14:02:32 #startmeeting kde-sig -- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2010-02-23 14:02:32 Meeting started Tue Feb 23 14:02:32 2010 UTC. The chair is rdieter. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 14:02:34 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 14:02:55 #chair Kevin_Kofler jreznik than svahl 14:02:56 Current chairs: Kevin_Kofler jreznik rdieter svahl than 14:03:03 #topic roll call 14:03:11 #meetingname kde-sig 14:03:12 The meeting name has been set to 'kde-sig' 14:03:19 who's present today? 14:03:35 present 14:03:41 * jreznik is here 14:03:43 Present. 14:03:47 present 14:03:50 * ltinkl present 14:04:23 SMParrish_mobile: ping (hi) 14:04:50 ok, let's get rolling. 14:04:58 #topic agenda 14:05:11 anything to add to today's agenda? 14:05:50 .bug 549687 14:05:52 ? 14:05:52 Bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=549687 medium, low, ---, jmccann, NEW, kdm: no autologin on first start 14:05:53 svahl: Bug 549687 kdm: no autologin on first start - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549687 14:05:55 Bug 549687: medium, low, ---, jmccann, NEW, kdm: no autologin on first start 14:06:41 sigh, yeah, still no word on that? 14:07:38 I'm here 14:07:38 i'm still seeing "only 2nd login works in kdem" on f13 - that's related isn't it? 14:08:05 killefiz: that's the same issue 14:08:19 There's also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566547 14:08:20 Bug 566547: medium, low, ---, tgl, ON_QA, mysql-5.1.43 incompat with akonadi 14:08:42 I added this to the F13Alpha blocker (Oxf13 said I should add it to the blocker). 14:08:57 Akonadi is quite screwed with the MySQL currently in F13 Alpha. :-( 14:09:27 Or I should say, it doesn't work at all. 14:10:22 Kevin_Kofler: does Akonadi work again with the fix (revert change)? 14:10:51 than: yes 14:10:57 ok, let's get started 14:11:07 #topic KDE-4.4.0 updates status, remaining blockers? 14:11:34 .bug kde-4.4 14:11:34 Kevin_Kofler: Error: 'kde-4.4' is not a valid integer. 14:11:34 anything blocker-worthy keeping from us pushing kde-4.4.0 to stable updates? 14:11:39 Hmmmph… 14:11:41 Kevin_Kofler: we're going to need an RC3 so I can be sure to grab that build you need 14:11:59 Oxf13: mysql-5.1.44-2.fc13 has the fix. 14:12:11 did you mention that in the bug? 14:12:29 It's already mentioned there. 14:12:41 .bug 533921 14:12:41 (Automated Bodhi comments among other things.) 14:12:42 Bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=533921 medium, low, ---, rdieter, NEW, kde-4.4 tracker 14:12:45 jreznik: Bug 533921 kde-4.4 tracker - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533921 14:12:47 Bug 533921: medium, low, ---, rdieter, NEW, kde-4.4 tracker 14:13:29 on the subject of 4.4.0 updates, we brought Till Mass into the releng group to help with tag requests in the europe timezones 14:13:34 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=533921&hide_resolved=1 14:13:40 that should hopefully delay the lag you've seen in getting stuff done 14:13:58 Oxf13: yay, kudos to till, he's done a great job already. 14:14:10 So this is the list of unsolved 4.4 regressions. :-( 14:15:19 a few annoyances, not sure if anything is blocker-worthy. anyone else have an opinion? 14:15:59 another consideration, 4.4.1 is going to be tagged soon. if we don't go stable very soon, it may be worth waiting for 4.4.1 14:16:30 rdieter: when? 14:16:35 If the mysql is fixed then I don't see anything that would warrant not pushing to stable 14:16:48 it will took some days to import it and rebuild... 14:16:51 February 25th, 2010: Tag KDE 4.4.1 14:17:08 per http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.4_Release_Schedule 14:17:14 rdieter: mysql is the critical one for me 14:17:37 when it's fixed, i don't see why we cannot move 4.4.0 to stable 14:17:37 good point, we have to block on mysql 14:17:51 We don't. 14:17:57 The MySQL in F11/F12 stable is fine. 14:18:04 And in testing there's already a fixed build now. 14:18:13 ah right! ok. 14:18:16 So F11/F12 is no longer affected by that regression, only F13. 14:18:21 I took it off the kde-4.4 tracker 14:18:29 If we wait for 4.4.1 then it would be mid march before it gets pushed to stable. That too long to make ppl wait for 4.4.x IMHO 14:18:37 Kevin_Kofler: ah, we have old mysql version in F11/F12 14:18:47 it's not affacted 14:18:54 Right. 14:19:01 The broken version only got up to testing. 14:19:14 (except for F13 where it went in before the cutoff) 14:19:20 i will say 4.4.0 is now ready for stable 14:19:25 SMParrish_mobile: Not necessarily. 14:19:29 .bug 567350 should be fixed in 4.4.1 - aseigo reworked krunner plugins... but it's not worth to wait for this 14:19:30 jreznik: Error: "567350 should be fixed in 4.4.1 - aseigo reworked krunner plugins... but it's not worth to wait for this" is not a valid integer. 14:19:30 Bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=567350 medium, low, ---, than, NEW, krunner takes 6-7 seconds to show up 14:19:55 We could build 4.4.1 now, edit it in ASAP and push to stable on the 4.4.1 release day. 14:20:03 But it might cause more breakage than it fixes. 14:20:09 Kevin_Kofler: yep 14:20:17 Kevin_Kofler: +1 14:20:24 I prefer small steps - 4.4.0 to stable 14:20:28 there might be regressions in 4.4.1, seeing the number of commits in the branch 14:20:35 and we don't have to hurry with 4.4.1 14:20:44 ok, proposal, queue 4.4.0 to stable? 14:20:45 and some of them were not only bugfixes :) 14:20:47 asap 14:20:47 jreznik: +1 14:20:51 rdieter: +1 14:20:58 +1 14:21:03 +1 14:21:08 +1 14:21:13 +1 14:21:33 #agreed will queue kde-4.4.0 update to stable updates asap 14:21:45 What about all those unfixed regressions? 14:22:00 Some of them seem quite bad to me. 14:22:09 Kevin_Kofler: which ones? 14:22:11 Kevin_Kofler: which one 14:22:14 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565410 is the worst. 14:22:15 Bug 565410: medium, low, ---, than, NEW, Kontact running but not showing up. 14:22:26 But it seems not to be reproducible for most folks. 14:22:32 kontact looks worst for me 14:22:59 We should also get libssh-0.4.1 finally pushed to stable. 14:23:04 It has been in testing for way too long. 14:23:17 kontact works fine here 14:23:18 http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2010-1303 14:23:21 http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2010-1644 14:23:36 ltinkl: It works fine for most people, that's why it's that hard to fix. 14:23:48 Oh darn, the update IDs are no longer valid. 14:23:53 http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libssh-0.4.1-1.fc12 14:23:55 http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libssh-0.4.1-1.fc11 14:24:01 for libssh I'll ping jfch 14:24:08 Kevin_Kofler: I think dfaure fixed it in the branch 14:24:13 * ltinkl finding the commit 14:24:33 ltinkl: Maybe we can get that fix in. 14:24:43 http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1087778 14:24:49 I guess we can ignore the other regressions. 14:24:55 Fix the lack of akonadiserver startup when kontact is restored by session management, 14:24:56 and fix the lack of a mainwindow appearing at all in some other cases (kmailpart 14:24:58 waiting for akonadi forever), as discussed with Volker. 14:25:05 I guess that should be it :) 14:25:06 anyway, all these things can and should continue being worked on, but didn't we just agree these aren't worth blocking for? 14:25:11 I'm always very nervous about regressions, but we've been waiting for almost a whole month now with 4.4.0. 14:25:20 We can't wait forever. 14:25:36 I'll try to get the fix in today 14:25:42 ltinkl: We already have that fix AFAIK. 14:25:46 ie, can we move on? 14:25:46 ah 14:25:47 It didn't help. 14:25:55 Or even caused more issues. 14:26:01 Hard to tell. 14:26:36 #topic disable kdebug by default? See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560508 14:26:37 Bug 560508: low, low, ---, than, NEW, kdeinit4 is very noisy 14:26:38 Kevin_Kofler: in my opinion these aren't worth blocking for 4.4.0 14:26:40 http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/kdepim/F-12/kdepim-4.4.1-kontact-startup.patch?revision=1.1&view=markup 14:27:08 OK, so to conclude this, do you want me to queue 4.4.0 to stable right now? 14:27:21 jfch acks our request for libssh to stable 14:27:42 Kevin_Kofler: yep, that's what we agreed, do you disagree? 14:28:07 I'm not that convinced it's a great idea, but as everyone else agrees I'll just do it. ;-) 14:28:22 We still have kbluetooth 0.4.2 to build, but I guess that can go out as a separate update. 14:28:24 Kevin_Kofler: what is your concern? 14:28:28 Or do we want to do that first? 14:28:33 rdieter: The unfixed stuff. 14:28:43 Kevin_Kofler: we can fix it later 14:28:44 But it's true that we can't wait forever. 14:29:21 Kevin_Kofler: I can build it... it's shouldn't take too much time 14:29:31 ok, current topic. I propose we disable kdebug by default for F-13+ , thoughts? 14:29:34 I didn't have time yesterday... :( 14:29:37 jreznik: But maybe we want it to go out to testing first? 14:29:56 yes, it should go to testing first, no need to rush anything 14:30:03 Kevin_Kofler: it should be sane - just few bugfixes... 14:30:17 but let's go through testing 14:30:25 rdieter: +1 for disabling kdebug by default, in fact I already suggested it a couple times. 14:30:27 rdieter: What if anything do we lose by disabling it? 14:30:44 rdieter: +1 disable it 14:30:57 SMParrish_mobile: the copious debugging detail that goes to stdout and ~/.xsession-errors is *sometimes* helpful to debug prolbems 14:31:31 so could hamper debugging efforts a bit (but it's easy enough to re-enable, so I don't consider it a big issue) 14:31:55 in this case +1 14:32:02 Could we not keep it for rawhide. But disable for everything else? 14:32:40 That might make sense. 14:32:48 It's how the kernel folks handle this kind of issues. 14:32:58 And some other stuff too. 14:32:58 SMParrish_mobile: I like that, but when we get into alpha/beta/rc phases, turn it off again 14:33:10 We should just not forget to turn it off when the release branches. 14:33:17 rdieter: Yeah. 14:33:23 Right now we'd only enable it for devel, not F-13. 14:33:39 Kevin_Kofler: Right 14:33:53 ok, any objections? if not, I'll pull the trigger in kde-settings after the meeting. 14:34:09 I'm +1 for that 14:34:20 do we really use it so much that's it's really worth to handle it differently (and then forget we want to disable/enable it?) 14:34:21 +1 for disabling it 14:34:30 rdieter: Just be careful about what you push in Bodhi, as kde-settings is also in the 4.4.0 update set. 14:34:45 Having 2 kde-settings builds queued to stable at the same time will cause chaos. 14:34:46 Kevin_Kofler: this is for f13 only (so far) 14:35:00 unless folks want to consier it for < f13 too ? 14:35:28 but I'd be nervous about changing behavior like this mid-release 14:35:53 rdieter: for f13 is ok 14:36:37 OK, let's only change this for F13. 14:36:45 Move on? 14:36:53 (FYI, 4.4.0 is now queued for stable.) 14:36:57 #topic enable nepomuk by default? 14:37:13 I sent this idea to the mailing list for discussion a week or so ago. 14:37:30 in short, akonadi gets unhappy if nepomuk isn't enabled 14:38:03 this is already enabled for f13, I'm talking about f11/f12 here. 14:38:13 and only nepomuk, not strigi indexing 14:38:19 thoughts? 14:39:26 Uhm, shouldn't we have decided this before rushing 4.4.0 to stable? 14:39:47 not necessarily. 14:40:13 um... the more I think about it, the same argument about making changes mid-release per the previous topic probably applies here too. 14:40:49 maybe we could play it safe, keep things as-is, but make sure to advertise/document the akonadi/nepomuk interaction here and how to re-enable it, if users so choose. 14:40:59 I'd agree. Make it default f13. But not f11 or f12 14:41:40 ok, how best to advertise/document this then? think another notice to kde ml would be sufficient? 14:41:44 jreznik: Tell jfch2222 that he needs to hit that "push to stable" button for libssh himself, Bodhi won't let us do it for him (well, I guess we could abuse karma again like we did for the previous built, but…). 14:41:53 rdieter: i agree with SMParrish_mobile we don't change it for F11/F12 14:42:19 rdieter: Well, what exactly breaks if Nepomuk is not enabled? 14:42:43 Kevin_Kofler: I asked him to do it 14:42:44 akonadi stuff isn't searchable, and it complains (gives a warning that nepomuk indexing is disabled) 14:43:08 not exactly the most user-friendly warning in the world 14:43:27 I guess it will be worse in 4.5 (i.e. no more search in KMail). 14:43:48 alright, let's leave it, I'll followup onlist 14:44:06 #topic f13 kde live image status (and related bugs) 14:45:27 Well, Akonadi is broken, that will hopefully be fixed for the Alpha now. 14:45:38 the nightly image I tried last night was fail, kdm wouldn't start (selinux-policy issue apparently) 14:45:41 But a bigger problem is that KPackageKit is reportedly broken and we don't have a fixed package at all. 14:45:44 :-( 14:46:03 SMParrish_mobile: any news from kpk upstream? 14:46:21 rdieter: That's also a big FAIL, but it also affects GDM, so that one will definitely not be there in the alpha. ;-) 14:46:47 Seriously folks, I suggested we have minimum standards, and consider switching to gnome-packagekit 14:47:13 It's not exactly KPK's fault that things are broken. 14:47:21 F13 is using an unreleased snapshot of PK. 14:47:29 rdieter: I don't have much faith in kpk upstream. ATM 14:47:30 Kevin_Kofler: it is? 14:47:46 PackageKit-0.6.2-0.1.20100209git.fc13 14:47:49 That's not a release. 14:48:14 it was broken even when we used official 0.6.1 release too though 14:48:18 and 0.6.0 14:48:20 The stable branch is the 0.5.x branch which F12 is using and which KPK is still targeting. 14:48:42 SMParrish_mobile comment is telling, I have little/no confidence we can expect stuff to get fixed for us 14:48:53 and we haven't the ability to help ourselves. 14:48:59 KPK upstream may have already an uncommitted fix. 14:49:10 SMParrish_mobile: Please nag him, talk to him! 14:49:18 If you won't do it, I'll have to do it. 14:49:26 And if upstream doesn't have a fix, I'll have to fix it. 14:49:30 But then tell me so! 14:49:40 I've been waiting all this time for news and it seems you haven't even TALKED to upstream. 14:49:51 F13 already has 0.6.x. Of Packagekit and from what I can tell upstream is not ready for it. I'll talk with dantti again today 14:50:09 Which is the first thing you should have done when the blocker bug was filed. 14:50:20 I'm not sure we can ship kpk without sane pkgkit releases :( 14:50:50 jreznik: there've been 0.6.0 0.6.1 pk releases in the meantime 14:50:56 can't use that excuse this time 14:51:13 KPK is now working great in F12, but it needs to be fixed for the 0.6 API changes. 14:51:19 I have been talking to him. He is busy on work and other things. Upstream needs some help 14:51:29 This is something I can do, but almost certainly not in time for the alpha. :-( 14:51:53 Not before Wednesday evening for sure. 14:51:55 ok, so if kpk doesn't go very well with pkgkit development - we need someone who would care about it and work on it... 14:51:56 we all knew kpk is broken for some time. and we had a pretty good idea kpk upstream was busy. 14:52:02 Ins 14:52:05 we can't wait for upstream usually... 14:52:20 rdieter: Well, I hoped we'd get a fixed version in time for the Alpha. 14:52:29 Looks like I hoped too much. 14:52:32 right, so, 1. we commit time/resources to help make kpk better 14:52:35 2. use another tool 14:52:41 Next time I'll just fix things myself. 14:52:46 I've told him repeatedly we need releases andbug fixes on a consistent sched and should coincide with pk releases 14:53:03 The big issue there is that we never know whether he hasn't done any work or whether he just hasn't committed it. 14:53:21 Because he's also known for not committing regularly (I hate this practice!). 14:53:49 Kevin_Kofler: Right because he does not commit until he is ready to release. Bad practice IMO 14:53:50 Kevin_Kofler: he needs help obviously, probably long-term. 14:54:12 SMParrish_mobile: that's bad... commit early, commit often 14:54:31 rdieter: +1... help or move back to gnome one... 14:54:33 if we're not able to help steer/fix kpk development, I think we should consider another too 14:54:42 another tool 14:55:10 SMParrish_mobile: Tell him he absolutely must commit as soon as he did any changes. 14:55:33 I really want to help fixing KPK issues, but it's impossible to work with somebody who doesn't commit/push his changes. 14:55:39 Kevin_Kofler: you may as well contact him yourself, see where things are, if you're serious about wanting to help fix it 14:55:53 Yeah, I'll take that up. 14:56:01 I'm sure he'll be happy for any help 14:56:28 SMParrish_mobile: dantti is upstream for kpk? 14:56:39 Yes he is 14:57:21 SMParrish_mobile: ok, thanks... I'll ask him what he thinks about a) our help, b) commit policy :D 14:57:31 jreznik: OK 14:57:38 jreznik: Someone else does packagekit-a 14:57:47 At th 14:58:08 lastly (before we run out of time)... 14:58:09 -qt 14:58:12 #topic Bug 549687 kdm: no autologin on first start 14:58:13 Bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=549687 medium, low, ---, jmccann, NEW, kdm: no autologin on first start 14:58:16 You've been working with him on the PK1 stuff, so he might listen to you more than to me. ;-) 14:58:28 another potential alpha blocker 14:58:33 Kevin_Kofler: I hope so ;-) 14:58:40 this is more visible that the akonadi problem even 14:58:57 That's bad breakage, but we have no idea what causes it. 14:59:05 I looked at the code and it seemed all fine, yet it didn't work. 14:59:10 svahl: I assume it is indeed still valid? 14:59:17 And the exact same code works in F12. 14:59:24 rdieter: yes, it is (at least for me) 14:59:28 ok 14:59:57 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549687#c12 14:59:58 Bug 549687: medium, low, ---, jmccann, NEW, kdm: no autologin on first start 15:00:01 frustrating not to get any sort of feedback or help here 15:00:33 * F12 has the same version of ConsoleKit, it works there. 15:00:48 * libck-connector and the CK daemon come from the same tarball, they should always be in sync. 15:00:55 indeed 15:01:00 * The "missing" method is clearly there according to the source code. 15:01:06 So why is it not working? 15:01:41 The ConsoleKit maintainers are ignoring the issue entirely. :-( 15:01:41 svahl: regarding kpk, since it's known-broken, may as well not include it in the kde live spin until it is fixed. 15:02:17 rdieter: you mean -kpackagekit, +gnome-packagekit? 15:02:19 What do we do then? Ship no updater at all in the alpha? 15:02:23 dunno, we don't have an alternative that works either 15:02:24 gnome-packagekit won't work in KDE. 15:02:26 It has NotShowIn. 15:02:30 gnome-packagekit is disabled right 15:02:35 mhh, right 15:02:37 we are out of time 15:02:39 And if we disable that, we'll be left with a mess for the whole release cycle. :-( 15:02:42 including nothing is better than shipping something known broken though 15:02:58 I have no good solution there, I'm afraid. 15:03:00 ok, let's take it back to #fedora-kde , thanks everyone 15:03:03 #endmeeting