Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs

[Parker Schmitt]

I think we need to keep the opencl stuff. In a few weeks I'll have time to
help.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:10 AM, Kacper Kowalik 
wrote:

> Hi All!
> There's a bunch packages that I'm officially maintaining but due to the
> lack of time I'm unable to do that properly. I'd be grateful if you
> could step in for me. I'll remove myself from metadata in the following
> packages within 7 days:
>
> # OpenCL
> app-admin/eselect-opencl
> dev-util/intel-ocl-sdk
> virtual/opencl
>
> dev-vcs/svnmailer
> sys-block/megacli
> sys-cluster/polysh
> x11-themes/pidgin-penguins-smileys
>
> As of now, I've also dropped maintainership in some of the packages that
> belong to following herds:
> app-doc/doxygen   dev-tools
> dev-python/autopep8   python / sping
> dev-python/d2to1  python
> dev-python/figleafpython
> dev-lang/ekopath  sci
> dev-lang/path64   sci
> sci-astronomy/galaxy  sci-astronomy
> sys-apps/hwloccluster
> sys-process/glances   python
> www-apps/bitten   python
>
> and packages I've co-maintained with:
>
> app-editors/gobby dev-zero
> net-libs/libinfinity  dev-zero
> net-libs/net6 dev-zero
> net-libs/obby dev-zero
> net-misc/sobbydev-zero
> net-misc/l7-filter-userspace  bicorph
> x11-drivers/nvidia-driversjer
>
> Sorry guys that I haven't been much of a help lately.
>
> I'll also cease to watch over dev-tools herd. Hwoarang is all alone
> there so I guess he'll appreciate all help that he can get.
>
> Cheers,
> Kacper
>
>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improve the security of the default profile

[Parker Schmitt]

Perhaps a hardened desktop profile might be nice. Possibly even an selinux
profile with the popular WMs. From what I remember users of the server
profile are given a warning to switch to hardened though it would be nice
to add hardened options to other "specialized" profiles.


On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:48 AM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina <
zeroch...@gentoo.org> wrote:

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> On 09/05/2013 07:06 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 September 2013 06:13:28 Agostino Sarubbo wrote:
> >> during an irc debate, me and other people just noticed that the default
> >> profile could use more flags to enhance the security.
> >>
> >> An hint is here:
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ToolChain/CompilerFlags
> >>
> >> Please argue about what we _don't_ use.
> >
> > the only thing we don't use by default is SSP.  and we have hardened for
> that.
> >
> > fairly certain the other flags we've been using in Gentoo for years.
> > -mike
> >
>
> Since I don't see this in the profile and I know almost nothing about
> how the toolchain works, perhaps you could grace us with how to see the
> fact that "we've been using in Gentoo for years" :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Zero
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