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--- Begin Message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gentoo Weekly Newsletter http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of October 27, 2003. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============== 1. Gentoo News ============== Summary ------- * Improved support for virtual hosting and web-based applications * 2.6 kernel LiveCDs available for x86 and amd64 * Open kernel developer positions in the Gentoo Linux Project * GWN seeking additional contributor Improved support for virtual hosting and web-based applications --------------------------------------------------------------- In the coming weeks, the Gentoo Linux project will be releasing updates for Apache and all web-based packages, to make it easier to use Gentoo Linux on servers that host more than one website at once. As part of these changes, the default location of the 'htdocs' directory - the directory where your website goes - will change from /home/httpd to /var/www/localhost. For servers needing to support more than one website at a time, new tools - webapp-config and vhost-config - and a 'vhosts' USE flag will be introduced to help with managing and installing web-based applications and virtual hosts. The full technical details can be found in GLEP #11[1]. We'll be publishing webserver and virtual-hosting guides in the near future, as well as a new developers document explaining how to write ebuilds for web-based packages." 1. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0011.html 2.6 kernel LiveCDs available for x86 and amd64 ---------------------------------------------- Thanks to Bob Johnson[2]'s hard work, we now have LiveCDs available for x86 and amd64 that use the 2.6 kernel. The x86 LiveCDs can be downloaded here[3], and the amd64 ones are here[4]. The 2.6 LiveCD for amd64 should be preferred over the 2.4 LiveCD because the 2.4 kernel did not provide the necessary hardware/driver support. Enjoy the new CDs! 2. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/experimental/x86/livecd/ 4. http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/experimental/amd64/livecd/ Open kernel developer positions in the Gentoo Linux Project ----------------------------------------------------------- The Gentoo Linux Project is seeking additional kernel developers to fill in some holes in the kernel team. Applicants should have a fair amount of experience with the Linux kernel. Send an email to Brian Jackson[5] if you're interested. 5. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GWN seeking additional contributors ----------------------------------- The Gentoo Weekly Newsletter is looking for one or more contributors to compile the Gentoo Linux Security section each week. No security expertise is needed because the information is gathered from GLSAs and bug reports; all you need is a solid command of written English. Send us[6] an email if you're interested. 6. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================== 2. Gentoo Security ================== Gentoo Security is on hiatus this week. ================================= 3. Featured Developer of the Week ================================= Michael J. Cohen Our featured developer for this issue is Michael J. Cohen[7] (mjc), who some users may recognize as the maintainer of the -mjc kernel tree, is described on the Gentoo Developer List[8] as the "Resident Kernel Colonel". His primary responsibilities have been fixing things for the forthcoming move to the Linux 2.6 Kernel, QA, user support, and a brief bout with LiveCD development. Michael is also one of the Linux kernel[9] contributors and has contributed to userland filesystem utilities like e2fsprogs and reiserfsprogs. He is proud of his contributions to the kernel, particularly the opportunity to consult with kernel luminary Rik van Riel[10] about the rmap VM. 7. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/devlist.xml 9. http://www.kernel.org 10. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael is a long-time Linux user, having successfully (after 14 tries) installed RedHat 5.2 from floppies in a bid to move from FreeBSD. In January of 2001, Michael was approached by Daniel Robbins[11] to take responsibility for kernel maintenance for the nascent distribution. Michael accepted, and (after taking time to install it) began working as a Gentoo developer. He is only 19, having graduated from the McFatter Technical High School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. He is currently attending the University of Central Florida in Orlando, studying Computer Science and living on campus. He also works as a system administrator for an ISP. 11. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael is currently using KDE, but claims Gnome as his favorite DE. He communicates using kmail and xchat-2. For his favorite apps, he selected k3b ("the first CD burning application that has worked as well as [he] expected"), the transcode video processing utilities, and the cscope source code browser. He also enjoys skateboarding, windsurfing, mountain-biking and working on his BMW or any Porsches that happen to be handy. For his favorite quote, Michael reminded us that Linus has asserted that "we all know Linux is great. It can do infinite loops in 5 seconds.". He also told us that "Gentoo is fast becoming the single distribution to offer both bleeding edge software and ease of use". ========================= 4. Heard in the Community ========================= Web Forums ---------- OpenPIC Problems Resolved on New Gentoo PPC ISO Gentoo-PPC lead developer pvdabeel[12] made this post sticky when he announced the new LiveCD for Macintosh computers. Among other novelties it fixes the frequent problems Gentoo-on-Mac users had with the OpenPIC interrupt architecture: 12. http://forums.gentoo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=17163 * OS X broke your Gentoo? (openpic issues?)[13] 13. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=99793 Forum Users' Linux Toolshed On top of the ever-growing GWN collection of David Narayan's tips and tricks, there's a continuously popular thread in the Forum's Documentation section where Gentooists are busy swapping secret bash incantations, script aliases and other useful ideas to make life in Gentoo even easier than it already is: * Your all time favorite tips[14] 14. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=60071 gentoo-user ----------- Choosing Compiler Flags Carefully Gentoo user Matt noticed something odd when running his C++ program on Gentoo... it was slower than Debian! Being that Gentoo is highly optimized compared to other distros he was somewhat confused by the results. He asked the gentoo-user mailing list for help, and what we all got was a very informative thread. Read it here [15]. 15. http://news.gmane.org/onethread.php?group=gmane.linux.gentoo.user&root=%3C2 0031021195640.GA29973%40raw-sewage.net%3E gentoo-dev ---------- Headers and Tailers. Here is an interesting post about whether it is possible to insert just the header files from a specific kernel version. Have a look[16] to see the results of the conversation. 16. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/13174/ Which dev to use? No we aren't choosing between developers, they're all wonderful! :) However choosing between different /dev file system daemons is a choice for the future of gentoo. The existing one, devfs, has some competition from udev. Have a look here[17] to see the benefits and criticisms of both. 17. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/13148/ ======================= 5. Gentoo International ======================= Brazil: Gentoo User Meeting at Free Software Show The Brazilian Gentoo users are organising a meeting around the CONISLI[18] (Congresso Internacional de Software Livre, the International Free Software Conference) in S?o Paulo, Brazil. The conference will be held on 8 and 9 November 2003 at the University of S?o Paulo (map here[19]). The corresponding Forum thread[20] in the Portuguese section and a GentooBR news thread[21] are being used to coordinate Brazilian Gentooists coming to the CONISLI. 18. http://www.conisli.org.br/ 19. http://sim.lme.usp.br/localizacao/max.html 20. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=94224 21. http://www.gentoobr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6 8&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 ================ 6. Portage Watch ================ Portage Watch is on hiatus this week. =========== 7. Bugzilla =========== Summary ------- * Statistics * Closed Bug Ranking * New Bug Rankings Statistics ---------- The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[22]) to record and track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development team. Between 17 October 2003 and 23 October 2003, activity on the site has resulted in: 22. http://bugs.gentoo.org * 461 new bugs during this period * 344 bugs closed or resolved during this period * 13 previously closed bugs were reopened this period Of the 3958 currently open bugs: 89 are labeled 'blocker', 185 are labeled 'critical', and 324 are labeled 'major'. Closed Bug Rankings ------------------- The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are: * Nick Hadaway[23], with 30 closed bugs[24] * Heinrich Wendel[25], with 22 closed bugs[26] * Mirror Admins[27], with 17 closed bugs[28] * Gentoo Games[29], with 14 closed bugs[30] * Benjamin Coles[31], with 12 closed bugs[32] * Martin Holzer[33], with 12 closed bugs[34] 23. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10-23&resolution=FIX ED&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 25. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 26. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10-23&resolution=FIX ED&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 27. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10-23&resolution=FIX ED&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 29. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 30. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10-23&resolution=FIX ED&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 31. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 32. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10-23&resolution=FIX ED&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 33. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 34. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=CLOSED&ch field=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10-23&resolution=FIX ED&[EMAIL PROTECTED] New Bug Rankings ---------------- The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during this period are: * Mozilla Gentoo Team[35], with 12 new bugs[36] * Media-Video Herd[37], with 10 new bugs[38] * Gentoo Sound Team[39], with 9 new bugs[40] * x86-Kernel Team[41], with 8 new bugs[42] * Net-Mail Packages[43], with 8 new bugs[44] * Portage Team[45], with 8 new bugs[46] * Antivirus Team[47], with 8 new bugs[48] 35. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 36. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 37. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 38. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 39. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 40. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 41. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 42. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 43. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 44. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 45. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 46. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] 47. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 48. http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_s tatus=REOPENED&chfield=assigned_to&chfieldfrom=2003-10-17&chfieldto=2003-10 -23&[EMAIL PROTECTED] ================== 8. Tips and Tricks ================== Displaying Runlevels This week's tip is about a couple of utilities to help you deal with init scripts and runlevels. Gentoo Linux has four main runlevels: boot, default, nonetwork, single. To manipulate these, use the /sbin/rc-update command. While rc-update add and rc-update del are covered in the Gentoo Docs, you may be wondering how to see the runlevels a service is in. This is done with the rc-update show command. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Code Listing 8.1: | | rc-update show | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |Show all services and their runlevels | |# rc-update show | | apache2 | default | | atd | default | | authdaemond | | | bootmisc | boot | | checkfs | boot | | checkroot | boot | |...many more lines truncated... | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: You can also look in /etc/runlevels. Each runlevel is a separate directory and in those directories are symlinks to the various services in /etc/init.d. Another useful tool is rc-status which made its way into baselayout with Bug #4222[49]. It tells you which services are currently running: 49. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4222 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Code Listing 8.2: | | rc-status | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |Show which services are running | |# rc-status | |Runlevel: default | | apache2 [ started ] | | atd [ started ] | | cupsd [ started ] | | dcron [ started ] | | ddclient [ started ] | | local [ off ] | |...and many more lines... | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, sometimes you may want to start all the services in your current runlevel that aren't running (because you stopped them). Simply type rc to start al the missing services. ========================== 9. Moves, Adds and Changes ========================== Moves ----- The following developers recently left the Gentoo team: * none this week Adds ---- The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: * none this week Changes ------- The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux project. * none this week ===================== 10. Contribute to GWN ===================== Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an email[50]. 50. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================ 11. GWN Feedback ================ Please send us your feedback[51] and help make the GWN better. 51. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================ 12. GWN Subscription Information ================================ To subscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the email address you are subscribed under. =================== 13. 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