Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: 26 February 2007The GWN staff is seeking writers to help us collect stories from the Gentoo community and also from outside sources. There is a current need for people to write summaries of topics from the various Gentoo mailing lists, the forums, and the planet aggregator. These summaries should be between about 50 and 250 words and should give the general idea of the thread or post. Besides the community summaries, the GWN staff is seeking articles about local events, Gentoo being mentioned in other on-line and print media, and also tips and tricks that can be passed on to other Gentoo users. If you are interested in becoming a regular writer for the GWN, or just want to give a one time contribution, contact the GWN staff at gwn-feedback@gentoo.org. Install locations for doc packages Gentoo developer Ryan Hill asks the correct way in which to manage the installation of documentation with packages, as there is an inconsistency as to how it is currently treated within the tree. The problem being that if they are installed according the the package version, then bookmarks will be broken on a version bump. Zac Medico, a portage developer, replies by saying that since portage 2.1.2 a new variable, DOC_SYMLINKS_DIR, is designed to solve this problem. VIA Technologies Inc. announced that Ainkaboot, a London-based company designing cluster servers for high performance computing (HPC) and high availability computing, is shipping the first ultra compact Octimod MPC7-1500 cluster modules powered by VIA EPIA EN15000 mainboards. KlustOS, the Ainkaboot dedicated clustering operating system, provides the backbone of the Octimod, with a host of clustering utilities, management software and parallel processing environments. Based on Gentoo Linux, KlustOS consists almost exclusively of open source software and is able to take advantage of hardware features such as VIA PadLock Security Engine tools. BitLeap's LeapServ® backup and recovery network appliances and remote backup service are Linux-based and rely on a range of open source applications. The Gentoo Linux distribution lies at the heart of the LeapServ, remotely managing thousands of servers on remote networks, while modified RDBMS's MySQL and PostgreSQL are used for storing and retrieving hundreds of millions of records of customer's data. See BitLeap's open source page for more details on how BitLeap integrates open source software in development. The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:
Nexuiz: Multiple vulnerabilities Two separate vulnerabilities have been found in Nexuiz allowing the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement UFO2000: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the network components of UFO2000 that could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement This section lists packages that have either been moved or added to the tree and packages that have had their "last rites" announcement given to be removed in the future. The package removals come from many locations, including the Treecleaners and various developers. Most packages which are listed under the Last Rites section are in need of some love and care and can remain in the tree if proper maintainership is established.
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org) to record and track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development team. Between 18 February 2007 and 25 February 2007, activity on the site has resulted in:
Of the 10429 currently open bugs: 17 are labeled 'blocker', 115 are labeled 'critical', and 422 are labeled 'major'. The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are:
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during this period are:
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