IRC log of #maemo-ssu for Wednesday, 2011-05-25

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peetah[C13:31
peetahoops sorry13:31
lardmananyone home on the cssu front?13:34
merlin1991lardman: how do you mean that?13:34
lardmananyone who is involved with it13:35
lardmanI guess a fair few people are away in SF13:35
merlin1991MohammadAG: is not in sf13:36
merlin1991and I'm not :)13:36
lardmanwell that's fine then13:36
lardmanDocScrutinizer was talking about organisation being needed?13:36
lardmanI was wondering if there is a plan for which parts are being replaced/updated/etc?13:36
merlin1991Nope13:37
lardmanof the image that is13:37
merlin1991atm it's more of a what comes and seems stable goes into cssu13:37
MohammadAG(Qt was a fsckup)13:37
lardmanI'm still on the fence, if new hw comes out I will develop for that, and I've been waiting for a long while (all the time the N900 gets older)13:39
lardmanbut it does seem to me that meego is not a viable prospect in the short term13:39
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Damnshocklardman: what does it have to do with cssu?13:42
lardmanbasically what to do with my time13:42
merlin1991You could propose a way how to review patches / cssu versions to be deemed as stable13:43
lardmanwell I guess a private repo for beta testing13:47
lardmanwhat would be interesting for me though is to know who is working on what13:47
lardmanand indeed that would probably be interesting for other would be contributors too13:48
* merlin1991 is the docs guy so I work on the wiki :P13:48
lardmanfor example, is anyone working on the calendar?13:49
lardmanthat thing drives me mad, perhaps I should just pull my finger out and do something about it? ;)13:50
merlin1991Calendar is closed source13:50
lardmanbackend isn't though, so writing a new ui13:50
merlin1991Afaik noone works on it13:50
lardmanWould the CSSU be willing to replace the Nokia Calendar? I imagine so13:51
merlin1991and I think everybody would be happy about an improved ui13:51
lardmanJust a shame we didn't know nothing would get fixed when we first got the devices, rather than now that they are old and possibly going to be replaced with something shinier13:51
merlin1991Lardman the requirements for cssu are kinda like this: doesn't belong to extras && improves existing component && no regressions13:52
lardmanok13:52
merlin1991So if you can provide a new calendar ui that is better and has no regressions I'm pretty sure it will make it's way into cssu13:53
lardmanyep13:54
lardmanit's just whether it's worth investing the time13:54
merlin1991And yep it drives me made too13:54
lardmanbut that's for me to decide13:54
* merlin1991 needs a full battery recharg out of thin air, crap13:56
lardmandecisions, decisions14:01
lardmanand now confused by the fact that Samsung have finally released a later kernel version for the Tab14:01
lardmanso Meego touchscreen might finally work without lots of porting effort14:01
Damnshocklardman: backend isn't closed source? you mean just the UI is closed source?14:02
lardmanyes14:02
lardmanafaicr anyway14:03
Damnshockmmm that souns interesting14:05
Damnshocki wish I had more time14:05
Damnshockmaybe in the summer14:06
lardmanthat's my problem too, need to prioritise14:07
lardmanand I really don't want to waste time if the platform will soon be replaced14:07
Damnshockhahahhaa14:07
lardmanbut soon has been on the horizon for a year or more14:07
Damnshockwell, I would do just for the fun of learning14:07
Damnshockthe thing is that I find kind of complicated to start developing for the device14:08
lardmanI have no interest in calendars per-se, though I use them every day and would like the functionality to be better14:08
Damnshockgotta go to have lunch14:09
lardmanenjoy14:09
* chainsawbike gave up on using the calendar ui for most changes - i kinda just edit the db now...14:09
lardman:)14:10
chainsawbikei would be interested in helping improve it :)14:10
M4rtinKso write it platform independent - so it can be also used on future Meego devices :)14:10
M4rtinKshould be doable IMO, if you limit Hildon dependencies14:13
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lardmanyes, that is a reasonable suggestion M4rtinK14:22
MohammadAGwell, that depends on whether or not the engine can run on MeeGo14:23
MohammadAGmight as well do it in Qt...14:23
lardmanabsolutely in Qt14:24
lardmanwell abstracting the ui and backend is a requirement too14:24
lardmanso it should be easy enough to plumb into whatever is finally decided on14:25
lardmanin theory ;)14:25
lardmanmerlin1991: is there a location in the wiki where we could brainstorm some ideas?14:28
lardmanmight as well have somewhere we can refer to14:29
merlin1991Afiak not14:29
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MohammadAGlardman, you're free to make one of course14:33
lardmancould you recommend a path to use?14:33
lardmane.g. http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/development/calendar or something like that?14:36
merlin1991Lardman that path sounds fine14:45
lardmanok, give me a few minutes and I'll get the ball rolling14:46
lardmanhttp://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/Development/Calendar14:55
lardmanok I've started14:55
lardmanfeel free to add, etc15:07
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DocScrutinizerlardman: \o/16:40
DocScrutinizerlardman: indeed we have no review process in cssu, no plan, nobody caring about building/keeping/maintaining stable snapshots, no schedule, no meetings, not very many devels as usual (so kudos to all that do *something* but obviously we'd need way more manpower)16:42
DocScrutinizerlardman: I.E. it's kinda anarchy right now16:44
DocScrutinizerwith MohammadAG obviously doing all the heavy lifting16:44
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lardmanre17:43
lardmanhey docscrutinizer I wasn't knocking it, just asking17:43
DocScrutinizerlardman: And I'm just asking for help, though not that obviously :-)18:00
lardmanno that's fine, just didn't want to come in stamping on people's toes18:01
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DamnshockDocScrutinizer: I'd be happy to help19:14
Damnshockthe thing is that we do not have many developers19:15
lardmanfor the reason I outlined above I would guess, worried about wasting time on a dead platform19:19
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lardmanbut if we ensure that work can be used on Meego too, then we have more options, hopefully19:20
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Damnshockeven if the platform was dead19:40
DamnshockI would help if I could19:40
DamnshockI do not my n900 to die19:40
Damnshockit's the best phone I've ever had19:40
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DocScrutinizerwe need some sort of "foundation conference" to set up missing bits, I guess. Like a master plan about what cssu is actually meant to be, how to accomplish that, what tasks involved etc. Then assign those tasks to "devels" who are willing to take care19:56
Damnshockthat's a lot of responsability though20:00
Damnshockthe thing is that I would like some of the devs to help me through the process of setting up a developing environment20:00
Damnshockthen I might be able to help20:01
DocScrutinizerregarding the "dead system" argument tis has always been my take on that: meego been announced as kinda "upwards compatible to maemo" in a code once use both way (buzzwords Qt, recompile-and-run). So my suggestion been Nokia e.g writes his new Ovi-maps routing etc on maemo first, then migrate it to meego, rather than developing on meego natively. This would bring both to maemo: improvements/new apps, and constant evaluation of the20:03
DocScrutinizermigration process and "maemo vs meego" docs20:03
DocScrutinizerfor CSSU I'm all for evaluating how any particular bit of sw can get reused on meego and then keep the porting to meego in mind from first minute, while doing architecture and design20:04
DocScrutinizerDamnshock: I'm sure you can get help with setting up a devel environment either here or on #maemo - there are "lots" of devels that can help you jump the hoops20:06
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DamnshockDocScrutinizer: I'll try that20:10
Damnshockufff my boss just told me I'll have to work this weekend... :S20:10
Damnshockjust great xD20:11
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lardmandocscrutinizer: agree on the sales pitch, that stuff developed for CSSU can be re-used on a future platform if written the right way22:00
lardmanDamnshock: re setup, what's the issue?22:00
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lardmannight chaps23:31
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