Gentoo Monthly Newsletter: XX Month 200X

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Month issue of the Gentoo monthly newsletter!

As usual, you can discuss any aspect of this issue of the GMN in the corresponding forum thread. We look forward to hearing from you!

2. Gentoo News

Trustees Meeting Summary

The Gentoo Trustees held its monthly meeting on Month XX, 200X. The items put up for discussion were:

Topic: stuff

Council Meeting Summary

The Gentoo Council held its monthly meeting on Month XX, 200X. The items put up for discussion were:

Topic: stuff.

Coming Up

Bugday: Looking for a way to help out Gentoo without investing a lot of time? Join us on Month XX for our monthly bugday, and help us squash some bugs.
Council Meeting: The Gentoo Council meets twice every month to discuss important technical issues that affect Gentoo as a whole. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Month XX, and everyone is welcome to participate - #gentoo-council on irc.freenode.net at 2000UTC.
Trustees Meeting: Scheduled for Month XX.

3. Heard in the Community

Stuff

Planet Gentoo

Journal subject: developer something foo bar baz.

Gentoo in the News

Stuff

4. Tips and Tricks

Tip

Stuff

5. Gentoo developer moves

Summary

Gentoo is made up of XXX active developers, of which XX are currently away. Gentoo has recruited a total of XXX developers since its inception.

Moves

The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:

developer

Adds

The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:

developer joined the Foobar team

Changes

The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:

developer joined the Foobar team

6. Portage

Summary

This section summarizes the current state of the Portage tree.

General Statistics
Architectures	XX
Categories	XXX
Packages	XXXXX
ebuilds	XXXXX

Keyword Distribution
Architecture	Stable	Testing	Total	% Packages
alpha	XXXX	XXX	XXX	XX.XX%
amd64	XXXX	XXXX	XXXXX	XX.XX%
arm	XXXX	XXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
hppa	XXXX	XXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
ia64	XXXX	XXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
m68k	XXX	XX	XXX	X.XX%
mips	XXXX	XXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
ppc	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
ppc64	XXXX	XXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
s390	XXXX	XX	XXXX	X.XX%
sh	XXXX	XX	XXXX	XX.XX%
sparc	XXXX	XXXX	XXXX	XX.XX%
sparc-fbsd	0	XXX	XXX	X.XX%
x86	XXXX	XXXX	XXXXX	XX.XX%
x86-fbsd	0	XXXX	XXXX	XX.XX%

Figure 6.1: Package distribution by keyword

The following section lists packages that have either been moved or added to the tree. The package removals come from many locations, including the Treecleaners and various developers.

Removals:

Package:

Removal date:

Contact:

Additions:

Package:

Addition date:

Contact:

7. Bugzilla

Statistics

The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org) to record and track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development team. The following chart summarizes activity on Bugzilla between XX Month 200X and XX Month 200X.

Figure 7.1: Bug activity split-up

Of the XXXXX currently open bugs: XX are labeled blocker, XXX are labeled critical, and XXX are labeled major.

Closed bug ranking

The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are as follows.

Rank

Developer/Team

Bug Count

Figure 7.2: Bug closed rankings

Assigned bug ranking

The developers and teams who have been assigned the most bugs during this period are as follows.

Rank

Developer/Team

Bug Count

Figure 7.3: Bugs assigned rankings

8. Getting Involved

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Note: The deadline for articles to be published in the next issue is Month XX, 200X.

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Page updated 200X-XX-XX

Summary: This is the XXXXth issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter, for Month 200X – Month 200X.

Anant Narayanan
Editor

Joshua Saddler
Editor

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