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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml
This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 30 October 2006.
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1. Gentoo news
==============
XMMS being removed
------------------
As many of you are probably aware, XMMS is being removed from the tree next
month. XMMS has many bugs and requires heavy patching, upstream development
and bug-fixes have ceased in favor of the forthcoming XMMS2 and XMMS has no
Gentoo maintainer. Audacious is compatible with existing themes and the
various Audacious developers have been working with the Gentoo community to
ease the transition.
More information about this change can be found at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/sound/xmms.xml.
#gentoo-uk under new management
-------------------------------
With the recent retirement of Gentoo developer Tim Yamin (plasmaroo), the
the #gentoo‑uk IRC channel is now managed by Roy Bamford[1]. The #gentoo-uk
IRC channel is an English speaking IRC channel mainly for discussion of
Gentoo, Linux and other computer related topics. As it is a small channel,
the topic rules are relaxed depending on the current business of the
channel. However, #gentoo-uk has grown by 25% or so over the last year and
as a result, #gentoo-chat has been created as an 'overflow' to allow
otherwise off-topic conversations to be started or continued when on-topic
chatter picks up in #gentoo-uk. This appears to be working well so far, with
most users nudging one another to move to #gentoo-chat to allow on-topic
conversations to have priority in the main channel.
1. NeddySeagoon@gentoo.org
There are no residency requirements for dropping in or being a regular - the
channel already has several continental contributors. As #gentoo-uk is much
quieter than the main #gentoo English language support channel, new IRC
users may find it a better place to get started than #gentoo - getting to
know their IRC clients and make their mistakes within a small friendly
group. It also works well for trying to resolve those protracted issues as
there is less distracting material being posted.
Please drop in and say hello, stay a while, or even add us to your auto-join
list!
CJK team looking for help
-------------------------
The Gentoo CJK team is understaffed, most of the packages in the tree are
old and not actively maintained (on the Gentoo side). As support for CJK
languages is something Gentoo would rather not lose, Diego Pettenò
(Flameeyes) asks that people interested in maintaining some of the packages
contact the CJK team, so that eventual proxy maintainers can be appointed
(and eventually lead to the mentoring of the most interested).
Please contact the CJK team[2] if you're interested in maintaining a package
already in portage or if you want to add a new package that might replace
one already there.
2. cjk@gentoo.org
Scheme team looking for help
----------------------------
The Gentoo Scheme herd maintainers are seriously understaffed at this time.
Interested parties will either need to currently be a Gentoo developer, or
be willing to become a developer to begin maintaining these packages.
If you have an interest in Scheme and the Gentoo project, you are encouraged
to contact recruiters@gentoo.org and start working towards becoming a
developer today.
Turkish translation team needs your help
----------------------------------------
The newly-revived GWN Turkish translation team is looking for help
translating the GWN each week. Interested parties need good written English
and Turkish skills and the availability to work on a weekly schedule. If
you're interested in helping with the team, please contact the GWN at
gwn-feedback@gentoo.org for more information. There is also a Turkish IRC
channel, #gentoo-tr, which could use soem more Turkish-speaking visitors and
would be a great place to collaborate on the translations.
=========================
2. Heard in the community
=========================
gentoo-user
-----------
date in emerge logs
Jorge Almeida wanted to know if the cryptic numbers (e.g., "1161911504") at
the beginning of each line in his emerge log were dates, and if so, how to
render them human readable. Harm Geerts confirmed that the figure was Unix
time ("the number of seconds elapsed since midnight UTC on the morning of
January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds") and suggested translating it
using Python.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.1 |
| Converting from UNIX time with python |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ python -c "import time; print time.ctime(1161911504)" |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bo Ørsted Andresen suggested using awk, instead.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.2 |
| Converting from UNIX time with awk #1 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ tail /var/log/emerge.log | awk -F: '{print strftime("%D %X %Z", $1),$2}' |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Peter Ruskin amended this to be shorter and less internationally ambiguous
in its output.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.3 |
| Converting from UNIX time with awk #2 |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ tail /var/log/emerge.log | awk -F: '{print strftime("%c", $1),$2}' |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The last (and to Jorge most suitable) solution was Richard Fish's.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.4 |
| Converting from UNIX time using date |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ date -d @1161911504 |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
There were also suggestions for more portage-specific solutions: Neil
Bothwick suggested emerging app-portage/genlop, an emerge log parsing
application. Harm Geerts suggested qlop, which is part of the
app-portage/portage-utils package.
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102804.xml
resolv.conf question/Editing /etc/init.d/net.eth0 to pass options to dhcpcd
Two different users were having similar problems with dhcpcd and
resolv.conf. When he booted, Matthew Lee's resolv.conf file was being
overwritten by a version with no DNS nameservers in it. Michael Sullivan
wanted dhcpcd not to overwrite his resolv.conf.
Richard Fish suggested that Michael read /etc/conf.d/net.example. He pointed
out that if Michael really wanted full control of his dhcp options, he could
use something like dhcpcd_INTERFACE="DHCP PARAMETERS". However, an easier
way to accomplish the goal would be generic dhcp parameters in the form
dhcp_INTERFACE="nodns".
Novensiles divi Flamen had the same suggestion for Matthew, while Vikas
Kumar suggested dns_servers_INTERFACE=( "DNS SERVER 1 IP" "DNS SERVER 2 IP" ).
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102822.xml
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102834.xml
gentoo-catalyst
---------------
Finally getting around to building live CDs with Catalyst
Ed Borasky is using catalyst to build a Gentoo-based live CD for advanced
applied mathematics (see
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/Rameau/Rameau.pdf?root=cougar&view=co ). During the course of building, he had to unmask the hard-masked
sys-apps/gli, the Gentoo Linux Installer. He wanted to know if that was
correct and also how to create a live CD without installer.
To the first question, Andrew Gaffney suggested use of portage_overlay in
the spec file or unmasking gli in Ed's snapshot. To create a non-installer
live CD, gli should be removed entirely from the spec file.
Ed also wanted to know how to install some testing packages and whether
there was an overlay for make.conf. Chris Gianelloni said that there wasn't
by design (since catalyst's purpose is creating releases, for which unstable
software cannot be used). However, Ed could mark whatever packages he wanted
stable in his snapshot.
Ed responded that since he needed only a few unstable packages, this would
work for him.
======================
3. Gentoo in the press
======================
EngadgetHD (Oct 26 2006)
------------------------
Author Ben Drawbaugh details how to upgrade the hard drive in a Series3
TiVo. What software does he recommend to use when copying your data to your
shiny new drive? Why, Gentoo, of course. Drawbaugh describes using the
Minimal InstallCD and dd to copy the data.
*
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/26/how-to-upgrade-your-series3-drive/
=========================
4. Gentoo developer moves
=========================
Moves
-----
The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
* Emanuele Giaquinta (exg)
Adds
----
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
* Christian Faulhammer (opfer) emacs/x86
Changes
-------
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:
* none this week
==================
5. Gentoo security
==================
OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
---------------------------------
OpenSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities including the possible remote
execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[3]
3. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml
Apache mod_tcl: Format string vulnerability
-------------------------------------------
A format string vulnerability has been found in Apache mod_tcl, which could
lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[4]
4. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-12.xml
Cheese Tracker: Buffer Overflow
-------------------------------
Cheese Tracker contains a buffer overflow allowing the remote execution of
arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[5]
5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-13.xml
PHP: Integer overflow
---------------------
PHP is vulnerable to an integer overflow potentially allowing the remote
execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[6]
6. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-14.xml
============================
6. Upcoming package removals
============================
This is a list of packages that have been announced to be removed in the
future. The package removals come from many locations, including the
Treecleaners[7] and various developers.
7. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners
Last Rites:
-----------
Package: Removal date: Contact:
app-laptop/xpmumon 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
media-gfx/radiance 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-mail/cvm-vmailmgr 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-cdr/cdrx 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-emacs/liece 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-analyzer/tptest 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-wireless/aircrack 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-misc/aesop 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-crypt/outguess 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
dev-util/sashxb 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-editors/cute 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-newsticker 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-misc/pms 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-misc/largorecipes 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
media-video/winki 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-giFT 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-misc/qadsl 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
media-libs/libaudiooss 27 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-libs/daaplib 27 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
net-misc/minisip 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmutil 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmnetutil 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmikey 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmsip 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
x11-drivers/kyro-drivers 26 Nov 06 Donnie Berkholz[11]
dev-java/bluej-bin 26 Nov 06 Steve Dibb[12]
net-www/netscape-plugger 25 Nov 06 Doug Goldstein[13]
games-fps/quake3-tremulous 24 Nov 06 Chris Gianelloni[14]
8. antarus@gentoo.org
9. flameeyes@gentoo.org
10. gustavoz@gentoo.org
11. dberkholz@gentoo.org
12. beandog@gentoo.org
13. cardoe@gentoo.org
14. wolf31o2@gentoo.org
XMMS and friends:
-----------------
Due to the large volume of packages in the XMMS masking, they have been
added into a section of their own. This is to ensure that they get proper
exposure, as this affects many people and is a hotly-debated item.
Package: Removal date: Contact:
dev-perl/Xmms-Perl 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
dev-python/pyxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
gnome-extra/gxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/dumb-xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/efxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/eq-xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/modplugxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xalbumlist 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmmplayer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-adplug 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-alarm 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-arts 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-blursk 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-btexmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdcover 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdread 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-coverviewer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crossfade 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crystality 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dflowers 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dscope 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dspectogram 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dspectral 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-extra 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-fc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-find 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-finespectrum 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-fmradio 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-gdancer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-goom 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-idcin 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-imms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-infinity 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-infopipe 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-iris 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-itouch 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-jack 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-jess 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-kde 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-kjofol 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-ladspa 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-libvisual 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-lirc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-liveice 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-liveplugin 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-lyrc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mad 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-midi 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-morestate 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mp3cue 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-musepack 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nas 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nebulus 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-null 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-oggre 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-outpost 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-pipe 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-realrandom 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-repeatit 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-scrobbler 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-shell 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-shn 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sid 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-smpeg 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sndfile 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-spc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-speex 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-tfmx 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-volnorm 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wakeup 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wma 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wmdiscotux 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xf86audio 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xmmsd 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xmmsmplayer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/ctrlxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/longplayer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/madman 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/gaim-xmms-remote 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-themes/xmms-themes 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-synaesthesia 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-ir 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/desklet-cornerxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mpg123 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crossfade 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nsf 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-status-plugin 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/xmmsctrl 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/gkrellmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/wmalbum 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/wmusic 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/wmxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
rox-extra/roxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdaudio 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mpg123 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-opengl-spectrum 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-vorbis 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-alsa 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-blur-scope 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-disk-writer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-echo 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-esd 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-joystick 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mikmod 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-oss 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sanalyzer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-song-change 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-stereo 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-tonegen 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-voice 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wav 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
app-misc/livetools 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/noxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
xfce-extra/xfce4-xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
xfce-extra/xfce4-xmms-controller 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
9. flameeyes@gentoo.org
===========
7. Bugzilla
===========
Summary
-------
* Statistics
* Closed bug ranking
* New bug rankings
Statistics
----------
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[15]) to record and track
bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development
team. Between 22 October 2006 and 29 October 2006, activity on the site has
resulted in:
15. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 913 new bugs during this period
* 559 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 36 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
* 180 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this
period
* 192 bugs marked as duplicates during this period
Of the 11128 currently open bugs: 32 are labeled 'blocker', 116 are labeled
'critical', and 536 are labeled 'major'.
Closed bug rankings
-------------------
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* AMD64 Project[16], with 30 closed bugs[17]
* Gentoo Sound Team[18], with 28 closed bugs[19]
* Gentoo Games[20], with 26 closed bugs[21]
* Xavier Neys[22], with 20 closed bugs[23]
* Default Assignee for New Packages[24], with 18 closed bugs[25]
* Gentoo KDE team[26], with 15 closed bugs[27]
* Gentoo Security[28], with 14 closed bugs[29]
* Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[30], with 12 closed bugs[31]
16. amd64@gentoo.org
17. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
18. sound@gentoo.org
19. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sound@gentoo.org
20. games@gentoo.org
21. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@gentoo.org
22. neysx@gentoo.org
23. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=neysx@gentoo.org
24. maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
25. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
26. kde@gentoo.org
27. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@gentoo.org
28. security@gentoo.org
29. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@gentoo.org
30. base-system@gentoo.org
31. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@gentoo.org
New bug rankings
----------------
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:
* Default Assignee for New Packages[24], with 24 new bugs[32]
* Gentoo TreeCleaner Project[33], with 17 new bugs[34]
* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[35], with 13 new bugs[36]
* Gentoo net-p2p team[37], with 11 new bugs[38]
* AMD64 Project[16], with 11 new bugs[39]
* Gentoo KDE team[26], with 9 new bugs[40]
* Net-Mail Packages[41], with 8 new bugs[42]
* Gentoo Sound Team[18], with 7 new bugs[43]
16. amd64@gentoo.org
18. sound@gentoo.org
24. maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
26. kde@gentoo.org
32. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
33. treecleaner@gentoo.org
34. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=treecleaner@gentoo.org
35. maintainer-needed@gentoo.org
36. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=maintainer-needed@gentoo.org
37. net-p2p@gentoo.org
38. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=net-p2p@gentoo.org
39. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
40. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=kde@gentoo.org
41. net-mail@gentoo.org
42. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=net-mail@gentoo.org
43. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=sound@gentoo.org
===============
8. GWN feedback
===============
The GWN is staffed by volunteers and members of the community who submit
ideas and articles. If you are interested in writing for the GWN, have
feedback on an article that we have posted, or just have an idea or article
that you would like to submit to the GWN, please send us your feedback[44]
and help make the GWN better.
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 30 October 2006.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
==============
1. Gentoo news
==============
XMMS being removed
------------------
As many of you are probably aware, XMMS is being removed from the tree next
month. XMMS has many bugs and requires heavy patching, upstream development
and bug-fixes have ceased in favor of the forthcoming XMMS2 and XMMS has no
Gentoo maintainer. Audacious is compatible with existing themes and the
various Audacious developers have been working with the Gentoo community to
ease the transition.
More information about this change can be found at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/sound/xmms.xml.
#gentoo-uk under new management
-------------------------------
With the recent retirement of Gentoo developer Tim Yamin (plasmaroo), the
the #gentoo‑uk IRC channel is now managed by Roy Bamford[1]. The #gentoo-uk
IRC channel is an English speaking IRC channel mainly for discussion of
Gentoo, Linux and other computer related topics. As it is a small channel,
the topic rules are relaxed depending on the current business of the
channel. However, #gentoo-uk has grown by 25% or so over the last year and
as a result, #gentoo-chat has been created as an 'overflow' to allow
otherwise off-topic conversations to be started or continued when on-topic
chatter picks up in #gentoo-uk. This appears to be working well so far, with
most users nudging one another to move to #gentoo-chat to allow on-topic
conversations to have priority in the main channel.
1. NeddySeagoon@gentoo.org
There are no residency requirements for dropping in or being a regular - the
channel already has several continental contributors. As #gentoo-uk is much
quieter than the main #gentoo English language support channel, new IRC
users may find it a better place to get started than #gentoo - getting to
know their IRC clients and make their mistakes within a small friendly
group. It also works well for trying to resolve those protracted issues as
there is less distracting material being posted.
Please drop in and say hello, stay a while, or even add us to your auto-join
list!
CJK team looking for help
-------------------------
The Gentoo CJK team is understaffed, most of the packages in the tree are
old and not actively maintained (on the Gentoo side). As support for CJK
languages is something Gentoo would rather not lose, Diego Pettenò
(Flameeyes) asks that people interested in maintaining some of the packages
contact the CJK team, so that eventual proxy maintainers can be appointed
(and eventually lead to the mentoring of the most interested).
Please contact the CJK team[2] if you're interested in maintaining a package
already in portage or if you want to add a new package that might replace
one already there.
2. cjk@gentoo.org
Scheme team looking for help
----------------------------
The Gentoo Scheme herd maintainers are seriously understaffed at this time.
Interested parties will either need to currently be a Gentoo developer, or
be willing to become a developer to begin maintaining these packages.
If you have an interest in Scheme and the Gentoo project, you are encouraged
to contact recruiters@gentoo.org and start working towards becoming a
developer today.
Turkish translation team needs your help
----------------------------------------
The newly-revived GWN Turkish translation team is looking for help
translating the GWN each week. Interested parties need good written English
and Turkish skills and the availability to work on a weekly schedule. If
you're interested in helping with the team, please contact the GWN at
gwn-feedback@gentoo.org for more information. There is also a Turkish IRC
channel, #gentoo-tr, which could use soem more Turkish-speaking visitors and
would be a great place to collaborate on the translations.
=========================
2. Heard in the community
=========================
gentoo-user
-----------
date in emerge logs
Jorge Almeida wanted to know if the cryptic numbers (e.g., "1161911504") at
the beginning of each line in his emerge log were dates, and if so, how to
render them human readable. Harm Geerts confirmed that the figure was Unix
time ("the number of seconds elapsed since midnight UTC on the morning of
January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds") and suggested translating it
using Python.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.1 |
| Converting from UNIX time with python |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ python -c "import time; print time.ctime(1161911504)" |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bo Ørsted Andresen suggested using awk, instead.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.2 |
| Converting from UNIX time with awk #1 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ tail /var/log/emerge.log | awk -F: '{print strftime("%D %X %Z", $1),$2}' |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Peter Ruskin amended this to be shorter and less internationally ambiguous
in its output.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.3 |
| Converting from UNIX time with awk #2 |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ tail /var/log/emerge.log | awk -F: '{print strftime("%c", $1),$2}' |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The last (and to Jorge most suitable) solution was Richard Fish's.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 2.4 |
| Converting from UNIX time using date |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ date -d @1161911504 |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
There were also suggestions for more portage-specific solutions: Neil
Bothwick suggested emerging app-portage/genlop, an emerge log parsing
application. Harm Geerts suggested qlop, which is part of the
app-portage/portage-utils package.
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102804.xml
resolv.conf question/Editing /etc/init.d/net.eth0 to pass options to dhcpcd
Two different users were having similar problems with dhcpcd and
resolv.conf. When he booted, Matthew Lee's resolv.conf file was being
overwritten by a version with no DNS nameservers in it. Michael Sullivan
wanted dhcpcd not to overwrite his resolv.conf.
Richard Fish suggested that Michael read /etc/conf.d/net.example. He pointed
out that if Michael really wanted full control of his dhcp options, he could
use something like dhcpcd_INTERFACE="DHCP PARAMETERS". However, an easier
way to accomplish the goal would be generic dhcp parameters in the form
dhcp_INTERFACE="nodns".
Novensiles divi Flamen had the same suggestion for Matthew, while Vikas
Kumar suggested dns_servers_INTERFACE=( "DNS SERVER 1 IP" "DNS SERVER 2 IP" ).
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102822.xml
* http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102834.xml
gentoo-catalyst
---------------
Finally getting around to building live CDs with Catalyst
Ed Borasky is using catalyst to build a Gentoo-based live CD for advanced
applied mathematics (see
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/Rameau/Rameau.pdf?root=cougar&view=co ). During the course of building, he had to unmask the hard-masked
sys-apps/gli, the Gentoo Linux Installer. He wanted to know if that was
correct and also how to create a live CD without installer.
To the first question, Andrew Gaffney suggested use of portage_overlay in
the spec file or unmasking gli in Ed's snapshot. To create a non-installer
live CD, gli should be removed entirely from the spec file.
Ed also wanted to know how to install some testing packages and whether
there was an overlay for make.conf. Chris Gianelloni said that there wasn't
by design (since catalyst's purpose is creating releases, for which unstable
software cannot be used). However, Ed could mark whatever packages he wanted
stable in his snapshot.
Ed responded that since he needed only a few unstable packages, this would
work for him.
======================
3. Gentoo in the press
======================
EngadgetHD (Oct 26 2006)
------------------------
Author Ben Drawbaugh details how to upgrade the hard drive in a Series3
TiVo. What software does he recommend to use when copying your data to your
shiny new drive? Why, Gentoo, of course. Drawbaugh describes using the
Minimal InstallCD and dd to copy the data.
*
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/26/how-to-upgrade-your-series3-drive/
=========================
4. Gentoo developer moves
=========================
Moves
-----
The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
* Emanuele Giaquinta (exg)
Adds
----
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
* Christian Faulhammer (opfer) emacs/x86
Changes
-------
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:
* none this week
==================
5. Gentoo security
==================
OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
---------------------------------
OpenSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities including the possible remote
execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[3]
3. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml
Apache mod_tcl: Format string vulnerability
-------------------------------------------
A format string vulnerability has been found in Apache mod_tcl, which could
lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[4]
4. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-12.xml
Cheese Tracker: Buffer Overflow
-------------------------------
Cheese Tracker contains a buffer overflow allowing the remote execution of
arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[5]
5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-13.xml
PHP: Integer overflow
---------------------
PHP is vulnerable to an integer overflow potentially allowing the remote
execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[6]
6. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-14.xml
============================
6. Upcoming package removals
============================
This is a list of packages that have been announced to be removed in the
future. The package removals come from many locations, including the
Treecleaners[7] and various developers.
7. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners
Last Rites:
-----------
Package: Removal date: Contact:
app-laptop/xpmumon 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
media-gfx/radiance 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-mail/cvm-vmailmgr 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-cdr/cdrx 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-emacs/liece 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-analyzer/tptest 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-wireless/aircrack 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-misc/aesop 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-crypt/outguess 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
dev-util/sashxb 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-editors/cute 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-newsticker 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-misc/pms 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
app-misc/largorecipes 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
media-video/winki 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-giFT 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
net-misc/qadsl 28 Nov 06 Alec Warner[8]
media-libs/libaudiooss 27 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-libs/daaplib 27 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
net-misc/minisip 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmutil 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmnetutil 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmikey 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmsip 27 Nov 06 Gustavo Zacarias[10]
x11-drivers/kyro-drivers 26 Nov 06 Donnie Berkholz[11]
dev-java/bluej-bin 26 Nov 06 Steve Dibb[12]
net-www/netscape-plugger 25 Nov 06 Doug Goldstein[13]
games-fps/quake3-tremulous 24 Nov 06 Chris Gianelloni[14]
8. antarus@gentoo.org
9. flameeyes@gentoo.org
10. gustavoz@gentoo.org
11. dberkholz@gentoo.org
12. beandog@gentoo.org
13. cardoe@gentoo.org
14. wolf31o2@gentoo.org
XMMS and friends:
-----------------
Due to the large volume of packages in the XMMS masking, they have been
added into a section of their own. This is to ensure that they get proper
exposure, as this affects many people and is a hotly-debated item.
Package: Removal date: Contact:
dev-perl/Xmms-Perl 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
dev-python/pyxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
gnome-extra/gxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/dumb-xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/efxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/eq-xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/modplugxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xalbumlist 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmmplayer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-adplug 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-alarm 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-arts 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-blursk 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-btexmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdcover 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdread 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-coverviewer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crossfade 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crystality 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dflowers 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dscope 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dspectogram 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dspectral 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-extra 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-fc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-find 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-finespectrum 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-fmradio 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-gdancer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-goom 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-idcin 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-imms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-infinity 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-infopipe 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-iris 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-itouch 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-jack 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-jess 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-kde 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-kjofol 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-ladspa 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-libvisual 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-lirc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-liveice 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-liveplugin 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-lyrc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mad 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-midi 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-morestate 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mp3cue 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-musepack 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nas 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nebulus 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-null 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-oggre 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-outpost 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-pipe 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-realrandom 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-repeatit 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-scrobbler 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-shell 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-shn 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sid 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-smpeg 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sndfile 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-spc 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-speex 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-tfmx 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-volnorm 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wakeup 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wma 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wmdiscotux 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xf86audio 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xmmsd 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xmmsmplayer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/ctrlxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/longplayer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/madman 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/gaim-xmms-remote 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-themes/xmms-themes 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-synaesthesia 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-ir 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/desklet-cornerxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mpg123 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crossfade 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nsf 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-status-plugin 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/xmmsctrl 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/gkrellmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/wmalbum 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/wmusic 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
x11-plugins/wmxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
rox-extra/roxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdaudio 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mpg123 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-opengl-spectrum 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-vorbis 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-alsa 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-blur-scope 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-disk-writer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-echo 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-esd 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-joystick 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mikmod 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-oss 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sanalyzer 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-song-change 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-stereo 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-tonegen 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-voice 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wav 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
app-misc/livetools 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
media-sound/noxmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
xfce-extra/xfce4-xmms 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
xfce-extra/xfce4-xmms-controller 23 Nov 06 Diego Pettenò[9]
9. flameeyes@gentoo.org
===========
7. Bugzilla
===========
Summary
-------
* Statistics
* Closed bug ranking
* New bug rankings
Statistics
----------
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[15]) to record and track
bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development
team. Between 22 October 2006 and 29 October 2006, activity on the site has
resulted in:
15. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 913 new bugs during this period
* 559 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 36 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
* 180 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this
period
* 192 bugs marked as duplicates during this period
Of the 11128 currently open bugs: 32 are labeled 'blocker', 116 are labeled
'critical', and 536 are labeled 'major'.
Closed bug rankings
-------------------
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* AMD64 Project[16], with 30 closed bugs[17]
* Gentoo Sound Team[18], with 28 closed bugs[19]
* Gentoo Games[20], with 26 closed bugs[21]
* Xavier Neys[22], with 20 closed bugs[23]
* Default Assignee for New Packages[24], with 18 closed bugs[25]
* Gentoo KDE team[26], with 15 closed bugs[27]
* Gentoo Security[28], with 14 closed bugs[29]
* Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[30], with 12 closed bugs[31]
16. amd64@gentoo.org
17. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
18. sound@gentoo.org
19. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sound@gentoo.org
20. games@gentoo.org
21. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@gentoo.org
22. neysx@gentoo.org
23. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=neysx@gentoo.org
24. maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
25. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
26. kde@gentoo.org
27. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@gentoo.org
28. security@gentoo.org
29. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@gentoo.org
30. base-system@gentoo.org
31. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@gentoo.org
New bug rankings
----------------
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:
* Default Assignee for New Packages[24], with 24 new bugs[32]
* Gentoo TreeCleaner Project[33], with 17 new bugs[34]
* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[35], with 13 new bugs[36]
* Gentoo net-p2p team[37], with 11 new bugs[38]
* AMD64 Project[16], with 11 new bugs[39]
* Gentoo KDE team[26], with 9 new bugs[40]
* Net-Mail Packages[41], with 8 new bugs[42]
* Gentoo Sound Team[18], with 7 new bugs[43]
16. amd64@gentoo.org
18. sound@gentoo.org
24. maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
26. kde@gentoo.org
32. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
33. treecleaner@gentoo.org
34. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=treecleaner@gentoo.org
35. maintainer-needed@gentoo.org
36. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=maintainer-needed@gentoo.org
37. net-p2p@gentoo.org
38. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=net-p2p@gentoo.org
39. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
40. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=kde@gentoo.org
41. net-mail@gentoo.org
42. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=net-mail@gentoo.org
43. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-10-22&chfieldto=2006-10-29&assigned_to=sound@gentoo.org
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