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From: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>
To: gentoo-gwn@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- Volume 2, Issue 8
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:57:01
Message-Id: 20030224130133.GU16768@mail.lieber.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 February 24th, 2003.
5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
6
7 ==============
8 1. Gentoo News
9 ==============
10
11 Summary
12 -------
13
14 * Gentoo Linux partners with NeTraverse
15 * Gentoo Linux 1.4 update
16 * Pictures of FOSDEM
17
18 Gentoo Linux partners with NeTraverse
19 -------------------------------------
20
21 The Gentoo Linux project recently reached an agreement with NeTraverse[1]
22 to bring Win4Lin to Gentoo users at a reduced price. Win4Lin lets you run
23 Windows applications under Gentoo Linux at native speeds and can help
24 bridge the gap between the stability of Linux and the vast number of
25 Windows applications.
26
27 1. http://www.netraverse.com
28
29 Gentoo users who purchase the Gentoo Edition[2] of Win4Lin enjoy a $10
30 discount off the regular $89.99 price. Additionally, each purchase helps
31 support further development of Gentoo Linux. There is also a 30-day trial
32 version of Win4Lin available in the Portage tree.
33
34 2. http://www.netraverse.com/gentoo
35
36 Gentoo Linux 1.4 Update
37 -----------------------
38
39 We reported[3] back in January that Gentoo Linux 1.4_rc3 was due to be
40 released on January 14th, based on the timeline laid out by the
41 newly-adopted Formal Release Process[4]. Obviously, this release has yet
42 to make it out the door and users and developers alike have increasingly
43 complained about the recurring delays, stale Portage tree and general
44 confusion that seems to surround the release process. Fortunately, with
45 the recent appointment[5] of Brad Cowen as the Gentoo Release Coordinator,
46 the 1.4 release process seems to have regained some of its lost momentum.
47 Brad recently updated the Gentoo developer team regarding the status of
48 the next release candidate, 1.4_rc3:
49
50 3.
51 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20021230-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect3
52 4.
53 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20021230-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect6
54 5.
55 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030210-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect3
56
57 I just wanted to take a moment and let everyone know where we stand as far
58 as a release goes. Plans are to release an official RC3 on Thursday the
59 27th. This rc will include stages from the sparc, x86, and ppc teams. The
60 x86 port will be a limited release meaning a single "one size fits all"
61 compiled set of stages and no GRP will be packaged.
62
63 Brad went on to say that, after the rc3 release, he plans to adhere
64 closely to the formal release process. This also means that, post rc3, the
65 Portage tree will be unfrozen for a period of 2 weeks or so where
66 developers will be able to migrate masked packages over to an unmasked
67 state.
68
69 Pictures of FOSDEM
70 ------------------
71
72 As reported earlier[6], Gentoo Linux was at FOSDEM and, by all accounts,
73 the event was a success. As with LinuxWorld in New York, many of the
74 attendees were previously unfamiliar with Gentoo Linux, so this was a
75 great opportunity to help spread the word about Gentoo Linux in Europe and
76 also meet lots of other free software developers. Daniel Robbins also had
77 the opportunity to speak with Richard Stallman at length, where they
78 discussed...free software, of course :). Here are some photos of the event
79 for those who were unable to attend in person.
80
81 6.
82 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030210-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1_sect2
83
84
85 Figure 1.1: Jack Morgan, Verwilst and Popsickle at Fosdem -- or is this a
86 Coke commercial?
87 http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/gwn/20030224_fosdem_6.jpg
88 Figure 1.2: Wout Mertens and Daniel Robbins discover a quantum singularity
89 http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/gwn/20030224_fosdem_3.jpg
90
91 ==================
92 2. Gentoo Security
93 ==================
94
95 Summary
96 -------
97
98 * GLSA: webmin
99 * GLSA: openssl
100 * GLSA: bitchx
101 * GLSA: mod_php
102 * GLSA: nethack
103 * GLSA: w3m
104 * GLSA: syslinux
105 * GLSA: mailman
106 * New Security Bug Reports
107
108 GLSA: webmin
109 ------------
110
111 Webmin contain a vulnerability which could permit unauthenticated access.
112 No exploits in the wild have been reported.
113
114 * Severity: Critical - Remote Access with Administrative Privileges
115 * Packages Affected: app-admin/webmin versions prior to webmin-1.070
116 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u webmin, emerge clean.
117 * Advisory[7]
118
119 7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=webmin-announce&m=104587858408101&w=2
120
121 GLSA: openssl
122 -------------
123
124 OpenSSL may permit an attacker, by performing a man-in-the-middle attack
125 and measuring the relative times for rejection of modified cipher texts,
126 to determine which error condition (padding or verification) caused the
127 modified texts to be rejected. This information is adequate to initiate an
128 adaptive attack which may result in exposure of the plaintext. The attack
129 has been demonstrated in principle.
130
131 * Severity: Critical - Remote Encryption Compromise
132 * Packages Affected: dev-libs/openssl versions prior to openssl-0.96i or
133 openssl-0.9.7a
134 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u openssl, emerge clean.
135 * GLSA Announcement[8]
136 * Advisory[9]
137
138 8. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36946
139 9. http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030219.txt
140
141 GLSA: bitchx
142 ------------
143
144 Bitchx may be caused to segfault with a malformed packet, exposing a
145 denial-of-service vulnerability.
146
147 * Severity: Moderate - Remote DOS for non-critical service.
148 * Packages Affected: net-irc/bitchx versions prior to bitchx-1.0.19-r4
149 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u bitchx, emerge clean.
150 * GLSA Announcement[10]
151 * Advisory[11]
152
153 10. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36768
154 11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?|=bugtrac&m=104554352513997&w=2
155
156 GLSA: mod_php
157 -------------
158
159 PHP 4.3.0 introduced a bug which prevents the cgi-security options
160 '--enable-force-cgi-redirect' and 'cgi.force_redirect'. This could permit
161 an attacker to gain access to the server file system using the web
162 server's privileges on systems that use the PHP CGI module.
163
164 * Severity: High - Remote Exposure of Filesystem
165 * Packages Affected: dev-php/mod_php-4.3.0
166 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u mod_php, emerge clean.
167 * GLSA Announcement[12]
168 * Advisory[13]
169
170 12. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36530
171 13. http://www.php.net/release_4_3_1.php
172
173 GLSA: nethack
174 -------------
175
176 Nethack contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that may permit elevation
177 of the player's privileges to that of the game's uid. An exploit has been
178 published. The primary use of this exploit would be to modify the high
179 score and character files. However, any privilege elevation is a security
180 fault, and could be dangerous if nethack's uid has additional permissions.
181
182 * Severity: Low - Privilege Elevation to A Game
183 * Packages Affected: app-games/nethack versions prior to nethack-3.4.0-r6
184 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u nethack, emerge clean.
185 * GLSA Announcement[14]
186 * Advisory[15]
187
188 14. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36310
189 15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?|=bugtrac&m=104489201032144&w=2
190
191 GLSA: w3m
192 ---------
193
194 The w3m browser (a text-based browser sometimes used within emacs) fails
195 to properly escape img tags in html. This vulnerability could be exploited
196 by a carefully crafted web page to access files on the local machine.
197
198 * Severity: High - Remote Exposure of Filesystem
199 * Packages Affected: net-www/w3m versions prior to w3m-0.3.2.2
200 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u w3m, emerge clean.
201 * GLSA Announcement[16]
202
203 16. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36308
204
205 GLSA: syslinux
206 --------------
207
208 The syslinux bootloader exposes several security flaws when run with root
209 privileges. The code has been modified to use the mtools package for
210 accessing the disk. Syslinux should not be run with setuid.
211
212 * Severity: High - Root Privilege Exposure.
213 * Packages Affected: sys-apps/syslinux versions prior to syslinux-2.02
214 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u syslinux, emerge clean.
215 * GLSA Announcement[17]
216
217 17. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36308
218
219 GLSA: mailman
220 -------------
221
222 The default error page in the mailman list server web interface exposes a
223 cross-site scripting vulnerability that could permit remote execution of
224 code using the server's privilege level.
225
226 * Severity: High - Remote Execution of Code.
227 * Packages Affected: net-mail/mailman versions prior to mailman-2.1.1
228 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge -u mailman, emerge clean.
229 * GLSA Announcement[18]
230 * Advisory[19]
231
232 18. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36306
233 19. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?|=bugtrac&m=104342745916111&w=2
234
235 New Security Bug Reports
236 ------------------------
237
238 The following new security bugs were posted this week:
239
240 * sys-apps/acupsd[20]
241 * app-admin/webmin[21]
242 * net-misc/vnc[22]
243
244 20. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16002
245 21. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16140
246 22. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16148
247
248 =================================
249 3. Featured Developer of the Week
250 =================================
251
252 John P. Davis
253
254 John P. Davis[23], this week's featured developer, is Senior
255 Developer/Coordinator for the Gentoo Linux Documentation team and the
256 administrator of Gentoo's Bugzilla[24] system. John, who started off by
257 writing the Gentoo Linux Printing HOWTO[25], coordinates developers and
258 translators on documentation and hacks on the Bugzilla source to make it
259 as functional as possible. He takes pride in making the Bugzilla system as
260 useful as possible to users and devs, and is amazed at how the
261 documentation team is shaping up. For now Gentoo is the only OSS project
262 John has worked on, but he hopes to change that in the future.
263
264 23. zhen@g.o
265 24. http://bugs.gentoo.org/
266 25. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
267
268 John has an Athlon XP workstation running RAID0 and an Athlon server which
269 hosts uberdavis.com[26], his playpen. (currently undergoing renovations)
270 He uses Enlightenment with an Aqua theme, Sylheed for mail, and likes
271 iconv, iptables, grep, sed, the GIMP, and nmap. During the day John
272 studies computer science at Mount Union College in Alliance, OH, as well
273 as working at his college's help desk. He enjoys spending time with his
274 girlfriend Mary, drinking Bawls, mountain biking, skiing, scuba diving, as
275 well as college life in general.
276
277 26. http://www.uberdavis.com/
278
279 =========================
280 4. Heard In The Community
281 =========================
282
283 Web Forums
284 ----------
285
286 Mother Tongue Campaigning
287
288 The message is simple: First you need to achieve critical mass by posting
289 into a thread that registers how many people would be interested in a
290 separate forum conducted in their own language, then the FAQ and a few
291 other documents need translation, a moderator or two needs to volunteer,
292 and if sufficiently convincing evidence for a lively community has built
293 up, just watch that admin machine go. The Italians were off to a quick
294 start last week and are gaining momentum, but the Japanese community isn't
295 anywhere near critical mass and needs some serious campaigning before a
296 Japanese language forum can be set up. Lack of interest is unlikely, but a
297 lot of the guys on the #gentoo-jp IRC channel don't seem to have a forum
298 ID yet...
299
300 * Japanese Gentoo user[27]
301 * italian forum[28]
302
303 27. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=27856
304 28. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36148
305
306 Emulating the Unspeakable
307
308 The gamers were the first class of users to discuss which emulator or
309 virtual machine wins the Windows look-a-like contest, but running
310 commercial Windows applications in Linux has become a widespread pattern
311 since the more serious desktop publishing crowd has made inroads into Open
312 Source operating systems, while requiring the use of professional software
313 from vendors who so far have bluntly refused to code for Linux. It's not
314 as if there was a lack of choice in terms of tools to do so, between Wine
315 and Plex86 or Bochs (fresh version 2.0.2 released just a week ago) on the
316 free-of-charge side of things, and the more powerful commercial
317 equivalents Crossover, WineX, Win4Lin and VMware on their flipside, the
318 only remaining problem is to pick one. Flame wars of the past used erupt
319 over whether one should do that or not, but for some time the debate has
320 been centered on a more pragmatic question: how to do it most efficiently.
321 The forums reflect all this and more, including Netraverse, the company
322 behind Win4Lin, stepping forward with a special Gentooified build at a
323 significant markdown...
324
325 * WIN4LIN[29]
326 * Codeweaver's Crossover Plugin and Gentoo[30]
327 * running photoshop[31]
328 * MS Office 2000, wine and Gentoo[32]
329
330 29. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=5357
331 30. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=27213
332 31. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36077
333 32. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33700
334
335 Yet Another Architecture: Gentoo on MIPS
336
337 Last week the usually rather calm Alternate Architectures forum saw an
338 influx of people who reported about Gentoo Linux on SGI Indy and Indigo2.
339 About two months into the latest initiative to port Gentoo to MIPS
340 machines, successful installations so far include R4400 and R5000 driven
341 models. If you own an Elan or Extreme or maybe an O2 and wonder what else
342 than Irix you can run on it, join the Indy posse on their new IRC channel,
343 #gentoo-mips on irc.freenode.net, and in one or both of these threads (top
344 for evangelism, bottom for caveats):
345
346 * #gentoo-mips[33]
347 * mips gentoo[34]
348
349 33. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=30744
350 34. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=13391
351
352 gentoo-user
353 -----------
354 Hardware Issues
355
356 Combining components from leaking capaciters to hot CPUs often makes it
357 hard to diagnose hardware problems. Sipping coffee, closing your eyes and
358 seeing the faulty component is a great method, although it may not work
359 for non Jedi Masters. Bruno Lustosa has been suffering from suspicious
360 failed compiles in a number of threads[35]. Is it the bios? Memory? CPU?
361 Evil Kernel? After many supportive suggestions, Bruno appears on the verge
362 of victory. Ernie Shroder, in particular, reminded[36] us of a great
363 article[37] by the man himself, Dr. Daniel Robbins. The article makes a
364 worth-while read as Robbins takes us through the ins and outs of
365 diagnosing CPU and RAM problems on a linux system.
366
367 35. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=104526737724625&w=2
368 36. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=104543869708161&w=2
369 37. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hw1/
370
371 RedHatism
372
373 Upon asking about kivo, of all things, the tool epm was brought up[38].
374 EPM is available as an ebuild (sys-apps/epm) with the description: rpm
375 workalike for Gentoo Linux. This is meant to provide for easier
376 transistion from a Red Hat system, allowing Red Hatters to feel at home by
377 typing 'epm -qf `which kivio'.
378
379 38. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=104577066204654&w=2
380
381 More RedHatism
382
383 An extremely grueling discussion took place involving the Gentoo init
384 system. Remarkably, the details of Gentoo's system versus other SysV
385 implementations hardly surfaced. What was at stake was Phil Barnet's
386 apparent demand[39] for "abstraction" scripts, in particular the 'service'
387 script, available in other distributions. The counter point expressed
388 typical Gentoo mannerism, offered in one of Andrew Dacey's many
389 rebuttals[40], "The whole point of Gentoo is to be configurable, almost
390 nothing is forced onto the user. With this in mind, no abstraction layer
391 from another OS or distro should be included by default, no matter how
392 common that OS or distro is". Suggestions for ebuilds were offerend as the
393 debate waged on.
394
395 39. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=104557854014805&w=2
396 40. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-user&m=104571371827939&w=2
397
398 =======================
399 5. Gentoo International
400 =======================
401
402 Regional Gentoo User Meetings in Europe
403
404 The Viennese Gentooists have agreed on a date and a venue: Tuesday, 4
405 March 2003, 19:00 onwards at the Siebensternbrau[41], Siebensterngasse
406 19 in 1070 Wien. If you're free and in the area that day and would like to
407 join them, announce your intentions with a reply to this thread in the
408 forums[42] for a headcount. Meanwhile, users from Northern Germany are
409 looking into opportunities for a meeting this week in or around Hamburg,
410 but the details didn't make it in time for this newsletter. They, too,
411 have a thread in the forums[43] to coordinate the exact date and venue.
412
413 41. http://www.blues.at/noframes/karten/7stern.htm
414 42. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=9161
415 43. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=36825
416
417 Svenska Gentoo IRC Hemsida
418
419 http://gentoo.linux.se[44] is the shiny new address for the Swedish Gentoo
420 web presence, so far "only" a web appendix to the notorious IRC channel.
421 It includes the channel statistics, some user profiles of a few IRC
422 regulars, and a pastebot for uploading a quick config file or error
423 message from a borked ebuild, and generating a URL for it to be pasted
424 into the #gentoo-se channel on irc.freenode.net.
425
426 44. http://gentoo.linux.se
427
428 Italian Documentation Taskforce
429
430 While his compatriots are busy campaigning for an Italian forum, Marco
431 Mascherpa has set up a mailing list for Italian translators to join in the
432 effort of going through the entire pile of Gentoo documentation and
433 creating new or embellishing existing Italian versions. If your Italian is
434 up to the task and you would like to help, send an email to Marco[45]
435 today.
436
437 45. m.mascherpa@g.o
438
439 ================
440 6. Portage Watch
441 ================
442
443 The following stable packages were added to portage this week
444 -------------------------------------------------------------
445
446 Because of the pending release of 1.4_final, the Portage tree is currently
447 frozen. As such, no new stable packages were introduced to Portage this
448 week
449
450 Updates to notable packages
451 ---------------------------
452
453 * sys-apps/portage - portage-2.0.47-r2.ebuild;
454 * gnome-base/gnome - gnome-2.2-r2.ebuild;
455 * sys-kernel/* - aa-sources-2.4.21_pre4-r3.ebuild;
456 development-sources-2.5.60-r2.ebuild;
457 development-sources-2.5.61-r1.ebuild; development-sources-2.5.61.ebuild;
458 development-sources-2.5.62.ebuild; gs-sources-2.4.21_pre4.ebuild;
459 hppa-sources-2.4.20_p27.ebuild; lolo-sources-2.4.20.2_pre2.ebuild;
460 redhat-sources-2.4.18.24.8.0.ebuild;
461 * dev-db/mysql - mysql-4.0.10.ebuild;
462 * dev-php/php - php-4.3.1.ebuild;
463 * sys-devel/perl - perl-5.6.1-r11.ebuild;
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[46]) to record and
480 track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
481 development team. In the last 7 days, activity on the site has resulted
482 in:
483
484 * 294 new bugs this week
485 * 336 bugs closed or resolved this week
486 * 8 previously closed bugs were reopened this week.
487 * 1796 total bugs currently marked 'new'
488 * 558 total bugs curently assigned to developers
489
490 There are currently 2411 bugs open in bugzilla. Of these: 46 are labelled
491 'blocker', 82 are labelled 'critical', and 171 are labelled 'major'.
492
493 46. http://bugs.gentoo.org
494
495 Closed Bug Rankings
496 -------------------
497
498 The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs this week are:
499
500 * Nicholas Jones[47], with 29 closed bugs[48]
501 * Martin Schlemmer[49], with 18 closed bugs[50]
502 * The Gnome Team[51], with 17 closed bugs[52]
503 * Nick Hadaway[53], with 13 closed bugs[54]
504
505 47. carpaski@g.o
506 48.
507 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
508 field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&resolution=FIXED&assi
509 gned_to=carpaski%40gentoo.org
510 49. azarah@g.o
511 50.
512 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
513 field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&resolution=FIXED&assi
514 gned_to=azarah%40gentoo.org
515 51. gnome@g.o
516 52.
517 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
518 field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&resolution=FIXED&assi
519 gned_to=gnome%40gentoo.org
520 53. raker@g.o
521 54.
522 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch
523 field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&resolution=FIXED&assi
524 gned_to=raker%40gentoo.org
525
526 New Bug Rankings
527 ----------------
528
529 The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs this
530 week are:
531
532 * Nick Hadaway[55], with 20 new bugs[56]
533 * The Gnome Team[57], with 18 new bugs[58]
534 * Nicholas Jones[59], with 15 new bugs[60]
535 * Martin Schlemmer[61], with 14 new bugs[62]
536 * George Shapovalov[63], with 11 new bugs[64]
537
538 55. raker@g.o
539 56.
540 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
541 tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&=&a
542 ssigned_to=raker%40gentoo.org
543 57. gnome@g.o
544 58.
545 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
546 tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&=&a
547 ssigned_to=gnome%40gentoo.org
548 59. carpaski@g.o
549 60.
550 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
551 tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&=&a
552 ssigned_to=carpaski%40gentoo.org
553 61. azarah@g.o
554 62.
555 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
556 tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&=&a
557 ssigned_to=azarah%40gentoo.org
558 63. george@g.o
559 64.
560 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s
561 tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-02-15&chfieldto=Now&=&a
562 ssigned_to=george%40gentoo.org
563
564 ==================
565 8. Tips and Tricks
566 ==================
567
568 Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
569
570 As Gentoo's userbase grows, a common complaint is the slowdown of its
571 primary mirrors. Many people in the community have responded, adding more
572 mirrors to help distribute the load. So where do you find these mirrors?
573 One way is to look on the website at
574 http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml. The other (easier) way is to
575 use the handy mirrorselect tool. MirrorSelect is a simple ncurses
576 interface that allows you to select which mirror(s) you want to use for
577 your machine.
578
579 MirrorSelect is available in Portage, so a simple emerge is all that's
580 necessary to install it.
581 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
582 | Code Listing 8.1: |
583 | Installing MirrorSelect |
584 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
585 | |
586 |# emerge mirrorselect |
587 | |
588 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
589
590
591 To use MirrorSelect, simply run mirrorselect at a terminal prompt and then
592 select your preferred mirror(s).
593 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
594 | Code Listing 8.1: |
595 | Using MirrorSelect |
596 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
597 | |
598 |# mirrorselect |
599 | |
600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
601
602 Figure 8.1: Using MirrorSelect
603 http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/gwn/20030224_mirrorselect.jpg
604
605 When you're done selecting mirrors, select OK, and your /etc/make.conf
606 will be updated with your new mirrors.
607 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
608 | Code Listing 8.1: |
609 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
610 | |
611 |Selected: ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo |
612 | http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://distro.ibiblio.org/gentoo |
613 | Mirrors set successfully |
614 | |
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616
617
618 ==========================
619 9. Moves, Adds and Changes
620 ==========================
621
622 Moves
623 -----
624
625 The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:
626
627 * none this week
628
629 Adds
630 ----
631
632 The following developers recently joined the Gentoo team:
633
634 * Robert Coie (rac) -- perl, bughunting
635 * James Boddington (Aiken) -- Gentoo/SPARC, Gentoo/ARM
636 * Jon Ellis (jje) -- music stuffs
637 * Alastair Tse (liquidx) -- python, GNOME, Gentoo/ARM
638 * Ken Nowack (antifa) -- Gentoo Documentation
639
640 Changes
641 -------
642
643 The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project.
644
645 * none this week
646
647 =====================
648 10. Contribute to GWN
649 =====================
650
651 Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an
652 email[65].
653
654 65. gwn-feedback@g.o
655
656 ================
657 11. GWN Feedback
658 ================
659
660 Please send us your feedback[66] and help make GWN better.
661
662 66. gwn-feedback@g.o
663
664 ===================
665 12. Other Languages
666 ===================
667
668 The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is also available in the following languages:
669
670 * Dutch[66]
671 * English[66]
672 * German[66]
673 * French[66]
674 * Japanese[66]
675 * Italian[66]
676 * Portuguese (Brazil)[66]
677 * Portuguese (Portugal)[66]
678 * Spanish[66]
679
680 Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o> - Editor
681 AJ Armstrong <aja@×××××××××××××.com> - Contributor
682 Brice Burgess <nesta@×××××××.net> - Contributor
683 Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos@g.o> - Contributor
684 Rafael Cordones Marcos <rcm@×××××××.net> - Contributor
685 David Narayan <david@×××××××.net> - Contributor
686 Ulrich Plate <plate@g.o> - Contributor
687 Peter Sharp <mail@××××××××××××××.net> - Contributor
688 Mathy Vanvoorden <matje@×××××××.be> - Dutch Translation
689 Tom Van Laerhoven <tom.vanlaerhoven@××××××.be> - Dutch Translation
690 Roel Adriaans <roel@××××××××.cx> - Dutch Translation
691 Peter Dijkstra <phj.dijkstra@××××.nl> - Dutch Translation
692 Nicolas Ledez <nicolas.ledez@××××.fr> - French Translation
693 Guillaume Plessis <gui@×××××××××.com> - French Translation
694 Eric St-Georges <thevedge@××××××××.net> - French Translation
695 John Berry <anfini@××××.fr> - French Translation
696 Martin Prieto <riverdale@×××××××××.org> - French Translation
697 Michael Kohl <citizen428@g.o> - German Translation
698 Steffen Lassahn <madeagle@g.o> - German Translation
699 Matthias F. Brandstetter <haim@g.o> - German Translation
700 Thomas Raschbacher <lordvan@g.o> - German Translation
701 Marco Mascherpa <mush@××××××.net> - Italian Translation
702 Claudio Merloni <paper@×××××××.it> - Italian Translation
703 Daniel Ketel <kage-chan@g.o> - Japanese Translation
704 Yoshiaki Hagihara <hagi@×××.com> - Japanese Translation
705 Andy Hunne <andy@×××××××××.com> - Japanese Translation
706 Yuji Carlos Kosugi <carlos@g.o> - Japanese Translation
707 Yasunori Fukudome <yasunori@××××××××××××××××.uk> - Japanese Translation
708 Ventura Barbeiro <venturasbarbeiro@××××××.br> - Portuguese (Brazil)
709 Translation
710 Bruno Ferreira <blueroom@××××××××××××.net> - Portuguese (Portugal)
711 Translation
712 Gustavo Felisberto <gustavo@××××××××××.net> - Portuguese (Portugal)
713 Translation
714 Ricardo Jorge Louro <rjlouro@×××××××.org> - Portuguese (Portugal)
715 Translation
716 Lanark <lanark@××××××××××.ar> - Spanish Translation
717 Rafael Cordones Marcos <rcm@×××××××.net> - Spanish Translation
718 Julio Castillo <julio@×××××××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation
719 Sergio Gómez <s3r@××××××××××××.ar> - Spanish Translation
720 Pablo Pita Leira <pablo.leira@×××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation
721 Carlos Castillo <carlos@×××××××××××××.com> - Spanish Translation
722 Tirant <tirant@×××××.net> - Spanish Translation
723 Jaime Freire <jfreire@××.com> - Spanish Translation
724 Lucas Sallovitz <krusty_ar@×××××.com> - Spanish Translation