From: Ulrich Plate <plate@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 29 August 2005
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:58:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050829015810.3c1b98cb.plate@gentoo.org> (raw)
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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 29 August 2005.
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1. Gentoo news
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Gentoo documentation updates
----------------------------
The Gentoo documentation has been amazing users ever since the project
started five years ago, but even for an impressive collection it
represents today, there's still plenty of room for growth. Even when
everything else is somewhat slowing down over the summer, the
documentation team does some catching up with development and continues to
publish and update texts left and right. Among other things, two entirely
new guides have been contributed last week:
* Ioannis Aslanidis[1], Shyam Mani[2] and Douglas Russell[3] wrote most
of the new Gentoo Bluetooth guide[4], explaining how to install the
devices, configure the kernel, and show the whole diversity of Bluetooth.
* Chris White[5] has written a complete introductory tutorial on setting
up MySQL[6]
1. deathwing00@gentoo.org
2. fox2mike@gentoo.org
3. puggy@gentoo.org
4. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml
5. chriswhite@gentoo.org
6. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/mysql-howto.xml
Tim Yamin's[7] guide on genkernel has been updated again, too, reflecting
changes that have been introduced for the 2005.1 release. Equally updated
was the page that collects articles published by Gentoo authors[8] in
different media, many of them on the IBM developer works pages. By the
way, if you're interested in popularity statistics of the different items
on offer at the documentation project, check the Topdocs page[9] once in a
while!
7. plasmaroo@gentoo.org
8. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/
9. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/tests/topdocs.xml
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2. Heard in the community
=========================
gentoo-dev
----------
Fixing the TERM mess
Ciaran McCreesh[10] gives an exhaustive explanation of the differences
between different terminals (e.g. xterm, konsole, Gnome Terminal) and why
the current behaviour is mostly broken. He also explains the two competing
methods for finding terminal capabilities (termcap and terminfo) and their
differences. There are a few possibilities for sorting out this suboptimal
situation - read on to find out all the details!
10. ciaranm@gentoo.org
* Fixing the TERM mess [11]
11. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/30624
Multiple portage threads
While on the surface Portage development seems to have come to a
standstill much is happening behind the scenes. Some of the design
decisions for the upcoming new-and-improved Portage are rather radical or
will change existing behaviour dramatically enough for multiple threads
discussing Portage internals and changes this week:
* stripping implementation in portage [12]
* future restrictions to DISTDIR access from the ebuild env [13]
* proposed shift of files in the tree of non profiles files into seperate
dir [14]
* [RFC] EAPI [15]
12. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/30656
13. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/30738
14. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/30786
15. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/30776
[RFC] autotools support eclass
There is a lot of black magic in the build tools known as "autotools".
While many developers try to stay away from them, some are forced to work
with them and try to improve the handling of autotools in Gentoo. A
proposal by Diego Pettenò[16] for an autotools support eclass to help with
autotools magic is discussed in much detail in this thread.
16. flameeyes@gentoo.org
* [RFC] autotools support eclass [17]
17. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/30794
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3. Gentoo international
=======================
Sweden: Gentoo-based Mupper rescue CD for PegasosPPC
----------------------------------------------------
Figure 3.1: Mupper logo
http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20050829_mupper.png
Last Saturday Mikael Karlsson, known as lisardman to his local Linux User
Group[18] and others, released version 0.3 of his "Mupper"[19] project. A
rescue system similar to Dolphin[20] or SystemRescueCd[21], Mupper is also
based on Gentoo Linux, but designed especially for PegasosPPCs, namely for
Gentoo sponsor Genesi's Open Desktop Workstations[22]. Mupper carries
several tools like parted to be expected in rescue media, and offers
support for the AmigaFFS and many other filesystems.
18. http://hjolug.org
19. http://www.mupper.org
20. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90053
21. http://www.sysresccd.org
22. http://vendors.gentoo.org/index.cgi?page=1&comGroup=1
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4. Gentoo in the press
======================
Linux Journal (25 August 2005)
------------------------------
Just in case you've always wanted to set up and run a call center, Michael
George's article in Linux Journal[23] tells you how to do it, with a
little help from his friends Gentoo, the Linux Terminal Server Project,
soft-phone application kphone, and a few terminals and headsets. The
result leaves nothing to desire in terms of comfort and usability compared
to expensive commercial solutions, but the use of readily available
open-source solutions keeps the project from outgrowing the tight budget
of the not-for-profit association it's being set up for.
23. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8165
Linux.com (26 August 2005)
--------------------------
The Puerto-Rican commercial Gentoo spin-off Vidalinux has released a new
version 1.2 recently, and Linux.com author Jem Matzan wrote a review of
VLOS 1.2[24] that couldn't possibly be any less indulgent. Vidalinux
(basically Gentoo with Red Hat's Anaconda installer screwed on top) pretty
much evolves along the same lines as Gentoo itself, but Matzan compares it
to other commercial vendors, and consequently isn't impressed at all: "The
changes and enhancements to this edition are significant, but not good
enough to save this conceptually astute operating system from failure."
Vidalinux apparently did put some effort into the modification of one of
the Portage GUI projects -- Porthole[25] -- and rebaptized it Yukiyu, but
"while it's no trouble to use the preinstalled applications, you'll run
into problems trying to update current packages or install new software
through Yukiyu."
24. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/19/1552220
25.
http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=app-portage;name=porthole
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5. Moves, adds, and changes
===========================
Moves
-----
The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:
* Michael Cummings
Adds
----
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team:
* None this week
Changes
-------
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux
project:
* None this week
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6. Gentoo Security
==================
Evolution: Format string vulnerabilities
----------------------------------------
Evolution is vulnerable to format string vulnerabilities which may result
in remote execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[26]
26. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-12.xml
PEAR XML-RPC, phpxmlrpc: New PHP script injection vulnerability
---------------------------------------------------------------
The PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary PHP script commands.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[27]
27. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-13.xml
TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC
-----------------------------------------------------------------
TikiWiki and eGroupWare both include PHP XML-RPC code vulnerable to
arbitrary command execution.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[28]
28. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-14.xml
Apache 2.0: Denial of Service vulnerability
-------------------------------------------
A bug in Apache may allow a remote attacker to perform a Denial of Service
attack.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[29]
29. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-15.xml
Tor: Information disclosure
---------------------------
A flaw in Tor leads to the disclosure of information and the loss of
anonymity, integrity and confidentiality.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[30]
30. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-16.xml
libpcre: Heap integer overflow
------------------------------
libpcre is vulnerable to a heap integer overflow, possibly leading to the
execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[31]
31. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-17.xml
PhpWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC
----------------------------------------------------
PhpWiki includes PHP XML-RPC code which is vulnerable to arbitrary command
execution.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[32]
32. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-18.xml
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7. Bugzilla
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Summary
-------
* Statistics
* Closed bug ranking
* New bug rankings
Statistics
----------
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[33]) to record and
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
development team. Between 21 August 2005 and 28 August 2005, activity on
the site has resulted in:
33. http://bugs.gentoo.org
* 791 new bugs during this period
* 391 bugs closed or resolved during this period
* 51 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
Of the 8038 currently open bugs: 103 are labeled 'blocker', 198 are
labeled 'critical', and 529 are labeled 'major'.
Closed bug rankings
-------------------
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:
* AMD64 Porting Team[34], with 47 closed bugs[35]
* PHP Bugs[36], with 29 closed bugs[37]
* Gentoo Science Related Packages[38], with 18 closed bugs[39]
* Gentoo Security[40], with 16 closed bugs[41]
* Xavier Neys[42], with 15 closed bugs[43]
* Gentoo net-p2p team[44], with 15 closed bugs[45]
* Gentoo KDE team[46], with 15 closed bugs[47]
* Gentoo Games[48], with 15 closed bugs[49]
34. amd64@gentoo.org
35.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
36. php-bugs@gentoo.org
37.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=php-bugs@gentoo.org
38. sci@gentoo.org
39.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=sci@gentoo.org
40. security@gentoo.org
41.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=security@gentoo.org
42. neysx@gentoo.org
43.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=neysx@gentoo.org
44. net-p2p@gentoo.org
45.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=net-p2p@gentoo.org
46. kde@gentoo.org
47.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=kde@gentoo.org
48. games@gentoo.org
49.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&resolution=FIXED&assigned_to=games@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[50], with 22 new bugs[51]
* Perl Devs @ Gentoo[52], with 20 new bugs[53]
* media-video herd[54], with 13 new bugs[55]
* Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[56], with 11 new bugs[57]
* AMD64 Porting Team[58], with 8 new bugs[59]
* Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers[60], with 7 new bugs[61]
* Gentoo Sound Team[62], with 7 new bugs[63]
* Net-Mail Packages[64], with 7 new bugs[65]
50. maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
51.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=maintainer-wanted@gentoo.org
52. perl@gentoo.org
53.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=perl@gentoo.org
54. media-video@gentoo.org
55.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=media-video@gentoo.org
56. gnome@gentoo.org
57.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=gnome@gentoo.org
58. amd64@gentoo.org
59.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=amd64@gentoo.org
60. toolchain@gentoo.org
61.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=toolchain@gentoo.org
62. sound@gentoo.org
63.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=sound@gentoo.org
64. net-mail@gentoo.org
65.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2005-08-21&chfieldto=2005-08-28&assigned_to=net-mail@gentoo.org
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