IRC log of #maemo-meeting for Thursday, 2011-10-13

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mairashi, folks15:51
bergiehi15:52
NIN101hi15:52
zehjotkahhi there15:52
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vetsin_hi15:55
zehjotkahI've only about half an hour from now on...15:56
Stskeeps15:00 UTC, isn't that in like two hours?15:57
thpStskeeps: the topic is about 2011-10-06 ;15:57
Stskeepsooh.15:58
SD69hello15:58
qwazix_isn't it utc 13.00 the meeting?15:59
SD69should we start?15:59
qwazix_ok I saw that sorry16:00
zehjotkahyes, let's start16:00
SD69we are missing the chair...?16:01
SD69but let's start16:01
mairasyes, back at the keyboard16:01
SD69since zehjotkah has to leave early let's start with coding competition voting16:01
mairasmomcilo is not around?16:01
zehjotkahhmmm, seems momcilo has left some minutes ago16:02
SD69momcilo was planning to be here - maybe something happened at work16:02
Siceloor his network16:03
zehjotkah(sorry for typing slow, I'm on my N950)16:03
zehjotkahI'' give an update of the current state of the voting16:03
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zehjotkaha dev i know agreed to set up the voting process on the meetmeego.org servers if it won't be done on maemo.org servers16:04
zehjotkahhe will have time on next saturday16:05
momcilosorry for being late, my laptop got frozen 10 minutes ago16:05
zehjotkahi'd still prefer the voting being hosted on maemo.org servers16:05
zehjotkah1. because it's more official16:05
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zehjotkah2. because we alreday had votings on the maemo.org server16:05
bergiezetjotkah: we can do it on maemo.org, but so far all voting functionality has been run by Dave Neary16:06
bergie...using the GNOME voting software that is not integrated with rest of maemo.org16:06
mairas... and he told he wouldn't be doing that any longer.16:06
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zehjotkahDave Neary gave me the link to the wiki how to set up the process16:07
zehjotkahi have the user database16:07
zehjotkahwe have the info files for the voting16:07
zehjotkahbut it's over my skill to set up the actual process16:07
zehjotkahalso i don't have access to the system16:08
bergiewe can do that16:08
zehjotkahawesome :)16:08
zehjotkahi think i still have your email address16:08
zehjotkahthen i'll send you all the required info, okay?16:09
bergiezetjotkah: send to support@nemein.com16:09
zehjotkahokay16:09
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momciloSorry for interrupting, we wanted to record the meeting using meetbot, it looks like topic #7 is already covered?16:09
zehjotkahthanks16:09
SD69momcilo: yes, zehjotkah has to leave early so we jumped ahead16:10
bergieagain, regarding this voting stuff... please send any actions you want us to take to support... not TMO private messages, tweets or such16:10
zehjotkahokay16:10
momciloOk, I would appriciate of someone can send me the log for the last ten minutes, so I can replay i to meetbot later16:11
momcilo#startmeeting16:11
maemobotMeeting started Thu Oct 13 13:11:13 2011 UTC.  The chair is momcilo. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot.16:11
maemobotUseful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic.16:11
Siceloi can momcilo16:11
momcilothanks16:11
SD69bergie: will X-Fade be the actual person or maybe someone else?16:11
bergieSD69: depends on how busy X-Fade is. Probably someone from our support team16:12
SD69does not matter - just want to avoid confusion and get this done quickly16:12
mairasX-Fade will be around a bit later - he had a slightly overlapping appoitment.16:13
bergieyep. So, please talk to support. Which reminds, we probably need to know who is authorized to request stuff from them16:13
bergiebesides mairas, that is :-)16:13
SD69bergie: at this point, only the 3 council members16:13
SD69+ mairas :-)16:14
mairasbergie, uuh. "with great power ..."16:14
bergiemairas: certainly ;-)16:14
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momciloLet me know when "MeeGo coding competition team contest voting" is concluded so we can set a topic16:15
zehjotkahi think we're done, right?16:15
bergieyep16:16
momcilo#topic maemo.org, future, DNS, infrastructure...16:16
bergiezetjotkah sends the voting data to our support, support sets it up16:16
zehjotkahand i'll cc texrat from the council so you know the council is okay with that16:16
bergiethx16:17
momcilo#topic MeeGo coding competition team contest voting16:17
SD69zehjotkah: texrat is no longer on council; me and momcilo are new council and are OK with it16:17
momcilo#action zetjotkah sends the voting data to our support, support sets it up16:17
StskeepsSD69: where's jeremiah?16:17
SD69+ jeremiah :-)16:18
momcilo#action zetjotkah will cc texrat from the council so you know the council is okay with that16:18
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bergie#info any admin tasks needed for maemo.org should be sent to Nemein's support by Council, not via tweets, TMO priv msgs, or whatever16:18
SD69but not here today...16:18
momcilook, lets move to the first topic16:18
momcilo#topic maemo.org, future, DNS, infrastructure...16:18
SD69marias: "I don't see why Nokia wouldn't be prepared to basically indefinitely maintain the DNS for every other hostname that the community chooses to use"16:20
SD69can you expand on the support for other hostnames?s16:20
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mairasthat's what I wrote. :-) the DNS hosting is trivial and I don't see why that couldn't be done well to the future16:21
mairasand yes, as long as it's relevant to maemo.org activities, there can be other hostnames as well.16:22
SD69could the community be supported like it is now with Nemein if it set up camp at its own domain, say... www.maemo.net?16:23
mairascould you elaborate on that? I don't quite see the motives on doing that.16:24
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reggie_SD69: can you clarify why a new domain is being considered at all?16:24
mairas*motivations16:24
SD69so that if some future Nokia CEO in all his infinite wisdom decreed to shut down maemo.org, the community would not be affected16:25
bergieSD69: all community resources run on Nokia-funded servers as well16:25
bergieso if theoretically Nokia decided to pull the plug, we would need to migrate both services and domain16:25
bergieI don't see a benefit in doing any hasty maneuvers about the domain now16:26
bergiethe community does have some domains managed outside of Nokia (or LF)... there is formeego.org, and the mer domains16:26
SD69those are different communities at the moment16:27
bergiefrom my point of view, those would be reasonable fallbacks, should maemo.org go out16:27
mairasSD69, can I actually go a bit into the community thing...16:27
mairas?16:27
SD69marias: of course16:28
mairasnamely, the meego community is now a big question mark.16:28
mairasand meego.com was the place where the N9 community was supposed to live.16:28
qwazix_Is there truly a need for so many different communities?16:29
mairasnow, we haven't heard anything from LF or Intel regarding the future of MeeGo facilities.16:29
mairasqwazix_, a good point. :-)16:29
Stskeepsactually, it wasn't my impression that the n9 user community was supposed to be on meego.com, possibly developer to some extent16:30
SD69qwazix: no, but how do we stop them from popping up?16:30
mairasStskeeps, well, both.16:30
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reggie_mairas: so meego/harmattan (N9/N950) official community will fall back to maemo.org?16:30
bergieStskeeps: that was why apps was being built in meego.com originally16:30
ysssgood day everyone16:30
qwazix_by trying to be unifying and catering for all those who belong to each one of them16:30
mairasdeveloper is more directed to developer-oriented stuff, meego.com would've been the community16:31
mairasthe same distinction was already there during the N900 times, but not as pronounced.16:31
qwazix_after all the goals of maemo, meego and mer are about the same (that's why mer was shut off wasn't it?)16:31
mairasreggie_, well. we need a location for the community until the end of N9's lifetime.16:31
Stskeepsmairas: right, not the right moment to discuss but if you review what was actually said in the beginnings meego.com clearly didn't catered to end users (but enough about that now)16:32
SD69we can't solve the fragmentation in this meeting...16:32
mairasreggie_, so, if meego.com ends up being a dead-end, what do you think?16:32
mairaswould it be ok to the maemo community?16:32
Stskeepseither way, we do need a home for n9 - i thought nokia's offerings would do that16:32
momciloI suggest we keep some of thise questions for topic 416:33
momcilowhich can be expanded to communities: maemo, meego, mer, ... ;)16:33
reggie_mairas: i would love it to me maemo.org but it's up to the community ;) but then again since Nokia is tied to maemo.org... ;)16:33
X-FadeHi guys, sorry for being late. Had to visit a familymember in hospital.16:33
mairasmomcilo, IMO, the N9 crowd is more related to maemo.org than to Mer.16:33
momciloMer is new16:34
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Stskeepslet's discuss Mer in the topic for it - not relevant to N9 as such16:34
momciloI wanted simply to suggest we keep to the agenda, and add aditional topics later16:34
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momciloI realize this topic can be of importance to mer, and meego communities, but lets focus on the maemo.org itself for the moment16:35
thpi'd also be for reggie_'s suggestion for it to be maemo.org (and it's easier for the community to get hold of it/influence decision than it is on meego.com probably?)16:36
bergiethp: +116:36
qwazix_do we know how possible it is that nokia will donate the name to the community?16:36
momcilothp, +116:37
X-FadeIf anything we need to keep communities together, not fragment them.16:37
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reggie_X-fade, +116:37
momciloX-Fade, sure16:37
AlfredGuys, sorry to interrupt your conversation, but i really think maemo.org should be the home for n9 holders, since they have "maemo 6" onboard...16:38
X-FadeThe reason why I would not worry about the name as such is that Nokia will need it for a very long time and all that time we should be safe.16:38
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mairasqwazix_, unfortunately, that'd be really unlikely. The Maemo trademark is tied to an existing Nokia product and stupidly enough, we use a small subdomain of maemo.org for our essential internal development activities.16:38
X-FadeEven in the event that Nokia kills off everything, we will still have access to all servers we have now. So we can easily migrate.16:38
SD69qwazix: probably not, which is why we are talking about alternative solutions such as maemo.net16:39
SD69X-Fade: who is we?16:39
momciloSD69, valid point16:39
bergiemairas: would a Qt-style "community promise" be a possibility?16:39
X-FadeSD69: Several people, nemein, marais, I at least.16:39
momcilobergie, You mean the famous qt agreement?16:40
mairasSD69, I don't know would there be trademark issues with maemo.net.16:40
qwazix_So maybe the community fragmentation issue comes around again as the name is a means for stating our will to engulf the now orphan meego community and the newfound mer community16:40
mairasother than that, that could be a workable solution.16:40
bergiemomcilo: exactly, http://www.kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation.php16:40
mairasbergie, that's an interesting thought.16:40
mairaswe could try to find out. will be a non-trivial effort, though.16:41
bergieI think that would remove the (mostly unnecessary) fears people have about maemo.org going away16:41
X-FadeThere are contracts in place with the isp too, they will just be served out anyway.16:41
mairasbergie, yes.16:41
SD69mairas: we can decide on one without tm issues, similar to apps.formeego.org, but that's useless if we can't migrate existing infra.16:42
momcilowhat about files, repositories, binaries...16:42
X-Fademomcilo: Nokia has a legal obligation to host the binaries for 3 year.s16:42
X-FadeEhm sources :)16:42
momcilocan we mirror them?16:43
X-FadeSure you can.16:43
X-FadeIf you have 200G of free space, you can.16:43
MohammadAGThat doesn't include closed non-distributable nokia-binaries though16:43
momciloPrivately or publicly ?16:43
X-Fademomcilo: What MohammadAG says.16:44
X-FadeYou can't distribute the closed binaries. But everything else you can.16:44
momciloThat is a serious issue16:44
Shallimus...which will never go away?16:44
X-FadeWhy?16:44
momcilois it possible to ask for permission to host such files (firmwares, debs, etc)?16:45
X-Fademomcilo: No chance, really.16:45
X-FadeAs nokia themselves don't own them.16:45
X-FadeWell the IPR in them.16:45
qwazix_is it possible then that they  agree to host them for more years? Not the whole infra. but only the closed binaries16:46
MohammadAGdidn't we get word that maemo.org's servers will stay up for some time?16:46
bergieon the other infra than packages... Wiki should be trivial to move anywhere16:46
momciloIs it possible for nokia to somehow negotiate the permissions on behalf of maemo.org16:46
bergieTMO is already running elsewhere16:46
momciloMohammadAG, there are files on servers other than maemo.org, correct?16:46
bergieand Maemo Downloads could possibly be merged with the rest of the Apps.formeego effort16:46
X-FadeBut again, not going anywhere for quite awhile.16:46
mairasMohammadAG, yes, we promised to maintain the servers until the end of 2012, based on the information we had at that time.16:46
MohammadAGmomcilo, yes, but I don't see tablets-dev.nokia.com going anywhere16:47
reggie_mairas: I guess Nokia can hand off all of maemo.org (not "Maemo")  to the community after a certain time, if Nokia ends all support for it, correct?16:47
X-Fademomcilo: those are in fact on the same server :)16:47
Stskeepsrealistically, how many n900's are alive in three years..16:47
mairasreggie_, absolutely.16:47
momciloX-Fade, that can be changed in seconds ;)16:47
MohammadAGStskeeps, +116:48
mairasthat has been the plan all along.16:48
MohammadAGbut still, you need to provide support for it16:48
SD69stskeeps: who says maemo has to be limited to N900?16:48
qwazix_three years from the launch is end 2012 isn't it? Pretty soon.16:48
X-FadeIn mobile, you should not worry about what comes in x years where x > 1 :)16:48
StskeepsSD69: i know, but that was in terms of the 'worst' blobs16:48
StskeepsSD69: n900 has more 3rd party than n8x0/77016:49
SD69agreed16:49
momciloStskeeps, I think n8x0 should not be dumped, even if not actively developed16:50
Stskeepsright, anyway, not a problem anytime soon16:50
bergieyep, in my view this is a discussion we should have next summer :-)16:50
momcilobergie, I think it would be to late than16:51
X-FadeAnd as mairas just suggested adding more to the existing maemo.org, the future can look differently.16:51
SD69how do exit this agenda item?16:51
SD69explore the Qt style solution?16:51
mairasX-Fade, definitely!16:51
momciloWe agree on : QT style solution?16:52
X-FadeAs the N9 product adds new life.16:52
reggie_i think that's basically the answer to the topic -- community needs to figure out how and where to host it when the time comes -- to be discussed as early as next year, or when support to Maemo/N9 ends as per Nokia.16:52
momcilo#agree maemo.org should follow QT style agreement solution16:52
bergieso, action for mairas to explore a Qt-style solution to maemo.org domain (and trademark?) ownership16:52
mairasabout the Qt style solution -16:52
bergiemomcilo: we can't just decide that, but mairas can check if Nokia is open to it16:53
mairasIIRC, the Qt promise is done between Nokia (originally Trolltech) and some KDE/Qt foundation?16:53
momcilo#action maclaver to explore qt-style solution to maemo.org domain (trademark?) ownership16:53
momcilosorry16:53
momcilo#action marias to explore qt-style solution to maemo.org domain (trademark?) ownership16:53
X-Fadeyou can #undo16:53
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momcilo#action marias to explore qt-style solution to maemo.org domain (trademark?) ownership16:54
momcilothanks16:54
maclaverNo problem, I can look into it too.  I'll get Quim involved.16:54
mairaswe'd need to get a legal entity to be the other counterpart in the contract16:54
momcilomairas, who do you actually decide on things like that? legel department makes a decision or there is someone above who accapts the opinion and decides?16:55
SD69mairas: council is working on that... it will take awhile16:55
bergienonprofits are easy to set up, at least in Finland16:55
mairasSD69, fair enough, then!16:55
bergiecool16:55
reggie_next topic?16:56
momciloOk, we can move to the next topic?16:56
mairasmomcilo, at the moment, I have no idea. but I can begin asking around with maclaver and quim16:56
SD69bergie: that has come up already - good to know you concur16:56
momcilo#topic talk.maemo.org and other tmo issues.16:56
MohammadAGwe're still on the second topic?16:56
momciloMohammadAG, the sequnece of topics was: 7, 1, 2 is next16:57
MohammadAGwhen's 6 coming up?16:57
reggie_let me just make this short16:57
reggie_TMO has been attacked by spammers recently16:57
momcilo6 was suggested by jeremiah16:58
momcilohe is not here at the moment, you would like to push this forward?16:58
reggie_new forum plugins have been installed that made it harder for automated spammers to register and post16:58
MohammadAGno rush, just wondering, let's go back on topic16:58
reggie_some spammers still get it though16:58
Sazpaimon_I don't think much can be done about the spammers other than what has already been done16:58
momcilo#info http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=7896516:59
Sazpaimon_reggie_, those are not automated bots16:59
bergiereggie_: on some forums we've put all messages containing links to moderation queue. That caught lots of spam :-)16:59
reggie_Sazpaimon_, it's hard to believe but they are ;)16:59
ysssI deleted 3 spammer's accts earlier. they were not posting that quickly.17:00
momciloreggie_, how did you establish that?17:00
bergiedoes the forum allow posting rate limiting for new members?17:00
NIN101what about the spam on wiki.maemo.org?17:00
reggie_bergie now if there are several links in posts, they go to the moderation queue, that is if the member has only less than 5 posts17:00
momciloreggie_, I would like to take a look at the code which generated md5 hashes for the images?17:01
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reggie_momcilo, sure, i can try to look for that17:01
reggie_anyway17:01
Sazpaimon_there are like 3 or 4 different registration spam catchers17:01
momciloreggie_, just point me to the captcha project you've used17:01
Sazpaimon_including picking an image out of a lineup, and answering a trivia question17:02
Sazpaimon_something along the line of "what company created maemo"17:02
SD69#info http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=7815017:03
reggie_Sazpaimon_, yes, these spammers use an automated software that can amazingly answer all those17:03
reggie_so as SD60 has pointed out, i requested for volunteers to become SPAM Moderators17:04
reggie_57 members volunteered.17:04
reggie_Breakdown per continent/timezone is as follows:17:04
reggie_N/S America: 13, Europe/Africa: 31, Asia/Australia: 1317:04
SD69that was a great response!17:04
mairasreggie_, wow! that's a lot!17:04
momciloreggie_, I think they might use rainbow tables to defeat the md5 hashes17:04
reggie_I have chosen 11 from different continents so timezones can be covered17:05
reggie_here are the 11: Addison, ammyt, debernardis, Estel, gerbick, lma, marxian, nicolai, pelago, Rauha, ysss17:05
reggie_they are all now active17:05
reggie_that's my TMO update.17:06
Sazpaimon_I don't see what's wrong with either making a user's first few posts get queued for moderation or outright making it impossible for them to make new threads17:07
SD69reggie: thanks17:07
dr_frost_dkthats good coverage reggie_17:07
Sazpaimon_maybe one of those is already in place and I missed it17:07
momcilo#info reggie_ has enlisted: Addison, ammyt, debernardis, Estel, gerbick, lma, marxian, nicolai, pelago, Rauha, ysss17:08
momcilo#info reggie_ Time zones: N/S America: 13, Europe/Africa: 31, Asia/Australia: 1317:08
MohammadAGI'd #undo that and say what they were enlisted for17:08
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momcilo#info reggie_ has enlisted spam moderators: Addison, ammyt, debernardis, Estel, gerbick, lma, marxian, nicolai, pelago, Rauha, ysss17:08
reggie_Sazpaimon_ if new members (with less than 5 posts) post something with more than 5 links, it goes to the moderation queue17:09
reggie_a lot of new members sign up to actually post a question most of the time17:09
Sazpaimon_5 links sounds a little conservative, imo17:09
momcilo#info reggie_ provided breakedown per continent: N/S America: 13, Europe/Africa: 31, Asia/Australia: 1317:09
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ysssimho it wouldn't be unreasonable for new members to make 5 link-less posts as he introduces himself, gets to know the community and so on.17:10
dr_frost_dkwhat about those members that was created 1 mounth back and was just waiting to spam?17:10
ysssthey'd still have 0 posts17:10
Sazpaimon_13+31+13 != 1117:10
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momcilodr_frost_dk, anything to support such behavior?17:11
momciloSazpaimon_, reggie_ has made a selection out of larger number of people17:11
reggie_dr_frost_dk, as long as they have less than 5 posts, spam posts with more than 5 URLs will still go to the moderation queue17:11
reggie_but yes, it happens. spambots registed by bulk and say 60 days after they unleash17:12
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reggie_*register17:12
momciloreggie_, It happens in general or at tmo?17:13
reggie_to clarify, 57 volunteered, 11 were selected17:13
reggie_i've seen it happen in TMO, momcilo17:14
Sazpaimon_can we run their usernames/ips through the stop forum spam API?17:14
dr_frost_dki noticed some beginning to spam, and was created some time before, but the new 5 post with 5 links should still take them :)17:15
reggie_Sazpaimon_, that's in place already17:15
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Sazpaimon_reggie_, including the already registered sleeper cells?17:15
reggie_well, once a member registers, membername and IP is checked from the stopforumspam database17:16
reggie_as for sleeper cells, first few posts are checked with Akismet17:16
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reggie_if they pass, then if there are more than 5 URLs in the post, they go to the moderation queue17:17
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SD69may I suggest next topic?17:19
reggie_also, once SPAM moderators delete posts, that spammer's membername, IP, and Email are reported and added to the stopforumspam database so others can use them as well17:20
reggie_ok17:20
reggie_thanks17:20
Sazpaimon_I would submit that the spam catching mechanisms are sufficient enough, then17:20
Sazpaimon_I think we can move on.17:20
SD69thanks reggie17:20
momcilo#topic (Unpaid) volunteers for maemo.org administration.17:20
Sazpaimon_what would such a task entail?17:21
SD69so this is to idenitfy and replace former paid positions like wikimaster with unpaid trusted community members17:21
SD69we have a problem with spam on wiki, but this is a way to transition to greater community involvement17:22
X-FadeSD69: There are several people already wiki admin, if you have suggestions, more can be added.17:22
momcilo#idea Can we assembly the complete list of positions?17:22
ysss+1, define and quantify the requirement17:23
Sazpaimon_so wait, someone is/was paid to manage the wiki?17:23
bergiethe other volunteer part is the "supertesters" on Downloads17:23
X-FadeSazpaimon_: Not anymore.17:23
bergie...and obviously TMO moderators, discussed in previous point17:23
Sazpaimon_if it's a problem with spam, why not utilize our new spam moderators?17:24
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SD69sazpaimon_: wiki is on a different ip address than forum17:24
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X-FadeAnyway, mediawiki just has a nice interface for that.17:25
SD69rather than just more admins, etc., I'd like a ***master so people know who to contact to get a problem solved17:25
X-FadeSD69: Ah.17:26
X-FadeSD69: That person can also be a list perhaps?17:26
X-FadeAnd then people can pick their work from there?17:27
X-FadeOr bugzilla :)17:27
SD69I was thinking we'd publish a list of positions, and the ones that are vacant, people can volunteer for and be selected17:27
reggie_for the wiki, the admin/master/spam volunteers just need to subscribe to the wiki RSS feed. SPAM edits can be easily monitored.17:28
SD69X-Fade: do we need a bugmaster?  It's hard to keep up with current status...17:28
X-FadeSure, that can work too.17:28
X-FadeSD69: andre is still doing that.17:28
andre__kind of, yeah17:28
X-FadeAh, there he is ;)17:29
SD69some positions may need particular skills - webmaster, etc.17:29
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X-FadeSD69: You need to look at the problems you notice and then try to find a solution or people to fix this problem.17:30
X-FadeSD69: So that might be a topic for a next meeting?17:30
SD69OK17:30
qwazix_can you please be more specific about the tasks needed to be assigned?17:30
momciloWho will make a list?17:30
X-FadeI don't think there is time in this meeting to go over that though :)17:31
qwazix_ok let's assign it so that it is done before the next meeting17:31
momciloqwazix, +117:31
mairasum, related to time - do you expect my presence to be required in the remaining topics? I'd need to be somewhere else already...17:31
momciloqwazix, we can transfer that to mailing lists17:32
momcilowell the next one is related to mer project,17:32
qwazix_something like: position, skills required, estimate time required per week(day)17:32
qwazix_ok17:32
SD69thanks for being here stskeeps and woot17:32
SD69and anyone else from Mer17:33
momciloqwazix, can you do it?17:33
SD69let's assume familiarity with Mer in interest of time17:33
SD69any comments?17:33
momcilotopic 4?17:34
bergieshould we file the action first?17:34
SD69sorry17:34
momcilo#action momcilo to initiate correspondence at maemo-community@maemo.org that should result in complete list of positions and required qualifications17:34
Stskeepsjust to establish what we are: we're an independent project (even from maemo.org, Nokia, anyone), that seeks to maintain a nice and slim Linux/Qt core, with focus on vendors, not end-users, with the emphasis that vendors are hobbyists, small to medium enterprises, hardware adaptations, etc. Others can then put UX'es on top, like Cordia, CE, plasma active and add hardware adaptations, but these are not part of the project nor ...17:35
Stskeeps... governed by the mer project17:35
momcilojust as ec17:35
momcilosec17:35
momciloplease17:35
Stskeepsok17:35
momcilo#topic Mer project www.merproject.org.17:35
momciloPlease start with #info tag17:35
Stskeeps#info Mer: we're an independent project (even from maemo.org, Nokia, anyone), that seeks to maintain a nice and slim Linux/Qt core, with focus on vendors, not end-users, with the emphasis that vendors are hobbyists, small to medium enterprises, hardware adaptations, etc. Others can then put UX'es on top, like Cordia, CE, plasma active and add hardware adaptations, but these are not part of the project nor governed by the mer ...17:36
Stskeeps... project17:36
Stskeeps#info governed by the mer project17:36
Stskeeps#info CE will be delivering adaptations for N900, N950, N9 for Mer17:36
momciloon top of mer? this is already agreed?17:37
Stskeepsyes, we already have the handset UX on top on ia32 port17:37
Stskeepsand mer already runs on n90017:37
momcilocool17:38
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Stskeepsof maemo.org interest it also has a ARMv6 port.17:38
Stskeepsand video has been published N810 booting to qmlviewer on a modern kernel17:38
momciloI've seen it17:39
Stskeepsthe general idea is to avoid a lot of the politics surrounding hw adaptations and UX'es, as well as to avoid preferential treatment to reference UX'es and have everyone utilizing the Core go through the same 'interface'17:39
Stskeepsso we have a good and open effort that people can trust to build upon17:40
momciloStskeeps, do you think it is possible to correlate activities at maemo.org and www.merproject.org?17:43
dr_frost_dksounds nice17:43
Stskeepsmaemo.org is welcome to participate in merproject.org as a vendor for let's say, N8x0, 770 efforts, or in any of the CE activities17:44
qwazix_The approach is really appealing, but having a distribution that is easily installable can gain traction, and attract testers17:45
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Sazpaimon_qwazix_, from what I gather, mer isn't designed to be a distribution17:45
Sazpaimon_more like a base framework17:46
momciloSazpaimon_, you mean to ask is it package system agnostic?17:46
Stskeepsit's a toolkit for others to build with.17:46
qwazix_I realized that but there could be a "reference" distribution based on mer17:46
alteregoThe more vendors we have with different use cases the better mer will become :)17:46
Stskeepsqwazix_: we don't want anyone to be reference, anyone is able to build things with it17:46
Stskeepssome will build Plasma Active things17:46
Stskeepssome will build Cordia17:46
Stskeepsetc17:46
momciloStskeeps, packaging is rpm?17:47
Stskeepsyes, it's rpm17:47
Stskeepsit's a nice 302 source package core, no UX, no hardware adaptations17:47
Sazpaimon_could that be changed on the vendor-end or is it too deeply rooted into the core17:48
Stskeepspackaging is a religious issue, in practice it's the software that matters17:48
Stskeepswe have a pretty good base to build off, meego 1.3, which performs really well and have good solutions related to it17:48
Stskeeps.. any reactions?17:48
momciloStskeeps, I agree, theoretically: can you base mer on debs as well?17:49
SD69glad Mer will be around even if MeeGo will not17:49
Sazpaimon_will software made for one UX work on another?17:49
Stskeepsyou'd be insane to, as you have to rewrap everything. We tried with Debian and Ubuntu to do this in old Mer and it was a miserable failure - we have something now where all the weeds were cut17:49
Sazpaimon_like, if I make a program utilizing cordia, will it work on CE, assuming the same or simmilar hardware17:50
SD69looks like Mer will be an upstream to Maemo/Cordia17:50
StskeepsSazpaimon_: Mer will provide HTML5/QML/JS, there's no binary compatibility story17:50
Stskeepsbut it's a tool for others to use17:50
Sazpaimon_I mean't from a UX perspective17:50
Sazpaimon_will programs need to be ported from one UX to another17:51
Stskeepslet's see what UX'es do :)17:51
Sazpaimon_unlike android, who's applications work regardless of the UX on top of it17:51
Sazpaimon_I think a "write once, deploy anywhere" approach might be for the best17:52
Stskeepswe'll focus on a working good open process and a core people can rely on.17:52
Stskeepsbut we're just one piece of the puzzle, not a whole ecosystem.17:52
qwazix_Shouldn't we build an ecosystem out of the pieces though, under maemo roof?17:53
momciloSo basically you will not enforce app compatibly among UX'es?17:53
Stskeepsyou're welcome to, we'll be making the engine.17:53
Stskeepsmomcilo: correct - we don't have a trademark nor intend to use it if we did in such a way17:53
momciloStskeeps, are there any plans to provide optional compatibility?17:54
Stskeepsmomcilo: people are welcome to gather together and do so - in practice, QML/HTML5/JS is what will work across the large amount of architectures17:55
Sazpaimon_I really do think a compatability solution would be for the best, it may be off putting for some users that their Mer-powered smartphone does not run the same apps as the Mer-powered smartphone from another vendor17:55
StskeepsMer is a non-brand.17:55
Stskeepsit's a tool for others to build with.17:55
Sazpaimon_so really, then, Mer is for others to build seperate, distinct operating systems with17:56
reggie_is Mer's goal similar to Nomovok's Steelrat?17:56
Stskeepsreggie_: steelrat is a UX17:56
reggie_ok17:56
Sazpaimon_I just hope that fragmentation will not be an issue, in the end17:56
Stskeepsright, we deliver the engine that can do HTML5/QML/JS really well and easily put on devices17:56
Stskeepsothers will deliver the wheels like hardware adaptations, others will give the windscreen17:57
Sazpaimon_how do you plan to "sell" this concept to vendors17:57
Stskeeps"you don't have to hire a large bunch of smelly linux coders to build simple things"17:57
Stskeepsas well as easy ways to prototype new things17:58
momciloStskeeps, that is technical part, what about the business plan17:58
Stskeepslet's see how things go17:58
SD69I think we should move to the next topic17:58
Stskeepsmomcilo: it's a open project, non-profit, do we need a business plan?17:58
Stskeepsyes17:58
vetsin_is there such a thing as a mer community? will there be any efforts to merge it with the maemo community?17:59
momciloStskeeps, if you are going to present it to the vendors you need one17:59
Sazpaimon_yes I think we've drilled Stskeeps long enough17:59
Stskeepsvetsin_: feel free to ask in #mer17:59
Stskeeps(and for the rest of you too)17:59
momciloStskeeps, I hope we can discuss at some other time17:59
vetsin_ok. thanks.17:59
momcilonext topic17:59
momcilo#topic Nokia changes to lintian to be used in maemian.17:59
momcilojeremiah has asked for this topic and the next after18:00
Sazpaimon_what's the story behind this18:00
reggie_background please18:00
Sazpaimon_I have a rough idea of what lintian is18:00
momciloI know and use lintian, but jeremiah was a deb master on maemo.org and I guess there were changes to default policy checking tool applied to maemo distribution18:01
Sazpaimon_wrt?18:01
X-FadeGuys, I need to go. Please try to keep meetings in the 1 hour timeframe next time :)18:01
momciloX-Fade, I don't blame you ;)18:02
SD69sorry to say I have to go soon too18:02
Sazpaimon_X-Fade, to be fair there were a lot of hot button topics on the agenda18:02
Stskeepsif there's chances to a gpl tool inside nokia that could be useful for the community, just file a bug and it's likely to get it out from te repos18:02
X-FadeSazpaimon_: yeah, just needs more meetings.18:02
SD69MohammadAG: did you have comments on topic 6 - patches18:03
SD69?18:03
momciloSD69, I think we may be forced to discuss this at some other meeting?18:03
bergieI should go soon as well18:04
bergiealready missed the W3C meeting I was supposed to attend, and I'll have an early flight tomorrow18:04
reggie_how many topics are left? postpone to next meeting?18:04
SD69bergie: no problem. thanks for attending18:05
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SD69X-Fade: thanks for attending18:05
Sazpaimon_reggie_, 5 and 6 are left18:05
Sazpaimon_we are currently on 5 but made no progress on it18:05
momcilothe main stakeholders are not present, so we can postpone?18:06
Sazpaimon_it would probably be for the best18:06
momcilo#agree postponed this topic for next meeting18:06
qwazix_when is next meeting?18:06
momcilo#topic Possibility of receiving patches from Nokia for any debs they've18:06
momcilopatched.18:06
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momciloCan I postpone this as well?18:07
Sazpaimon_I don't see why not18:07
momcilo#agree postponed this topic for next meeting18:07
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momcilothe next meeting is expected in exactly two weeks, the initial time is 15:00 UTC, but we will confirm it at later time18:07
momciloAnything you would like to nominate for the next meeting?18:08
momcilo#topic topics for the next meeting18:08
qwazix_I think that we should discuss about "marketing" of our next moves.18:09
reggie_gtg. thanks all!18:09
qwazix_I mean how should we present our efforts to the world and under what roof18:09
momciloqwazix, mer or maemo or both?18:09
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momciloqwazix_, mer or maemo or both?18:10
qwazix_That's exactly what I am trying to avoid. The confusion between products18:10
freemangordon_what about CSSU?18:10
momciloN900?18:10
freemangordon_yep18:10
momciloI guess that is still under maemo.org18:11
momcilowhich is logical18:11
qwazix_An idea would be to create a 'flagship' product, with mer as core, one of the ux's and target the atom tablets18:11
momciloas a community tablet?18:11
qwazix_yes exactly18:12
momcilothat is tough cookie18:12
momcilofreemangordon_, is there anything you would like to suggest regarding the CSSU for the next meeting?18:13
qwazix_I think all the parts are there and I have been trying to make something usable out of it but I am not experienced enough18:13
momciloqwazix_, there was a cordia tab effort18:13
momcilo#info http://cordiatab.com/18:13
qwazix_I know that, but that hit the wall with the manufacturers18:14
qwazix_and it is not yet everyday usable18:14
momciloqwazix_, there was some further development - it appears tomasz found the vendor willing to provide source18:14
momciloqwazix_, any particular product, or building everything from scratch?18:15
qwazix_With the abundance of atom tablets on the market, and collecting all the touch friendly open applications either maemo, meego tablet and meego handset I think we could have tomorrow a version 1.0 of our OS18:15
ysssIsn't the real number in arm based tablets?18:16
momciloysss, there is the question of openness of arm world, vendors are not too willing to share18:17
qwazix_as for hardware, it should work on the ideapad, the wetab (can't remember the name of the slate intel was giving away), the inspiron convertible etc18:17
momciloqwazix_, cordia is being developed on ideapad18:17
qwazix_yes, I know, I have it installed.18:18
momciloBattery life?18:18
momcilo#endmeeting18:19
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ysssah yeah. it's just unfortunate that atom tablets are mostly heavier, more expensive, runs hotter with shorter runtime (<6hrs)18:19
momciloysss, I hope medfield may reduce the issues in future18:19
qwazix_Never used it for long enough on battery. I am just trying to make the handset ux apps work on it but I am failing.18:19
damnshockwhere will the logs be available to download from¿?18:19
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momciloI will post a link at topic related to this meeting at Community section of tmo18:20
momciloI can not do it know18:20
ysssaye18:21
momciloOk, i about to leave know, I hope we will manage the next meeting in 1 hour ;)18:22
momciloOk, I am about to leave know, I hope we will manage the next meeting in 1 hour ;)18:22
qwazix_To consolidate, I am proposing to gather whatever we have working (cordia, calendar app from meego tablet, modest from fremantle, contacts and fennec) and produce an early beta product18:22
qwazix_Ok bye18:22
momcilobye18:23
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ysssbye18:23
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momciloSicelo, can you send me the full log so I can add full topic 7 in minutes?18:25
Sicelosure18:25
momciloSicelo, thank you18:26
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