[gentoo-dev] DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future

[Sebastian Pipping]

Hello there!


Among other information the Gentoo page at DistroWatch [1] displays a
table on about 200 selected packages [2] and how up to date Gentoo is
per package.  I assume that DistroWatch is still one of the first places
people go to get a feeling for a Distro they heard about, besides
Wikpedia and ${distro}.org.

The freshness of these 200 packages have influence on how people
perceive Gentoo on DistroWatch.  While the tree as a whole is what we
should keep as up to date as possible keeping these 200 packages (list
further down) up to date can therefore be of particular importance.

From a quick look at the table these packages seem to need extra care in
Gentoo:

  cups (1.4.0)     1.3.11  <-- latest in Gentoo unstable/testing
  koffice (2.0.2)  1.6.3
  mysql (5.1.38)   5.0.84
  perl (5.10.1)    5.8.8
  php (5.3.0)      5.2.10
  samba (3.4.1)    3.3.7


Packages not found in Gentoo that DistroWatch monitors across discros are:

  apt
  synaptic
    .. Debian stuff, that Gentoo does not have packaged

  apache
  mod_ssl
    .. Apache 1.x seems gone from Gentoo (I suppose security)

  openjdk
    .. Not packaged in Gentoo, no idea why

  checkinstall
  Miro
    .. Not in official tree (yet?), available through an Overlay

  xmms
    .. Removed for security reasons, available through an Overlay

Maybe we should move Miro to the main tree?


Since today DistroWatch's sources on tree freshness are [3] and [4] as
they provide more accurate data than previously used sources do.

What is the process to migrate the generating script over to Gentoo
infrastructure?

See you,



Sebastian


[1] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gentoo
[2] http://distrowatch.com/packages.php
[3] http://www.hartwork.org/public/distrowatch_gentoo_x86_latest_stable.txt
[4]
http://www.hartwork.org/public/distrowatch_gentoo_x86_latest_unstable.txt


List of all Gentoo packages currently monitored
===============================================
abiword app-office/abiword
AfterStep x11-wm/afterstep
alpine mail-client/alpine
alsa-lib media-libs/alsa-lib
amarok media-sound/amarok
apache-tomcat www-servers/tomcat
ati-driver x11-drivers/ati-drivers
audacity media-sound/audacity
autoconf sys-devel/autoconf
automake sys-devel/automake
avidemux media-video/avidemux
banshee media-sound/banshee
bash app-shells/bash
bind net-dns/bind
binutils sys-devel/binutils
bison sys-devel/bison
blender media-gfx/blender
bluefish app-editors/bluefish
bzip2 app-arch/bzip2
cdrkit app-cdr/cdrkit
cinelerra media-video/cinelerra
compiz x11-wm/compiz
coreutils sys-apps/coreutils
cups net-print/cups
curl net-misc/curl
cvs dev-util/cvs
db sys-libs/db
DeviceKit sys-apps/devicekit
dhcp net-misc/dhcp
diffutils sys-apps/diffutils
digikam media-gfx/digikam
dillo www-client/dillo
dosbox games-emulation/dosbox
dovecot net-mail/dovecot
doxygen app-doc/doxygen
e2fsprogs sys-fs/e2fsprogs
eclipse dev-util/eclipse-sdk
emacs app-editors/emacs
enlightenment x11-wm/enlightenment
epiphany www-client/epiphany
evolution mail-client/evolution
exim mail-mta/exim
fetchmail net-mail/fetchmail
ffmpeg media-video/ffmpeg
file sys-apps/file
findutils sys-apps/findutils
firebird dev-db/firebird
firefox www-client/mozilla-firefox
flex sys-devel/flex
fluxbox x11-wm/fluxbox
freetype media-libs/freetype
f-spot media-gfx/f-spot
gawk sys-apps/gawk
gcc sys-devel/gcc
gettext sys-devel/gettext
gftp net-ftp/gftp
ghostscript app-text/ghostscript-gpl
gimp media-gfx/gimp
git dev-util/git
glade dev-util/glade
glibc sys-libs/glibc
gnucash app-office/gnucash
gnumeric app-office/gnumeric
gnupg app-crypt/gnupg
gparted sys-block/gparted
grep sys-apps/grep
groff sys-apps/groff
grub sys-boot/grub
gstreamer media-libs/gstreamer
gtk+ x11-libs/gtk+
gzip app-arch/gzip
hal sys-apps/hal
httpd www-servers/apache
icewm x11-wm/icewm
ImageMagick media-gfx/imagemagick
inkscape media-gfx/inkscape
iptables net-firewall/iptables
jre dev-java/sun-jre-bin
k3b app-cdr/k3b
kaffeine media-video/kaffeine
kdebase kde-base/kde-meta
kdevelop dev-util/kdevelop
kdewebdev kde-base/kdewebdev
koffice app-office/koffice
krusader kde-misc/krusader
ktorrent net-p2p/ktorrent
less sys-apps/less
lftp net-ftp/lftp
libgnome gnome-base/libgnome
libselinux sys-libs/libselinux
libtool sys-devel/libtool
libvorbis media-libs/libvorbis
lighttpd www-servers/lighttpd
lilo sys-boot/lilo
links www-client/links
linux sys-kernel/vanilla-sources
lvm sys-fs/lvm2
lxde-common lxde-base/lxde-common
lynx www-client/lynx
lyx app-office/lyx
m4 sys-devel/m4
MailScanner mail-filter/MailScanner
make sys-devel/make
man sys-apps/man
man-pages sys-apps/man-pages
mc app-misc/mc
mod_perl www-apache/mod_perl
module-init-tools sys-apps/module-init-tools
mono dev-lang/mono
MPlayer media-video/mplayer
mutt mail-client/mutt
mysql dev-db/mysql
nautilus gnome-base/nautilus
ncftp net-ftp/ncftp
ncurses sys-libs/ncurses
ndiswrapper net-wireless/ndiswrapper
nedit app-editors/nedit
netatalk net-fs/netatalk
NetBeans dev-util/netbeans
NetworkManager net-misc/networkmanager
nmap net-analyzer/nmap
ntfs-3g sys-fs/ntfs3g
NVIDIA x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
openbox x11-wm/openbox
openldap net-nds/openldap
OpenOffice.org app-office/openoffice
openssh net-misc/openssh
openssl dev-libs/openssl
openvas-client net-analyzer/openvas-client
opera www-client/opera
parted sys-apps/parted
perl dev-lang/perl
php dev-lang/php
phpMyAdmin dev-db/phpmyadmin
pidgin net-im/pidgin
postfix mail-mta/postfix
postgresql dev-db/postgresql-server
ppp net-dialup/ppp
procmail mail-filter/procmail
proftpd net-ftp/proftpd
pulseaudio media-sound/pulseaudio
Python dev-lang/python
qcad sci-misc/qcad
qemu app-emulation/qemu
qpopper net-mail/qpopper
qt-x11 x11-libs/qt
reiserfsprogs sys-fs/reiserfsprogs
rpm app-arch/rpm
rp-pppoe net-dialup/rp-pppoe
rsync net-misc/rsync
ruby dev-lang/ruby
samba net-fs/samba
sane-backends media-gfx/sane-backends
scim app-i18n/scim
screen app-misc/screen
scribus app-office/scribus
seamonkey www-client/seamonkey
sed sys-apps/sed
sendmail mail-mta/sendmail
snort net-analyzer/snort
SpamAssassin mail-filter/spamassassin
sqlite dev-db/sqlite
squid net-proxy/squid
squirrelmail mail-client/squirrelmail
subversion dev-util/subversion
sylpheed mail-client/sylpheed
sysvinit sys-apps/sysvinit
tar app-arch/tar
tcl dev-lang/tcl
tcpdump net-analyzer/tcpdump
texinfo sys-apps/texinfo
texlive app-text/texlive
thunderbird mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird
tightvnc net-misc/tightvnc
udev sys-fs/udev
util-linux sys-apps/util-linux
vim app-editors/vim
VirtualBox app-emulation/virtualbox-ose
vlc media-video/vlc
vnc net-misc/vnc
vsftpd net-ftp/vsftpd
webmin app-admin/webmin
wget net-misc/wget
wicd net-misc/wicd
WindowMaker x11-wm/windowmaker
wine app-emulation/wine
wireshark net-analyzer/wireshark
xchat net-irc/xchat
xen app-emulation/xen
xfce xfce-base/xfce4-meta
xfsprogs sys-fs/xfsprogs
xine-lib media-libs/xine-lib
xinetd sys-apps/xinetd
xorg-server x11-base/xorg-server
yaboot sys-boot/yaboot
yum sys-apps/yum
zlib sys-libs/zlib
Zope net-zope/zope