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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter |
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 8 May 2006. |
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1. Gentoo news |
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Improved Ada support in Portage - split ebuilds for gnat |
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"New generation" dev-ada/gnat-xxx compilers are now in Portage. They |
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follow the upstream more closely (now you get gnat-gcc to follow FSF's |
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in-gcc sources, and gnat-gpl to represent "official" AdaCore's code). |
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toolchain.eclass procedures are also more closely observed, allowing for |
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better integration with system gcc and better multilib support, and the |
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new compilers are properly SLOTted and can be installed in parallel (so |
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that you can have gnat-gcc-3.4.6, gnat-gcc-4.1.0 and gnat-gpl-3.4.5.1 |
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installed all at once). The selection of the active gnat is performed via |
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an eselect-gnat module in the usual manner. Work is under way to enhance |
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support for Ada libraries, so that they are built for each installed gnat |
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and can be switched on the fly. Anybody interested in helping is cordially |
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invited to visit the corresponding bug[1]. This includes a call for a |
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long-term Ada maintainer, too. Actual support work should be relatively |
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easy now that the transition itself is over, but candidates should be able |
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to make sense of the gnatbuild.eclass, gnat.eclass and toolchain.eclass |
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(and related), in addition, of course, to generally know your way around |
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ebuilds. Contact George Shapovalov[2] if you're interested. |
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1. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111340 |
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2. george@g.o |
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Gnome 2.14 in Portage |
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GNOME 2.14 came out of package.mask this weekend. The tracker bug is |
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located at bug #119872[3]. Highlights of the release include performance |
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boosts and improvements to various applications and routines, and can be |
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found at the Gnome website[4]. If you have any problems upgrading, please |
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search bugzilla[5] or wander into #gentoo-desktop on irc.freenode.net. |
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3. http://bugs.gentoo.org/119872 |
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4. http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/ |
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5. https://bugs.gentoo.org |
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2. Heard in the community |
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gentoo-dev |
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Heritage |
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Joshua Jackson[6] starts a discussion on the heritage and the historic |
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"symbols" of Gentoo - Larry the Cow, the floating alien guy and so on. In |
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the website redesign some of these have been removed. Should we keep these |
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leftovers from the old times or should we move on? |
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6. tsunam@g.o |
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* Heritage [7] |
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7. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/37877 |
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coldplug and hotplug |
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Our baselayout magician Roy Marples[8] started a discussion on the |
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behaviour of hotplug and coldplug - coldplug events can be limited via the |
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RC_COLDPLUG variable while hotplug does not. To unify this he proposed a |
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few changes, but then the discussion drifted away to problems with udev |
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and coldplug: Some users report problems with newer udev versions |
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automatically loading drivers and want to be able to completely disable |
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this behaviour. |
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8. uberlord@g.o |
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* Coldplug and hotplug [9] |
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9. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/37795 |
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Having fun with compression |
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As an experiment to see if distfile downloads could be shrunk Patrick |
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Lauer[10] did some tests converting from gzip to bzip2 and 7zip formats. |
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Over 15GB of .tar.gz files got converted in this experiment, showing on |
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average about 15% space reduction. While it is not practical to "just |
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convert" all files and no comparison of CPU usage has been done it is |
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nevertheless an interesting perspective for people with slower internet |
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connections. |
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10. patrick@g.o |
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* Having fun with compression [11] |
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11. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/37747 |
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3. Gentoo international |
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Germany: gentoo.de asks 'Are you Gentoo?' |
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Inspired by a code-snippet posted by Forums moderator slick[12], the |
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German not-for-profit association created a quiz on their community-site, |
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asking "Are you Gentoo?[13]" The survey contains 20 questions, some of |
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them easy to answer, some tricky ones and some questions which need a |
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solid understanding of Gentoo's basics. Everyone who answers all 20 |
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questions correctly can take part in a raffle where the 'Friends of Gentoo |
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e.V.' offer three prizes, including a Gentoo shirt and mousepad. If your |
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German is up to the task, take the challenge and solve the quiz[14]. |
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12. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18822 |
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13. http://www.gentoo.de/quiz |
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14. http://www.gentoo.de/quiz |
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4. Gentoo in the press |
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Desktop Linux (2 May 2006) |
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Desktop Linux finds two articles in other online magazines make for |
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"interesting reading," reads them for us and quotes a few highlights. |
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We're left with the choice of reading the original articles at |
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eWeek.com[15] (an enthusiastic post-release 2006.0 review) and Linux |
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Watch[16] (Steven Vaughn-Nichols' slightly more downbeat assessment that |
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'Gentoo is not for everyone'), or be content with what we find at Desktop |
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Linux. Either way is just fine -- it'll stay within the range of Ziff |
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Davies Holding publications, anyway. |
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15. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1954310,00.asp |
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16. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4906178155.html |
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Desktop Linux (2 May 2006) |
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SystemRescueCD's new version released last week made the news at Desktop |
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Linux[17] on the same day as the press clippings for Gentoo Linux 2006.0 |
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mentioned just above. The French project[18] provides a save-and-rescue |
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Linux environment -- based on Gentoo -- with everything on board you might |
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need for a system recovery, but also for administrative tasks like |
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partitioning harddrives with QtParted, claims the announcement. |
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17. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7770591797.html |
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18. http://www.sysresccd.org |
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Distrowatch (3 May 2006) |
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Yet another distribution based on Gentoo, this one specializing in 64bit |
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systems: Distrowatch reports[19] about the latest release of RR64, |
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probably because it's a full LiveDVD with Gnome and Xgl and whatnot |
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inside. Fabio Erculiani's Italian Gentoo flavour, the RR series[20] was |
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featured in the GWN[21] before. |
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19. http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03412 |
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20. http://www.lxnaydesign.net/ |
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21. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060109-newsletter.xml#doc_chap4 |
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5. Gentoo developer moves |
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Moves |
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The following developers recently left the Gentoo project: |
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* Daniel Goller |
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Adds |
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The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project: |
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* Mike Auty (ikelos) - VMware |
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* Jon Hood (squinky86) - net-p2p, accessibility |
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Changes |
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The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project: |
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* Ferris McCormick (fmccor) - retired as developer relations lead |
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* Jon Portnoy (avenj) - new devrel co-lead |
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6. Gentoo Security |
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MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow |
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MPlayer contains multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based |
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buffer overflow. |
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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-200605-01.xml |
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X.Org: Buffer overflow in XRender extension |
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A buffer overflow in the XRender extension potentially allows any X.Org |
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user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. |
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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-200605-02.xml |
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ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam |
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Freshclam is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to execution |
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of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[24] |
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24. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml |
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phpWebSite: Local file inclusion |
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Remote attackers can include local files which may lead to the execution |
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of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[25] |
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25. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-04.xml |
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rsync: Potential integer overflow |
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An attacker having write access to an rsync module might be able to |
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execute arbitrary code on an rsync server. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[26] |
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26. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-05.xml |
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Mozilla Firefox: Potential remote code execution |
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The Mozilla Firefox 1.5 line is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the |
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JavaScript extension which may in theory lead to remote execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[27] |
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27. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-06.xml |
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Nagios: Buffer overflow |
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Nagios is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which may lead to remote |
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execution of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[28] |
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28. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml |
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7. Bugzilla |
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Statistics |
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[29]) to record and |
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track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
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development team. Between 30 April 2006 and 07 May 2006, activity on the |
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site has resulted in: |
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29. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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* 771 new bugs during this period |
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* 396 bugs closed or resolved during this period |
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* 35 previously closed bugs were reopened this period |
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Of the 9947 currently open bugs: 60 are labeled 'blocker', 143 are labeled |
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'critical', and 529 are labeled 'major'. |
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Closed bug rankings |
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period |
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are: |
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* Gentoo Games[30], with 24 closed bugs[31] |
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* Gentoo KDE team[32], with 19 closed bugs[33] |
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* Gentoo Security[34], with 18 closed bugs[35] |
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* Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[36], with 17 closed bugs[37] |
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* AMD64 Project[38], with 17 closed bugs[39] |
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* Portage team[40], with 11 closed bugs[41] |
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* Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers[42], with 9 closed bugs[43] |
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* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[44], with 9 closed bugs[45] |
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30. games@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@g.o |
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32. kde@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@g.o |
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34. security@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@g.o |
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36. base-system@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=base-system@g.o |
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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=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
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40. dev-portage@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=dev-portage@g.o |
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42. toolchain@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=toolchain@g.o |
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44. gnome@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=gnome@g.o |
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New bug rankings |
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during |
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this period are: |
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* Default Assignee for New Packages[46], with 28 new bugs[47] |
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* Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[48], with 15 new bugs[49] |
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* AMD64 Project[50], with 12 new bugs[51] |
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* Gentoo Sound Team[52], with 11 new bugs[53] |
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* Gentoo X-windows packagers[54], with 10 new bugs[55] |
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* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[56], with 8 new bugs[57] |
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* Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers[58], with 6 new |
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bugs[59] |
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* Gentoo Science Related Packages[60], with 5 new bugs[61] |
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46. maintainer-wanted@g.o |
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48. maintainer-needed@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=maintainer-needed@g.o |
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50. amd64@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
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52. sound@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=sound@g.o |
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54. x11@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=x11@g.o |
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56. gnome@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=gnome@g.o |
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58. kernel@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=kernel@g.o |
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60. sci@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2006-04-30&chfieldto=2006-05-07&assigned_to=sci@g.o |
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8. GWN feedback |
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62. gwn-feedback@g.o |
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