IRC log of #europython for Friday, 2008-05-16

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pboddiezeth: If you're reading, can you put in a redirect for /community and restore the /euro and /wiki aliases?11:52
zethhi pboddie11:52
zethwell11:52
zethcan you check it now11:52
zethand see how it is11:52
zeth/community/FrontPage should be interally rewritten to FrontPage11:53
zethwhat where the /euro and /wiki aliases?11:53
zethwhere they to do with images?11:53
pboddieMaybe it's my browser. Hold on!11:54
pboddieAh, it thinks /euro is part of the Wiki.11:56
pboddieI guess it doesn't like /wiki for the same reason.11:56
zethright11:56
zethso I need to do something to make /euro go to the images/css ?11:56
pboddieI think we need to override /euro, /wiki and /community so that they do stuff before MoinMoin gets hold of it.11:56
pboddieI think MoinMoin thinks /community is a page, too.11:56
zethcommunity works for me, you might have to empty your browser cache11:57
zethso I think11:57
zethhttp://www.europython.org/moin_static163/ep2008/img/europython.png11:57
zethSo this link http://www.europython.org/euro/img/europython.png11:57
zethneeds to end up at11:57
zethhttp://www.europython.org/moin_static163/ep2008/img/europython.png11:57
zethis that correct?11:58
zethshall I just add an apache redirect or shall I change the wiki configs11:58
pboddieI don't know what Thomas did to make it work last night, but you could probably add some alias before the dynamic stuff in the Apache config.12:01
pboddieYes, clearing my cache helped with the /community.12:02
zethOkay12:06
zethI have added an extra rule12:06
zethAlias       /euro/           /home/ep3000/htdocs/ep2008/12:06
zethokay?12:06
pboddieOne for /wiki, too?12:07
zethokay can do, where should it go?12:07
zeth(old site at the other secret url btw)12:08
pboddieThe same place, I think.12:08
pboddieI think we've also picked up the old logo again, somehow.12:08
zethyeah I just spotted that12:09
zethrefresh again please12:09
pboddieLooks good. The /wiki stuff doesn't seem right, though: http://www.europython.org/Planning/ProposedLogo/Jonkman12:10
pboddieI guess /wiki -> /home/ep3000/htdocs, perhaps.12:11
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zethpboddie: okay12:21
zethhow about now12:21
zethpboddie: seems to be fixed?12:23
pboddiezeth: Yes, looks good!12:23
zethI think we are getting there12:23
zethit was a lot of work but for me it was worth it as 1. The site does not break, 2. One less wiki is using the old broken debian package that I want to remove12:24
zethWell I hope 1. at least12:24
pboddieThanks for working through it, though!12:24
zethas we are no longer using mod_python12:24
pboddieThe theme didn't really break at all - I'm surprised about that. At most, I had to fix some links which weren't converted automatically.12:25
zethso at least we should not have that one issue of fightning between mod python and moin12:25
pboddieAnd there will hopefully be much less spam.12:25
zethah yes12:26
zethso what do we do about extensions?12:26
pboddieWhich extensions?12:26
pboddieThe macros related to the blog seem to work still.12:27
zethI don't know anything about what extensions we had12:27
zethonly you knew that I think12:28
zethI didn't even know moinmoin had extensions ;)12:28
zeth http://www.europython.org/wiki/ep2008/img/logo/europython-112x80.png12:28
zethignore that link12:28
zeth(accidentally put porrige bowel on mouse buttons)12:29
zeth(accidentally put porridge bowl on mouse buttons) - can't spell either yet12:29
zethtoo early for me!12:29
pboddieThe SystemInfo doesn't seem different, at least for local extensions.12:29
pboddieToo early for me, too!12:29
zethwe only migrated the correct 39 users12:30
zethwhich is good12:30
zethnot the hundreds of spammers12:30
pboddieI think the move will be worth it in the end.12:30
zethso do we still need to add anything else for the spam protection12:31
pboddieThe various other Wikis should do it as well.12:31
zethI think the move is certainly worth it12:31
zethas we will want to keep up with the trunk12:31
zethyeah, the PyconUk wiki is next12:31
zeththen I can delete the 1.5 debian-installed moin package12:32
zeththen it has unpolluted namespace12:32
zeththen I am happy ;)12:32
pboddiePerhaps other projects might want to migrate - now that's an interesting sprint suggestion!12:33
zethpboddie: how are we on spam protection?12:33
zethso we have everything we need?12:33
pboddieRight, there's a textcha configuration in the main config.12:33
pboddieWe should really add/change questions so that the spammers can't answer them correctly and post their stuff.12:34
pboddieI couldn't change it last night, but there's a TrustedEditorGroup who are exempt.12:34
pboddieExempt from being asked questions, that is.12:35
ThomasWaldmannmoin12:36
ThomasWaldmanni copied the 2 edits from reimar bauer to the new site12:37
zethThomasWaldmann: good moining12:37
pboddieMoin 1.6!12:37
ThomasWaldmannyeah :)12:37
pboddieThomasWaldmann: Thanks!12:37
zethmy wife is Finnish, and the greeting in Finnish is actually Moi12:38
ThomasWaldmannthat's all that happened after the conversion, apart from a localbadcontent edit we maybe dont need any more anyway12:38
pboddieThomasWaldmann: The edit was made on both sites. It included a pretty bad mistake which prevented some edits.12:38
ThomasWaldmannoh, ok12:39
pboddiezeth: You're another person I know with a Finnish connection, then.12:39
pboddieThomasWaldmann: As I said to Zeth, perhaps there's some interest in migration sprints for other Wikis at EuroPython.12:39
ThomasWaldmannbtw, there are some plugins in data/plugin that should be reviewed12:40
ThomasWaldmannand tested12:40
pboddieThese are the macros, are they not?12:40
pboddieI think the FeedReader seems to work. VoteRecorder isn't needed any more, although I could test it. SiteUpdates isn't used. LoginHint was something you wrote, I think. ;-)12:41
ThomasWaldmannyes, the macros12:42
ThomasWaldmannthe question is what is in use12:42
ThomasWaldmanneverything not used should be better kept elsewhere12:43
pboddieFeedReader (on FrontPage and Blog) and LoginHint (on Planning/ProposedLogo).12:43
pboddieThe others could be moved out of the site, I think.12:43
ThomasWaldmannzeth: in some weeks/months, don't forget to delete the "oldcrap" directory :)12:44
* ThomasWaldmann wrote a small ep3000/README12:49
zethThomasWaldmann: very nice readme12:54
zethI am a big fan of web-apps where you can go hg pull or svn up or whatever12:55
zeththat is a handy way of keeping things secure12:55
ThomasWaldmann2008-05-16 10:33:12,479 INFO TextCha: failure (u='91.21.170.60', a='',12:55
ThomasWaldmanngotcha! :P12:56
pboddieA German IP, too!12:56
ThomasWaldmannoops, no. that was me :D12:57
pboddieHold off on the DDOS attack! ;-)12:57
zethdoes the question even have to be that hard?12:57
zethWhat about are you a human?12:57
pboddieIt needs to be in the context of the site.12:57
zethAnswer: Yes12:57
ThomasWaldmannany question a spammer can't answer ad hoc is ok i think12:58
zethwell most spam bots seem to answer all questions with their junk12:58
ThomasWaldmannit also should not be computable with eval(question) :)12:58
pboddieAs I noted to Thomas, who knows this already, the brilliant idea with textchas is that they prevent someone removing the challenge from the original site and presenting it to someone out of context on, say, a porn site.12:58
zethindeed12:59
ThomasWaldmannthey prevent that?12:59
pboddieAll the debate about making images with swirly letters and talk about machine vision and stuff like that just goes out of the window.12:59
zethwell they could ask on a porn site "name a popular free software licence"13:00
ThomasWaldmannwell, yes, by asking site specific questions13:00
pboddieWell, from what I've read, a lot of captchas are solved by humans who are fed them on other sites.13:00
ThomasWaldmannzeth: there is the WTFPL :))13:00
zethOn my blog, I had the question "Who is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? Bean, Brown, or Stalin?"13:01
zethI got complaints from Americans who said the question was impossibly hard13:01
pboddieI think the licence question isn't that great since someone might mention the Apache licence or the Artistic licence.13:01
zethor the python licence13:01
zethwell, I think maybe it is okay13:01
ThomasWaldmannyes, questions and answers need more work :)13:02
zethpeople can make a log in, or learn that the answer is the gpl13:02
pboddieI guess you can stop the rednecks from commenting by asking questions requiring a minimum level of political knowledge.13:02
zethyeah, I moved my blog from pyblosxom to django and have not introduced a quiz question yet13:03
zethbut I will do probably13:03
pboddieOn the EP questions, perhaps something like "which date (number) is the first day of the conference?"13:03
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ThomasWaldmannmaybe rather ask for the day's number only13:04
ThomasWaldmannor you will have to consider all ways of how to enter a date :)13:04
zethwho started Python? gandhi, guido or garibaldi?13:05
zethif they have to google the answer then the learn something anyway13:05
ThomasWaldmanni don't know how many python newbies we have, so that might be hard also13:05
zethwell hopefully the other options should be obviously wrong13:06
ThomasWaldmannasking stuff that is visible on the front page is maybe not too hard13:06
zethwell, it does not need to be hard13:06
zethit just needs to seperate a human from a script13:06
ThomasWaldmannbetter separate humans and script from humans with interest in python13:07
zethwho started Python? MickeyMouse, guido or Madonna?13:07
zeththe gpl question is a problem because there is not one unambigious answer13:08
ThomasWaldmannyou can just add some other famous ones to the answer regex13:09
ThomasWaldmannand it doesnt need to be a complete list, as most licenses aren't popular13:10
zethwhich is only a good thing13:12
ThomasWaldmannwe could ask for the software running the site :P13:12
zethover time open souce licence incompatibility is going to be a bigger problem than proprietary software13:13
zethwe have probably already reached that point in the Python world13:13
ThomasWaldmannThe opening date of registration is yet to be set. (Calendar page)13:15
ThomasWaldmannzeth: pboddie: can you fix the trail display at the bottom in the ep2008 theme?13:17
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paul_boddieSorry, network problems over here.13:19
paul_boddieThe licence question isn't specifically a EuroPython one.13:19
ThomasWaldmannright, but unlikely to be answered by $FOLK13:22
ThomasWaldmannstrange, noone mailed me yet about room sharing13:26
zethroom sharing?13:33
zeththat is not a bad idea13:34
zethit depends whether I am travelling alone or not13:34
zethand whether I go to the sprints or not13:34
zethbut if I am on my own, I would happily share a room13:35
zethas rooms at these kinds of things are more places to throw your stuff13:35
zethno one actually sleeps do they ;)13:35
zetheveryone just drinks and programs most of the night13:36
* ThomasWaldmann creates a RoomSharing page13:37
ThomasWaldmanndeciding this now can save you quite some EURos13:37
ThomasWaldmannearly bird rate at the hotel is only up to 45d before13:38
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zethso I have not been before, is this the kind of conference that there is one main conference hotel where everyone sleeps13:39
dboddieThe conference hotel is where many people are.13:39
zethif so then one really needs to be in that particular hotel13:39
zethso one can be involved in all the late night hacking etc13:40
dboddieLast year, it wasn't so much late night hacking as late night relaxing in the bar on the top floor of the hotel.13:42
dboddieFor me, at least.13:42
zethyeah13:42
zethcool13:42
zeththat is fine too13:42
zethguadec had a lot of hacking potential13:42
zethPyConUK had a lot of drinking ;)13:43
zethI suppose I should work out who is coming from Birmingham and we try to book flights together13:43
zethsave money in the ride from civilisation to the airport13:44
dboddieI thought you said people were coming from Birmingham. ;-)13:46
zethlol ;)13:46
zethindeed!13:46
ThomasWaldmannhttp://europython.org/RoomSharing take it while it's cheap :)13:52
ThomasWaldmannsaves about EUR 250 :)13:53
jezdezbtw, is there some kind of financial aid for students like there was at pycon this year?13:59
zeth?14:08
zethWhat did they do at pycon?14:08
zethAt PyConUk we just tried to make it really cheap for everyone.14:09
zeth(I am technically a student, though I work too)14:09
jezdezwell, they had financial aid in different forms:14:10
jezdezthe easiest was no to pay the fee14:10
* ThomasWaldmann .oO(there could be a "no fee for helpers" rule :)14:11
jezdezsorry, the easiest was not to pay the fee14:11
jezdezthen they had some complimentary rooms from the hotel that were given to students14:12
jezdezor anybody who submitted an application for financial aid14:12
jezdezhttp://us.pycon.org/2008/registration/financial-aid/14:13
zethwho paid for that?14:13
jezdezI think the psf14:13
jezdezbut anyway, I'm sure they had a lot more sponsors :)14:14
jezdezI think 65Euro is pretty good for a conference and a student14:14
zethwell yeah, with PyConUK, the cost per delegate on food alone was 60 pounds, and the early bird price was 50 pounds14:15
zethso we did not give anyone free entry14:15
zethThis is my first europython so I don't know what happens with food14:16
jezdezthough I have to say finanical aid helps a lot of the students. I know this only works with enough funding14:18
zethwell year, europython is a different scale than a one country conference14:19
dboddieLunches are free. Breakfast depends on where you stay.14:19
jezdezah wow, cool. and the lunches will be at the hotel?14:19
zethyou can get from anywhere in Britain to Birmingham14:19
zethby national express14:20
zethso cost was limited with students with time14:20
zethso cost was limited for students with time14:20
jezdezI see14:20
zethto the national express maximum fair14:20
jezdezI'm concerned what will happen next year14:20
zethjezdez: where do you live?14:20
jezdezgermany14:21
zethyou can fly from Germany to England quite cheaply if you are efficient14:21
zeththe hotel we use is very cheap indeed14:21
zeth35 pounds for a room, no matter how many people you put in14:22
zethit has a double bed, a bunk bed and the sofa/floor14:22
zethso students can all just be friendly14:23
zethso if you put 5 students in a room, that is 7 per night14:23
jezdezyup, a flight to england is pretty inexpensive. are there any information about the origin of last year's europython attendees?14:23
zethwell, you might give a discount to the student on the flooe14:24
zethfloor14:24
zethso you could have 3 students in beds at 10 each, and one on the floor at 5 pounds14:24
zeth;)14:25
zethI do not have the information as I am new here14:26
zethbut I am sure someone knows14:27
jezdezok, I ask later again then14:27
zethI imagine you will not be the only German14:28
dboddiejezdez: Lunches are where the conference is. At least, that's how it worked last year.14:32
jezdezdboddie: great14:33
jezdezzeth: well, I have no clue who is coming since it's my first europython, too :)14:33
dboddiejezdez: The hotel needed to be told to increase the number of sandwiches after the first day, but things seemed to go smoothly after that.14:33
jezdezhehe14:33
dboddieI was late for lunch, so had to go to the shopping centre near the hotel where I practiced the art of pointing at baked goods. :-)14:34
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pboddieSorry, network issues occurred!14:34
pboddiejezdez: http://www.europython.org/Planning/Projections14:35
pboddiejezdez: Germany was #1!14:35
jezdezdboddie: hehe14:36
jezdezpboddie: oh, wow. I didn't expect that14:36
pboddieMuch better shopping in Lithuania than in Norway, it seems.14:36
zethnot too many British14:38
pboddieOn the subject of funding: http://www.europython.org/Attendee%20Sponsorship14:39
zethinteresting14:39
zethI suppose Europe is a big place, and Eastern Europeans may well find it expensive14:40
zethand everyone is different of course14:40
pboddieWe had discussions about this at length last year, but in the end people noted that travel and accommodation are more expensive.14:40
pboddieStill, I'm not sure that this is so true if you're travelling from one of Lithuania's neighbours.14:41
pboddieAs for accommodation, my inclination is for the conference hotel if only because I don't then have to think about getting there in the mornings.14:42
pboddieA Wallace-and-Gromit arrangement would be the ideal solution, but not many hotels have that, I guess.14:42
zethNext year, if we have the 200+ Europython people and the 200+ PyConUk people, then we should probably offer sponsorship if say the lithuanians find it expensive to come to England14:42
zethjust a thought anyway14:43
pboddieCurrently, the sponsorship is under Laura's command.14:44
zethcool14:44
pboddieThat kind of sponsorship, that is.14:44
jezdezI think it should be noted that not only poeple from eastern europe should be given the chance to be sponsored14:44
zethsure of course14:44
zetheveryone is different14:44
zethsomeone could be an eastern european gas billionare14:44
jezdezwhat do you mean with that?14:44
zeththat everyone's personal situation is different14:44
zethso I am technically a student, but I don't ask for anything above that14:45
pboddieThere is a documented difference in prices between the countries of Europe. I mentioned this at some point last year.14:45
zethbecause I have made some money out of my python skills14:45
jezdezsure and this doesn't apply to other students14:45
zethindeed14:46
zetheveryone is different14:46
jezdezok :)14:46
pboddieI'd refer you both to the previous discussion, but I'm too lazy to dig it up.14:46
jezdezpboddie: that'd be a good thing to discuss this year at some point.14:47
zeththat's okay, I am not really personally ever going to be involved in such decisions14:47
jezdezpboddie: was the discussion at irc or mailing list?14:47
zethso I leave that to Laura or whoever14:48
zethI stick to running around swinging a clipboard around like a madman14:50
zeth(my role in PyConUK)14:50
jezdezheh14:52
pboddiejezdez: I think it may have been an IRC thing, since some searches on lists don't find the links I was going to post.14:55
jezdezok14:55
pboddiehttp://mail.python.org/pipermail/europython/2007-May/006347.html15:01
zethfair point15:02
pboddieFrom last August: http://www.ssb.no/emner/08/02/pppvare/thumb-2007-07-17-01.png15:02
pboddiehttp://www.ssb.no/emner/08/02/pppvare/15:02
pboddiehttp://www.ssb.no/emner/08/02/pppvare/fig-2007-07-17-01.gif15:03
pboddieTry this one now: http://www.ssb.no/emner/08/02/pppvare/arkiv/15:05
zeththat is not in English so I don't know what it means15:05
zethbut this one is in English, http://www.ssb.no/ppp_en/fig-2007-12-19-02-en.gif does this one mean that the Norway people have to buy all the drinks ;)15:05
pboddieThey decided to publish something else in place of the old stuff, not having heard of permalinks.15:05
pboddieYes, there are buttons for English, and the original reports are in English.15:06
zethyeah, I tried to find it but got lost in all the redirects15:06
zethyou would think they are running moinmoin ;)15:06
pboddieAh, I see you went for the English topic and found this: http://www.ssb.no/ppp_en/15:10
pboddieIn which case, I'd prefer it if you used this graph: http://www.ssb.no/ppp_en/fig-2007-12-19-01-en.html15:10
pboddieBecause there might be some Icelanders and Danes at the conference. ;-)15:11
pboddie"Alcoholic beverages are about 50 per cent cheaper on Svalbard than on the mainland." http://www.ssb.no/prsvalbard_en/15:14
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MrTopfHi, there wasn't a special rebate for the hotel I guess?18:51
dboddieNot that I know of.18:51
pboddieApart from the special accommodation, there's also an online offer not related to the conference, apparently.18:52
MrTopfI see the super early bird for 90,-18:59
MrTopfthe novotel where we stayed last year apparently got a lot more expensive18:59
pboddieIt's the same as last year: the hotel loves us so much that we're not given a really special discount.18:59
MrTopfbooking flight now.. 6-1219:00
MrTopfhotel is booked19:15
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MrTopfand EP is booked, too. only issue was that I couldn't put several tickets into one cart20:06
dboddieI think this issue came up during testing. We'll see how it affects things during registration.20:21
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