From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3574 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2004 00:19:58 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Nov 2004 00:19:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CYZGo-0004RJ-0V for arch-gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:19:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id iAT0FZH8022262 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:19:57 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [156.56.111.197]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAT03NWs004968 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:03:24 GMT Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CYZ0k-0006Ec-IV for gentoo-gwn@robin.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:03:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtp (Dentaku) id 1CYZ0i-0006AJ-TZ for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:03:21 +0900 Received: from dialin-145-254-193-144.arcor-ip.net ([145.254.193.144] helo=daimyo.zok.jp) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with asmtp (Dentaku) id 1CYZ0b-00068o-5H for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:03:20 +0900 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:59:15 +0100 From: Ulrich Plate To: gentoo-gwn@robin.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 29 November 2004 Message-Id: <20041129005915.6dbbb542.plate@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.99-gtk2-20041024 (GTK+ 2.4.13; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS GOL X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id iAT0FZH8022262 X-Archives-Salt: 6a440e04-0664-4552-9085-b3b4556b6363 X-Archives-Hash: 71eabd7e1733e0ca40a310cc729ebf53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- Gentoo Weekly Newsletter http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 29 November 2004. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- =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 Genesi starts shipping PegasosPPC with Gentoo Linux preinstalled ---------------------------------------------------------------- =20 The Luxemburg-based company Genesi S.=C3=A0.r.l.[1] has announced that sa= les of=20 their PegasosPPC Open Desktop Workstations (ODW) equipped with Gentoo=20 Linux 2004.3 will start this week. Just hours after ordering of the ODW=20 had become "quietly" available on the Freescale (i.e. the CPU=20 manufacturer's) website[2] on Thanksgiving Day, orders started pouring in= ,=20 says Bill Buck, Genesi's CEO. The units are to be shipped to South Korea=20 and will be the first to sport Gentoo Linux, on top of the previously=20 included Debian and Yellowdog.=20 1. http://www.genesi.lu 2.=20 https://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?nodeId=3D018rH= 3bTdG8653&code=3DPPCG40001 =20 Figure 1.1: Fan-less assembled Pegasos II motherboard http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-odw.jpg =20 According to Genesi, the PowerPC-based ODW offers "an anchor for the whol= e=20 enterprise infrastructure." Optimized performance and lower price levels=20 are the prime objectives, offering a solution to collapse the IT=20 infrastructure into one family of scalable and upgradable hardware, and a= n=20 open-source operating system and application base. "We think there will b= e=20 a lot of interest in this concept, especially for national IT=20 infrastructures where a progressively developing software resource based=20 on GNU/Linux can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership," says=20 Bill Buck. He wants a low-foot-print, low-power 32bit PowerPC solution=20 "with a strong link to Gentoo and other non-commercial GNU/Linux=20 distributions as a foundation." Genesi and Freescale foster development o= n=20 their current Open Desktop Workstations, with the next hardware generatio= n=20 being tuned to market: The PegasosPPCs donated last month to Gentoo Linux= =20 and other developers are predominantly positioned as development machines= ,=20 but they can serve as thin clients, workstation, netcom devices, file=20 servers or clusters alike. =20 Figure 1.2: What's inside a Pegasos? http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-pegasos.jpg =20 Amidst MySQL servers and efforts at building Pegasos blade clusters,=20 Gentoo developer David Holm[3] and colleagues have been working on a=20 Linux/PPC-based network firewall and mail filter application running on=20 the Pegasos hardware. By utilising AltiVec to do parallel processing of=20 data they hope to increase the maximum throughput of both network packets= =20 and e-mails. Developers at the Romanian subsidiary of Freescale[4] are=20 integrating their AltiVec enhanced VPN enciphering modules with this=20 product. The base system is built by using the Gentoo uclibc stages in=20 order to minimise the footprint so that it will fit on flash storage.=20 Parts of the code developed for this project will be released as (L)GPL,=20 the systems are scheduled to ship in early 2005. 3. dholm@gentoo.org 4. http://www.freescale.com =20 Gentoo script repository ------------------------ =20 As the script-aided administration of Gentoo systems is clearly a very=20 useful concept, the idea of a central script repository had already been=20 formalized in an early Gentoo Linux Enhancement Proposal (GLEP)[5]. Lack=20 of manpower has prevented this from finishing yet, but Gentoo developer=20 Patrick Lauer now offers a provisional repository[6], awaiting integratio= n=20 into the official collection when GLEP #15 is finally implemented. This=20 space is open to all users, not just official developers. For the time=20 being, if you want to contribute, send your script(s) with a short=20 description (and in case they are not in the public domain, some license=20 information attached to it) directly to Patrick[7].=20 5. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0015.html 6. http://gentooexperimental.org/scripts/ 7. patrick@gentoo.org =20 News from the Gentoo translators projects ----------------------------------------- =20 With the announcement of the Japanese translator team[8] that their=20 version of the Gentoo Handbook for x86 now reflects all changes done for=20 the 2004.3 release, there are currently six alternative languages=20 available with a mostly or even completely up-to-date translation of the=20 English default handbook. While the German version had already been in=20 sync with the English documentation since the day of the release, Danish,= =20 French, Spanish and traditional Chinese have been added over the course o= f=20 the last two weeks. Other languages are bound to follow, and you can spee= d=20 up things by helping the translation teams in your language: contact the=20 project leads listed here[9] if you would like to contribute your time.=20 8. http://www.gentoo.gr.jp/jpnews/main/20041128-GentooHandbook-x86.xml 9. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/international.xml =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 2. Future zone =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Shifting to 2.6 kernel as default --------------------------------- =20 Traditionally, our installation documentation has instructed users to=20 install a Linux 2.4 kernel to power their Gentoo installation. Linux 2.4=20 is now in maintenance mode and has been superseded by Linux 2.6. =20 Linux 2.6, initially released at the end of 2003, is the result of years=20 of rapid development, providing many new features and improvements.=20 Notable changes include much improved desktop interactivity, multimedia=20 improvements such as new sound drivers (ALSA), improved hardware and=20 architecture support, additional security capabilities, improved=20 multi-processor (SMP) efficiency, and many other changes. Linux 2.6 is=20 still under constant development and has now reached a mature stage. =20 Gentoo Linux has always provided and semi-supported Linux 2.6 for an=20 option for users, and a few architectures have recently moved to making=20 this their recommended kernel (ppc, ppc64, amd64, ia64). For other=20 architectures such as x86, the default supported kernel is still Linux=20 2.4. For the 2005.0 release, the Gentoo kernel developers are working to=20 make Linux 2.6 the default kernel for all supported architectures upon=20 which 2.6 runs well. All new installations will run Linux 2.6, and at tim= e=20 of release, existing 2.4 users will be encouraged to migrate. =20 Preparation for this switch has already begun. Our 2004.3 LiveCD, unlike=20 previous releases, runs the Linux 2.6 kernel internally by default, and=20 feedback from this has been very positive. Our Gentoo-supported Linux 2.6= =20 package, gentoo-dev-sources, has been extended to be supported by as many= =20 architectures as possible, whereas its 2.4 predecessor (gentoo-sources) i= s=20 really only aimed at x86 users. Thankfully, the process of migration from= =20 Linux 2.4 to 2.6 is relatively simple, but documentation is in developmen= t=20 to highlight caveats in the migration[10]. 10. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml =20 For the 2005.0 release, the 2.6-based gentoo-dev-sources package will be=20 merged into gentoo-sources. Other kernel packages will undergo similar=20 operations (e.g. development-sources merging into vanilla-sources), and=20 the 2.6 releases will be the default kernels under these package titles.=20 Linux 2.4 will still be supported, and will be selectable through an=20 alternative Portage profile. We have some more work to do beforehand, but= =20 we will provide complete documentation when this change settles into plac= e. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 3. Gentoo security =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 X.Org, XFree86: libXpm vulnerabilities -------------------------------------- =20 libXpm contains several vulnerabilities that could lead to a Denial of=20 Service and arbitrary code execution.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11]=20 11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-28.xml =20 unarj: Long filenames buffer overflow and a path traversal vulnerability ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =20 unarj contains a buffer overflow and a directory traversal vulnerability.= =20 This could lead to overwriting of arbitrary files or the execution of=20 arbitrary code.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[12]=20 12. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-29.xml =20 pdftohtml: Vulnerabilities in included Xpdf ------------------------------------------- =20 pdftohtml includes vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files, making it=20 vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code upon converting a malicious PDF= =20 file.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[13]=20 13. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-30.xml =20 ProZilla: Multiple vulnerabilities ---------------------------------- =20 ProZilla contains several buffer overflow vulnerabilities that can be=20 exploited by a malicious server to execute arbitrary code with the rights= =20 of the user running ProZilla.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[14]=20 14. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-31.xml =20 phpBB: Remote command execution ------------------------------- =20 phpBB contains a vulnerability which allows a remote attacker to execute=20 arbitrary commands with the rights of the web server user.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[15]=20 15. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-32.xml =20 TWiki: Arbitrary command execution ---------------------------------- =20 A bug in the TWiki search function allows an attacker to execute arbitrar= y=20 commands with the permissions of the user running TWiki.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[16]=20 16. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-33.xml =20 Cyrus IMAP Server: Multiple remote vulnerabilities -------------------------------------------------- =20 The Cyrus IMAP Server contains multiple vulnerabilities which could lead=20 to remote execution of arbitrary code.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[17]=20 17. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-34.xml =20 phpWebSite: HTTP response splitting vulnerability ------------------------------------------------- =20 phpWebSite is vulnerable to possible HTTP response splitting attacks.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[18]=20 18. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-35.xml =20 phpMyAdmin: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------- =20 phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.=20 =20 For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[19]=20 19. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-36.xml =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 4. 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 The udderly mysterious Larry the Cow =20 In preparation for the Italian G-Day (see our article[20] in last week's=20 GWN), Peach[21] has designed a few posters, and thought he'd share his=20 artwork with the community. Note that "If it moves, compile it" doesn't=20 become the official motto for Gentoo Linux just by repetition...=20 20.=20 21. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=3Dviewprofile&u=3D15873 =20 * Larry The Cow unveiled and Gentoo Posters[22]=20 22. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D257123 =20 gentoo-user ----------- =20 Gentoo on low end systems =20 Gentoo is primarily installed on modern hardware because it demands CPU=20 power when doing most Portage operations. However, Gentoo's "only what yo= u=20 need" approach is great for systems that only need a select set of=20 services running, or machines with meager hardware available. Check out=20 this quick thread for a few tips if you're planning on installing Gentoo=20 on an aging machine. =20 * Gentoo Tips for Lower End Systems?[23]=20 23. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/108696 =20 Copying kernel config files =20 Here's a quick tip that we've mentioned before; but can be such a time=20 saver that it is worth bringing up every so often. When upgrading Linux=20 kernels, use the command stated in this thread to carry over the settings= =20 from your previous kernel version. =20 * Q: Copying kernel config files[24]=20 24. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/108698 =20 Thanksgiving shopping tips =20 For our readers in the U.S., what kind of holiday week would it be withou= t=20 mentioning shopping the day after Thanksgiving? This sprawling thread=20 covered just about every old tip and advice in the book. A bit off topic,= =20 but right on time. Enjoy! =20 * When to shop during thanksgiving?[25]=20 25. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/108703 =20 gentoo-dev ---------- =20 Thanksgiving thanks given =20 With Thanksgiving just over and Christmas approaching, both users and=20 developers have expressed their gratitude for Gentoo's existence. In the=20 first thread, Christian Hoenig expresses his gratitude for being able to=20 run Gentoo for two years without reinstall, and just a few hours before,=20 Jeremy Huddleston[26] was all warm and mushy inside after eating his=20 Thanksgiving turkey, and just felt like writing a happy "thank you all!"=20 26. eradicator@gentoo.org =20 * Big thanks for my 2nd anniversary, devs![27]=20 * thank you all![28]=20 27. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23197 28. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23184 =20 Beeping nuisance =20 Roman Gaufman[29] writes: "Someone was bound to complain. I set xorg to=20 emerge and go to sleep. I fall asleep and it starts beeping! GRR! Doesnt=20 it bother anyone? -- under no circumstances do I want beeping." This=20 common "bug" has already been taken care of, but the documentation for=20 EBEEP_IGNORE is not yet publically available. Check the thread to see how= =20 you can silence Portage if you have to!=20 29. hackeron@gmail.com =20 * Gentoo beeping at me?[30]=20 30. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/23109 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 5. 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 Turkey: New Gentoo website, GWN mailing list -------------------------------------------- =20 Gentoo T=C3=BCrkiye, the Turkish Gentoo User Group, has announced their=20 soon-to-be website[31], still very much under construction at the time of= =20 this writing. According to admin Bahad=C4=B1r Kandemir (who is doubling a= s lead=20 GWN translator for Turkish), the team running the site is working on thei= r=20 own XML content management system, and will go live as soon as possible.=20 More importantly, the revived Turkish GWN version can now be subscribed=20 to, via a brandnew mailing list "bulten@gentoo-tr.org" (bulten =3D=20 newsletter), operational only since last week. If you would like to=20 receive the Turkish GWN regularly (with a delay of just a few hours=20 compared to the English original), send an empty mail to=20 bulten-subscribe@gentoo-tr.org. Interestingly enough, Gentoo T=C3=BCrkiye= 's=20 website and mailing list are sponsored by a Moscow-based hosting company,= =20 IQChoice.com[32]. In case you'd like to support their efforts, come and=20 meet the Turkish Gentoo user community where they usually hang out: in th= e=20 #turklug channel on irc.freenode.net. 31. http://www.gentoo-tr.org/ 32. http://www.iqchoice.com =20 Poland: Bialystok EVDT conference --------------------------------- =20 Last Saturday, 20 November 2004, a group of open-source amateurs using th= e=20 colorful label "Electric Vodka Developer Team" (EVDT) held a conference o= n=20 "Alternative platforms and operating systems"[33] in their home town=20 Bialystok, an all-day event hosted at the local Technical University.=20 Papers on the history of operating systems, on cluster, embedded, and rea= l=20 time systems, and about the differences between x86 and PowerPC=20 architectures were being presented to about 80 participants. The PPC side= =20 was further explored in talks about the Altivec units in PowerPC G4=20 processors and how to make use of them with the help of gcc, and in a=20 closing presentation about the PegasosPPC platform (see above) and its=20 native MorphOS system. Between the sessions and after the last one had=20 finished, visitors were able to see and touch some live hardware and=20 software. There were PowerPC (G3 and G4) with MorphOS on display, and x86= =20 desktops with QNX, Slackware, Debian, and of course Gentoo Linux=20 installed. Everyone was free to check the differences between several=20 Linux flairs, alternative operating systems, and assorted hardware. Some=20 photos and a longer report from the event are available here[34] (polish=20 only).=20 33. http://szarik.rr.nu/evdt/alt04.html 34. http://szarik.rr.nu/evdt/alt04.html =20 Figure 5.1: Power of diversity: alternative platforms on display at the=20 conference http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-bialystok.jpg =20 Germany: Bowling for G=C3=A4nsebein ------------------------------- =20 The notorious Ruhr region Gentooists are meeting on 10 December for a=20 friendly Christmas dinner party at the equally notorious Gasthof=20 Harlos[35] in Oberhausen. The menu is still being discussed, available=20 options include G=C3=A4nsekeulen (goose legs) and Rinderrouladen (beef ro= lls).=20 After dinner the attendants and their ample supply of Gl=C3=BChwein (Germ= an=20 mulled wine) will retreat to the bowling alley. If you intend to join=20 them, post to this forum thread[36]. 35. http://www.gasthof-harlos.de 36. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=3D1783926#1783926 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 6. Gentoo in the press =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 ZDNet UK (25 November 2004) --------------------------- =20 In her article[37] published shortly after Gentoo Linux 2004.3 was made=20 available to the public, Ingrid Marson from ZDNet UK already reports abou= t=20 the preparations for Gentoo's next release, 2005.0, due in February next=20 year. The article is mostly based on an interview with Gentoo release=20 engineer Chris Gianelloni[38] and points out a graphical installation and= =20 the planned ability to run Gentoo Linux completely off the LiveCD. 37. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39175014,00.ht= m 38. wolf31o2@gentoo.org =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 7. 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[39]) to record and=20 track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the=20 development team. Between 14 November 2004 and 28 November 2004, activity= =20 on the site has resulted in:=20 39. http://bugs.gentoo.org =20 * 1563 new bugs during this period=20 * 847 bugs closed or resolved during this period=20 * 47 previously closed bugs were reopened this period=20 =20 Of the 7645 currently open bugs: 135 are labeled 'blocker', 248 are=20 labeled 'critical', and 562 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 * AMD64 Porting Team[40], with 50 closed bugs[41] =20 * Xavier Neys[42], with 34 closed bugs[43] =20 * Gentoo Games[44], with 33 closed bugs[45] =20 * Mozilla Gentoo Team[46], with 29 closed bugs[47] =20 * ppc64 architecture team[48], with 27 closed bugs[49] =20 * Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[50], with 27 closed bugs[51] =20 * Jeremy Huddleston[52], with 25 closed bugs[53] =20 * Gentoo Linux bug wranglers[54], with 23 closed bugs[55] =20 40. amd64@gentoo.org 41.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&ch$field=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28= &resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Damd64@gentoo.org 42. neysx@gentoo.org 43.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dneysx@gentoo.org 44. games@gentoo.org 45.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dgames@gentoo.org 46. mozilla@gentoo.org 47.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dmozilla@gentoo.org 48. ppc64@gentoo.org 49.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dppc64@gentoo.org 50. gnome@gentoo.org 51.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dgnome@gentoo.org 52. eradicator@gentoo.org 53.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Deradicator@gentoo.org 54. bug-wranglers@gentoo.org 55.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO= SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chfieldto=3D2004-11-28&= resolution=3DFIXED&assigned_to=3Dbug-wranglers@gentoo.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 * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[56], with 32 new bugs[57] =20 * AMD64 Porting Team[58], with 28 new bugs[59] =20 * Gentoo X-windows packagers[60], with 23 new bugs[61] =20 * media-video herd[62], with 20 new bugs[63] =20 * Java team[64], with 20 new bugs[65] =20 * Portage team[66], with 15 new bugs[67] =20 * SpanKY[68], with 13 new bugs[69] =20 * netmon herd[70], with 13 new bugs[71] =20 56. base-system@gentoo.org 57.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED= &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chf= ieldto=3D2004-11-28&assigned_to=3Dbase-system@gentoo.org 58. amd64@gentoo.org 59.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED= &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chf= ieldto=3D2004-11-28&assigned_to=3Damd64@gentoo.org 60. x11@gentoo.org 61.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED= &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chf= ieldto=3D2004-11-28&assigned_to=3Dx11@gentoo.org 62. media-video@gentoo.org 63.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED= &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chf= ieldto=3D2004-11-28&assigned_to=3Dmedia-video@gentoo.org 64. java@gentoo.org 65.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED= &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chf= ieldto=3D2004-11-28&assigned_to=3Djava@gentoo.org 66. dev-portage@gentoo.org 67.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED= &bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-11-14&chf= ieldto=3D2004-11-28&assigned_to=3Ddev-portage@gentoo.org 68. vapier@gentoo.org 69.=20 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Tips and Tricks =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Portage GUIs ------------ =20 Larry the Cow became just a bit frustrated with Portage and its textual=20 frontend. There used to be the legendary KPortage to sooth his craving fo= r=20 a graphical user interface, but its development stalled, and it vanished=20 from the Portage tree a long time ago.=20 =20 Then Larry tried guitoo and porthole. He was impressed. He found two=20 up-to-date Portage frontends with ongoing development. All of a sudden,=20 Larry the Cow was in control. And he liked it.=20 =20 First off, Guitoo[72] is a KDE application offering most functions of=20 Portage, such as views of installed and generally available packages. It=20 helps you keep your system up to date, lets you view logs and keeps its=20 own queue for the installation of multiple packages. Very interesting and= =20 rather more advanced than its predecessor KPortage it's equipped with a=20 systemtray ("kicker") application called Gentoo Watcher, which is pulling= =20 in rss feeds from the Gentoo website, raking in all available information= =20 on the latest packages and the Gentoo Linux Security Advisories (GLSA).=20 Using the watcher, pending security updates are just one click away as=20 they can be pushed to Guitoo for emerging. 72. http://guitoo.sf.net =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- | Code Listing 8.1: = | |Emerge = | Guitoo-------------------------------------------------------------------= -- ---- | = | |# echo "app-portage/guitoo ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords (if = | necessary) |# emerge guitoo = | | = | -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- =20 And then there's Porthole[73]. GTK+-2 rather than Qt-based, it gives you=20 control over the basic Portage features, i.e. emerge, unmerge, sync and=20 update. While guitoo only gets the output of emerge --pretend to show you= =20 the dependencies a package has, porthole can show you directly which=20 dependencies are met and which are not.=20 73. http://porthole.sf.net/ =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- | Code Listing 8.2: = | |Emerge = | Porthole-----------------------------------------------------------------= -- ------ | = | |# echo "app-portage/porthole ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords (if = | necessary) |# emerge porthole = | | = | -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- =20 Larry, being happy about having the tools in the first place, is rather=20 indifferent at this point as to which one is preferrable. He suggests you= =20 try both, and decide for yourself. Choice to the user.=20 =20 Figure 8.1: Screenshots of Porthole (left) and Guitoo (right, including=20 the watcher) http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20041129-tnt.png =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 9. Moves, adds, and changes =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 Moves ----- =20 The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: =20 * None this week=20 =20 Adds ---- =20 The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: =20 * Micheal Marineau (marineam) - Kernel patches=20 =20 Changes ------- =20 The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux=20 project: =20 * None this week=20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 10. Contribute to GWN =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? 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