23:54 <federico1> oops
Sep 11 13:24:00 <federico1> mw: sorry, I just came back from the shower
Sep 11 13:24:06 * federico1 has a multiscreen update
Sep 11 13:24:37 * suseROCKs smells federico1.... Oooh nice. Jean Nate'?
Sep 11 13:24:49 <sreeves> mw - probably should talk about how beta1 looks in next weeks meeting (first post feature freeze release)
Sep 11 13:25:07 <mw> sreeves: nod, good point
Sep 11 13:25:39 <decriptor> what's up with having non usable/installable alphas and then moving the a feature freeze beta?
Sep 11 13:26:04 * federico1 sends some pheromones in suseROCKs's general direction
Sep 11 13:26:19 <decriptor> is beta1 going to be installable
Sep 11 13:26:20 <bugbot> New openSUSE 11.1 (GNOME) bug 425587 filed by ch.kamal@gmx.net.
Sep 11 13:26:22 <bugbot> Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/425587 Normal, P5 - None, NEW, after Gnome start the clock applet crashs
Sep 11 13:26:37 <mw> any other agenda items?
Sep 11 13:26:39 <suseROCKs> decriptor: usability has no bearing on release schedules. What does usability have to do with anything? :-)
Sep 11 13:26:46 <mw> well, they can be added to the wiki over the next week
Sep 11 13:26:51 <federico1> decriptor: this is unfortunately very common with suse alpha releases :( we need to find a way to test them better before they go out to the public
Sep 11 13:26:59 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Multiscreen (federico1)
Sep 11 13:27:02 <mw> federico1: go
Sep 11 13:27:05 <federico1> ok
Sep 11 13:27:07 <decriptor> federico1: 11.0 wasn't this bad
Sep 11 13:27:20 <suseROCKs> +1 federico1 That's why I gave up in the last round. And I'm hearing worse in this round.
Sep 11 13:27:40 <federico1> yesterday I committed soeren's code to gnome-settings-daemon, so that on a laptop you can press Fn-F7 (or the appropriate laptop-specific hotkey) to switch the display outputs: external/internal/both/etc
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Sep 11 13:28:21 <federico1> the only missing user-visible feature for multiscreen/RANDR is support for the Rotation hotkey in tablet notebooks; I'll work on that shortly
Sep 11 13:28:48 <federico1> and the missing non-user-visible stuff is just plumbing for xorg.conf, and special-casing laptops for their display-related hotkeys
Sep 11 13:28:56 <federico1> that's all for now
Sep 11 13:29:04 <decriptor> is there any hope in getting this stuff working with the nvidia driver?
Sep 11 13:29:08 <suseROCKs> Then I'm definitely making my tabletpc 11.1 based!
Sep 11 13:29:26 <benJIman> Switching with fn key always worked on my thinkpad, what's new?
Sep 11 13:29:40 <decriptor> benJIman: it doesn't work in 11.0 on a t61p
Sep 11 13:30:10 <decriptor> not sure about others, didn't have this laptop when 10.3 was out
Sep 11 13:30:16 <sreeves> federico1: hmm, if that starts working what will we do for entertainment at guadec lightning talks :). mocking the presenters trying to sync up is a ritual
Sep 11 13:30:19 * mhwork|gone is now known as mhutch
Sep 11 13:30:25 <federico1> decriptor: probably not :( nvidia's proprietary driver doesn't support RANDR 1.2, and I don't know about nouveau
Sep 11 13:30:36 <decriptor> :(
Sep 11 13:30:41 * decriptor wants to cry
Sep 11 13:30:42 <benJIman> decriptor: WFM on a x40
Sep 11 13:30:50 <benJIman> decriptor: And my t41
Sep 11 13:31:07 * decriptor used to be so excited about his laptop
Sep 11 13:31:37 <federico1> benJIman: I'm not really sure what happens on "older" laptops... they may just have a hardware switch to mirror the output. What we do now is handle this in software, so you can have different contents on the different outputs
Sep 11 13:31:53 <federico1> benJIman: (it never worked out of the box on my T41p, FWIW)
Sep 11 13:32:05 <mw> nor mine
Sep 11 13:32:13 <federico1> sreeves: we can move to mocking their non-working wifi :)
Sep 11 13:32:21 <suseROCKs> nor mine, and I never even owned a t41p
Sep 11 13:32:30 <mw> heh
Sep 11 13:32:33 <mw> ok, q & a
Sep 11 13:32:41 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting: http://en.opensuse.org/GNOME/Meetings/Current : Q & A (everybody)
Sep 11 13:33:10 <suseROCKs> federico1: will mouseTrap go into 11.1?
Sep 11 13:34:35 <suseROCKs> mw: great job on the meeting moderation
Sep 11 13:34:48 <suseROCKs> I'll definitely return for seconds next week.
Sep 11 13:35:18 <mw> heh
Sep 11 13:35:20 <bugbot> New openSUSE 11.1 (GNOME) bug 425595 filed by ch.kamal@gmx.net.
Sep 11 13:35:22 <bugbot> Bug https://bugzilla.novell.com/425595 Normal, P5 - None, NEW, Gnome: graphical applications don't start, no error message if started from desktop menu
Sep 11 13:35:34 <sreeves> mw - if I update to the latest factory will all the nasty python problems when trying various osc builds go away
Sep 11 13:35:41 <sreeves> mw - or will it get worse
Sep 11 13:35:51 <mw> sreeves: not sure. i haven't dupped in a while
Sep 11 13:36:42 <mw> sreeves: but i doubt it; i don't see anything that looks relevant recently
Sep 11 13:38:52 <federico1> suseROCKs: uh, I haven't packaged it yet :(
Sep 11 13:39:14 <federico1> hmmm, didn't we have some specfile templates for GNOME modules?
Sep 11 13:39:27 <mw> yes
Sep 11 13:40:02 <mw> osc createspec
Sep 11 13:40:04 <federico1> suseROCKs: I'm trying to get my nautilus patches ready for the deadline tomorrow, and it's looking quite good... if I have time this afternoon, I'll package it
Sep 11 13:40:36 <federico1> mw: nice, thanks
Sep 11 13:41:03 <mw> (use --standard=gnome)
Sep 11 13:41:18 * decriptor moves that we get rid of GUIs
Sep 11 13:41:34 <decriptor> though they are good for having tons of open terminals :)
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Sep 11 13:43:52 <mw> hehe
Sep 11 13:43:56 <mw> i think we're done :)
Sep 11 13:44:09 * mw has changed the topic to: http://en.openuse.org/GNOME | Meeting done. Transcript available soon.
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