Issue27
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 27 for January 1st - 7th, 2007. In this issue we cover ...
In This Issue
General Community News
LoCo News
This Week's Quiz
Thanks to the UbuntuTrivia Team, headed by Alexandre Vessilitto, we had another exciting quiz this week.
Quizmaster : Champion : Sponsor : Prize :
Upcoming for next week:
Sponsor : Prize :
To participate in the quiz, join #ubuntu-trivia on irc.freenode.net on Friday and/or Saturday UTC-nights - the topic will usually tell you when the next quiz is scheduled.
To give a quiz, contact Alexandre Vassalotti (theCore) - we will probably find you a spot.
To donate a prize, please contact Jenda Vancura (jenda) - your generosity is appreciated. The generic prize is an Ubuntu Poster ($5 value).
The quiz usually has a theme, and the quizmaster will sometimes tell you what the theme of the quiz will be. If not, you can always bribe him/her. By winning the quiz and foregoing the prize, you donate it for the next quiz. This is especially appreciated if you are a frequent winner.
Changes In Fiesty
Component: main Section: mail on Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:59:39 -0800 by Kees Cook <[email protected]> mozilla-thunderbird - Mozilla Thunderbird standalone mail client mozilla-thunderbird-dev - mozilla thunderbird development files mozilla-thunderbird-inspector - mozilla thunderbird dom inspector extension mozilla-thunderbird-typeaheadfind - mozilla thunderbird typeaheadfind extension LINKS: w3m 0.5.1-5ubuntu2 Component: main Section: text on Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:01:15 -0800 by Kees Cook <[email protected]> w3m - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support w3m-img - inline image extension support utilities for w3m LINKS: http://sourceforge.net/projects/w3m libxerces2-java 2.8.1-1ubuntu2 Component: main Section: libs on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:52:11 +0000 by Matthias Klose <[email protected]> libxerces2-java - Validating XML parser for Java with DOM level 3 support libxerces2-java-gcj - Validating XML parser for Java with DOM level 3 support (native c LINKS: http://xml.apache.org/xerces2-j/index.html mrbayes 3.1.2-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: math on Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:37:20 -0200 by Fernando Ribeiro <[email protected] roup.org> mrbayes - A program for the Bayesian estimation of phylogeny LINKS: testdisk 6.5-1build1 Component: universe Section: admin on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:10:30 +0200 by Vassilis Pandis <[email protected]> testdisk - Partition scanner and disk recovery tool LINKS: libxalan2-java 2.7.0-1ubuntu2 Component: main Section: libs on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:00:44 +0000 by Matthias Klose <[email protected]> libxalan2-java - XSL Transformations (XSLT) processor in Java libxalan2-java-doc - Documentation and examples for the Xalan-Java XSLT processor libxalan2-java-gcj - XSL Transformations (XSLT) processor in Java (native code) libxsltc-java - XSL Transformations (XSLT) compiler from Xalan-Java libxsltc-java-gcj - XSL Transformations (XSLT) compiler from Xalan-Java (native code) LINKS: http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/ mysql-query-browser 1.2.5beta-2ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: misc on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:52:53 +0100 by Michael Bienia <[email protected]> mysql-query-browser - Official GUI tool to query MySQL database mysql-query-browser-common - Architecture independent files for MySQL Query Browser LINKS: gnome-app-install 0.3.3 Component: main Section: gnome on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:10:13 +0100 by Michael Vogt <[email protected]> app-install-data - GNOME Application Installer (data files) gnome-app-install - GNOME Application Installer LINKS: gcc-3.3 1:3.3.6-15ubuntu1 Component: main Section: devel on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:56:15 +0100 by Matthias Klose <[email protected]> cpp-3.3 - The GNU C preprocessor cpp-3.3-doc - Documentation for the GNU C preprocessor (cpp) g++-3.3 - The GNU C++ compiler gcc-3.3 - The GNU C compiler gcc-3.3-base - The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) gcc-3.3-doc - Documentation for the GNU compilers (gcc, gobjc, g++) gcc-3.3-nof - The no-floating-point gcc libraries (powerpc) gcc-3.3-soft-float - The soft-floating-point gcc libraries (arm) lib64stdc++5 - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (64bit) libgcc1 - GCC support library libstdc++5 - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 libstdc++5-3.3-dbg - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (debugging files) libstdc++5-3.3-dev - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (development files) libstdc++5-3.3-doc - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (documentation files) libstdc++5-3.3-pic - The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (shared library subset kit) LINKS: initramfs-tools 0.85eubuntu1 Component: main Section: utils on Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:28:59 -0500 by Ben Collins <[email protected]> initramfs-tools - tools for generating an initramfs LINKS: picard 0.7.2-2ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: sound on Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:32:12 +0100 by Lukas Lalinsky <[email protected]> picard - Next-Generation MusicBrainz audio files tagger LINKS: ubiquity 1.3.7 Component: main Section: admin on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:59:25 +0000 by Colin Watson <[email protected]> ubiquity - Ubuntu live CD installer ubiquity-frontend-gtk - GTK+ frontend for Ubiquity live installer ubiquity-frontend-kde - KDE frontend for Ubiquity live installer ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork - Ubuntu artwork for Ubiquity live installer LINKS: opencv 0.9.7-4ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: devel on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:28:07 +1100 by Steve Kowalik <[email protected]> libcv-dev - development files for libcv libcv0.9.7-0 - computer vision library libcvaux-dev - development files for libcvaux libcvaux0.9.7-0 - computer vision extension library libhighgui-dev - development files for libhighgui libhighgui0.9.7-0 - computer vision GUI library opencv-doc - OpenCV documentation and examples python-opencv - Python bindings for the computer vision library LINKS: python-aptsources 0.0.1 Component: universe Section: python on Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:07:15 +0200 by Sebastian Heinlein <[email protected] om> python-aptsources - abstraction of the sources.list for use in python applications LINKS: apport 0.35 Component: main Section: utils on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:45:20 +0100 by Martin Pitt <[email protected]> apport - automatically generate crash reports for debugging apport-gtk - GTK frontend for the apport crash report system python-apport - apport crash report handling library python-problem-report - python library to handle problem reports LINKS: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AutomatedProblemReports alac-decoder 0.1.3-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: sound on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:58:34 +0100 by Lukas Fittl <[email protected]> alac-decoder - Apple Lossless audio codec decoder LINKS: beryl-manager 0.1.2-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: x11 on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:03:29 +0100 by Brandon Holtsclaw <[email protected] g> beryl-manager - Tray application launcher tool for Beryl LINKS: cdrkit 9:1.1.0-1ubuntu2 Component: main Section: otherosfs on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:18:26 +0000 by Colin Watson <[email protected]> cdda2wav - Dummy transition package for icedax cdrecord - Dummy transition package for wodim cdrkit-doc - Documentation for the cdrkit package-suite genisoimage - Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images icedax - Creates WAV files from audio CDs mkisofs - Dummy transition package for genisoimage wodim - command line CD/DVD writing tool LINKS: gnome-system-tools 2.17.3-0ubuntu3 Component: main Section: gnome on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 19:35:49 +0100 by Martin Pitt <[email protected]> gnome-system-tools - Cross-platform configuration utilities for GNOME LINKS: kernel-package 10.065ubuntu2 Component: main Section: misc on Tue, 2 Jan 2007 23:00:11 -0500 by Ben Collins <[email protected]> kernel-package - A utility for building Linux kernel related Debian packages. LINKS: kdeaddons 4:3.5.5-1ubuntu2 Component: main Section: x11 on Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:37:46 +0000 by Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]> atlantikdesigner - game board designer for Atlantik kaddressbook-plugins - plugins for KAddressBook, the KDE address book kate-plugins - plugins for Kate, the KDE Advanced Text Editor kdeaddons - add-on plugins and applets provided with KDE kdeaddons-dbg - debugging symbols for kdeaddons kdeaddons-doc-html - KDE add-ons documentation in HTML format kdeaddons-kfile-plugins - KDE file dialog plugins for text files and folders kicker-applets - applets for Kicker, the KDE panel knewsticker-scripts - scripts for KNewsTicker, the KDE news ticker konq-plugins - plugins for Konqueror, the KDE file/web/doc browser ksig - graphical tool for managing multiple email signatures noatun-plugins - plugins for Noatun, the KDE media player LINKS: gspca 01.00.11-0ubuntu1 Component: universe Section: graphics on Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:58:21 +1100 by Sarah Hobbs <[email protected]> gspca-source - source for the gspca v4l kernel module LINKS: libept 0.4.7ubuntu2 Component: universe Section: libdevel on Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:46:25 +1100 by Steve Kowalik <[email protected]> libept-dev - High-level library for managing Debian packages LINKS: launchpad-integration 0.1.5 Component: main Section: libs on Tue, 2 Jan 2007 10:01:34 +0100 by Martin Pitt <[email protected]> launchpad-integration - launchpad integration liblaunchpad-integration-dev - library for launchpad integration liblaunchpad-integration0 - library for launchpad integration liblpint-bonobo-dev - library for launchpad integration liblpint-bonobo0 - library for launchpad integration python-launchpad-integration - library for launchpad integration LINKS:
Launchpad News
In The Press
http://www.itjungle.com/breaking/bn010207-story01.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/01/01FEtoysource_1.html
Meetings and Events
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
LoCo Team Meeting
Start: 15:00 UTC End: 16:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Forum Council Meeting
Start: 16:00 UTC End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Community Council Meeting
Start: 21:00 UTC End: 23:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Tuesday, January 16th 2007
Technical Board Meeting
Start: 20:00 UTC End: 22:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Wendsday, January 17th 2007
Edubuntu Meeting
Start: 20:00 End: 22:00
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, January 18th 2007
Ubuntu Development Team Meeting
Start: 08:00 UTC End: 10:00 UTC
Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Community Spotlight
How about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZeroConfNetworking ?
Updates and security for 6.06 and 6.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
Ubuntu 6.10 Updates
Bug Stats
- Open (#) +/- # over last week
- Critical (#) +/- # over last week
- Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
- Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
- All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs
Check out the bug statistics: http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~carthik/bugstats/
Infamous Bugs
UWN #: A sneak peek
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