Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

Time	Event
1:14p	Debian project leader election results This year's Debian project election leader election has concluded, with Neil McGovern winning by a conclusive margin. (Comment on this)
4:42p	Security advisories for Wednesday CentOS has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (C7; C6; C5: multiple vulnerabilities), java-1.7.0-openjdk (C7; C6; C5: multiple vulnerabilities), and java-1.8.0-openjdk (C7; C6: multiple vulnerabilities). Debian-LTS has updated libvncserver (multiple vulnerabilities) and libx11 (code execution). Mageia has updated arj (multiple vulnerabilities), asterisk (SSL server spoofing), flash-player-plugin (multiple vulnerabilities), glusterfs (denial of service), librsync (file checksum collision), ntp (two vulnerabilities), qemu (denial of service), quassel (denial of service), shibboleth-sp (denial of service), socat (denial of service), tor (denial of service), and wesnoth (information leak). Oracle has updated java-1.6.0-openjdk (OL6: multiple vulnerabilities), java-1.7.0-openjdk (OL6: multiple vulnerabilities), and java-1.8.0-openjdk (OL6: multiple vulnerabilities). Red Hat has updated flash-plugin (RHEL5,6 Supplementary: multiple vulnerabilities). SUSE has updated Adobe Flash Player (SLEWE12, SLED12: multiple vulnerabilities). (Comment on this)
9:50p	[$] Plotting tools for networks, part I In the first two installments in this series on plotting tools (which covered gnuplot and matplotlib), we introduced tools for creating plots and graphs, and used the terms interchangeably to refer to the typical scientific plot relating one set of quantities to another. In this article we use the term "graph" in its mathematical, graph-theory context, meaning a set of nodes connected by edges. There is a strong family resemblance among graph-theory graphs, flowcharts, and network diagrams—so much so that some of the same tools can be coerced into creating all of them. We will now survey several mature free-software systems for building these types of visualizations. At least one of these tools will likely be useful if you are ever in need of an automated way to diagram source-code interdependencies, make an organizational chart, visualize a computer network, or organize a sports tournament. We will start with a graphical charting tool and a flexible graphing system that can easily be called by other programs. (Comment on this)

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