16:34:53 #startmeeting Fedora i3 (2020-06-23) 16:34:53 Meeting started Tue Jun 23 16:34:53 2020 UTC. 16:34:53 This meeting is logged and archived in a public location. 16:34:53 The chair is nasirhm. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:34:53 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:34:53 The meeting name has been set to 'fedora_i3_(2020-06-23)' 16:35:10 #meetingname i3 16:35:10 The meeting name has been set to 'i3' 16:35:19 nasirhm: tips: you can add more chairs so that in case you drop out, someone else can close the meeting 16:35:48 #chair x3mboy siddharthvipul 16:35:48 Current chairs: nasirhm siddharthvipul x3mboy 16:36:10 #topic Agenda 16:36:19 #info (1) Roll call / Introductions 16:36:26 #info (2) Announcements 16:36:35 .hello2 16:36:36 x3mboy[m]: Sorry, but you don't exist 16:36:46 .hello siddharthvipul1 16:36:46 siddharthvipul: siddharthvipul1 'Vipul Siddharth' 16:36:47 #info (3) Progress updations 16:36:55 #info (4) Open floor 16:37:04 #topic Roll Call / Introductions 16:37:06 x3mboy[m]: I guess the matrix [m] is causing you the issue 16:37:12 * siddharthvipul is here.. again 16:37:17 .hello2 16:37:17 nasirhm: nasirhm 'Nasir Hussain' 16:37:33 x3mboy[m]: do hello 16:37:40 sidstond: Dr. Sid Sundaresan 16:37:52 (Can I participate from the tg side?) 16:37:55 .hello sidstond 16:37:55 nasirhm: sidstond 'Siddarth Sundaresan' 16:38:03 Hey! 16:38:06 sidstond, sure :) 16:38:14 Thanks! 16:38:35 #topic Announcements 16:39:02 nasirhm: x3mboy[m] is the announcement related to overall project or just the topic (or sig) 16:39:36 I think some news from the Fedora ecosystem. 16:40:03 #info Orphaned packages seeking maintainers 16:40:10 #link https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SGFOY5UC726CTVHQMSZU64TWKMUJOQRS/ 16:40:37 Do we have anyother announcements from others ? 16:41:03 #info bodhi 5.0 in production.. show your love to cverna, scoady and others 16:41:43 Bodhi, the DE/WM? 16:42:01 Bodhi the Fedora Build System 16:42:13 s/Build/Updates/ 16:42:13 AH 16:42:22 Cookies all round! 16:42:34 hehe, I am surprised you don't know bodhi ^.^ https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/ 16:42:51 but I guess the DE is more famous outside fedora 16:43:07 #info Kernel test day, participate :) 16:43:07 I think let's move onto Progress updations now ? 16:43:11 Thanks, other sid :p 16:43:11 I'm only just upgrading from user 16:43:35 nasirhm: yep, let's proceed 16:43:42 Yeah the Kernel Test Week is a good one, Looking forward to see people there :) 16:43:44 I think so, Sid, they did release a new version not 2 months back 16:43:49 Nasirhm, yes. 16:44:06 #topic Progress updations 16:44:52 * nasirhm was working on the ks files of LXDE and XFCE remove stuff and trying to get the Lightdm right 16:45:08 do we have a packages needed vs not yet packaged? I could start looking at packaging a few over weekends.. now that DC move is settling down and CI cluster is deployed, I have a little bandwidth 16:45:17 nasirhm: how is that going? 16:45:55 siddharthvipul: It's going good, I've never created and deleted these many VMs in my whole life :P 16:46:37 haha, I can relate a little bit 16:46:38 Re:packages, Sid, I've made some suggestions for the extended spin that are in copr, I'll take about those when the floor is open, and we can elaborate sometime later? 16:46:57 I was thinking of another way to do it by creating a i3 liveuser in which we can set in config to execute `liveinst` on Workspace one, so the user has the ability to install i3 from a i3 live. 16:47:05 Nice, Nasirhm! Your rise within fedora ranks has been meteoric! 16:47:37 Thank you @buredoRUNofthecyborg :) 16:47:44 sidstond, if they are already in copr, and if they don't have license issue, you could package them with ease.. let's discuss that in openfloow 16:48:11 Done, Sid! 16:48:13 So, let's move on to open floor now ? 16:48:34 yeah, sure! I don't see a lot of people around 16:49:00 hehehe, we have 3/4 of us here, i see Defolos too. 16:49:20 bouncers != available/free :p 16:49:25 #topic Open floor 16:49:34 Thanks, Nasirhm 16:49:57 siddharthvipul: I see him on the matrix side, if he has seen it or not. :D 16:50:12 I'd posted some suggestions, which I was told are more suited for i3 - extended. Shall we discuss those now? 16:50:12 So Guys, what do we have for open floor today ? 16:50:22 Sure. 16:50:24 App suggestions* 16:50:32 Incoming big list 16:50:34 Music players: minimal like Quod Libet, maybe? ncmpcpp with mpd ? 16:50:34 Video player : mpv, the old horse 16:50:34 Clipboard manager: GPaste? 16:50:34 Torrent client: Fragments? Transmission? rtorrent ? 16:50:34 Image viewer : Feh? EOM (fewer dependencies?) 16:50:35 File Manager: Caja (fewer deps) MC? 16:50:35 ffmpegthumbnailer 16:50:36 aria2? 16:50:36 ghostwriter (Markdown, not essential) 16:50:37 System Monitor: Deepin System Monitor (looks good) htop | ytop or ctop? (https://fedoramagazine.org/4-cool-new-projects-to-try-in-copr-for-april-2020/) 16:50:37 i3lock-fancy 16:50:38 LibreOffice? 16:50:38 xbacklight? 16:50:39 Prt Scr: flameshot 16:50:39 E-mail client: ? 16:50:40 e-reader : Foliate/ Bookworm? (Not essential) 16:50:40 Polybar? 16:50:41 Youtube-dl? 16:50:41 xpenguins? 16:50:42 Tilix? 16:51:28 Hmm, This is indeed a big list, is anyof it except the i3lock-fancy is not packages yet. 16:51:42 okay, starting from top.. I have 0 comments on by default music player and video player.. on clipboard.. xclipboard? 16:52:06 I'm adding it to the wiki page. 16:52:08 and again, I don't think we need to ship torrent clients by default 16:52:13 Most of them are, Nasirhm. These are from my personal install 16:52:23 Thanks for adding, Nasirhm 16:52:40 siddharthvipul++ on the torrent clients. 16:52:59 xbrightlight is a must and better suited for i3-minimal 16:53:00 Sid, some suggestions are so users can have sth like ncmpcpp up and running, since the mp3 codecs are now FOSS (just an example) 16:53:20 I see 16:53:42 I like feh (use it) 16:53:52 file manager: ranger please :) 16:53:53 Re : torrent, the workstation install has it, so makes sense on extended too , I thought 16:54:02 Cool beans 16:54:21 #action adding xbrightlight to i3-minimal 16:54:34 nasirhm: yeah, that's a good thing to add 16:54:45 now, when are we going to discuss slack XD 16:55:05 jk jk 16:55:25 So let's do this one by one from the long list 16:55:28 urxvt as the terminal emulator? What's the plan, Nasirhm? 16:55:30 Yeap 16:55:46 If you guys have time, we could do pros and cons too 16:56:12 yeah, urxvt is what we landed on iirc 16:56:24 urxvt is decided for i3-minimal because of it being the default in i3 16:56:42 Nice 16:56:52 nasirhm: is the things we agreed upon being noted somewhere? probably a different section in ideas or a new doc with confirmed list? 16:57:08 But shall we go from the top? It'll help me get acquainted on your ideas and philosophy too 16:57:22 siddharthvipul: Would work on the selected ones and add it to another doc after this meeting. 16:57:31 great 16:59:21 So, let's start with music player for extended ? 16:59:35 Music players: Quod Libet (quite minimal; standalone packages) GUI 16:59:35 ncmpcpp with mpd? 16:59:40 minimal like Quod Libet, maybe? ncmpcpp with mpd ? 17:00:07 * nasirhm has no experience with these, what do others think ? 17:00:14 ncmpcpp fits the aesthetic of an i3 spin. I'd even include it in the minimal 17:00:23 What are we using for minimal atm? 17:00:39 Nothing. 17:00:59 Nothing, as in undecided, or no music player) 17:01:07 I don't listen to music at all on my system (just realized) 17:01:17 well, I have vlc if that counts 17:01:47 I've moved to online services too, but most other spins think that music players fulfill a need? 17:02:05 We can always include vlc for video playing 17:02:47 I don't think VLC is available on the main repo 17:02:55 oh no, vlc has some proprietary codecs 17:03:07 yep :) 17:03:09 Oh :( 17:03:10 nasirhm: it's not 17:03:48 I think we can shelve music players till we all have a chance to try some from dnf search ? 17:03:59 .whoowns mpd 17:04:00 siddharthvipul: Package mpd not found. 17:04:09 .whoowns quod 17:04:09 siddharthvipul: Package quod not found. 17:04:19 hehe, doesn't look so bright :P 17:04:41 #action addition of Quod Libet & ncmpcpp with mpd on i3-extended brainstorm page. 17:04:47 siddharthvipul: Something that you can package, If you're free. 17:05:29 nasirhm: nah, I don't use it.. packaging is easy, maintaining is hard. I will wait on someone who actually uses it (if no one else takes it then for the SIG I can) 17:06:04 Please also add moc, Noise, Parole, Kaffeine and cmus too Nasirhm 17:06:10 siddharthvipul: Sounds like a good idea, I'm working to package Nix as I'm love with it 17:06:25 Cool, I used to live Nix.. 17:06:35 you were packaging that other editor, right? 17:06:44 how is that going nasirhm? (just curious) 17:07:03 siddharthvipul: Micro is already packaged in fedora :) 17:07:07 s/in/for/ 17:07:40 It's going good especially with the help and mentorship from Defolos It's quite good. 17:07:55 I don't think it was micro that you mentioned.. well nevermind 17:08:05 oh awesome 17:08:06 I only maintain rover on COPR, as that's what i use :) 17:08:08 @Defolos 🍪 17:08:09 glad to hear 17:08:21 And great to hear, Nasir! 17:08:30 So, let's move to video players now ? 17:08:32 Thanks :) 17:08:48 @Defolos "> wasntme? 17:08:50 same thing for video player.. 17:08:52 Please add the other music players too, Nasir 17:08:59 To the master list 17:09:22 mvp ? 17:09:27 .whoowns mvp 17:09:28 nasirhm: Package mvp not found. 17:09:32 Mpv 17:09:47 But it's only on rpmfusion iirc 17:10:07 To the ma"> It's a brainstorming page, for now we can add anything if it's FOSS 17:10:25 Noted! 17:14:58 Shall we go on to torrent clients? Yay or nay on adding them on the extended spin? 17:16:52 nay 17:17:23 Aye here 17:17:23 IMO* 17:18:41 Ofc, implied 17:18:59 we are not trying to keep it like workstation.. we want a minimal version.. and torrent clients are just extras that gnome has as well, extra features.. but since transmission (and I guess also qbittorrent) are already packages in fedora, won't be difficult (if others agree) 17:20:12 Even on extended? 17:20:26 what do you mean by extended? 17:20:49 Maybe I'm not on the same page re: the philosophy of the i3-extended spin? 17:21:06 Nasirhm, please field Sid's question? 17:21:16 :shrugs: 17:21:26 So, no torrents by default? 17:21:57 x3mboy[m]: that's what I think.. if you all agree, why not ;) 17:22:17 Even on the extended ISO, x3mboy? 17:22:20 Well, I don't use torrent that much too care 17:22:26 Just clarifying... 17:24:40 mcp is not foss, so ? 17:24:41 How about dragon player or something like that ? 17:24:48 * nasirhm is back 17:24:58 There was a problem on my end with Power 17:25:19 mcp? 17:25:36 s/mcp/mvp 17:25:56 mpv? It's in rpmfusion, so not FOSS, yeah 17:26:06 No worries, Nasirhm 17:26:11 On torrents, It would be good to have a minimal one, if there's any 17:26:19 well, just because it's not in rpmfusion doesn't mean it's not FOSS 17:26:31 Dragon Player is kinda big, and needs codecs anyhow 17:27:00 Re : torrent, maybe rtorrent? Or Fragments (it's in the repos)? 17:27:13 .whoowns torrent 17:27:14 nasirhm: Package torrent not found. 17:27:27 .whoowns rtorrent 17:27:28 nasirhm: owner: konradm; admin: dfateyev, verdurin 17:27:30 rtorrent 17:27:50 Even in extended. There are too many clients and in our case people can opt to the client they want 17:27:59 We're in luck for rtorrent + I have zero to no experience with minimal torrent apps. 17:28:25 they can do that by `dnf install ` :) 17:28:40 Exactly 17:28:42 And they will do it 17:28:52 * nasirhm just realized it would be an hour in 2 mins :D 17:29:29 Forgive me for asking, then what is the point of the extended release? I'd like to understand your philosophy better here 17:29:41 x3mboy: mail clients and torrents is something, that a i3 user would know how to install (making an assumption about enduser) 17:29:54 Agree 17:30:12 And tbh is not a need 17:30:17 It's a want 17:30:22 * It's a desire 17:30:34 * siddharthvipul nods 17:31:12 for i3-extended it's more of all those packages installed, but that's not the focus for us now but to work on the minimal spin. 17:31:16 I have to go, I'll be back in a second. Have to feed my pup 17:31:26 Please don't stop discussing on my account 17:31:54 P.S; we're running out of time :) 17:32:17 I'm not even here 17:32:34 * x3mboy[m] dissapear in a fog curtain 17:32:34 let's wrap it.. i am tired as well 17:32:55 How about i add these packages on the brainstorm page and add a tag to be discussed, or adding it on a ML or Pagure ticker for ease of input from everyone ? 17:33:00 What do you guys think ? 17:33:30 s/ticker/ticket/ 17:33:34 That works, Nasir 17:34:19 #action create a mailing list thread for the packages that are not discusse 17:34:37 s/discusse/discussed/ 17:35:06 #topic Final thoughts/Good byes. 17:35:43 Thank you everyone for joining today and sharing your input and ideas here for us to derive the spin. 17:37:08 Good Bye guys, ending the meeting. :) 17:37:14 #endmeeting