Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #127
John Crawford
johnc4510 at ubuntu.com
Sun Feb 1 20:14:11 GMT 2009
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #127 for the week January
25th - January 31st, 2009. In this issue we cover: Call for testing of
DRBD: Server Team, New MOTU, Arizona LoCo installfest, Launchpad 2.2.1
released, Exporting translations upstream, PartyBoi2 interview, Ubuntu
pocket guide and reference book, Ubuntu Nokia project (a community
project), Technical Board Meeting, Server Team: January 2009, MOTU
Council, and much, much more!
== UWN Translations ==
* Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of
linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the
information you need.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations
== In This Issue ==
* Call for testing of DRBD: Server Team
* New MOTU
* Ubuntu Bugs & Stats
* Arizona LoCo Installfest
* Launchpad 2.2.1 released
* Exporting translations upstream
* PartyBoi2 interview
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Ubuntu pocket guide and reference book
* Ubuntu Nokia Project (a community project)
* Technical Board Meeting
* Server Team: January 2009
* MOTU Council Meeting
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
== General Community News ==
=== Call for testing of DRBD: Server Team ===
DRBD has been updated to the latest version in Jaunty. 8.3 brings in
some interesting new features:
* support for devices bigger than 4 TBytes
* checksum based resynchronization to speed up resync processes over
slow networks
* support for stacked resource
* RedHat cluster suite (rgmanager) integration scripts
Now that both the kernel module and the userspace tools have been
updated DRBD is ready to be tested in Jaunty. Ante wrote up test
instructions in a wiki page. Following his instructions and reporting
the results is a great way to contribute to the Ubuntu Server team and
help the shaping of the next release. If you’re already using DRBD in a
specific environment and have access to a test setup, the Server Team
would love to hear if this new version works well in your
infrastructure. Let the team know of your findings at the next Ubuntu
Server Team meeting or on our mailing list: ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com.
* DRBD wiki page for testing:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases/UbuntuServer-drbd
* Ubuntu Server Team Meetings: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting
* DRBD: http://www.drbd.org/
http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/call-for-testing-drbd-83-in-jaunty/
=== New MOTU ===
Jonathan Thomas (JontheEchidna) has become a MOTU. Jonathan has been
working extensively with the Kubuntu Ninjas, and is firmly among those
to thank for both the effective management of Kubuntu bugs and rapid
release of available KDE updates. Please welcome him to the team.
Launchpad: https://edge.launchpad.net/~echidnaman Wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jonathan265
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-January/000390.html
== Ubuntu Stats ==
=== Bug Stats ===
* Open (46568) -112 over last week
* Critical (26) +3 over last week
* Unconfirmed (18566) +185 over last week
* Unassigned (39101) -190 over last week
* All bugs ever reported (246624) +1856 over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started,
please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
=== Translation Stats Jaunty ===
Note: This is a new start for Jaunty reporting so + or - over the last
week will begin next issue.
* Spanish (17104)
* French (52163)
* Brazilian Portuguese (70628)
* Swedish (71130)
* English (Uk) (75619)
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see
more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/
=== Translation Stats Intrepid ===
* Spanish (15815) -89 over last week
* French (61310) -282 over last week
* Swedish (72562) +/-0 over last week
* Brazilian Portuguese (74878) -1126 over last week
* English (UK) (81040) -133 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more
at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/
=== 5-a-day bug stats ===
==== Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days ====
* dholbach (58)
* pvillavi (55)
* chrisccoulson (55)
* mrkanister (50)
* jgoguen (44)
==== Top 5 teams for the past 7 days ====
* ubuntu-berlin (68)
* ubuntu-de-locoteam (66)
* ubuntu-us-florida (62)
* ubuntu-cl (55)
* ubuntu-ca (45)
5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See
http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===
* "Scan wireless networks" option in NetworkManager
* ubuntu main menu icons are too big, they take too much space
* Every program in Ubuntu is using different way of handling the same
problem
* ubuntuforums.org may look unofficial for certain users
* Updating several machines on the same network takes too much bandwidth
Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your
ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against
another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
== LoCo News ==
=== Arizona LoCo Installfest ===
Arizona LoCo, in conjunction with the Phoenix Linux Users Group (PLUG),
held an installfest on Saturday, January 31st at the University of
Advancing Technology in Tempe. Wireless internet was no problem, plus
the team had routers available to patch CAT5 cables into for those that
didn't have wireless capability. The installfest took place in an
upstairs room, so the team was able to hang their team banner off the
guardrail with Velcro strips where it was highly visible to everyone
entering the building. The team reported a fair turn out for installs,
and lots of LUG folks attending to help if needed. Included by the team
was a demonstration of Platinum Arts Sandbox on a Dell Mini 9. The event
was a successful collaboration between the LoCo and PLUG, and everyone
had a great time with lots of great inter-state cooperation between the
team and the LUG's.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Installfest/Intrepid-Phoenix
== Launchpad News ==
=== Launchpad 2.2.1 released ===
The Launchpad team are proud to announce Launchpad 2.2.1, our first
release of 2009!
In 2.2.1 Launchpad has introduced:
* a unique signature for each Personal Package Archive
* a way to introduce new translators to your team’s way of working
* an easier way for projects to export translations made in Launchpad.
Included at the link are details about:
* Signed PPA's (screencast:
http://news.launchpad.net/ppa/adding-a-ppas-key-to-ubuntu)
* Help new translators find their way (Blog post:
http://news.launchpad.net/translations/translations-style-guides)
* Upstream projects: (Help page:
https://help.launchpad.net/PartialPOExport)
* Full details of 2.2.1 (Milestone page:
https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/2.2.1)
http://news.launchpad.net/releases/launchpad-221-signed-ppas-and-easier-translation-exports-for-upstream-projects
=== Exporting translations upstream ===
Providing translation work back upstream is now greatly simplified!
There is a lot of translation work going on in Launchpad, for Ubuntu as
well as for other projects. There is also a lot of translation work
going on for the projects, that is not done in Launchpad. This is
especially true for many of the Ubuntu packages that have their own
translation effort “upstream”.
For various reasons, translations imported from upstream projects may be
altered in Launchpad. One possible scenario is that an error is detected
in the upstream translation with no time to fix that upstream and import
again, because the next Ubuntu release is imminent. The Ubuntu
translator will then fix it in Launchpad and Ubuntu will have the
corrected version. But now it is a matter of good community citizenship
to provide that change back upstream.
So far, the only option here was to either communicate the changes
manually or to download the whole translation file and provide that to
the upstream project. Unfortunately this may not be easy to merge into
the upstream translations which may have progressed in the meantime.
This step is now simplified by a new feature that only exports those
translation strings from Launchpad that were changed from what was
originally imported from upstream. This export also includes
translations of strings that were not translated at all before.
You can find information about the feature on the help page:
https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/PartialPOExport
It is hoped that this feature will find good use and that the upstream
translations can profit much more from the translation work done in
Launchpad. It is as easy as clicking on “export” and then forwarding the
exported file to upstream.
Watch for more enhancements on the import/export front in the next releases.
http://news.launchpad.net/translations/partial-po-export-holding-post
== Ubuntu Forums News ==
=== PartyBoi2 interview ===
Matthew informs us that it has been a little while since he last had an
installment of the interview series. With the new year fully begun and
things moving back into a regular schedule, he thinks it is time to
continue the introductions. Today we get to hear from Karl, known in the
forums as PartyBoi2. In the last two years, he has racked up over 3000
posts and helped tons of new users, he tries to focus on posts that have
gone entirely unanswered as well as helping beginners with their
adaptation issues. To read the full interview, please visit the link below.
http://matthewhelmke.net/2009/01/26/an-interview-with-partyboi2/
== In The Press ==
=== 5 Things Mark Shuttleworth Has Learned about Organizational Change ===
Esther Schindler of CIO talked to Mark Shuttleworth, and he demonstrated
how open source collaboration can improve the ability to innovate.
* The wisdom of the crowd - If everyone is going in the same
direction, then no one stands out, and new ideas and optimization of
ideas may fall by the wayside.
* It is necessary to harness both individualism and teams - Once one
has the inspiration, it takes a team to be able to develop it.
* Tough times are good - With hard times, people look for more
innovative ways of accomplishing things with less.
* Large changes are only possible when they have the potential to
deliver radical improvements - Small changes won't cause people to want
to change. It takes large changes, radical improvements, to interest
people in moving in a new direction.
* The earth from space is the most beautiful thing most people never
get to see - Seeing the earth from space gives a new perspective on the
need to cooperate with each other peacefully.
Read more at
http://www.cio.com/article/478250/_Things_Mark_Shuttleworth_Has_Learned_about_Organizational_Change
=== Sibyl Systems Selected as Solutions Partner for Ubuntu Linux ===
Sibyl Systems has discovered the stability offered by Ubuntu, and is
happy to be selected as an Ubuntu Linux Solutions Partner to Canonical.
"In the past we have been hard pressed in our ability to offer a stable
and easy to use alternative to MS based software. The linux platform was
not ready for prime time as they say, but with Ubuntu that has changed.
Not only do you get a stable operating system, but you also get world
class software comparable with anything MS has to offer." said John J
Rice, president and lead engineer for Sibyl Systems.
http://www.pr.com/press-release/129640
=== Canonical Joins ARM Community ===
IQ Online reports that Canonical Ltd has joined the ARM Connected
Community, the industry’s largest ecosystem for ARM technology-based
products and services. Last autumn ARM and and Canonical Ltd confirmed
that they are planning to bring the full Ubuntu Desktop operating system
to the ARMv7 processor architecture, enabling new netbooks and hybrid
computers. It will target energy-efficient ARM technology-based SoCs, to
deliver an always-connected, power efficient, mobile computing
experience. This version of the Ubuntu Desktop operating system will
target the ARMv7 architecture including ARM Cortex-A8 and ARM Cortex-A9
processor-based systems.
http://www.arm.com/iqonline/news/partnernews/24205.html
== In The Blogosphere ==
=== 36% of Ubuntu Users Seeking Mobile Internet Devices ===
Blogger Joe Panettieri of works with u give the results of their weekly
pole about Ubuntu powered mobile internet devices (MIDs). According to
the pole 36% of participants absolutely intend to buy Ubuntu MIDs. 45%
might be interested in a MID purchase depending on features, functions
and price. 19% of participants expect to purchase a smart phone or a
netbook rather than an Ubuntu MID device. 106 works with u readers
participated in the weekly poll. He then details what he believes are
some of the challenges that Ubuntu powered MIDs are facing. He blames
netbooks as a major contributer to the delay of an Ubuntu MID device. Mr
Panettieri thinks the netbook craze, coupled with emerging platforms
like Google Android, have limited Canonical's ability to drive interest
in the MID concept.
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/01/26/36-of-ubuntu-users-seeking-mobile-internet-devices/
=== Keith Tokash and Ubuntu ===
Blogger Keith Tokash describes his experience with switching from
Windows XP on his work laptop to Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. He covers
programs and functionality that he needs and wants to have on his
computer. One thing that he really liked is that almost all of this
software was installed by default. His experience in switching from
Windows XP to Ubuntu 8.04 has not been all positive, but overall he's
incredibly glad he did it. He used to hate his entire computing
experience, now he just hates his email client. What he really wanted to
express in writing this article is that while you may have a mixed
experience making this switch, it's entirely possible to do so. You
don't have to be a Linux expert, or even a Linux power user, to jump
ship anymore, so go for it.
http://www.ccieflyer.com/2009-Feb-KTokash-Ubuntu.php
=== [Detux] 2 Years of Ubuntu ===
It’s almost 2 years since this blogger freed himself of Microsoft’s
propriety, OS and he's even converted his wife (though she occasionally
falls back onto MS Office when OpenOffice just doesn’t quite do it the
way she wants). He's still using Ubuntu, despite playing around with
other distros. He's found himself coming back just because of the great
support forums and hardware support. With the added ability of being
able to create a USB Live Disc, he was able to convert several machines
including a Samsung NC10.
http://abandonallfear.org.uk/2009/01/30/detux-2-years-of-ubuntu/
== In Other News ==
=== Ubuntu pocket guide and reference book ===
Keir Thomas is pleased to announce that his new book, Ubuntu Pocket
Guide and Reference, is now available. It's a compact yet comprehensive
guide to all aspects of day-to-day Ubuntu use.
Keir's book make be purchased online from Amazon.com for a
recession-busting $9.94. It's approximately 5x8 inches and 166 pages
(ISBN 978-1440478291).
Uniquely, the PDF Edition of the book is available entirely free of
charge from http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com. What's more, people are
encouraged to share the PDF Edition file with friends, and even upload
it to file-sharing networks. The PDF Edition is exactly the same as the
Print Edition.
Since the website went live about 48 hours ago, the PDF Edition has been
downloaded over 100,000 times. This makes it the world's most
widely-read Ubuntu book (at least according to Nielsen book-sale
figures), and possibly the most widely read Linux book of all time.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-January/000385.html
=== Ubuntu Nokia Experiment(a community project) ===
Joey Stanford tells us that despite the insurgence of Android phones, he
still sees a large amount of Nokia phones (and Nokia employees) at
developer summits and conferences. He has created the grass roots Ubuntu
Nokia Users team in Launchpad complete with a recommended set of
software for Nokia devices. This is an open group, anyone may join, and
is not an Canonical project. This experiment (and team) has two aims:
* Self-Help: Helping users connect to their Nokia devices (phones and
tablets) in Ubuntu and getting the most out of their experience as well
as discussions about how to get Ubuntu onto Nokia devices.
* Comradeship: A social experiment to connect Ubuntu users with Nokia
devices together.
Stanford also hopes that this experiment will draw in some developers to
improve the experience of using Nokia devices in, and using, Ubuntu.
There is already an existing community-led Ubuntu Nokia Development
group if you are interested.
http://joey.ubuntu-rocks.org/blog/2009/01/29/the-ubuntu-nokia-experiment/
== Meeting Summaries ==
=== Technical Board Meeting ===
* Welcome Colin Watson - Colin Watson joined as the newest member of
the Ubuntu Technical Board, his membership in the Launchpad group and to
the Mailing List have been confirmed.
* Verify outstanding ubuntu-core-dev applications - Daniel Holbach
confirmed that there were no outstanding ubuntu-core-dev applications
for the TB to consider, and that there was one pending in the MOTU
Council queue awaiting further information according to their new process.
* Calendar follow-up - The Ubuntu News Team have, as requested,
switched to Google Calendar for the fridge and documented the procedure
for adding meetings to it. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fridge/Calendar. The
TB meeting has been added to this calendar.
* Per-package uploader proposal - Emmet Hikory proposed a set of
criteria for reviewing per-package uploaders. The proposal is quoted
verbatim here, however please note that this was not approved in the
meeting. The discussion was fairly long and quite constructive; the
general consensus was that per-package upload rights do not waive the
requirements of Ubuntu Membership. It was felt that a prospective
candidate must still have shown a significant and sustained contribution
to Ubuntu (albeit for a single package), and that the candidate must
still be socially integrated with the larger development team. Emmet
Hikory will review the meeting log and redraft the proposal according to
the discussion. The current candidates will remain on hold until the
criteria have been approved.
* Archive reorg update -
* The notion of restricted layers has been added to the spec
* Sections on how the ogre model will work and on some anticipated
community factors have been added
* The proposed ability to give permissions has been changed around to
match current consensus
The permissions has one rather curious feature it has a "core" layer,
which remains necessary for the ogre model and for partial mirrors but
the permissions on the "core" layer are simply "Ubuntu [generalist]
developers", the same as for all packages in no layers.
Next steps:
* prepare rough set of requirements for the Soyuz Team, including
transition plan
* work on an example layer archive to be published on
people.ubuntu.com for development of APT, etc.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-January/000386.html
=== Server Team: January 2009 ===
Mail services:
* dkim was added during the Intrepid release cycle. Work keeps being
done by Scott Kitterman to keep the milter support up-to-date:
dkim-milter, pymilter, pymilter-milters have been updated to the latest
upstream version in Jaunty.
Virtualisation:
* Soren Hansen has uploaded a new version of the libvirt package.
Amongst bug fixes the version available in Jaunty brings support for
openvz. A patch to support opennebula has also been added but is not
enabled yet. The related tool virt-viewer has also been updated and
provides a Mozilla plugin package. The tools used to interact with EC2
have been updated to the latest version released by Amazon while the
latest version of virtualbox-ose made its way to the Jaunty archive. The
2.1 version brings better support for 64 bit systems as well as full
VMDK/VHD support including snapshots.
Collaboration tools:
* moinmoin has been updated to a new major version. The 1.8 version
brings in a major GUI editor upgrade, a new theme in addition to the
usual round of bug fixes.
Databases:
* MySQL 5.0.75 is available in main while MySQL 5.1.30 is in universe.
Some more work is still needed to make the latter fully working. One of
the new feature provided by MySQL 5.1 is the embedded server library.
libmysqld is already used by the new version of the Amarok music player
shipped by the Kubuntu team in Jaunty.
Clustering support:
redhat-cluster has been updated to the latest alpha2 release of the 3.0
branch. This soon-to-be-stable third generation of the code includes a
new conga interface - the graphical tool to manage clusters. Related
dependencies such as openais and corosync have also been updated.
Screen-profiles:
* Multiple uploads include the work done by Dustin Kirkland and
Nicolas Barcet. After some discussions on the ubuntu-server mailing the
default escape sequence has been changed back to ctrl-a. A few scripts
have also been added to provide more information: a memory count script
and a load average script. The common key bindings are using the F-keys
to ensure that they work in both gnome-terminal and the tty console. A
screen-profile-helper has been added to allow the selection of profiles
as well as to install screen by default.
Squid proxy:
* The default configuration has been updated to better support apt
repository caching: the cached object size has been increased so that
big packages are properly cached. The Release and the Package file are
also kept for a longer period of time.
Tomcat6:
* The tomcat6 package has seen the addition of a webapp
auto-deployment feature to handle application load and unloads. One of
the consequence is that installing webapp packages doesn’t stop tomcat6
processes anymore.
Uncomplicated Firewall:
* The 0.26 version has seen the addition of a new REJECT
functionality. debconf questions have also been added to enable the
firewall and set some basic rules. This is the first step towards
integration of ufw in the installer.
http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/january-in-the-archive-a-view-from-the-ubuntu-server-team/
=== MOTU Council ===
* MC Meeting 07 Jan 2008:
* Attendees: Michael Bienia, Søren Hansen, Emmet Hikory, Daniel
Holbach, Richard Johnson
* Open Applications: koon (MOTU), iulian (MOTU), nellery
(universe-contributor), quadrispro (universe-contributor), jontheechidna
(motu), ncommander (core-dev)
* Agenda:
* New Application Processes
* Preparation of Archive Reorganization Call with TB
* Thierry Carrez (Koon) became a MOTU
* Iulian Udrea (iulian) became a MOTU
* MC Meeting 14 Jan 2009:
* Attendees: Michael Bienia, Emmet Hikory, Daniel Holbach
* Open Applications: Jonathan Thomas, Nick Ellery, Michael Casadevall
* Application for Allessio Treglia considered superseded by new
application
* Preparation for discussion of Archive Reorganization with TB:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArchiveReorganisation
* Application Process Transition
* MC Meeting 21 Jan 2009:
* Open Applications: Nick Ellery, Jonahan Thomas, Michael Casadevall,
Alessio Treglia
* Planning for MC Election next month: nominations are now open
* Application process Changes: still sorting meeting schedule
availability
* Ubuntu Developers New application process:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-January/000526.html.
* Meetings will happen every 2nd Friday of the month, 7 UTC and every
4th Thursday of the month, 17 UTC.
* Outstanding applications are planned to be resolved by then.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2009
== Upcoming Meetings and Events ==
=== Tuesday, Febuary 3, 2009 ===
==== Server Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting
==== Desktop Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:30 UTC
* End: 17:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting
==== Kernel Team Meeting ====
* Start: 17:00 UTC
* End: 18:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: Not listed as of publication
==== Community Council Meeting ====
* Start: 21:00 UTC
* End: 23:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda
=== Wednesday, February 4, 2009 ===
==== Ubuntu-us-pa LoCo Team Meeting ====
* Start: 12:30 UTC
* End: 13:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-pa
* Agenda: None as of publication
==== Foundation Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== QA Team Meeting ====
* Start: 17:00 UTC
* End: 18:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/
=== Thursday, February 5, 2009 ===
==== Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting ====
* Start: 12:00 UTC
* End: 13:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====
* Start: 14:00 UTC
* End: 15:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
=== Friday, February 6, 2009 ===
==== Jaunty Weekly Release Meeting ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 16:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication. Agendas will be posted
beforehand on the wiki under /ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2009-XX(month)-YY(day).
=== Saturday, February 7, 2009 ===
==== Ubuntu US Teams Meeting ====
* Start: 13:00 UTC
* End: 14:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/Meetings
== Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10 ==
=== Security Updates ===
* USN-710-1: xine-lib vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-710-1
* USN-711-1: KTorrent vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-711-1
* USN-712-1: Vim vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1
* USN-713-1: openjdk-6 vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-713-1
* USN-714-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-714-1
* USN-715-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-715-1
* USN-716-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-716-1
=== Ubuntu 6.06 Updates ===
* sun-java5 1.5.0-16-0ubuntu0.6.06.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2009-January/012772.html
=== Ubuntu 7.10 Updates ===
* reportbug 3.38ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gutsy-changes/2009-January/010327.html
=== Ubuntu 8.04 Updates ===
* hal-info 20090128-0ubuntu1~hardy1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-January/012169.html
* reportbug 3.39ubuntu3.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-January/012170.html
* linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-23.37 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-January/012171.html
* gedit 2.22.3-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-January/012172.html
* python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu7.5 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-January/012173.html
* update-manager 1:0.87.31 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-January/012174.html
=== Ubuntu 8.10 Updates ===
* linux-backports-modules-2.6.27 2.6.27-11.12 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009650.html
* sqlite3 3.5.9-3ubuntu1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009651.html
* hal-info 20090128-0ubuntu1~intrepid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009652.html
* kdepim 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009653.html
* glibc 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009654.html
* libprelude 0.9.17.2-1ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009655.html
* kerberos-configs 1.19-0ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009656.html
* gtk+2.0 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009657.html
* reportbug 3.41ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009658.html
* rhythmbox 0.11.6svn20081008-0ubuntu4.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009659.html
* wesnoth 1:1.4.5-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009660.html
* xine-lib 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1intrepid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009661.html
* kdeutils 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009662.html
* foomatic-filters 4.0.0-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-January/009663.html
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