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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 29 November 2004. |
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1. Gentoo News |
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Genesi starts shipping PegasosPPC with Gentoo Linux preinstalled |
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The Luxemburg-based company Genesi S.à.r.l.[1] has announced that sales of |
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their PegasosPPC Open Desktop Workstations (ODW) equipped with Gentoo |
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Linux 2004.3 will start this week. Just hours after ordering of the ODW |
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had become "quietly" available on the Freescale (i.e. the CPU |
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manufacturer's) website[2] on Thanksgiving Day, orders started pouring in, |
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says Bill Buck, Genesi's CEO. The units are to be shipped to South Korea |
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and will be the first to sport Gentoo Linux, on top of the previously |
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included Debian and Yellowdog. |
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1. http://www.genesi.lu |
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https://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?nodeId=018rH3bTdG8653&code=PPCG40001 |
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Figure 1.1: Fan-less assembled Pegasos II motherboard |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-odw.jpg |
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According to Genesi, the PowerPC-based ODW offers "an anchor for the whole |
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enterprise infrastructure." Optimized performance and lower price levels |
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are the prime objectives, offering a solution to collapse the IT |
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infrastructure into one family of scalable and upgradable hardware, and an |
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open-source operating system and application base. "We think there will be |
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a lot of interest in this concept, especially for national IT |
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infrastructures where a progressively developing software resource based |
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on GNU/Linux can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership," says |
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Bill Buck. He wants a low-foot-print, low-power 32bit PowerPC solution |
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"with a strong link to Gentoo and other non-commercial GNU/Linux |
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distributions as a foundation." Genesi and Freescale foster development on |
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their current Open Desktop Workstations, with the next hardware generation |
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being tuned to market: The PegasosPPCs donated last month to Gentoo Linux |
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and other developers are predominantly positioned as development machines, |
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but they can serve as thin clients, workstation, netcom devices, file |
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servers or clusters alike. |
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Figure 1.2: What's inside a Pegasos? |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-pegasos.jpg |
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Amidst MySQL servers and efforts at building Pegasos blade clusters, |
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Gentoo developer David Holm[3] and colleagues have been working on a |
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Linux/PPC-based network firewall and mail filter application running on |
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the Pegasos hardware. By utilising AltiVec to do parallel processing of |
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data they hope to increase the maximum throughput of both network packets |
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and e-mails. Developers at the Romanian subsidiary of Freescale[4] are |
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integrating their AltiVec enhanced VPN enciphering modules with this |
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product. The base system is built by using the Gentoo uclibc stages in |
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order to minimise the footprint so that it will fit on flash storage. |
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Parts of the code developed for this project will be released as (L)GPL, |
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the systems are scheduled to ship in early 2005. |
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3. dholm@g.o |
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4. http://www.freescale.com |
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Gentoo script repository |
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As the script-aided administration of Gentoo systems is clearly a very |
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useful concept, the idea of a central script repository had already been |
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formalized in an early Gentoo Linux Enhancement Proposal (GLEP)[5]. Lack |
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of manpower has prevented this from finishing yet, but Gentoo developer |
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Patrick Lauer now offers a provisional repository[6], awaiting integration |
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into the official collection when GLEP #15 is finally implemented. This |
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space is open to all users, not just official developers. For the time |
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being, if you want to contribute, send your script(s) with a short |
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description (and in case they are not in the public domain, some license |
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information attached to it) directly to Patrick[7]. |
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5. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0015.html |
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6. http://gentooexperimental.org/scripts/ |
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7. patrick@g.o |
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News from the Gentoo translators projects |
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With the announcement of the Japanese translator team[8] that their |
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version of the Gentoo Handbook for x86 now reflects all changes done for |
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the 2004.3 release, there are currently six alternative languages |
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available with a mostly or even completely up-to-date translation of the |
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English default handbook. While the German version had already been in |
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sync with the English documentation since the day of the release, Danish, |
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French, Spanish and traditional Chinese have been added over the course of |
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the last two weeks. Other languages are bound to follow, and you can speed |
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up things by helping the translation teams in your language: contact the |
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project leads listed here[9] if you would like to contribute your time. |
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8. http://www.gentoo.gr.jp/jpnews/main/20041128-GentooHandbook-x86.xml |
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9. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/international.xml |
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2. Future zone |
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Shifting to 2.6 kernel as default |
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Traditionally, our installation documentation has instructed users to |
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install a Linux 2.4 kernel to power their Gentoo installation. Linux 2.4 |
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is now in maintenance mode and has been superseded by Linux 2.6. |
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Linux 2.6, initially released at the end of 2003, is the result of years |
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of rapid development, providing many new features and improvements. |
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Notable changes include much improved desktop interactivity, multimedia |
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improvements such as new sound drivers (ALSA), improved hardware and |
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architecture support, additional security capabilities, improved |
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multi-processor (SMP) efficiency, and many other changes. Linux 2.6 is |
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still under constant development and has now reached a mature stage. |
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Gentoo Linux has always provided and semi-supported Linux 2.6 for an |
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option for users, and a few architectures have recently moved to making |
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this their recommended kernel (ppc, ppc64, amd64, ia64). For other |
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architectures such as x86, the default supported kernel is still Linux |
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2.4. For the 2005.0 release, the Gentoo kernel developers are working to |
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make Linux 2.6 the default kernel for all supported architectures upon |
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which 2.6 runs well. All new installations will run Linux 2.6, and at time |
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of release, existing 2.4 users will be encouraged to migrate. |
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Preparation for this switch has already begun. Our 2004.3 LiveCD, unlike |
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previous releases, runs the Linux 2.6 kernel internally by default, and |
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feedback from this has been very positive. Our Gentoo-supported Linux 2.6 |
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package, gentoo-dev-sources, has been extended to be supported by as many |
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architectures as possible, whereas its 2.4 predecessor (gentoo-sources) is |
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really only aimed at x86 users. Thankfully, the process of migration from |
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Linux 2.4 to 2.6 is relatively simple, but documentation is in development |
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to highlight caveats in the migration[10]. |
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10. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml |
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For the 2005.0 release, the 2.6-based gentoo-dev-sources package will be |
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merged into gentoo-sources. Other kernel packages will undergo similar |
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operations (e.g. development-sources merging into vanilla-sources), and |
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the 2.6 releases will be the default kernels under these package titles. |
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Linux 2.4 will still be supported, and will be selectable through an |
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alternative Portage profile. We have some more work to do beforehand, but |
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we will provide complete documentation when this change settles into place. |
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3. Gentoo security |
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X.Org, XFree86: libXpm vulnerabilities |
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libXpm contains several vulnerabilities that could lead to a Denial of |
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Service and arbitrary code execution. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11] |
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11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-28.xml |
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unarj: Long filenames buffer overflow and a path traversal vulnerability |
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unarj contains a buffer overflow and a directory traversal vulnerability. |
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This could lead to overwriting of arbitrary files or the execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[12] |
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12. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-29.xml |
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pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf |
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pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it |
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vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF |
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file. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[13] |
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13. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-30.xml |
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ProZilla: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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ProZilla contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities that can be |
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exploited by a malicious server to execute arbitrary code with the rights |
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of the user running ProZilla. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[14] |
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14. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-31.xml |
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phpBB: Remote command execution |
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phpBB contains a vulnerability which allows a remote attacker to execute |
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arbitrary commands with the rights of the web server user. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[15] |
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15. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-32.xml |
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TWiki: Arbitrary command execution |
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A bug in the TWiki search function allows an attacker to execute arbitrary |
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commands with the permissions of the user running TWiki. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[16] |
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16. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-33.xml |
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Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple remote vulnerabilities |
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The Cyrus IMAP Server contains multiple vulnerabilities which could lead |
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to remote execution of arbitrary code. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[17] |
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17. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-34.xml |
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phpWebSite: HTTP response splitting vulnerability |
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phpWebSite is vulnerable to possible HTTP response splitting attacks. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[18] |
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18. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-35.xml |
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phpMyAdmin: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities |
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phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. |
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For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[19] |
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19. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-36.xml |
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4. Heard in the community |
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Web forums |
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The udderly mysterious Larry the Cow |
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In preparation for the Italian G-Day (see our article[20] in last week's |
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GWN), Peach[21] has designed a few posters, and thought he'd share his |
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artwork with the community. Note that "If it moves, compile it" doesn't |
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become the official motto for Gentoo Linux just by repetition... |
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21. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=15873 |
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* Larry The Cow unveiled and Gentoo Posters[22] |
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22. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=257123 |
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gentoo-user |
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Gentoo on low end systems |
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Gentoo is primarily installed on modern hardware because it demands CPU |
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power when doing most Portage operations. However, Gentoo's "only what you |
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need" approach is great for systems that only need a select set of |
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services running, or machines with meager hardware available. Check out |
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this quick thread for a few tips if you're planning on installing Gentoo |
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on an aging machine. |
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* Gentoo Tips for Lower End Systems?[23] |
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23. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/108696 |
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Copying kernel config files |
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Here's a quick tip that we've mentioned before; but can be such a time |
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saver that it is worth bringing up every so often. When upgrading Linux |
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kernels, use the command stated in this thread to carry over the settings |
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from your previous kernel version. |
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* Q: Copying kernel config files[24] |
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24. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/108698 |
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Thanksgiving shopping tips |
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For our readers in the U.S., what kind of holiday week would it be without |
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mentioning shopping the day after Thanksgiving? This sprawling thread |
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covered just about every old tip and advice in the book. A bit off topic, |
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but right on time. Enjoy! |
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* When to shop during thanksgiving?[25] |
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25. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/108703 |
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gentoo-dev |
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Thanksgiving thanks given |
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With Thanksgiving just over and Christmas approaching, both users and |
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developers have expressed their gratitude for Gentoo's existence. In the |
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first thread, Christian Hoenig expresses his gratitude for being able to |
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run Gentoo for two years without reinstall, and just a few hours before, |
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Jeremy Huddleston[26] was all warm and mushy inside after eating his |
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Thanksgiving turkey, and just felt like writing a happy "thank you all!" |
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26. eradicator@g.o |
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* Big thanks for my 2nd anniversary, devs![27] |
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* thank you all![28] |
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27. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23197 |
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28. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23184 |
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Beeping nuisance |
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Roman Gaufman[29] writes: "Someone was bound to complain. I set xorg to |
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emerge and go to sleep. I fall asleep and it starts beeping! GRR! Doesnt |
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it bother anyone? -- under no circumstances do I want beeping." This |
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common "bug" has already been taken care of, but the documentation for |
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EBEEP_IGNORE is not yet publically available. Check the thread to see how |
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you can silence Portage if you have to! |
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29. hackeron@×××××.com |
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* Gentoo beeping at me?[30] |
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30. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23109 |
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5. Gentoo International |
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Turkey: New Gentoo website, GWN mailing list |
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Gentoo Türkiye, the Turkish Gentoo User Group, has announced their |
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soon-to-be website[31], still very much under construction at the time of |
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this writing. According to admin Bahadır Kandemir (who is doubling as lead |
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GWN translator for Turkish), the team running the site is working on their |
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own XML content management system, and will go live as soon as possible. |
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More importantly, the revived Turkish GWN version can now be subscribed |
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to, via a brandnew mailing list "bulten@×××××××××.org" (bulten = |
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newsletter), operational only since last week. If you would like to |
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receive the Turkish GWN regularly (with a delay of just a few hours |
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compared to the English original), send an empty mail to |
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bulten-subscribe@×××××××××.org. Interestingly enough, Gentoo Türkiye's |
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website and mailing list are sponsored by a Moscow-based hosting company, |
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IQChoice.com[32]. In case you'd like to support their efforts, come and |
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meet the Turkish Gentoo user community where they usually hang out: in the |
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#turklug channel on irc.freenode.net. |
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31. http://www.gentoo-tr.org/ |
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32. http://www.iqchoice.com |
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Poland: Bialystok EVDT conference |
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Last Saturday, 20 November 2004, a group of open-source amateurs using the |
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colorful label "Electric Vodka Developer Team" (EVDT) held a conference on |
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"Alternative platforms and operating systems"[33] in their home town |
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Bialystok, an all-day event hosted at the local Technical University. |
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Papers on the history of operating systems, on cluster, embedded, and real |
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time systems, and about the differences between x86 and PowerPC |
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architectures were being presented to about 80 participants. The PPC side |
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was further explored in talks about the Altivec units in PowerPC G4 |
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processors and how to make use of them with the help of gcc, and in a |
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closing presentation about the PegasosPPC platform (see above) and its |
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native MorphOS system. Between the sessions and after the last one had |
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finished, visitors were able to see and touch some live hardware and |
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software. There were PowerPC (G3 and G4) with MorphOS on display, and x86 |
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desktops with QNX, Slackware, Debian, and of course Gentoo Linux |
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installed. Everyone was free to check the differences between several |
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Linux flairs, alternative operating systems, and assorted hardware. Some |
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photos and a longer report from the event are available here[34] (polish |
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33. http://szarik.rr.nu/evdt/alt04.html |
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34. http://szarik.rr.nu/evdt/alt04.html |
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Figure 5.1: Power of diversity: alternative platforms on display at the |
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conference |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-bialystok.jpg |
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Germany: Bowling for Gänsebein |
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The notorious Ruhr region Gentooists are meeting on 10 December for a |
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friendly Christmas dinner party at the equally notorious Gasthof |
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Harlos[35] in Oberhausen. The menu is still being discussed, available |
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options include Gänsekeulen (goose legs) and Rinderrouladen (beef rolls). |
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After dinner the attendants and their ample supply of Glühwein (German |
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mulled wine) will retreat to the bowling alley. If you intend to join |
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them, post to this forum thread[36]. |
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35. http://www.gasthof-harlos.de |
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36. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1783926#1783926 |
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6. Gentoo in the press |
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ZDNet UK (25 November 2004) |
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In her article[37] published shortly after Gentoo Linux 2004.3 was made |
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available to the public, Ingrid Marson from ZDNet UK already reports about |
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the preparations for Gentoo's next release, 2005.0, due in February next |
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year. The article is mostly based on an interview with Gentoo release |
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engineer Chris Gianelloni[38] and points out a graphical installation and |
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the planned ability to run Gentoo Linux completely off the LiveCD. |
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37. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39175014,00.htm |
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38. wolf31o2@g.o |
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7. Bugzilla |
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Summary |
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* Statistics |
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* Closed bug ranking |
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* New bug rankings |
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Statistics |
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[39]) to record and |
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track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the |
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development team. Between 14 November 2004 and 28 November 2004, activity |
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on the site has resulted in: |
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39. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
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* 1563 new bugs during this period |
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* 847 bugs closed or resolved during this period |
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* 47 previously closed bugs were reopened this period |
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Of the 7645 currently open bugs: 135 are labeled 'blocker', 248 are |
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labeled 'critical', and 562 are labeled 'major'. |
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Closed bug rankings |
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The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period |
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are: |
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* AMD64 Porting Team[40], with 50 closed bugs[41] |
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* Xavier Neys[42], with 34 closed bugs[43] |
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* Gentoo Games[44], with 33 closed bugs[45] |
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* Mozilla Gentoo Team[46], with 29 closed bugs[47] |
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* ppc64 architecture team[48], with 27 closed bugs[49] |
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* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[50], with 27 closed bugs[51] |
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* Jeremy Huddleston[52], with 25 closed bugs[53] |
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* Gentoo Linux bug wranglers[54], with 23 closed bugs[55] |
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40. amd64@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch$field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
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42. neysx@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=neysx@g.o |
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44. games@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@g.o |
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46. mozilla@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=mozilla@g.o |
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48. ppc64@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=ppc64@g.o |
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50. gnome@g.o |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=gnome@g.o |
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52. eradicator@g.o |
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53. |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=eradicator@g.o |
457 |
54. bug-wranglers@g.o |
458 |
55. |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=bug-wranglers@g.o |
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|
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New bug rankings |
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---------------- |
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|
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The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during |
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this period are: |
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|
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* Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[56], with 32 new bugs[57] |
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* AMD64 Porting Team[58], with 28 new bugs[59] |
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* Gentoo X-windows packagers[60], with 23 new bugs[61] |
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* media-video herd[62], with 20 new bugs[63] |
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* Java team[64], with 20 new bugs[65] |
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* Portage team[66], with 15 new bugs[67] |
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* SpanKY[68], with 13 new bugs[69] |
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* netmon herd[70], with 13 new bugs[71] |
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56. base-system@g.o |
476 |
57. |
477 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=base-system@g.o |
478 |
58. amd64@g.o |
479 |
59. |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=amd64@g.o |
481 |
60. x11@g.o |
482 |
61. |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=x11@g.o |
484 |
62. media-video@g.o |
485 |
63. |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=media-video@g.o |
487 |
64. java@g.o |
488 |
65. |
489 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=java@g.o |
490 |
66. dev-portage@g.o |
491 |
67. |
492 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=dev-portage@g.o |
493 |
68. vapier@g.o |
494 |
69. |
495 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=vapier@g.o |
496 |
70. netmon@g.o |
497 |
71. |
498 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2004-11-14&chfieldto=2004-11-28&assigned_to=netmon@g.o |
499 |
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8. Tips and Tricks |
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================== |
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|
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Portage GUIs |
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------------ |
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|
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Larry the Cow became just a bit frustrated with Portage and its textual |
508 |
frontend. There used to be the legendary KPortage to sooth his craving for |
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a graphical user interface, but its development stalled, and it vanished |
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from the Portage tree a long time ago. |
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|
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Then Larry tried guitoo and porthole. He was impressed. He found two |
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up-to-date Portage frontends with ongoing development. All of a sudden, |
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Larry the Cow was in control. And he liked it. |
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|
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First off, Guitoo[72] is a KDE application offering most functions of |
517 |
Portage, such as views of installed and generally available packages. It |
518 |
helps you keep your system up to date, lets you view logs and keeps its |
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own queue for the installation of multiple packages. Very interesting and |
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rather more advanced than its predecessor KPortage it's equipped with a |
521 |
systemtray ("kicker") application called Gentoo Watcher, which is pulling |
522 |
in rss feeds from the Gentoo website, raking in all available information |
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on the latest packages and the Gentoo Linux Security Advisories (GLSA). |
524 |
Using the watcher, pending security updates are just one click away as |
525 |
they can be pushed to Guitoo for emerging. |
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72. http://guitoo.sf.net |
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|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Code Listing 8.1: | |
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|Emerge | |
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Guitoo--------------------------------------------------------------------- |
532 |
---- |
533 |
| | |
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|# echo "app-portage/guitoo ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords (if | |
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necessary) |
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|# emerge guitoo | |
537 |
| | |
538 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
539 |
|
540 |
And then there's Porthole[73]. GTK+-2 rather than Qt-based, it gives you |
541 |
control over the basic Portage features, i.e. emerge, unmerge, sync and |
542 |
update. While guitoo only gets the output of emerge --pretend to show you |
543 |
the dependencies a package has, porthole can show you directly which |
544 |
dependencies are met and which are not. |
545 |
73. http://porthole.sf.net/ |
546 |
|
547 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Code Listing 8.2: | |
549 |
|Emerge | |
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Porthole------------------------------------------------------------------- |
551 |
------ |
552 |
| | |
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|# echo "app-portage/porthole ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords (if | |
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necessary) |
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|# emerge porthole | |
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| | |
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
558 |
|
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Larry, being happy about having the tools in the first place, is rather |
560 |
indifferent at this point as to which one is preferrable. He suggests you |
561 |
try both, and decide for yourself. Choice to the user. |
562 |
|
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Figure 8.1: Screenshots of Porthole (left) and Guitoo (right, including |
564 |
the watcher) |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-tnt.png |
566 |
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=========================== |
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9. Moves, adds, and changes |
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=========================== |
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|
571 |
Moves |
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----- |
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|
574 |
The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: |
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|
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* None this week |
577 |
|
578 |
Adds |
579 |
---- |
580 |
|
581 |
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: |
582 |
|
583 |
* Micheal Marineau (marineam) - Kernel patches |
584 |
|
585 |
Changes |
586 |
------- |
587 |
|
588 |
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux |
589 |
project: |
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|
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* None this week |
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email[74]. |
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11. GWN feedback |
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================ |
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|
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Please send us your feedback[75] and help make the GWN better. |
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