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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 24 October 2005. |
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1. Gentoo news |
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Gentoo SGI LiveCD released |
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Joshua Kinard[1] released a bootable CD for Silicon Graphics machines, his |
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fifth release candidate that builds on earlier efforts[2], and adds the |
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SGI Origin (IP27) series to the list of supported hardware. This |
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outstanding achievement -- other than IRIX installation media, this is the |
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only bootable CD for SGI systems -- was largely built using Catalyst 2, |
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the release engineering tool's next generation, and is again making use of |
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Stanislaw Skowronek's ARCLoad bootloader and other tools. |
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1. kumba@g.o |
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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20050613-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect2 |
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Carefully check the instructions in Joshua's README[3] to the CD image |
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that can be found in the experimental MIPS section of Gentoo's mirrors[4]. |
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In particular, CDs need to be burnt with cdrecord to make sure the |
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IRIX-like partitioned disk structure is preserved. |
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3. http://dev.gentoo.org/~kumba/mips/releases/livecd-rc5/README |
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4. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml |
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Gentoo Linux/MIPS 2005.1 stages for Cobalt released |
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More good news for MIPS users, this one for owners of Cobalt Qubes and |
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RaQs: Stuart Longland[5] announced that he finished building the stages |
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for Gentoo Linux/MIPS 2005.1 installations on the popular little-endian |
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appliances of the Cobalt Networks server series[6]. Netboot images will be |
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made available later, the stages can already be downloaded from Stuart's |
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devspace[7] before they hit the official Gentoo mirrors later this month. |
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5. redhatter@g.o |
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6. http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/mips/cobalt/about_cobalt.html |
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7. http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/mips/cobalt/stages/ |
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2. Heard in the community |
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Web forums |
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Openoffice 2.0 is out |
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Greeted by many Forums users, the stable version of OOo 2.0 has hit the |
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Portage tree last week, mere hours after the official announcement. In the |
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main thread, developer Andreas Proschofsky[8] explains the benefits of |
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compiling the package (better KDE integration, Gentoo splashscreen) and |
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clarifies that it will not build with Java 1.5: |
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8. suka@g.o |
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* OpenOffice.org 2.0.0 final released[9] |
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9. https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-393445.html |
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3. Gentoo in the press |
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Information Week (17 October 2005) |
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In an article titled Open doors to innovation[10], author Larry |
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Greenemeier of Information Week reports on small and medium-sized |
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companies "creating IT infrastructures based on open-source software to |
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reduce licensing fees and increase flexibility." One of the examples |
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featuring in his concise overview of the many good uses open-source |
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software is being put to is a company called Feedster[11], a blog |
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aggregator service in San Francisco where 60 out of 75 servers run Gentoo |
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to do the job of "pumping out the RSS feeds." |
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172300923 |
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11. http://feedster.com/ |
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4. Tips and tricks |
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Rebuilding modules after a kernel upgrade |
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module-rebuild is a tool written by Gentoo developer John Mylchreest[12] |
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that serves a very simple, but utterly useful purpose: Whenever you've |
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upgraded your kernel to a newer version, this script hunts down all |
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packages that use -- now outdated -- kernel modules and rebuilds them for |
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you. |
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12. johnm@g.o |
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Suppose you've just booted into a freshly updated kernel. First of all, |
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check which packages are using modules that haven't been built with the |
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new sources yet: |
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| Code Listing 4.1: | |
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| List packages | |
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|# module-rebuild list | |
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So, in case you've got any wireless drivers, exotic filesystems, anything |
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else that relies on kernel modules, chances are you've just found them |
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listed as a result of the above, and then you can rebuild them all by |
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simply going: |
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| Code Listing 4.2: | |
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| Rebuild all affected packages | |
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|# module-rebuild rebuild | |
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Voila. Thanks to this little routine, you don't need to keep a mental list |
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of things to do after a kernel update any longer. |
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Note: Thanks to Forum user Sir No for unearthing this utility. |
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5. Moves, adds, and changes |
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Moves |
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: |
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* None this week |
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Adds |
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: |
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* Luca Longinotti (chtekk) - Apache, webapps, PHP |
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Changes |
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The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux |
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project: |
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* None this week |
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6. Gentoo Security |
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Perl, Qt-UnixODBC, CMake: RUNPATH issues |
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Multiple packages suffer from RUNPATH issues that may allow users in the |
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"portage" group to escalate privileges. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[13] |
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13. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml |
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Lynx: Buffer overflow in NNTP processing |
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Lynx contains a buffer overflow that may be exploited to execute arbitrary |
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code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[14] |
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14. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml |
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phpMyAdmin: Local file inclusion vulnerability |
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phpMyAdmin contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that may lead to |
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the execution of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[15] |
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15. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-16.xml |
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AbiWord: New RTF import buffer overflows |
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AbiWord is vulnerable to an additional set of buffer overflows during RTF |
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import, making it vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[16] |
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16. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml |
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Netpbm: Buffer overflow in pnmtopng |
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The pnmtopng utility, part of the Netpbm tools, contains a vulnerability |
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which can potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[17] |
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17. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-18.xml |
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cURL: NTLM username stack overflow |
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cURL is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could lead to the execution |
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of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[18] |
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18. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-19.xml |
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7. Bugzilla |
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Summary |
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* Statistics |
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* Closed bug ranking |
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* New bug rankings |
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Statistics |
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[19]) to record and |
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track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
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development team. Between 16 October 2005 and 23 October 2005, activity on |
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the site has resulted in: |
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19. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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* 774 new bugs during this period |
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* 391 bugs closed or resolved during this period |
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* 22 previously closed bugs were reopened this period |
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Of the 8753 currently open bugs: 108 are labeled 'blocker', 186 are |
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labeled 'critical', and 562 are labeled 'major'. |
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Closed bug rankings |
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period |
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are: |
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* Gentoo Sound Team[20], with 24 closed bugs[21] |
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* Gentoo KDE team[22], with 21 closed bugs[23] |
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* Portage team[24], with 18 closed bugs[25] |
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* Gentoo Games[26], with 17 closed bugs[27] |
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* Stefano Rossi[28], with 15 closed bugs[29] |
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* Gentoo Security[30], with 11 closed bugs[31] |
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* Jeremy Huddleston[32], with 10 closed bugs[33] |
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* Seemant Kulleen[34], with 9 closed bugs[35] |
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20. sound@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sound@g.o |
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22. kde@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@g.o |
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24. dev-portage@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=dev-portage@g.o |
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26. games@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@g.o |
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28. so@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=so@g.o |
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30. security@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@g.o |
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32. eradicator@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=eradicator@g.o |
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34. seemant@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=seemant@g.o |
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New bug rankings |
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during |
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this period are: |
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* Default Assignee for New Packages[36], with 41 new bugs[37] |
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* AMD64 Porting Team[38], with 18 new bugs[39] |
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* Gentoo Sound Team[40], with 16 new bugs[41] |
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* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[42], with 14 new bugs[43] |
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* Gentoo Games[44], with 11 new bugs[45] |
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* Gentoo Developer Relations Team[46], with 10 new bugs[47] |
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* X11 External Driver Maintainers[48], with 9 new bugs[49] |
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* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[50], with 9 new bugs[51] |
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36. maintainer-wanted@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted@g.o |
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38. amd64@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
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40. sound@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=sound@g.o |
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42. gnome@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=gnome@g.o |
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44. games@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=games@g.o |
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46. devrel@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=devrel@g.o |
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48. x11-drivers@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=x11-drivers@g.o |
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50. maintainer-needed@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-10-16&chfieldto=2005-10-23&assigned_to=maintainer-needed@g.o |
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