[gentoo-gmn] Gentoo Monthly Newsletter: 18 February 2008

[Anant Narayanan]

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Gentoo Monthly Newsletter
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/
This is the second issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter, for January 2008 -
February 2008.
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1. Introduction
===============

This month in the GMN
---------------------

Welcome to the second issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter. To begin with,
we would like to thank the entire community for the overwhelming response to
the GMN's inaugural issue. We received a lot of encouraging feedback and hope
that you will continue to write in. Remember, the GMN is what its readers
want it to be - please see the section on how you can get involved - at the
end of the newsletter for more information.

This month's issue implements some of the interesting suggestions we received
from our readers. The security statistics have been removed, since it seemed
to add a lot of clutter with little value-addition to the newsletter. You can
still monitor GLSAs in a variety of ways though - by using glsa-check (part
of gentoolkit[1]), by subscribing to the feed on the GLSA page[2] or the
gentoo-announcemailing list[3].

   1. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-portage/gentoolkit
   2. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/
   3. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml

Graphical bugzilla and package statistics is another feature we implemented,
don't forget to see the cool graphs and charts! In tune with the feature on
our front page announcements, you can now discuss particular issues of the
Gentoo Monthly Newsletter in the forum. Discuss this newsletter[4]!

   4. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4871969.html

We hope you enjoy reading this edition of the GMN.

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2. Gentoo News
==============

Gentoo Trustee Elections
------------------------

The Gentoo Trustee elections are currently in progress. After nearly a month
of nominations, we are left with 8 candidates for the posts. The polls will
be open until February 28. Everybody who has ever voted in a trustee election
or has been a Gentoo developer for the last 365 days (or more, from the date
of close of election poll) is eligible to vote. You can get more information
on the election and on each candidate's manifesto on the trustee election
page[5].

   5. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/elections/foundation-200802.xml

Kernel security exploits: Upgrade ASAP
--------------------------------------

Two major security flaws in the Linux kernel were reported last weekend. Both
flaws have the same impact (root access for local users) and both exist
within the vmsplice() system call, which was added to the kernel in 2.6.17.
There is no configuration option to exclude vmsplice() so everyone is
vulnerable.

One of the security issues existed for the entire lifetime of vmsplice(), so
any kernel version from 2.6.17 onwards is vulnerable. This was fixed in
2.6.24.2, 2.6.23.16 and 2.6.22.18. It has been assigned the vulnerability
identifier of CVE-2008-0600[6].

   6. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0600

The other security issue first appeared in 2.6.23. It was fixed in 2.6.23.15
and 2.6.24.1. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2008-0009[7] and
CVE-2008-0010[8].

   7. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0009
   8. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0010

gentoo-sources-2.6.23-r8 and gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r2 were added to the tree
Monday and include fixes for both issues. Install the latest
gentoo-sources[9] as quickly as possible.

   9. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

The full announcement can be found here[10].

  10. http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080213-vmsplice.xml

KDE 4.0.1 in the tree
---------------------

Gentoo's KDE herd is happy to inform you that they've just committed KDE
4.0.1 to the Portage tree.

KDE 4.0.1 is the first maintenance release and fixes many issues of the
initial release. Among those changes are stability bugfixes and performance
improvements for Konqueror[11] and its Flash integration as well as its
JavaScript support. KWin[12] has seen improvements with respect to
compositing and error handling. Almost all other KDE modules have been worked
on extensively as well.

  11. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/kde-base/konqueror
  12. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/kde-base/kwin

The full announcement can be found here[13].

  13. http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080210-kde-4.0.1.xml

Council Meeting Summary
-----------------------

The Gentoo Council[14] held its monthly meeting on 14 February, 2008. The
items put up for discussion were:

  14. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/

  * GLEP 46[15] (Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml): This GLEP was
    approved, however the proposer is required to explain why the protocols
    that may be used were restricted to HTTP and HTTPS only - before the GLEP
    is finalized.
  * EAPI=1 (Where is the specification?): The general agreement was that
    any new EAPIs should not be added until EAPI=0 is fully approved.
    However, there wasn't any consensus on changing anything about EAPI=1.
    Mark Loeser[16] agreed to work on PMS for EAPI=0, and will provide an
    update at the next meeting.

  15. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0046.html
  16. halcy0n@g.o

Some items were rolled over from the previous meeting. GLEPs 54[17] and
55[18] were not resubmitted to the council for discussion.

  17. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0054.html
  18. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0055.html

  * Code of Conduct Enforcement: Donnie Berkholz[19] posted a simple
    suggestion on the council mailing list. The council supported the
    implementation and Donnie will get things going.
  * Document of being an active developer: No updates.
  * Slacker archs: No updates.

  19. dberkholz@g.o

Coming Up
---------

  * FOSDEM[20]: February 23-24. One of the best community events of
    Europe. Although there isn't going to be an official Gentoo presence at
    the event, you can look forward to meeting several Gentoo developers and
    users at the event.
  * Bugday[21]: Looking for a way to help out Gentoo without investing a
    lot of time? Join us on March 01 for our monthly bugday, and help us
    squash some bugs[22].
  * Chemnitzer Linux-Tage[23]: March 01-02. Several European Gentoo
    developers and users are planning[23] to attend, so if you're going to be
    around Chemnitz at the time, do drop in!
  * Council Meeting[14]: The Gentoo Council meets every month to discuss
    important technical issues that affect Gentoo as a whole. This month's
    meeting is scheduled to be held on March 13, and everyone is welcome to
    participate - #gentoo-council on irc.freenode.net at 2000UTC.
  * PyCon[24]: March 13-17. There's a Birds Of a Feather (BoF) session
    planned for everyone interested in Gentoo at the conference. If you're
    interested, don't forget to drop a note in the forums[25].

  14. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/
  20. http://www.fosdem.org/2008/
  21. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/bugday/index.xml
  22. http://bugday.gentoo.org/
  23. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/events/clt2008-germany/
  24. http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/
  25. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-659597.html

=========================
3. Heard in the Community
=========================

The Emacs Team
--------------

Introduction:

Some people wonder how maintaining a bunch of packages works in Gentoo and
how they can help as users. Every team has its own style of work-flow but
some common schemes are present in every team. This month, we take a look at
how the Emacs[26] team functions.

  26. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/emacs/

Who we are and what we do:

The Emacs team consists of two developers, Ulrich Müller[27] and Christian
Faulhammer[28], who take care of all packages in the app-emacs category[29]
besides the GNU Emacs editor and several micro Emacsen. Additionally, we
often take care of Emacs support (mostly enabled by USE=emacs) for packages
maintained by other teams.

  27. ulm@g.o
  28. opfer@g.o
  29. http://packages.gentoo.org/category/app-emacs

How we work:

There are two ways of working: Act or react. Reaction happens on user
requests that come in by bug reports (the preferred way), IRC or by e-mail.
Acting happens in mail exchange or discussion on IRC of the team members. We
discuss problems we have had or ones that might occur and try to find optimum
solutions to them. Optimal in this case means leaving as few people as
possible with problems. This often means a trade-off between features and
backwards compatibility.

Bug reports are handled by any of the members. Whoever reacts first is
responsible for the bug, unless someone else has a superior solution. New
packages that are experimental are first tried out in the Emacs overlay[30],
which is connected to a Wiki system where we store temporary information and
progress reports. For example, we collect information about packages that
have broken or bad Emacs support in the Wiki. Whenever one of us finds time,
the problem is fixed and the entry deleted from the Wiki. Alternatively, if
the problem could not be fixed, additional information is added to the entry
so the next person can start off where this one left. The Wiki also stores
information like which packages need a newer version/revision in the tree
(including a target date) and test plans for many packages.

  30. http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/emacs/

Stabilization is handled through the bug tracker[31]. A maintainer files a
new bug which says "stable app-emacs/xyz-1.0" in the summary and has all
relevant architecture teams (such as x86, amd or sparc) in the CC field. The
architecture team then tests the package (with the help of the collected test
plans) and marks it stable.

  31. http://bugs.gentoo.org/

How users can help:

The easiest way to help is to file a bug report if you spot a problem. Even
minor ones are important for overall quality, such as if there is a new
version of a program/package that could not to be found in Portage. Please
give maintainers at-least a few days time after release though! If you are
not sure about a problem, try to investigate a bit. Don't be afraid of your
request being called "dumb", we actually prefer bugs that can be closed as
INVALID (or something similar) as compared to real issues that may not be
reported at all. Be sure to check for duplicate bugs beforehand!

Users are welcome to join our IRC channel #gentoo-lisp on Freenode[32] where
you can get support for all flavours of Lisp (including Emacs Lisp). IRC is a
great way to directly contact developers. Email[33] is a good communication
channel too, but not perfect, as emails may get lost. Emails are also
forgotten more easily than bug reports.

  32. http://freenode.net/
  33. emacs@g.o

Working on the overlay is another way to contribute, but we won't give away
commit access too easily as a simple change is potential for a lot of harm.
Trusted users do gain commit access after proving themselves. Some hints on
how GNU Emacs on Gentoo works can be found in the maintainers guide[34].

  34. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/emacs/emacs.xml

Gentoo tops BIND benchmarks
---------------------------

The Internet Systems Consortium[35] conducted a benchmark to test various
operating systems for their suitability to run BIND 9[36]. Amongst all the
operating systems tested, Gentoo Linux running on kernel version 2.6.20.7
topped the charts, processing 93,000 queries per second! Fedora Core came
second with 87,000 queries/second, followed by FreeBSD-7 (84,000
queries/second).

  35. http://www.isc.org/
  36. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-dns/bind

For more information, check out ISC's page on the benchmark[37].

  37. http://new.isc.org/proj/dnsperf/OStest.html

Planet Gentoo
-------------

How to contact developers

Sometimes people are confused how they can get in touch with a developer,
Luca Barbato[38] gives us some hints[39] on how you can meet the person you
need.

  38. lu_zero@g.o
  39. http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/lu_zero/2008/01/21/how_to_contact_developers

Voicing a user

Joshua Jackson[40] gives user Matthew Summers the opportunity[41] to raise
some points about Daniel Robbins' offer.

  40. tsunam@g.o
  41. http://tsunam.org/2008/01/21/guest-post-matthew-summers/

Gentoo people at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage

Tobias Scherbaum[42] announces the presence[43] of Gentoo developers and
users during the Chemnitzer Linux-Tage in Germany. The developer meeting will
be on 1st March 2008, but everyone is invited to say hello.

  42. dertobi123@g.o
  43. http://blog.scherbaum.info/2008/01/22/developer-meeting-at-the-chemnitzer-linux-tage-on-march-1st/

Status of GCC 4.3

In a short note[44], Ryan Hill[45] informs us of the status of GCC 4.3 in
Gentoo.

  44. http://psykil.livejournal.com/321090.html
  45. dirtyepic@g.o

Summer of Code ideas

Even if it is only spring, Diego Pettenò[46] and Hans de Graaff[47] think
about what could be feasible[48]ideas[49] for this year's Google Summer of
Code.

  46. flameeyes@g.o
  47. graaff@g.o
  48. http://blog.flameeyes.eu/articles/2008/02/02/ideas-for-google-summer-of-code
  49. http://moving-innovations.com/blog/articles/2008/02/02/speaking-of-eselect

Xen applied

Michael Marineau[50] describes how Xen and Gentoo are used[51] in the Open
Source Labs[52].

  50. marineam@g.o
  51. http://mike.marineau.org/blog/gentoo/2008-02-02-gentoo-osl-and-xen
  52. http://www.osuosl.org/

MIPS back to experimental

Upon other release related things, Stuart Longland[53] announces that MIPS is
now an experimental[54] architecture again, meaning that there will be no
more stable KEYWORDS, just ~mips. This is due to lack of manpower.

  53. redhatter@g.o
  54. http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/02/03/gentoomips-notes-for-upcomming-release-20080/

Internal libraries and how to fix it

Diego Pettenò[46]'s current crusade is to kill internal copies of libraries.
He describes[55] why they are harmful, along with an extended example[56] on
how to fix the problem.

  46. flameeyes@g.o
  55. http://blog.flameeyes.eu/articles/2008/01/21/and-what-about-imported-libraries
  56. http://blog.flameeyes.eu/articles/2008/02/04/a-case-study-enchants-internal-hunspell-copy

How to improve Gentoo's PR

If you've noticed our front page lately, you'll see that Donnie Berkholz[19]
has been doing a good job of regularly updating it. He now gives us the
details[57] of recent changes in the PR group[58].

  19. dberkholz@g.o
  57. http://spyderous.livejournal.com/95223.html
  58. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/

User relations

A meeting of our user-relations[59] group has been summarized[60] by Joshua
Jackson[40]

  40. tsunam@g.o
  59. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/
  60. http://tsunam.org/2008/02/13/user-relations-minutes/

Gentoo on Loongson

The Chinese made Loongson[61] processor is MIPS based, and Stuart
Longland[53]announces[62] the availability of some more experimental MIPS
stages of Gentoo for this platform.

  53. redhatter@g.o
  61. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loongson
  62. http://stuartl.longlandclan.yi.org/blog/2008/02/14/gentoomips-loongson-liveusb/

==================
4. Tips and Tricks
==================

Screenie
--------

Want to organize your command line screen session or sessions better? Want to
have a separate screen session for every task that you do? Want something
that will organize you in general? This GMN has the perfect tip for you. It
is a tiny script called screenie.

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 4.1                                                           |
| Getting Screenie                                                           |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ emerge screenie                                                          |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Start by running it.

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 4.2                                                           |
| Launching screenie                                                         |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| $ screenie                                                                 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

You should see the following:

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 4.3                                                           |
| Adding a job                                                               |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                            |
| SCREENIE - terminal screen-session handler                                 |
| written by Marc O. Gloor <mgloor&fhzh.ch>                                  |
|                                                                            |
| a) add job                                                                 |
| q) quit                                                                    |
|                                                                            |
| select:                                                                    |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Lets add a job called "Systems". Once you hit a, enter the name. Hit enter
unless you know the process id of existing screen sessions.

Lets add a second job called "Email". Now you should see:

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code Listing 4.4                                                           |
| Listing jobs                                                               |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                            |
| SCREENIE - terminal screen-session handler                                 |
| written by Marc O. Gloor <mgloor&fhzh.ch>                                  |
|                                                                            |
| 1) 15468.Systems                                                           |
| 2) 15504.Email                                                             |
|                                                                            |
| a) add job                                                                 |
| q) quit                                                                    |
|                                                                            |
| select:                                                                    |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

You now have two screen sessions that you can go into and out of. Select one
of the sessions. You are now inside of screen where you can do whatever you
usually do.

Note: See the tips and tricks[63] describing screen.

  63. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030714-newsletter.xml#doc_chap9

To go to another screen session, press CTRL+a+d (or however you usually exit
your screen sessions). You should be back to the screenie menu and ready to
choose to go to another screen session.

One use of screenie might be to have a screen session for every task and for
every machine you have access to making multi-tasking much more organized.
This should also make it much easier to start working again after a long
break.

=========================
5. Gentoo developer moves
=========================

Summary
-------

Gentoo is made up of 277 active developers, of which 47 are currently away.
Gentoo has recruited a total of 630 developers since its inception.

Moves
-----

The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:

  * none this month

Adds
----

The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:

  * Ben de Groot (yngwin): Multimedia

Changes
-------

The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:

  * Mark Loeser (halcy0n) joined the cpp herd
  * Michael Januszewski (spock) joined the sci and sci-physics herd
  * Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) joined the kde herd
  * Ryan Hill (dirtyepic) joined the mips team

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6. Portage
==========

Summary
-------

This section summarizes the current state of the portage tree.

General Statistics
Architectures         15
Categories           151
Packages           12381
ebuilds            24076

Keyword Distribution
Architecture     Stable  Testing  Total%  Packages
alpha             3482       558    4040   32.63%
amd64             6598      3935   10533   85.07%
arm               1588        67    1655   13.37%
hppa              2259       554    2813   22.72%
ia64              3118       626    3744   30.24%
m68k               487         9     496    4.01%
mips              1295       476    1771   14.30%
ppc               6154      2774    8928   72.11%
ppc64             3305       706    4011   32.40%
s390              1194        43    1237    9.99%
sh                1407        38    1445   11.67%
sparc             4680      1332    6012   48.56%
sparc-fbsd           0       304     304    2.46%
x86               9171      3041   12212   98.64%
x86-fbsd             0      2431    2431   19.63%

Figure 6.1: Package distribution by keyword
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080218/keywords.png

The following section lists packages that have either been moved or added to
the tree and packages that have had their "last rites" announcement given to
be removed in the future. The package removals come from many locations,
including the Treecleaners[64] and various developers. Most packages which
are listed under the Last Rites section are in need of some love and care and
can remain in the tree if proper maintainership is established.

  64. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/

Removals:
---------

Package:                             Removal date: Contact:
dev-util/poseidonCE                  25 Jan 2008   Alistair Bush[65]
www-servers/jetty                    26 Jan 2008   William Thomson[66]
dev-java/jdbc2-oracle                26 Jan 2008   William Thomson[66]
dev-java/jdbc3-oracle                26 Jan 2008   William Thomson[66]
dev-java/quartz                      26 Jan 2008   William Thomson[66]
www-servers/jboss                    26 Jan 2008   William Thomson[66]
www-apache/mod_auth_external         27 Jan 2008   Benedikt Boehm[67]
dev-lisp/emacs-cl-cvs                30 Jan 2008   Ulrich Müller[27]
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ivtvdev       31 Jan 2008   Jeffrey Gardner[68]
net-misc/wanpipe                     31 Jan 2008   Stefan Knoblich[69]
dev-java/aterm-java                  03 Feb 2008   Petteri Räty[70]
sci-biology/generic-genome-browser   03 Feb 2008   Jeffrey Gardner[68]
sys-kernel/ck-sources                03 Feb 2008   Michael Marineau[50]
x11-themes/openbox-themes            03 Feb 2008   David Shakaryan[71]
dev-ml/rpc                           03 Feb 2008   Alexis Ballier[72]
dev-ml/netclient                     03 Feb 2008   Alexis Ballier[72]
dev-ml/equeue                        03 Feb 2008   Alexis Ballier[72]
media-tv/nuppelvideo                 04 Feb 2008   Patrick Kursawe[73]
app-shells/csh                       04 Feb 2008   Raúl Porcel[74]
x11-wm/kahakai                       04 Feb 2008   David Shakaryan[71]
sci-mathematics/pariguide            05 Feb 2008   Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-mathematics/ksimus-boolean       05 Feb 2008   Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-mathematics/ksimus-datarecorder  05 Feb 2008   Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-mathematics/ksimus-floatingpoint 05 Feb 2008   Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-mathematics/kalamaris            05 Feb 2008   Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-mathematics/ksimus               05 Feb 2008   Sebastien Fabbro[75]
x11-apps/mkcfm                       06 Feb 2008   Donnie Berkholz[19]
kde-base/poxml                       07 Feb 2008   Wulf Krueger[76]
media-video/usb-pwc-re               13 Feb 2008   Patrick Kursawe[73]
media-video/usb-pwcx                 13 Feb 2008   Patrick Kursawe[73]
net-p2p/eztorrent                    14 Feb 2008   Raúl Porcel[74]
media-sound/gini                     15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
media-libs/libmustux                 15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
net-libs/dclibc                      15 Feb 2008   Raúl Porcel[74]
media-plugins/streamtuner-live365    15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
media-plugins/streamtuner-local      15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
media-plugins/streamtuner-python     15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
media-plugins/streamtuner-xiph       15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
x11-misc/fluxconf                    15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
media-libs/libdts                    15 Feb 2008   Samuli Suominen[77]
media-libs/hermes                    15 Feb 2008   Tristan Heaven[78]
x11-themes/gaim-smileys              16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/autoprofile              16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/bangexec                 16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-assistant           16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-encryption          16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-extprefs            16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-galago              16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-hotkeys             16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-latex               16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-otr                 16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-rhythmbox           16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-slashexec           16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaim-xfire               16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/gaimosd                  16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
x11-plugins/ignorance                16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
app-accessibility/festival-gaim      16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
net-im/gaim                          16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
net-im/gaim-blogger                  16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
net-im/gaim-bnet                     16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
net-im/gaim-meanwhile                16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
net-im/gaim-snpp                     16 Feb 2008   Olivier Crête[79]
dev-ruby/http-access2                17 Feb 2008   Diego Pettenò[46]

  19. dberkholz@g.o
  27. ulm@g.o
  46. flameeyes@g.o
  50. marineam@g.o
  65. ali_bush@g.o
  66. wltjr@g.o
  67. hollow@g.o
  68. je_fro@g.o
  69. stkn@g.o
  70. betelgeuse@g.o
  71. omp@g.o
  72. aballier@g.o
  73. phosphan@g.o
  74. armin76@g.o
  75. bicatali@g.o
  76. philantrop@g.o
  77. drac@g.o
  78. nyhm@g.o
  79. tester@g.o

Additions:
----------

Package:                              Addition date: Contact:
dev-lang/falcon[80]                   21 Jan 2008    David Shakaryan[71]
media-gfx/rawstudio[81]               21 Jan 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
media-libs/gavl[82]                   21 Jan 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
media-sound/jackbeat[83]              22 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar[84]      22 Jan 2008    Richard Brown[85]
dev-ruby/color[86]                    22 Jan 2008    Richard Brown[85]
gnome-extra/gnome-device-manager[87]  23 Jan 2008    Saleem Abdulrasool[88]
app-emacs/distel[89]                  23 Jan 2008    Christian Faulhammer[28]
app-emacs/icicles[90]                 23 Jan 2008    Ulrich Müller[27]
x11-misc/fme[91]                      23 Jan 2008    Jim Ramsay[92]
app-emacs/outline-magic[93]           23 Jan 2008    Christian Faulhammer[28]
app-emacs/wikipedia-mode[94]          23 Jan 2008    Christian Faulhammer[28]
app-emacs/template[95]                23 Jan 2008    Christian Faulhammer[28]
sys-apps/i2c-tools[96]                23 Jan 2008    Mike Frysinger[97]
media-gfx/gnome-raw-thumbnailer[98]   23 Jan 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
app-misc/sphinx[99]                   24 Jan 2008    Caleb Tennis[100]
dev-ruby/tclink[101]                  24 Jan 2008    Caleb Tennis[100]
app-admin/eselect-python[102]         24 Jan 2008    Ali Polatel[103]
dev-libs/liboobs[104]                 24 Jan 2008    Gilles Dartiguelongue[105]
dev-java/cldc-api[106]                24 Jan 2008    Vlastimil Babka[107]
games-fps/worldofpadman[108]          25 Jan 2008    Tristan Heaven[78]
media-video/smplayer[109]             26 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
x11-themes/smplayer-themes[110]       26 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
dev-tex/pstplus[111]                  26 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
dev-tex/crosstex[112]                 26 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
media-sound/bristol[113]              27 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
media-sound/gigedit[114]              27 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
media-plugins/gmpc-avahi[115]         27 Jan 2008    Christoph Mende[116]
dev-dotnet/podsleuth[117]             27 Jan 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
dev-dotnet/mono-zeroconf[118]         27 Jan 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
media-plugins/vdr-wapd[119]           27 Jan 2008    Joerg Bornkessel[120]
dev-ml/ANSITerminal[121]              27 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
media-plugins/vdr-pcd[122]            27 Jan 2008    Joerg Bornkessel[120]
media-plugins/vdr-chanman[123]        27 Jan 2008    Joerg Bornkessel[120]
media-libs/stops[124]                 27 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
media-sound/aeolus[125]               27 Jan 2008    Alexis Ballier[72]
dev-java/svgsalamander[126]           28 Jan 2008    Petteri Räty[70]
dev-java/flyingsaucer[127]            28 Jan 2008    Petteri Räty[70]
dev-lang/rubinius[128]                29 Jan 2008    Caleb Tennis[100]
dev-lisp/emacs-cl[129]                30 Jan 2008    Ulrich Müller[27]
app-crypt/nistp224[130]               30 Jan 2008    Thilo Bangert[131]
app-admin/srlog2[132]                 30 Jan 2008    Thilo Bangert[131]
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ivtv[133]      31 Jan 2008    Jeffrey Gardner[68]
dev-cpp/ctemplate[134]                31 Jan 2008    Tiziano Müller[135]
dev-cpp/sparsehash[136]               31 Jan 2008    Tiziano Müller[135]
media-video/hasciicam[137]            01 Feb 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
net-irc/conspire[138]                 01 Feb 2008    Tony Vroon[139]
sys-block/megacli[140]                01 Feb 2008    Wolfram Schlich[141]
sys-block/lsiutil[142]                01 Feb 2008    Wolfram Schlich[141]
media-plugins/vdr-filebrowser[143]    02 Feb 2008    Joerg Bornkessel[120]
net-misc/ng-utils[144]                03 Feb 2008    Stefaan De Roeck[145]
sys-block/cec[146]                    03 Feb 2008    Caleb Tennis[100]
media-plugins/vdr-vodcatcher[147]     03 Feb 2008    Joerg Bornkessel[120]
games-util/etswitch[148]              04 Feb 2008    Samuli Suominen[77]
sci-libs/metis[149]                   05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/colamd[150]                  05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/camd[151]                    05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/ccolamd[152]                 05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/cxsparse[153]                05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
dev-util/lockrun[154]                 05 Feb 2008    Caleb Tennis[100]
sci-libs/cholmod[155]                 05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/btf[156]                     05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/ldl[157]                     05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/klu[158]                     05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/csparse[159]                 05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-libs/suitesparse[160]             05 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
app-text/libspectre[161]              06 Feb 2008    Bo Ørsted Andresen[162]
dev-perl/ShipIt[163]                  06 Feb 2008    Robin H. Johnson[164]
sci-physics/harminv[165]              06 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
sci-physics/meep[166]                 06 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
app-mobilephone/obex-data-server[167] 07 Feb 2008    Petteri Räty[70]
sys-block/dellmgr[168]                07 Feb 2008    Wolfram Schlich[141]
www-apache/mod_authn_pam[169]         07 Feb 2008    Benedikt Boehm[67]
www-apache/mod_flvx[170]              08 Feb 2008    Benedikt Boehm[67]
net-analyzer/openvas-libraries[171]   08 Feb 2008    Hanno Boeck[172]
net-analyzer/openvas-libnasl[173]     08 Feb 2008    Hanno Boeck[172]
net-analyzer/openvas-server[174]      08 Feb 2008    Hanno Boeck[172]
net-analyzer/openvas-client[175]      08 Feb 2008    Hanno Boeck[172]
net-analyzer/openvas-plugins[176]     08 Feb 2008    Hanno Boeck[172]
net-analyzer/openvas[177]             08 Feb 2008    Hanno Boeck[172]
dev-ruby/fastercsv[178]               08 Feb 2008    Joshua Nichols[179]
www-apache/mod_log_rotate[180]        08 Feb 2008    Benedikt Boehm[67]
sci-visualization/zhu3d[181]          08 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
app-misc/nullmodem[182]               10 Feb 2008    Thilo Bangert[131]
sys-block/megactl[183]                10 Feb 2008    Wolfram Schlich[141]
sys-fs/shake[184]                     10 Feb 2008    Bernard Cafarelli[185]
app-emulation/systemsim-cell[186]     12 Feb 2008    Markus Rothe[187]
dev-python/dap[188]                   13 Feb 2008    Sebastien Fabbro[75]
dev-python/pywebdav[189]              14 Feb 2008    Cédric Krier[190]
sys-cluster/openais[191]              14 Feb 2008    Wolfram Schlich[141]
app-editors/efte[192]                 15 Feb 2008    David Shakaryan[71]
games-rpg/nwmovies[193]               17 Feb 2008    Denis Dupeyron[194]
net-print/adobeps[195]                17 Feb 2008    Stefan Briesenick[196]

  27. ulm@g.o
  28. opfer@g.o
  67. hollow@g.o
  68. je_fro@g.o
  70. betelgeuse@g.o
  71. omp@g.o
  72. aballier@g.o
  75. bicatali@g.o
  77. drac@g.o
  78. nyhm@g.o
  80. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-lang/falcon
  81. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-gfx/rawstudio
  82. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/gavl
  83. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/jackbeat
  84. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar
  85. rbrown@g.o
  86. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ruby/color
  87. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-extra/gnome-device-manager
  88. compnerd@g.o
  89. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/distel
  90. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/icicles
  91. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-misc/fme
  92. lack@g.o
  93. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/outline-magic
  94. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/wikipedia-mode
  95. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/template
  96. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/i2c-tools
  97. vapier@g.o
  98. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-gfx/gnome-raw-thumbnailer
  99. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-misc/sphinx
 100. caleb@g.o
 101. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ruby/tclink
 102. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-admin/eselect-python
 103. hawking@g.o
 104. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-libs/liboobs
 105. eva@g.o
 106. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-java/cldc-api
 107. caster@g.o
 108. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-fps/worldofpadman
 109. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-video/smplayer
 110. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-themes/smplayer-themes
 111. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-tex/pstplus
 112. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-tex/crosstex
 113. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/bristol
 114. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/gigedit
 115. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/gmpc-avahi
 116. angelos@g.o
 117. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-dotnet/podsleuth
 118. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-dotnet/mono-zeroconf
 119. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/vdr-wapd
 120. hd_brummy@g.o
 121. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ml/ANSITerminal
 122. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/vdr-pcd
 123. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/vdr-chanman
 124. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/stops
 125. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/aeolus
 126. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-java/svgsalamander
 127. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-java/flyingsaucer
 128. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-lang/rubinius
 129. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-lisp/emacs-cl
 130. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-crypt/nistp224
 131. bangert@g.o
 132. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-admin/srlog2
 133. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-drivers/xf86-video-ivtv
 134. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-cpp/ctemplate
 135. dev-zero@g.o
 136. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-cpp/sparsehash
 137. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-video/hasciicam
 138. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-irc/conspire
 139. chainsaw@g.o
 140. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-block/megacli
 141. wschlich@g.o
 142. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-block/lsiutil
 143. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/vdr-filebrowser
 144. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/ng-utils
 145. stefaan@g.o
 146. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-block/cec
 147. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/vdr-vodcatcher
 148. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-util/etswitch
 149. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/metis
 150. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/colamd
 151. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/camd
 152. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/ccolamd
 153. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/cxsparse
 154. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/lockrun
 155. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/cholmod
 156. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/btf
 157. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/ldl
 158. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/klu
 159. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/csparse
 160. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-libs/suitesparse
 161. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-text/libspectre
 162. zlin@g.o
 163. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/ShipIt
 164. robbat2@g.o
 165. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-physics/harminv
 166. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-physics/meep
 167. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-mobilephone/obex-data-server
 168. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-block/dellmgr
 169. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-apache/mod_authn_pam
 170. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-apache/mod_flvx
 171. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/openvas-libraries
 172. hanno@g.o
 173. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/openvas-libnasl
 174. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/openvas-server
 175. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/openvas-client
 176. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/openvas-plugins
 177. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/openvas
 178. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ruby/fastercsv
 179. nichoj@g.o
 180. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-apache/mod_log_rotate
 181. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-visualization/zhu3d
 182. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-misc/nullmodem
 183. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-block/megactl
 184. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-fs/shake
 185. voyageur@g.o
 186. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emulation/systemsim-cell
 187. corsair@g.o
 188. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/dap
 189. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/pywebdav
 190. cedk@g.o
 191. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-cluster/openais
 192. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-editors/efte
 193. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-rpg/nwmovies
 194. calchan@g.o
 195. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-print/adobeps
 196. sbriesen@g.o

Last Rites
----------

Package:               Removal date: Contact:
net-libs/dclibc[197]   15 Feb 2008   Raúl Porcel[74]
net-p2p/eztorrent[198] 16 Feb 2008   Raúl Porcel[74]
dev-java/jsx[199]      19 Feb 2008   Petteri Räty[70]
sys-apps/list[200]     19 Feb 2008   Stefan Schweizer[201]

  70. betelgeuse@g.o
  74. armin76@g.o
 197. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-libs/dclibc
 198. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-p2p/eztorrent
 199. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-java/jsx
 200. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/list
 201. genstef@g.o

===========
7. Bugzilla
===========

Statistics
----------

The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[202]) to record and track
bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development
team. The following chart summarizes activity on Bugzilla between 18 January
2008 and 17 February 2008. Not fixed means bugs that were resolved as
NEEDINFO, WONTFIX, CANTFIX, INVALID or UPSTREAM.

 202. http://bugs.gentoo.org

Bug Activity     Number
New              2746
Closed           1600
Not fixed         467
Marked Duplicate  374
Reopened           74

Figure 7.1: Bug activity split-up
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080218/activity.png

Of the 10254 currently open bugs: 18 are labeled blocker, 101 are labeled
critical, and 343 are labeled major.

Closed bug ranking
------------------

The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are
as follows.

Rank Developer/Team                         Bug Count
1    Gentoo's Team for Core System Packages 73
2    Gentoo Games                           65
3    Gentoo mips team                       58
4    Gentoo KDE team                        54
5    Gentoo for Mac OS X                    47
6    Gentoo Security                        42
7    Java team                              42
8    Gentoo Gnome desktop team              42
0    Others                                 1176

Figure 7.1: Bug closed rankings
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080218/closed.png

Assigned bug ranking
--------------------

The developers and teams who have been assigned the most bugs during this
period are as follows.

Rank Developer/Team                         Bug Count
1    Default Assignee for New Packages      91
2    Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages 38
3    AMD64 project                          36
4    Gentoo's Team for Core System packages 32
5    Retirement Admin                       21
6    Python Gentoo Team                     20
7    Perl Devs @ Gentoo                     17
8    Stefaan De Roeck                       15
0    Others                                 600

Figure 7.1: Bugs assigned rankings
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080218/opened.png

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