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Gentoo Monthly Newsletter |
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http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/ |
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This is the sixth issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter, for May 2008 – June |
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2008. |
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1. Introduction |
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This month in the GMN |
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Welcome to the June issue of the Gentoo monthly newsletter! |
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As usual, you can discuss any aspect of this issue of the GMN in the |
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corresponding forum thread[1]. We look forward to hearing from you! |
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1. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5137714.html |
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2. Gentoo News |
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Trustees Meeting Summary |
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The Gentoo Trustees[2] held a meeting on June 22, 2008. The trustees are |
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currently working on proposed Foundation bylaws. |
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2. http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/ |
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* The bylaws draft[3] |
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Council Meeting Summary |
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The Gentoo Council[4] held its monthly meeting on June 12, 2008. The items |
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4. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/ |
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* PMS: Versions can have > 8 digits. If you want a maximum limit, |
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discuss it with relevant people and propose one. |
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* Appeals: Will be handled using dberkholz's proposal[5] |
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* LDFLAGS="--as-needed" by default: antarus will present a deployment |
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plan to -dev for how this would proceed. |
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* GLEP 54: There was a new proposal 12 hours before the meeting. Wait |
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for discussion. Council members should post anything they have to add by |
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the end of the weekend. |
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* GLEP 55: Discussion is clearly active. Council members should post |
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anything they have to add by the end of the weekend. |
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* GLEP 56: Technically good, still some room for improvement. Council |
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members should post anything they have to add by the end of the weekend. |
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* PMS status: This is a discussion that belongs on the mailing list. |
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Council members should post anything they have to add by the end of the |
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weekend. |
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Some items were rolled over from the previous meeting: |
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* Slacker arches: vapier needs to send the post 2+ hours before the |
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meeting. Suggest changes. This should happen on-list. No discussion |
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expected. |
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* Document of being an active developer: araujo needs to post progress, |
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an updated certificate and any new requests to the gentoo-council or |
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gentoo-project list 2+ hours before the meeting. Suggest changes. This |
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should happen on-list. No discussion expected. |
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Coming Up |
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* Bugday[6]: Looking for a way to help out Gentoo without investing a |
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lot of time? Join us on July 05 for our monthly bugday, and help us |
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squash some bugs[7]. |
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* Council Meeting[4]: The Gentoo Council meets every month to discuss |
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important technical issues that affect Gentoo as a whole. This month's |
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meeting is scheduled to be held on July 10, and everyone is welcome to |
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participate - #gentoo-council on irc.freenode.net at 2000UTC. |
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6. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/bugday/index.xml |
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3. Gentoo International |
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Germany: LinuxTag 2008 |
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With more than 11,000 visitors, LinuxTag[8] in Berlin is by far the most |
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important Linux and Open Source Software show in Europe. As in earlier years, |
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Gentoo was again present at the expo after we missed the last two LinuxTag |
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expos taking place in Wiesbaden 2006 and Berlin 2007. This year about 10 |
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developers and other Gentoo enthusiasts (including users from the German |
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support channel, #gentoo-anfaenger) helped man the booth. Even some phpBB |
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developers showed up. |
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8. http://www.linuxtag.org |
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Figure 3.1: Left to right: steffi, mah, echo, andy, Stefan Schweizer |
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(genstef), Tobias Scherbaum (dertobi123), Benedikt Boehm (hollow), ashley |
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(phpBB), lied, marek (phpBB), Fabian Groffen (grobian), Robert Buchholz |
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(rbu), acm, sebastian, appro |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/group.png |
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This year the booth was set up to convey information to the audience, instead |
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of showing hardware as in the years before. Nevertheless, the booth was |
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populated with enough (Apple) laptop computers to open a little shop. One |
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iBook was set up to display an automated installation process of Gentoo |
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Linux[9]. Some visitors even asked where we were hiding that guy who was |
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entering the commands so fast. :) |
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9. http://youtube.com/watch?v=6XbEJoR-ypo |
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Powered by Larry the Cow (one tagged "OpenSSL") the team managed to survive |
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through the days, with the help of the popular drink "Club Mate." Friendly |
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meet-ups with Debian and Ubuntu people did not escalate at all, and there was |
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even cooperation during the event. Sun engineers demoing OpenSolaris at their |
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stand were happy to give hints how to resolve a compilation issue that popped |
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up during the port of Gentoo Prefix to OpenSolaris. |
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Gentoo participated in the Hacking Contest held at the event and was |
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represented by genstef[10] and two of our users, in an attempt to hold up |
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Gentoo's reputation. The Gentoo team eventually won the second prize, a |
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Nintendo DS. |
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10. genstef@g.o |
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Figure 3.2: Left to right: echo, appro, Stefan Schweizer (genstef), and the |
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award presenter |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/winners.png |
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On the last evening, the Ubuntu people organised a friendly barbecue party |
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for everyone. The beer was free as in beer, and the meat "open source." The |
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barbecue was held at C-base[11], Ubuntu's ~@Berlin, which from the inside is |
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an exciting space station with many man-hours invested in weird decorations |
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and programs like essential alien rootkit checkers. |
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Venezuela: FliSoL 2008 |
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On Saturday April 26th, FLISoL 2008[12], Latin America's largest Free |
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Software promotional and installfest ended, having taken place more or less |
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simultaneously throughout Latin America. In Venezuela, it was hosted in the |
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capital city Caracas and other cities such as Barquisimeto, Cumaná, Los |
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Teques, Maracaibo, Mérida, San Cristóbal and Valencia. |
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As well as being a free-for-all, catch-as-catch-can multiple distro |
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installfest and promotion event, it also featured interesting talks on a wide |
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variety of subjects, including clusters, web development frameworks, |
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security, VOIP and the Gimp, among others. |
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In Caracas, the event was hosted at the ISEIT[13], where a small group of |
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enthusiastic Gentoo users and devs, amongst which were angvp, alberkmann, |
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neurogeek, sebasmagri, Ricardo Mendoza[14] and John Christian Stoddart[15], |
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gathered to expound upon the multiple virtues of everyone's favourite |
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meta-distro to all comers, live as well as on irc (#gentoo-ve on |
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irc.freenode.net), while at the same time racing to complete installs on wide |
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variety of machines, troubleshooting hardware, handing out Gentoo minimal |
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install and LiveCDs right, left and centre and even having time to |
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demonstrate Frets on Fire on Gentoo. A few Gentoo lappies sported highly |
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tweaked e17 desktops, laden with eye candy that caught everyone's attention. |
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13. http://ve.iseit.net/ |
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14. ricmm@g.o |
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15. chiguire@g.o |
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In Mérida, Gentoo LiveCDs were hot items too, as was the demonstration of |
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games running on Gentoo. Many Gentoo enthusiasts were also reported at the |
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Maracaibo event. |
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Figure 3.1: Main image: The Gentoo corner with neurogeek in the middle of a |
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full Gentoo prescott class lappie install. Behind him, angvp (white shirt) |
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and chiguire compare aspects of Arch and Gentoo. Upper inset, left to right: |
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angvp, aspiring dev sebasmagri, lovely tatica (one of the main Caracas |
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organisers, who also gave a talk on the gimp) and gentoo mips guy, ricmm. |
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Lower inset: a spot of late lunch, left to right: sebasmagri, unknown, ricmm, |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/gentoo-corner.png |
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4. Heard in the Community |
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Interview: Google Summer of Code Student Nirbheek Chauhan |
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In the second of the series of interviews with our Summer of Code students, |
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we chat with Nirbheek Chauhan[16], who is working on "AutotuA". Find out more |
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about him and the project by reading on! |
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16. nirbheek.chauhan@×××××.com |
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GMN: Give us a brief introduction of yourself. Where are you from? Where and |
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what do you study? What's your homepage or other means for fans to stalk you? |
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Nirbheek: Hello! I'm Nirbheek Chauhan (bheekling). I don't exactly "belong" |
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to any single place (Dad's in the Army), although I was born in Chandigarh, |
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India. I'm currently in my 3rd year of B.Tech doing Civil Engineering at IIT |
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Kanpur. Fans and freaks are welcome to my blog[17] -- comments are open and |
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free for all. ^_^ |
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17. http://bheekly.blogspot.com |
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GMN: Were you already involved with Gentoo and/or open source in general |
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before acceptance into SoC? If yes, briefly tell us how you got involved and |
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why you like writing open source code. |
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Nirbheek: I had been using Ubuntu as my full-time OS for a year before I |
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shifted to Gentoo after Arun Raghavan (Ford_Prefect) nagged me to try it out |
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for the N+1th time. The first Open Source project that I contributed code to |
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was the Beagle Project[18] where I hacked on the experimental Beagle |
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Webinterface[19] under the wonderful guidance of Debajyoti Bera (dBera). |
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18. http://beagle-project.org/ |
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19. http://beagle-project.org/Beagle_Webinterface |
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I love Open Source (and specifically Gentoo) because it allows me to fix |
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whatever problems I face on my own. There is documentation for almost |
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everything out there, and where it doesn't exist, the code is always there. |
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Gentoo makes all this particularly easy since I just need to dump a patch in |
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${FILESDIR}, add a line to the ebuild, and voila! I can have the package |
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cleanly installed on my system with the fixes. The flexibility I get from |
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this far outweighs the compile time for everything (although I would really |
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love it if a safe and working hybrid binary-source system were devised) |
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GMN: How has your experience with the Gentoo community been so far? |
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Nirbheek: I have found the developers, especially the GNOME Herd, the Mozilla |
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Herd, Infra, Bug wranglers, and the previous Council Members, to be extremely |
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helpful, active, responsive, and sometimes terrifyingly efficient. All the |
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people whom I see actively working on Gentoo are simply a pleasure to talk |
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and work with. However, as is with most projects of such a size, there are a |
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few elements who seem to be spreading more chaos than actual contribution. |
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GMN: Please tell our readers a little about the project you're working on, |
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and why you think it will be helpful to Gentoo users. What was your |
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inspiration for starting the project? What do you expect to achieve with it? |
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Nirbheek: The project was originally called (for lack of imagination) |
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"Automate it All"[20] (*with* quotes). With the advent of further lack of |
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imagination on Eric's[21] part, it was christened AutotuA[22]. The aim of the |
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project is to reduce the workload of Gentoo developers, make it easier for |
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users to help developers in testing, and increase the overall QA of the |
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packages and ebuilds in the portage tree by making it easier for developers |
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to test (and coordinate testing of) changes made to the tree. |
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21. http://soc.gentooexperimental.org/account/show/6 |
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The basic design consists of a master-server and numerous slaves. The master |
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does bookkeeping of jobs, hosts the various resources, preserves state, and |
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manages distribution among the slaves. The slaves run jobs according to sets |
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of instructions called "jobuilds" which are similar in spirit (and syntax) to |
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ebuilds, but are used to describe the smallest "quantum of work". The |
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(lengthy) details of how they all will work can be found in my first weekly |
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report[23]. |
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23. http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-soc/msg_7b8cf5c6033d78f8afb3d5919b81560b.xml |
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My inspiration stemmed from frustration at having to do repetitive and easily |
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automatable tasks while testing packages. The last straw was testing |
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xulrunner-1.9 (a dependency of Firefox 3) for breakages with packages using |
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xulrunner (bug 213296[24]). The work was completely monotonous and |
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time-consuming -- perfect grounds for automation. I could've scripted the |
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work, but that would be a one-off thing and no one else would be able to make |
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use of it anyway. |
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I told Patrick Lauer (one of my mentors) about this and my proposed solution |
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for it. He suggested that I apply for a SoC project for the same to make sure |
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I actually finish it. ;) He then managed to get Stephen Klimaszewski[25] |
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interested and onboard for mentoring me, and voila! Here we are. :) |
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<overzealous>I expect my project to cause a revolution in the way Gentoo |
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GMN: What do you do when you're not coding? (hobbies, interests, favorite |
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T.V. shows etc.) |
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Nirbheek: Wait, what?! Coding *is* my hobby! |
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But when I get tired of coding, I usually read books or (online) manga, do |
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some photography (little experience however), watch Anime or Sci-Fi, write |
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random stuff, or play the occasional computer game (Half-Life 2 ftw!). |
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Of course, this is all usually done with Nine Inch Nails, Feist, toe, Pearl |
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Jam, R.E.M or Radiohead playing in the background. =) |
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GMN: Thanks for your time, and wish you all the best for the summer! |
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Gentoo Linux Headed for Space! |
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This article was written by Gentoo developer Joe Peterson[26], who works for |
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the Southwest Research Institute[27]. Joe already uses Gentoo Linux for |
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projects such as the New Horizons[28] space operations center. Now, he'll |
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take Gentoo where no penguin has gone before . . . |
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Gentoo is getting ready to fly into space aboard a rocket called the Rapid |
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Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph Experiment (RAISE). The rocket is part of |
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NASA's "sounding rocket program", and it is a relatively inexpensive way to |
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gather information about the Sun from light that cannot penetrate the Earth's |
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atmosphere. Southwest Research Institute, where RAISE is being designed, has |
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a very active solar research group that is on the cutting edge of new |
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discoveries about our closest star. |
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One of the main mysteries that RAISE will help to solve involves the |
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temperature of the solar corona. This outer atmosphere of the Sun is more |
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than one million degrees centigrade, whereas the Sun's surface is a mere 6000 |
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degrees. Because the data to be collected by RAISE will give insight into the |
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mechanisms of energy conversion in the solar atmosphere, we hope to use this |
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data to better understand this strange temperature inversion. |
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RAISE will fly to an altitude of 350 km—well into space—and then return to |
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Earth via parachute. The total flight time will be about 14 minutes, giving |
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the rocket 6 minutes of "hang time" in space to collect data. Two ultraviolet |
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detectors will collect stereo images and 3D spectral/spacial "cubes" of data. |
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In the latter case, a mirror and slit will be used to scan across the Sun and |
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collect a UV spectrum at each pixel. |
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Figure 4.1: Capture board running Gentoo Linux |
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Gentoo Linux will be used on four processor boards in the flight electronics. |
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One will be the central controller, and the other three will be dedicated to |
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capturing data from the instruments. Spectral "image" data will be collected |
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at 10Hz and stored on a solid-state PATA drive, which will be retrieved from |
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the rocket after landing. A minimal Gentoo installation will be included on |
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each board for flight. On the capture boards, we will add USB drivers for |
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instrument I/O. In fact, we have our first capture board up and running |
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already, and data is successfully coming in from our test camera in the lab. |
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So stay tuned for further news about RAISE, and when it launches, remember |
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that all of the Gentoo Project's hard work went into making this rocket's |
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operating system flight-ready! |
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Planet Gentoo |
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Manage your configuration: Puppet is a tool to manage your configuration and |
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is presented[29] by Gunnar Wrobel[30]. |
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29. http://log.onthebrink.de/2008/05/using-puppet-on-gentoo.html |
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30. wrobel@g.o |
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Small system distributions: Joshua Saddler[31] needs a binary Linux |
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distribution suitable for his old laptop, so he[32] tests some[33] distros |
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that are[34] explicitly labeled[35] for weaker systems[36]. |
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32. http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/nightmorph/2008/05/25/alternative_distros_and_tools |
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33. http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/nightmorph/2008/05/26/alternative_distros_linux_mint |
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34. http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/nightmorph/2008/06/03/alternative_distros_puppy_linux_and_anti |
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35. http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/nightmorph/2008/06/05/alternative_distros_deli_linux |
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36. http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/nightmorph/2008/06/20/alternative_distros_alternative_desktops |
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Gentoo documentation: Finding information on how to develop for Gentoo can be |
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hard as it is scattered around the place. Joshua Nichols[37] has an |
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overview[38] for you. |
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37. nichoj@g.o |
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38. http://technicalpickles.com/posts/more-gentoo-development-links-than-you-probably-need |
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Release hold-up: Tobias Klausmann[39] offers some commentary on why the next |
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release has been held up[40] for so long. |
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39. klausman@g.o |
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40. http://blog.i-no.de/archives/2008/06/07/index.html#e2008-06-07T20_41_27.txt |
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Web 3.0? Revisited: Rob Cakebread[41] writes the follow-up[42] to his |
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article[43] on the semantic web already presented here. |
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41. pythonhead@g.o |
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42. http://rob.cakebread.info/blog/?p=7 |
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43. http://rob.cakebread.info/blog/?p=3 |
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Accessing the Google Gentoo Calendar: Christian Faulhammer[44] tells all |
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people with the appropriate access level how to add/modifiy[45] entries to |
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the Google Gentoo Calendar via Sunbird/Lightning. |
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44. opfer@g.o |
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45. http://www.faulhammer.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=248 |
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What Gentoo gives back: Hanno Boeck[46] is proud of his constributions[47] to |
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X.org, so see how much we give back to other projects. |
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46. hanno@g.o |
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47. http://www.hboeck.de/archives/632-0.01-%25-of-Xorg.html |
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Gentoo in the News |
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Two Ruby on Rails vendors partner together; one (Engine Yard) finds Gentoo to |
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be a good fit[48]. Engine Yard has been previously featured[49] in the |
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newsletter. |
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48. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3749341/Developers+Team+Up+on+Ruby+Framework.htm |
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49. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20061113-newsletter.xml |
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5. Tips and Tricks |
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Measuring and reducing power usage |
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For those who want to reduce energy use, increase their laptop time on |
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battery, and those who simply want to save money, this edition of Tips and |
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Tricks is for you. Let's use PowerTop[50] to reduce the amount of power your |
443 |
computer draws. |
444 |
|
445 |
50. http://www.linuxpowertop.org/ |
446 |
|
447 |
The first step is to install PowerTop and run it: |
448 |
|
449 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
450 |
| Code Listing 5.1 | |
451 |
| Using powertop | |
452 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
453 |
| # emerge powertop | |
454 |
| # powertop | |
455 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
456 |
|
457 |
PowerTop will likely tell you that you need a few options enabled in your |
458 |
kernel, if they aren't enabled already. |
459 |
|
460 |
To prepare your kernel for PowerTop you need to go into "Processor type and |
461 |
features". Set "Tickless System" to be built into the kernel. If you do not |
462 |
have this option you can continue without setting it. Next, go to the main |
463 |
menu and go into "Kernel hacking". Set "Kernel debugging" to be built in, |
464 |
then select "Collect kernel timer statistics". If you are doing this on a |
465 |
laptop, enable battery support in "Power management options" and "ACPI |
466 |
Support". Finally, enable "CPU frequency translation statistics" under "Power |
467 |
management options" and "CPU Frequency scaling". |
468 |
|
469 |
Reboot into your reconfigured kernel and run powertop again. You should see a |
470 |
list of applications are kernel components "waking the system up". All you |
471 |
need to know is that fewer wakeups means your system consumes less power. |
472 |
PowerTop gives you a few tips at the bottom. |
473 |
|
474 |
The first one is to tell the kernel to disable USB until you need it. This |
475 |
option is under "Device Drivers", in "USB Support". It is probably called |
476 |
"USB selective suspend/resume and wakeup". |
477 |
|
478 |
The second one is to increase the dirty write back interval to 15 seconds -- |
479 |
or an interval of your choosing). This will help reduce disk wakeups. |
480 |
|
481 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
482 |
| Code Listing 5.2 | |
483 |
| Reducing disk wakeups | |
484 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
485 |
| # echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs | |
486 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
487 |
|
488 |
There are other things you can do to reduce you power usage. For example, if |
489 |
you happen to browse many CPU-intensive Flash sites, you can install the |
490 |
FlashBlock[51] add-on for Firefox and choose to view Flash upon your request |
491 |
only. |
492 |
|
493 |
51. http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ |
494 |
|
495 |
Visit LessWatts[52] for more good ways to save power. |
496 |
|
497 |
52. http://www.lesswatts.org |
498 |
|
499 |
========================= |
500 |
6. Gentoo developer moves |
501 |
========================= |
502 |
|
503 |
Summary |
504 |
------- |
505 |
|
506 |
Gentoo is made up of 251 active developers, of which 40 are currently away. |
507 |
Gentoo has recruited a total of 647 developers since its inception. |
508 |
|
509 |
Moves |
510 |
----- |
511 |
|
512 |
The following developers recently left the Gentoo project: |
513 |
|
514 |
Note: The number is higher than usual because several inactive developers |
515 |
were retired as per Gentoo policy. This operation is performed on a regular |
516 |
basis by the Undertakers[53] project. |
517 |
|
518 |
53. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/undertakers/index.xml |
519 |
|
520 |
* Kyle England (kengland) |
521 |
* Elias Pipping (pipping) |
522 |
* Andrew Ross (aross) |
523 |
* Bret Curtis (psi29a) |
524 |
* Martin Jackson (mjolnir) |
525 |
* Julien Allanos (dju) |
526 |
* Lars Weiler (pylon) |
527 |
* Duncan Coutts (dcoutts) |
528 |
* Michael Schonbeck (thoand) |
529 |
* Philippe Trottier (tchiwam) |
530 |
* Dominik Stadler (centic) |
531 |
* Alon Bar-Lev (alonbl) |
532 |
* Carlos Silva (r3pek) |
533 |
* Andrej Kacian (ticho) |
534 |
* Alexander Gabert (pappy) |
535 |
* Alex Howells (astinus) |
536 |
|
537 |
Adds |
538 |
---- |
539 |
|
540 |
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project: |
541 |
|
542 |
* Andrey Kislyuk (weaver) joined the Science team |
543 |
* Peter Alfredsen (loki_val) joined the Sound, Fonts, and GCC teams |
544 |
* Matt Fleming (mjf) joined the Security team |
545 |
* Friedrich Oslage (bluebird) joined the Sparc team |
546 |
|
547 |
Changes |
548 |
------- |
549 |
|
550 |
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project: |
551 |
|
552 |
* Ryan Hill (dirtyepic) left the Fonts team |
553 |
* Peter Volkov (pva) joined the Fonts team |
554 |
|
555 |
========== |
556 |
7. Portage |
557 |
========== |
558 |
|
559 |
Summary |
560 |
------- |
561 |
|
562 |
This section summarizes the current state of the Portage tree. |
563 |
|
564 |
General Statistics |
565 |
Architectures 15 |
566 |
Categories 151 |
567 |
Packages 12777 |
568 |
ebuilds 24727 |
569 |
|
570 |
Keyword Distribution |
571 |
Architecture StableTestingTotal% Packages |
572 |
alpha 3635476411132.17% |
573 |
amd64 709740431114087.19% |
574 |
arm 159697169313.25% |
575 |
hppa 2689550323925.35% |
576 |
ia64 3206597380329.76% |
577 |
m68k 492205124.01% |
578 |
mips 1032753178513.97% |
579 |
ppc 63292921925072.40% |
580 |
ppc64 3473648412132.25% |
581 |
s390 12024812509.78% |
582 |
sh 141354146711.48% |
583 |
sparc 48221316613848.04% |
584 |
sparc-fbsd 03553552.78% |
585 |
x86 937132071257898.44% |
586 |
x86-fbsd 02638263820.65% |
587 |
|
588 |
Figure 7.1: Package distribution by keyword |
589 |
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/keywords.png |
590 |
|
591 |
The following section lists packages that have either been moved or added to |
592 |
the tree. The package removals come from many locations, including the |
593 |
Treecleaners[54] and various developers. |
594 |
|
595 |
54. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/ |
596 |
|
597 |
Removals: |
598 |
--------- |
599 |
|
600 |
Package: Removal date: Contact: |
601 |
media-sound/gtkguitune 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
602 |
media-sound/playspc_gtk 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
603 |
media-sound/yconsole 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
604 |
media-gfx/iv 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
605 |
media-video/gqcam 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
606 |
sys-apps/systrace 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
607 |
net-fs/coda-kernel 27 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
608 |
app-arch/debhelper 29 May 2008 Yuri Vasilevski[56] |
609 |
dev-lang/ezm3 31 May 2008 Mike Frysinger[57] |
610 |
dev-util/cvsup 31 May 2008 Mike Frysinger[57] |
611 |
media-fonts/fireflysung 31 May 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
612 |
app-portage/portage-manpages 31 May 2008 Mike Frysinger[57] |
613 |
media-plugins/libao-pulse 31 May 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
614 |
gnome-extra/gnome2-user-docs 01 Jun 2008 Rèmi Cardona[59] |
615 |
|
616 |
55. drac@g.o |
617 |
56. yvasilev@g.o |
618 |
57. vapier@g.o |
619 |
58. loki_val@g.o |
620 |
59. remi@g.o |
621 |
|
622 |
Package: Removal date: Contact: |
623 |
dev-util/larch 03 Jun 2008 Michael Sterrett[60] |
624 |
app-text/docbook-to-man 04 Jun 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
625 |
games-fps/americas-army 05 Jun 2008 Chris Gianelloni[61] |
626 |
gnome-base/control-center 06 Jun 2008 Rèmi Cardona[59] |
627 |
gnome-extra/shermans-aquarium 08 Jun 2008 Gilles Dartiguelongue[62] |
628 |
net-libs/webkitgtk 08 Jun 2008 Markus Ullmann[63] |
629 |
|
630 |
58. loki_val@g.o |
631 |
59. remi@g.o |
632 |
60. mr_bones_@g.o |
633 |
61. wolf31o2@g.o |
634 |
62. eva@g.o |
635 |
63. jokey@g.o |
636 |
|
637 |
Package: Removal date: Contact: |
638 |
x11-plugins/gai-pager 09 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
639 |
x11-plugins/gai-pal 09 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
640 |
x11-libs/gai 09 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
641 |
sys-process/daemontools-scripts 09 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
642 |
dev-util/rhide 14 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
643 |
sys-cluster/wulfstat 14 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
644 |
sys-cluster/xmlsysd 14 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
645 |
net-dialup/linesrv 15 Jun 2008 Alin Năstac[64] |
646 |
net-dialup/mclient 15 Jun 2008 Alin Năstac[64] |
647 |
net-dialup/mserver 15 Jun 2008 Alin Năstac[64] |
648 |
net-dialup/xlc 15 Jun 2008 Alin Năstac[64] |
649 |
|
650 |
55. drac@g.o |
651 |
64. mrness@g.o |
652 |
|
653 |
Package: Removal date: Contact: |
654 |
app-pda/syncekonnector 19 Jun 2008 Jeremy Olexa[65] |
655 |
dev-util/lincvs 19 Jun 2008 Mike Pagano[66] |
656 |
x11-wm/aquamarine 21 Jun 2008 Michael Sterrett[60] |
657 |
x11-wm/heliodor 21 Jun 2008 Michael Sterrett[60] |
658 |
kde-base/ksync 22 Jun 2008 Tobias Heinlein[67] |
659 |
xfce-extra/xfce4-icon-theme 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
660 |
xfce-extra/ristretto 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
661 |
xfce-extra/terminal 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
662 |
xfce-extra/xfburn 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
663 |
xfce-extra/mousepad 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
664 |
xfce-extra/xfwm4-themes 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
665 |
xfce-base/xfprint 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
666 |
xfce-base/orage 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
667 |
|
668 |
55. drac@g.o |
669 |
60. mr_bones_@g.o |
670 |
65. darkside@g.o |
671 |
66. mpagano@g.o |
672 |
67. keytoaster@g.o |
673 |
|
674 |
Additions: |
675 |
---------- |
676 |
|
677 |
Package: Addition date: Contact: |
678 |
media-fonts/tibetan-machine-font[68] 26 May 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
679 |
sci-biology/amos[69] 26 May 2008 Andrey Kislyuk[70] |
680 |
media-fonts/thaifonts-scalable[71] 28 May 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
681 |
app-i18n/unicode-data[72] 28 May 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
682 |
media-libs/raul[73] 29 May 2008 Alexis Ballier[74] |
683 |
x11-libs/flowcanvas[75] 29 May 2008 Alexis Ballier[74] |
684 |
media-sound/patchage[76] 29 May 2008 Alexis Ballier[74] |
685 |
app-emulation/fuse-utils[77] 30 May 2008 Jeremy Olexa[65] |
686 |
x11-terms/sakura[78] 30 May 2008 Josh Glover[79] |
687 |
media-fonts/opendesktop-fonts[80] 30 May 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
688 |
dev-tex/translator[81] 30 May 2008 Alexis Ballier[74] |
689 |
media-fonts/cardo[82] 30 May 2008 Sven Wegener[83] |
690 |
media-sound/qtscrobbler[84] 31 May 2008 Ben de Groot[85] |
691 |
net-misc/openssh-blacklist[86] 31 May 2008 Mike Frysinger[57] |
692 |
www-client/ck4up[87] 31 May 2008 Thilo Bangert[88] |
693 |
dev-scheme/ikarus[89] 31 May 2008 Panagiotis Christopoulos[90] |
694 |
x11-misc/lsw[91] 31 May 2008 Santiago M. Mola[92] |
695 |
dev-scheme/stalin[93] 01 Jun 2008 Panagiotis Christopoulos[90] |
696 |
x11-terms/evilvte[94] 01 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
697 |
dev-perl/Font-TTF[95] 01 Jun 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
698 |
gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs[96] 01 Jun 2008 Rèmi Cardona[59] |
699 |
|
700 |
55. drac@g.o |
701 |
57. vapier@g.o |
702 |
58. loki_val@g.o |
703 |
59. remi@g.o |
704 |
65. darkside@g.o |
705 |
68. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-fonts/tibetan-machine-font |
706 |
69. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-biology/amos |
707 |
70. weaver@g.o |
708 |
71. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-fonts/thaifonts-scalable |
709 |
72. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-i18n/unicode-data |
710 |
73. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/raul |
711 |
74. aballier@g.o |
712 |
75. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-libs/flowcanvas |
713 |
76. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/patchage |
714 |
77. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emulation/fuse-utils |
715 |
78. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-terms/sakura |
716 |
79. jmglov@g.o |
717 |
80. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-fonts/opendesktop-fonts |
718 |
81. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-tex/translator |
719 |
82. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-fonts/cardo |
720 |
83. swegener@g.o |
721 |
84. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/qtscrobbler |
722 |
85. yngwin@g.o |
723 |
86. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/openssh-blacklist |
724 |
87. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-client/ck4up |
725 |
88. bangert@g.o |
726 |
89. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-scheme/ikarus |
727 |
90. pchrist@g.o |
728 |
91. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-misc/lsw |
729 |
92. coldwind@g.o |
730 |
93. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-scheme/stalin |
731 |
94. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-terms/evilvte |
732 |
95. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Font-TTF |
733 |
96. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs |
734 |
|
735 |
Package: Addition date: Contact: |
736 |
games-util/wiiload[97] 02 Jun 2008 Mike Frysinger[57] |
737 |
app-text/docbook-to-man[98] 02 Jun 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
738 |
dev-scheme/sisc[99] 02 Jun 2008 Panagiotis Christopoulos[90] |
739 |
app-editors/juffed[100] 04 Jun 2008 Ben de Groot[85] |
740 |
www-client/arora[101] 04 Jun 2008 Ben de Groot[85] |
741 |
sci-mathematics/dataplot[102] 04 Jun 2008 Sebastien Fabbro[103] |
742 |
media-gfx/dpic[104] 04 Jun 2008 Alexis Ballier[74] |
743 |
dev-tex/dot2texi[105] 04 Jun 2008 Alexis Ballier[74] |
744 |
app-portage/gpytage[106] 05 Jun 2008 Kenneth Prugh[107] |
745 |
media-fonts/pothana2k[108] 05 Jun 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
746 |
gnome-base/gnome-control-center[109] 05 Jun 2008 Rèmi Cardona[59] |
747 |
media-fonts/ekushey-bangla-fonts[110] 05 Jun 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
748 |
x11-misc/google-gadgets[111] 06 Jun 2008 Peter Alfredsen[58] |
749 |
sci-physics/clhep[112] 06 Jun 2008 Sebastien Fabbro[103] |
750 |
media-gfx/dawn[113] 06 Jun 2008 Sebastien Fabbro[103] |
751 |
app-cdr/burn-cd[114] 06 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
752 |
app-cdr/iat[115] 06 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
753 |
app-cdr/binflash[116] 06 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
754 |
dev-python/jinja[117] 07 Jun 2008 Tiziano Müller[118] |
755 |
dev-python/sphinx[119] 07 Jun 2008 Tiziano Müller[118] |
756 |
app-cdr/cdcover[120] 07 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
757 |
gnome-extra/file-browser-applet[121] 08 Jun 2008 Serkan Kaba[122] |
758 |
net-libs/webkitgtk[123] 08 Jun 2008 Markus Ullmann[63] |
759 |
www-client/midori[124] 08 Jun 2008 Markus Ullmann[63] |
760 |
media-sound/christine[125] 08 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
761 |
net-libs/webkit-gtk[126] 08 Jun 2008 Markus Ullmann[63] |
762 |
media-video/qdvdauthor-templates[127] 08 Jun 2008 Stefan Briesenick[128] |
763 |
|
764 |
55. drac@g.o |
765 |
57. vapier@g.o |
766 |
58. loki_val@g.o |
767 |
59. remi@g.o |
768 |
63. jokey@g.o |
769 |
74. aballier@g.o |
770 |
85. yngwin@g.o |
771 |
90. pchrist@g.o |
772 |
97. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-util/wiiload |
773 |
98. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-text/docbook-to-man |
774 |
99. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-scheme/sisc |
775 |
100. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-editors/juffed |
776 |
101. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-client/arora |
777 |
102. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-mathematics/dataplot |
778 |
103. bicatali@g.o |
779 |
104. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-gfx/dpic |
780 |
105. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-tex/dot2texi |
781 |
106. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-portage/gpytage |
782 |
107. ken69267@g.o |
783 |
108. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-fonts/pothana2k |
784 |
109. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-base/gnome-control-center |
785 |
110. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-fonts/ekushey-bangla-fonts |
786 |
111. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-misc/google-gadgets |
787 |
112. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-physics/clhep |
788 |
113. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-gfx/dawn |
789 |
114. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/burn-cd |
790 |
115. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/iat |
791 |
116. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/binflash |
792 |
117. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/jinja |
793 |
118. dev-zero@g.o |
794 |
119. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/sphinx |
795 |
120. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/cdcover |
796 |
121. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/gnome-extra/file-browser-applet |
797 |
122. serkan@g.o |
798 |
123. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-libs/webkitgtk |
799 |
124. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-client/midori |
800 |
125. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/christine |
801 |
126. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-libs/webkit-gtk |
802 |
127. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-video/qdvdauthor-templates |
803 |
128. sbriesen@g.o |
804 |
|
805 |
Package: Addition date: Contact: |
806 |
x11-libs/libpciaccess[129] 10 Jun 2008 Donnie Berkholz[130] |
807 |
x11-proto/dri2proto[131] 10 Jun 2008 Donnie Berkholz[130] |
808 |
net-libs/udns[132] 10 Jun 2008 Krzysiek Pawlik[133] |
809 |
sys-apps/fakechroot[134] 10 Jun 2008 Michael Januszewski[135] |
810 |
games-simulation/micropolis[136] 11 Jun 2008 Hanno Boeck[46] |
811 |
app-cdr/uif2iso[137] 12 Jun 2008 Diego Pettenò[138] |
812 |
app-doc/pms[139] 13 Jun 2008 Ingmar Vanhassel[140] |
813 |
media-video/subtitlecomposer[141] 14 Jun 2008 Ben de Groot[85] |
814 |
media-sound/xineadump[142] 14 Jun 2008 Ben de Groot[85] |
815 |
net-im/kouchat[143] 14 Jun 2008 Serkan Kaba[122] |
816 |
net-mail/signature[144] 15 Jun 2008 Tobias Scherbaum[145] |
817 |
|
818 |
46. hanno@g.o |
819 |
85. yngwin@g.o |
820 |
122. serkan@g.o |
821 |
129. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-libs/libpciaccess |
822 |
130. dberkholz@g.o |
823 |
131. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-proto/dri2proto |
824 |
132. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-libs/udns |
825 |
133. nelchael@g.o |
826 |
134. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/fakechroot |
827 |
135. spock@g.o |
828 |
136. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-simulation/micropolis |
829 |
137. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/uif2iso |
830 |
138. flameeyes@g.o |
831 |
139. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-doc/pms |
832 |
140. ingmar@g.o |
833 |
141. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-video/subtitlecomposer |
834 |
142. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/xineadump |
835 |
143. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-im/kouchat |
836 |
144. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-mail/signature |
837 |
145. dertobi123@g.o |
838 |
|
839 |
Package: Addition date: Contact: |
840 |
dev-db/pg_top[146] 16 Jun 2008 Cédric Krier[147] |
841 |
dev-ruby/eventmachine[148] 16 Jun 2008 Robin H. Johnson[149] |
842 |
dev-ruby/rack[150] 16 Jun 2008 Robin H. Johnson[149] |
843 |
www-servers/thin[151] 16 Jun 2008 Robin H. Johnson[149] |
844 |
x11-misc/gdevilspie[152] 16 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
845 |
kde-misc/kio_perldoc[153] 16 Jun 2008 Ingmar Vanhassel[140] |
846 |
sys-apps/man-pages-posix[154] 17 Jun 2008 Mike Frysinger[57] |
847 |
app-cdr/cddetect[155] 17 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
848 |
dev-libs/libev[156] 17 Jun 2008 Matsuu Takuto[157] |
849 |
media-libs/opencv[158] 18 Jun 2008 Josh Glover[79] |
850 |
dev-python/PyQrcodec[159] 18 Jun 2008 Josh Glover[79] |
851 |
media-plugins/vdr-streamdev[160] 18 Jun 2008 Matthias Schwarzott[161] |
852 |
dev-util/smem[162] 18 Jun 2008 Diego Pettenò[138] |
853 |
net-misc/openrdate[163] 18 Jun 2008 Robin H. Johnson[149] |
854 |
app-doc/linuxfromscratch[164] 19 Jun 2008 Ryan Hill[165] |
855 |
app-emacs/edit-list[166] 19 Jun 2008 Ulrich Müller[167] |
856 |
app-emacs/dropdown-list[168] 19 Jun 2008 Ulrich Müller[167] |
857 |
app-emacs/yasnippet[169] 19 Jun 2008 Ulrich Müller[167] |
858 |
app-crypt/openvpn-blacklist[170] 19 Jun 2008 Hanno Boeck[46] |
859 |
sci-biology/kalign[171] 20 Jun 2008 Andrey Kislyuk[70] |
860 |
x11-themes/echo-icon-theme[172] 20 Jun 2008 Doug Goldstein[173] |
861 |
net-misc/ntpclient[174] 22 Jun 2008 Ned Ludd[175] |
862 |
media-gfx/ristretto[176] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
863 |
x11-terms/terminal[177] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
864 |
app-cdr/xfburn[178] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
865 |
x11-themes/xfce4-icon-theme[179] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
866 |
x11-themes/xfwm4-themes[180] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
867 |
net-print/xfprint[181] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
868 |
app-office/orage[182] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
869 |
app-editors/mousepad[183] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
870 |
dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools[184] 22 Jun 2008 Samuli Suominen[55] |
871 |
|
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46. hanno@g.o |
873 |
55. drac@g.o |
874 |
57. vapier@g.o |
875 |
70. weaver@g.o |
876 |
79. jmglov@g.o |
877 |
138. flameeyes@g.o |
878 |
140. ingmar@g.o |
879 |
146. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-db/pg_top |
880 |
147. cedk@g.o |
881 |
148. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ruby/eventmachine |
882 |
149. robbat2@g.o |
883 |
150. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-ruby/rack |
884 |
151. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-servers/thin |
885 |
152. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-misc/gdevilspie |
886 |
153. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/kde-misc/kio_perldoc |
887 |
154. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/man-pages-posix |
888 |
155. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/cddetect |
889 |
156. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-libs/libev |
890 |
157. matsuu@g.o |
891 |
158. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/opencv |
892 |
159. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/PyQrcodec |
893 |
160. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-plugins/vdr-streamdev |
894 |
161. zzam@g.o |
895 |
162. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/smem |
896 |
163. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/openrdate |
897 |
164. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-doc/linuxfromscratch |
898 |
165. dirtyepic@g.o |
899 |
166. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/edit-list |
900 |
167. ulm@g.o |
901 |
168. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/dropdown-list |
902 |
169. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/yasnippet |
903 |
170. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-crypt/openvpn-blacklist |
904 |
171. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-biology/kalign |
905 |
172. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-themes/echo-icon-theme |
906 |
173. cardoe@g.o |
907 |
174. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/ntpclient |
908 |
175. solar@g.o |
909 |
176. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-gfx/ristretto |
910 |
177. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-terms/terminal |
911 |
178. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-cdr/xfburn |
912 |
179. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-themes/xfce4-icon-theme |
913 |
180. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-themes/xfwm4-themes |
914 |
181. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-print/xfprint |
915 |
182. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-office/orage |
916 |
183. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-editors/mousepad |
917 |
184. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools |
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8. Bugzilla |
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Statistics |
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The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[185]) to record and track |
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bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development |
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team. The following chart summarizes activity on Bugzilla between 29 May 2008 |
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and 28 June 2008. |
930 |
|
931 |
185. http://bugs.gentoo.org |
932 |
|
933 |
Figure 8.1: Bug activity split-up |
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http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/activity.png |
935 |
|
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Of the 11759 currently open bugs: 12 are labeled blocker, 106 are labeled |
937 |
critical, and 410 are labeled major. |
938 |
|
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Closed bug ranking |
940 |
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|
942 |
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are |
943 |
as follows. |
944 |
|
945 |
Rank Developer/Team Bug Count |
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0 Others 1252 |
947 |
1 Gentoo's Team for Core System packages 80 |
948 |
2 Gentoo Games 79 |
949 |
3 Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages 50 |
950 |
4 Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team 47 |
951 |
5 Jeremy Olexa 38 |
952 |
6 Gentoo Sound Team 37 |
953 |
7 Net-Mail Packages 37 |
954 |
8 Robin Johnson 36 |
955 |
9 Gentoo KDE team 36 |
956 |
|
957 |
Figure 8.1: Bug closed rankings |
958 |
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/closed.png |
959 |
|
960 |
Assigned bug ranking |
961 |
-------------------- |
962 |
|
963 |
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most bugs during this |
964 |
period are as follows. |
965 |
|
966 |
Rank Developer/Team Bug Count |
967 |
0 Others 1026 |
968 |
1 Default Assignee for New Packages 104 |
969 |
2 Gentoo KDE team 62 |
970 |
3 Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team 61 |
971 |
4 Gentoo Games 43 |
972 |
5 Gentoo's Team for Core System packages 38 |
973 |
6 Gentoo Security 36 |
974 |
7 Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages 34 |
975 |
8 Gentoo X packagers 33 |
976 |
9 Portage team 32 |
977 |
|
978 |
Figure 8.1: Bugs assigned rankings |
979 |
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gmn/20080630/opened.png |
980 |
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