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Gentoo Monthly Newsletter30 June 2008Andrey Falko
This is the sixth issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter, for May 2008 &n=
dash;
June 2008.
Volume 1, Issue 62008-06-30IntroductionThis month in the GMN
Welcome to the June issue of the Gentoo monthly newsletter!
As usual, you can discuss any aspect of this issue of the GMN in the
corresponding
forum thread. We look forward to hearing from you!
Gentoo NewsTrustees Meeting Summary
The Gentoo Trustees held
a meeting on June 22, 2008. The trustees are currently working on propose=
d
Foundation bylaws.
The
bylaws draft
Council Meeting Summary
The Gentoo Council=
uri> held
its monthly meeting on June 12, 2008. The items put up for discussion wer=
e:
PMS: Versions can have > 8 digits. If you want a maximum limit=
,
discuss it with relevant people and propose one.
Appeals: Will be handled using dberkholz's proposal
LDFLAGS=3D"--as-needed" by default: antarus will present a dep=
loyment
plan to -dev for how this would proceed.
GLEP 54: There was a new proposal 12 hours before the meeting.=
Wait
for discussion. Council members should post anything they have to add=
by the
end of the weekend.
GLEP 55: Discussion is clearly active. Council members should =
post
anything they have to add by the end of the weekend.
GLEP 56: Technically good, still some room for improvement. Co=
uncil
members should post anything they have to add by the end of the weeke=
nd.
PMS status: This is a discussion that belongs on the mailing l=
ist.
Council members should post anything they have to add by the end of t=
he
weekend.
Some items were rolled over from the previous meeting:
Slacker arches: vapier needs to send the post 2+ hours before =
the
meeting. Suggest changes. This should happen on-list. No discussion
expected.
Document of being an active developer: araujo needs to post pr=
ogress,
an updated certificate and any new requests to the gentoo-council or
gentoo-project list 2+ hours before the meeting. Suggest changes. Thi=
s
should happen on-list. No discussion expected.
Coming Up
Bugday<=
/b>:
Looking for a way to help out Gentoo without investing a lot of time?=
Join
us on July 05 for our monthly bugday, and help us squash some bugs.
Council
Meeting: The Gentoo Council meets every month to discuss im=
portant
technical issues that affect Gentoo as a whole. This month's meeting =
is
scheduled to be held on July 10, and everyone is welcome to
participate - #gentoo-council on irc.freenode.net at 2000UTC.
Gentoo InternationalGermany: LinuxTag 2008
With more than 11,000 visitors, LinuxTag in Berlin is by far the m=
ost
important Linux and Open Source Software show in Europe. As in earlier ye=
ars,
Gentoo was again present at the expo after we missed the last two LinuxTa=
g expos
taking place in Wiesbaden 2006 and Berlin 2007. This year about 10 develo=
pers
and other Gentoo enthusiasts (including users from the German support cha=
nnel,
#gentoo-anfaenger) helped man the booth. Even some phpBB developers showe=
d up.
This year the booth was set up to convey information to the audience, ins=
tead of
showing hardware as in the years before. Nevertheless, the booth was popu=
lated
with enough (Apple) laptop computers to open a little shop. One iBook was=
set up
to display an auto=
mated
installation process of Gentoo Linux. Some visitors even asked wher=
e we
were hiding that guy who was entering the commands so fast. :)
Powered by Larry the Cow (one tagged "OpenSSL") the team managed to survi=
ve
through the days, with the help of the popular drink "Club Mate." Friendl=
y
meet-ups with Debian and Ubuntu people did not escalate at all, and there=
was
even cooperation during the event. Sun engineers demoing OpenSolaris at t=
heir
stand were happy to give hints how to resolve a compilation issue that po=
pped up
during the port of Gentoo Prefix to OpenSolaris.
Gentoo participated in the Hacking Contest held at the event and was repr=
esented
by genstef and two of our users,=
in an
attempt to hold up Gentoo's reputation. The Gentoo team eventually won th=
e
second prize, a Nintendo DS.
On the last evening, the Ubuntu people organised a friendly barbecue part=
y for
everyone. The beer was free as in beer, and the meat "open source." The b=
arbecue
was held at C-base, Ubuntu's ~=
@Berlin,
which from the inside is an exciting space station with many man-hours in=
vested
in weird decorations and programs like essential alien rootkit checkers.
Heard in the CommunityInterview: Google Summer of Code Student Nirbheek Chauhan
In the second of the series of interviews with our Summer of Code student=
s, we
chat with Nirbheek Chauhan, who
is working on "AutotuA". Find out more about him and the project by readi=
ng on!
=20
GMN: Give us a brief introduction of yourself. Where are you from?=
Where
and what do you study? What's your homepage or other means for fans to st=
alk
you?
Nirbheek: Hello! I'm Nirbheek Chauhan (bheekling). I don't exactly
"belong" to any single place (Dad's in the Army), although I was born in
Chandigarh, India. I'm currently in my 3rd year of B.Tech doing Civil
Engineering at IIT Kanpur. Fans and freaks are welcome to my blog -- comments are open and =
free for
all. ^_^
GMN: Were you already involved with Gentoo and/or open source in g=
eneral
before acceptance into SoC? If yes, briefly tell us how you got involved =
and why
you like writing open source code.
Nirbheek:I had been using Ubuntu as my full-time OS for a year bef=
ore I
shifted to Gentoo after Arun Raghavan (Ford_Prefect) nagged me to try it =
out for
the N+1th time. The first Open Source project that I contributed code to =
was the
Beagle Project where I hac=
ked on
the experimental Beagle Webinterfac=
e
under the wonderful guidance of Debajyoti Bera (dBera).
I love Open Source (and specifically Gentoo) because it allows me to fix
whatever problems I face on my own. There is documentation for almost eve=
rything
out there, and where it doesn't exist, the code is always there. Gentoo m=
akes
all this particularly easy since I just need to dump a patch in ${FILESDI=
R}, add
a line to the ebuild, and voila! I can have the package cleanly installed=
on my
system with the fixes. The flexibility I get from this far outweighs the =
compile
time for everything (although I would really love it if a safe and workin=
g
hybrid binary-source system were devised)
GMN: How has your experience with the Gentoo community been so far=
?
Nirbheek: I have found the developers, especially the GNOME Herd, =
the
Mozilla Herd, Infra, Bug wranglers, and the previous Council Members, to =
be
extremely helpful, active, responsive, and sometimes terrifyingly efficie=
nt. All
the people whom I see actively working on Gentoo are simply a pleasure to=
talk
and work with. However, as is with most projects of such a size, there ar=
e a few
elements who seem to be spreading more chaos than actual contribution.
GMN: Please tell our readers a little about the project you're wor=
king
on, and why you think it will be helpful to Gentoo users. What was your
inspiration for starting the project? What do you expect to achieve with =
it?
Nirbheek: The project was originally called (for lack of imaginati=
on)
"Automate it All" (*with* quotes). With the advent of further lack =
of
imagination on Eric's pa=
rt, it
was christened AutotuA<=
/uri>.
The aim of the project is to reduce the workload of Gentoo developers, ma=
ke it
easier for users to help developers in testing, and increase the overall =
QA of
the packages and ebuilds in the portage tree by making it easier for deve=
lopers
to test (and coordinate testing of) changes made to the tree.
The basic design consists of a master-server and numerous slaves. The mas=
ter
does bookkeeping of jobs, hosts the various resources, preserves state, a=
nd
manages distribution among the slaves. The slaves run jobs according to s=
ets of
instructions called "jobuilds" which are similar in spirit (and syntax) t=
o
ebuilds, but are used to describe the smallest "quantum of work". The (le=
ngthy)
details of how they all will work can be found in my first weekly report.
My inspiration stemmed from frustration at having to do repetitive and ea=
sily
automatable tasks while testing packages. The last straw was testing
xulrunner-1.9 (a dependency of Firefox 3) for breakages with packages usi=
ng
xulrunner (bug
213296). The work was completely monotonous and time-consuming -- p=
erfect
grounds for automation. I could've scripted the work, but that would be a
one-off thing and no one else would be able to make use of it anyway.
I told Patrick Lauer (one of my mentors) about this and my proposed solut=
ion for
it. He suggested that I apply for a SoC project for the same to make sure=
I
actually finish it. ;) He then managed to get inte=
rested and
onboard for mentoring me, and voila! Here we are. :)
=20
<overzealous>I expect my project to cause a revolution in the way G=
entoo
works.</overzealous>
GMN: What do you do when you're not coding? (hobbies, interests, f=
avorite
T.V. shows etc.)
Nirbheek: Wait, what?! Coding *is* my hobby!
But when I get tired of coding, I usually read books or (online) manga, d=
o some
photography (little experience however), watch Anime or Sci-Fi, write ran=
dom
stuff, or play the occasional computer game (Half-Life 2 ftw!).
Of course, this is all usually done with Nine Inch Nails, Feist, toe, Pea=
rl Jam,
R.E.M or Radiohead playing in the background. =3D)
GMN: Thanks for your time, and wish you all the best for the summe=
r!
Gentoo Linux Headed for Space!
This article was written by Gentoo developer ,=
who
works for the Southwest Research
Institute. Joe already uses Gentoo Linux for projects such as the <=
uri
link=3D"http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/science/soc.php">New Horizons space
operations center. Now, he'll take Gentoo where no penguin has gone befor=
e . .
.
Gentoo is getting ready to fly into space aboard a rocket called the Rapi=
d
Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph Experiment (RAISE). The rocket is part o=
f
NASA's "sounding rocket program", and it is a relatively inexpensive way =
to
gather information about the Sun from light that cannot penetrate the Ear=
th's
atmosphere. Southwest Research Institute, where RAISE is being designed, =
has a
very active solar research group that is on the cutting edge of new disco=
veries
about our closest star.
One of the main mysteries that RAISE will help to solve involves the temp=
erature
of the solar corona. This outer atmosphere of the Sun is more than one mi=
llion
degrees centigrade, whereas the Sun's surface is a mere 6000 degrees. Bec=
ause
the data to be collected by RAISE will give insight into the mechanisms o=
f
energy conversion in the solar atmosphere, we hope to use this data to be=
tter
understand this strange temperature inversion.
RAISE will fly to an altitude of 350 km--well into space--and then return=
to
Earth via parachute. The total flight time will be about 14 minutes, givi=
ng the
rocket 6 minutes of "hang time" in space to collect data. Two ultraviolet
detectors will collect stereo images and 3D spectral/spacial "cubes" of d=
ata.
In the latter case, a mirror and slit will be used to scan across the Sun=
and
collect a UV spectrum at each pixel.
Gentoo Linux will be used on four processor boards in the flight electron=
ics.
One will be the central controller, and the other three will be dedicated=
to
capturing data from the instruments. Spectral "image" data will be collec=
ted at
10Hz and stored on a solid-state PATA drive, which will be retrieved from=
the
rocket after landing. A minimal Gentoo installation will be included on e=
ach
board for flight. On the capture boards, we will add USB drivers for inst=
rument
I/O. In fact, we have our first capture board up and running already, an=
d data
is successfully coming in from our test camera in the lab.
So stay tuned for further news about RAISE, and when it launches, remembe=
r that
all of the Gentoo Project's hard work went into making this rocket's oper=
ating
system flight-ready!
Planet Gentoo
Manage your configuration
Puppet is a tool to manage your configuration and is pre=
sented
by .
Small system distributions: needs a bi=
nary
Linux distribution suitable for his old laptop, so he
tests some
distros that are
explicitlylabeled
for weaker systems.
Gentoo documentation: Finding information on how to develop for Ge=
ntoo
can be hard as it is scattered around the place. =
has an
overview
for you.
Release hold-up: offers some commentary =
on why
the next release has been held
up for so long.
Web 3.0? Revisited: writes the follow-up to his article on the seman=
tic web
already presented here.
Accessing the Google Gentoo Calendar: tells=
all
people with the appropriate access level how to add/modifiy
entries to the Google Gentoo Calendar via Sunbird/Lightning.
What Gentoo gives back: is proud of his constrib=
utions
to X.org, so see how much we give back to other projects.
Gentoo in the News
Two Ruby on Rails vendors partner together; one (Engine Yard) finds Gento=
o to be
a good
fit. Engine Yard has been previo=
usly
featured in the newsletter.
Tips and TricksMeasuring and reducing power usage
For those who want to reduce energy use, increase their laptop time on ba=
ttery,
and those who simply want to save money, this edition of Tips and Tricks =
is for
you. Let's use PowerTop=
to
reduce the amount of power your computer draws.
The first step is to install PowerTop and run it:
# emerge powertop
# powertop
PowerTop will likely tell you that you need a few options enabled in your
kernel, if they aren't enabled already.
To prepare your kernel for PowerTop you need to go into "Processor type a=
nd
features". Set "Tickless System" to be built into the kernel. If you do n=
ot have
this option you can continue without setting it. Next, go to the main men=
u and
go into "Kernel hacking". Set "Kernel debugging" to be built in, then sel=
ect
"Collect kernel timer statistics". If you are doing this on a laptop, ena=
ble
battery support in "Power management options" and "ACPI Support". Finally=
,
enable "CPU frequency translation statistics" under "Power management opt=
ions"
and "CPU Frequency scaling".
Reboot into your reconfigured kernel and run powertop again. You s=
hould
see a list of applications are kernel components "waking the system up". =
All you
need to know is that fewer wakeups means your system consumes less power.
PowerTop gives you a few tips at the bottom.
The first one is to tell the kernel to disable USB until you need it. Thi=
s
option is under "Device Drivers", in "USB Support". It is probably called=
"USB
selective suspend/resume and wakeup".
The second one is to increase the dirty write back interval to 15 seconds=
-- or
an interval of your choosing). This will help reduce disk wakeups.
There are other things you can do to reduce you power usage. For example,=
if you
happen to browse many CPU-intensive Flash sites, you can install the FlashBlock add-on for Firefo=
x and
choose to view Flash upon your request only.
Visit LessWatts for more goo=
d ways to
save power.
Gentoo developer moves =20
Summary
Gentoo is made up of 251 active developers, of which 40 are currently awa=
y.
Gentoo has recruited a total of 647 developers since its inception.
Moves
The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
The number is higher than usual because several inactive developers were =
retired
as per Gentoo policy. This operation is performed on a regular basis by t=
he Under=
takers
project.
Kyle England (kengland)
Elias Pipping (pipping)
Andrew Ross (aross)
Bret Curtis (psi29a)
Martin Jackson (mjolnir)
Julien Allanos (dju)
Lars Weiler (pylon)
Duncan Coutts (dcoutts)
Michael Schonbeck (thoand)
Philippe Trottier (tchiwam)
Dominik Stadler (centic)
Alon Bar-Lev (alonbl)
Carlos Silva (r3pek)
Andrej Kacian (ticho)
Alexander Gabert (pappy)
Alex Howells (astinus)
Adds
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
Andrey Kislyuk (weaver) joined the Science team
Peter Alfredsen (loki_val) joined the Sound, Fonts, and GCC teams
Matt Fleming (mjf) joined the Security team
Friedrich Oslage (bluebird) joined the Sparc team
Changes
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project=
:
No changes this month
PortageSummary
This section summarizes the current state of the Portage tree.
General Statistics
Architectures
15
Categories
151
Packages
12692
ebuilds
25074
Keyword Distribution
Architecture
Stable
Testing
Total
% Packages
alpha
3641442408332.17%
amd64
702839721100086.67%
arm
159391168413.27%
hppa
2674512318625.10%
ia64
3218565378329.81%
m68k
493165094.01%
mips
1066719178514.06%
ppc
63262873919972.48%
ppc64
3453628408132.15%
s390
12034512489.83%
sh
141548146311.53%
sparc
48061300610648.11%
sparc-fbsd
03173172.50%
x86
934131641250598.53%
x86-fbsd
02615261520.60%
The following section lists packages that have either been moved or added=
to the
tree. The package removals come from many locations, including the Treecleaners and various develop=
ers.
Removals:
Package:
Removal date:
Contact:
media-sound/gtkguitune27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
media-sound/playspc_gtk27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
media-sound/yconsole27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
media-gfx/iv27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
media-video/gqcam27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
sys-apps/systrace27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
net-fs/coda-kernel27 May 2008Samuli Suominen
app-arch/debhelper29 May 2008Yuri Vasilevski
dev-lang/ezm331 May 2008Mike Frysinger
dev-util/cvsup31 May 2008Mike Frysinger
media-fonts/fireflysung31 May 2008Peter Alfredsen
app-portage/portage-manpages31 May 2008Mike Frysinger
media-plugins/libao-pulse31 May 2008Samuli Suominen
gnome-extra/gnome2-user-docs01 Jun 2008R=C3=A8mi Cardona
Package:
Removal date:
Contact:
dev-util/larch03 Jun 2008Michael Sterrett
app-text/docbook-to-man04 Jun 2008Peter Alfredsen
games-fps/americas-army05 Jun 2008Chris Gianelloni
gnome-base/control-center06 Jun 2008R=C3=A8mi Cardona
gnome-extra/shermans-aquarium08 Jun 2008Gilles Dartiguelongue
net-libs/webkitgtk08 Jun 2008Markus Ullmann
Package:
Removal date:
Contact:
x11-plugins/gai-pager09 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
x11-plugins/gai-pal09 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
x11-libs/gai09 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
sys-process/daemontools-scripts09 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
dev-util/rhide14 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
sys-cluster/wulfstat14 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
sys-cluster/xmlsysd14 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
net-dialup/linesrv15 Jun 2008Alin N=C4=83stac
net-dialup/mclient15 Jun 2008Alin N=C4=83stac
net-dialup/mserver15 Jun 2008Alin N=C4=83stac
net-dialup/xlc15 Jun 2008Alin N=C4=83stac
Package:
Removal date:
Contact:
app-pda/syncekonnector19 Jun 2008Jeremy Olexa
dev-util/lincvs19 Jun 2008Mike Pagano
x11-wm/aquamarine21 Jun 2008Michael Sterrett
x11-wm/heliodor21 Jun 2008Michael Sterrett
kde-base/ksync22 Jun 2008Tobias Heinlein
xfce-extra/xfce4-icon-theme22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-extra/ristretto22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-extra/terminal22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-extra/xfburn22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-extra/mousepad22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-extra/xfwm4-themes22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-base/xfprint22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
xfce-base/orage22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
Additions:
Package:
Addition date:
Contact:
media-fonts/tibetan-machine-font26 May 2008Peter Alfredsen
sci=
-biology/amos26 May 2008Andrey Kislyuk
media-fonts/thaifonts-scalable28 May 2008Peter Alfredsen
app-i18n/unicode-data28 May 2008Peter Alfredsen
medi=
a-libs/raul29 May 2008Alexis Ballier
=
x11-libs/flowcanvas29 May 2008Alexis Ballier
media-sound/patchage29 May 2008Alexis Ballier
app-emulation/fuse-utils30 May 2008Jeremy Olexa
x11=
-terms/sakura30 May 2008Josh Glover
media-fonts/opendesktop-fonts30 May 2008Peter Alfredsen
d=
ev-tex/translator30 May 2008Alexis Ballier
me=
dia-fonts/cardo30 May 2008Sven Wegener
media-sound/qtscrobbler31 May 2008Ben de Groot
net-misc/openssh-blacklist31 May 2008Mike Frysinger
www=
-client/ck4up31 May 2008Thilo Bangert
de=
v-scheme/ikarus31 May 2008Panagiotis Christopoulos
x11-mis=
c/lsw31 May 2008Santiago M. Mola
de=
v-scheme/stalin01 Jun 2008Panagiotis Christopoulos
x1=
1-terms/evilvte01 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
de=
v-perl/Font-TTF01 Jun 2008Peter Alfredsen
gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs01 Jun 2008R=C3=A8mi Cardona
Package:
Addition date:
Contact:
g=
ames-util/wiiload02 Jun 2008Mike Frysinger
app-text/docbook-to-man02 Jun 2008Peter Alfredsen
dev-=
scheme/sisc02 Jun 2008Panagiotis Christopoulos
a=
pp-editors/juffed04 Jun 2008Ben de Groot
www=
-client/arora04 Jun 2008Ben de Groot
sci-mathematics/dataplot04 Jun 2008Sebastien Fabbro
media=
-gfx/dpic04 Jun 2008Alexis Ballier
dev=
-tex/dot2texi04 Jun 2008Alexis Ballier
=
app-portage/gpytage05 Jun 2008Kenneth Prugh
media-fonts/pothana2k05 Jun 2008Peter Alfredsen
gnome-base/gnome-control-center05 Jun 2008R=C3=A8mi Cardona
media-fonts/ekushey-bangla-fonts05 Jun 2008Peter Alfredsen
x11-misc/google-gadgets06 Jun 2008Peter Alfredsen
sc=
i-physics/clhep06 Jun 2008Sebastien Fabbro
media=
-gfx/dawn06 Jun 2008Sebastien Fabbro
app-=
cdr/burn-cd06 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
app-cdr/=
iat06 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
app=
-cdr/binflash06 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
dev=
-python/jinja07 Jun 2008Tiziano M=C3=BCller
de=
v-python/sphinx07 Jun 2008Tiziano M=C3=BCller
app-=
cdr/cdcover07 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
gnome-extra/file-browser-applet08 Jun 2008Serkan Kaba
n=
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ww=
w-client/midori08 Jun 2008Markus Ullmann
media-sound/christine08 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
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media-video/qdvdauthor-templates08 Jun 2008Stefan Briesenick
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net-li=
bs/udns10 Jun 2008Krzysiek Pawlik
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sys-apps/fakechroot10 Jun 2008Michael Januszewski
games-simulation/micropolis11 Jun 2008Hanno Boeck
app-=
cdr/uif2iso12 Jun 2008Diego Petten=C3=B2
app-doc/=
pms13 Jun 2008Ingmar Vanhassel
media-video/subtitlecomposer14 Jun 2008Ben de Groot
media-sound/xineadump14 Jun 2008Ben de Groot
net-i=
m/kouchat14 Jun 2008Serkan Kaba
n=
et-mail/signature15 Jun 2008Tobias Scherbaum
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dev-ruby/eventmachine16 Jun 2008Robin H. Johnson
dev-ru=
by/rack16 Jun 2008Robin H. Johnson
www=
-servers/thin16 Jun 2008Robin H. Johnson
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x11-misc/gdevilspie16 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
kde-misc/kio_perldoc16 Jun 2008Ingmar Vanhassel
sys-apps/man-pages-posix17 Jun 2008Mike Frysinger
app=
-cdr/cddetect17 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
dev-l=
ibs/libev17 Jun 2008Matsuu Takuto
me=
dia-libs/opencv18 Jun 2008Josh Glover
dev-python/PyQrcodec18 Jun 2008Josh Glover
media-plugins/vdr-streamdev18 Jun 2008Matthias Schwarzott
dev-ut=
il/smem18 Jun 2008Diego Petten=C3=B2
n=
et-misc/openrdate18 Jun 2008Robin H. Johnson
app-doc/linuxfromscratch19 Jun 2008Ryan Hill
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app-emacs/edit-list19 Jun 2008Ulrich M=C3=BCller
app-emacs/dropdown-list19 Jun 2008Ulrich M=C3=BCller
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app-emacs/yasnippet19 Jun 2008Ulrich M=C3=BCller
app-crypt/openvpn-blacklist19 Jun 2008Hanno Boeck
s=
ci-biology/kalign20 Jun 2008Andrey Kislyuk
x11-themes/echo-icon-theme20 Jun 2008Doug Goldstein
n=
et-misc/ntpclient22 Jun 2008Ned Ludd
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media-gfx/ristretto22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
x=
11-terms/terminal22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
app-c=
dr/xfburn22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
x11-themes/xfce4-icon-theme22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
x11-themes/xfwm4-themes22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
ne=
t-print/xfprint22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
app=
-office/orage22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
app-editors/mousepad22 Jun 2008Samuli Suominen
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BugzillaStatistics
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla
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with the development team. The following chart summarizes activity on
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Closed bug ranking
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period=
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Rank
Developer/Team
Bug Count
0Others1252
1Gentoo's Team for Core System packages80
2Gentoo Games79
3Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages50
4Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team47
5Jeremy Olexa38
6Gentoo Sound Team37
7Net-Mail Packages37
8Robin Johnson36
9Gentoo KDE team36
Assigned bug ranking
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most bugs during this=
period are as follows.
Rank
Developer/Team
Bug Count
0Others1026
1Default Assignee for New Packages104
2Gentoo KDE team62
3Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team61
4Gentoo Games43
5Gentoo's Team for Core System packages38
6Gentoo Security36
7Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages34
8Gentoo X packagers33
9Portage team32
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#gentoo-anfaenger) helped man the booth. Even some phpBB developers show=
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-RAISE will fly to an altitude of 350 km--well into space--and then retur=
n to
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-detectors will collect stereo images and 3D spectral/spacial "cubes" of =
data.
-In the latter case, a mirror and slit will be used to scan across the Su=
n and
-collect a UV spectrum at each pixel.
+RAISE will fly to an altitude of 350 km—well into space—and =
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+return to Earth via parachute. The total flight time will be about 14 mi=
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+giving the rocket 6 minutes of "hang time" in space to collect data. Two
+ultraviolet detectors will collect stereo images and 3D spectral/spacial=
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sebasmagri, lovely tatica (one of the main Caracas organisers, who
also gave a talk on the gimp) and gentoo mips guy, ricmm. Lower
inset: a spot of late lunch, left to right: sebasmagri, unknown,
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