Debian 每周快讯 - 2006年07月11日

欢迎阅读本年度第二十八期的 DWN，每周 Debian 社群周报。 Bruce Perens 提出警告，专利拥有者在对 Red Hat 兴讼后，正准备对自由软件开发人员提出诉讼。Steinar Gunderson 注意到 buildd 网络在这几天快的令人惊讶，一个小时之内软件包已经被编译成 8 种不同架构的版本。

【debian-devel 邮件列表】 Cesare Leonardi 想知道哪些人被认为是参与 debian-devel 邮件列表上的讨论的一份子，因为一些信件表现出的态度给人一种非贡献程序码的参与者在邮件列表上只是次级的成员的印象。Matthew Garrett 表示，这仅仅意味着如果一个人如果没有参与 Debian 的开发，那么他并不被认为可以对这个计划提出要求。

Hidden Files in Debian Packages. Klaus Ethgen noticed that several packages add hidden files inside of /usr. Linas 权irblis added that these files may confuse security scanners and Henrique de Moraes Holschuh stated that it is a bad form to have hidden files anywhere but under the user's home directories. Mike Hommey revealed that the mentioned file helps component registration on upgrade and Joey Hess explained that mooix uses dotfiles as a flag to mark objects.

【在 Debian Kernel 下使用 Bootsplash 图形】 Paul van der Vlis 询问在不自行编、译直接使用 Debian kernel 的情形下，是否有办法使用图形化的开机画面（boot graphic）。Paul Wise 指出，在 experimental 中的 splashy 软件包可以达成这个目的，因为它是 user-land 的程序，不需要 kernel patch 即可运作。

【相依性处理】 Andreas Barth 表示，他们和 Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre（RMLL）的研究人员会面，并就 Debian 中的软件包相依性处理进行交流。Debian 软件包的相依关系可以被转换成 Boolean satisfiability problem（SAT），之后用一般的处理程序即可判别。这样的方式引导出一些有趣的应用，像是 Debian 天气报指出目前软件包可以正常安装的程度，或是可以用 SAT temperature 来表示解决某组相依性的困难程度等。

【下一届 Debian Conference 将在 Edinburgh 举办】 在漫长的讨论后， Neil McGovern 宣布下一届 Debian Conference 将在英国的 Edinburgh 举办。此次争取主办的还有波希尼亚的 Sarajevo。两地在会前都已经过评估，并且和当地的主办团队有充分的讨论。

【安全更新】您知道该怎么做。如果您安装了下列任何软件包，请务必更新系统。

DSA 1105: xine-lib -- Denial of service.
DSA 1106: ppp -- Privilege escalation.
DSA 1107: gnupg -- Denial of service.
DSA 1108: mutt -- Arbitrary code execution.

【新的或值得注意的软件包】 下列软件包是最近被加到 unstable Debian 档案库或是有重大更新。

adept-installer — Simple user interface for application management.
bonfire — CD/DVD burning application.
buildbot — System to automate the compile/test cycle.
cl-launch — Uniform frontend to running Common Lisp code from the shell.
cl-soap — Open Source implementation of SOAP for Common Lisp.
codeine — Simple KDE video player.
collectd — Statistics collection daemon.
curlftpfs — Filesystem to access FTP hosts based on FUSE and cURL.
dchroot-dsa — Execute commands in a chroot environment.
facter — Library for retrieving facts from operating systems.
freetennis — Free Tennis - simulation game.
gadmintools — GTK+ server administration tools.
geany — Fast and lightweight IDE.
gnome-hearts — The classic hearts card game for the GNOME desktop.
gplanarity — Simple puzzle game involving untangling planar graphs.
haxml — Utilities for using XML documents with Haskell.
hpodder — Tool to scan and download podcasts (podcatcher).
icon-naming-utils — Script for maintaining backwards compatibility of Tango Project.
kbfx — Alternative to K-Menu for KDE.
khmerconverter — Converts between legacy Khmer encodings and Unicode.
kolabadmin — Administration tool for kolab groupware server.
kwlan — Wpasupplicant frontend for KDE.
lastmp — MPD client for lastfmsubmitd.
mailtextbody — Tool to return the body of an email message.
menhir — Parser generator for OCaml.
mg — Microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor.
mini-httpd — Small HTTP server.
openmpi-bin — High performance message passing library.
pengupop — Online multiplayer clone of Bust a Move.
picprog — Microchip PIC serial programmer software.
planet — Flexible feed aggregator.
pubtal — Template driven web site builder for small sites.
puppet — Centralised configuration management for networks.
sbaz — Scala Bazaars package-distribution system.
scala — Scala programming language.
tcpser — Emulate a Hayes compatible modem.
twolame — MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder (command line frontend).
uswsusp — Tools to use userspace software suspend provided by Linux.
vdrift — Open Source drift racing simulation.
vzctl — Server virtualisation solution.
wbrazilian — Brazilian Portuguese wordlist.
wikipediafs — View and edit Wikipedia articles as if they were real files.
wmii2 — Lightweight tabbed and tiled X11 window manager, version 2.
wportuguese — European Portuguese wordlist.
xapian-tools — Basic tools for Xapian search engine library.

【孤儿软件包】本周又有 7 个软件包变成孤儿啦！他们需要新的维护者照顾。这造成目前总共有 321 个孤儿软件包。非常感谢那些前维护者对于自由软件社群的贡献。请阅览 WNPP 网页查询完整的列表。如果你有兴趣接手任一个软件包的话，请手加上一个臭虫报告并把标题改成 ITA。devscripts 软件包中的 wnpp-alert 程序可以帮您找出有哪些孤儿软件包装在您系统上。

encore — Core database for lambdamoo. (Bug#377620)
ghostcore — Core database for lambdamoo. (Bug#377621)
jhcore — Jay's House Core, an enhanced core database for lambdamoo. (Bug#377622)
lambdacore — Core database for lambdamoo. (Bug#377623)
lambdamoo — A server for an online multiuser virtual world. (Bug#377624)
lambdamoo-docs — LambdaMOO user and programmer manuals. (Bug#377625)
ratmenu — Creates X menus from the shell. (Bug#377626)

【被删除的软件包】 过去一周内，有 86 个软件包被移出 Debian 档案库了：

siptoolbox — Scilab image processing toolbox (SIP)
Bug#307365: Request of QA: orphaned, unbuildable, has never been part of a stable release.
okle — DVD player for KDE
Bug#333816: Request of QA, orphaned, superseded by kaffeine.
cvsbook — Open Source Development with CVS, the book
Bug#337849: Request of maintainer, outdated and new version unpackagable, long time RFAed.
mozilla-firefox-locale-ar — Mozilla Firefox Arabic Language/Region Package
Bug#348355: Request of maintainer, superseded by mozilla-firefox-locale-all.
skk — SKK Dictionary server
Bug#353627: Request of QA, orphaned, RC bug, out of date.
drsync — Wrapper for file synchronisation via rsync
Bug#354843: Request of maintainer, orphaned, RC bug, dead.
apcd — APC Smart UPS daemon
Bug#358513: Request of maintainer: obsolete, use apcupsd.
mozilla-firefox-locale-tr — Mozilla Firefox Turkish Language/Region Package
Bug#359202: Request of maintainer, superseded by mozilla-firefox-locale-all.
buildtool — Portable build infrastructure
Bug#359259: Request of maintainer, dead, no longer supported, rarely used.
vdradmin — Web-based administration tool for vdr
Bug#359951: Request of maintainer, superseded by vdradmin-am.
drbd — RAID 1 over TCP/IP for Linux utilities
Bug#361263: Request of maintainer, obsolete; replaced by drbd0.7 and drbd8.
kernel-patch-uml — User-mode Linux (kernel patch)
Bug#361607: Request of QA, obsolete.
eudc — Emacs Unified Directory Client
Bug#361895: Request of maintainer, merged in to emacs21.
xen — Patch to Linux for the Xen sub-architecture
Bug#362026: Request of QA: obsolete, superseded by xen-3.0.
worker-doc — Documentation for the Worker file manager
Bug#362212: Request of maintainer, dead upstream.
zope-cmf1.4 — Zope content management framework (CMF), 1.4 branch
Bug#362284: Request of maintainer, superseded by zipe-cmf1.
zope-i18nlayer — Fully transparent multilingual content solution for zope/plone
Bug#362286: Request of maintainer, low usage; better alternatives is zope-linguaplone.
zope-i18nfolder — Zope product for handling multilingual folders
Bug#362287: Request of maintainer, low usage; better alternatives is zope-linguaplone.
zope-portaltransport — Subscription service for cmf content types
Bug#362290: Request of maintainer, low usage; no rev-deps.
zope-zattachmentattribute — Simple attachment handler for zope products
Bug#362303: Request of maintainer, superseded by zope-attachmentfield.
zope-zaaplugins — Collection of ZAttachment plugins
Bug#362304: Request of maintainer, superseded by zope-attachmentfield.
kernel-patch-powerpc-2.4.27 — Build infrastructure for kernel version 2.4.27-apus
Bug#362319: Request of maintainer, obsolete.
liboil0.2 — Library of Optimized Inner Loops
Bug#362506: Request of maintainer, superseded by liboil0.3.
resmgr — Resource manager library [development files]
Bug#362822: Request of maintainer, security problems; largely obsoleted by udev.
koffice-i18n — Afrikaans (af) translations for KOffice
Bug#362841: Request of maintainer, superseded by koffice-l10n.
dacode — Powerful and full-featured news engine written in PHP
Bug#363063: Request of maintainer, unmaintained upstream; obsolete.
gnome2-user-docs — GNOME 2 User's Guide
Bug#363941: Request of maintainer, superseded by gnome-user-docs.
timecode — C++ hierarchy which controls and describes time code
Bug#364055: Request of QA, broken.
ucd-snmp — NET SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Library
Bug#364094: Request of maintainer, superseded by net-snmp; dead upstream.
nvidia-modules-i386 — NVIDIA binary kernel module
Bug#364218: Request of maintainer, superseded by nvidia-graphics-modules-i386.
cherrypy — Python-based tool for developing dynamic web sites
Bug#364432: Request of maintainer, obsolete; superseded by python-cherrypy.
xsim — X Simple Input Method
Bug#364618: Request of maintainer, dead upstream; alternatives exist.
kernel-patch-adamantix — Kernel patches introduced in Adamantix
Bug#364684: Request of maintainer, RC-buggy; unmaintained.
rsbac-admin — Rule Set Based Access Control administrative utilities
Bug#364685: Request of maintainer, RC-buggy; unmaintained.
mindi-partimagehack — Disk partition imaging utility for Mindi/Mondo
Bug#364701: Request of maintainer,superseded by ntfsclone; dead upstream.
libmysqlclient-lgpl — LGPL-licensed client library for MySQL databases
Bug#366590: Request of maintainer, obsolete.
libhonyaku-damashii-ruby — Honyakudamashii client library for Ruby
Bug#367676: Request of maintainer, obsolete.
liboptparse-ruby — Command line option parser class for Ruby 1.6
Bug#367896: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
drb — Distributed Ruby for Ruby 1.6
Bug#367898: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
libcsv-ruby — CSV data format parse module for ruby1.6
Bug#367899: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
aget — Multithreaded HTTP Download Accelerator
Bug#367900: Request of maintainer, dead upstream.
xmlrpc4r — XML-RPC support for Ruby 1.6
Bug#367902: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
webrick — Simple HTTP Server Toolkit for Ruby 1.6.x
Bug#367904: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
erb — Tiny eRuby for Ruby 1.6
Bug#367908: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
libopenssl-ruby — OpenSSL interface for Ruby
Bug#367917: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
libmutexm-ruby — Yet another mutex library for Ruby 1.6
Bug#367926: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
libnet-acl-ruby — Simple Access Control Class for Ruby 1.6
Bug#367927: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
ruby-eserver — Generic multi-threaded e-service server in Ruby 1.6.x
Bug#367928: Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
alltraxclock2 — Analog clock plugin for GKrellM2
Bug#368123: Request of QA, orphaned; duplicate of alltraxclock.
moniwiki — MoniWiki is yet another WikiEngine written in PHP
Bug#368153: Request of QA, orphaned.
sdl-ttf1.2 — TrueType font library for Simple DirectMedia Layer
Bug#368621: Request of maintainer, obsolete.
jython — Python seamlessly integrated with Java
Bug#368791: Request of QA, orphaned, obsolete.
libcatalyst-model-dbic-perl — DBix::Class Model for Catalyst Framework
Bug#369558: Request of maintainer, superseded by libcatalyst-modules-perl.
spidermonkey — Development files for the SpiderMonkey JS library
Bug#369887: Request of maintainer, superseded by xulrunner.
xfce4-iconbox — Iconbox for the Xfce4 Desktop Environment
Bug#370001: Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
xfce4-toys — Eyes plugin for Xfce4 panel and xfce4-tips
Bug#370003: Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-session.
xfcalendar — Time-managing application for the Xfce desktop environment
Bug#370004: Request of maintainer, superseded by orage.
xfce4-systray — Systray panel plugin for Xfce4 panel
Bug#370000: Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
xfce4-showdesktop-plugin — Show desktop button for the Xfce4 panel
Bug#370005: Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
xfce4-trigger-launcher — Panel plugin to start/stop programs
Bug#370109: Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
netsaint-statd — Netsaint_statd plugins
Bug#370334: Request of maintainer, superseded by nagios-statd packages.
prelude-nids — Hybrid Intrusion Detection System [ Network sensor ]
Bug#370662: Request of maintainer, old; RC-buggy; dead upstream.
xffm4 — File manager for the Xfce4 desktop environment
Bug#370749: Request of maintainer, superseded by thunar.
xffm4-icons — Icons for xffm4, the FM of XFce4
Bug#373262: Request of maintainer, superseded by thunar.
wims-modules-fr — French modules for WIMS
Bug#370798: Request of maintainer, replaced by wims-modules.
gngeogui — GUI Frontend for gngeo
Bug#372202: Request of maintainer, front-end for already removed gngeo.
systemimager-ssh — SystemImager boot binaries for i386 client nodes
Bug#372793: Request of maintainer, superseded by systemimager.
libsem — Portable, pthread-based semaphore library, development files
Bug#373088: Request of maintainer, old, unused, RC-buggy.
pike-crypto-build — Build only package for building pike-crypto binary package
Bug#373114: Request of maintainer, obsolete, uninstallable.
libattribute-handlers-perl — Simple definition of attribute handlers
Bug#373715: Request of maintainer, obsolete.
libdwarf — Debugging Information Format library and documentation
Bug#373773: Request of maintainer, obsolete; no rev-deps.
gnome-pim — Calendar and address book for GNOME
Bug#373799: Request of maintainer, dead upstream; broken.
eli-doc — HTML and PostScript documentation for Eli
Bug#374368: Request of maintainer, documentation for already removed eli package.
abc2ps — Translates ABC music description files to PostScript
Bug#374449: Request of maintainer, dead upstream; security issues; superseded by abcm2ps.
sslwrap — Simple TCP service encryption using TLS/SSL
Bug#374521: Request of maintainer, dead upstream; obsolete.
gal — G App Libs (development files)
Bug#374953: Request of QA, unmaintained; obsolete; no rev-deps.
ipodder — Podcast receiver
Bug#375355: Request of maintainer, license issues.
kernel-patch-gcov — Linux Kernel Coverage patch
Bug#376093: Request of maintainer, superseded by linux-patch-gcov.
librcov-ruby — Code coverage tool for Ruby 1.8
Bug#376453: Request of maintainer, superseded by rcov.
gtksourceview-sharp — CLI binding for the gtksourceview library
Bug#376475: Request of maintainer, upstream unsupported, obsolete.
pgmonitor — Tcl/Tk script for examining the status of PostgreSQL backends
Bug#376725: Request of maintainer, merged in to PostgreSQL.
rgtk — GNU R binding for Gtk
Bug#376738: Request of maintainer, obsolete; dead upstream; no rev-deps.
callgrind — Call-graph skin for valgrind
Bug#376950: Request of maintainer, superseded by valgrind.
ifenslave-2.4 — Attach and detach slave interfaces to a bonding device
Bug#377114: Request of maintainer: outdated.
leo — English-German dictionary using dict.leo.org
Bug#362016: Request of maintainer: infringes web site license.
linux-kernel-di-powerpc — Amiga filesystem support (udeb)
Bug#362318: Request of maintainer: unused.

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