Re: Unneeded System Tools menu

2008-03-31 Thread Matthew East
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Milan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Hardy, all applications that don't really manage system-wide or user > settings were moved from System->Preferences and ->Administration to > Applications->System Tools. > > This is a good idea as a general rule since previousl

Re: Unneeded System Tools menu

2008-04-03 Thread Matthew East
? I filed an upstream one at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524195. No reply yet though. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Developemnt and use - Training manual

2008-05-06 Thread Matthew East
ve taken place over this right at the start of the project. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: us.archive.ubuntu.com

2008-05-09 Thread Matthew East
d archive.ubuntu.com use the same group of servers. ca.archive.ubuntu.com seems to be different though. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

feedback on new wiki theme

2008-09-05 Thread Matthew East
appreciate any additional feedback that people have at this stage. Please send comments to me, or if you are really keen, patches! The code is here: https://code.launchpad.net/~mdke/ubuntu-doc/helpwiki-newtheme -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: feedback on new wiki theme

2008-09-05 Thread Matthew East
ing theme is available on the *help* wiki, at https://help.ubuntu.com/community and not the development wiki yet. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://list

Re: feedback on new wiki theme

2008-09-05 Thread Matthew East
ult I'm pretty reluctant to depart from that unless the ubuntu.com website design changes. That's probably a discussion we could have separately on the ubuntu-website list (which I'm adding back into cc). -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubunt

Re: feedback on new wiki theme

2008-09-07 Thread Matthew East
Thank you everyone for your comments so far. I've already made changes to my branch which address some of the comments. I can't reply individually to each suggestion but I'm considering them all. Please keep them coming! -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B0

Re: Usage of apturl in the documentation

2008-09-09 Thread Matthew East
that there are no security related reasons for not doing so? Are there any other disadvantages that you can see with converting our instructions to use apturl. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com M

Re: libpam-modules patch pam_group for NSS groups

2008-09-09 Thread Matthew East
et lost in a mailing list archive - you should probably file a but to describe the problem which the patch fixes, and attach your patch. That should lead to it getting some attention. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list

Re: 'developers' in preamble of CoC

2008-10-15 Thread Matthew East
so that you can file bugs on the Code of Conduct. Please go ahead and report the issue here, or if you like I can do it: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-codeofconduct -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: System->Administration cleanup

2008-10-23 Thread Matthew East
us discussion or justification offered for including the long unwieldy menus. Even if gnome-control-center has some bugs, I would have thought that working on those is more efficient and upstream friendly than redesigning the menu. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF --

Re: System->Administration cleanup

2008-10-23 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 14:37 +0100, Matthew East wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > I'm working on

Re: System->Administration cleanup

2008-10-24 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew East wrote on 23/10/08 14:37: >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm working on a design to co

Re: Preparing for Ubuntu Open Week

2008-10-29 Thread Matthew East
re valuable than the other, but perhaps it is worth making a clear distinction because that way you are more likely to get the right demographic of people attending each type of session. If there are sessions which will be showing off particular features of Ubuntu, they could be publicised as support

Re: rename system-cleaner-gtk to cruft-remover-gtk

2008-11-03 Thread Matthew East
application window what is actually going to happen to the things which are ticked in the window if you click "Apply". A user won't know whether to tick, or to untick a box in order to uninstall a particular package. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubunt

Re: rename system-cleaner-gtk to cruft-remover-gtk

2008-11-03 Thread Matthew East
ems to do the same thing: Site: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/gtkorphan.html Screenshots: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/goshots.html Ubuntu package: http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/gtkorphan The design looks rather better though, maybe the projects can be merged. -- Matthew East http://

Re: rename system-cleaner-gtk to cruft-remover-gtk

2008-11-03 Thread Matthew East
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ma, 2008-11-03 kello 08:11 +, Matthew East kirjoitti: >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > ma, 2008-11-03 kello 08:17 +0100, Mario Vukelic ki

Re: rename system-cleaner-gtk to cruft-remover-gtk

2008-11-03 Thread Matthew East
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 10:06 +, Matthew East wrote: >> This is the second time I've been bitten by a problem like this... it >> seems that people tracking intrepid frequently end up with a deskt

Re: rename system-cleaner-gtk to cruft-remover-gtk

2008-11-03 Thread Matthew East
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Chris Coulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/3 Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> The whole application needs a thorough review. To be honest, it's >> pretty surprising that it was included by default in Intrep

Re: Do you really want developers to be on this list was (Re: Very bad status of hardware (especially wifi) support in ubuntu, due to the too many accumulated regressions)

2008-11-11 Thread Matthew East
regularly read the list are interested in taking on the role of doing a little gentle moderating, then I'm pretty sure that it would be successful. From what I read on this list, I don't actually think that much intervention would be required. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg

Re: Apport in stable releases [was: Re: Do you really want developers to be on this list]

2008-11-13 Thread Matthew East
so as it got updated. > > Perhaps Apport could be taught to roll the dice and return crash reports in > some fraction of cases post-release (perhaps 5 or 10 percent). This would > help us catch regressions. Would enabling it in -proposed help with that? -- Matthew East http://www.m

Use of apt-url in the documentation wiki

2009-01-08 Thread Matthew East
pt-url links in those documents during this release cycle. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Doing something about signal:noise complaints

2009-01-22 Thread Matthew East
line. There is the occasional long thread that may not be particularly productive, but with email client threading and the amount of storage space available nowadays, this shouldn't really be a problem. Anyway, thanks for taking the initiative and I'm looking forward to seeing

Re: fast-user-switch-applet

2009-03-12 Thread Matthew East
tivity, battery status etc). This arises out of mixing concepts of status (e.g. IM status) with actions such as shutdown and logout in a single applet. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify setting

Re: bug #114521: No help or documentation available for Ubuntu installer

2009-04-23 Thread Matthew East
buntu-doc mailing list. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Ubuntu Desktop Unit Consistency (LP: #369525)

2009-06-03 Thread Matthew East
onduct and try and avoid aggressive, sarcastic, or personal responses. You'll find that people will respect your opinion more, as well. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or uns

Re: Why Ubuntu is not ready for prime time

2009-08-26 Thread Matthew East
ts. Obviously individual items can be reported as bugs on the ubuntu-docs package. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Icons in Place and System

2009-10-13 Thread Matthew East
e items without icons and other items (or submenu items) with icons. It makes it look, at least to me, as if the icons are missing by accident. Maybe it is worth discussing with upstream whether there is widespread agreement on the right approach, and following that. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke

Scripting favour for the docteam

2007-01-07 Thread Matthew East
d help out, and then either send a patch (svn diff) or the script... Thanks for reading, and please ask if anything is unclear. - -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -

Re: Scripting favour for the docteam

2007-01-07 Thread Matthew East
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Matthew East: > The docteam needs a favour with some scripts for moving some stuff in > our repo... I'd be very appreciative if anyone can help out!! Many thanks to Soren Hansen, who grabbed me on irc and sent me this script, which

Forum/Mailing List deltas (was [ubuntu-marketing])

2007-01-10 Thread Matthew East
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 22:01 +0100, Jan Vancura wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Matthew East wrote: > > Hi, > > > > * Jan Vancura: > >>> This is an old issue which I'd like to revisit. > >>> On our f

Re: Forum/Mailing List deltas (was [ubuntu-marketing])

2007-01-10 Thread Matthew East
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 22:47 +0100, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: > On wo, 2007-01-10 at 21:16 +0000, Matthew East wrote: > > > I'm cc:ing -devel-discuss to this because it seems to me that having a > > bridge to that list from the forum would save a whole lot of effort on >

Help Menu Specification

2007-01-15 Thread Matthew East
MPT and I have created the following spec: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpAndSupportAccess Feedback very welcome! -- http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [GNOME Menus] Synaptic and other programs

2007-02-20 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, February 20, 2007 2:27 pm, Christian Svensson wrote: > Hello! > > I've been using/testing feisty for some time now on a couple of computers. > What I recently discovered is that "System Tools" is now missing 3-4 > programs that used to be there. > The only one left is "Wine Software Uninst

seeding ubuntu-serverguide

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew East
Hi there, We recently included a package ubuntu-serverguide which contains an html version of the server guide developed by the documentation team. We'd like for it to be included automatically on the Server Edition. I discussed it with Fabio once and he recommended that I ask for it to be seeded

Re: Technical Board decisions

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew East
On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 09:31 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: >* However, new infrastructure will be implemented which allows the user to > trivially enable both enhanced desktop effects and the necessary driver > support. Has this infrastructure already been implemented? If so, can someo

Re: Technical Board decisions

2007-02-28 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 08:21 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi, > > Matt Zimmerman [2007-02-28 14:27 -0800]: > > I believe Martin Pitt (CCed) is working on the driver bits, and can advise > > if there's any necessary documentation. The intention was that enabling > > desktop effects would automatical

Re: try scanmodem on feisty?

2007-03-02 Thread Matthew East
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 00:08 -0500, t u wrote: > Hi, > > A request to devels as well as anyone with free time monitoring the list :) > > Can someone who is testing feisty on a machine with a winmodem test > whether the scanmodem tool is working there and report their experience > at the *bug repor

Compiz - call for help with documentation

2007-03-03 Thread Matthew East
Hi there, I've uploaded a basic template for some short documentation about activating compiz/desktop-effects to the documentation team repository. It looks like this: https://docteam.ubuntu.com/repos/trunk/ubuntu/desktop-effects/C/desktop-effects.xml I'd appreciate some help with people who kno

Packaging gnome-user-docs in bzr

2007-07-31 Thread Matthew East
s best). Would be very grateful for your thoughts / general advice. Thanks -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Feature Freeze in Place, Tribe 5 Next Week

2007-08-18 Thread Matthew East
o ask people to subscribe ubuntu-doc for bugs which affect main? Or to ask them to write to the mailing list? One of the main problems we've encountered over the various releases in the docteam is to find out what new features are being introduced late, and seeing if we can add something abou

Re: Automatix Team-Ubuntu Developer Collaboration

2007-10-08 Thread Matthew East
ustomizations spec was done. Good luck! -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: regular fsck runs are too disturbing

2007-10-10 Thread Matthew East
ecification about the issue? -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Reminders: 1. UI freeze == string freeze, notifications needed for translators. 2. please remember i18n.

2008-03-07 Thread Matthew East
hich affect the documentation should be notified to the ubuntu-doc mailing list. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess Thanks -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubsc

Re: Reminders: 1. UI freeze == string freeze, notifications needed for translators. 2. please remember i18n.

2008-03-07 Thread Matthew East
to the process set out there, it shouldn't be possible to do an upload without doing the notification, because the bug report in which the freeze exception request is made is required to contain a link to the notification in the archive of the -doc and -translators mailing list. I don't