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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20070226-newsletter.xml
This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 26 February 2007.
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1. Gentoo News
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GWN seeking help
----------------
The GWN staff is seeking writers to help us collect stories from the Gentoo
community and also from outside sources. There is a current need for people
to write summaries of topics from the various Gentoo mailing lists, the
forums, and the planet aggregator. These summaries should be between about
50 and 250 words and should give the general idea of the thread or post.
Besides the community summaries, the GWN staff is seeking articles about
local events, Gentoo being mentioned in other on-line and print media, and
also tips and tricks that can be passed on to other Gentoo users.
If you are interested in becoming a regular writer for the GWN, or just want
to give a one time contribution, contact the GWN staff at
gwn-feedback [at] gentoo
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2. Heard in the community
=========================
gentoo-dev
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Install locations for doc packages
Gentoo developer Ryan Hill asks the correct way in which to manage the
installation of documentation with packages, as there is an inconsistency as
to how it is currently treated within the tree. The problem being that if
they are installed according the the package version, then bookmarks will be
broken on a version bump. Zac Medico, a portage developer, replies by saying
that since portage 2.1.2 a new variable, DOC_SYMLINKS_DIR, is designed to
solve this problem.
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_142902.xml
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3. Gentoo in the press
======================
IT News Online (19 Feb 2007)
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VIA Technologies Inc. announced that Ainkaboot, a London-based company
designing cluster servers for high performance computing (HPC) and high
availability computing, is shipping the first ultra compact Octimod
MPC7-1500 cluster modules powered by VIA EPIA EN15000 mainboards.
KlustOS, the Ainkaboot dedicated clustering operating system, provides the
backbone of the Octimod, with a host of clustering utilities, management
software and parallel processing environments. Based on Gentoo Linux,
KlustOS consists almost exclusively of open source software and is able to
take advantage of hardware features such as VIA PadLock Security Engine
tools.
* http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=8796&scatid=3&contid=4
PRWeb (19 Feb 2007)
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BitLeap's LeapServ® backup and recovery network appliances and remote backup
service are Linux-based and rely on a range of open source applications.
The Gentoo Linux distribution lies at the heart of the LeapServ, remotely
managing thousands of servers on remote networks, while modified RDBMS's
MySQL and PostgreSQL are used for storing and retrieving hundreds of
millions of records of customer's data. See BitLeap's open source page for
more details on how BitLeap integrates open source software in development.
* http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/2/prweb505676.htm
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4. Gentoo developer moves
=========================
Moves
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
* Diego Pettenò (Flameeyes)
Adds
----
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
* none this week
Changes
-------
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:
* Xavier Neys (neysx) resigned from French Lead position
* Camille Huot (cam) new French Lead Translator
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5. Gentoo security
==================
Nexuiz: Multiple vulnerabilities
--------------------------------
Two separate vulnerabilities have been found in Nexuiz allowing the remote
execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[1]
1. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-09.xml
UFO2000: Multiple vulnerabilities
---------------------------------
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the network components of
UFO2000 that could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[2]
2. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-10.xml
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6. Gentoo package moves
=======================
This section lists packages that have either been moved or added to the tree
and packages that have had their "last rites" announcement given to be
removed in the future. The package removals come from many locations,
including the Treecleaners[3] and various developers. Most packages which
are listed under the Last Rites section are in need of some love and care
and can remain in the tree if proper maintainership is established.
3. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners
Removals:
---------
Package: Removal date: Contact:
dev-lang/tolua 19 Feb 2007 Matti Bickel[4]
dev-lang/lua-wrapper 20 Feb 2007 Matti Bickel[4]
media-video/nvidia-freebsd 20 Feb 2007 Timothy Redaelli[5]
net-firewall/firestorm 20 Feb 2007 Raúl Porcel[6]
net-p2p/g2gui 20 Feb 2007 Raúl Porcel[6]
net-p2p/bittorrent-stats 20 Feb 2007 Raúl Porcel[6]
media-sound/amp 20 Feb 2007 Chris Gianelloni[7]
app-emulation/winex 21 Feb 2007 Mike Frysinger[8]
app-emulation/winex-cvs 21 Feb 2007 Mike Frysinger[8]
app-antivirus/vlnx 22 Feb 2007 Timothy Redaelli[5]
sys-apps/perfctr 25 Feb 2007 Robin H. Johnson[9]
4. mabi [at] gentoo
5. drizzt [at] gentoo
6. armin76 [at] gentoo
7. wolf31o2 [at] gentoo
8. vapier [at] gentoo
9. robbat2 [at] gentoo
Additions:
----------
Package: Addition date: Contact:
sci-libs/ufconfig[10] 19 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
sci-libs/amd[12] 19 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
sci-libs/umfpack[13] 19 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
games-action/astromenace-bin[14] 19 Feb 2007 Michael Sterrett[15]
dev-php5/php-gtk[16] 20 Feb 2007 Anant Narayanan[17]
sys-auth/thinkfinger[18] 21 Feb 2007 Tony Vroon[19]
games-puzzle/picpuz[20] 21 Feb 2007 Michael Sterrett[15]
net-irc/ii[21] 22 Feb 2007 Raúl Porcel[6]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-cpufreq[22] 23 Feb 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
sci-libs/qfits[24] 23 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-timers[25] 23 Feb 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
sci-libs/minuit[26] 23 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
mail-filter/spamassassin-botnet[27] 23 Feb 2007 Patrick McLean[28]
games-sports/sturmbahnfahrer[29] 23 Feb 2007 Michael Sterrett[15]
sci-mathematics/wxmaxima[30] 23 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
sci-visualization/hippodraw[31] 23 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
x11-plugins/gkrellfire[32] 23 Feb 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-gkfreq[33] 23 Feb 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-bluez[34] 23 Feb 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
dev-python/basemap-data[35] 24 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
dev-python/basemap[36] 24 Feb 2007 Sebastien Fabbro[11]
dev-ruby/mime-types[37] 24 Feb 2007 Hans de Graaff[38]
dev-ruby/rflickr[39] 24 Feb 2007 Hans de Graaff[38]
games-fps/alienarena[40] 25 Feb 2007 Tristan Heaven[41]
6. armin76 [at] gentoo
10. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-libs;name=ufconfig
11. bicatali [at] gentoo
12. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-libs;name=amd
13. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-libs;name=umfpack
14. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=games-action;name=astromenace-bin
15. mr_bones_ [at] gentoo
16. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-php5;name=php-gtk
17. anant [at] gentoo
18. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sys-auth;name=thinkfinger
19. chainsaw [at] gentoo
20. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=games-puzzle;name=picpuz
21. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-irc;name=ii
22. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-cpufreq
23. lack [at] gentoo
24. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-libs;name=qfits
25. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-timers
26. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-libs;name=minuit
27. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=mail-filter;name=spamassassin-botnet
28. chutzpah [at] gentoo
29. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=games-sports;name=sturmbahnfahrer
30. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-mathematics;name=wxmaxima
31. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=sci-visualization;name=hippodraw
32. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellfire
33. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-gkfreq
34. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-bluez
35. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-python;name=basemap-data
36. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-python;name=basemap
37. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-ruby;name=mime-types
38. graaff [at] gentoo
39. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-ruby;name=rflickr
40. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=games-fps;name=alienarena
41. nyhm [at] gentoo
Last Rites:
-----------
Package: Removal date: Contact:
app-portage/emool[42] 18 Mar 2007 Simon Stelling[43]
www-client/mozilla[44] 19 Mar 2007 Raúl Porcel[6]
www-client/mozilla-bin[45] 19 Mar 2007 Raúl Porcel[6]
media-plugins/banshee-official-plugins[46] 21 Mar 2007 Luis Medinas[47]
net-misc/ssh[48] 23 Mar 2007 Gustavo Felisberto[49]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-console[50] 24 Mar 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-logwatch[51] 24 Mar 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
x11-plugins/gkrellmouse[52] 24 Mar 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-sensors[53] 24 Mar 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
x11-plugins/gkrellmwho[54] 24 Mar 2007 Jim Ramsay[23]
app-misc/pyge[55] 24 Mar 2007 Tiziano Müller[56]
net-p2p/kenosis[57] 24 Mar 2007 Mart Raudsepp[58]
xfce-extra/xfce4-bglist-editor[59] 24 Mar 2007 Samuli Suominen[60]
xfce-extra/xfce4-modemlights[61] 24 Mar 2007 Samuli Suominen[60]
xfce-extra/xfce4-megahertz[62] 24 Mar 2007 Samuli Suominen[60]
xfce-extra/xfce4-panelmenu[63] 24 Mar 2007 Samuli Suominen[60]
xfce-extra/xfce4-websearch[64] 24 Mar 2007 Samuli Suominen[60]
6. armin76 [at] gentoo
23. lack [at] gentoo
42. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-portage;name=emool
43. blubb [at] gentoo
44. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=www-client;name=mozilla
45. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=www-client;name=mozilla-bin
46. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=media-plugins;name=banshee-official-plugins
47. metalgod [at] gentoo
48. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-misc;name=ssh
49. humpback [at] gentoo
50. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-console
51. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-logwatch
52. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellmouse
53. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellm-sensors
54. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-plugins;name=gkrellmwho
55. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-misc;name=pyge
56. dev-zero [at] gentoo
57. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-p2p;name=kenosis
58. leio [at] gentoo
59. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=xfce-extra;name=xfce4-bglist-editor
60. drac [at] gentoo
61. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=xfce-extra;name=xfce4-modemlights
62. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=xfce-extra;name=xfce4-megahertz
63. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=xfce-extra;name=xfce4-panelmenu
64. http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=xfce-extra;name=xfce4-websearch
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7. Bugzilla
===========
Summary
-------
* Statistics
* Closed bug ranking
* New bug rankings
Statistics
----------
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[65]) to record and track
bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development
team. Between 18 February 2007 and 25 February 2007, activity on the site
has resulted in:
65. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 584 new bugs during this period
* 347 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 26 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
* 132 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this
period
* 106 bugs marked as duplicates during this period
Of the 10429 currently open bugs: 17 are labeled 'blocker', 115 are labeled
'critical', and 422 are labeled 'major'.
Closed bug rankings
-------------------
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* AMD64 Project[66], with 22 closed bugs[67]
* PPC Porters[68], with 15 closed bugs[69]
* Portage team[70], with 14 closed bugs[71]
* Gentoo Security[72], with 12 closed bugs[73]
* Gentoo Sound Team[74], with 11 closed bugs[75]
* Gentoo X-windows packagers[76], with 9 closed bugs[77]
* Gentoo Science Related Packages[78], with 8 closed bugs[79]
* Default Assignee for New Packages[80], with 8 closed bugs[81]
66. amd64 [at] gentoo
67. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64 [at] gentoo
68. ppc [at] gentoo
69. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=ppc [at] gentoo
70. dev-portage [at] gentoo
71. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=dev-portage [at] gentoo
72. security [at] gentoo
73. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security [at] gentoo
74. sound [at] gentoo
75. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sound [at] gentoo
76. x11 [at] gentoo
77. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=x11 [at] gentoo
78. sci [at] gentoo
79. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sci [at] gentoo
80. maintainer-wanted [at] gentoo
81. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted [at] gentoo
New bug rankings
----------------
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:
* Default Assignee for New Packages[80], with 16 new bugs[82]
* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[83], with 15 new bugs[84]
* Gentoo Quality Assistance Team[85], with 10 new bugs[86]
* AMD64 Project[66], with 10 new bugs[87]
* media-video herd[88], with 9 new bugs[89]
* Gentoo KDE team[90], with 9 new bugs[91]
* Perl Devs @ Gentoo[92], with 7 new bugs[93]
* Java team[94], with 6 new bugs[95]
66. amd64 [at] gentoo
80. maintainer-wanted [at] gentoo
82. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted [at] gentoo
83. maintainer-needed [at] gentoo
84. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=maintainer-needed [at] gentoo
85. qa [at] gentoo
86. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=qa [at] gentoo
87. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=amd64 [at] gentoo
88. media-video [at] gentoo
89. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=media-video [at] gentoo
90. kde [at] gentoo
91. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=kde [at] gentoo
92. perl [at] gentoo
93. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=perl [at] gentoo
94. java [at] gentoo
95. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2007-02-18&chfieldto=2007-02-25&assigned_to=java [at] gentoo
===============
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96. gwn-feedback [at] gentoo
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