I am extremely sorry. I forgot about this..Will it be possible to send a reminder a day before? That may help forgetful people like me. :)
Oh, yes, chacha_chaudhry, you are right. /me, arindam and subhodip are attending the event at Nagpur. On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Rakesh Pandit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello list, > > Today we had meet at #fedora-india (irc.freenode.net) at 6:30pm. > > Some highlights : > - Some events round the corner in nagpur, Hydrabadh and Durgapur > (still in planning) Please consider updating for any event on > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents > - Consider posting thoughts to this thread about fedora publications > and media related activities: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-india/2008-July/msg00106.html > - In case you are working on anything related to Fedora -- consider > pointing in list ;-) > e.g kushal is working on blog aggregation tool > (http://kushal.fedorapeople.org/post.py) asked for at > http://spevack.livejournal.com/59491.html > > In case I missed some important points , please add on. > > In case you missed today -- don't miss it next time same time same place. > > Meeting log: > > Roll Call then > Rahul Sundaram > <chacha_chaudhry> Rakesh Pandit > <techbugs> SiddharthUpmanyu > <kushal> KushalDas > <mintos> Minto Joseph > <mether> ok > mintos: Do you want to introduce yourself ;-) > for the good news last week > <mintos> Yea I am pretty new with community activities.. > <chacha_chaudhry> nice, /me waiting for good news > <munichlinux> prashanth > <mether> chacha_chaudhry: has been sponsored and became a official > package maintainer with two new packages: sitecopy and dnrd under his > belt http://rakesh.gnulinuxcentar.org/?p=76 > <mether> and many more on review > <kushal> chacha_chaudhry, once again , congrats :) > <techbugs> cool > <chacha_chaudhry> Thanks :) > <techbugs> congrats > <chacha_chaudhry> :-) > <mether> mintos, Minto Joseph has became a official package maintainer > too starting with padauk-fonts > <chacha_chaudhry> Congrats mintos > <mintos> thank you . :) > <mether> chacha_chaudhry: will pass on the list of packages he has > submitted that are waiting on review to fedora-india list. If anyone > is interested in reviewing packages (as you all should be), that would > be a good place to get started > <kushal> mintos, congrats > <chacha_chaudhry> I will post just after meet > <mintos> thankyou kushal > ok > mintos munichlinux mether > <chacha_chaudhry> mether: I haven't started fonts yet :( > <mether> sm|CPU: posted a query about keeping track of Fedora related > publications or media activities in > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-india/2008-July/msg00106.html > if you haven't read it, take a look and feel free to offer your suggestions > <chacha_chaudhry> news wiki is good idea in my view > <mether> There are foss events planned at Nagpur and one in Hyderabad. > is anyone planning to attend either? > <techbugs> HYD ? when is that one scheduled? > <mether> thttp://mukt.in/ > <chacha_chaudhry> susmit was planning to attend nagpur I am not sure though > <mether> 1-3 Aug > Osmania university campus > <techbugs> hmmm it is possible to go.. i'll say 50.50.. let me go > thought it for a min > <mether> I had a couple of invitations from the folks organizing the > event for mukt.in but it is unlikely I would be able to travel > if someone local to the event is attending, that would be great > <techbugs> our local Fedora guy in hyd is not in town this month > <chacha_chaudhry> :-/ /me very far away > <mether> noone from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CategoryAmbassadorsIndia? > I will go through the list and find if anyone is in those places or > nearby it and check with them > <techbugs> mether .. is there any conveyance they r providing or we > have to do our own > <mether> techbugs: which event are you asking? > <techbugs> mukti.in > s/i// > <mether> I dont think so but if you are nearby and willing to travel, > we might look into funding that from the Fedora India budget > <techbugs> I can traver that weekend.. i am free > <mether> contact me or sm|CPU online and we will look > err offline > <techbugs> ok sure.. > <mether> anyone know of any other foss events before foss.in? > <chacha_chaudhry> no > <mether> when you come across any, please update > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents > <kushal> mether, a small chance of arranging "A Day with Fedora" in Durgapur > <chacha_chaudhry> no idea I mean > <kushal> mether, very small though > <mether> kushal: alright, you might want to update the events page > nevertheless to plan for it. > <kushal> mether, first I have to plan to organize the event in any case :p > <mether> of course, make this part of your plan > mintos munichlinux mether > <kushal> mether, ok > <mether> do we have anyone new and interested in contributing here? > <kushal> here == ? > <mether> Lakshmi Pathi said he was going to package his own utilities > at https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-india/2008-July/msg00085.html > might want to followup on that > kushal: here = hanging in irc now > <kushal> oh, ok > <mether> techbugs: didnt you sign up to maintain the Fedora developers > spin or was it someone else? > <kushal> mether, Soumya is trying to go through the basics of > packaging , he will join the team I guess :) > <mether> kushal: yep. I will keep a tab on that > <techbugs> mether yap it was me... trying a few combos for Cd and DVD > <mintos> I am planning to package few more packages .. > <techbugs> mether i was hoping to pass some patches this weekend but > went down with cold > <mether> techbugs: alright, let me know when you are ready. We need to > plan it out and propose it before the feature freeze for Fedora 10 > <techbugs> mether ok > <mether> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/Schedule > <kushal> mintos, cool :) > <mether> mintos: when you propose it you might want to post a note in > Fedora india list > <mintos> mether, yea sure I will > <mether> and for everyone else too, if you are doing something related > to Fedora, announce that in the list so the rest of us are aware of it > and can help or join the effort > that is especially true for things in new package proposals where you > need someone else to do the peer reviews but other things are good to > know too > anything else people want to talk about or got questions to ask? > <kushal> I have some thing to say: > <mether> go ahead, the stage is yours > <kushal> I am working on blog aggregation tool, which will blog Fedora > announce list's mails > as asked by speavak > http://fedoraannounce.wordpress.com/ > ^^ is the blog > initial version of the code can be found > http://kushal.fedorapeople.org/post.py > <EOF> > <mether> Max Spevack (who is the previous Fedora Project leader for > those not in the loop) asked for it at > http://spevack.livejournal.com/59491.html > <kushal> ok, I typed wrong name :( > <mether> which one? > <kushal> spevack :p > <mether> ah, thats ok > Is this time convenient for everyone? > <chacha_chaudhry> yes > <kushal> yes > <mintos> yes > seems interesting > <techbugs> yes > <mether> alright then > if nobody else has anything else to announce or ask, We will end the > meeting here > <chacha_chaudhry> just one query I was looking at gnusound > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnusound/ > <mether> and > <chacha_chaudhry> it has ffmpeg as one of its requirements which is > not in fedora official repo but present at livna > <mether> unless the requirement is optional, the entire package has to > go to livna or other third party repositories too > <chacha_chaudhry> requirement is optional > <mether> then you can push the main package into Fedora and put the > optional components if any to livna > <chacha_chaudhry> mether: is it required to package ffmpeg for fedora > or we can leave that > okay yes > <mether> you cannot package ffmpeg in Fedora due to patent concerns > <chacha_chaudhry> yes that I though earlier but did not dig that deep > <mether> in general, if there is any package in livna, it is there > because of legal concerns or licensing issues > <chacha_chaudhry> mether: if there are same issues with other package > where it is not even in livna then -- is it good that I package that > requirement for livna ? > <kushal> chacha_chaudhry, yes > <chacha_chaudhry> okay > <mether> chacha_chaudhry: yes, the software should allow at the > minimum redistribute rights for livna to accept it > <chacha_chaudhry> okay > <mether> some proprietary software like adobe reader can be downloaded > individually by the user but they cannot be packaged and redistributed > so livna is not a "anything goes" kind of repository > <chacha_chaudhry> there are many other packages in orphan list > actively maintained upstream and important -- we may also consider > looking at some whether we can pick them > okay > <mether> right > there are two classes of packages > orphaned and dead > <chacha_chaudhry> yes > <mether> orphaned = maintainers lost interest and orphaned it > <chacha_chaudhry> I had a dig at this list these needs some work some > dead packages are also in wish list > <mether> dead = maintainers orphaned it and marked it as dead for good > reasons and you probably shouldnt bring them back, atleast not without > getting to know why it is marked as dead in the first place > <chacha_chaudhry> yes > okay > <mether> these include, opyum which was marked as dead because pirut > has been replaced by packagekit which is growing that functionality > <chacha_chaudhry> okay > <mether> chacha_chaudhry: your case is similar to xine-lib in Fedora > <chacha_chaudhry> okay /me checking ... > <mether> the free and patent unencumbered portions are in Fedora > the rest is in livna > <chacha_chaudhry> okay > good :) > <mether> if you are a official package maintainer, the guidelines is > just the same and you dont require separate sponsorship there > <chacha_chaudhry> nice > <mether> the only bits that are different is the licensing portions > <chacha_chaudhry> mether: okay -- may you point in brief what ? > I mean what is that difference > <mether> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines > are not applicable to livna > they allow proprietary or potentially patent encumbered components > <chacha_chaudhry> okay > <mether> also note that livna and other repos are getting merged into > http://rpmfusion.org > I am not involved in that effort but ask in their channels or mailing > lists for more details > <chacha_chaudhry> okay nice > > -- > Rakesh Pandit > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit ============================================= _______________________________________________ Fedora-india mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india
