Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 13 February 2006

Ulrich Plate <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:35:53 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.weekly-news
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--
Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml
This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 13 February 2006.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--
=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
eselect 1.0 released
--------------------
 =20
Version 1.0 of eselect[1], the modular configuration framework, has been=20
released. For developers, eselect simplifies the creation of -config and=20
-update tools in the same way that the original ebuild simplified buildin=
g=20
software. For end users, eselect provides a more consistent interface and=
,=20
as a side effect, implements part of GLEP 24[2] by making it easy to find=
=20
available configuration tools. Interested users may install=20
app-admin/eselect, if they do not have it already. There is also a user=20
guide[3] and a developer guide[4] available online.

 1. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/eselect/
 2. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0024.html
 3. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/eselect/user-guide.xml
 4. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/eselect/dev-guide.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
2. 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
Poland: Fluffy Gentoo
---------------------
 =20
Plusiaczek Linux[5] (roughly translates to "fluffy" in English) has been=20
released. Plusiaczek is an i686 LiveCD based on Gentoo and designed as a=20
general purpose distro for Polish Linux users. It ships with KDE 3.5.1,=20
packing only what the author considers its most useful applications, and =
a=20
set of others like Wine, k3b, Koffice, Scribus, Frozen-bubble, PHP, MySQL=
,=20
Postgres and XFCE. The 577MB ISO can be downloaded from sourceforge[6], i=
s=20
entirely in Polish, but can be "remastered" to use any other language.=20
Author Piotr Mali=C5=84ski can be contacted by email[7] or via the web si=
te (of=20
which an English version[8] is available, too).=20

 5. http://www.linux.rk.edu.pl
 6.=20
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D152689&package_id=
=3D179375
 7. [email protected]
 8. http://www.english.rk.edu.pl
   =20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
3. 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
Holehan (10 February 2006)
--------------------------
 =20
Florian Gr=C3=A4ssle of OpenUsability.org[9] reports about a major revamp=
 for=20
Karim Ryde's Kuroo, the KDE Portage GUI project[10]. It's undergone=20
several changes that make it look much more KDEsque, and includes a numbe=
r=20
of new features, too.=20

 9. http://openusability.org/
 10.=20
http://holehan.blogspot.com/2006/02/kuroo-gui-for-gentoos-portage-meets.h=
tml
   =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. 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
 =20
Moves
-----
 =20
The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:=20
=20
 * None this week=20
   =20
Adds
----
 =20
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:=20
=20
 * Mark Kowarsky (mark_alec) - Forums =20
 * Scott Stoddard (deltacow) - AMD64 =20
 * Josh Saddler (nightmorph) - Documentation =20
   =20
Changes
-------
 =20
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo 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
5. Gentoo Security
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
  =20
ADOdb: PostgresSQL command injection
------------------------------------
 =20
ADOdb is vulnerable to SQL injections if used in conjunction with a=20
PostgreSQL database.=20
=20
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[11]=20

 11. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-02.xml
   =20
Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities
--------------------------------
 =20
Apache can be exploited for cross-site scripting attacks and is vulnerabl=
e=20
to a Denial of Service attack.=20
=20
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[12]=20

 12. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-03.xml
    =20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
6. Bugzilla
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
 =20
Statistics
----------
 =20
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[13]) to record and=20
track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the=20
development team. Between 05 February 2006 and 12 February 2006, activity=
=20
on the site has resulted in:=20

 13. http://bugs.gentoo.org
=20
 * 894 new bugs during this period=20
 * 476 bugs closed or resolved during this period=20
 * 24 previously closed bugs were reopened this period=20
=20
Of the 9272 currently open bugs: 77 are labeled 'blocker', 153 are labele=
d=20
'critical', and 522 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
 * Gentoo Games[14], with 29 closed bugs[15] =20
 * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[16], with 22 closed bugs[17] =20
 * Stefano Rossi[18], with 16 closed bugs[19] =20
 * Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team[20], with 16 closed bugs[21] =20
 * AMD64 Porting Team[22], with 14 closed bugs[23] =20
 * Printing Team[24], with 13 closed bugs[25] =20
 * Text-Markup Team[26], with 11 closed bugs[27] =20
 * Gentoo Sound Team[28], with 11 closed bugs[29] =20
 14. [email protected]
 15.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 16. [email protected]
 17.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 18. [email protected]
 19.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 20. [email protected]
 21.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 22. [email protected]
 23.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 24. [email protected]
 25.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 26. [email protected]
 27.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
 28. [email protected]
 29.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLO=
SED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chfieldto=3D2006-02-12&=
resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]

   =20
New bug rankings
----------------
 =20
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during=20
this period are:=20
=20
 * Default Assignee for New Packages[30], with 38 new bugs[31] =20
 * AMD64 Porting Team[32], with 23 new bugs[33] =20
 * Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[34], with 14 new bugs[35] =20
 * Gentoo Sound Team[36], with 13 new bugs[37] =20
 * Gentoo Games[38], with 8 new bugs[39] =20
 * Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers[40], with 7 new bugs[41] =20
 * Gentoo KDE team[42], with 7 new bugs[43] =20
 * Mozilla Gentoo Team[44], with 6 new bugs[45] =20
 30. [email protected]
 31.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 32. [email protected]
 33.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 34. [email protected]
 35.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 36. [email protected]
 37.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 38. [email protected]
 39.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 40. [email protected]
 41.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 42. [email protected]
 43.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]
 44. [email protected]
 45.=20
http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED=
&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-02-05&chf=
ieldto=3D2006-02-12&[email protected]

   =20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
7. GWN feedback
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
  =20
Please send us your feedback[46] and help make the GWN better.=20

 46. [email protected]
   =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
8. GWN subscription information
=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
To subscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to=20
[email protected].=20
=20
To unsubscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to=20
[email protected] from the email address you are=20
subscribed under.
   =20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
9. Other languages
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
  =20
The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is also available in the following languages=
:
=20
 * Danish[47] =20
 * Dutch[48] =20
 * English[49] =20
 * German[50] =20
 * French[51] =20
 * Korean[52] =20
 * Japanese[53] =20
 * Italian[54] =20
 * Polish[55] =20
 * Portuguese (Brazil)[56] =20
 * Portuguese (Portugal)[57] =20
 * Russian[58] =20
 * Spanish[59] =20
 * Turkish[60] =20
 47. http://www.gentoo.org/news/da/gwn/gwn.xml
 48. http://www.gentoo.org/news/nl/gwn/gwn.xml
 49. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/gwn.xml
 50. http://www.gentoo.org/news/de/gwn/gwn.xml
 51. http://www.gentoo.org/news/fr/gwn/gwn.xml
 52. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ko/gwn/gwn.xml
 53. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ja/gwn/gwn.xml
 54. http://www.gentoo.org/news/it/gwn/gwn.xml
 55. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pl/gwn/gwn.xml
 56. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pt_br/gwn/gwn.xml
 57. http://www.gentoo.org/news/pt/gwn/gwn.xml
 58. http://www.gentoo.org/news/ru/gwn/gwn.xml
 59. http://www.gentoo.org/news/es/gwn/gwn.xml
 60. http://www.gentoo.org/news/tr/gwn/gwn.xml

  =20
Ulrich Plate <[email protected]> - Editor
Ciaran McCreesh <[email protected]> - Author

--=20
[email protected] mailing list