Convened at 2017-09-26 18:52:03.052693 by chesedo
in #ubuntu-za on freenode
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<chesedo>
Maaz: start meeting about Ubuntu Monthly Meeting - September 2017
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* Maaz
gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Welcoming and Introduction
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Welcoming and Introduction
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<chesedo>
Welcome all and thank you for joining in on our monthly meeting
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<chesedo>
As usual, our bot maaz does the minutes, so please introduce yourself to it using `Maaz: I am <firstname lastname>` eg.
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<chesedo>
Maaz: I am Pieter Engelbrecht
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<Maaz>
chesedo: Righto
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<inetpro>
Maaz: I am Gustav H Meyer
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<Maaz>
inetpro: Done
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<londoner>
Maaz: I am Paul Romano
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<Maaz>
londoner: Okay
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<chesedo>
Today's agenda is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170926
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<inetpro>
londoner: nice to see you here as well
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<chesedo>
i'll skip over the regular content since we are all regular... that ok with all?
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<londoner>
hi all. thanks inetpro
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<inetpro>
chesedo: +1
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed All happy with agenda
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<Maaz>
Agreed: All happy with agenda
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Review minutes of previous meeting
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Review minutes of previous meeting
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<chesedo>
previous meeting minutes is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam/Meetings/20170822
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<chesedo>
just for a refresher
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<chesedo>
londoner: will you be needing any next step help?
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<paddatrapper>
Maaz: I am Kyle Robbertze
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<Maaz>
paddatrapper: Alrighty
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<chesedo>
...trello, mailing list, etc...
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Events
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Events
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<chesedo>
upcoming events for the next month are:
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<chesedo>
- PyCon ZA 2017: 5th and 6th October 2017 (Cape Town) -> https://za.pycon.org/
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<paddatrapper>
Eish don't remind me... So much to organise before then
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<chesedo>
paddatrapper: you were at debconf iirc?
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<paddatrapper>
chesedo: yup
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<londoner>
I opened a Launchpad account in May and, after waiting for 4 months, earlier this month finally got approved as an Ubuntu Wiki editor.
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<inetpro>
londoner: wow
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<chesedo>
paddatrapper: wow keeping busy... how was it?
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<chesedo>
londoner: are you part of the wiki team?
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<londoner>
I maintain the official Full Circle Magazine article index at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/FullIssueIndex - also in spreadsheet format at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UgDCiTyVRrG5cRFSgOLmY-bEOaZ0TQwf83j7RFCUybg
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<paddatrapper>
chesedo: it was good fun. Getting there and back was a mission, but lots of interesting talks and discussions
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<paddatrapper>
Debian packages are over 95% reproducible!
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<chesedo>
ah cool, i have not read that in ages
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<inetpro>
londoner: that is nice to know
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<chesedo>
paddatrapper: reproducible?
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<paddatrapper>
chesedo: so the binary built in the archive can be rebuilt on another machine with the same environment and be bit for bit identical
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<chesedo>
i see the full circle mag still has the py section
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<paddatrapper>
https://reproducible-builds.org/
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<chesedo>
paddatrapper: that is interesting, i though that machine languages might differ between machines...
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<chesedo>
or is that covered by the "same environment"?
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<paddatrapper>
chesedo: yup. Needs to be the same architecture
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<chesedo>
ah righto
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<chesedo>
i am not aware of other events for the year
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<chesedo>
are any of you?
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<paddatrapper>
But seeing as the Debian build infrastructure builds for all supported architectures, it isn't that much if an issue
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* inetpro
should try to make an effort to print the Full Circle Magazine for coffee table reading in the office
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<paddatrapper>
Nope. Wikimania happening in CT next year is the next one I know of
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<chesedo>
inetpro: that might be a lot of ink (colour wise)
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<chesedo>
but a great distraction
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<inetpro>
chesedo: true, that there's always nice content in there and we can't keep it to ourselves
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<inetpro>
info is there to be shared
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<inetpro>
:-)
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<chesedo>
i remember saving each one years ago for the gimp content it had
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<inetpro>
s/that there's/but there's/
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<chesedo>
inetpro: how big is your office in head counts?
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed No other events to add
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<Maaz>
Agreed: No other events to add
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<inetpro>
we have four in the office but a few other IT guys and users who come and go
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Miscellaneous
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Miscellaneous
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<chesedo>
if anyone has any misc topics...
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<inetpro>
chesedo: but you're right... maybe too much ink needed
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* chesedo
now wonders if it is possible to get a copied subscription
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<chesedo>
or maybe a print shop will work out cheaper... and better looking...
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<inetpro>
would be nice if we could just do cheap printing and selling locally to cover the printing costs
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<chesedo>
i think posting would be the biggest/killer issue here in SA
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<chesedo>
but yeah...
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* chesedo
sighs
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Next meeting
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Next meeting
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed Next meeting is 24 October 2017 @ 20:30
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<Maaz>
Agreed: Next meeting is 24 October 2017 @ 20:30
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<chesedo>
Maaz: topic Elect chairperson for next meeting
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<Maaz>
Current Topic: Elect chairperson for next meeting
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<chesedo>
paddatrapper: are you still on for the next chair?
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<inetpro>
+1 for paddatrapper, if he's available
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* chesedo
has an exam on that and the next day
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<inetpro>
chesedo: he said last time, "I _should_ be free"
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<chesedo>
ok, i'll put him on for now... can change if need be
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<paddatrapper>
Sorry, yes I am
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<chesedo>
Maaz: agreed paddatrapper to chair next meeting
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<Maaz>
Agreed: paddatrapper to chair next meeting
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<chesedo>
awesome, ty paddatrapper
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<chesedo>
and thank you all for having joined in
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<chesedo>
Maaz: end meeting