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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter |
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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml |
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 17 January 2005. |
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1. Gentoo News |
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Gentoo name and logo usage guidelines |
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As many might have noticed from last week's front page news item, the |
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Gentoo Foundation and Gentoo Technologies have drafted a document on |
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Gentoo name and logo usage[1] containing legalese instructions when people |
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and projects are allowed to use the Gentoo name and/or logo. To make those |
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as easily understandable as possible, here's a summary of the general |
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ideas behind those guidelines. |
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1. http://www.gentoo.org/news/20050111-namelogo.xml |
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The Gentoo trademark is described as follows: |
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|Gentoo Trademark | |
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|Computer software, namely operating system software that automatically | |
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|configures and optimizes performance on the underlying hardware and is | |
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adapted |
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servers, |
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Section 4[2] and Section 6[3] describe when people and projects are |
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allowed to use the Gentoo name in content that falls under the description |
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of the Gentoo trademark. These last words are very important - when you |
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use Gentoo in any meaning other than the description given above, then |
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this document does not apply to you. So you're free to talk about the |
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Gentoo penguin[4] or start an insurance company called "Gentoo Insurance". |
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2. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml#doc_chap4 |
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3. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml#doc_chap6 |
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4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Penguin |
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So, when are you allowed to use "Gentoo" in a project or content that does |
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relate to operating system software (including the Gentoo operating system |
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specifically)? |
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We ask project managers not to call their project "Gentoo" or have |
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"Gentoo" in its name. Otherwise users might get confused where to go for |
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official information, support or feedback. We also ask that, if you use |
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"Gentoo" in any other way (i.e. not within the name of a project) that |
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still relates to operating system software, that you clearly mention that |
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Gentoo is a registered trademark and that whatever you use "Gentoo" for is |
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not part of the Gentoo project and not directed or managed by the Gentoo |
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project or the Gentoo Foundation. It is common practice to add a ™ symbol |
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behind "Gentoo" and mention "Gentoo is a registered trademark of Gentoo |
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Technologies, Inc." at the end of your document. |
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Hold it! Does that mean we can't create a site that helps Gentoo users? |
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Surely not, that's not our intention. The more Gentoo community sites we |
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see, the happier we are. Section 6[5] grants explicit approval to |
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community sites to use the "Gentoo" name in their project name if they |
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acknowledge the "Gentoo" trademark and follow the conditions stated: |
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5. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml#doc_chap6 |
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* Each page must clearly state that the site is not officially part of |
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the Gentoo project. This informs their users that they should not try to |
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get feedback or support from the Gentoo project about that project - |
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chances are very likely that the Gentoo developers don't know how to deal |
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with their requests. |
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* The website may not look like an official Gentoo website. The layout |
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used by the Gentoo website (both the current and the upcoming new layout) |
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are only to be used by official Gentoo websites. Using the same (or a |
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similar) layout might confuse users about the origin of the website and |
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where to go with feedback or comments. |
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So far about the Gentoo name. What about the "g" logo? |
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When you plan on using the Gentoo logo on a software/hardware product for |
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commercial purposes, we ask you not to have the Gentoo logo as the |
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primary, largest logo on the product. People who then use this product |
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will know that the product contains or is based on Gentoo, but that |
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support and feedback should be directed to you. |
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What about other products, such as merchandise? We currently deny any use |
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of the Gentoo logo or artwork on such products for commercial purposes. |
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The foundation will grant approval to parties on a case-by-case basis to |
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sell such material, most likely to receive some funding from the sales, or |
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to allow projects that help Gentoo to fund their actions (such as |
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conferences) with the sales of these products. |
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You are free to use the Gentoo logo for any non-commercial purpose as long |
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as the logo is used to refer to the Gentoo project. For instance, you can |
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use the Gentoo logo to accompany an article about Gentoo, or on Gentoo |
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LiveCDs you give away on conferences. |
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Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish translations, mailing list for German GWN |
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The new year started with excellent news for people in some non-English |
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environments who would like to read the GWN in their own language: |
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Building on the success of the French, Russian and Turkish GWN who |
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re-emerge in the final days of last year, two other language versions were |
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softly woken from their year-long sleep, and put up with fresh material to |
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the Gentoo website: |
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* Marcelo Góes and Fernando Vaz have started the Brazilian Portuguese |
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translation project again, the first issue (10 January 2005[6]) has been |
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published just last week. They've requested additional help via a Forum |
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thread[7], please join them if you can contribute! |
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* After an equally long silence, a team of Spanish translators has begun |
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working on their version, with the same 10 January issue[8] as their first |
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being fresh out of the blocks, too, signed by five initial collaborators |
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(Demóstenes, Andrés Pereira, Víctor Argüelles, Miles Lubin and Alexander |
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Moreno). |
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6. http://www.gentoo.org/news/br/gwn/20050110-newsletter.xml |
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7. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=277628 |
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8. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/20050110-newsletter.xml |
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A warm welcome to our new translator teams! If you would like to |
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contribute to a GWN version in your own language, please send a short note |
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to gwn-feedback@g.o. |
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Note: We have received offers to translate the GWN to Esperanto, Basque, |
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Romanian and other languages. We'd love to let volunteers start working on |
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those versions, but require a sufficient number of translators to be |
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available in the first place. In order to provide a consistent service, at |
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least three to five translators are recommended for each language. |
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Meanwhile, a long-standing request by readers of the German GWN has been |
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answered. On top of being available at the official Gentoo website, the |
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German version will be delivered to subscribers of a mailing list set up |
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last week. Distribution will start from the current issue, if you would |
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like to subscribe, send a message to gentoo-gwn-de-subscribe@g.o |
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and follow instructions. |
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2. Future zone |
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Project goals for 2005 |
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Continued from last week's GWN[9], this section today keeps track of more |
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goals set forth for some Gentoo projects again. After Release Engineering, |
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Kernel, and Gentoo/BSD defined their goals last week, here's what else is |
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on the agenda for the next months: |
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9. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20050111-newsletter.xml#doc_chap2 |
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Portage |
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* Stabilize portage-2.0 |
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* Finalize a plan for (CVS-)HEAD portage features |
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* Roll out a useful API |
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* Release new versions with extensive changes |
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Web-app |
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* Improve turn-around time on responses to security bugs |
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* Publish a Gentoo webserver handbook (in progress) |
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* Release webapp-config v2, and vhost-config v1 (in progress) |
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* Remove webapp-apache.eclass from Portage |
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* Find more maintainers for our packages |
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Documentation project |
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* Pull in developers/contributors: contributors for non-x86, contributors |
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for Gentoo projects, maintainers for existing documentation |
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* Reintroduce status updates for all team members |
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* Improve documentation on GuideXML |
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* "Writing Style" documentation |
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* Audit the existing documentation |
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* More USE-case documentation (e.g. "Virtual Mailhosting Guide") |
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* Documentation project update |
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Forensics Herd |
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* Include more packages |
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* Develop a bootable CD for network and disk forensic tools |
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Embedded |
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* Include more packages |
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* Solve bugs related to packages |
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Netmon |
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* Catch up on bugs |
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* Recruit more people |
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* Integrate gentoo-security announcements and nessus |
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Managers' meetings |
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* Rotate schedules across timezones so that more developers may |
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participate |
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* Discuss usefulness of these meetings and implement needed changes |
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* Assign task to get logs put up on the web |
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GLEPs |
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* Possibly recruit another GLEP editor |
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* Consider allowing plain-text GLEPs |
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3. Gentoo security |
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Dillo: Format string vulnerability |
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Dillo is vulnerable to a format string bug, which may result in the |
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execution of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[10] |
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10. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-11.xml |
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TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution |
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A bug in TikiWiki allows certain users to upload and execute malicious PHP |
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scripts. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11] |
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11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-12.xml |
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pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf |
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pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it |
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vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF |
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file. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[12] |
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12. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-13.xml |
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mpg123: Buffer overflow |
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An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code by way of specially |
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crafted MP2 or MP3 files. |
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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-200501-14.xml |
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UnRTF: Buffer overflow |
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A buffer overflow in UnRTF allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by |
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way of a specially crafted RTF file. |
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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-200501-15.xml |
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Konqueror: Java sandbox vulnerabilities |
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The Java sandbox environment in Konqueror can be bypassed to access |
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arbitrary packages, allowing untrusted Java applets to perform |
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unrestricted actions on the host system. |
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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-200501-16.xml |
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KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf |
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KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, |
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making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is |
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enticed to view a malicious PDF file. |
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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-200501-17.xml |
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KDE FTP KIOslave: Command injection |
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The FTP KIOslave contains a bug allowing users to execute arbitrary FTP |
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commands. |
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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-200501-18.xml |
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imlib2: Buffer overflows in image decoding |
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Multiple overflows have been found in the imlib2 library image decoding |
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routines, potentially allowing the execution 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-200501-19.xml |
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o3read: Buffer overflow during file conversion |
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A buffer overflow in o3read allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code |
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by way of a specially crafted XML file. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[19] |
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19. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-20.xml |
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HylaFAX: hfaxd unauthorized login vulnerability |
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HylaFAX is subject to a vulnerability in its username matching code, |
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potentially allowing remote users to bypass access control lists. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[20] |
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20. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-21.xml |
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poppassd_pam: Unauthorized password changing |
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poppassd_pam allows anyone to change any user's password without |
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authenticating the user first. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[21] |
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21. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-22.xml |
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Exim: Two buffer overflows |
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Buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which could lead to arbitrary code |
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execution, have been found in the handling of IPv6 addresses as well as in |
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the SPA authentication mechanism in Exim. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[22] |
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22. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xml |
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tnftp: Arbitrary file overwriting |
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tnftp fails to validate filenames when downloading files, making it |
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vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[23] |
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23. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-24.xml |
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4. Heard in the community |
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Web forums |
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Flurry of fits over GCC update |
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GCC 3.3.5 was marked stable for keyword="x86" last week, but caused major |
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uproar because of highly unpleasant side-effects. The symptoms include |
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errors when compiling some libraries like Gtk+-2, which in turn lead to a |
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few dozen duplicate bug reports in Bugzilla, and an equally frenetic |
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activity in the Forums. The fix is simple enough, but people are still |
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puzzled how something like this could have happened in the first place: |
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* Problems after upgrade gcc to 3.3.5 (solution)[24] |
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24. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=278673 |
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gentoo-user |
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Linux and TV tuner cards |
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Linux supports various TV Tuner cards, but no one ever said it was |
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trivial! This massive thread leads up our coverage of the gentoo-user list |
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this week, and it involves a Gentoo user using a WinTV card. Read this |
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thread for an important lesson learned on using and configuring with make |
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menuconfig! |
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* BT848 driver.[25] |
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25. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/114954 |
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Soliciting initial advice |
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Just about everyone has a few stories regarding their first installation |
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of Gentoo. While Gentoo's install has undoubtedly improved by leaps and |
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bounds over the past few years, Linux users migrating from other |
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mainstream distributions like SuSE and Fedora are often intimidated with |
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the "daunting" task of installing the operating system from source. One |
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potential Gentoo recruit solicited advice fom the list this week, with a |
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handful of great tips in the tow. |
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* before beginning[26] |
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26. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/114817 |
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gentoo-dev |
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Encrypted root file system |
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Paranoid? Trying to hide something? This thread gives you lots of good |
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hints on encrypting even your root filesystem to keep your data away from |
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bad people |
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* Encrypted root file system[27] |
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27. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/24099 |
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Ideas for desktop TLP goals? |
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Donnie Berkholz[28] asks "Where would you like to see the Gentoo desktop |
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go? What's been done poorly, what's been done well?" |
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28. spyderous@g.o |
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* Ideas for desktop TLP goals?[29] |
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29. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23973 |
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2005.0 cleanups |
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Mike Frysinger[30] In preparation for the 2005.0 release, Mike Frysinger |
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warns that some of the older profiles (2004.0 mostly) will be removed with |
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the appearance of 2005.0. Please update your profiles! |
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30. vapier@g.o |
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* 2005.0 spring cleanup[31] |
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31. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/24097 |
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5. Gentoo International |
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USA: Gentoo booth at the Linux World Expo in Boston, MA (14 to 17 February) |
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Preparations for Gentoo's presence from 14 to 17 February 2005 at the |
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Linux World Expo, Boston edition[32], are well under way. Architectures on |
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display will include x86 and others, with a possibility of including a few |
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MacMinis. There's a Forum thread[33] for people looking for directions to |
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the booth (and possibly to announce their intentions to visit the show), |
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and if you need help with accommodation or other tips, Bostonian Andrew |
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Fant[34] has volunteered to serve as a local coordinator and pivot for |
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informations. |
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32. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12BOS05A |
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33. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=278336 |
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34. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/24064 |
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UK: Gentoo UK conference online registration open |
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Online registration for the second Gentoo UK conference on 12 March 2005 |
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is now possible via Stuart Herbert's web space[35] at dev.gentoo.org. |
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According to Stuart, there are even a few slots for presentations still |
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available to interested developers. |
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35. http://dev.gentoo.org/~stuart/2005/ |
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6. Gentoo in the press |
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Linux Format (Issue #62, January 2005) |
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The UK based magazine's print version has an article on "the ultimate |
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distros". Ranking Gentoo 6th among 15 distributions under scrutiny, their |
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peculiar judgement of Gentoo including a not entirely satisfactory |
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assessment of its usefulness has already triggered some repercussions in |
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the Gentoo Forums[36]. |
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36. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=280195 |
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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[37]) to record and |
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track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
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development team. Between 09 January 2005 and 16 January 2005, activity on |
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the site has resulted in: |
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37. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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* 968 new bugs during this period |
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* 500 bugs closed or resolved during this period |
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* 31 previously closed bugs were reopened this period |
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Of the 7959 currently open bugs: 116 are labeled 'blocker', 229 are |
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labeled 'critical', and 567 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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* AMD64 Porting Team[38], with 40 closed bugs[39] |
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* Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[40], with 32 closed bugs[41] |
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* Gentoo Security[42], with 31 closed bugs[43] |
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* Gentoo KDE team[44], with 19 closed bugs[45] |
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* Jeremy Huddleston[46], with 18 closed bugs[47] |
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* Java team[48], with 16 closed bugs[49] |
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* Net-Mail Packages[50], with 13 closed bugs[51] |
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* media-video herd[52], with 12 closed bugs[53] |
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38. amd64@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
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40. base-system@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@g.o |
512 |
42. security@g.o |
513 |
43. |
514 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@g.o |
515 |
44. kde@g.o |
516 |
45. |
517 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@g.o |
518 |
46. eradicator@g.o |
519 |
47. |
520 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=eradicator@g.o |
521 |
48. java@g.o |
522 |
49. |
523 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=java@g.o |
524 |
50. net-mail@g.o |
525 |
51. |
526 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=net-mail@g.o |
527 |
52. media-video@g.o |
528 |
53. |
529 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=media-video@g.o |
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|
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New bug rankings |
532 |
---------------- |
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|
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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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|
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* AMD64 Porting Team[54], with 22 new bugs[55] |
538 |
* Gentoo Sound Team[56], with 18 new bugs[57] |
539 |
* Gentoo X-windows packagers[58], with 15 new bugs[59] |
540 |
* Net-Mail Packages[60], with 15 new bugs[61] |
541 |
* Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers[62], with 15 new |
542 |
bugs[63] |
543 |
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[64], with 14 new bugs[65] |
544 |
* OpenOffice Team[66], with 12 new bugs[67] |
545 |
* Gentoo KDE team[68], with 12 new bugs[69] |
546 |
54. amd64@g.o |
547 |
55. |
548 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
549 |
56. sound@g.o |
550 |
57. |
551 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=sound@g.o |
552 |
58. x11@g.o |
553 |
59. |
554 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=x11@g.o |
555 |
60. net-mail@g.o |
556 |
61. |
557 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=net-mail@g.o |
558 |
62. kernel@g.o |
559 |
63. |
560 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=kernel@g.o |
561 |
64. gnome@g.o |
562 |
65. |
563 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=gnome@g.o |
564 |
66. openoffice@g.o |
565 |
67. |
566 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=openoffice@g.o |
567 |
68. kde@g.o |
568 |
69. |
569 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-01-09&chfieldto=2005-01-16&assigned_to=kde@g.o |
570 |
|
571 |
================== |
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8. Tips and tricks |
573 |
================== |
574 |
|
575 |
Gentoo bugzilla search plugin for Firefox |
576 |
----------------------------------------- |
577 |
|
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Are you using the little search input field on the upper right of your |
579 |
Firefox browser window? Most people do, and most of most people use it |
580 |
only to google for search terms. A little lesser known is the possibility |
581 |
to add plugins for limited searches at specific websites - or the Gentoo |
582 |
bug report system, for that matter. This extremely useful little add-on |
583 |
was concocted by developer Mike Frysinger[70], and hunts for your search |
584 |
terms in the overview of bug reports at Gentoo's central Bugzilla. |
585 |
70. vapier@g.o |
586 |
|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Code Listing 8.1: | |
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|Download two files from the Mozilla searchplugin | |
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repository----------------------------------------------------------------- |
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-------- |
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| | |
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|# wget http://mycroft.mozdev.org/plugins/Gentoo-Bugs.{src,png} | |
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| | |
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
596 |
|
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Next, copy those files to the path where Firefox looks for plugins to use. |
598 |
Be root if you do this, or prepend the following command with sudo: |
599 |
|
600 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
601 |
| Code Listing 8.2: | |
602 |
|Install searchplugin in the appropriate | |
603 |
directory------------------------------------------------------------------ |
604 |
------- |
605 |
| | |
606 |
|# cp Gentoo-Bugs.src Gentoo-Bugs.png | |
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/usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/searchplugins/(or sudo if not done as root) |
608 |
| | |
609 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
610 |
|
611 |
That's it. Kill any open Firefox windows, restart Firefox, there you go: |
612 |
Gentoo bug hunting at your fingertips. |
613 |
|
614 |
=========================== |
615 |
9. Moves, adds, and changes |
616 |
=========================== |
617 |
|
618 |
Moves |
619 |
----- |
620 |
|
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: |
622 |
|
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* None this week |
624 |
|
625 |
Adds |
626 |
---- |
627 |
|
628 |
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: |
629 |
|
630 |
* Kai Zimmermann (kzimmerm) - media-video |
631 |
|
632 |
Changes |
633 |
------- |
634 |
|
635 |
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux |
636 |
project: |
637 |
|
638 |
* None this week |
639 |
|
640 |
===================== |
641 |
10. Contribute to GWN |
642 |
===================== |
643 |
|
644 |
Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an |
645 |
email[71]. |
646 |
71. gwn-feedback@g.o |
647 |
|
648 |
================ |
649 |
11. GWN feedback |
650 |
================ |
651 |
|
652 |
Please send us your feedback[72] and help make the GWN better. |
653 |
72. gwn-feedback@g.o |
654 |
|
655 |
================================ |
656 |
12. GWN subscription information |
657 |
================================ |
658 |
|
659 |
To subscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to |
660 |
gentoo-gwn-subscribe@g.o. |
661 |
|
662 |
To unsubscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to |
663 |
gentoo-gwn-unsubscribe@g.o from the email address you are |
664 |
subscribed under. |
665 |
|
666 |
=================== |
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13. Other languages |
668 |
=================== |
669 |
|
670 |
The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is also available in the following languages: |
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|
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* Danish[73] |
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* Dutch[74] |
674 |
* English[75] |
675 |
* German[76] |
676 |
* French[77] |
677 |
* Japanese[78] |
678 |
* Italian[79] |
679 |
* Polish[80] |
680 |
* Portuguese (Brazil)[81] |
681 |
* Portuguese (Portugal)[82] |
682 |
* Russian[83] |
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* Spanish[84] |
684 |
* Turkish[85] |
685 |
73. http://www.gentoo.org/news/da/gwn/gwn.xml |
686 |
74. http://www.gentoo.org/news/be/gwn/gwn.xml |
687 |
75. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/gwn.xml |
688 |
76. http://www.gentoo.org/news/de/gwn/gwn.xml |
689 |
77. http://www.gentoo.org/news/fr/gwn/gwn.xml |
690 |
78. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ja/gwn/gwn.xml |
691 |
79. http://www.gentoo.org/news/it/gwn/gwn.xml |
692 |
80. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pl/gwn/gwn.xml |
693 |
81. http://www.gentoo.org/news/br/gwn/gwn.xml |
694 |
82. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pt/gwn/gwn.xml |
695 |
83. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ru/gwn/gwn.xml |
696 |
84. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/gwn.xml |
697 |
85. http://www.gentoo.org/news/tr/gwn/gwn.xml |
698 |
|
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Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Editor |
700 |
Brian Downey <bdowney@×××××××××××.net> - Author |
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703 |
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