Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, August 02, 2011 07:44:27 PM Nathan Handler wrote: > Finally, I'd like to mention that there is nothing stopping a board > member from doing some preliminary reviewing of an application prior > to the meeting. If this is done, they can cast a vote ahead of time > (if they have no further

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, August 02, 2011 04:04:31 PM Chase Douglas wrote: > On 08/02/2011 12:43 PM, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > >> Sounds like a good idea to me. It makes it analogous to other processes > >> such as the sponsorship, MIR, SRU, etc. pro

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Nathan Handler
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: > True, but progress sometimes means change. I think this system would > work better, and if proven right it could be a model for other boards to > adopt. If it's worse, then the DMB can easily switch back. I would also > be happy to be a guinea

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Chase Douglas's message of Tue Aug 02 09:33:59 -0700 2011: > Hi all, > > Yesterday I attempted to attend a DMB meeting, but unfortunately only > two members showed so there wasn't a quorum. I think I've been to about > an equal number of meetings where quorum has and has not been rea

Re: Logout button doesn't work

2011-08-02 Thread David Hopkins
A follow-up. It is the Indicator Applet Session that is not working. I have tried removing/re-adding but this does not change the behavior. However, as mentioned, I get Consolekit and dbus errors. Also, please ignore my response on a different thread. I didn't mean to duplicate this issue but forg

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Steve Conklin
On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 13:26 -0700, Brad Figg wrote: > For an example, take a look at any of the bugs referenced on the report: > http://people.canonical.com/~kernel/reports/kernel-sru-workflow.html . > > Brad > -- > Brad Figg brad.f...@canonical.com http://www.canonical.com > And at the risk o

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 01:28:54PM -0700, Chase Douglas wrote: > On 08/02/2011 01:12 PM, Dan Chen wrote: > > The only thing I add is that we should be cognizant of building a > > timeout into the process using Launchpad so that applications don't > > "spin indefinitely," e.g., "the stale five-digit

Re: Planning for summer work/next school year

2011-08-02 Thread David Hopkins
Thank you for the details. We have installed 10.04 but have an issue at the thin clients. The logout button/menu doesn't work at the thin clients. We get .xsession-errors entries that mention Consolekit and also dbus issues. It is possible to right-click and add a logout icon but that is just a

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Brad Figg
On 08/02/2011 01:38 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: On 08/02/2011 01:26 PM, Brad Figg wrote: On 08/02/2011 01:12 PM, Dan Chen wrote: On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 16:04, Chase Douglas wrote: True, but progress sometimes means change. I think this system would work better, and if proven right it could be

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Chase Douglas
On 08/02/2011 01:26 PM, Brad Figg wrote: > On 08/02/2011 01:12 PM, Dan Chen wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 16:04, Chase Douglas >> wrote: >>> True, but progress sometimes means change. I think this system would >>> work better, and if proven right it could be a model for other boards to >>> ado

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Chase Douglas
On 08/02/2011 01:12 PM, Dan Chen wrote: > The only thing I add is that we should be cognizant of building a > timeout into the process using Launchpad so that applications don't > "spin indefinitely," e.g., "the stale five-digit Launchpad bug > report." Launchpad can auto-expire bug reports that r

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Brad Figg
On 08/02/2011 01:12 PM, Dan Chen wrote: On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 16:04, Chase Douglas wrote: True, but progress sometimes means change. I think this system would work better, and if proven right it could be a model for other boards to adopt. If it's worse, then the DMB can easily switch back. I w

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Dan Chen
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 16:04, Chase Douglas wrote: > True, but progress sometimes means change. I think this system would > work better, and if proven right it could be a model for other boards to > adopt. If it's worse, then the DMB can easily switch back. I would also > be happy to be a guinea p

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Chase Douglas
On 08/02/2011 12:43 PM, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: >> Sounds like a good idea to me. It makes it analogous to other processes >> such as the sponsorship, MIR, SRU, etc. processes that applicants may >> already be familiar with. > > And drast

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > Sounds like a good idea to me.  It makes it analogous to other processes > such as the sponsorship, MIR, SRU, etc. processes that applicants may > already be familiar with. And drastically different from the other team membership processes

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 09:33:59AM -0700, Chase Douglas wrote: > Hi all, > > Yesterday I attempted to attend a DMB meeting, but unfortunately only > two members showed so there wasn't a quorum. I think I've been to about > an equal number of meetings where quorum has and has not been reached > :(.

Logout button doesn't work

2011-08-02 Thread David Hopkins
On Lucid, with a new install, the logout button (upper right) doesn't work at the thin client. You get a very thin line, but no menu. This makes it impossible for a user to log out. I am not sure why this would happen at all. Clearing all the .gnome configuration files doesn't correct the issue. S

Re: Understanding the definitions and expectations of our membership processes

2011-08-02 Thread Chase Douglas
On 07/29/2011 11:24 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > Hola, > > On Fri, July 29, 2011 11:01 am, Michael Bienia wrote: >> This leads to the next question: how much do you trust the person >> writing the endorsement? >> >> Of course I trust endorsements from long-standing dev members with a >> great reput

Re: DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: > Hi all, > > Yesterday I attempted to attend a DMB meeting, but unfortunately only > two members showed so there wasn't a quorum. I think I've been to about > an equal number of meetings where quorum has and has not been reached > :(. I just

DMB: Proposal for a different review process

2011-08-02 Thread Chase Douglas
Hi all, Yesterday I attempted to attend a DMB meeting, but unfortunately only two members showed so there wasn't a quorum. I think I've been to about an equal number of meetings where quorum has and has not been reached :(. This led me to think that there must be a better way to handle DMB proceed

Re: Understanding the definitions and expectations of our membership processes

2011-08-02 Thread Jordon Bedwell
Hola, On Fri, July 29, 2011 11:01 am, Michael Bienia wrote: > This leads to the next question: how much do you trust the person > writing the endorsement? > > Of course I trust endorsements from long-standing dev members with a > great reputation where I trust their ability to judge the packaging

The Packaging Guide Needs Your Help

2011-08-02 Thread Jonathan Riddell
The new Ubuntu Packaging Guide is nearing completion but needs your help. Browse it at http://developer.ubuntu.com/packaging/html/ Articles still to be written include -traditional packaging -working with Debian and upstreams and in the knowledge base section articles needed on python, gnome,

Patch pilot report: 2011/08/02

2011-08-02 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
Today's patch piloting involved lots of poking other people but I feel was nonetheless productive: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-offline/+bug/819514 • ACK'd sync, subscribed archive. Contributor transitioned package to dh_python2 in Debian, this is sync back to Ubuntu. https://bu