Gentoo Weekly Newsletter 30 October 2006

Chris Gianelloni <[email protected]> Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:37:53 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.weekly-news
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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Gentoo Weekly Newsletter
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This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of 30 October 2006.
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1. Gentoo news
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XMMS being removed
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As many of you are probably aware, XMMS is being removed from the tree ne=
xt
month. XMMS has many bugs and requires heavy patching, upstream developme=
nt
and bug-fixes have ceased in favor of the forthcoming XMMS2 and XMMS has =
no
Gentoo maintainer. Audacious is compatible with existing themes and the
various Audacious developers have been working with the Gentoo community =
to
ease the transition.

More information about this change can be found at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/sound/xmms.xml.

#gentoo-uk under new management
-------------------------------

With the recent retirement of Gentoo developer Tim Yamin (plasmaroo), the
the #gentoo=E2=80=91uk IRC channel is now managed by Roy Bamford[1]. The =
#gentoo-uk
IRC channel is an English speaking IRC channel mainly for discussion of
Gentoo, Linux and other computer related topics. As it is a small channel=
,
the topic rules are relaxed depending on the current business of the
channel. However, #gentoo-uk has grown by 25% or so over the last year an=
d
as a result, #gentoo-chat has been created as an 'overflow' to allow
otherwise off-topic conversations to be started or continued when on-topi=
c
chatter picks up in #gentoo-uk. This appears to be working well so far, w=
ith
most users nudging one another to move to #gentoo-chat to allow on-topic
conversations to have priority in the main channel.

   1. [email protected]

There are no residency requirements for dropping in or being a regular - =
the
channel already has several continental contributors. As #gentoo-uk is mu=
ch
quieter than the main #gentoo English language support channel, new IRC
users may find it a better place to get started than #gentoo - getting to
know their IRC clients and make their mistakes within a small friendly
group. It also works well for trying to resolve those protracted issues a=
s
there is less distracting material being posted.

Please drop in and say hello, stay a while, or even add us to your auto-j=
oin
list!

CJK team looking for help
-------------------------

The Gentoo CJK team is understaffed, most of the packages in the tree are
old and not actively maintained (on the Gentoo side). As support for CJK
languages is something Gentoo would rather not lose, Diego Petten=C3=B2
(Flameeyes) asks that people interested in maintaining some of the packag=
es
contact the CJK team, so that eventual proxy maintainers can be appointed
(and eventually lead to the mentoring of the most interested).

Please contact the CJK team[2] if you're interested in maintaining a pack=
age
already in portage or if you want to add a new package that might replace
one already there.

   2. [email protected]

Scheme team looking for help
----------------------------

The Gentoo Scheme herd maintainers are seriously understaffed at this tim=
e.
Interested parties will either need to currently be a Gentoo developer, o=
r
be willing to become a developer to begin maintaining these packages.

If you have an interest in Scheme and the Gentoo project, you are encoura=
ged
to contact [email protected] and start working towards becoming a
developer today.

Turkish translation team needs your help
----------------------------------------

The newly-revived GWN Turkish translation team is looking for help
translating the GWN each week. Interested parties need good written Engli=
sh
and Turkish skills and the availability to work on a weekly schedule. If
you're interested in helping with the team, please contact the GWN at
[email protected] for more information. There is also a Turkish IRC
channel, #gentoo-tr, which could use soem more Turkish-speaking visitors =
and
would be a great place to collaborate on the translations.

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2. Heard in the community
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gentoo-user
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date in emerge logs

Jorge Almeida wanted to know if the cryptic numbers (e.g., "1161911504") =
at
the beginning of each line in his emerge log were dates, and if so, how t=
o
render them human readable. Harm Geerts confirmed that the figure was Uni=
x
time ("the number of seconds elapsed since midnight UTC on the morning of
January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds") and suggested translating it
using Python.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+
| Code Listing 2.1                                                       =
   |
| Converting from UNIX time with python                                  =
   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+
| $ python -c "import time; print time.ctime(1161911504)"                =
   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+

Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen suggested using awk, instead.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
----+
| Code Listing 2.2                                                       =
    |
| Converting from UNIX time with awk #1                                  =
    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
----+
| $ tail /var/log/emerge.log | awk -F: '{print strftime("%D %X %Z", $1),$=
2}' |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
----+

Peter Ruskin amended this to be shorter and less internationally ambiguou=
s
in its output.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+
| Code Listing 2.3                                                       =
   |
| Converting from UNIX time with awk #2                                  =
   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+
| $ tail /var/log/emerge.log | awk -F: '{print strftime("%c", $1),$2}'   =
   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+

The last (and to Jorge most suitable) solution was Richard Fish's.

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| Code Listing 2.4                                                       =
   |
| Converting from UNIX time using date                                   =
   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+
| $ date -d @1161911504                                                  =
   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---+

There were also suggestions for more portage-specific solutions: Neil
Bothwick suggested emerging app-portage/genlop, an emerge log parsing
application. Harm Geerts suggested qlop, which is part of the
app-portage/portage-utils package.

  * http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102804.xml

resolv.conf question/Editing /etc/init.d/net.eth0 to pass options to dhcp=
cd

Two different users were having similar problems with dhcpcd and
resolv.conf. When he booted, Matthew Lee's resolv.conf file was being
overwritten by a version with no DNS nameservers in it. Michael Sullivan
wanted dhcpcd not to overwrite his resolv.conf.

Richard Fish suggested that Michael read /etc/conf.d/net.example. He poin=
ted
out that if Michael really wanted full control of his dhcp options, he co=
uld
use something like dhcpcd_INTERFACE=3D"DHCP PARAMETERS". However, an easi=
er
way to accomplish the goal would be generic dhcp parameters in the form
dhcp_INTERFACE=3D"nodns".

Novensiles divi Flamen had the same suggestion for Matthew, while Vikas
Kumar suggested dns_servers_INTERFACE=3D( "DNS SERVER 1 IP" "DNS SERVER 2=
 IP" ).

  * http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102822.xml
  * http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/msg_102834.xml

gentoo-catalyst
---------------

Finally getting around to building live CDs with Catalyst

Ed Borasky is using catalyst to build a Gentoo-based live CD for advanced
applied mathematics (see
http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/Rameau/Rameau.pdf?root=3Dcougar&v=
iew=3Dco ). During the course of building, he had to unmask the hard-mask=
ed
sys-apps/gli, the Gentoo Linux Installer. He wanted to know if that was
correct and also how to create a live CD without installer.

To the first question, Andrew Gaffney suggested use of portage_overlay in
the spec file or unmasking gli in Ed's snapshot. To create a non-installe=
r
live CD, gli should be removed entirely from the spec file.

Ed also wanted to know how to install some testing packages and whether
there was an overlay for make.conf. Chris Gianelloni said that there wasn=
't
by design (since catalyst's purpose is creating releases, for which unsta=
ble
software cannot be used). However, Ed could mark whatever packages he wan=
ted
stable in his snapshot.

Ed responded that since he needed only a few unstable packages, this woul=
d
work for him.

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3. Gentoo in the press
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EngadgetHD (Oct 26 2006)
------------------------

Author Ben Drawbaugh details how to upgrade the hard drive in a Series3
TiVo. What software does he recommend to use when copying your data to yo=
ur
shiny new drive? Why, Gentoo, of course. Drawbaugh describes using the
Minimal InstallCD and dd to copy the data.

  *
    http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/26/how-to-upgrade-your-series3-driv=
e/

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4. Gentoo developer moves
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Moves
-----

The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:

  * Emanuele Giaquinta (exg)

Adds
----

The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:

  * Christian Faulhammer (opfer) emacs/x86

Changes
-------

The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project=
:

  * none this week

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5. Gentoo security
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OpenSSL: Multiple vulnerabilities
---------------------------------

OpenSSL contains multiple vulnerabilities including the possible remote
execution of arbitrary code.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[3]

   3. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-11.xml

Apache mod_tcl: Format string vulnerability
-------------------------------------------

A format string vulnerability has been found in Apache mod_tcl, which cou=
ld
lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[4]

   4. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-12.xml

Cheese Tracker: Buffer Overflow
-------------------------------

Cheese Tracker contains a buffer overflow allowing the remote execution o=
f
arbitrary code.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[5]

   5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-13.xml

PHP: Integer overflow
---------------------

PHP is vulnerable to an integer overflow potentially allowing the remote
execution of arbitrary code.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement[6]

   6. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-14.xml

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6. Upcoming package removals
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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[7] and various developers.

   7. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/treecleaners

Last Rites:
-----------

Package:                       Removal date: Contact:
app-laptop/xpmumon             28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
media-gfx/radiance             28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
net-mail/cvm-vmailmgr          28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
app-cdr/cdrx                   28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
app-emacs/liece                28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
net-analyzer/tptest            28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
net-wireless/aircrack          28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
net-misc/aesop                 28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
app-crypt/outguess             28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
dev-util/sashxb                28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
app-editors/cute               28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-newsticker 28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
app-misc/pms                   28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
app-misc/largorecipes          28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
media-video/winki              28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
x11-plugins/gkrellm-giFT       28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
net-misc/qadsl                 28 Nov 06     Alec Warner[8]
media-libs/libaudiooss         27 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-libs/daaplib             27 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
net-misc/minisip               27 Nov 06     Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmutil              27 Nov 06     Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmnetutil           27 Nov 06     Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmikey              27 Nov 06     Gustavo Zacarias[10]
net-misc/libmsip               27 Nov 06     Gustavo Zacarias[10]
x11-drivers/kyro-drivers       26 Nov 06     Donnie Berkholz[11]
dev-java/bluej-bin             26 Nov 06     Steve Dibb[12]
net-www/netscape-plugger       25 Nov 06     Doug Goldstein[13]
games-fps/quake3-tremulous     24 Nov 06     Chris Gianelloni[14]

   8. [email protected]
   9. [email protected]
  10. [email protected]
  11. [email protected]
  12. [email protected]
  13. [email protected]
  14. [email protected]

XMMS and friends:
-----------------

Due to the large volume of packages in the XMMS masking, they have been
added into a section of their own. This is to ensure that they get proper
exposure, as this affects many people and is a hotly-debated item.

Package:                           Removal date: Contact:
dev-perl/Xmms-Perl                 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
dev-python/pyxmms                  23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
gnome-extra/gxmms                  23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/dumb-xmms            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/efxmms               23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/eq-xmms              23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/modplugxmms          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xalbumlist           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmmplayer            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-adplug          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-alarm           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-arts            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-blursk          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-btexmms         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdcover         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdread          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-coverviewer     23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crossfade       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crystality      23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dflowers        23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dscope          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dspectogram     23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-dspectral       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-extra           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-fc              23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-find            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-finespectrum    23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-fmradio         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-gdancer         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-goom            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-idcin           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-imms            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-infinity        23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-infopipe        23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-iris            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-itouch          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-jack            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-jess            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-kde             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-kjofol          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-ladspa          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-libvisual       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-lirc            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-liveice         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-liveplugin      23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-lyrc            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mad             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-midi            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-morestate       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mp3cue          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-musepack        23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nas             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nebulus         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-null            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-oggre           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-outpost         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-pipe            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-realrandom      23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-repeatit        23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-scrobbler       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-shell           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-shn             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sid             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-smpeg           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sndfile         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-spc             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-speex           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-tfmx            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-volnorm         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wakeup          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wma             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wmdiscotux      23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xf86audio       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xmmsd           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-xmmsmplayer     23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-sound/ctrlxmms               23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-sound/longplayer             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-sound/madman                 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-sound/xmms                   23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-plugins/gaim-xmms-remote       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-themes/xmms-themes             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-synaesthesia    23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-ir              23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-plugins/desklet-cornerxmms     23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mpg123          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-crossfade       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-nsf             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-status-plugin   23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-sound/xmmsctrl               23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-plugins/gkrellmms              23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-plugins/wmalbum                23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-plugins/wmusic                 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
x11-plugins/wmxmms                 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
rox-extra/roxmms                   23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-cdaudio         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mpg123          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-opengl-spectrum 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-vorbis          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-alsa            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-blur-scope      23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-disk-writer     23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-echo            23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-esd             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-joystick        23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-mikmod          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-oss             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-sanalyzer       23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-song-change     23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-stereo          23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-tonegen         23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-voice           23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-plugins/xmms-wav             23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
app-misc/livetools                 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
media-sound/noxmms                 23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
xfce-extra/xfce4-xmms              23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]
xfce-extra/xfce4-xmms-controller   23 Nov 06     Diego Petten=C3=B2[9]

   9. [email protected]

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Summary
-------

  * Statistics
  * Closed bug ranking
  * New bug rankings

Statistics
----------

The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[15]) to record and tr=
ack
bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the developm=
ent
team. Between 22 October 2006 and 29 October 2006, activity on the site h=
as
resulted in:

  15. http://bugs.gentoo.org

  * 913 new bugs during this period
  * 559 bugs closed or resolved during this period
  * 36 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
  * 180 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this
    period
  * 192 bugs marked as duplicates during this period

Of the 11128 currently open bugs: 32 are labeled 'blocker', 116 are label=
ed
'critical', and 536 are labeled 'major'.

Closed bug rankings
-------------------

The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period
are:

  * AMD64 Project[16], with 30 closed bugs[17]
  * Gentoo Sound Team[18], with 28 closed bugs[19]
  * Gentoo Games[20], with 26 closed bugs[21]
  * Xavier Neys[22], with 20 closed bugs[23]
  * Default Assignee for New Packages[24], with 18 closed bugs[25]
  * Gentoo KDE team[26], with 15 closed bugs[27]
  * Gentoo Security[28], with 14 closed bugs[29]
  * Gentoo's Team for Core System packages[30], with 12 closed bugs[31]

  16. [email protected]
  17. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  18. [email protected]
  19. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  20. [email protected]
  21. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  22. [email protected]
  23. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  24. [email protected]
  25. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  26. [email protected]
  27. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  28. [email protected]
  29. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]
  30. [email protected]
  31. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=
=3DCLOSED&chfield=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-22&chfieldto=3D2006-=
10-29&resolution=3DFIXED&[email protected]

New bug rankings
----------------

The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during
this period are:

  * Default Assignee for New Packages[24], with 24 new bugs[32]
  * Gentoo TreeCleaner Project[33], with 17 new bugs[34]
  * Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages[35], with 13 new bugs[36]
  * Gentoo net-p2p team[37], with 11 new bugs[38]
  * AMD64 Project[16], with 11 new bugs[39]
  * Gentoo KDE team[26], with 9 new bugs[40]
  * Net-Mail Packages[41], with 8 new bugs[42]
  * Gentoo Sound Team[18], with 7 new bugs[43]

  16. [email protected]
  18. [email protected]
  24. [email protected]
  26. [email protected]
  32. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  33. [email protected]
  34. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  35. [email protected]
  36. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  37. [email protected]
  38. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  39. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  40. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  41. [email protected]
  42. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]
  43. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DAS=
SIGNED&bug_status=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2006-10-=
22&chfieldto=3D2006-10-29&[email protected]

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