Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: 11 June 2007The 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:
libexif: Integer overflow vulnerability libexif fails to handle Exif (EXchangeable Image File) data inputs, making it vulnerable to an integer overflow. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement Evolution: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code A vulnerability has been discovered in Evolution allowing for the execution of arbitrary code. For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement ELinks: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code A vulnerability has been discovered in ELinks allowing for the user-assisted 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 04 June 2007 and 10 June 2007, activity on the site has resulted in:
Of the 9879 currently open bugs: 11 are labeled 'blocker', 107 are labeled 'critical', and 355 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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