Re: GetDeb.net vs. Backports...
On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:45 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:16:44PM -0500, Michael R. Head wrote: > > I just came across www.getdeb.net today. The goals appear to be similar > > to those of the backports project (to provide the latest versions of > > desktop apps for previously released versions of Ubuntu). > > > > However, they also have a number of packages available that aren't in > > either Debian or Ubuntu's universe (for example Referencer: > > http://icculus.org/referencer/index.html ). I'm wondering if there's > > some way to get a dialog started to make sure the work of the GetDeb.net > > folks gets integrated into the universe. > > I'd never heard of it until now. I'm CCing the MOTU Council, who I hope can > provide a channel to begin a conversation with them. Cool. I really do hope it's possible to bring the work into the universe quickly. I emailed with the project lead (João Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) and he informed me that he felt that bringing the packages into compliance with Ubuntu/Debian policies would take more time than he felt he could personally afford. He did mention that he's planning to provide debdiffs for those interested in MOTUing his packages. > -- > - mdz > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: How to join Google Summer of Code 2007?
"Joel Bryan Juliano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm really really would like to join the Google SoC 2007, I have a lot > of proposals in mind, and I have a strong confidence that I can prove > them technically*. After 1 year of waiting, I can't elaborate how > enthusiastically dead serious I'am. Anyone can help me how to join? Have you seen the timeline?[1] IIRC Google starts accepting applications by March 14th up to the 24th, so I think you'll have a headstart in getting all your rad project ideas into writing now :D > What are the mechanics of an Ubuntu SoC 2007 student, do I need to be > a MOTU? Just sign up to the main SoC site, wait until Google starts accepting proposals, then submit, then wait again. :P If and when you do get accepted, you will have to prepare your transcript of records for later submission (as that's the only way for students outside the US to validate with Google IIRC.) I don't think you even need to be a Ubuntu Member to participate, as long as you can really show your stuff to your would-be mentors. Which brings up the question: who in the community will be mentors for Ubuntu on this SoC? Cheers, Zakame (who is keen to join again :D) Footnotes: [1] http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60325&topic=10729 -- Zak B. Elep [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
On 3/5/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I've been wandering recently, why doesn't Ubuntu come with more > wallpapers? It currently only comes with three wallpapers, all of which > are made on the computer; whereas Windows XP comes with lots of very > nice wallpapers, including actual photos. For those who don't know what > I'm talking about, here are a few examples (I home Microsoft don't hunt > me down for this): > http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=autumnbi1.jpg > http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=azuldd6.jpg > http://img507.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stonehengegj9.jpg > http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tulipsvy3.jpg > http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blissai9.jpg > > I am aware that because Ubuntu is free and open source, it would not be > possible to hire professional photographers, but I expect that there > would be some people in the Ubuntu community willing to "donate" photos > which they have taken to Ubuntu. For example, if you went on holiday and > took a picture of an important landmark, and the photo looked > professional, the photo could be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu as a > desktop background, if the photographer was willing to publish it under > an appropriate license. > > An obvious way of getting pictures form photographer to developer is via > art.ubuntu.com. The higher rated user uploaded photos should be > considered by the developers for inclusion in Ubuntu. by the way, the photographer who took some of the background pictures used for Vista put some of the pictures that didn't make the cut into Vista on his web site. http://www.hamaddarwish.com/ That could be a nice PR move by Canonical to ask him to do a photoshoot for a future version of Ubuntu :) -- Daniel Robitaille -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
t u wrote: > I mentioned this before regarding bug # 77289 [1] but wikipedia and > commons featured pics are nice places to look for background pics... > > [1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-calendar/+bug/77289 > Revive ubuntu-calendar > > thanks :) > > I uploaded some featured images from wikimedia commons to art.ubuntu.com. They are all under free licenses. I selected ones in shades of brown to match the ubuntu colour scheme. Caroline -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
How to join Google Summer of Code 2007?
I'm really really would like to join the Google SoC 2007, I have a lot of proposals in mind, and I have a strong confidence that I can prove them technically*. After 1 year of waiting, I can't elaborate how enthusiastically dead serious I'am. Anyone can help me how to join? Someone will donate a system76 computer for me, and I'm expecting them within 2 days, so I'll be very well equipt for the job. What are the mechanics of an Ubuntu SoC 2007 student, do I need to be a MOTU? * see my portfolio, http://joelbryanonsoftware.blogspot.com -- Stay away from Piracy, use Open Source. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Herd 3/4/5 Testing Result (one show stopper bug)
That particular report hadn't seen a response yet, but it looks like a duplicate of bug #78255, which is confirmed and is being investigated by a developer. On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 05:46:46PM -0500, Matt Galvin wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies if this seems forward, I simply want to ensure the > developers are aware of a potential show stopper bug that has affected > myself, one other person and very likely others. > > I usually track the bleeding edge and always have the latest dev > release on my desktop machine. A little over a month ago I was forced > back onto edgy due to a bug that completely prevents GNOME (and > seemingly KDE as well although it didn't investigate as thoroughly > with Kubuntu) from starting. This results in a completely unusable > desktop. The bug in question is: > > feisty dbus/avahi crash... causes gnome to not start. - > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/88252 > > The issue has something to do dbus, hal and or avahi. I'm not entirely > sure. This happens to me on both i386 and amd64. This issue appears to > be limited to certain hardware in some way since feisty does work for > most people. > > Again, apologies for raising the issue here. I have only done so since > the bug has not had any developer input since it was opened and since > it is a show stopper for at least myself a one other person. I simply > want to ensure that a critical issue is at least known. Please let me > know if I can help in any way to resolve the issue. > > Best, > > Matt > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- - mdz -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: GetDeb.net vs. Backports...
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:16:44PM -0500, Michael R. Head wrote: > I just came across www.getdeb.net today. The goals appear to be similar > to those of the backports project (to provide the latest versions of > desktop apps for previously released versions of Ubuntu). > > However, they also have a number of packages available that aren't in > either Debian or Ubuntu's universe (for example Referencer: > http://icculus.org/referencer/index.html ). I'm wondering if there's > some way to get a dialog started to make sure the work of the GetDeb.net > folks gets integrated into the universe. I'd never heard of it until now. I'm CCing the MOTU Council, who I hope can provide a channel to begin a conversation with them. -- - mdz -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
I mentioned this before regarding bug # 77289 [1] but wikipedia and commons featured pics are nice places to look for background pics... [1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-calendar/+bug/77289 Revive ubuntu-calendar thanks :) -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
Wow, thanks for the RPM. That's a great find! I love Silence.jpg and Soaring.jpg. I'll upload those pictures to art.ubuntu.com to make them more accessible to other users. Still, it would be nice to see more of these sorts of backgrounds included with Ubuntu, seeing as they're GPL. On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 15:40 -0700, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > I always install gnome-backgrounds. There are actually quite a few > GPL (not sure how that applies to photos, but whatever) packages of > excellent backgrounds. Not many are included in the Ubuntu > repositories though. > > OpenSuSE has a few I like that can be had from this source rpm > (file-roller should be able to extract it for you), for instance: > http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/src/desktop-data-SuSE-10.3-13.src.rpm > > According to the spec file in that source rpm the license is GPL. > > - Andrew -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: More Ubuntu Wallpapers
I always install gnome-backgrounds. There are actually quite a few GPL (not sure how that applies to photos, but whatever) packages of excellent backgrounds. Not many are included in the Ubuntu repositories though. OpenSuSE has a few I like that can be had from this source rpm (file-roller should be able to extract it for you), for instance: http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/src/desktop-data-SuSE-10.3-13.src.rpm According to the spec file in that source rpm the license is GPL. - Andrew On 3/5/07, Alec Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I've been wandering recently, why doesn't Ubuntu come with more > wallpapers? It currently only comes with three wallpapers, all of which > are made on the computer; whereas Windows XP comes with lots of very > nice wallpapers, including actual photos. For those who don't know what > I'm talking about, here are a few examples (I home Microsoft don't hunt > me down for this): > http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=autumnbi1.jpg > http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=azuldd6.jpg > http://img507.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stonehengegj9.jpg > http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tulipsvy3.jpg > http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blissai9.jpg > > I am aware that because Ubuntu is free and open source, it would not be > possible to hire professional photographers, but I expect that there > would be some people in the Ubuntu community willing to "donate" photos > which they have taken to Ubuntu. For example, if you went on holiday and > took a picture of an important landmark, and the photo looked > professional, the photo could be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu as a > desktop background, if the photographer was willing to publish it under > an appropriate license. > > An obvious way of getting pictures form photographer to developer is via > art.ubuntu.com. The higher rated user uploaded photos should be > considered by the developers for inclusion in Ubuntu. > > --- > Alec Wright > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: RHN style Satellite Server for Ubuntu
Am Montag, den 05.03.2007, 21:32 +1100 schrieb David Dean: > Hi, > > Is anyone working on an centralized server management system for Ubuntu? > > The basic functionality being distributing commands over "groups" of > servers, checking patch levels remotely, centralized health-checks, > and so on. In large install bases this is quite handy - and it would > be great if it were possible to simply mirror the common repos and > then farm them out internally (which can be done, but not easily > enough that it's click-and-point). > > I am thinking of starting on some scripts to achieve RHN-style > management of multiple machines, unless this can already be declared a > solved problem? > > Thanks, > David > -- > David Dean > +61 402 55 6068 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you already looked at this: http://www.howtoforge.com/installing_puppet_on_ubuntu I haven't done this yet. So I cannot make any recommendations on this. Personally I use nagios for the monitoring part. Furthermore I worked on a prototype that does allow remote package management - it was based on python twisted. The main problem using apt remotely is the possibility to run interactive scripts in the postinst. Some maintainers "mis-"use this capability to ask the user question about the installation, instead of using debconf. So you need to transfer the file descriptor of the installer terminal over the network too. I haven't yet resolved this issue (and I am unsure if I am capable to do so :), but mvo works on transfering the fd over a UNIX socket (this will allow to separate the dist-upgrade tool into a graphical frontend and a backend that would survive a X breakage). The company gonicus (http://www.gonicus.de) works on the Linux deployment project of the city of Munich. Perhaps a package management tool could be integrated into their admin interface too. I met one of the developers last year on a trade fair, but lost contact. If you are interested we could join forces! Cheers, Sebastian signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
More Ubuntu Wallpapers
Hi All, I've been wandering recently, why doesn't Ubuntu come with more wallpapers? It currently only comes with three wallpapers, all of which are made on the computer; whereas Windows XP comes with lots of very nice wallpapers, including actual photos. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, here are a few examples (I home Microsoft don't hunt me down for this): http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?image=autumnbi1.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=azuldd6.jpg http://img507.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stonehengegj9.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tulipsvy3.jpg http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blissai9.jpg I am aware that because Ubuntu is free and open source, it would not be possible to hire professional photographers, but I expect that there would be some people in the Ubuntu community willing to "donate" photos which they have taken to Ubuntu. For example, if you went on holiday and took a picture of an important landmark, and the photo looked professional, the photo could be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu as a desktop background, if the photographer was willing to publish it under an appropriate license. An obvious way of getting pictures form photographer to developer is via art.ubuntu.com. The higher rated user uploaded photos should be considered by the developers for inclusion in Ubuntu. --- Alec Wright -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Allowing passwordless login via GDM
Done : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414862 Milan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
RHN style Satellite Server for Ubuntu
Hi, Is anyone working on an centralized server management system for Ubuntu? The basic functionality being distributing commands over "groups" of servers, checking patch levels remotely, centralized health-checks, and so on. In large install bases this is quite handy - and it would be great if it were possible to simply mirror the common repos and then farm them out internally (which can be done, but not easily enough that it's click-and-point). I am thinking of starting on some scripts to achieve RHN-style management of multiple machines, unless this can already be declared a solved problem? Thanks, David -- David Dean +61 402 55 6068 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Allowing passwordless login via GDM
On lun, 2007-03-05 at 10:41 +0100, Milan wrote: > So, should I open a feature request ? On launchpad or on gnome.org ? Rather on gnome.org, no reason for the feature to be distribution specific. Sebastien Bacher -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Allowing passwordless login via GDM
So, should I open a feature request ? On launchpad or on gnome.org ? The question to think about is pam-keyring and passwordless login: the user is likely to have to type in is keyring password anyway. Milan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
