17:00:01 #startmeeting FESCo meeting 20091106 17:00:01 Meeting started Fri Nov 6 17:00:01 2009 UTC. The chair is jds2001. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 17:00:01 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 17:00:14 #chair dgilmore dwmw2 notting nirik sharkcz jds2001 j-rod skvidal Kevin_Kofler 17:00:14 Current chairs: Kevin_Kofler dgilmore dwmw2 j-rod jds2001 nirik notting sharkcz skvidal 17:00:17 yah I'm here 17:00:18 Present. 17:00:22 * notting is here 17:00:23 here 17:00:39 * nirik forgot the time changed, but is here now. ;( 17:01:19 #topic fluidsynth 17:01:30 * dgilmore is here 17:01:52 oget_zzz: you around? 17:01:57 guess not 17:02:02 what's the ticket again? 17:02:23 * jds2001 looks 17:02:33 i closed it last night, and forgot to reopen it 17:02:34 256 17:02:49 .fesco 256 17:02:49 .whoowns fluidsynth 17:02:50 jds2001: #256 (yum-presto by default) - FESCo - Trac - https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/256 17:02:53 nirik: green 17:03:00 no, not 256 :) 17:03:12 .fesco 265 17:03:13 jds2001: #265 (oget refuses to enable fluidsynth's PulseAudio backend) - FESCo - Trac - https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/265 17:03:16 that's better :) 17:03:22 bah 17:03:37 * jds2001 says defer until oget_zzz is around 17:03:58 * sharkcz agrees 17:04:00 I was under the mistaken impression that oget was the primary maintainer. 17:04:03 i havent had time to fully digest the new info and actually test it. 17:04:22 jds2001: +1 to deferring 17:04:51 So I propose we ask the primary maintainer to enable PulseAudio support. 17:05:04 #agreed deferred until the comaintainer is available 17:05:25 Kevin_Kofler: i assume they've been getting the bz mails, etc 17:05:33 * jds2001 will cc them on this ticket 17:06:25 #topic F10 EOL 17:06:32 .fesco 266 17:06:33 jds2001: #266 (Need to decide on F10 EOL date) - FESCo - Trac - https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/266 17:06:46 so one month after f12 would be dec 17th. 17:06:49 nirik brought this up last night when I had no other agenda items :D 17:07:00 should we just do that? or push it out until jan sometime? or ? 17:07:13 we should ask jwb / rel-eng I guess their thoughts. 17:07:13 i would push til after the holidays, personally 17:07:29 that way rel-eng can get a holiday :) 17:07:50 what? 17:08:00 jwb: preference on F10 EOL date? 17:08:18 i won't be doing much update pushing around the holidays 17:08:25 dec 17 looks fine with me 17:08:47 Yeah, I guess having the EOL after the holidays is actually more stress for rel-eng. 17:08:52 WORKSFORME 17:08:55 yeah, unless we slip f12. ;) 17:08:59 Because everyone will want to get that last update in over the holidays. 17:09:58 well, let's tentatively set the date for dec 17 17:09:59 how about tomorrow? tomorrow works good for me 17:10:11 and we can reconsider if F12 slips 17:10:29 Oxf13: :) 17:11:00 Tomorrow is no good, I need time to upgrade my F10 machines! :-) 17:11:12 jds2001: +1 17:11:33 +1 to dec 17 17:11:42 +1 to dec 17 17:12:03 +1 to dec 17 17:12:05 +1 17:12:33 #agreed F10 EOL will be Dec 17, unless F12 slips, when it will be reconsidered. 17:12:33 +1 17:12:41 #topic Open Floor 17:13:08 Kevin_Kofler: how's the stuff w/axel going in terms of MW? Is that ticket still relevant? 17:13:32 I think it went nowhere. 17:13:41 :( 17:13:41 I also forgot more or less about it, thanks for the reminder! 17:13:57 np 17:14:24 did we have any other writeup tickets to check? 17:14:31 .fesco 34 17:14:32 jds2001: #34 (Package Renaming Guidelines) - FESCo - Trac - https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/34 17:14:33 * nirik did his on the non responsive maintainer thing. 17:14:37 is this documented now? 17:15:02 Can't we reconsider this? 17:15:10 I still don't understand the point of the rereviews. 17:15:20 It's the same f***ing package! 17:15:40 Kevin_Kofler: because people continuously get shit wrong with Obsoletes/Provides 17:15:42 Kevin_Kofler: it's just to make sure that the Provides/Obsoletes are there. 17:15:47 and correct. 17:15:49 Kevin_Kofler: and correct 17:15:53 and we're tired of it. So now we're going to review those moves 17:16:29 jds2001: was I supposed to do that? or was abadger1999 supposed to? or did we get no takers on it? 17:16:53 i think it's a packaging guideline, so abadger1999 should do that imo 17:16:59 abadger1999: correct me if im wrong :) 17:17:22 jds2001: Not a packaging guideline 17:17:42 jds2001: The packaging guidelines don't require people to get a re-review when a package is renamed. 17:17:56 The just tell you how to do a review or a rereview 17:17:57 it's a policy vs techincal thing. 17:18:08 abadger1999: its requires so it should be in the packaging guidelines 17:18:28 dgilmore: No. It's not a guideline 17:18:51 dgilmore: We *do* need better organization that brings the Guidelines and the other policy together sensibly, though. 17:18:55 abadger1999: there is mention in the guidelines on what to do when renaming a package. it should sayyou need the package re-reviewed 17:19:10 dgilmore: Who's going to read that? 17:19:18 dgilmore: That's exactly the wrong place for it. 17:19:50 so, for now, I can write something up. I'll take this one 17:20:06 at the Guidelines hackfest, things like this need to figure prominently into it :) 17:20:30 jds2001: Please -- You can also mark all the fesco policies that bear on package review with some category and list it on the Guidelines hackfest page :-) 17:21:17 I agree wholeheartedly with that :-) 17:21:17 k :) 17:21:40 alrigthy, anything else? 17:22:14 * jds2001 ends the meeting in 30 17:22:49 #endmeeting