From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Gmwa6-0005b3-0r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:12:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAMIAWYY002633 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:12:20 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAMEdNSg029621 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:39:24 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3349264B47 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:39:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.425 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.425 required=5.5 tests=[ADVANCE_FEE_1=0, AWL=0.020, BAYES_00=-2.599, TW_BP=0.077, TW_GW=0.077] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iMUg0Xs3LbQY for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:39:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp01.atlngahp.sys.nuvox.net (smtp-out1.atlngahp.sys.nuvox.net [70.43.63.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22F7664CB8 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.23.152] (216.215.202.4.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp01.atlngahp.sys.nuvox.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kAMEd1OF008532 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:39:01 -0500 Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 20 November 2006 From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:50:41 -0500 Message-Id: <1164207041.10738.1.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Reply-to: gwn-feedback@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id kAMIAWYY002633 X-Archives-Salt: 1b89b481-a9d2-44c9-a5e4-81c94fbeb34e X-Archives-Hash: 167fe1c9c0a823664cc5e732b37fc5ab ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gentoo Weekly Newsletter http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20061120-newsletter.xml This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 20 November 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 1. Gentoo News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Help test the new Bugzilla -------------------------- The Gentoo infrastructure team have rolled out the new Bugzilla for two t= o four weeks of testing. They hope to have the new Bugzilla up and running = in time for Christmas. Important improvements include: * Newer version of Bugzilla from upstream * Much more database horse-power * Automatic failover between database machines * A much better backup system, which should increase availability at night You can help test by using the new Bugzilla when you're searching for existing bugs. In lieu of pointing your browser to http://bugs.gentoo.org= , use http://bugstest.gentoo.org, instead. Note: This server is not running with production data. Any bugs you file will not be seen by any developers. Please file all bugs on the normal bu= g tracker[1]. If you find any bugs, please report them in the production Bugzilla[1], assigned to infra-bugs@gentoo.org, with 'bugstest' in the summary. Robin Johnson fears there may be some UTF-8 issues, so help from non-ASCII Gentoo-ers is particularly needed. 1. http://bugs.gentoo.org Thanks to Mike Doty[2], Robin Johnson[3], Lance Albertson[4], Ned Ludd[5]= , Jeff Forman[6], and Corey Shields[7] for all their hard work. Thanks to GNi[8] for hardware and colocation services to make it all run. 2. kingtaco@gentoo.org 3. robbat2@gentoo.org 4. ramereth@gentoo.org 5. solar@gentoo.org 6. jforman@gentoo.org 7. cshields@osuosl.org 8. http://www.gni.com For more information, please read Robin's original gentoo-dev list announcement.[9] 9. http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_141090.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 2. Heard in the community =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D gentoo-user ----------- Accidentally deleted contents of /sbin In a horrifying wildcard accident, James Colby deleted the entire content= s of his /sbin directory. Quickwittedly, he did basic damage control by copying the contents of /sbin from a stage 3 tarball to his own denuded /sbin. He asked if he needed to do an emerge world to restore his /sbin t= o its former state. Both Geistteufel and Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen suggest ways to determine wh= ich packages actually had files residing in /sbin and then re-emerging them. Geistteufel suggested running equery b /sbin as root. This would yield a list of each package with a file residing in /sbin. Each of these package= s would then be re-emerged. Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen's solution automated th= e process: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Code Listing 2.1 | | Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen's Solution = | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # cd /var/db/pkg && emerge -va1 \ | | > $(for pkg in */*; do cut -d' ' -f2 "${pkg}"/CONTENTS \ | | > | grep -q '^/sbin/' && echo "=3D${pkg}" done) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Responders agreed that re-emerging world would be excessive. * http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_103857.xml Using LINGUAS on a per package basis like with USE Fernando Canizo has set both the English and Spanish LINGUAS flags in his system (LINGUAS=3D"en es"). However, he'd prefer to decide on a package-by-package basis which language to use, similar to setting a flag= in his /etc/portage/package.use file. Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen pointed out that Fernando could use the IUSE flag= s linguas_es and linguas_en like any other per-package flag in /etc/portage/package.use. This is because the LINGUAS flags were USE_EXPANDED to those IUSE flags anyway. He also provided a pointer to th= e relevant section of the devmanual[10]. 10. http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags/index.html#u= se_expand-and-arch-use-flags * http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_103893.xml gentoo-cluster -------------- SC06 -- check out SiCortex Donnie Berkholz[11] invited all attendees at the recently-held SuperComputing 06[12] conference to visit the booth of SiCortex. SiCortex= is developing two MIPS cluster products, one with 5,800 nodes and the other with 650 nodes. The clusters will run Gentoo. 11. dberkholz@gentoo.org 12. http://sc06.supercomputing.org/ Brian D. Ropers-Huilman reported that he'd already stopped by their booth and was impressed by an 8 TF cluster that consumed a mere 18KW. However, = he wasn't sure when they were entering production nor if they were really us= ing Gentoo. Joel Martin[13], who works at SiCortex as well as volunteering for Gentoo= as a developer, provided more information on their offerings. Within a few months, SiCortex will be offering a 5,832 processor (972 6-core nodes) wi= th 8GB RAM-per-node at less than the US$2,000,000 price point. And it will definitely run Gentoo. 13. kanaka@gentoo.org For more information, Joe pointed readers to SiCortex's whitepaper collection[14]. 14. http://sicortex.com/prod_white.shtml * http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-cluster/msg_00945.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 3. Gentoo developer moves =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Moves ----- The following developers recently left the Gentoo project: * none this week Adds ---- The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project: * R=C3=A9mi Cardona (remi`) Gnome team Changes ------- The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project= : * none this week =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 4. Gentoo security =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D OpenSSH: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities --------------------------------------------------- Several Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been identified in OpenSSH. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[15] 15. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-06.xml GraphicsMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows --------------------------------------------- GraphicsMagick improperly handles PALM and DCM images, potentially result= ing in the execution of arbitrary code. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[16] 16. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-07.xml RPM: Buffer overflow -------------------- RPM is vulnerable to a buffer overflow and possibly the execution of arbitrary code when opening specially crafted packages. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[17] 17. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml libpng: Denial of Service ------------------------- A vulnerability in libpng may allow a remote attacker to crash applicatio= ns that handle untrusted images. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[18] 18. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-09.xml WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities ----------------------------------- Flaws in WordPress allow a Denial of Service, the disclosure of user metadata and the overwriting of restricted files. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[19] 19. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D 5. Upcoming package removals =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D This is a list of packages that have been announced to be removed in the future. The package removals come from many locations, including the Treecleaners[20] and various developers. 20. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners Last-Rites: ----------- Package: Removal date: Contact: app-laptop/pmud 13 Dec 06 Joseph Jezak[21] app-laptop/wmbatppc 13 Dec 06 Joseph Jezak[21] dev-ada/adabroker 14 Dec 06 George Shapovalov[22] sci-mathematics/gturing 15 Dec 06 Markus Dittrich[23] net-proxy/dansguardian-dgav 17 Dec 06 Alin Nastac[24] net-dialup/gigaset-isdn 18 Jan 07 Alin Nastac[24] dev-ada/adaopengl 14 Dec 06 George Shapovalov[22] dev-ada/adabindx 14 Dec 06 George Shapovalov[22] 21. josejx@gentoo.org 22. george@gentoo.org 23. markusle@gentoo.org 24. mrness@gentoo.org =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 6. Bugzilla =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Summary ------- * Statistics * Closed bug ranking * New bug rankings Statistics ---------- The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[1]) to record and tra= ck bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the developm= ent team. Between 12 November 2006 and 19 November 2006, activity on the site has resulted in: 1. http://bugs.gentoo.org * 776 new bugs during this period * 409 bugs closed or resolved during this period * 21 previously closed bugs were reopened this period * 148 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this period * 176 bugs marked as duplicates during this period Of the 10911 currently open bugs: 27 are labeled 'blocker', 102 are label= ed 'critical', and 479 are labeled 'major'. Closed bug rankings ------------------- The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are: * Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[25], with 24 closed bugs[26] * Gentoo Games[27], with 22 closed bugs[28] * Gentoo KDE team[29], with 17 closed bugs[30] * Portage team[31], with 13 closed bugs[32] * PPC Porters[33], with 12 closed bugs[34] * Desktop Misc. Team[35], with 10 closed bugs[36] * AMD64 Project[37], with 10 closed bugs[38] * Gentoo Sound Team[39], with 9 closed bugs[40] 25. gnome@gentoo.org 26. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dgnome@gentoo.org 27. games@gentoo.org 28. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dgames@gentoo.org 29. kde@gentoo.org 30. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dkde@gentoo.org 31. dev-portage@gentoo.org 32. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Ddev-portage@gentoo.org 33. ppc@gentoo.org 34. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dppc@gentoo.org 35. desktop-misc@gentoo.org 36. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Ddesktop-misc@gentoo.org 37. amd64@gentoo.org 38. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Damd64@gentoo.org 39. sound@gentoo.org 40. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status= =3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-12&chfieldto=3D2006-= 11-19&resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dsound@gentoo.org New bug rankings ---------------- The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during this period are: * Default Assignee for New Packages[41], with 31 new bugs[42] * Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[43], with 11 new bugs[44] * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[45], with 9 new bugs[46] * AMD64 Project[37], with 7 new bugs[47] * Gentoo Sound Team[39], with 6 new bugs[48] * Java team[49], with 6 new bugs[50] * Gentoo Games[27], with 6 new bugs[51] * Gentoo KDE team[29], with 5 new bugs[52] 27. games@gentoo.org 29. kde@gentoo.org 37. amd64@gentoo.org 39. sound@gentoo.org 41. maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org 42. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Dmaintainer-wanted@gentoo.org 43. maintainer-needed@gentoo.org 44. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Dmaintainer-needed@gentoo.org 45. base-system@gentoo.org 46. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Dbase-system@gentoo.org 47. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Damd64@gentoo.org 48. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Dsound@gentoo.org 49. java@gentoo.org 50. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Djava@gentoo.org 51. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Dgames@gentoo.org 52. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS= SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-11-= 12&chfieldto=3D2006-11-19&assigned_to=3Dkde@gentoo.org =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 7. 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