19:05:49 <popey> #startmeeting Ubuntu Touch RSS app meeting 19:05:49 <meetingology> Meeting started Thu Apr 4 19:05:49 2013 UTC. The chair is popey. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. 19:05:49 <meetingology> 19:05:49 <meetingology> Available commands: #accept #accepted #action #agree #agreed #chair #commands #endmeeting #endvote #halp #help #idea #info #link #lurk #meetingname #meetingtopic #nick #progress #rejected #replay #restrictlogs #save #startmeeting #subtopic #topic #unchair #undo #unlurk #vote #voters #votesrequired 19:06:22 <popey> larsgk: so, how are things going? 19:06:49 <larsgk> I have some sad-ish news: My father is ill (combination of ilnesses) and I need to allocate spare time to be with him and assist him 19:07:11 <popey> oh dear, I'm really sorry to hear that. 19:07:15 <popey> Family comes first. 19:07:32 <larsgk> this will affect how much I can get done - at least in the near term 19:08:38 <popey> ok. would you like us to find a replacement for you, so you don't have to think about this? Then you can consider coming back when you have capacity? 19:10:24 <mhall119> popey: I've got someone coming out to look at my A/C, so I'll be on and off for a while 19:10:45 <mhall119> larsgk: family definitely comes first, hope he gets feeling better 19:11:12 <popey> mhall119: ok. I am looking at your latest blog post in the rss reader ☺ 19:11:43 <mhall119> I like it 19:11:59 <mhall119> are we using any of the designs submitted to balsamiq? 19:12:08 <mhall119> larsgk: dragly: ^ either of you know? 19:12:27 <larsgk> don't know 19:12:46 <larsgk> popey: about replacement: could be nice for now, if possible 19:12:54 <mhall119> I like the current implementation, except the split display of the content, it's too small even on my Nexus 7 19:12:54 <popey> yes mhall119 19:13:08 <popey> https://ubuntu.mybalsamiq.com/projects/ubuntuphonecoreapps/RSS_reader_step1.1 19:13:56 <popey> ok, I will put the call out. thanks for letting us know, and I hope everything works out. 19:14:05 <larsgk> mhall119, popey: and thanks for the concern 19:14:09 <popey> #action popey look for new developers for RSS reader 19:14:09 * meetingology popey look for new developers for RSS reader 19:15:11 <popey> was there anything else you wanted to discuss larsgk ? 19:15:14 <larsgk> popey: I'd like to still be in the loop though - and I ordered some devices to do tests on 19:15:48 <popey> ok. you can keep an eye on the meeting records at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/CoreApps/Meetings 19:15:49 * mhall119 might take a couple evenings to hack on the rss reader 19:16:00 <larsgk> popey: well Roman seems to have produced very well - any idea on how many features are missing for the first alpha? 19:16:04 <popey> it does look similar to the reddit reader you made mhall119 19:16:16 <mhall119> yeah, might be able to re-use some stuff 19:16:23 * mhall119 has to sign the CLA... 19:16:31 <popey> hah 19:16:50 <popey> larsgk: I'm not sure without some more testing.. 19:17:01 <popey> we are looking to get as many of the apps that are functional, baked into the daily image as soon as possible 19:17:12 <popey> this will give us more visibility, testing (and bug reports) 19:17:17 <larsgk> true 19:17:31 <popey> I agree with mhall119 about the split reading view 19:17:48 <popey> I'd rather have the whole screen dedicated to the content when i click on an article 19:19:47 <larsgk> btw - a webkit reviewer/rss fanatic I know moved from Google Reader to http://www.feedly.com/ - and seem surprisingly pleased with how that works. 19:19:48 <mhall119> popey: can we make a work item to put the content in a separate Page? 19:20:02 <mhall119> I'll take it if I have a free evening 19:20:12 <popey> ok. will add it 19:20:23 <mhall119> thanks 19:20:39 <mhall119> target it for month-1 milestone, that should give us time 19:21:31 <popey> done 19:22:22 <popey> gosh that feedly is nice 19:22:27 <popey> very visually appealing 19:22:40 <larsgk> popey: yes 19:23:02 <larsgk> and my friend LIVES in RSS feeds.. when not hacking webkit 19:23:27 <mhall119> maybe later on we can look into supporting web service backends like that 19:23:38 <popey> yeah 19:23:49 <popey> for now I'm happy just throwing rss feeds at the app and viewing individual articles 19:23:55 <popey> I think that's sufficient for an alpha release 19:24:35 <mhall119> yeah 19:25:41 <popey> larsgk: am I right in saying the two items in https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone-commons/+spec/initial-rssreader-development month 0 are now "IN PROGRESS"? rather than TODO? 19:26:12 <larsgk> popey: yes - but I think it makes more sense to build new stuff on Romans commits 19:26:25 <popey> ok 19:27:00 <larsgk> popey: it's very few files we will end up with - no need to polute with different strategies so early in the process 19:27:12 <popey> ok 19:28:18 <larsgk> I can remove my name from them (or you can) - but please don't take me out of the loop. I can review, test and more still 19:29:39 <popey> ok, great, thanks 19:29:52 <popey> lets wrap up in time for the next meeting. all the best larsgk 19:30:09 <popey> #endmeeting