There are currently over 200 orphaned packages, many of which have been on WNPP for quite a long time and some with RC bugs. I intend to request the removal of a number of packages in three weeks unless a package has been adopted by someone by then. The packages are split into two sections. The first section lists packages which have been manually selected by Frank Lichtenheld. For each of these packages, there is a brief description why it should be removed. If you want to adopt any of these packages, you should have good arguments against these reasons. The second list has been more liberally put together by me (although I could have included many more packages). If you want to keep any of the following packages, please make sure to - have a good reason why you want to adopt it (you use it, there are other users, you think you can fix its bugs) - change the title of the WNPP bug from O: to ITA: as described on http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp - make an upload to the archive, change the Maintainer: field to you, fix as many bugs as possible, also check for new upstream releases (or, in many cases, be willing to take over upstream), etc. - Make sure to close the WNPP bug in your upload. If you cannot make an upload for some reason then contact debian-mentors (if you need a sponsor) or debian-qa (for other reasons). However, unless there is a good reason, an upload should happen within the next 3 weeks. Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp for more information. Section 1: manually selected packages ------------------------------------- bock -- bootstrap-only compiler kit for a subset of Java(tm) [#201409] orphaned 696 days ago, Debian native, alternatives are probably way better, no install base cce -- Console Chinese Environment - display Chinese (GB) on console [#189523] orphaned 784 days ago, 2 RC bugs which limit functionality, new upstream version available, very small install base epic4-script-thirdeye -- Third Eye EPIC script [#181509] orphaned 843 days ago, upstream 5 years old, very small install base gfpoken -- Recreate a grid of mirrors from clues given by tests [#219061] orphaned 584 days ago, upstream 5 years old, alternatives available, small install base, "only a game" gpppkill -- GTK+ pppd monitoring and control utility [#237144, #244187] orphaned 458 days ago, upstream about 3 years old, very small install base jitterbug -- A cgi-bin tool for problem reporting and tracking [#206880] orphaned 657 days ago, upstream 6 years old, alternatives available, very small install base libffm -- Fast math library routines for DEC Alpha [#235632] orphaned 466 days ago, upstream about 5 years old, very specialised package (optimised math routines for DEC Alpha), so almost no install base lpkg -- Newton MessagePad PDA Package Loader [#189526] orphaned 784 days ago, upstream 7 years old, don't know if someone even has a Newton still, popcon stats seem to suggest not meshio -- MeshIO is a simple C++ library for the loading of 3D model files [#206871] orphaned 657 days ago, upstream 4 years old, probably alternatives available, very small install base mp3kult -- Organizes your MP3 collection in a MySQL database [#239860] orphaned 443 days ago, upstream about 3 years old, small install base nase-a60 -- An Algol-60 interpreter [#141181] orphaned 1163 days ago, upstream 6 years old, no install base nqxml -- pure Ruby implementation of a non-validating XML processor [#224372] orphaned 540 days ago, upstream 3 years old, alternatives available, very small install base phototk -- GUI interface for digital cameras [#206121] orphaned 662 days ago, upstream about 7 years old, many alternatives available, small install base ptknettools -- A selection of Internet service clients written in Perl/Tk [#189809, #246855] orphaned 405 days ago, Debian native, 5 years old, many alternatives to these programs AFAIK, very small install base pup -- Printer Utility Program [#202232] orphaned 690 days ago, upstream about 5 years old, which probably means that none of the supported printers is sold (and perhaps even used) anymore, very small install base race -- 3D arcade overhead car game [#251706] orphaned 376 days ago, about 3 years old, new upstream releases not uploaded, medium install base, "only a game" rubymagick -- Ruby interface for ImageMagick [#224367] orphaned 540 days ago, upstream 4 years old, probably obsoleted by librmagick-ruby, very small install base sel -- Fullscreen file-selection and execution tool [#210593] orphaned 637 days ago, upstream 4 years old, many alternatives available, very small install base splitdigest -- split mailinglist digests [#227781] orphaned 513 days ago, upstream 7 years old, small install base stklos -- An efficient Scheme System providing a powerful Object System [#235318] orphaned 468 days ago, FTBFS, several releases behind upstream, very small install base tkworld -- a GUI to shell commands [#230003] orphaned 500 days ago, upstream 5 years old, very small install base trustees -- Advanced permission management system for Linux [#251189] orphaned 379 days ago, according to maintainer upstream dead, removal already suggested one year ago, very small install base w3mir -- all purpose HTTP copying and mirroring tool [#206103] orphaned 662 days ago, upstream about 3 years old, many alternatives, maintainer suggested removal in O: bug, small install base wordinspect -- GTK-based Dictionary Client [#206889] orphaned 657 days ago, upstream 7 years old, two important bugs that seem to limit its functionality, probably alternatives available, small install base xasteroids -- X-based asteroids-style arcade game [#227783] orphaned 513 days ago, upstream 12 years old (what about a new archive at museum.debian.org? ;)), small install base, "only a game", probably many alternatives xbmbrowser -- Browser for Pixmaps and Bitmaps [#227786] orphaned 513 days ago, upstream 10 years old, small install base, probably many alternatives Section 2: semi-automatically selected packages ----------------------------------------------- acl-installer -- Installer for Franz' Allegro 6.2 Lisp Trial Edition [#297344] * Orphaned 105 days ago arpd -- User-space ARP daemon [#191870] * Orphaned 771 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. bg5cc -- Big-5 wide-characters rectifier [#189818] * Orphaned 785 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. bg5ps -- A utility to print Chinese Big5/GB documents using TrueType fonts [#189816] * Orphaned 785 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. bibview -- X11 Bibliography database tool [#206137] * Orphaned 665 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. boust -- A tcl/tk text-reader that formats the file in boustrophedon [#206023] * Orphaned 666 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. cl-odcl -- Common Lisp utilities from onShore Development [#230971] * Orphaned 496 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. ezmlm -- easy-to-use high-speed mailing list manager for qmail [#223877] * Orphaned 548 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. fda -- C malloc debug library [#192657] * Orphaned 766 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. findimagedupes -- Finds visually similar or duplicate images [#218699] * Orphaned 590 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. freewrl -- VRML browser and netscape plugin [#279757] * Orphaned 221 days ago * 1 RC bugs. * 5 RC bugs fixed in NMU. ftape -- Bleeding Edge floppy tape driver (source) [#201345] * Orphaned 700 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. ftape-doc -- Documentation for the bleeding edge floppy tape driver [#201346] * Orphaned 700 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. ftape-tools -- Bleeding Edge floppy tape driver (utilities) [#201347] * Orphaned 700 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. gkdial -- PPP dial-up configuration and dialing tool [#287992] * Orphaned 164 days ago * 1 RC bugs. gtkrecover -- GUI for recover [#199247] * Orphaned 715 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. iceme -- A graphical menu editor for IceWM [#227054] * Orphaned 520 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. icepref -- Yet another configuration tool for IceWM [#227077] * Orphaned 520 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. if-transition -- A Change in the Weather, an interactive short story [#260720] * Orphaned 327 days ago ipautofw -- Utility to automatically add masquerade entries [#190564] * Orphaned 781 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. libapache-auth-ldap -- LDAP authentication module [#229213] * Orphaned 507 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. libarr -- Small and fast console drawing library [#215843] * Orphaned 608 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. libctk -- Console Tool Kit [#215842] * Orphaned 608 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. libtest-unit-perl -- a unit testing interface for Perl [#279805] * Orphaned 221 days ago * 2 RC bugs fixed in NMU. mifluz -- Full text inverted indexer [#187121] * Orphaned 805 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. moria -- A roguelike game with an infinite dungeon [#274472] * Orphaned 255 days ago p3nfs -- Mount Psion series 3[ac], 5 drives [#95747] * Orphaned 1506 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. pgperl -- perl interface to the pgplot plotting library [#279820] * Orphaned 221 days ago propsel -- Propagate X selections between displays [#201410] * Orphaned 699 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. qvplay -- Casio QV Camera Communications Tool [#252154] * Orphaned 377 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. rio500 -- command-line utilities for the Diamond Rio500 digital audio player [#225259] * Orphaned 534 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. rtf2latex -- Convert RTF files to LaTeX [#201967] * Orphaned 696 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. shx -- a console hotline client [#254399] * Orphaned 364 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. statslog -- An IRC Channel Logger [#274233] * Orphaned 256 days ago * 1 RC bugs. stklos -- An efficient Scheme System providing a powerful Object System [#235318] * Orphaned 471 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. ttfprint -- A utility to print Chinese text using truetype fonts [#189528] * Orphaned 787 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. visualos -- Visual Simulator of an Operating System [#252155] * Orphaned 377 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. vtcl -- Tcl GUI builder [#201415] * Orphaned 699 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. wminet -- An inetd monitoring dockapp designed for WindowMaker [#249231] * Orphaned 394 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. wmpload -- Windowmaker applet program to monitor network [#216274] * Orphaned 605 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. xae -- XML authoring environment [#179566] * Orphaned 862 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. xfonts-biznet-iso-8859-2 -- 100 dpi BIZNET ISO-8859-2 fonts for X servers. [#237476] * Orphaned 459 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. xsok -- Generic Sokoban game for X11 [#242100] * Orphaned 435 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. xwave -- a .wav file recorder and editor [#162607] * Orphaned 990 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. yencode -- Powerful yEnc decoder/encoder [#239960] * Orphaned 446 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. zircon -- Powerful X Internet Relay Chat client [#206116] * Orphaned 665 days ago * Package orphaned > 360 days ago. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/
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