Re: Micro Release Exception needed for nova/glance/keystone

2011-11-29 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:50:07AM +, Dave Walker wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 04:15:43PM -0800, Clint Byrum wrote: > > I was just reviewing the SRU's that Chuck Short uploaded for keystone, > > nova, and glance to oneiric-proposed, and it strikes me that really > > OpenStack core component

Re: Do you use Binary package hint: line in bug description?

2011-06-09 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 01:15:55PM -0400, James Westby wrote: > I don't think I've ever needed to know which particular binary package > of a source is at fault. This was exactly the logic for Launchpad Bugs being source package oriented, rather than binary package oriented like debbugs. The bina

Re: shrinking the desktop DVD image to 1.5GB

2011-06-09 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 03:50:30PM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > At UDS-O, we discussed CD space again (as at many a past UDS). Colin has > nicely summarized the discussion: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/OneiricCDSizing > > Following on the tail of this, a few of us have been

Re: Do you use Binary package hint: line in bug description?

2011-06-09 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 05:52:17PM -0400, Francis J. Lacoste wrote: > Hello, > > When user file bugs on the distribution and enter a package name in the > widget, Launchpad automatically adds a line to the description with > Binary package hint: binarypackagename I would welcome its disappearanc

Re: Uploading to multiple distros

2011-06-03 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 06:17:09PM -0700, Evan Broder wrote: > Hmm...a lot of this discussion seems to be getting caught up in the > ubuntu-devel moderation queue, but I'll try to guess context as best > as I can... The moderation queue doesn't have any outstanding messages for this thread, though

Minutes from the Technical Board meeting, 2011-06-02

2011-06-03 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(also posted at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoard/TeamReports/11/June) Chair: Matt Zimmerman Present: Scott James Remnant, Kees Cook Apologies: Colin Watson, Mark Shuttleworth A complete meeting transcript with relevant links is available at: http://www.novarata.net/mootbot/ubuntu-meeting

Re: Enabling the kernel's DMESG_RESTRICT feature

2011-06-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 10:16:04AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 09:11:51AM -0500, Serge Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Matt Zimmerman (m...@ubuntu.com): > > > Maybe I'm weird, but I use dmesg for a lot of "normal" tasks, not just > > > deb

Re: Uploading to multiple distros

2011-06-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 01:54:37PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Iain Lane writes ("Re: Uploading to multiple distros"): > > For "normal" syncs we generally advise not using syncpackage, but it > > might make sense when doing simultaneous uploads. > > Hrm. So syncpackage generates a .changes for u

Re: Enabling the kernel's DMESG_RESTRICT feature

2011-06-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:17:59AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 04:29:33PM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 04:55:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > I won't say it doesn't complicate things, but I would like to point ou

Re: Enabling the kernel's DMESG_RESTRICT feature

2011-05-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 04:55:59PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > I won't say it doesn't complicate things, but I would like to point out > that everyone else's suggestion for this is to completely remove the values > from the dmesg report itself, rendering it unavailable to any user, even > root. It s

Re: Enabling the kernel's DMESG_RESTRICT feature

2011-05-26 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:46:48AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > As we have continued to close kernel address leaks, the kernel syslog > (dmesg) remains one of the last large places where information is being > reported. As such, I want to close this off from regular users so that > local kernel exploi

Re: Upgrading via the desktop installer (ubiquity)

2011-04-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:08:13AM +0100, Evan Dandrea wrote: > In 11.04 and later versions, the desktop CD installer (ubiquity) > presents an option to upgrade Ubuntu if it finds a single copy on the > system. This functionality is not exactly equal in operation to > upgrade-manager, nor does it

Re: How to package Nuxeo DM, a Java EE application, in Ubuntu?

2011-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:06:14AM +0100, Stefane Fermigier wrote: > Here are some thoughts and questions about how to package a Java EE > application so that it can be accepted in partner. > > We have packages that have been created a few months ago, and would be really > pleased if they could

Re: TCPCT (RFC-6013) API updates

2011-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 02:04:17PM -0500, William Allen Simpson wrote: > At long last, RFC-6013 was published today! > > Currently, any userland programs written to RFC-6013 will not > interoperate with Linux 2.6.33 and beyond. I've made some patches > for 2.6.37 -- they'll also need to be ported

Re: Naming sessions in Launchpad for UDS

2010-11-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(I know I'm very late to this discussion, but want to make sure this is clarified) On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 03:27:29PM -0600, Duncan McGreggor wrote: > Let me break that down for easy viewing: > * Application Developers > * Application Selection and Defaults > * Cloud > * Development Process >

Application packaging (Re: brainstorming for UDS-N - Application Developers)

2010-11-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 05:56:27PM +0100, Evan Dandrea wrote: > > On Tuesday, September 28, 2010 05:31:26 pm Rick Spencer wrote: > > > We want to empower, engage and harness application developers to develop > > > on and for Ubuntu. These sessions cover the many elements in achieving > > > that goa

Re: brainstorming for UDS-N - Application Developers

2010-11-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 09:14:46PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 05:56:27PM +0100, Evan Dandrea wrote: > > I believe that in order to do this properly, we need to massively > > simplify our packaging model. Anything that makes a package > > non-atomic (hello maintainer scrip

Re: brainstorming for UDS-N - Package Selection and Defaults

2010-10-26 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 03:15:48PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:27:57AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > "support" does not imply "include on the CD image". The point would be to > > make sure that it is available and usable by

Re: brainstorming for UDS-N - Package Selection and Defaults

2010-10-26 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 03:10:20PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 04.10.2010 02:30, Robert Collins wrote: > > It would be really nice, as a 'runs unpackaged stuff on the distro' > > use case, to support the highest python version on one LTS as a > > non-default on the next LTS, consistently. >

Re: brainstorming for UDS-N - Package Selection and Defaults

2010-10-26 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 04:35:40PM -0500, C de-Avillez wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:47:04 +0200 > Allison Randal wrote: > > > The Package Selection and Defaults track is about choosing the > > best-of-breed packages (applications, libraries, etc), a common task > > across all editions of Ubunt

Re: brainstorming for UDS-N - Ubuntu the Project

2010-10-26 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:59:38PM +0100, Shane Fagan wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 21:39 +0200, Allison Randal wrote: > > The Project track is about building the community and improving our > > development practices. Make the work of existing contributors easier by > > removing blockers and strea

Re: brainstorming for the UDS-N session list

2010-10-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 08:53:24PM +0100, Shane Fagan wrote: > Can I as one quick question. Why are we changing the tracks around this > time around? Is it something to do with more focus to the discussion? The thinking is explained in detail in http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2010/05/27/rethinking-the-ub

Re: tool for getting changes between versions of a package

2010-10-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 09:31:12AM -0400, Scott Moser wrote: > Hi all, >I've got a need to generate a list of changes from manifest 'A' to > manifest 'B'. I know the release for the manifest, and that it contains > only packages in main, -updates, -security, and universe. The manifests > loo