From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2681 invoked by uid 1002); 30 Jun 2003 01:35:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-gwn-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 31140 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2003 01:33:18 -0000 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:31:24 -0400 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030630013119.GL17895@mail.lieber.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HJXn/kF6DSjhJ2mL" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: http://www.lieber.org/kurtl.pub.gpg Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter -- Volume 2, Issue 26 X-Archives-Salt: 45527dc4-44e9-481c-96cf-c504159ee8ea X-Archives-Hash: 3f6952bdb5cb76ef989d5be276d660e9 --HJXn/kF6DSjhJ2mL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentoo Weekly Newsletter http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of June 30th, 2003. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 =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 =20 Summary ------- =20 * Gentoo Linux adopts a new management structure=20 * Fork of Gentoo Linux announced=20 * GWN seeking additional translators=20 =20 Gentoo Linux adopts a new management structure ---------------------------------------------- =20 On Tuesday, June 24th, Daniel Robbins announced a new management structure= =20 for the Gentoo Linux project. This new structure is designed to improve=20 management, coordination and communication issues in the Gentoo project.=20 The structure is composed of several key elements, including:=20 =20 * Improved communication through the creation of regularly scheduled meetin= gs amongst the management team. Currently, meetings are held on an ad-hoc ba= sis which may cause gridlock in the communications channels and decision maki= ng process.=20 * Delegated authority by clearly defining roles within the Gentoo project a= nd assigning managers who are responsible for those particular areas. These "top-level" managers will be drawn from the current development team and will have complete authority over day-to-day decisions within their particular area(s). Additionally, decisions which cross multiple areas within the project will be decided on by the management team as a whole, rather than just one or two people.=20 * Improved accountability by ensuring that everyone on the team knows who is responsible for a particular area. Projects without a clear owner can oft= en stagnate or get dropped through the cracks because people do not know who= to ask questions of. This new structure will ensure that everyone understands who is responsible for large projects within Gentoo Linux.=20 =20 By implementing these changes, the internal development methodology within= =20 the Gentoo project should become much more efficient and responsive. They= =20 will also serve to help reorganize the project in such a way to allow=20 Gentoo to continue its planned migration to a not-for-profit organization.= =20 While most of these changes are directed inwards, users will notice=20 benefits as well through improved speed of delivery, increased quality=20 control and other tangible benefits.=20 =20 Fork of Gentoo Linux announced ------------------------------ =20 On Wednesday, June 25th, the creation of a new linux distribution was=20 announced, The Zynot Foundation[1]has created a new linux distribution,=20 based on Gentoo Linux, and will focus on the embedded markets as well as=20 supporting other architectures. By focusing on the embedded market, this=20 new distribution will be able to develop tools and technologies optimized= =20 for this area which might otherwise be unsuitable for a traditional=20 desktop or server environments.=20 1. http://www.zynot.org/ =20 GWN seeking additional translators ---------------------------------- =20 Last week's call for translators[2] was such a success that this week=20 we're trying it again. The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is seeking help with=20 its Portuguese (Portugal) translation. Candidates should have a solid=20 understanding of both written Portuguese as well as written English.=20 Interested parties should send an email to gwn-feedback@gentoo.org.=20 2. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030623-newsletter.xml# doc_chap1_sect5 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 2. Gentoo Security =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Summary ------- =20 * GLSA: proftpd=20 * GLSA: ethereal=20 * GLSA: xpdf=20 * GLSA: acroread=20 * New Security Bug Reports=20 =20 GLSA: proftpd ------------- =20 The ProFTPD server's mod_sql module permits a SQL Inject attack that may=20 allow a remote user to login without a valid password or user ID.=20 =20 * Severity: High - Remote security vulnerabiity.=20 * Packages Affected: net-ftp/proftpd prior to proftpd-1.2.9_rc1=20 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge proftpd, emerge clean.=20 * GLSA Announcement[3]=20 * Advisory[4]=20 =20 3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dgentoo-announce&m=3D105657824125601&w= =3D2 4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dfull-disclosure&m=3D105597431408016&w= =3D2 =20 GLSA: ethereal -------------- =20 It may be possible to execute a DoS or run arbitrary code on ethereal=20 through the use of a maliciously formed packet or a carefully crafted=20 trace file.=20 =20 * Severity: High - Potential arbitrary code execution.=20 * Packages Affected: net-analyzer/ethereal prior to ethereal-0.9.13=20 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge ethereal, emerge clean.=20 * GLSA Announcement[5]=20 * Advisory[6]=20 =20 5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dgentoo-announce&m=3D105658072328488&w= =3D2 6. http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html =20 GLSA: xpdf ---------- =20 Hyperlinks in pdf files can execute arbitrary shell commands in many pdf=20 readers. Users must activate/follow the links for the exploit to activate.= =20 =20 * Severity: Moderate - Arbitrary command exploit requiring user action.=20 * Packages Affected: app-text/xpdf prior to xpdf-2.02.1=20 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge xpdf, emerge clean.=20 * GLSA Announcement[7]=20 * Advisory[8]=20 =20 7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dgentoo-announce&m=3D105657840125777&w= =3D2 8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dfull-disclosure&m=3D105555332025253&w= =3D2 =20 GLSA: acroread -------------- =20 Hyperlinks in pdf files can execute arbitrary shell commands in many pdf=20 readers. Users must activate/follow the links for the exploit to activate.= =20 =20 * Severity: Moderate - Arbitrary command exploit requiring user action.=20 * Packages Affected: app-text/acroread prior to acroread-5.07=20 * Rectification: Synchronize and emerge acroread, emerge clean.=20 * GLSA Announcement[9]=20 * Advisory[10]=20 =20 9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dgentoo-announce&m=3D105657904426846&w= =3D2 10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dfull-disclosure&m=3D105555332025253&= w=3D2 =20 New Security Bug Reports ------------------------ =20 The following new security bugs were posted this week:=20 =20 * net-analyzer/tcptraceroute[11]=20 =20 11. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D23410 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 3. User stories =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Michael and his broken promise =20 Ok, in the last issue I told you that the user story will be back this=20 week, but as I got no submissions I couldn't keep this promise. =20 But let me take this chance to once again remind you to send your personal= =20 Gentoo Linux story to user-stories@gentoo.org and enjoy to be in the=20 spotlight! Boys, girls or any other demographic group you'd like to=20 impress really like this kind of stuff! =20 =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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 4. Featured Developer of the Week =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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Paul de Vrieze =20 Paul de Vrieze[12] is a developer involved in several projects: he's part= =20 of the KDE team, but he's also working on allowing the use of Berkeley DB4= =20 in Gentoo, as well as the Herds project[13], whose purpose is to improve=20 developer coverage of the more than 4,000 ebuilds in the Portage tree.=20 Having spent over a year in the gentoo-dev mailing list tossing around=20 comments and referring people to past discussions, he was brought into the= =20 team by Dan Armak[14], who had already filled the empty slots in the KDE=20 team but liked Paul's work with aegypten[15]. Now Paul does bugfixing like= =20 any other developer, but also likes to think up improvements for problems= =20 he runs into. That's how he started to work on the DB4 issue: in the old=20 setup db4 and db3 could not coexist; now they can thanks to versioning=20 symbols used by the db4 ebuilds, but certain packages need patches to work= =20 with versioned symbols, and identifying them has been a lot of work. Right= =20 now many packages are held back by the masking of db4, so fixing this=20 problem will allow Gentoo to move forward. Similarly, Paul found himself=20 with the position of openoffice bug-fixer: he wanted to try out the new=20 beta, but the only way was to actually fix it, and people who saw what he= =20 did gave him the honor.=20 12. pauldv@gentoo.org 13. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030428-newsletter.xml# doc_chap1_sect2 14. danarmak@gentoo.org 15. http://www.niii.kun.nl/~pauldv/kmailgentoo.php =20 Paul's favorite applications include kpat, the addictive KDE patience game= =20 which converted his girlfriend to Linux, pdflatex, a cousin of latex that= =20 directly generates clean PDF, Openoffice, which he thinks is already on=20 par with MS Office(he concedes that some advanced features aren't=20 implemented yet, but others, like the drawing capabilities, are more=20 advanced), and OpenSSH, which has made him more secure in communication.=20 His home working computer is a Pentium III 500MHz with 256MB RAM and a=20 7200RPM 30GB hard disk that boots Linux 99% of the time even though=20 win2000 and win98se are also installed. It boots into a GDM graphical=20 bootscreen ("Yes, it's GNOME, but it looks better than kdm", says Paul)=20 with the Gentoo theme, from which he logs into kde-3.1.2 with the=20 highcolor default widgets since he doesn't like the keramik theme. His=20 kicker panel is set to tiny size to leave more space for icons,=20 applications, and the knewsticker. The first applications he starts are=20 galeon, konsole, and kmail; he's still looking for a good, graphical imap= =20 client since kmail is much slower than necessary. His home network has his= =20 girlfriend's computer, set up similarly but not as customized, as well as= =20 an infrequently updated Pentium 60 with 24MB of RAM running a bunch of=20 servers under Gentoo.=20 =20 By day, Paul is a Ph.D student currently researching user modelling=20 systems - systems that try to adapt their behavior to what they perceive=20 the user to be. Some simple examples include MRU(most recently used)=20 lists, or the KDE start menu's MFU(most frequently used) list. Born on 30= =20 September 1979, Paul is 23 now, and lives in Tilburg in the Netherlands=20 but commutes an hour by train to Nijmegen. Paul spends most of his=20 evenings contributing to Gentoo, although on Wednesday he does=20 significantly less thanks to the Dutch TV broadcasts of English detective= =20 series like Inspector Morse and Dalziel and Pascoe which he and his=20 girlfriend like to watch. His other hobbies include reading news, playing= =20 field hockey, and hiking with his girlfriend.=20 =20 =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. 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 =20 Web Forums ---------- =20 Fork? TINC? =20 Plenty of excited murmur rose in the forums across several languages last= =20 week, ever since the news of Gentoo-ARM lead developer Zwelch leaving the= =20 team hit /. and OSNews. And in good forum style, hyperbole proves to be=20 man's best rhetorical friend (David Thomas, ex-Pere Ubu). Is Drobbins a=20 mess or the Messiah? The -core mailing list really a cabal? Is it all just= =20 a scheme for making obscene amounts of money from embedded Gentoo that's=20 behind all this, or yet another rift because portage wasn't written in=20 C++? The time and place to check your own assumptions against reality: =20 * Gentoo fork???![16]=20 * Should the Gentoo secret lists be world-readable?[17]=20 * Fork di Gentoo[18] (Italian)=20 * Hey Gentoo hat sich gespaltet![19] (German (sort of))=20 * Gentoo Inc. Le d=C3=A9bat s'=C3=A9largit[20] (French)=20 =20 16. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D63329 17. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D63519 18. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D63345 19. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D63487 20. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D62450 =20 New Moderatrice =20 Joining the moderator team is Brandy[21] from New Zealand, thus helping to= =20 close the timezone gap that had left Asia pretty much on the sidelines of= =20 forum actuality for the past few months. The fact that she's one of the=20 rare geek ladies among a vast majority of lads has triggered some=20 interestingly unbalanced threads even before she was promoted to=20 moderatorhood. Don't bother spraying pheromones over the following=20 threads, they're both locked, and Brandy can now take care of similar=20 outbreaks of misogyny herself... * Why are Gentoo people so nice?[22]=20 * Just noticed.... Brandy is a moderator now..[23]=20 =20 21. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=3Dviewprofile&u=3D22219 22. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D59232 23. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D63379 gentoo-user ----------- Aside from the usual discussion regarding the recent fork, much other=20 discussion has occured on gentoo-user. This week, questions ranged from=20 the common grub and kernel modules to discussing what each user thought=20 was a strongpoint within the gentoo distribution. =20 Laptop Install Woes> =20 User Alberto Bert ran into one of the more common mistakes in a gentoo=20 install. Seeing that his laptop would not boot, he quickly posted asking=20 for help. Come to find out, the system was unable to mount the root=20 filesystem. Other users quickly pointed out that either the grub=20 configuration was to blame, or that the appropriate filesystem driver was= =20 not compiled into the kernel. Link here[24].=20 24. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/38080=20 =20 What do you like best on Gentoo? =20 Timo Boettcher was recently asked to make a presentation utilizing Gentoo= =20 to his local LUG and decided to ask for opinions on what fellow gentoo=20 users saw as strongpoints of the distro. Various strengths that are=20 discussed include the developer, user, and support communities, USE Flags,= =20 and being "low-maintenance" once it's installed. Link here[25].=20 25. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/37663 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 6. Gentoo International =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Nothing to see here, please move along... =20 International news take a break this week. If there's something you'd like= =20 to let the global GWN readership know, drop us a note to=20 gwn-feedback@gentoo.org=20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 7. Portage Watch =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 The following notable packages were updated or added to portage in the=20 last two weeks -------------- =20 * sys-kernel/ac-sources: Full sources for Alan Cox's Linux kernel[26]=20 * sys-kernel/development-sources: Full sources for the Development Branch= =20 of the Linux kernel[27]=20 * sys-kernel/gs-sources: This kernel stays up to date with current kernel= =20 -pres, with recent acpi,evms,win3lin ,futexes,aic79xx,=20 superfreeswan,preempt/ll, and various hw fixes.[28]=20 =20 26. http://www.kernel.org/ 27. http://www.kernel.org/ 28. http://www.kernel.org/ The following stable packages were updated or added to portage in the last= =20 two weeks --------- =20 * app-admin/aide: AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a=20 replacement for Tripwire[29]=20 * app-cdr/arson: A KDE frontend to CD burning and CD ripping tools.[30]=20 * app-editors/beaver: An Early AdVanced EditoR[31]=20 * app-emulation/advancemame: GNU/Linux port of the MAME emulator, with=20 GUI menu.[32]=20 * app-office/abiword: Fully featured yet light and fast cross platform=20 word processor.[33]=20 * app-shells/ash: NetBSD's lightweight bourne shell[34]=20 * app-text/bibletime: BibleTime KDE Bible study application using the=20 SWORD library.[35]=20 * dev-cpp/gnomemm: C++ binding for the GNOME libraries[36]=20 * dev-lang/R: R is GNU S - A language and environment for statistical=20 computing and graphics.[37]=20 * dev-libs/DirectFB: Thin library on top of the Linux framebuffer=20 devices[38]=20 * dev-perl/Apache-Gallery: Apache gallery for mod_perl[39]=20 * dev-perl/Apache-Test: Test.pm wrapper with helpers for testing=20 Apache[40]=20 * dev-perl/CGI-FastTemplate: The Perl CGI::FastTemplate Module[41]=20 * dev-perl/Cgi-Simple: The Perl CGI::Simple Module[42]=20 * dev-python/4Suite: Python tools for XML processing and=20 object-databases.[43]=20 * dev-ruby/amrita: A HTML/XHTML template library for Ruby[44]=20 * dev-util/aegis: A transaction based revision control system[45]=20 * gnome-base/ORBit2: ORBit2 is a high-performance CORBA ORB[46]=20 * gnome-extra/acme: GNOME tool to make use of the multimedia buttons=20 present on most laptops and internet keyboards.[47]=20 * kde-base/arts: aRts, the KDE sound (and all-around multimedia)=20 server/output manager[48]=20 * media-fonts/artwiz-fonts: Artwiz Fonts[49]=20 * media-libs/allegro: cross-platform multimedia library[50]=20 * media-plugins/alsa-xmms: Allows XMMS to output on any ALSA 0.9* device.= =20 Supports surround 4.0 output with conversion[51]=20 * media-sound/SphinxTrain: SphinxTrain - Speech Recognition (Training=20 Module)[52]=20 * media-video/DFBSee: DFBSee is image viewer and video player based on=20 DirectFB[53]=20 * net-dns/bind: BIND - Berkeley Internet Name Domain - Name Server[54]=20 * net-firewall/firestarter: GUI for iptables firewall setup and=20 monitor.[55]=20 * net-ftp/ftp: Standard Linux FTP client with optional SSL support[56]=20 * net-im/bitlbee: Bitlbee is an irc to IM gateway that support mutliple=20 IM protocols[57]=20 * net-irc/bnc: BNC (BouNCe) is used as a gateway to an IRC Server[58]=20 * net-libs/c-client: UW IMAP c-client library[59]=20 * net-libs/gnet: GNet network library.[60]=20 * net-mail/amavis: A perl module which integrates virus scanning software= =20 with your MTA[61]=20 * net-misc/aria: Aria is a download manager with a GTK+ GUI, it downloads= =20 files from the Internet via HTTP/HTTPS or FTP.[62]=20 * net-p2p/bittorrent: BitTorrent is a tool for distributing files via a=20 distributed network of nodes[63]=20 * net-print/apsfilter: Apsfilter Prints So Fine, It Leads To=20 Extraordinary Results[64]=20 * net-www/amaya: The W3C Web-Browser[65]=20 * net-zope/abracadabraobject: This can add pre-configured ZOPE-objects to= =20 folders through ZMI.[66]=20 * net-zope/cmf: Content Management Framework. Services for=20 content-oriented portal sites.[67]=20 * sys-libs/cracklib: Password Checking Library[68]=20 * sys-libs/db: Berkeley DB[69]=20 * sys-libs/gpm: Console-based mouse driver[70]=20 * x11-plugins/asbutton: A simple dockable application launcher for use in= =20 AfterStep.[71]=20 =20 29. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide.html 30. http://arson.sourceforge.net/ 31. http://eturquin.free.fr/beaver/index.htm 32. http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/ 33. http://www.abisource.com 34. http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/bin/sh/ 35. http://bibletime.sourceforge.net/ 36. http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net/ 37. http://www.r-project.org/ 38. http://www.directfb.org/ 39. http://search.cpan.org/author/LEGART/${P} 40. http://search.cpan.org/author/STAS/${P} 41. http://search.cpan.org/author/JMOORE/${P}/ 42. http://search.cpan.org/author/JFREEMAN/${P}/ 43. http://www.4suite.org/ 44. http://www.brain-tokyo.jp/research/amrita/index.html 45. http://aegis.sourceforge.net 46. http://www.gnome.org/ 47. http://www.hadess.net/misc-code.php3 48. http://multimedia.kde.org 49. http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/artwiz-fonts.php 50. http://alleg.sourceforge.net/ 51. http://savannah.gnu.org/download/alsa-xmms/ 52. http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/SphinxTrain/ 53. http://www.directfb.org/dfbsee.xml 54. http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind9.html 55. http://firestarter.sf.net 56. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dholland/computers/netkit.html 57. http://www.lintux.cx/bitlbee.html 58. http://gotbnc.com/ 59. http://www.washington.edu/imap/ 60. http://www.gnetlibrary.org/ 61. http://www.amavis.org 62. http://aria.rednoah.com 63. http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent 64. http://www.apsfilter.org 65. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ 66. http://www.zope.org/Members/mjablonski/AbracadabraObject 67. http://cmf.zope.org/ 68. http://www.crypticide.org/users/alecm/ 69. http://www.sleepycat.com 70. ftp://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/ 71. http://www.tigr.net =20 Total categories: 86 (4 categories added in the last two weeks) =20 Total packages: 4478 (241 packages added in the last two weeks) =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 8. Bugzilla =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Summary ------- =20 * Statistics=20 * Closed Bug Ranking=20 * New Bug Rankings=20 =20 Statistics ---------- =20 The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[72]) to record and=20 track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the=20 development team. Between 20 Jun 2003 and 26 Jun 2003, activity on the=20 site has resulted in:=20 72. http://bugs.gentoo.org =20 * 313 new bugs during this period=20 * 457 bugs closed or resolved during this period=20 * 10 previously closed bugs were reopened this period=20 =20 Of the 3361 currently open bugs: 65 are labeled 'blocker', 129 are labeled= =20 'critical', and 279 are labeled 'major'.=20 =20 Closed Bug Rankings ------------------- =20 The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period= =20 are:=20 =20 * The Games Team[73], with 49 closed bugs[74] =20 * Martin Holzer[75], with 13 closed bugs[76] =20 * The Sound Team[77], with 13 closed bugs[78] =20 * Mike Frysinger[79], with 11 closed bugs[80] =20 * The Perl Team[81], with 9 closed bugs[82] =20 =20 73. games@gentoo.org 74.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D=20 &chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20&chfieldto=3D2003-06-26=20 &resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dgames%40gentoo.org 75. mholzer@gentoo.org 76.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D=20 &chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20&chfieldto=3D2003-06-26=20 &resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dmholzer%40gentoo.org 77. sound@gentoo.org 78.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D=20 &chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20&chfieldto=3D2003-06-26=20 &resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dsound%40gentoo.org 79. vapier@gentoo.org 80.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D=20 &chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20&chfieldto=3D2003-06-26=20 &resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dvapier%40gentoo.org 81. perl@gentoo.org 82.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D=20 &chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20&chfieldto=3D2003-06-26=20 &resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dperl%40gentoo.org =20 New Bug Rankings ---------------- =20 The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during=20 this period are:=20 =20 * Martin Schlemmer[83], with 15 new bugs[84] =20 * Nick Hadaway[85], with 14 new bugs[86] =20 * The Perl Team[87], with 10 new bugs[88] =20 * Nicholas Jones[89], with 8 new bugs[90] =20 * The Wine Team[91], with 7 new bugs[92] =20 =20 83. azarah@gentoo.org 84. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIG= NED=20 &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20=20 &chfieldto=3D2003-06-26&=3D&assigned_to=3Dazarah%40gentoo.org 85. raker@gentoo.org 86. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIG= NED=20 &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20=20 &chfieldto=3D2003-06-26&=3D&assigned_to=3Draker%40gentoo.org 87. perl@gentoo.org 88. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIG= NED=20 &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20=20 &chfieldto=3D2003-06-26&=3D&assigned_to=3Dperl%40gentoo.org 89. carpaski@gentoo.org 90. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIG= NED=20 &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20=20 &chfieldto=3D2003-06-26&=3D&assigned_to=3Dcarpaski%40gentoo.org 91. wine@gentoo.org 92. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIG= NED=20 &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2003-06-20=20 &chfieldto=3D2003-06-26&=3D&assigned_to=3Dwine%40gentoo.org =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 9. Tips and Tricks =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Quick Backup Tricks =20 This week we show you some quick backup tricks to keep important files=20 backed up in the event of a machine failure. To have these run daily, just= =20 add these scripts to /etc/cron.daily. These aren't all encompassing but=20 could easily be expanded or combined with other simple scripts to ensure=20 that your system stays backed up.=20 =20 This will backup all MySQL databases to secondary hard drive mounted on=20 /backup. You will end up with a file named mysql-2003-06-30.bz2 (mysql and= =20 the current date).=20 =20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Code Listing 9.1: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | #!/bin/sh | | | | mysqldump --user=3Droot --password=3Dpassword --all-databases | bzip2 > = \ | | /backup/mysql-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.bz2 | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 This will backup all .maildir directories in /home to a second disk=20 mounted on /backup.=20 =20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Code Listing 9.2: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | #!/bin/sh | | | | find /home -type d -maxdepth 2 -name '.maildir' | xargs \ | | tar -cjf /backup/maildir-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.bz2 > /dev/null 2>&1 | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 This will incrementally backup /etc/make.conf with a date and timestamp.=20 This command could easily be extended to backup to another server. See man= =20 rsync or http://rsync.samba.org for more examples.=20 =20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Code Listing 9.3: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | rsync --backup --suffix=3D.`date +%Y-%m-%d.%T` /etc/make.conf /backup = | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 =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=3D=3D=3D 10. Quote/Signature of the week =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=3D=3D=3D =20 Forums user Anacific[93]'s signature is something for the little geek in=20 all of us: "To know recursion, you must first know recursion." 93. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=3Dviewprofile&u=3D22014 =20 =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 11. 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