Latest From GNOME Builder and Older GNOME News (Catchup)

• Code Search for GNOME Builder: Indexing

  Goal of Code Search for GNOME Builder is to provide ability to search all symbols in project fuzzily and jump to definition from reference of a symbol in GNOME Builder. For implementing these we need to have a database of declarations. So I created a plugin called ‘Indexer’ in Builder which will extract information regarding declarations and store them in a database.

• [Older] Plans for the next GNOME docs hackfest

  The GNOME documentation team started planning the next docs hackfest after some (rather long) months of decreased activity on that front. The previous docs sprint was actually held in Cincinnati, OH, in 2015, produced lots of content updates and we’d like to repeat that experience again this year from August 14th through 16th, 2017.

• [Older] New Simple Scan designs

• [Older] Recently released applications in GNOME Software

• [Older] Interview With Maria Glukova: Debian GNOME Outreachy Intern

  I shared an interview with GSOC Winners a while back. In the same tradition, please allow me to share the interview of one of the four Debian Interns who were part of GNOME Outreachy the last season, Maria Glukova (shortening to Maria for convenience).

LibreOffice 5.3.4 immediately available for download

The Document Foundation (TDF) announces the availability of LibreOffice 5.3.4, the fourth minor release of the LibreOffice 5.3 family, targeted at technology enthusiasts, early adopters and power users. LibreOffice 5.3.4 integrates over 100 patches, with a significant number of fixes for interoperability with Microsoft Office RTF and OOXML documents.

18 open source translation tools to localize your project

Localization plays a central role in the ability to customize an open source project to suit the needs of users around the world. Besides coding, language translation is one of the main ways people around the world contribute to and engage with open source projects. There are tools specific to the language services industry (surprised to hear that's a thing?) that enable a smooth localization process with a high level of quality. Categories that localization tools fall into include:

Security: WannaCry Strikes (Windows in Cameras), Blame of FOSS, Elections With Windows

• Victoria Police to Withdraw 8000 Traffic Tickets After Roadside Cameras Infected with WannaCry Virus

• Operational Security and the Real World

  An important part of the OPSEC approach to security is implementing compartmentation to limit the damage of any one penetration or compromise. This is sometimes referred to as impact containment.

• When in doubt, blame open source

  Nothing is special, open source is no better or worse than closed source software. If you build something why would open source need more responsibility than closed source? It doesn't of course, it's just an easy target to pick on. The real story is we don't know how to deal with this problem. Open source is an easy boogeyman. It's getting picked on because we don't know where else to point the finger. [...] I'd like to end this saying we should make an effort to have more honest discussions about security incentives, but I don't think that will happen. As I mention in my previous blog post, our problem is a lack of leadership. Even if we fix security incentives, I don't see things getting much better under current leadership.

• [Older] Reproducible Builds: week 107 in Stretch cycle

• [Older] The RHSA notifications you want, right in your Inbox

• Linux security modules, round two.

  So recently I wrote a Linux Security Module (LSM) which would deny execution of commands, unless an extended attribute existed upon the filesystem belonging to the executables.

• OneLogin suffers breach—customer data said to be exposed, decrypted

  OneLogin has admitted that the single sign-on (SSO) and identity management firm has suffered a data breach. However its public statement is vague about the nature of the attack.

• Election hacking {sic} fears turn heat on Homeland Security

  Now, lawmakers concerned about future foreign interference in U.S. elections are pressuring the department to offer more help to states and provide more details about what happened in 2016.

• Paper ballots are hack-proof. It's time to bring them back.

  We like to tell citizens that every vote counts. But actually, no vote counts unless it is counted. And even if it’s counted, it still doesn’t really count if it’s changed by hackers {sic}, or canceled out by someone else’s fraudulent vote.