Work-needing packages report for Jun 24, 2005
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: 225 (new: 28)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 100 (new: 4)
Total number of packages requested help for: 10 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
ACL (#314683), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extra
Control (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
Extended (#314683), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extra
Library (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
Perl (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
System (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
Version (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
access (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
and (#314683), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extra
attributes (#314683), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extra
dutch (#314839), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Dutch dictionary for aspell, in new (August 1996)
spelling
ext2 (#314683), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extra
for (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
generic (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
gnulib (#314667), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: the GNU Portability Library
in (#314682), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: optional
kernel-patches (#314683), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extra
libauthen-radius-perl (#314851), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: user authentication against radius
openduke (#314675), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Duke Nukem 3D map viewer
posixtestsuite (#314668), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: POSIX conformance test suite (dummy package)
pvpgn (#314670), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Gaming server that emulates Battle.net(R)
python-slang (#314994), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Python bindings for S-LANG
Reverse Depends: woody
texi2html (#314843), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Convert Texinfo files to HTML
Reverse Depends: translate-docformat
tuxtype (#315236), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Educational Typing Tutor Game Starring Tux
Reverse Depends: junior-typing
uncc (#314672), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: C decompiler for i386
woody (#314996), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Hierarchic text editor
xbox-raincoat (#314674), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Xbox BIOS flasher
xfs-xtt (#314882), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: X-TrueType font server
197 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:
jython (#315289), offered 2 days ago
Description: Python seamlessly integrated with Java
kbear (#315340), offered 2 days ago
Description: graphical ftp client for KDE
kdbg (#315336), offered 2 days ago
Description: graphical debugger interface
Reverse Depends: kde-devel-extras
kprof (#315337), offered 2 days ago
Description: a KDE3 visual tool to help analyze profiling results
Reverse Depends: kde-devel-extras
96 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:
athcool (#278442), requested 240 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
debtags (#262927), requested 325 days ago
Description: Evolution of package metadata
Reverse Depends: debtags-edit
dselect (#282283), requested 215 days ago
Description: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: dpkg
grub (#248397), requested 409 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: replicator grubconf dfsbuild webmin-grub
grub-splashimages
mwavem (#313369), requested 10 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
parted (#262885), requested 325 days ago
Description: Searching co-maintainer for the parted package.
Reverse Depends: libparted1.6-dev elilo-installer mdcfg-utils
libparted1.6-i18n aboot-installer parted-udeb qtparted partitioner
libparted1.6-dbg parted partconf-find-partitions partconf partman
mindi lvmcfg-utils nobootloader autopartkit partconf-mkfstab
partman-efi
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 289 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: pbbuttonsd-dev gtkpbbuttons powerprefs
qmailadmin (#267756), requested 303 days ago
Description: web interface for managing qmail with virtual domains
[contrib]
squashfs (#267078), requested 307 days ago
Description: Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 325 days ago
Description: STLport C++ class library
Reverse Depends: libstlport4.6-dev openoffice.org-gnomevfs
openoffice.org-gtk-gnome openoffice.org-evolution openoffice.org-dev
openoffice.org-kde openoffice.org-bin
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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