Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: 2 July 2007

1.  Gentoo developer moves

Moves

The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:

• none this week

Adds

The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:

• none this week

Changes

The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:

• none this week

2.  Gentoo security

emul-linux-x86-java: Multiple vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in emul-linux-x86-java, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement

libexif: Buffer overflow

libexif does not properly handle image EXIF information, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement

Firebird: Buffer overflow

A vulnerability has been discovered in Firebird, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement

3.  Gentoo package moves

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.

Removals:

Additions:

Last Rites:

4.  Bugzilla

Summary

• Statistics
• Closed bug ranking
• New bug rankings

Statistics

The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org) to record and track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development team. Between 25 June 2007 and 01 July 2007, activity on the site has resulted in:

• 464 new bugs during this period
• 318 bugs closed or resolved during this period
• 17 previously closed bugs were reopened this period
• 114 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this period
• 67 bugs marked as duplicates during this period

Of the 9878 currently open bugs: 11 are labeled 'blocker', 107 are labeled 'critical', and 355 are labeled 'major'.

Closed bug rankings

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

• Gentoo's Team for Core System packages, with 19 closed bugs
• Portage team, with 14 closed bugs
• Python Gentoo Team, with 11 closed bugs
• dotnet AT gentoo DOT org, with 11 closed bugs
• AMD64 Project, with 10 closed bugs
• Roy Marples, with 8 closed bugs
• PPC Porters, with 8 closed bugs
• Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team, with 8 closed bugs

New bug rankings

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

• Default Assignee for Orphaned Packages, with 19 new bugs
• Default Assignee for New Packages, with 13 new bugs
• AMD64 Project, with 6 new bugs
• Gentoo TreeCleaner Project, with 5 new bugs
• media-video herd, with 5 new bugs
• Gentoo's Team for Core System packages, with 5 new bugs
• Gentoo Sound Team, with 4 new bugs
• Python Gentoo Team, with 3 new bugs

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