Work-needing packages report for Feb 27, 2009
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested
through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the
last week.
Total number of orphaned packages: 397 (new: 3)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 113 (new: 2)
Total number of packages requested help for: 51 (new: 4)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
alsaplayer (#517341), orphaned today
Description: PCM player designed for ALSA
Reverse Depends: alsaplayer-common libalsaplayer-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 2682
gnome-pilot (#516456), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: A GNOME applet for management of your Palm PDA
Reverse Depends: evolution gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits
libgnome-pilot2-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 38601
gnome-pilot-conduits (#516460), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: conduits for gnome-pilot
Installations reported by Popcon: 4066
394 older packages have been omitted from this listing, see
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned for a complete list.
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The following packages have been given up for adoption:
nc6 (#516881), offered 2 days ago
Description: TCP/IP swiss army knife with IPv6 support
Installations reported by Popcon: 582
slashem (#516883), offered 2 days ago
Description: A variant of Nethack
Reverse Depends: slashem slashem-gtk slashem-sdl slashem-x11
Installations reported by Popcon: 296
111 older packages have been omitted from this listing, see
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage for a complete list.
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For the following packages help is requested:
[NEW] alsa-lib (#516585), requested 4 days ago
Description: ALSA library
Reverse Depends: aconnectgui adplay aeolus alsa-firmware-loaders
alsa-oss alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui alsa-utils alsamixergui
alsaplayer-alsa (238 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 59267
[NEW] asymptote (#517342), requested today
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
MetaPost
Installations reported by Popcon: 207
[NEW] kernel-patch-exec-shield (#516488), requested 5 days ago
Description: protection against stack smashing and other attacks
Reverse Depends: kernel-patch-exec-shield
Installations reported by Popcon: 40
[NEW] libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 5 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Installations reported by Popcon: 14728
apache2 (#470795), requested 350 days ago
Description: Co-maintainer wanted
Reverse Depends: ampache apache2 apache2-dbg apache2-mpm-event
apache2-mpm-itk apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-mpm-worker
apache2-prefork-dev apache2-suexec apache2-suexec-custom (153 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 41667
ara (#450876), requested 473 days ago
Description: utility for searching the Debian package database
Installations reported by Popcon: 127
athcool (#278442), requested 1584 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 207
boinc (#511243), requested 49 days ago
Description: BOINC distributed computing
Reverse Depends: boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 1547
cvs (#354176), requested 1099 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl
cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsdelta cvsps (12 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 22568
dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 488 days ago
Description: Command-line tools to process Debian package
information
Reverse Depends: aptfs debian-goodies dlocate haskell-devscripts
hg-buildpackage ia32-archive ia32-libs-tools mlmmj sbuild simple-cdd
Installations reported by Popcon: 10297
dpkg (#282283), requested 1559 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: alien alsa-source apt-build apt-cross apt-src
backuppc build-essential bzr-builddeb cacao-oj6-dbg cacao-oj6-jdk
(121 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 81768
drscheme (#402589), requested 808 days ago
Description: PLT scheme programming environment
Reverse Depends: drscheme minlog proofgeneral-minlog
Installations reported by Popcon: 318
elvis (#432298), requested 598 days ago
Description: powerful clone of the vi/ex text editor (with X11
support)
Reverse Depends: elvis elvis-console elvis-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 398
fglrx-driver (#454993), requested 446 days ago (non-free)
Description: non-free AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx display driver
Reverse Depends: fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-atieventsd fglrx-control
fglrx-driver fglrx-glx fglrx-glx-ia32 fglrx-kernel-src
Installations reported by Popcon: 2157
flightgear (#487388), requested 250 days ago
Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Installations reported by Popcon: 992
gentoo (#422498), requested 662 days ago
Description: a fully GUI-configurable, two-pane X file manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 266
gnat-4.3 (#475374), requested 322 days ago
Description: help needed to execute test cases
Reverse Depends: adabrowse adacontrol asis-programs ghdl gnade-bin
gnat gnat-4.3 gnat-gps libadasockets-dev libahven14 (46 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 732
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 182 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Installations reported by Popcon: 139
grub (#248397), requested 1753 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: brdesktop-artwork-grub dfsbuild grub-choose-default
grub-doc replicator startupmanager
Installations reported by Popcon: 74704
hotkey-setup (#483107), requested 276 days ago
Description: auto-configures laptop hotkeys
Installations reported by Popcon: 31055
imagemagick (#452314), requested 463 days ago
Description: Image manipulation programs
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ale ascd asymptote
bins cimg-dev docbook2odf drgeo (81 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 25986
ispell-et (#391105), requested 876 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 111
jove (#470185), requested 354 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Reverse Depends: xjove
Installations reported by Popcon: 332
kvm (#479951), requested 295 days ago
Description: Full virtualization on x86 hardware (Need help with
ia64, ppc and s390)
Reverse Depends: qemubuilder
Installations reported by Popcon: 1554
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 910 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: partman-crypto-loop
Installations reported by Popcon: 706
mantis (#471094), requested 348 days ago
Description: web-based bug tracking system
Installations reported by Popcon: 95
mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 267 days ago
Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
Reverse Depends: mediawiki-semediawiki
Installations reported by Popcon: 413
mol (#436450), requested 569 days ago
Description: The Mac-on-Linux emulator
Reverse Depends: mol-drivers-linux mol-drivers-macos
mol-drivers-macosx mol-modules-source
Installations reported by Popcon: 62
mutt (#512072), requested 41 days ago
Description: text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and
threading
Reverse Depends: debreaper metche mutt-dbg mutt-patched muttprofile
Installations reported by Popcon: 68803
mwavem (#313369), requested 1354 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
nas (#354174), requested 1099 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas amor atlantik audiooss
bibletime camstream celestia-kde compizconfig-backend-kconfig (227
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 50383
nn (#470187), requested 354 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 118
openldap (#512360), requested 38 days ago
Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
Reverse Depends: adtool alpine am-utils aolserver4-nsldap
asterisk-h323 asterisk-oh323 audispd-plugins autofs-ldap
autofs5-ldap balsa (175 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 35163
openoffice.org (#419523), requested 682 days ago
Description: OpenOffice.org Office suite
Reverse Depends: brdesktop-common brdesktop-gnome broffice.org
cli-uno-bridge docvert-openoffice.org libuno-cli-cppuhelper1.0-cil
libuno-cli-oootypes1.0-cil libuno-cli-ure1.0-cil
libuno-cli-uretypes1.0-cil mozilla-openoffice.org (100 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 45182
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 870 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: libopenscenegraph-dev libopenscenegraph55
libopenthreads-dev openscenegraph
Installations reported by Popcon: 158
openssl (#332498), requested 1239 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: 3270-common afbackup afbackup-client aircrack-ng
alpine anon-proxy aolserver4-nsimap aolserver4-nsopenssl
apache2-prefork-dev apache2-threaded-dev (591 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 81133
resolvconf (#477723), requested 308 days ago
Description: name server information handler
Reverse Depends: debian-edu-config
Installations reported by Popcon: 8371
rt2400 (#411791), requested 737 days ago
Description: RT2400 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 137
rt2570 (#411790), requested 737 days ago
Description: RT2570 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 213
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 876 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 1851
sepolgen (#483641), requested 273 days ago
Description: A Python module used in SELinux policy generation
Reverse Depends: policycoreutils
Installations reported by Popcon: 18572
sgml-data (#358521), requested 1072 days ago
Description: common SGML and XML data
Reverse Depends: debiandoc-sgml debiandoc2dbxml docbook
docbook-simple docbook-xml epiphany-extensions linuxdoc-tools psgml
stardict-common w3c-dtd-xhtml (3 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 48356
smlnj (#428273), requested 627 days ago
Description: Standard ML of New Jersey interactive compiler
Reverse Depends: libckit-smlnj libcml-smlnj libcmlutil-smlnj
libexene-smlnj libmlnlffi-smlnj libmlrisctools-smlnj
libpgraphutil-smlnj libsmlnj-smlnj ml-burg ml-lex (5 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 100
sql-ledger (#472709), requested 338 days ago
Description: A web based double-entry accounting program
Installations reported by Popcon: 102
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 1669 days ago
Description: STLport C++ class library
Reverse Depends: libstlport4.6-dev openoffice.org-base
openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core
openoffice.org-dev openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-evolution
openoffice.org-filter-binfilter openoffice.org-gnome (14 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 23230
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 963 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 1384
torrus (#433223), requested 592 days ago
Description: Universal front-end for Round-Robin Databases
Reverse Depends: torrus-apache torrus-apache2
Installations reported by Popcon: 25
unicorn (#345547), requested 1152 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 58
update-inetd (#472470), requested 339 days ago
Description: inetd.conf updater
Reverse Depends: amanda-common bootp cfingerd cups-bsd cvs ebhttpd
ebnetd ebnetd-common efingerd fam (32 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 80678
wine (#479659), requested 297 days ago
Description: Windows API implementation
Reverse Depends: libwine-alsa libwine-capi libwine-cms libwine-dbg
libwine-dev libwine-esd libwine-gl libwine-gphoto2 libwine-jack
libwine-ldap (10 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13186
wxwidgets2.8 (#463807), requested 389 days ago
Description: help for wxwidgets2.8 is appreciated
Reverse Depends: amaya amule amule-daemon amule-utils
amule-utils-gui audacity bitpim bittornado-gui boinc-manager
crystalspace (39 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 9192
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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