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From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/news/en/gmn: 20080831-newsletter.xml index.xml
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27 -<version>1.3</version>
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33 <title>Gentoo Monthly Newsletter Overview</title>
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35 <th>Summary</th>
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38 + <ti><uri link="/news/en/gmn/20080831-newsletter.xml">31 August 2008</uri></ti>
39 + <ti>PHP4 removal, GSOC interview, new Gentoo-based distributions...</ti>
40 +</tr>
41 +<tr>
42 <ti><uri link="/news/en/gmn/20080728-newsletter.xml">28 July 2008</uri></ti>
43 <ti>2008.0 release, Gentoo at Peel Fresco Music Lounge and more...</ti>
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55 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
56 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
57 <guide type="newsletter" lang="en">
58 <title>Gentoo Monthly Newsletter</title>
59 <subtitle>31 August 2008</subtitle>
60
61 <!-- Be sure to add yourself if you write an article -->
62 <author title="Editor">
63 <mail link="anant"/>
64 </author>
65 <author title="Editor">
66 <mail link="nightmorph"/>
67 </author>
68 <author title="Author">
69 <mail link="andrey@××××××.net">Andrey Falko</mail>
70 </author>
71 <author title="Author">
72 <mail link="opfer"/>
73 </author>
74 <author title="Author">
75 <mail link="ribosome"/>
76 </author>
77 <author title="Author">
78 <mail link="artur.hefczyc@××××××.org">Artur Hefczyc</mail>
79 </author>
80 <author title="Author">
81 <mail link="basile@××××××××××××××.edu">Anthony G. Basile</mail>
82 </author>
83
84 <abstract>
85 This is the eighth issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter, for July 2008 &ndash;
86 August 2008.
87 </abstract>
88
89 <summary/>
90
91 <version>Volume 1, Issue 8</version>
92 <date>2008-08-31</date>
93
94 <!-- GMN Intro -->
95 <chapter>
96 <title>Introduction</title>
97
98 <section>
99 <title>This month in the GMN</title>
100 <body>
101
102 <p>
103 Welcome to the August issue of the Gentoo monthly newsletter!
104 </p>
105
106 <p>
107 As usual, you can discuss any aspect of this issue of the GMN in the
108 corresponding <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5200246.html">
109 forum thread</uri>. We look forward to hearing from you!
110 </p>
111
112 </body>
113 </section>
114 </chapter>
115
116 <!-- Gentoo News -->
117 <chapter>
118 <title>Gentoo News</title>
119
120 <section>
121 <title>PHP4 removed from the Portage tree</title>
122 <body>
123
124 <p>
125 All work on PHP4 was been discontinued by upstream on August 8. No more security
126 or bug fixes will be released. PHP4 has already been hardmasked in the Portage
127 tree since October 2007 (for security reasons), and now it has <uri
128 link="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_020e1b3a1d976d5028d9c329470a732e.xml">finally
129 been removed from the tree</uri>.
130 </p>
131
132 <p>
133 If possible, you should upgrade to PHP5, which is still supported with bug and
134 security fixes.
135 </p>
136
137 <p>
138 If you or your company have still not upgraded to PHP5, there is
139 a <uri link="http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/php/browser">PHP4 overlay
140 available</uri>. However, running these older PHP4 packages on publicly
141 accessible services is not recommended, as the packages still contain multiple
142 security vulnerabilities.
143 </p>
144
145 </body>
146 </section>
147
148 <section>
149 <title>Trustees Meeting</title>
150 <body>
151
152 <p>
153 The <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/">Gentoo Trustees</uri> held
154 its monthly meeting on August 18. The agenda may be found <uri
155 link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~neddyseagoon/docs/Trustee_Agenda_August_2008.xml">here</uri>;
156 the Trustees will vote at a later date on the proposed <uri
157 link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~neddyseagoon/docs/FoundationBylawsProposed_7.xml">Foundation
158 Bylaws</uri>.
159 </p>
160
161 </body>
162 </section>
163
164 <!-- Council Summary -->
165
166 <!-- Council FAILS to provide summaries/transcripts, so skipping this issue.
167 Suck it.
168
169 <section>
170 <title>Council Meeting Summary</title>
171 <body>
172
173 <p>
174 The <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/">Gentoo Council</uri> held
175 its monthly meeting on August 14, 2008. The Council also met July 24, August 8,
176 and August 28, but as yet no summaries or transcripts have been provided.
177 </p>
178
179 </body>
180 </section>
181 -->
182
183 <!--- Coming up -->
184 <section>
185 <title>Coming Up</title>
186 <body>
187
188 <ul>
189 <li>
190 <b><uri
191 link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/bugday/index.xml">Bugday</uri></b>:
192 Looking for a way to help out Gentoo without investing a lot of time? Join
193 us on <b>September 06</b> for our monthly bugday, and help us squash <uri
194 link="http://bugday.gentoo.org/">some bugs</uri>.
195 </li>
196 <li>
197 <b><uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/">Council
198 Meeting</uri></b>: The Gentoo Council meets twice every month to discuss
199 important technical issues that affect Gentoo as a whole. The next meeting
200 is scheduled to be held on <b>September 14</b>, and everyone is welcome to
201 participate - <e>#gentoo-council on irc.freenode.net at 2000UTC</e>.
202 </li>
203 <li>
204 <b><uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/">Trustees
205 Meeting</uri></b>: Scheduled for <b>September 19</b>.
206 </li>
207 </ul>
208
209 </body>
210 </section>
211 </chapter>
212
213 <!-- Gentoo International, optional, for events -->
214
215 <!-- Heard in the Community -->
216 <chapter>
217 <title>Heard in the Community</title>
218
219 <section>
220 <title>Interview: Google Summer of Code Student Nandeep Mali</title>
221 <body>
222
223 <p>
224 In the third of the series of interviews with our Summer of Code students, we
225 chat with <mail link="n9986.mali@×××××.com">Nandeep Mali</mail>, who is working
226 on "Setting Beacon Afloat". Find out more about him and the project by reading
227 on!
228 </p>
229
230 <p>
231 <b>GMN:</b> Give us a brief introduction of yourself. Where are you from? Where
232 and what do you study? What's your homepage or other means for fans to stalk
233 you?
234 </p>
235
236 <p>
237 <b>Nandeep:</b> Hi folks! :) I am from India and completed my undergraduate
238 (B.Tech) in Computer Engineering from NIT Jaipur this year in May. My
239 homepage/blog used to be at miniorb.in but now it's just an empty domain
240 awaiting some care. And one can always haunt me at my email or poking me at
241 Freenode (alias = n9986).
242 </p>
243
244 <p>
245 <b>GMN:</b> Were you already involved with Gentoo and/or open source in general
246 before acceptance into SoC? If yes, briefly tell us how you got involved and why
247 you like writing open source code.
248 </p>
249
250 <p>
251 <b>Nandeep:</b>This summer has been my first plunge into this addictive
252 activity. :D
253 </p>
254
255 <p>
256 I have been really interested in this whole front-end-for-the-network
257 (read 'The Web') concept and wanted to vent out my energy into
258 something more useful than looping around my localhost.
259 </p>
260
261 <p>
262 While searching for a nice project I came upon this interesting idea in Gentoo
263 project pages. Knowing Anant (gamer buddy), I discussed with him the
264 possibilities with Beacon. The helpful 'pong' by rane during the drafting stages
265 helped me get around the Gentoo community. It was an awesome moment to see my
266 project page show 'Application Accepted!'.
267 </p>
268 <p>
269 From then on I have come a long way, learning about Gentoo by hanging out
270 #gentoo-dev and the mailing lists.
271 </p>
272
273 <p>
274 <b>GMN:</b> How has your experience with the Gentoo community been so far?
275 </p>
276
277 <p>
278 <b>Nandeep:</b> It's been a pleasure to be in touch with such efficient and very
279 talented developers. The documentation is very well done and user contribution
280 is also very easy. Despite some rumors about Gentoo not being fun loving I would
281 say that people here are very good humored and professionals.
282 </p>
283
284 <p>
285 <b>GMN:</b> Please tell our readers a little about the project you're working
286 on, and why you think it will be helpful to Gentoo users. What was your
287 inspiration for starting the project? What do you expect to achieve with it?
288 </p>
289
290 <p>
291 <b>Nandeep:</b> The project is a kick start on a sleeping project 'Beacon' (and
292 yes, we'll gladly accept the award for the best project name) which was created
293 by <mail link="anant"/> in 2006 as his Summer of Code project. I am working on
294 reviving this tool to, as put by rane, bring Gentoo documentation team out of
295 the middle ages of online editing (vim and cvs). The code base was already
296 strong and helped me get a good head start.
297 </p>
298
299 <p>
300 There are many possibilities with Beacon. The Rich text Editor will help save a
301 lot of time and once integrated with the Documentation site it'll help easy
302 wiki-like editing of the docs. The useful repodoc-web module which was already
303 in place and the collaborative editor (like Google Docs) should have some
304 interesting impacts on the way the Doc Team works.
305 </p>
306
307 <p>
308 In fact I typed out the answers to this interview in Beacon's Rich text Editor
309 and probably saved the GMN some time. ^_^
310 </p>
311
312 <p>
313 The basic design consists of a master-server and numerous slaves. The master
314 does bookkeeping of jobs, hosts the various resources, preserves state, and
315 manages distribution among the slaves. The slaves run jobs according to sets of
316 instructions called "jobuilds" which are similar in spirit (and syntax) to
317 ebuilds, but are used to describe the smallest "quantum of work". The (lengthy)
318 details of how they all will work can be found in my first weekly <uri
319 link="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-soc/msg_7b8cf5c6033d78f8afb3d5919b81560b.xml">report</uri>.
320 </p>
321
322 <p>
323 <b>GMN:</b> What do you do when you're not coding? (hobbies, interests, favorite
324 T.V. shows etc.)
325 </p>
326
327 <p>
328 <b>Nandeep:</b> Anime, Gaming, Music that my ears fancy (anything based on the
329 mood), Tolkien fiction, Roald Dahl's twists and rampaging around on the web
330 looking for random stuff. TV is an alien concept. And of course I never really
331 thought of coding as work. :)
332 </p>
333
334 <p>
335 <b>GMN:</b> Thanks for your time!
336 </p>
337
338 </body>
339 </section>
340
341 <!-- Planet Gentoo -->
342 <section>
343 <title>Planet Gentoo</title>
344 <body>
345
346 <p>
347 <b>Parallel merges</b>: <mail link="zmedico"/> <uri
348 link="http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/zmedico/2008/07/23/portage_parallel_builds">announces</uri>
349 parallel builds for Portage and <mail link="darkside"/> has some initial <uri
350 link="http://jolexa.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/gentoo-portages-new-jobs-feature/">tests</uri>.
351 </p>
352
353 <p>
354 <b>More sets</b>: <mail link="zmedico"/> tells us about new <uri
355 link="http://planet.gentoo.org/developers/zmedico/2008/07/31/live_rebuild_package_set">package
356 sets</uri> available for the Portage 2.2 RC versions.
357 </p>
358
359 <p>
360 <b>New IRC servant</b>: As Jeeves, the IRC butler, reached its end of work life,
361 <mail link="robbat2"/> presents its replacement: <uri
362 link="http://robbat2.livejournal.com/230618.html">Willikins</uri>.
363 </p>
364
365 <p>
366 <b>Another ebook</b>: <mail link="swift"/> is discusses his <uri
367 link="http://www.siphos.be/node/41">work</uri> in progress on a Linux book,
368 centered around Gentoo.
369 </p>
370
371 </body>
372 </section>
373
374 <!-- Gentoo in the News -->
375 <section>
376 <title>Gentoo in the News</title>
377 <body>
378
379 <p>
380 Gentoo was recently featured in the French edition of <uri
381 link="http://www.linuxidentity.com">Linux Identity Magazine</uri>; several
382 articles were contributed by Gentoo developers <mail link="ribosome"/> and <mail
383 link="araujo"/>. Some of the articles are even available <uri
384 link="http://www.linuxidentity.com/index.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=43">online</uri>
385 (in French).
386 </p>
387
388 </body>
389 </section>
390
391 <section>
392 <title>Tigase: A Gentoo-based LiveCD</title>
393 <body>
394
395 <p>
396 <uri link="http://www.tigase.org">Tigase</uri> is a new Gentoo-based
397 distribution. The project focuses on developing XMPP (Jabber) server and web,
398 AJAX based clients.
399 </p>
400
401 <p>
402 The LiveCD contains the Tigase server, Drupal CMS and Dovecot IMAP4 server
403 pre-configured to work together as one system. All services use the same user
404 database for authentication. You can also post news on the example website
405 directly from your Jabber client and also you can receive notifications about
406 new comments and posts to your Jabber client. More details are available on the
407 <uri link="http://www.tigase.org/en/tigase-livecd-4-0-0">download page</uri>.
408 The LiveCD demonstrates how Tigase's Jabber code can be integrated with other
409 systems.
410 </p>
411
412 <p>
413 Even though the project's code is written in Java, the development platform was
414 always Gentoo Linux, and all the Tigase servers are based on the Gentoo Linux.
415 Selecting Gentoo for the LiveCD was a natural choice. It gives the developers
416 plenty of flexibility and control over installed elements and the way they work
417 with all installed programs. Additionally, the developers can easily update all
418 packages using Portage.
419 </p>
420
421 <p>
422 The LiveCD is a 32-bit environment to make sure it will work on as many
423 platforms as possible, but it was prepared and built on a 64-bit Gentoo
424 installation. Despite the architectural differences, building the LiveCD is
425 quite easy and smooth.
426 </p>
427
428 </body>
429 </section>
430 <section>
431 <title>Tin Hat: A Hardened Gentoo-based LiveCD</title>
432 <body>
433
434 <p>
435 <uri link="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tinhat">Tin Hat</uri> is a LiveCD based on
436 <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/">Hardened Gentoo</uri>. It
437 aims to provide a very secure, stable, fast desktop environment that lives
438 purely in RAM. It doesn't mount any filesystem from CD, but instead it is a huge
439 disc image (2.3GB) that loads into tmpfs at boot. Tin Hat can also be run from a
440 USB key for somewhat shorter boot times. Whether used from a CD or USB key, once
441 Tin Hat is running in memory it's quite speedy, as it never has to access its
442 boot media.
443 </p>
444
445 <p>
446 <uri link="http://freshmeat.net/projects/tinhat">Tin Hat</uri> takes security
447 quite seriously, even aiming for "zero information loss" -- its developers have
448 taken steps to ensure that data is secured even if an attacker physically
449 acquires the box. To protect against network/code exploits, Tin Hat layers
450 GRSEC, PAX, and other nifty tricks. More information on Tin Hat's security,
451 speed, and rationale may be found on its <uri
452 link="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tinhat">project page</uri>.
453 </p>
454
455 <p>
456 Tin Hat makes it easy to roll your own version via templates; you can even save
457 a snapshot of a currently running Tin Hat system and use that as a base,
458 complete with customizations, additional files, etc.
459 </p>
460
461 <p>
462 Want to try out Tin Hat? <uri
463 link="http://opensource.dyc.edu/tinhat-downloads">Get it here</uri>!
464 </p>
465
466 </body>
467 </section>
468 </chapter>
469
470 <!-- Tips and Tricks -->
471 <chapter>
472 <title>Tips and Tricks</title>
473
474 <section>
475 <title>Using lsof to find open files and directories</title>
476 <body>
477
478 <p>
479 Have you had problems deleting a file or unmounting a device even as the root
480 user? More likely than not, your file or the directory where your device is
481 mounted is simply being used by another user or application. This edition of
482 Tips and Tricks shows you how to find who and what may be using the file or
483 directory that you are having trouble with.
484 </p>
485
486 <p>
487 First install the <c>lsof</c> tool:
488 </p>
489
490 <pre caption="Installing lsof">
491 # <i>emerge lsof</i>
492 </pre>
493
494 <p>
495 <c>lsof</c> lists the open files on the system. An open file can be a file that
496 you are editing, reading with another program, or a directory that you are
497 browsing. An example of how lsof can be used is to unmount a device that refuses
498 to be unmounted. Let's say Larry the Cow mounted a CD-ROM a few days ago and now
499 wants to unmount it. When he tries to unmount it, he gets the following error:
500 </p>
501
502 <pre caption="Unmounting a CD">
503 # <i>umount /mnt/cdrom</i>
504 umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy
505 umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy
506 </pre>
507
508 <p>
509 Something has <path>/mnt/cdrom</path> open. Since Larry does not remember what
510 it can be, he runs <c>lsof</c> to get the following:
511 </p>
512
513 <pre caption="Using lsof">
514 # <i>lsof | grep /mnt/cdrom</i>
515 bash 6453 larry cwd DIR 7,0 2048 1856 /mnt/cdrom
516 su 15774 root cwd DIR 7,0 2048 1856 /mnt/cdrom
517 </pre>
518
519 <p>
520 The first two fields describe the process name and process ID, the third field
521 is the user who owns the process, the forth field is file descriptor, followed
522 by the type of file, device number, size of the file, node number, and finally
523 the filename. The file descriptor is the type of the file, in this case it is
524 <c>cwd</c>, or current working directory. This means that somewhere the user
525 <c>larry</c> has his shell's directory pointed to <path>/mnt/cdrom</path>. Since
526 Larry has too many shells open, he decides to narrow down which shell it might
527 be:
528 </p>
529
530 <pre caption="Examining shells">
531 # <i>lsof -R | grep /mnt/temp</i>
532 bash 6453 6437 larry cwd DIR 7,0 2048 1856 /mnt/cdrom
533 su 15774 6453 root cwd DIR 7,0 2048 1856 /mnt/cdrom
534 </pre>
535
536 <p>
537 An extra third field appears, which shows the parent process of <c>bash</c> and
538 <c>su</c>. As you can see, <c>su</c> is the child of <c>bash</c>. This likely
539 means that Larry ran <c>su</c> in the bash session that is keeping
540 <path>/mnt/cdrom</path> busy. Next Larry finds the parent of the bash process:
541 </p>
542
543 <pre caption="Finding a parent process">
544 # <i>ps aux | grep 6437</i>
545 larry 6437 0.0 0.7 38880 24628 ? S Aug09 9:00 konsole [kdeinit] -session 10be696
546 </pre>
547
548 <p>
549 Larry uses Konsole as his terminal program. Thus he knows that he must find the
550 <c>bash</c> session somewhere in one of his Konsole windows. Larry finds the
551 possible Konsole window by running <c>pstree</c>:
552 </p>
553
554 <pre caption="Looking for Konsole">
555 # <i>pstree 6437</i>
556 konsole-+-bash---python---{python}
557 |-2*[bash]
558 |-bash---su---bash---pstree
559 |-2*[bash---su---bash]
560 |-bash---su---bash---vi
561 |-bash---ssh
562 `-bash---su---bash---man---sh---sh---less
563 </pre>
564
565 <p>
566 Using this information, Larry narrows down his guessing to four bash sessions
567 where he ran <c>su</c>. To make <path>/mnt/cdrom</path> not busy he simply exits
568 out of his <c>su</c> terminals and uses <c>cd</c> to get out of the
569 <path>/mnt/cdrom</path> directory.
570 </p>
571
572 <p>
573 <c>lsof</c> can be used for different purposes. For example, you can use it to
574 monitor your network connections:
575 </p>
576
577 <pre caption="Monitoring network connections">
578 # <i>lsof -i TCP:22</i>
579 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
580 sshd 6094 root 3u IPv4 9145 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN)
581 ssh 9962 andrey 3u IPv4 3489405 TCP larry.cow:35467>larry.bull:ssh (ESTABLISHED)
582 </pre>
583
584 <p>
585 Here we see the <c>sshd</c> service that listens for ssh connections and an
586 outgoing ssh session.
587 </p>
588
589 <p>
590 <c>lsof</c> also comes with some scripts in the
591 <path>/usr/share/lsof/scripts/</path> directory. Most will be useful in your
592 quest to better spy on your users.
593 </p>
594
595 </body>
596 </section>
597 </chapter>
598
599 <!-- Gentoo developer moves -->
600 <chapter>
601 <title>Gentoo developer moves</title>
602
603 <section>
604 <title>Summary</title>
605 <body>
606
607 <p>
608 Gentoo is made up of 242 active developers, of which 43 are currently away.
609 Gentoo has recruited a total of 649 developers since its inception.
610 </p>
611
612 </body>
613 </section>
614 <section>
615 <title>Moves</title>
616 <body>
617
618 <p>
619 The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
620 </p>
621
622 <ul>
623 <li>Chris Gianelloni (wolf31o2)</li>
624 <li>Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy (pclouds)</li>
625 <li>Benjamin Smee (strerror)</li>
626 <li>Guillaume Destuynder (kang)</li>
627 <li>Christian Heim (phreak)</li>
628 <li>Antoine Raillon (cab)</li>
629 <li>Benigno Batista Júnior (bbj)</li>
630 <li>Stefan Knoblich (stkn)</li>
631 <li>Ingmar Vanhassel (ingmar)</li>
632 <li>Bo Ørsted Andresen (zlin)</li>
633 </ul>
634
635 </body>
636 </section>
637 <section>
638 <title>Adds</title>
639 <body>
640
641 <p>
642 The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
643 </p>
644
645 <ul>
646 <li>Jesus Rivero (neurogeek) joined the Python team</li>
647 </ul>
648
649 </body>
650 </section>
651 <section>
652 <title>Changes</title>
653 <body>
654
655 <p>
656 The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:
657 </p>
658
659 <ul>
660 <li>Ben de Groot (yngwin) joined the LXDE team</li>
661 </ul>
662
663 </body>
664 </section>
665 </chapter>
666
667 <!-- Portage summaries -->
668 <chapter>
669 <title>Portage</title>
670
671 <section>
672 <title>Summary</title>
673 <body>
674 <p>
675 This section summarizes the current state of the Portage tree.
676 </p>
677
678 <table>
679 <tr>
680 <th colspan="2">General Statistics</th>
681 </tr>
682 <tr>
683 <th>Architectures</th>
684 <ti>15</ti>
685 </tr>
686 <tr>
687 <th>Categories</th>
688 <ti>151</ti>
689 </tr>
690 <tr>
691 <th>Packages</th>
692 <ti>12839</ti>
693 </tr>
694 <tr>
695 <th>ebuilds</th>
696 <ti>24971</ti>
697 </tr>
698 </table>
699
700 <table>
701 <tr>
702 <th colspan="5">Keyword Distribution</th>
703 </tr>
704 <tr>
705 <th>Architecture</th>
706 <th>Stable</th>
707 <th>Testing</th>
708 <th>Total</th>
709 <th>% Packages</th>
710 </tr>
711 <tr>
712 <th>alpha</th>
713 <ti>3685</ti>
714 <ti>461</ti>
715 <ti>4146</ti>
716 <ti>32.29%</ti>
717 </tr>
718 <tr>
719 <th>amd64</th>
720 <ti>7203</ti>
721 <ti>4041</ti>
722 <ti>11244</ti>
723 <ti>87.58%</ti>
724 </tr>
725 <tr>
726 <th>arm</th>
727 <ti>1590</ti>
728 <ti>112</ti>
729 <ti>1702</ti>
730 <ti>13.26%</ti>
731 </tr>
732 <tr>
733 <th>hppa</th>
734 <ti>2712</ti>
735 <ti>567</ti>
736 <ti>3279</ti>
737 <ti>25.54%</ti>
738 </tr>
739 <tr>
740 <th>ia64</th>
741 <ti>3230</ti>
742 <ti>597</ti>
743 <ti>3827</ti>
744 <ti>29.81%</ti>
745 </tr>
746 <tr>
747 <th>m68k</th>
748 <ti>494</ti>
749 <ti>21</ti>
750 <ti>515</ti>
751 <ti>4.01%</ti>
752 </tr>
753 <tr>
754 <th>mips</th>
755 <ti>1004</ti>
756 <ti>787</ti>
757 <ti>1791</ti>
758 <ti>13.95%</ti>
759 </tr>
760 <tr>
761 <th>ppc</th>
762 <ti>6366</ti>
763 <ti>2910</ti>
764 <ti>9276</ti>
765 <ti>72.25%</ti>
766 </tr>
767 <tr>
768 <th>ppc64</th>
769 <ti>3493</ti>
770 <ti>657</ti>
771 <ti>4150</ti>
772 <ti>32.32%</ti>
773 </tr>
774 <tr>
775 <th>s390</th>
776 <ti>1194</ti>
777 <ti>50</ti>
778 <ti>1244</ti>
779 <ti>9.69%</ti>
780 </tr>
781 <tr>
782 <th>sh</th>
783 <ti>1407</ti>
784 <ti>62</ti>
785 <ti>1469</ti>
786 <ti>11.44%</ti>
787 </tr>
788 <tr>
789 <th>sparc</th>
790 <ti>4852</ti>
791 <ti>1313</ti>
792 <ti>6165</ti>
793 <ti>48.02%</ti>
794 </tr>
795 <tr>
796 <th>sparc-fbsd</th>
797 <ti>0</ti>
798 <ti>367</ti>
799 <ti>367</ti>
800 <ti>2.86%</ti>
801 </tr>
802 <tr>
803 <th>x86</th>
804 <ti>9432</ti>
805 <ti>3217</ti>
806 <ti>12649</ti>
807 <ti>98.52%</ti>
808 </tr>
809 <tr>
810 <th>x86-fbsd</th>
811 <ti>0</ti>
812 <ti>2730</ti>
813 <ti>2730</ti>
814 <ti>21.26%</ti>
815 </tr>
816 </table>
817
818 <figure link="/images/gmn/20080831/keywords.png" short="Packages by keyword" caption="Package distribution by keyword"/>
819
820 </body>
821 </section>
822 <section>
823 <body>
824
825 <p>
826 The following section lists packages that have either been moved or added to the
827 tree. The package removals come from many locations, including the <uri
828 link="/proj/en/qa/treecleaners/">Treecleaners</uri> and various developers.
829 </p>
830
831 </body>
832 </section>
833
834 <section>
835 <title>Removals:</title>
836 <body>
837
838 <table>
839 <tr>
840 <th>Package:</th>
841 <th>Removal date:</th>
842 <th>Contact:</th>
843 </tr>
844
845 <tr>
846 <ti>dev-db/freecdb</ti>
847 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
848 <ti><mail link="hattya@g.o">Akinori Hattori</mail></ti>
849 </tr>
850
851 <tr>
852 <ti>mail-client/claws-mail-pdf-viewer</ti>
853 <ti>03 Aug 2008</ti>
854 <ti><mail link="opfer@g.o">Christian Faulhammer</mail></ti>
855 </tr>
856
857 </table>
858
859 <table>
860
861 <tr>
862 <th>Package:</th>
863 <th>Removal date:</th>
864 <th>Contact:</th>
865 </tr>
866
867 <tr>
868 <ti>www-apps/knowledgetree</ti>
869 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
870 <ti><mail link="hoffie@g.o">Christian Hoffmann</mail></ti>
871 </tr>
872
873 <tr>
874 <ti>dev-php4/ZendOptimizer</ti>
875 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
876 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
877 </tr>
878
879 <tr>
880 <ti>dev-php4/adodb-ext</ti>
881 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
882 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
883 </tr>
884
885 <tr>
886 <ti>dev-php4/creole</ti>
887 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
888 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
889 </tr>
890
891 <tr>
892 <ti>dev-php4/eaccelerator</ti>
893 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
894 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
895 </tr>
896
897 <tr>
898 <ti>dev-php4/ffmpeg-php</ti>
899 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
900 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
901 </tr>
902
903 <tr>
904 <ti>dev-php4/jargon</ti>
905 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
906 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
907 </tr>
908
909 <tr>
910 <ti>dev-php4/jpgraph</ti>
911 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
912 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
913 </tr>
914
915 <tr>
916 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-apc</ti>
917 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
918 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
919 </tr>
920
921 <tr>
922 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-crack</ti>
923 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
924 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
925 </tr>
926
927 <tr>
928 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-fileinfo</ti>
929 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
930 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
931 </tr>
932
933 <tr>
934 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-http</ti>
935 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
936 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
937 </tr>
938
939 <tr>
940 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-id3</ti>
941 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
942 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
943 </tr>
944
945 <tr>
946 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-imagick</ti>
947 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
948 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
949 </tr>
950
951 <tr>
952 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-json</ti>
953 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
954 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
955 </tr>
956
957 <tr>
958 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-mailparse</ti>
959 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
960 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
961 </tr>
962
963 <tr>
964 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-memcache</ti>
965 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
966 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
967 </tr>
968
969 <tr>
970 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-pdflib</ti>
971 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
972 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
973 </tr>
974
975 <tr>
976 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-ps</ti>
977 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
978 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
979 </tr>
980
981 <tr>
982 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-radius</ti>
983 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
984 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
985 </tr>
986
987 <tr>
988 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-sqlite</ti>
989 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
990 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
991 </tr>
992
993 <tr>
994 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-tidy</ti>
995 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
996 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
997 </tr>
998
999 <tr>
1000 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-translit</ti>
1001 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1002 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1003 </tr>
1004
1005 <tr>
1006 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-yaz</ti>
1007 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1008 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1009 </tr>
1010
1011 <tr>
1012 <ti>dev-php4/pecl-zip</ti>
1013 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1014 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1015 </tr>
1016
1017 <tr>
1018 <ti>dev-php4/php-java-bridge</ti>
1019 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1020 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1021 </tr>
1022
1023 <tr>
1024 <ti>dev-php4/phpdbg</ti>
1025 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1026 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1027 </tr>
1028
1029 <tr>
1030 <ti>dev-php4/phpunit</ti>
1031 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1032 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1033 </tr>
1034
1035 <tr>
1036 <ti>dev-php4/suhosin</ti>
1037 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1038 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1039 </tr>
1040
1041 <tr>
1042 <ti>dev-php4/syck-php-bindings</ti>
1043 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1044 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1045 </tr>
1046
1047 <tr>
1048 <ti>dev-php4/xcache</ti>
1049 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1050 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1051 </tr>
1052
1053 <tr>
1054 <ti>dev-php4/xdebug</ti>
1055 <ti>09 Aug 2008</ti>
1056 <ti><mail link="robbat2@g.o">Robin H. Johnson</mail></ti>
1057 </tr>
1058
1059 </table>
1060
1061 <table>
1062
1063 <tr>
1064 <th>Package:</th>
1065 <th>Removal date:</th>
1066 <th>Contact:</th>
1067 </tr>
1068
1069 <tr>
1070 <ti>mail-mta/xmail</ti>
1071 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1072 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1073 </tr>
1074
1075 </table>
1076
1077 </body>
1078 </section>
1079
1080 <section>
1081 <title>Additions:</title>
1082 <body>
1083
1084 <table>
1085 <tr>
1086 <th>Package:</th>
1087 <th>Addition date:</th>
1088 <th>Contact:</th>
1089 </tr>
1090
1091 <tr>
1092 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-geosciences/osmosis">sci-geosciences/osmosis</uri></ti>
1093 <ti>28 Jul 2008</ti>
1094 <ti><mail link="hanno@g.o">Hanno Boeck</mail></ti>
1095 </tr>
1096
1097 <tr>
1098 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-geosciences/mkgmap">sci-geosciences/mkgmap</uri></ti>
1099 <ti>28 Jul 2008</ti>
1100 <ti><mail link="hanno@g.o">Hanno Boeck</mail></ti>
1101 </tr>
1102
1103 <tr>
1104 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/sublib">media-libs/sublib</uri></ti>
1105 <ti>29 Jul 2008</ti>
1106 <ti><mail link="beandog@g.o">Steve Dibb</mail></ti>
1107 </tr>
1108
1109 <tr>
1110 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/pygene">dev-python/pygene</uri></ti>
1111 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1112 <ti><mail link="neurogeek@g.o">Jesus Rivero</mail></ti>
1113 </tr>
1114
1115 <tr>
1116 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Text-Markdown">dev-perl/Text-Markdown</uri></ti>
1117 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1118 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1119 </tr>
1120
1121 <tr>
1122 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/CGI-FormBuilder">dev-perl/CGI-FormBuilder</uri></ti>
1123 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1124 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1125 </tr>
1126
1127 <tr>
1128 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/tempo-snippets">app-emacs/tempo-snippets</uri></ti>
1129 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1130 <ti><mail link="ulm@g.o">Ulrich Müller</mail></ti>
1131 </tr>
1132
1133 <tr>
1134 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-misc/tmux">app-misc/tmux</uri></ti>
1135 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1136 <ti><mail link="swegener@g.o">Sven Wegener</mail></ti>
1137 </tr>
1138
1139 <tr>
1140 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-java/lucene-analyzers">dev-java/lucene-analyzers</uri></ti>
1141 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1142 <ti><mail link="elvanor@g.o">Jean-Noël Rivasseau </mail></ti>
1143 </tr>
1144
1145 <tr>
1146 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-libs/xpyb">x11-libs/xpyb</uri></ti>
1147 <ti>30 Jul 2008</ti>
1148 <ti><mail link="dberkholz@g.o">Donnie Berkholz</mail></ti>
1149 </tr>
1150
1151 <tr>
1152 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/radare">dev-util/radare</uri></ti>
1153 <ti>31 Jul 2008</ti>
1154 <ti><mail link="deathwing00@g.o">Ioannis Aslanidis</mail></ti>
1155 </tr>
1156
1157 <tr>
1158 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/wicd">net-misc/wicd</uri></ti>
1159 <ti>31 Jul 2008</ti>
1160 <ti><mail link="darkside@g.o">Jeremy Olexa</mail></ti>
1161 </tr>
1162
1163 <tr>
1164 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/LWP-Authen-Wsse">dev-perl/LWP-Authen-Wsse</uri></ti>
1165 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
1166 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1167 </tr>
1168
1169 <tr>
1170 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/XML-Atom">dev-perl/XML-Atom</uri></ti>
1171 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
1172 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1173 </tr>
1174
1175 <tr>
1176 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Feed-Find">dev-perl/Feed-Find</uri></ti>
1177 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
1178 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1179 </tr>
1180
1181 <tr>
1182 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/URI-Fetch">dev-perl/URI-Fetch</uri></ti>
1183 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
1184 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1185 </tr>
1186
1187 <tr>
1188 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/XML-Feed">dev-perl/XML-Feed</uri></ti>
1189 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
1190 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1191 </tr>
1192
1193 <tr>
1194 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/LWPx-ParanoidAgent">dev-perl/LWPx-ParanoidAgent</uri></ti>
1195 <ti>01 Aug 2008</ti>
1196 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1197 </tr>
1198
1199 <tr>
1200 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Net-OpenID-Consumer">dev-perl/Net-OpenID-Consumer</uri></ti>
1201 <ti>02 Aug 2008</ti>
1202 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1203 </tr>
1204
1205 <tr>
1206 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/switzerland">net-misc/switzerland</uri></ti>
1207 <ti>03 Aug 2008</ti>
1208 <ti><mail link="cedk@g.o">Cédric Krier</mail></ti>
1209 </tr>
1210
1211 <tr>
1212 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/nagvis">net-analyzer/nagvis</uri></ti>
1213 <ti>03 Aug 2008</ti>
1214 <ti><mail link="dertobi123@g.o">Tobias Scherbaum</mail></ti>
1215 </tr>
1216
1217 <tr>
1218 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-java/glassfish-transaction-api">dev-java/glassfish-transaction-api</uri></ti>
1219 <ti>03 Aug 2008</ti>
1220 <ti><mail link="betelgeuse@g.o">Petteri Räty</mail></ti>
1221 </tr>
1222
1223 <tr>
1224 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/java-virtuals/transaction-api">java-virtuals/transaction-api</uri></ti>
1225 <ti>03 Aug 2008</ti>
1226 <ti><mail link="betelgeuse@g.o">Petteri Räty</mail></ti>
1227 </tr>
1228
1229 <tr>
1230 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-chemistry/xds-bin">sci-chemistry/xds-bin</uri></ti>
1231 <ti>03 Aug 2008</ti>
1232 <ti><mail link="dberkholz@g.o">Donnie Berkholz</mail></ti>
1233 </tr>
1234
1235 </table>
1236
1237 <table>
1238
1239 <tr>
1240 <th>Package:</th>
1241 <th>Addition date:</th>
1242 <th>Contact:</th>
1243 </tr>
1244
1245 <tr>
1246 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sci-chemistry/arp-warp-bin">sci-chemistry/arp-warp-bin</uri></ti>
1247 <ti>04 Aug 2008</ti>
1248 <ti><mail link="dberkholz@g.o">Donnie Berkholz</mail></ti>
1249 </tr>
1250
1251 <tr>
1252 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-action/wordwarvi">games-action/wordwarvi</uri></ti>
1253 <ti>04 Aug 2008</ti>
1254 <ti><mail link="mr_bones_@g.o">Michael Sterrett</mail></ti>
1255 </tr>
1256
1257 <tr>
1258 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-apps/ack">sys-apps/ack</uri></ti>
1259 <ti>04 Aug 2008</ti>
1260 <ti><mail link="rajiv@g.o">Rajiv Aaron Manglani</mail></ti>
1261 </tr>
1262
1263 <tr>
1264 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/libass">media-libs/libass</uri></ti>
1265 <ti>05 Aug 2008</ti>
1266 <ti><mail link="aballier@g.o">Alexis Ballier</mail></ti>
1267 </tr>
1268
1269 <tr>
1270 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-sound/a2jmidid">media-sound/a2jmidid</uri></ti>
1271 <ti>06 Aug 2008</ti>
1272 <ti><mail link="aballier@g.o">Alexis Ballier</mail></ti>
1273 </tr>
1274
1275 <tr>
1276 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-apps/horde-dimp">www-apps/horde-dimp</uri></ti>
1277 <ti>07 Aug 2008</ti>
1278 <ti><mail link="wrobel@g.o">Gunnar Wrobel</mail></ti>
1279 </tr>
1280
1281 <tr>
1282 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-doc/casting-spels-emacs">app-doc/casting-spels-emacs</uri></ti>
1283 <ti>08 Aug 2008</ti>
1284 <ti><mail link="ulm@g.o">Ulrich Müller</mail></ti>
1285 </tr>
1286
1287 <tr>
1288 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-libs/luafilesystem">dev-libs/luafilesystem</uri></ti>
1289 <ti>08 Aug 2008</ti>
1290 <ti><mail link="matsuu@g.o">Matsuu Takuto</mail></ti>
1291 </tr>
1292
1293 <tr>
1294 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-util/luadoc">dev-util/luadoc</uri></ti>
1295 <ti>08 Aug 2008</ti>
1296 <ti><mail link="matsuu@g.o">Matsuu Takuto</mail></ti>
1297 </tr>
1298
1299 <tr>
1300 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emacs/bongo">app-emacs/bongo</uri></ti>
1301 <ti>08 Aug 2008</ti>
1302 <ti><mail link="ulm@g.o">Ulrich Müller</mail></ti>
1303 </tr>
1304
1305 <tr>
1306 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions">app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions</uri></ti>
1307 <ti>10 Aug 2008</ti>
1308 <ti><mail link="jokey@g.o">Markus Ullmann</mail></ti>
1309 </tr>
1310
1311 </table>
1312
1313 <table>
1314
1315 <tr>
1316 <th>Package:</th>
1317 <th>Addition date:</th>
1318 <th>Contact:</th>
1319 </tr>
1320
1321 <tr>
1322 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-plugins/pidgin-msn-pecan">x11-plugins/pidgin-msn-pecan</uri></ti>
1323 <ti>18 Aug 2008</ti>
1324 <ti><mail link="voyageur@g.o">Bernard Cafarelli</mail></ti>
1325 </tr>
1326
1327 <tr>
1328 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-db/m17n-contrib">dev-db/m17n-contrib</uri></ti>
1329 <ti>18 Aug 2008</ti>
1330 <ti><mail link="matsuu@g.o">Matsuu Takuto</mail></ti>
1331 </tr>
1332
1333 <tr>
1334 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/symon">net-analyzer/symon</uri></ti>
1335 <ti>19 Aug 2008</ti>
1336 <ti><mail link="pva@g.o">Peter Volkov</mail></ti>
1337 </tr>
1338
1339 <tr>
1340 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/syweb">net-analyzer/syweb</uri></ti>
1341 <ti>19 Aug 2008</ti>
1342 <ti><mail link="pva@g.o">Peter Volkov</mail></ti>
1343 </tr>
1344
1345 <tr>
1346 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/python-scw">dev-python/python-scw</uri></ti>
1347 <ti>20 Aug 2008</ti>
1348 <ti><mail link="neurogeek@g.o">Jesus Rivero</mail></ti>
1349 </tr>
1350
1351 <tr>
1352 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-wireless/iwl5000-ucode">net-wireless/iwl5000-ucode</uri></ti>
1353 <ti>21 Aug 2008</ti>
1354 <ti><mail link="chainsaw@g.o">Tony Vroon</mail></ti>
1355 </tr>
1356
1357 <tr>
1358 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/webut">dev-python/webut</uri></ti>
1359 <ti>21 Aug 2008</ti>
1360 <ti><mail link="neurogeek@g.o">Jesus Rivero</mail></ti>
1361 </tr>
1362
1363 <tr>
1364 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/LWP-UserAgent-Determined">dev-perl/LWP-UserAgent-Determined</uri></ti>
1365 <ti>22 Aug 2008</ti>
1366 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1367 </tr>
1368
1369 <tr>
1370 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Net-Amazon-S3">dev-perl/Net-Amazon-S3</uri></ti>
1371 <ti>22 Aug 2008</ti>
1372 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1373 </tr>
1374
1375 <tr>
1376 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics">x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics</uri></ti>
1377 <ti>22 Aug 2008</ti>
1378 <ti><mail link="chainsaw@g.o">Tony Vroon</mail></ti>
1379 </tr>
1380
1381 <tr>
1382 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-wm/echinus">x11-wm/echinus</uri></ti>
1383 <ti>22 Aug 2008</ti>
1384 <ti><mail link="yngwin@g.o">Ben de Groot</mail></ti>
1385 </tr>
1386
1387 <tr>
1388 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/XML-SAX-Expat">dev-perl/XML-SAX-Expat</uri></ti>
1389 <ti>23 Aug 2008</ti>
1390 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1391 </tr>
1392
1393 <tr>
1394 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Net-LibIDN">dev-perl/Net-LibIDN</uri></ti>
1395 <ti>23 Aug 2008</ti>
1396 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1397 </tr>
1398
1399 <tr>
1400 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-libs/mars">sys-libs/mars</uri></ti>
1401 <ti>23 Aug 2008</ti>
1402 <ti><mail link="lu_zero@g.o">Luca Barbato</mail></ti>
1403 </tr>
1404
1405 <tr>
1406 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-perl/Email-Date-Format">dev-perl/Email-Date-Format</uri></ti>
1407 <ti>23 Aug 2008</ti>
1408 <ti><mail link="tove@g.o">Torsten Veller</mail></ti>
1409 </tr>
1410
1411 <tr>
1412 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/gnome-python-base">dev-python/gnome-python-base</uri></ti>
1413 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1414 <ti><mail link="ford_prefect@g.o">Arun Raghavan</mail></ti>
1415 </tr>
1416
1417 <tr>
1418 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/gconf-python">dev-python/gconf-python</uri></ti>
1419 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1420 <ti><mail link="ford_prefect@g.o">Arun Raghavan</mail></ti>
1421 </tr>
1422
1423 <tr>
1424 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/gnome-vfs-python">dev-python/gnome-vfs-python</uri></ti>
1425 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1426 <ti><mail link="ford_prefect@g.o">Arun Raghavan</mail></ti>
1427 </tr>
1428
1429 <tr>
1430 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/libgnomecanvas-python">dev-python/libgnomecanvas-python</uri></ti>
1431 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1432 <ti><mail link="ford_prefect@g.o">Arun Raghavan</mail></ti>
1433 </tr>
1434
1435 <tr>
1436 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/libbonobo-python">dev-python/libbonobo-python</uri></ti>
1437 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1438 <ti><mail link="ford_prefect@g.o">Arun Raghavan</mail></ti>
1439 </tr>
1440
1441 <tr>
1442 <ti><uri link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/dev-python/libgnome-python">dev-python/libgnome-python</uri></ti>
1443 <ti>24 Aug 2008</ti>
1444 <ti><mail link="ford_prefect@g.o">Arun Raghavan</mail></ti>
1445 </tr>
1446
1447 </table>
1448
1449 </body>
1450 </section>
1451
1452 <!-- paste from the last rites script -->
1453 <!-- On hiatus :( -->
1454 </chapter>
1455
1456 <!-- Bugzilla -->
1457 <chapter>
1458 <title>Bugzilla</title>
1459
1460 <section>
1461 <title>Statistics</title>
1462 <body>
1463
1464 <p>
1465 The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla
1466 (<uri link="http://bugs.gentoo.org">bugs.gentoo.org</uri>) to record
1467 and track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions
1468 with the development team. The following chart summarizes activity on
1469 Bugzilla between 27 July 2008 and 29 August 2008.
1470 </p>
1471
1472 <figure link="/images/gmn/20080831/activity.png" short="Bug activity" caption="Bug activity split-up"/>
1473
1474 <p>
1475 Of the <b>11946</b> currently open bugs: <b>14</b> are labeled <e>blocker</e>,
1476 <b>106</b> are labeled <e>critical</e>, and <b>422</b> are labeled <e>major</e>.
1477 </p>
1478
1479 </body>
1480 </section>
1481
1482 <section>
1483 <title>Closed bug ranking</title>
1484 <body>
1485
1486 <p>
1487 The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are as
1488 follows.
1489 </p>
1490
1491 <table>
1492 <tr>
1493 <th>Rank</th>
1494 <th>Developer/Team</th>
1495 <th>Bug Count</th>
1496 </tr>
1497
1498 <tr>
1499 <ti>0</ti>
1500 <ti>Others</ti>
1501 <ti>931</ti>
1502 </tr>
1503 <tr>
1504 <ti>1</ti>
1505 <ti>Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team</ti>
1506 <ti>65</ti>
1507 </tr>
1508 <tr>
1509 <ti>2</ti>
1510 <ti>Gentoo's Team for Core System packages</ti>
1511 <ti>47</ti>
1512 </tr>
1513 <tr>
1514 <ti>3</ti>
1515 <ti>Gentoo Security</ti>
1516 <ti>44</ti>
1517 </tr>
1518 <tr>
1519 <ti>4</ti>
1520 <ti>Gentoo Games</ti>
1521 <ti>41</ti>
1522 </tr>
1523 <tr>
1524 <ti>5</ti>
1525 <ti>Python Gentoo Team</ti>
1526 <ti>34</ti>
1527 </tr>
1528 <tr>
1529 <ti>6</ti>
1530 <ti>media-video herd</ti>
1531 <ti>33</ti>
1532 </tr>
1533 <tr>
1534 <ti>7</ti>
1535 <ti>Portage team</ti>
1536 <ti>27</ti>
1537 </tr>
1538 <tr>
1539 <ti>8</ti>
1540 <ti>Gentoo Linux bug wranglers</ti>
1541 <ti>26</ti>
1542 </tr>
1543 <tr>
1544 <ti>9</ti>
1545 <ti>Gentoo non-Linux Team</ti>
1546 <ti>26</ti>
1547 </tr>
1548 </table>
1549
1550 <figure link="/images/gmn/2008031/closed.png" short="Bugs closed" caption="Bug closed rankings"/>
1551
1552 </body>
1553 </section>
1554
1555 <section>
1556 <title>Assigned bug ranking</title>
1557 <body>
1558
1559 <p>
1560 The developers and teams who have been assigned the most bugs during this period are as follows.
1561 </p>
1562
1563 <table>
1564 <tr>
1565 <th>Rank</th>
1566 <th>Developer/Team</th>
1567 <th>Bug Count</th>
1568 </tr>
1569
1570 <tr>
1571 <ti>0</ti>
1572 <ti>Others</ti>
1573 <ti>720</ti>
1574 </tr>
1575 <tr>
1576 <ti>1</ti>
1577 <ti>Default Assignee for New Packages</ti>
1578 <ti>85</ti>
1579 </tr>
1580 <tr>
1581 <ti>2</ti>
1582 <ti>Gentoo Security</ti>
1583 <ti>53</ti>
1584 </tr>
1585 <tr>
1586 <ti>3</ti>
1587 <ti>Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team</ti>
1588 <ti>30</ti>
1589 </tr>
1590 <tr>
1591 <ti>4</ti>
1592 <ti>Gentoo KDE team</ti>
1593 <ti>26</ti>
1594 </tr>
1595 <tr>
1596 <ti>5</ti>
1597 <ti>Gentoo's Team for Core System packages</ti>
1598 <ti>25</ti>
1599 </tr>
1600 <tr>
1601 <ti>6</ti>
1602 <ti>Java team</ti>
1603 <ti>21</ti>
1604 </tr>
1605 <tr>
1606 <ti>7</ti>
1607 <ti>Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers</ti>
1608 <ti>20</ti>
1609 </tr>
1610 <tr>
1611 <ti>8</ti>
1612 <ti>Gentoo/BSD Team</ti>
1613 <ti>20</ti>
1614 </tr>
1615 <tr>
1616 <ti>9</ti>
1617 <ti>Gentoo X packagers</ti>
1618 <ti>18</ti>
1619 </tr>
1620 </table>
1621
1622 <figure link="/images/gmn/20080831/opened.png" short="Bugs assigned" caption="Bugs assigned rankings"/>
1623
1624 </body>
1625 </section>
1626 </chapter>
1627
1628 <!-- GMN feedback information -->
1629 <chapter>
1630 <title>Getting Involved</title>
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1634 <p>
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