16:00:26 #startmeeting Fedora Workstation WG 16:00:26 Meeting started Wed Nov 5 16:00:26 2014 UTC. The chair is stickster. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:00:26 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:00:31 #meetingname workstation 16:00:31 The meeting name has been set to 'workstation' 16:00:46 #meetingtopic Fedora Workstation WG 16:00:53 #topic Roll call! 16:01:11 * stickster here 16:01:46 * otaylor here 16:01:47 * ryanlerch here 16:02:03 * nirik is lurking 16:02:30 * kalev is here. 16:02:37 * aday here (if it matters) 16:02:41 it does! 16:02:47 I also invited aday as an expert for the default apps discussion 16:03:18 #chair otaylor ryanlerch kalev jwb 16:03:18 Current chairs: jwb kalev otaylor ryanlerch stickster 16:03:26 * jwb is here 16:03:52 * andreasn is here 16:04:06 * stickster holds door open another 30 sec or so 16:04:40 Anyone seen mclasen or cschalle? 16:05:16 #chair andreasn 16:05:16 Current chairs: andreasn jwb kalev otaylor ryanlerch stickster 16:05:22 Well, let's get started. 16:05:31 mclasen was having some irc client trouble earlier 16:05:36 Ah, OK. 16:05:47 Also, side note: Thanks for having me as your liaison, folks. 16:06:12 kalev: We can start with apps question since that might consume some time, and we don't want to run out. 16:06:26 I'm going to try to limit it to 30 minutes, i.e. done by :35 16:06:41 sure 16:06:44 #topic Added/removed apps in F21 16:06:54 #link https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2014-October/010893.html 16:07:30 so, I generated a diff between the F20 Desktop spin and F21 Workstation 16:07:38 and posted the results in the mailing list 16:07:58 I think some of the changes there might have happened inadvertently with the desktop -> workstation rename 16:08:12 so it might be best to just go over them one by one to make sure we are happy with the changes 16:08:26 also, one goal might be to make sure all the default apps fit in one screen 16:08:45 kalev: at what resolution? 16:08:46 they used to in F20, but in F21 they are on two pages and need scrolling to see all 16:08:57 otaylor: I thought it's resolution independant for some reason 16:09:21 kalev: Let's start with reviewing the adds/removes and save the default trimming until afterward 16:09:26 sure 16:09:28 if that's OK :-) 16:09:29 kalev, in one screen without groups? 16:09:29 are there any criteria for default apps? 16:09:34 or goals? 16:09:58 so 6*4 = 24 launchers 16:10:10 *ahem* ^^^ 16:10:28 there's some _technical_ criteria which apps fit for the default installation 16:10:29 andreasn: we also have the folders 16:10:31 Before we move to the question about default, let's check the adds and removes, folks. 16:10:38 some apps go in utilities and sundry 16:10:38 aday: true 16:10:54 aday: andreasn: save it for a few minutes please. 16:11:07 #info Removed: baobab, fedora-release-notes, firewall-config 16:11:15 one thing we used to do in the past was to install _a lot_ of apps by default because we didn't have a proper app installer 16:11:18 which we do now 16:11:18 stickster: sure 16:11:23 anyway, let's go over the list, yes :) 16:11:34 kalev: IIRC at least the last two were explicit decisions 16:11:34 baobab: I think this is one of the apps that got accidentally removed 16:11:43 kalev++ 16:11:45 I'd like to add this back; anybody mind? 16:11:50 baobab == disk usage analyzer, right? 16:12:02 * jsmith wouldn't mind having it back 16:12:03 ryanlerch: right 16:12:04 yep 16:12:12 #idea Put baobab back in, seems this was dropped inadvertently 16:12:35 * stickster agrees fwiw, it's quite a useful tool and has followed along with GNOME releases AFAIK 16:12:44 Anyone object? 16:12:58 Seems like not. 16:13:01 #agreed restore baobab 16:13:08 it fits with the scope of the default apps, in my opinion - fairly essential system utility 16:13:20 oops, sorry aday, didn't mean to jump the gun 16:13:21 #undo 16:13:21 Removing item from minutes: AGREED by stickster at 16:13:01 : restore baobab 16:13:22 and is required for the "no disk space" altern we show 16:13:28 *alert 16:13:32 *nod 16:14:15 OK, should be safe to go on then :-) 16:14:18 #agreed restore baobab 16:14:27 ok, next two: fedora-release-notes.desktop and firewall-config.desktop -- we explicitly agreed to drop those, so I don't think it needs any more discussion 16:14:27 maybe baobab should be in the utilities folder -- to for the goal of a single screen? 16:14:36 kalev: +1 16:14:45 aday, I don't think it is, I don't have baobab installed here, and I still got the alert on low disk space 16:15:12 the low space alert should have a button to launch baobab if it's installed, iirc 16:15:18 bochecha: but that notification has a link that opens baobab... 16:15:29 aday, ah, ok, got it 16:16:24 Any objections to keeping f-r-n and f-c dropped? 16:16:25 ok, on to the list of added apps 16:16:30 sorry 16:16:30 ha, good enough :-) 16:16:38 #agreed f-r-n and f-c stay dropped as planned 16:16:55 bijiben.desktop: afaik we'd planned to make this the default for a while 16:17:01 and looks like a good addition to me 16:17:10 any objections to keeping it? 16:17:13 i think the only question was whether the quality was good enough 16:17:23 bijiben == the new gnome notes application, right? 16:17:28 ryanlerch: right 16:17:49 * stickster only used it casually a few times but had no problems to report 16:18:01 it's been fairly stable for me on F21, I use it daily 16:18:13 that is just my system though, so shouldn't be taken as truth 16:18:15 i don't think it should be a blocker for inclusion, but it doesnt look 100% on a highDPI screen, FWIW 16:18:25 ryanlerch: was just noticing that 16:18:38 i filed bugs upstream for it already 16:18:38 #info See link above for added desktop items list 16:19:04 i'm inclined to say that it's just good enough 16:19:28 there are some rough edges, but it is being actively developed, and would benefit from a bit more exposure 16:19:30 kalev, was it ever there by default? i remember getting it 16:19:32 +1. I don't think our bar is "perfect" 16:19:34 does lack of hidpi support count as "good quality" ? 16:20:03 ok firefox does not work without manual tweaking either 16:20:07 so .. 16:20:13 ryanlerch: it was not on the desktop live image, but you might have gotten it through netinstall or somesuch, we used to have different default apps there in F20 16:20:15 drago01: depends how bad it is on hidpi 16:20:15 I've had some issues with crashes, so if that happens to others, that would make the base system feel less god 16:20:20 good 16:20:26 drago01: On hidpi it's quite usable. The text is very slightly fuzzy for notes themselves, but it's not debilitating by any means 16:20:50 (It's probably also about a 5 minute fix - don't think it should block anything) 16:21:01 ok 16:21:06 OK, so any strong objections? otherwise, let's moveon 16:21:08 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737210 16:21:26 let's move on, yes, otherwise we won't be able to go through all the apps 16:21:27 Maybe we should limit feedback to said "strong objections" or else this is going to take a mighty long time :-) 16:21:38 #agreed keep bijiben, no blocking issues 16:21:49 Oh, blah, it's using webkit, not a 5 minute fix, but will eventually get fixed as a side effect 16:21:58 next is brasero.desktop: I think this is one of the accidentally added apps 16:22:17 and it's pretty much dead upstream; mclasen put out a new release for this cycle but said he doesn't want to keep on maintaining it 16:22:41 optical media is dying 16:22:46 No objections to dropping, due to lack of upstream love and fading optical drive on market 16:22:48 mcatanzaro also suggested on the mailing list to drop this 16:22:53 (see bill's comment on the list) 16:22:56 Anyone strongly object? 16:23:02 kalev, is there any other way of writing to optical disks without brasero -- is writing to optical disks something we want to support Oout of the box? 16:23:14 I don't know. 16:23:24 ryanlerch: It's hasn't traditionally been out-of-the-box on other operating systems 16:23:27 did a count on new systems with drives at the local hardware store for garrett a while back. Approx 50% 16:23:30 no, we probably should install it iff you have an optical drive 16:23:36 * satellit_e what lets one write to disk in files menu? 16:23:37 but we don't have infra for that 16:23:49 satellit: brasero 16:23:56 I'm a little worried that finding the right optical driver writer in gnome-software might be difficult 16:24:08 * satellit_e use it all the time with ext USB HD 16:24:19 #idea We should probably install optical drive utility if there's hardware, but this probably needs some new solution 16:24:21 satellit_e: that is gnome-disks 16:24:37 k 16:24:51 so how about keeping it for one (more) cycle? 16:24:54 otaylor: looks like the metadata could be improved there 16:25:24 i'm not getting a hit for "write cd" 16:25:30 drago01: it's a new addition, it was never there for F20 16:25:34 ryanlerch: kalev: It turns out there is still support in Files to e.g. write an ISO to a CD without brasero installed 16:25:35 aday: I'm not sure if that's a metadata problem or a search problem 16:25:37 one reason to keep as default would be for people to be able to write the fedora ISO 16:25:39 kalev: oh? 16:25:53 drago01: yes, the list in https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2014-October/010893.html is a comparison of F20 vs F21 16:25:56 ryanlerch: kalev: Not sure if e.g. RB can similarly write audio discs 16:26:03 ryanlerch: we provide tools (gnome-disks) to write it to usb 16:26:20 sorry, I'm late 16:26:27 #chair mclasen 16:26:27 Current chairs: andreasn jwb kalev mclasen otaylor ryanlerch stickster 16:26:28 o/ 16:26:38 otaylor: those should be keywords, shouldn't they? i thought we searched on those 16:26:40 kalev: 10 minutes left in this item and we haven't got very far. 16:27:05 kalev: This tells me we really need a separate time to do this, since we failed to have the discussion on the list as planned :-) 16:27:26 but we can keep going until the bell, np 16:27:26 stickster: mhm, perhaps we should schedule another meeting next week to go through the rest 16:27:39 mclasen: we were just discussing the list in https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2014-October/010893.html 16:27:41 +1 but let's stay with it for now as planned 16:27:50 and managed to get to brasero and then were unsure whether to keep it or not 16:28:12 ok 16:28:24 i don't see why having to install brasero is an issue. optical drives are rare enough not to support them out of the box, and this is why we have software - to enable you to install the apps that aren't always needed 16:28:47 brasero is pretty unmaintained, and the importance of optical drives is waning... 16:28:48 If I type 'CD' in Software, the first thing that comes up is Brasero 16:28:52 I think I'd err on the side of _not_ installing apps by default, now that we have gnome-software and its shell search provider 16:28:53 is anyone aware of complaints that it was *not* in f20? 16:29:24 i'd say drop brasero 16:29:33 jwb: +1 16:29:35 I'd say so too 16:29:35 drop brasero from me 16:29:38 * mclasen has no problem with that 16:30:06 #agreed Drop brasero -- discoverable in Software 16:30:12 devassistant is next 16:30:26 I think keeping that is a no-brainer, it's featured. 16:30:30 stickster: this was explicitly decided to add 16:30:34 +1 16:30:44 yes, let's just skip over that one 16:30:48 #agreed keep devassistant, this was explicitly set as feature 16:30:51 eog? 16:30:58 that was also explicitly added 16:31:01 i'd argue against it, but i think i'd be wasting my breath 16:31:03 That was also a discussion over viewer, yeah 16:31:23 #agreed keep eog 16:31:28 aday: for what it's worth, I'm with aday but I don't want to spend the precious few minutes we have here arguing over devassistant 16:31:28 gnome-dictionary? 16:31:29 what is the alternative? gnome-photos? 16:31:47 we already had a discussion about photo viewers 16:31:53 a long one 16:31:53 Oops, I think I moved too fast, sorry again. 16:31:53 and explicitly agreed to keep eog + shotwell 16:31:54 #undo 16:31:54 Removing item from minutes: AGREED by stickster at 16:31:23 : keep eog 16:32:04 kalev, ah i remember now 16:32:06 sorry 16:32:24 But yeah, there was a long discussion on list about it 16:32:57 I saw gnome-maps was on the list. As a developer of that app, I'm not super sure it's mature enough to be default. aday? 16:33:03 gnome-dictionary is not really worth bringing back, imo 16:33:06 let's go one by one 16:33:09 gnome-dictionary is next 16:33:11 kalev++ 16:33:20 #agreed keep eog 16:33:21 I'd say so too, let's drop gnome-dictionary 16:33:29 mclasen: +1 on dictionary 16:33:31 sorry 16:33:45 if we really need something, we could make sure to have a Google Translate webapp 16:33:54 what's the rationale for dropping it? unmaintained? 16:33:56 or just use firefox 16:34:01 no need for a dedicated app 16:34:28 Any objections to dropping g-d? 16:34:29 drago01, fair enough -- a +1 for dropping it for me 16:34:58 #agreed drop gnome-dictionary 16:35:14 Boxes seems like a no-brainer to me, but I'm listening :-) 16:35:43 and... that's :35 16:35:49 a +1 for keeping boxes from me 16:36:17 +1 for keeping boxes from me 16:36:24 I don't have a strong opinion about Boxes 16:36:26 Let's finish Boxes discussion and I suggest we set up a separate time to figure the rest of these out, perhaps on the odd week next week? (Or earlier is fine) 16:36:37 kalev: ^ 16:37:15 not sure, we are pretty close to the final freezes, especially now that it was moved one week closer 16:37:18 stickster, maybe we try to get through the rest of the points for the meeting quickly, and hopefully loop back to this? 16:37:26 might be worth going through the rest of the apps today 16:37:42 kalev: My next hour is free, but I can't speak for others 16:38:07 kalev: Let's get to the rest of the agenda, and we can come back to this iff. people want to finish today 16:38:13 sure 16:38:21 I agree we don't want to wait longer than needed 16:38:32 +1 to keep boxes ... it's making a statement about core things that fedora can do as an OS and what workstation is about 16:38:33 #info Coming back to this topic after rest of agenda 16:38:40 #agreed keep Boxes 16:39:08 I'm going to move on to next agenda topic 16:39:37 #topic LAS speakers for WG 16:40:07 So according to (iirc) mattdm, Linux Action Show might be looking for speakers for upcoming shows on the progress and development of different Fedora products 16:40:48 IOW, a show would be dedicated to a specific product (not all at once) 16:41:27 Is there anyone interested in doing this? (FWIW I'm interested/willing, but I also don't want to take the opportunity away from someone else) 16:41:48 And it would be cool to have two people, it makes for a more informative, fun interview 16:41:58 +1 for stickster doing it :) 16:42:49 Also I'm a notorious camera hog, so it's in the WG interest to rein that in ;-) 16:43:14 Anyone? Bueller? 16:43:27 +1 to stickster doing it :) 16:43:34 * stickster looking for a partner in crime 16:43:55 stickster: I think it's too big of an audience to expect volunteers - but I'll do it with you if want someone else :-) 16:44:13 well offered otaylor 16:44:15 sounds good 16:44:19 I do! 16:44:35 #info otaylor will be on interview tag-team 16:44:45 how big _is_ the audience ? 16:44:55 > 1 16:45:00 mclasen: I meant here in this channel 16:45:11 ah, ok :-) 16:45:12 mclasen: over 38,000 subscribers on YouTube 16:45:23 http://www.reddit.com/r/LinuxActionShow has >7000 too 16:45:40 so a few 16:45:44 *> 1000 16:45:54 OK, if anyone else is interested, feel free to get with me later if you're bashful :-) 16:46:15 #info Any other interested parties canfeel free to contact stickster 16:46:17 #undo 16:46:18 Removing item from minutes: INFO by stickster at 16:46:15 : Any other interested parties canfeel free to contact stickster 16:46:20 #info Any other interested parties can feel free to contact stickster 16:46:30 #topic dnf-plugins-core by default 16:46:52 do we even install dnf by default? 16:47:01 I though we didn't switch yet 16:47:12 this is primarily to get the copr repo setup functionality, right? 16:47:15 dnf is dragged in by a dependency -- anaconda depends on it and it's installed on the live media 16:47:23 drago01: I believe it's installed by default, yes 16:47:28 kalev: thx 16:47:30 My understanding is that this is a request from the dnf maintainers, and I think we should follow their lead - having partially functional dnf on the command line doesn't make sense 16:47:48 otaylor, i agree 16:47:48 kalev: (we shouldn't install anaconda ...) 16:48:00 drago01: yes, hopefully we can drop it next cycle now that we have overlayfds 16:48:04 +1 for adding it from me 16:48:05 otaylor: Yeah, I don't think we resolved fully on list, but it seems like we should have support for developer-centric Copr and Playground repos 16:48:12 kalev: yeah 16:48:14 kalev: oh, overlayfs helps with that ? 16:48:26 what else does it provide other than setting up copr repos? 16:48:33 I think so -- we can install anaconda on an overlay and not copy that overlay to the hard drive when installing 16:48:37 mclasen: it can be in a different fs then the one we copy to disk 16:48:51 oh, I see 16:49:22 and we could then put the livecd scripts in a proper rpm and everything, if we can install that rpm in a separate overlay 16:49:25 I don't see hwo that's going to work if anaconda is from a package - rpmdb can't be in an overlay - but in any case, I think a distraction :-) 16:49:26 ryanlerch: It also has bits for doing equivalent of 'yum-builddep', 'debuginfo-install' 16:49:57 ryanlerch: So again... seems relevant to developers, maintainers. There are also plugins for repoquery I think? 16:50:25 It's a very small package, is anyone strongly opposed to adding? 16:50:27 otaylor: depends on how overlay fs handles "conflicting" files 16:50:36 guys, you're digressing 16:50:42 jwb: Thanks, you stole my line 16:50:42 avoid the weeds 16:50:59 i don't think there are any downsides to adding it -- it doesnt change anything but on the command line 16:51:08 It's great to have add'l problems to ideate/fix, we just need to answer current question while everyone's here in the meeting :-) 16:51:13 yup 16:51:46 * stickster asks one more time, anyone strongly opposed? 16:51:55 one notable difference we currently have between netinstall and the actual workstation iso installer is that the former doesn't have dnf 16:52:24 if we add dnf, then it appears there too -- which I think is actually good because it reduces the last remaining difference between the two install methods 16:52:31 agreed 16:52:32 yes 16:52:59 * stickster hasn't heard anyone shout "Dear $DEITY NO" 16:53:12 we might get some minor flamewars on fedora-devel that workstation explicitly installs dnf when it's not a F21 feature, but ... meh 16:53:22 +1 from me 16:53:28 +1 from me too 16:54:00 OK, sounds like we have rough consensus. 16:54:18 #agreed include dnf-plugins-core in default WS install 16:54:25 kalev: Can you make/patch that change? 16:54:30 kalev, that's fine. we're good at generating flamewars 16:54:34 :-) 16:54:40 yes, I'll make sure to patch the default apps changes, those that we discussed previously as well 16:54:58 kalev: Yup, figured as much, I was waiting to #action you on those until follow-on segment anyway :-) 16:55:09 #action kalev will make required changes 16:55:40 So we have 5 minutes left. Ryan, did you want to give a super-brief branding update? Then we can see if people want to move add'l package discussion to #fedora-workstation 16:56:10 oops, ryanlerch ^ 16:56:19 #topic Branding update 16:57:42 i am currently finialzing some mockups of some of the ideas that have been floated -- including the logo-superimposed-over-the-background idea. I should be able to update the WG mailing list with the mockups tomorrow. 16:57:46 http://imgur.com/bNzDhyE 16:57:55 that is a quick mockup ^ 16:58:09 also working on ideas with the WS logo too 16:58:50 * stickster happens to know that mizmo was prepping some product logos to attempt to solve BZ 1155228 -- it's not *quite* tangentially related 16:59:08 stickster, that BZ is the anaconda sidebars? 16:59:23 ryanlerch: Yeah 16:59:26 ryanlerch: isn't it making the wallpaper not freely redistributable since it contains our trademark? 16:59:38 sesivany, the wallpaper doenst have the logo 16:59:47 sesivany: IIRC mclasen was kind enough to prepare a g-s extension for this 16:59:55 the idea here is to have a shell extenstion to superimpose it 16:59:57 ah ok, got it. 17:00:05 sesivany: That way we can retain distributable wp :-) 17:00:05 that is actaully how that is done in the screenshot 17:00:21 the credit for the extension goes to fmuellner 17:00:32 fmuellner: Thank you! 17:00:35 not sure if he's proud of it... :-) 17:00:37 and the logo keeps around also when you change backgrounds? 17:00:39 s/credit/blame/ 17:00:53 andreasn: yes 17:00:53 andreasn: I was going to ask the same question 17:00:54 andreasn, curerntly no 17:01:02 huh? 17:01:02 the way the extension is currently set up, the logo only appears on the defaulty background 17:01:03 does the logo only appear on the wallpaper? or also in the overview? 17:01:09 andreasn: no, it only applies itself to the default background 17:01:09 ah, I se 17:01:11 see 17:01:14 nice 17:01:18 ryanlerch: Is it fair to say that the larger discussion of framework for branding decisions is still ongoing? 17:01:25 stickster, yes 17:01:28 ryanlerch: Thanks! 17:01:30 bochecha: also in the overview, but not in the workspace switcher 17:01:35 And with that... we are out of time here 17:01:53 #info Further discussion on apps changes to commence in #fedora-workstation (including whether to do it right now) :-) 17:02:01 fmuellner, ryanlerch: clever solution 17:02:03 Thank you for your time, folks! 17:02:09 #endmeeting