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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 April 21st, 2003. |
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1. Gentoo News |
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Summary |
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* Portage security features detailed |
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* Open positions with the Gentoo Linux project |
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* Gentoo Linux is seeking additional source mirrors and colocation space |
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* Gentoo Linux now available on the HPPA Platform |
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Portage security features detailed |
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As reported previously[1], Portage will be getting some new security |
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features as one of the last improvements to the 2.0 branch. Recently, a |
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message[2] was posted to the gentoo-security mailing list that offers some |
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more details about the upcoming features. Overall, the system relies |
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heavily on the web-of-trust model put forth by GnuPG[3]. Users wishing to |
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become more familiar with the security concepts behind the new Portage |
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model should start by reading the GNU Privacy Handbook[4] |
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1. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030407-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect3 |
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2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-security&m=105073449619892&w=2 |
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3. http://www.gnupg.org |
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4. http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html |
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Open positions with the Gentoo Linux project |
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The Gentoo Linux project is looking to recruit developers who would like |
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to maintain one or more of the following packages: |
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* KDE and related packages |
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* wine (includes winex and related packages) |
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* courier |
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* exim |
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* postfix |
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* uw-imap |
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* cyrus |
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* sound tools (media-sound) |
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Please email recruiters@g.o if you are interested in any of these |
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positions. |
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Gentoo Linux is seeking additional source mirrors and colocation space |
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As many people have noticed recently, our system of source mirrors have |
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been showing increasing signs of strain. This translates into slower |
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download times, more "connection refused" messages and an overall increase |
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in the length of time it takes to emerge packages. This problem has been |
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especially apparent in North America, where we have fewer source mirrors. |
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As such, Gentoo Linux is actively seeking sponsors willing to set up and |
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maintain source mirrors. Our source mirrors policy[5] explains most of the |
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details associated with setting up a new source mirror. Any additional |
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questions related to setting up public source mirrors can be directed to |
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Kurt Lieber[6]. |
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5. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/source_mirrors.xml |
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6. klieber@g.o |
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Additionally, Gentoo Linux is also in need of servers and colocation space |
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for its infrastructure servers. If you know of a company who might be |
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willing to donate the use of a server, along with bandwidth and colocation |
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space, please contact Kurt Lieber[7]. Most sponsors are eligible to |
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receive recognition on our Sponsors[8] page. Additionally, certain key |
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sponsors may receive additional marketing efforts, such as feature |
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articles in the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, to acknowledge their generous |
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contributions to Gentoo Linux. |
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7. klieber@g.o |
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8. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/sponsors.xml |
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Gentoo Linux now available on the HPPA Platform |
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Gentoo Linux is now available on the HPPA platform. Though still in the |
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early stages of development, the port is operational at this point and is |
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best suited to console or server usage for now. X, fluxbox and framebuffer |
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are all working and LiveCD and stages can be found in the |
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/experimental/hppa/ directory on any of our mirrors[9]. |
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9. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml |
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You can find a list of supported hardware on the ESIEE PA-Team website[10] |
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and on the parisc-linux web site[11]. At this point, nearly all machines |
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are supported. Installation instructions[12] are also available. Users |
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experiencing problems can seek assistance in #gentoo-hppa on freenode and |
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bug reports can be filed on bugs.gentoo.org[13]. The Gentoo Linux HPPA |
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port needs your testing help to work out any remaining bugs. The Gentoo |
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Linux/HPPA team is also looking for developers interested in helping with |
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the port to HPPA. Interested parties should contact Guy Martin[14]. |
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10. http://pateam.esiee.fr/list.html |
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11. http://parisc-linux.org/hardware/supported.html |
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12. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-hppa-install.xml |
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13. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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14. gmsoft@g.o |
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2. Gentoo Security |
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Summary |
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* GLSA: kdegraphics-3.1.x |
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* New Security Bug Reports |
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GLSA: kdegraphics-3.1.x |
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A new version of kdegraphics has been released to fix outstanding security |
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bugs related to a vulnerability in Ghostscript that permits execution of |
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arbitrary commands (see last weeks GWN). |
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* Severity: Critical - Remote execution of commands, information |
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exposure. |
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* Packages Affected: kde-base/kdegraphics prior to kdegraphics-3.1.1a-r1 |
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* Rectification: Synchronize and emerge kdegraphics, emerge clean. |
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* GLSA Announcement[15] |
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* Advisory[16] |
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15. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=47810 |
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16. http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt |
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New Security Bug Reports |
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The following new security bugs were posted this week: |
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* [17]sys-apps/xfsdump |
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* [18]app-text/ghostscript |
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* [19]net-libs/libesmtp, net-mail/balsa |
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* [20]net-dialup/mgetty |
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* [21]net-dialup/pptpd |
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* [22]gnome-extra/gtkhtml |
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* [23]net-analyser/snort |
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* [24]net-libs/libpcap |
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17. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19406 |
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18. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19466 |
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19. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19468 |
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20. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19469 |
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21. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19470 |
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22. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19467 |
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23. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19379 |
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24. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19517 |
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3. Developer's Corner |
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Developer's Corner is a new, semi-regular section that will appear in |
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future editions of the GWN. Written by Seemant Kulleen, the development |
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manager and project coordinator for Gentoo Linux, this section will |
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feature development news about Gentoo Linux along with whatever else might |
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be on Seemant's mind at the moment. |
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Hello to my Gentoo friends. As you may have noticed, the xfree-4.3.0-r2 |
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ebuild has gone stable on most architectures. There are some things to |
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bear in mind when you install this. First of all, you will have to unmerge |
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xft. The reason behind this is that Xft is actually a module for X, and as |
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such, the version included in the xfree build is newer and better. Second, |
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games based on SDL (for example, Frozen Bubble and Unreal Tournament 2003: |
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both the demo and the release version), may misbehave due to the new |
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xfree. There is a new extension to X, called XRandR (go read the |
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documentation :P), which causes these games to choose the lowest refresh |
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rates for any given resolution. The fix for this is simple: emerge |
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libsdl-1.2.5-r2, which contains a patch, or hack, to make it behave well |
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with the new X. For games that include their own libSDL shared library, |
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simply replace the libSDL-1.2.so.0 file with the one from libsdl-1.2.5-r2. |
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See you next week! Oh, on a more personal note: Happy Birthday to my |
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sister Sindhuja, and Happy 31st Anniversary to my parents. |
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4. Featured Developer of the Week |
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Luca Barbato |
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Featured this week is Luca Barbato[25], one of the Gentoo/PPC co-leads, |
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who also maintains a custom version of Knoppix[26]'s cloop[27] (a |
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compressed loopback filesystem), maintains the closed-source ATI drivers |
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ebuild, and is an ATI Radeon tester for the XFree ebuilds. Luca had |
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already fixed or submitted several ebuilds for programs he needed when he |
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told Michael J. Cohen[28] that cloop could be made better by using a |
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different compression algorithm. Asked to implement something to test |
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that, he came up with 2 new versions, both faster than zlib cloop and one |
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with a comparable compression ratio. Shortly thereafter, he was proposed |
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as a developer. Luca's other contributions to OSS include his work on the |
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BeOS port of FPSE (a PlayStation emulator; see http://linux.fpse.org/for |
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more information) and a peer-to-peer netgame patch for frozenbubble[29] |
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which he has begun working on with friends as a distributed computing |
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course project. |
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25. lu_zero@g.o |
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26. http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html |
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27. http://www.knopper.net/download/knoppix/cloop.README |
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28. mjc@g.o |
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29. http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/frozenb-ptp |
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Luca, who likes gimp and sodipodi and installs mozilla on every machine he |
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gets his hands on mainly uses an Athlon 850 with 768MB RAM, and a Radeon |
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9700 Pro, as well as a 15" Powerbook G4. Both run GNOME2, as well as lyx, |
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dia, abiword, and OpenOffice.org for non-coding stuff. He had to use |
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eclipse for his Java course but still prefers vim for coding. |
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A 21-year-old in his 3rd year studying computer science at the Politecnico |
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di Torino[30], Luca's numerous hobbies include Live-action RPG, jujitsu, |
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biking, windsail, snowboarding, traveling, books, Fumetti/Manga (that is, |
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Italian and Japanese comics), volleyball, photography, and music (mostly |
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epic metal, definitely not cheap dance/pop music). He lives in Turin, |
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famous for being the first Italian capital, one of the best Egyptian |
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museums in the world, and creepy legends about its underground caves. |
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30. http://www.polito.it/ |
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5. Heard In The Community |
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Web Forums |
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Fonts, fonts and more fonts |
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Fonts seem to be a never-ending source of trouble for Linux. Between |
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anti-aliased, freetype fonts, truetype fonts and all sorts of other font |
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issues, it's no surprise that there are often a number of active |
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font-related threads in the forums: |
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* New freetype 2.1.4[31] |
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* Fonts - xft - fontconfig[32] |
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* The long-awaited Vera fonts are out!!![33] |
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31. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=46634 |
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32. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=47838 |
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33. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=48095 |
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XFree86 4.3.0 upgrade pains |
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The recent marking of XFree86 4.3.0 has resulted in a number of threads |
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cropping up in the forums related to upgrade questions and difficulties. |
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Users experiencing trouble upgrading to XFree86 4.3.0 should be sure to |
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check out this week's inagural Developer's Corner |
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* Problems emerging xfree-4.3.0-r2.ebuild[34] |
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* Configuring XFree problems - Basics ok but...ARGH [35] |
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* Stupid mistake of XFree86[36] |
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34. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=47628 |
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35. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=48632 |
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36. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=47846 |
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gentoo-user |
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Gentoo and the Sharp Zaurus |
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After researching the world of PDAs, Mathew Alexander decided to pickup a |
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Sharp Zaurus SL-5500. He hoped to enhance this badboy by connecting to it |
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through his Gentoo box, and vise-versa. Carefully following the official |
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generic linux instructions resulted in a frustrating dysfunctional |
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connection, another "wasted time" scenario well known to any geek. |
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Fortunately the sound advice of the gentoo-user community brought Mathew's |
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Gentoo box and Zaurus into harmony. David Golpira was particularly |
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helpfull in providing his script[37] to setup NAT & routing, and Seth |
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Rotherberg offered his solution[38]. Louis Candell recieves an honorable |
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mention for becoming the Zaurus's 'uber-fan'[39]. |
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37. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/29467 |
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38. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/29629 |
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39. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/29721 |
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* Sharp Zaurus SL-5500[40] |
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40. |
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http://news.gmane.org/onethread.php?group=gmane.linux.gentoo.user&root=%3C1 |
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050257712.11859.2.camel%40mathew.MIKEMATT.org%3E |
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6. Gentoo International |
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There is no Gentoo International news this week |
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7. Portage Watch |
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The following stable packages were added to portage this week |
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* app-arch/flexbackup : Flexible backup script using perl |
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http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net/ |
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* app-emulation/frodo : An excellent Commodore 64 Emulator |
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http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/FRMain.html |
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* app-misc/kkeyled : KKeyLED - a Kicker module showing the status of your |
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keyboard's numlock, capslock and scrolllock. |
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http://www.truesoft.ch/dieter/kkeyled.html |
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* app-sci/ksimus : KSimus is a KDE tool for simulation, automatization |
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and visualization of technical processes. http://ksimus.berlios.de/ |
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* app-sci/ksimus-boolean : The package Boolean contains some boolean |
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components for KSimus. http://ksimus.berlios.de/ |
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* app-sci/ksimus-datarecorder : The package Data Recorder contains some |
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components which records data for KSimus. http://ksimus.berlios.de/ |
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* app-sci/ksimus-floatingpoint : The package Floating Point contains some |
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floating point related components for KSimus. http://ksimus.berlios.de/ |
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* dev-lang/f2c : Fortran to C converter http://www.netlib.org/f2c |
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* dev-lang/cxx : Compaq's enhanced C++ compiler for the ALPHA platform |
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http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools |
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* dev-lang/ruby-cvs : An object-oriented scripting language |
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http://www.ruby-lang.org/ |
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* dev-libs/libcxml : Compaqs eXtended Math Library for linux alpha |
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http://h18000.www1.hp.com/math/index.html |
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* dev-python/pykde : PyKDE is a set of Python bindings for the KDE libs |
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http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pykde/ |
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* dev-ruby/ruby-ldap : A Ruby interface to some LDAP libraries |
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http://ruby-ldap.sourceforge.net/ |
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* dev-util/ladebug : Linux port of the Famous Tru64 Debugger |
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http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools |
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* media-sound/shntool : shntool is a multi-purpose WAVE data processing |
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and reporting utility http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/ |
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* media-sound/emu10k1-cvs : Drivers, utilities, and effects for Sound |
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Blaster cards (SBLive!, SB512, Audigy) |
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http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/emu10k1/ |
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* media-video/camorama : A GNOME 2 Webcam application featuring various |
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image filters. http://camorama.fixedgear.org/ |
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* media-video/vdr : Klaus Schmidingers Video Disk Recorder |
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http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr |
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* media-video/quickrip : Basic DVD ripper written in Python and PyQT." |
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http://www.tomchance.uklinux.net/projects/quickrip.shtml |
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* media-video/vobcopy : copies DVD .vob files to harddisk, decrypting |
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them on the way http://lpn.rnbhq.org/ |
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* net-fs/coda-server : Coda is an advanced networked filesystem developed |
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at Carnegie Mellon Univ. http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu |
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* net-mail/base64 : Command line program that encodes/decodes files in |
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base64 http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64/ |
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* net-misc/gtk2-ssh-askpass : A small SSH Askpass replacement written |
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with GTK2. http://www.cgabriel.org/sw/gtk2-ssh-askpass/ |
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* net-misc/xsmbrowser : GUI SMB browser with preview written in expect" |
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http://www.public.iastate.edu/~chadspen/xsmbrowser.html |
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* net-www/epiphany : GNOME webbrowser based on the mozilla rendering |
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engine http://epiphany.mozdev.org/ |
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* net-www/browser-config : A lightweight modular configurable http url |
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handler/browser launcher http://www.pocketninja.com/ |
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* sys-apps/lshw : Hardware Lister http://ezix.sourceforge.net/ |
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* sys-kernel/genkernel : Gentoo autokernel script" http://www.gentoo.org |
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* x11-misc/karamba : A KDE program that displays a lot of various |
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information right on your desktop. http://www.efd.lth.se/~d98hk/karamba/ |
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* x11-plugins/wmmsg : wmmsg is a dockapp that informs you of new events, |
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such as incoming chat messages, by displaying related icons and arrival |
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times http://taxiway.swapspace.net/~matt/wmmsg/ |
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* x11-themes/gaim-smileys : Snapshot of Available Gaim Smiley Themes |
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http://gaim.sourceforge.net/themes.php |
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* x11-wm/papuawm : PapuaWM, a minimalistic, though useable window manager |
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http://papuaos.org/papuawm |
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Updates to notable packages |
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* sys-kernel/* - ck-sources-2.4.20-r6.ebuild; |
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gaming-sources-2.4.20-r2.ebuild; genkernel-1.0.ebuild; |
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gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r3.ebuild; mm-sources-2.5.67-r2.ebuild; |
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mm-sources-2.5.67-r3.ebuild; openmosix-sources-2.4.20-r3.ebuild; |
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pfeifer-sources-2.4.20.1_pre7.ebuild; selinux-sources-2.4.20-r4.ebuild; |
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xfs-sources-2.4.20-r3.ebuild; |
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New USE variables: |
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* xinerama : Add support for XFree86's xinerama extension, which allows |
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you to stretch your display across multiple monitors |
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8. 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[41]) to record and |
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track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
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development team. In the last 7 days, activity on the site has resulted |
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in: |
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41. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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* 311 new bugs this week |
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* 444 bugs closed or resolved this week |
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* 3 previously closed bugs were reopened this week. |
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* 2531 total bugs currently marked 'new' |
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* 428 total bugs currently assigned to developers |
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There are currently 3020 bugs open in Bugzilla. Of these: 62 are labeled |
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'blocker', 112 are labeled 'critical', and 237 are labeled 'major'. |
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Closed Bug Rankings |
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs this week are: |
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* The KDE Team[42], with 31 closed bugs[43] |
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* Martin Holzer[44], with 23 closed bugs[45] |
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* Seth Chandler[46], with 19 closed bugs[47] |
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* The X86 Kernel Team[48], with 19 closed bugs[49] |
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* Jon Ellis[50], with 12 closed bugs[51] |
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42. kde@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED |
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&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12&chfieldto=Now |
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&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde%40gentoo.org |
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44. mholzer@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED |
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&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12&chfieldto=Now |
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&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=mholzer%40gentoo.org |
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46. sethbc@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED |
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&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12&chfieldto=Now |
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&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sethbc%40gentoo.org |
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48. x86-kernel@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED |
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&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12&chfieldto=Now |
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&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=x86-kernel%40gentoo.org |
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50. jje@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED |
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&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12&chfieldto=Now |
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&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=jje%40gentoo.org |
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New Bug Rankings |
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs this |
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week are: |
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* Seemant Kulleen[52], with 17 new bugs[53] |
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* Nicholas Jones[54], with 15 new bugs[55] |
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* Alastair Tse[56], with 15 new bugs[57] |
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* Martin Schlemmer[58], with 14 new bugs[59] |
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* The KDE Team[60], with 13 new bugs[61] |
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52. seemant@g.o |
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53. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED |
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&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12 |
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&chfieldto=Now&=&assigned_to=seemant%40gentoo.org |
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54. carpaski@g.o |
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55. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED |
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&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12 |
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&chfieldto=Now&=&assigned_to=carpaski%40gentoo.org |
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56. liquidx@g.o |
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57. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED |
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&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12 |
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&chfieldto=Now&=&assigned_to=liquidx%40gentoo.org |
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58. azarah@g.o |
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59. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED |
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&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12 |
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&chfieldto=Now&=&assigned_to=azarah%40gentoo.org |
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60. kde@g.o |
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61. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED |
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&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-04-12 |
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&chfieldto=Now&=&assigned_to=kde%40gentoo.org |
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9. Tips and Tricks |
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|
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Preventing System Reboot with Ctrl-Alt-Del |
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|
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The "Three-Finger-Salute" or, the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Del is |
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typically mapped to the command /sbin/shutdown -r now. In other words, it |
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reboots your system. Sometimes this may be unwanted behavior, so this |
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week's tips shows you how to disable, or remap that key combination. |
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|
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The file we need to edit is /etc/inittab. Find the line that says |
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ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r now and simply comment it out by |
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putting a # in front of it. Or, if you prefer, you can change the |
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/sbin/shutdown -r now part to another command. |
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|
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Lastly, we need to tell the init process about these changes. |
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|
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| Code Listing 9.1: | |
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| Reloading init | |
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| | |
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|# /sbin/init q | |
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=========================== |
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10. Moves, Adds and Changes |
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|
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Moves |
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|
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: |
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|
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* Tilman Klar (phoenix) |
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|
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Adds |
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---- |
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|
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: |
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|
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* Rainer Groesslinger (scandium) -- DotGNU Portable.NET |
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* Todd Heim (heim) -- gentoo-stats, gentoo-stable |
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* Meir Kriheili (mksoft) -- gentoo-stats, gentoo-stable |
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* Arun Bhanu (codebear) -- gentoo-stats, gentoo-stable |
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* Stanislav Brabec (utx) -- general stuff |
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|
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Changes |
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------- |
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|
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The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux |
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project. |
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|
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* none this week |
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11. Contribute to GWN |
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|
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Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an |
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email[62]. |
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|
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62. gwn-feedback@g.o |
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12. GWN Feedback |
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================ |
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|
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Please send us your feedback[63] and help make GWN better. |
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63. gwn-feedback@g.o |
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13. Other Languages |
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The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is also available in the following languages: |
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* Dutch[64] |
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* English[65] |
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* German[66] |
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* French[67] |
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* Japanese[68] |
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* Italian[69] |
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* Portuguese (Brazil)[70] |
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* Portuguese (Portugal)[71] |
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* Spanish[72] |
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64. http://www.gentoo.org/news/be/gwn/gwn.xml |
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65. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/gwn.xml |
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66. http://www.gentoo.org/news/de/gwn/gwn.xml |
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67. http://www.gentoo.org/news/fr/gwn/gwn.xml |
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68. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ja/gwn/gwn.xml |
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69. http://www.gentoo.org/news/it/gwn/gwn.xml |
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70. http://www.gentoo.org/news/br/gwn/gwn.xml |
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71. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pt/gwn/gwn.xml |
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72. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/gwn.xml |
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Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o> - Editor |
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AJ Armstrong <aja@×××××××××××××.com> - Contributor |
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Brice Burgess <nesta@×××××××.net> - Contributor |
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Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos@g.o> - Contributor |
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Rafael Cordones Marcos <rcm@×××××××.net> - Contributor |
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David Narayan <david@×××××××.net> - Contributor |
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Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Contributor |
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Peter Sharp <mail@××××××××××××××.net> - Contributor |
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Kim Tingkaer <kim@×××××××.dk> - Contributor |
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Mathy Vanvoorden <matje@×××××××.be> - Dutch Translation |
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Tom Van Laerhoven <tom.vanlaerhoven@××××××.be> - Dutch Translation |
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Peter Dijkstra <phj.dijkstra@××××.nl> - Dutch Translation |
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Bernard Bernieke <bernieke@××××××××.com> - Dutch Translation |
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Vincent Verleye <zu@×××××××.be> - Dutch Translation |
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Jochen Maes <linux@××××.be> - Dutch Translation |
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Ben De Groot <yngwin@××××××.nl> - Dutch Translation |
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Jelmer Jaarsma <j.jaarsma@××××××××××××××××××.nl> - Dutch Translation |
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Matthieu Montaudouin <mat@××××××××.com> - French Translation |
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Martin Prieto <riverdale@×××××××××.org> - French Translation |
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Michael Kohl <citizen428@g.o> - German Translation |
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Steffen Lassahn <madeagle@g.o> - German Translation |
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Matthias F. Brandstetter <haim@g.o> - German Translation |
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Thomas Raschbacher <lordvan@g.o> - German Translation |
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Klaus-J. Wolf <yanestra@g.o> - German Translation |
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Marco Mascherpa <mush@××××××.net> - Italian Translation |
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Claudio Merloni <paper@×××××××.it> - Italian Translation |
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Christian Apolloni <bsolar@×××××××.ch> - Italian Translation |
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Daniel Ketel <kage-chan@g.o> - Japanese Translation |
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Yoshiaki Hagihara <hagi@×××.com> - Japanese Translation |
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Andy Hunne <andy@×××××××××.com> - Japanese Translation |
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Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos@g.o> - Japanese Translation |
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Yasunori Fukudome <yasunori@××××××××××××××××.uk> - Japanese Translation |
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Ventura Barbeiro <venturasbarbeiro@××××××.br> - Portuguese (Brazil) |
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Translation |
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Bruno Ferreira <blueroom@××××××××××××.net> - Portuguese (Portugal) |
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Translation |
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Gustavo Felisberto <gustavo@××××××××××.net> - Portuguese (Portugal) |
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Translation |
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Ricardo Jorge Louro <rjlouro@×××××××.org> - Portuguese (Portugal) |
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Translation |
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Ricardo Nogueira <R.Nogueira@××××××××××××××××.au> - Portuguese (Brazil) |
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Translation |
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Lanark <lanark@××××××××××.ar> - Spanish Translation |
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Rafael Cordones Marcos <rcm@×××××××.net> - Spanish Translation |
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Julio Castillo <julio@×××××××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Sergio Gómez <s3r@××××××××××××.ar> - Spanish Translation |
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Pablo Pita Leira <pablo.leira@×××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Carlos Castillo <carlos@×××××××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Tirant <tirant@×××××.net> - Spanish Translation |
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Jaime Freire <jfreire@××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Lucas Sallovitz <krusty_ar@×××××.com> - Spanish Translation |
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Cagil Seker <cagils@××××××××××.tr> - Turkish Translation |
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Aycan Irican <aycan@××××××××.tr> - Turkish Translation |
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Emre Kazdagli <emre@××××××××.tr> - Turkish Translation |
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Gursel Kaynak <gurcell@×××××××.com> - Turkish Translation |
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Bugra Cakir <19913500@××××××××××××××××.tr> - Turkish Translation |