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From: Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 17 January 2005
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:40:49
Message-Id: 20050117013945.35346e5c.plate@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
3 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml
4 This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 17 January 2005.
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6
7 ==============
8 1. Gentoo News
9 ==============
10
11 Gentoo name and logo usage guidelines
12 -------------------------------------
13
14 As many might have noticed from last week's front page news item, the
15 Gentoo Foundation and Gentoo Technologies have drafted a document on
16 Gentoo name and logo usage[1] containing legalese instructions when people
17 and projects are allowed to use the Gentoo name and/or logo. To make those
18 as easily understandable as possible, here's a summary of the general
19 ideas behind those guidelines.
20 1. http://www.gentoo.org/news/20050111-namelogo.xml
21
22 The Gentoo trademark is described as follows:
23
24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 | Code Listing 1.1: |
26 |Gentoo Trademark |
27 Description----------------------------------------------------------------
28 ---------
29 | |
30 |Computer software, namely operating system software that automatically |
31 |configures and optimizes performance on the underlying hardware and is |
32 adapted
33 |for a large number of usage scenarios and applications, namely, secure |
34 servers,
35 |development workstations, professional desktops, gaming systems and |
36 embedded
37 |solutions. |
38 | |
39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
40
41 Section 4[2] and Section 6[3] describe when people and projects are
42 allowed to use the Gentoo name in content that falls under the description
43 of the Gentoo trademark. These last words are very important - when you
44 use Gentoo in any meaning other than the description given above, then
45 this document does not apply to you. So you're free to talk about the
46 Gentoo penguin[4] or start an insurance company called "Gentoo Insurance".
47 2. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml#doc_chap4
48 3. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml#doc_chap6
49 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Penguin
50
51 So, when are you allowed to use "Gentoo" in a project or content that does
52 relate to operating system software (including the Gentoo operating system
53 specifically)?
54
55 We ask project managers not to call their project "Gentoo" or have
56 "Gentoo" in its name. Otherwise users might get confused where to go for
57 official information, support or feedback. We also ask that, if you use
58 "Gentoo" in any other way (i.e. not within the name of a project) that
59 still relates to operating system software, that you clearly mention that
60 Gentoo is a registered trademark and that whatever you use "Gentoo" for is
61 not part of the Gentoo project and not directed or managed by the Gentoo
62 project or the Gentoo Foundation. It is common practice to add a ™ symbol
63 behind "Gentoo" and mention "Gentoo is a registered trademark of Gentoo
64 Technologies, Inc." at the end of your document.
65
66 Hold it! Does that mean we can't create a site that helps Gentoo users?
67 Surely not, that's not our intention. The more Gentoo community sites we
68 see, the happier we are. Section 6[5] grants explicit approval to
69 community sites to use the "Gentoo" name in their project name if they
70 acknowledge the "Gentoo" trademark and follow the conditions stated:
71 5. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml#doc_chap6
72
73 * Each page must clearly state that the site is not officially part of
74 the Gentoo project. This informs their users that they should not try to
75 get feedback or support from the Gentoo project about that project -
76 chances are very likely that the Gentoo developers don't know how to deal
77 with their requests.
78 * The website may not look like an official Gentoo website. The layout
79 used by the Gentoo website (both the current and the upcoming new layout)
80 are only to be used by official Gentoo websites. Using the same (or a
81 similar) layout might confuse users about the origin of the website and
82 where to go with feedback or comments.
83
84 So far about the Gentoo name. What about the "g" logo?
85
86 When you plan on using the Gentoo logo on a software/hardware product for
87 commercial purposes, we ask you not to have the Gentoo logo as the
88 primary, largest logo on the product. People who then use this product
89 will know that the product contains or is based on Gentoo, but that
90 support and feedback should be directed to you.
91
92 What about other products, such as merchandise? We currently deny any use
93 of the Gentoo logo or artwork on such products for commercial purposes.
94 The foundation will grant approval to parties on a case-by-case basis to
95 sell such material, most likely to receive some funding from the sales, or
96 to allow projects that help Gentoo to fund their actions (such as
97 conferences) with the sales of these products.
98
99 You are free to use the Gentoo logo for any non-commercial purpose as long
100 as the logo is used to refer to the Gentoo project. For instance, you can
101 use the Gentoo logo to accompany an article about Gentoo, or on Gentoo
102 LiveCDs you give away on conferences.
103
104 Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish translations, mailing list for German GWN
105 installed
106 ---------
107
108 The new year started with excellent news for people in some non-English
109 environments who would like to read the GWN in their own language:
110 Building on the success of the French, Russian and Turkish GWN who
111 re-emerge in the final days of last year, two other language versions were
112 softly woken from their year-long sleep, and put up with fresh material to
113 the Gentoo website:
114
115 * Marcelo Góes and Fernando Vaz have started the Brazilian Portuguese
116 translation project again, the first issue (10 January 2005[6]) has been
117 published just last week. They've requested additional help via a Forum
118 thread[7], please join them if you can contribute!
119 * After an equally long silence, a team of Spanish translators has begun
120 working on their version, with the same 10 January issue[8] as their first
121 being fresh out of the blocks, too, signed by five initial collaborators
122 (Demóstenes, Andrés Pereira, Víctor Argüelles, Miles Lubin and Alexander
123 Moreno).
124 6. http://www.gentoo.org/news/br/gwn/20050110-newsletter.xml
125 7. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=277628
126 8. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/20050110-newsletter.xml
127
128 A warm welcome to our new translator teams! If you would like to
129 contribute to a GWN version in your own language, please send a short note
130 to gwn-feedback@g.o.
131
132 Note: We have received offers to translate the GWN to Esperanto, Basque,
133 Romanian and other languages. We'd love to let volunteers start working on
134 those versions, but require a sufficient number of translators to be
135 available in the first place. In order to provide a consistent service, at
136 least three to five translators are recommended for each language.
137
138 Meanwhile, a long-standing request by readers of the German GWN has been
139 answered. On top of being available at the official Gentoo website, the
140 German version will be delivered to subscribers of a mailing list set up
141 last week. Distribution will start from the current issue, if you would
142 like to subscribe, send a message to gentoo-gwn-de-subscribe@g.o
143 and follow instructions.
144
145 ==============
146 2. Future zone
147 ==============
148
149 Project goals for 2005
150 ----------------------
151
152 Continued from last week's GWN[9], this section today keeps track of more
153 goals set forth for some Gentoo projects again. After Release Engineering,
154 Kernel, and Gentoo/BSD defined their goals last week, here's what else is
155 on the agenda for the next months:
156 9. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20050111-newsletter.xml#doc_chap2
157
158 Portage
159
160 * Stabilize portage-2.0
161 * Finalize a plan for (CVS-)HEAD portage features
162 * Roll out a useful API
163 * Release new versions with extensive changes
164
165 Web-app
166
167 * Improve turn-around time on responses to security bugs
168 * Publish a Gentoo webserver handbook (in progress)
169 * Release webapp-config v2, and vhost-config v1 (in progress)
170 * Remove webapp-apache.eclass from Portage
171 * Find more maintainers for our packages
172
173 Documentation project
174
175 * Pull in developers/contributors: contributors for non-x86, contributors
176 for Gentoo projects, maintainers for existing documentation
177 * Reintroduce status updates for all team members
178 * Improve documentation on GuideXML
179 * "Writing Style" documentation
180 * Audit the existing documentation
181 * More USE-case documentation (e.g. "Virtual Mailhosting Guide")
182 * Documentation project update
183
184 Forensics Herd
185
186 * Include more packages
187 * Develop a bootable CD for network and disk forensic tools
188
189 Embedded
190
191 * Include more packages
192 * Solve bugs related to packages
193
194 Netmon
195
196 * Catch up on bugs
197 * Recruit more people
198 * Integrate gentoo-security announcements and nessus
199
200 Managers' meetings
201
202 * Rotate schedules across timezones so that more developers may
203 participate
204 * Discuss usefulness of these meetings and implement needed changes
205 * Assign task to get logs put up on the web
206
207 GLEPs
208
209 * Possibly recruit another GLEP editor
210 * Consider allowing plain-text GLEPs
211
212 ==================
213 3. Gentoo security
214 ==================
215
216 Dillo: Format string vulnerability
217 ----------------------------------
218
219 Dillo is vulnerable to a format string bug, which may result in the
220 execution of arbitrary code.
221
222 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[10]
223 10. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-11.xml
224
225 TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution
226 -------------------------------------
227
228 A bug in TikiWiki allows certain users to upload and execute malicious PHP
229 scripts.
230
231 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11]
232 11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-12.xml
233
234 pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf
235 -------------------------------------------
236
237 pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it
238 vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF
239 file.
240
241 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[12]
242 12. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-13.xml
243
244 mpg123: Buffer overflow
245 -----------------------
246
247 An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code by way of specially
248 crafted MP2 or MP3 files.
249
250 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[13]
251 13. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-14.xml
252
253 UnRTF: Buffer overflow
254 ----------------------
255
256 A buffer overflow in UnRTF allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by
257 way of a specially crafted RTF file.
258
259 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[14]
260 14. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-15.xml
261
262 Konqueror: Java sandbox vulnerabilities
263 ---------------------------------------
264
265 The Java sandbox environment in Konqueror can be bypassed to access
266 arbitrary packages, allowing untrusted Java applets to perform
267 unrestricted actions on the host system.
268
269 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[15]
270 15. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-16.xml
271
272 KPdf, KOffice: More vulnerabilities in included Xpdf
273 ----------------------------------------------------
274
275 KPdf and KOffice both include vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files,
276 making them vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is
277 enticed to view a malicious PDF file.
278
279 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[16]
280 16. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-17.xml
281
282 KDE FTP KIOslave: Command injection
283 -----------------------------------
284
285 The FTP KIOslave contains a bug allowing users to execute arbitrary FTP
286 commands.
287
288 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[17]
289 17. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-18.xml
290
291 imlib2: Buffer overflows in image decoding
292 ------------------------------------------
293
294 Multiple overflows have been found in the imlib2 library image decoding
295 routines, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
296
297 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[18]
298 18. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-19.xml
299
300 o3read: Buffer overflow during file conversion
301 ----------------------------------------------
302
303 A buffer overflow in o3read allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code
304 by way of a specially crafted XML file.
305
306 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[19]
307 19. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-20.xml
308
309 HylaFAX: hfaxd unauthorized login vulnerability
310 -----------------------------------------------
311
312 HylaFAX is subject to a vulnerability in its username matching code,
313 potentially allowing remote users to bypass access control lists.
314
315 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[20]
316 20. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-21.xml
317
318 poppassd_pam: Unauthorized password changing
319 --------------------------------------------
320
321 poppassd_pam allows anyone to change any user's password without
322 authenticating the user first.
323
324 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[21]
325 21. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-22.xml
326
327 Exim: Two buffer overflows
328 --------------------------
329
330 Buffer overflow vulnerabilities, which could lead to arbitrary code
331 execution, have been found in the handling of IPv6 addresses as well as in
332 the SPA authentication mechanism in Exim.
333
334 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[22]
335 22. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-23.xml
336
337 tnftp: Arbitrary file overwriting
338 ---------------------------------
339
340 tnftp fails to validate filenames when downloading files, making it
341 vulnerable to arbitrary file overwriting.
342
343 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[23]
344 23. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-24.xml
345
346 =========================
347 4. Heard in the community
348 =========================
349
350 Web forums
351 ----------
352
353 Flurry of fits over GCC update
354
355 GCC 3.3.5 was marked stable for keyword="x86" last week, but caused major
356 uproar because of highly unpleasant side-effects. The symptoms include
357 errors when compiling some libraries like Gtk+-2, which in turn lead to a
358 few dozen duplicate bug reports in Bugzilla, and an equally frenetic
359 activity in the Forums. The fix is simple enough, but people are still
360 puzzled how something like this could have happened in the first place:
361
362 * Problems after upgrade gcc to 3.3.5 (solution)[24]
363 24. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=278673
364
365 gentoo-user
366 -----------
367
368 Linux and TV tuner cards
369
370 Linux supports various TV Tuner cards, but no one ever said it was
371 trivial! This massive thread leads up our coverage of the gentoo-user list
372 this week, and it involves a Gentoo user using a WinTV card. Read this
373 thread for an important lesson learned on using and configuring with make
374 menuconfig!
375
376 * BT848 driver.[25]
377 25. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/114954
378
379 Soliciting initial advice
380
381 Just about everyone has a few stories regarding their first installation
382 of Gentoo. While Gentoo's install has undoubtedly improved by leaps and
383 bounds over the past few years, Linux users migrating from other
384 mainstream distributions like SuSE and Fedora are often intimidated with
385 the "daunting" task of installing the operating system from source. One
386 potential Gentoo recruit solicited advice fom the list this week, with a
387 handful of great tips in the tow.
388
389 * before beginning[26]
390 26. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/114817
391
392 gentoo-dev
393 ----------
394
395 Encrypted root file system
396
397 Paranoid? Trying to hide something? This thread gives you lots of good
398 hints on encrypting even your root filesystem to keep your data away from
399 bad people
400
401 * Encrypted root file system[27]
402 27. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/24099
403
404 Ideas for desktop TLP goals?
405
406 Donnie Berkholz[28] asks "Where would you like to see the Gentoo desktop
407 go? What's been done poorly, what's been done well?"
408 28. spyderous@g.o
409
410 * Ideas for desktop TLP goals?[29]
411 29. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23973
412
413 2005.0 cleanups
414
415 Mike Frysinger[30] In preparation for the 2005.0 release, Mike Frysinger
416 warns that some of the older profiles (2004.0 mostly) will be removed with
417 the appearance of 2005.0. Please update your profiles!
418 30. vapier@g.o
419
420 * 2005.0 spring cleanup[31]
421 31. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/24097
422
423 =======================
424 5. Gentoo International
425 =======================
426
427 USA: Gentoo booth at the Linux World Expo in Boston, MA (14 to 17 February)
428 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
429
430 Preparations for Gentoo's presence from 14 to 17 February 2005 at the
431 Linux World Expo, Boston edition[32], are well under way. Architectures on
432 display will include x86 and others, with a possibility of including a few
433 MacMinis. There's a Forum thread[33] for people looking for directions to
434 the booth (and possibly to announce their intentions to visit the show),
435 and if you need help with accommodation or other tips, Bostonian Andrew
436 Fant[34] has volunteered to serve as a local coordinator and pivot for
437 informations.
438 32. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/events/12BOS05A
439 33. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=278336
440 34. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/24064
441
442 UK: Gentoo UK conference online registration open
443 -------------------------------------------------
444
445 Online registration for the second Gentoo UK conference on 12 March 2005
446 is now possible via Stuart Herbert's web space[35] at dev.gentoo.org.
447 According to Stuart, there are even a few slots for presentations still
448 available to interested developers.
449 35. http://dev.gentoo.org/~stuart/2005/
450
451 ======================
452 6. Gentoo in the press
453 ======================
454
455 Linux Format (Issue #62, January 2005)
456 --------------------------------------
457
458 The UK based magazine's print version has an article on "the ultimate
459 distros". Ranking Gentoo 6th among 15 distributions under scrutiny, their
460 peculiar judgement of Gentoo including a not entirely satisfactory
461 assessment of its usefulness has already triggered some repercussions in
462 the Gentoo Forums[36].
463 36. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=280195
464
465 ===========
466 7. Bugzilla
467 ===========
468
469 Summary
470 -------
471
472 * Statistics
473 * Closed bug ranking
474 * New bug rankings
475
476 Statistics
477 ----------
478
479 The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[37]) to record and
480 track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
481 development team. Between 09 January 2005 and 16 January 2005, activity on
482 the site has resulted in:
483 37. http://bugs.gentoo.org
484
485 * 968 new bugs during this period
486 * 500 bugs closed or resolved during this period
487 * 31 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
488
489 Of the 7959 currently open bugs: 116 are labeled 'blocker', 229 are
490 labeled 'critical', and 567 are labeled 'major'.
491
492 Closed bug rankings
493 -------------------
494
495 The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
496 are:
497
498 * AMD64 Porting Team[38], with 40 closed bugs[39]
499 * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[40], with 32 closed bugs[41]
500 * Gentoo Security[42], with 31 closed bugs[43]
501 * Gentoo KDE team[44], with 19 closed bugs[45]
502 * Jeremy Huddleston[46], with 18 closed bugs[47]
503 * Java team[48], with 16 closed bugs[49]
504 * Net-Mail Packages[50], with 13 closed bugs[51]
505 * media-video herd[52], with 12 closed bugs[53]
506 38. amd64@g.o
507 39.
508 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
509 40. base-system@g.o
510 41.
511 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
530
531 New bug rankings
532 ----------------
533
534 The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
535 this period are:
536
537 * 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 ==================
572 8. Tips and tricks
573 ==================
574
575 Gentoo bugzilla search plugin for Firefox
576 -----------------------------------------
577
578 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
587 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
588 | Code Listing 8.1: |
589 |Download two files from the Mozilla searchplugin |
590 repository-----------------------------------------------------------------
591 --------
592 | |
593 |# wget http://mycroft.mozdev.org/plugins/Gentoo-Bugs.{src,png} |
594 | |
595 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
596
597 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 |
607 /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:
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615 9. Moves, adds, and changes
616 ===========================
617
618 Moves
619 -----
620
621 The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:
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623 * 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
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699 Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Editor
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