Today I read that the MOTU team received a new member, congratulations Marcin Juszkiewicz =)!!, this let’ me think that we (ronicardona and I) still have a nice and long way to go, I don’t have any problem with that, I’m pretty sure it’ll be fun =3 (the kind of fun I like), I only hope that we can help to get involved to lots of local people in the process, I’ll copy & paste the log so we can remember from time to time in what areas we should keep improving.
=== meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: Marcin
Juszkiewicz's MOTU application
[14:07] <hrw> o/
[14:07] <bdrung> hrw: please introduce yourself
[14:07] <hrw> sure
[14:08] <hrw> I work for Linaro project. Our priority is to
improve Linux on ARM.
[14:08] <hrw> I maintain arm(el,hf) cross compilers in Ubuntu since
maverick (PPU for it got ~year ago)
[14:09] <hrw> in spare time or during Linaro ARM porting jams I work
on fixing ftfbs for armel/armhf packages in Ubuntu
[14:10] <hrw> I worked on multiarching few packages to make cross
compilation easier
[14:11] <hrw> list of ftfbs bugs which I fixed is in application
[14:11] <hrw> I think thats all - rest is in application
[14:12] <stgraber> how familiar are you with the Ubuntu release
process and more specifically the various freezes?
[14:12] <hrw> stgraber: did FFe for cross compiler in maverick time,
had SRU for it after maverick release.
[14:13] <stgraber> you mentioned multiarching packages, do you need
a FFe for these if you were to do some now?
[14:14] <hrw> stgraber: until final freeze universe packages are
allowed to be upload unless new features are added - as
for those I usually check do I need FFe for them or not
[14:14] <hrw> stgraber: as multiarch is feature I would ask for FFe
in such case.
[14:14] <stgraber> good :)
[14:14] <hrw> stgraber: maybe it will be decided that it may go as
is but I prefer to be safe then sorry.
[14:15] <hrw> ofcourse before asking for FFe I check rebuild of
packages which b-d on it
[14:15] <tumbleweed> i'd say it's more a "non-trivial packaging
change" than a feature, but yes, FFe is appreciated
[14:15] <hrw> otherwise it is just asking for problems
[14:15] <stgraber> hrw: are you subscribed to ubuntu-devel-announce
and read it at least daily?
[14:15] * tumbleweed wishes people checked reverse dependencies
before filing FFes :P
[14:16] <hrw> stgraber: I am subscribed there. last mail was there
at 01.03.2012
[14:16] <hrw> tumbleweed: I am used to daily builds of whole
distributions so 'better safe then sorry' is my second name
;F
[14:17] <hrw> tumbleweed: red buildbot meant 'drop everything and fix'
[14:17] <hrw> stgraber: so, yes I read it when new mails arrive
[14:17] <stgraber> hrw: perfect
[14:17] <hrw> stgraber: also ubuntu-devel, launchpad-announce
[14:18] <micahg> hrw: is there a reason you're using your linaro
address instead of your Ubuntu address for uploads as
update-maintainer is set to error out on an Ubuntu address
[14:18] <hrw> and few debian lists (-arm -embedded) due to work
[14:18] <hrw> micahg: I do this as part of my Linaro work.
[14:18] <micahg> hrw: ah, ok
[14:19] <stgraber> hrw: now, let's say we are in milestone freeze
(beta2) and you want to upload python-gevent which is a
universe package, can you do it and if not why?
[14:19] <hrw> micahg: due years of my work for different clients I
always used their domain on my work
[14:20] <hrw> stgraber: beta freeze means manual appoval for
main/restricted so I could upload to universe. But as this
is >beta I would first check is it worth and does it break
something
[14:21] <tumbleweed> actually, manual approval everywhere, but
universe uploads are waved through
[14:21] <micahg> tumbleweed: hrw: not ture :)
[14:21] <stgraber> most of universe ;)
[14:21] <micahg> *ture
[14:21] <micahg> *true
[14:21] <hrw> ops then
[14:21] * micahg needs to fix that wiki page...
[14:21] <tumbleweed> micahg: right, there is some review
[14:21] <stgraber> hrw: so in this case, python-gevent is covered by
the freeze even though it's in universe, do you know why?
[14:22] <hrw> stgraber: to not increase amount of possible rc bugs
[14:22] <stgraber> hrw: well, that's indeed important but that's not
the reason :)
[14:23] <hrw> stgraber: nope
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[14:24] <tumbleweed> hrw: have you seen the seeded-in-ubuntu tool?
[14:24] <stgraber> python-gevent is an rdepends of python-x2go
[14:24] <stgraber> python-x2go is seeded by Edubuntu
[14:24] <hrw> tumbleweed: no, I did not
[14:24] <stgraber> and so is covered by the freeze
[14:24] <hrw> stgraber: ah. ok, now I understand
[14:24] <stgraber> anything that's in universe and seeded is covered
by the freeze just as much as main is
[14:25] <stgraber> seeded-in-ubuntu python-gevent would indeed let you
check this
[14:25] <hrw> thank you
[14:25] <hrw> will make use of it for my linaro seeds
[14:26] <tumbleweed> it gets its data from the most recent CD builds,
so using it for linaro may be non-trivial
[14:26] <tumbleweed> hrw: you've only been doing a small corner of the
work MOTUs do (FTBFS and multi-arching) are you intending to
broaden out? I assume you are focussing there for work reasons?
[14:26] <hrw> tumbleweed: but checking how it works and wriiting similar
one may be useful one day
[14:27] <hrw> tumbleweed: yes, I am focusing most of my Ubuntu work on
my work reasons.
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[14:27] <hrw> tumbleweed: will use motu rights also to upload fixes done
by coworkers. but as I lurk in #ubuntu-motu I can work on
sponsoring other people
[14:28] <tumbleweed> great to hear
[14:28] <tumbleweed> if you come across an area you aren't already
familiar with, you'd ask for help?
[14:28] <hrw> motu is not ppu - there are some duties attached
[14:28] <hrw> tumbleweed: yes, I would
[14:28] <tumbleweed> well, no duties, but we are a community
[14:29] <hrw> tumbleweed: trying to find way in darkness can hurt
so it is better to ask
[14:29] <tumbleweed> if you are unsure, at least
[14:29] <tumbleweed> I'm done here, I think
[14:29] <hrw> tumbleweed: English is not my native. duties as 'will
be nice to help others due to increased permissions'
[14:30] <bdrung> hi, i am back. i had an issue with my internet
connection.
[14:30] <bdrung> sorry for that.
[14:31] <micahg> hrw: how do you ensure that all changelogs between
the version in the Ubuntu archive and a merge from Debian
are present when uploading?
[14:31] <hrw> micahg: I use debdiff + gvim(diff) when merge such ones.
[14:32] <tumbleweed> micahg: I don't think hrw has uploaded a merge yet
[14:32] <hrw> micahg: I know that merge-changelog exists
[14:32] <hrw> tumbleweed: dpkg-cross
[14:33] <tumbleweed> ah
[14:33] <hrw> tumbleweed: 2.6.2 and 2.6.5
[14:33] <hrw> I am also doing merges for few ppa only packages
[14:33] <micahg> hrw: yes, but you didn't upload those :), sorry, I
guess you probably won't be able to answer the question
[14:34] <micahg> that's ok though :)
[14:34] <hrw> micahg: they were sponsored from my debdiffs ;)
[14:34] <micahg> hrw: right, but this is something to check with the
source package before upload or during generation and not
the diff
[14:34] <hrw> ok
[14:36] <hrw> I had issues with bzr merging of changelogs and due
to that reverted to do it by hand in gvim. gcc-x.y have
changelog not compatible with current Debian policies
[14:37] <micahg> hrw: bzr-builddeb also has issues generating a
proper source.changes file with all the changelog entries
needed in it
[14:38] <hrw> micahg: I am not a fan of bzr anyway. But know how
to use it
[14:38] <stgraber> micahg: "bzr bd -S -- -sa -v<version>" usually
works fine here
[14:38] <micahg> stgraber: yes, but you need the -v, not just
--package-merge
[14:38] <stgraber> micahg: right, I just don't trust
--package-merge ;)
[14:40] <micahg> hrw: BTW, it's that -v option you need when merging
to generate a source.changes with all the appropriate
changelog entries and then they get sent to the -changes list
[14:40] <hrw> micahg: thanks
[14:40] <micahg> the merge-package scripts from a merge can do this
for you in most cases
[14:41] <micahg> * from merges.ubuntu.com
[14:41] <tumbleweed> it's also mentioned in the Merging wiki page
[14:41] <hrw> used merges.ubuntu.com few times already
[14:42] <hrw> mostly for dpkg-cross work but also took a look there
on other packages few times
[14:44] <micahg> hrw: do you have an interest in Debian?
[14:45] <hrw> micahg: I used Debian since 2000 to 2010 when I
switched to Ubuntu due to being hired by Canonical to work
on Linaro.
[14:45] <micahg> hrw: so, are you familiar with forwarding patches
to their BTS?
[14:46] <hrw> micahg: yes, send patch to upstream is always useful
[14:47] <Laney> are Debian's arm ports much different from ours at
the individual package level?
[14:47] <micahg> hrw: have you looked at getting your cross compilers
into Debian or is that not possible/relevant for Debian?
[14:48] <hrw> Laney: Debian/armel is armv4t when Ubuntu one is
armv7-a. armhf are same
[14:48] <bdrung> hrw: which arm version is needed for armhf?
[14:48] <hrw> micahg: I am working on it. we (Emdebian guys and me)
decided that it will be more useful to get cross build-deps
support and then proper multiarch buildable cross compiler
instead of current ubuntu one
[14:49] <hrw> bdrung: armv7-a which mean cortex-a5/7/8/9/15 and
compatible cores
[14:49] <hrw> bdrung: neon support is not required, vfp3d16 is what
all arm7a chips have
[14:50] <hrw> micahg: multiarch buildable cross is <1h of work
from my packages (+build time)
[14:51] <hrw> micahg: some changes will be needed in gcc-4.x
probably but I had my hands there so many times...
[14:51] <ScottK> FWIW, I've worked with hrw on some arm porting
issues (don't recall if I ended up sponsoring the uploads
or not) and I found him very pleasant to work with.
[14:51] <hrw> ScottK: thanks
[14:52] <bdrung> any ready to vote or are there still open questions?
[14:52] <hrw> ScottK: it was soemthing with Qt problems. they got
solved by ubuntu.arm and linaro teams iirc and then
ubuntu/arm team did uploads
[14:52] <stgraber> I'm ready to vote
[14:53] <micahg> ready to vote
[14:54] <tumbleweed> when can I get an arm board with >=2G of RAM?
[14:54] <tumbleweed> also ready
[14:54] <Laney> lets go
[14:54] <hrw> tumbleweed: there are such ones already.
[14:54] <tumbleweed> hrw: affordable?
[14:55] <hrw> tumbleweed: depends on definition of 'affordable'
[14:55] <bdrung> [VOTE] Should Marcin Juszkiewicz become MOTU?
[14:55] <meetingology> Please vote on: Should Marcin Juszkiewicz
become MOTU?
[14:55] <meetingology> Public votes can be registered by saying +1,
+0 or -1 in channel, (private votes
don't work yet, but when they do it will be by messaging
the channel followed by +1/-1/+0 to me)
[14:55] <tumbleweed> +1
[14:55] <meetingology> +1 received from tumbleweed
[14:55] <Laney> +1
[14:55] <meetingology> +1 received from Laney
[14:55] <hrw> tumbleweed: at last linaro connect I played with
marvell board. quad a9, 4gb ddr3, 7xpcie x4 slots, 2 sata
ports, 4x GbE - atx size beast
[14:55] <stgraber> +1
[14:55] <meetingology> +1 received from stgraber
[14:56] <bdrung> +1
[14:56] <meetingology> +1 received from bdrung
[14:56] <tumbleweed> hrw: nice
[14:57] <micahg> +1 would have liked to see more merges, but has
been very responsive to comments in bugs
[14:57] <meetingology> +1 would have liked to see more merges, but
has been very responsive to comments in bugs received from
micahg
[14:57] <hrw> tumbleweed: or rather quad 'a9 compatible cores'
[14:57] <bdrung> [ENDVOTE]
[14:57] <meetingology> Voting ended on: Should Marcin Juszkiewicz
become MOTU?
[14:57] <meetingology> Votes for:5 Votes against:0 Abstentions:0
[14:57] <meetingology> Motion carried
[14:57] <tumbleweed> hrw: as a community (hobby) ubuntu developer,
affordable means "really cheap"
[14:57] <tumbleweed> hrw: congrats, welcome to MOTU
[14:58] <hrw> tumbleweed: then no. ram is most expensive part usually
[14:58] <dholbach> congratulations hrw!
[14:58] <hrw> thanks a lot guys!
[14:58] <bdrung> hrw: congrats
