Work-needing packages report for Mar 31, 2006
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: 269 (new: 4)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 87 (new: 5)
Total number of packages requested help for: 20 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
haskell-hsql (#358873), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Multi-Database Interface System for Haskell
Reverse Depends: libghc6-haskelldb-dev libghc6-hsql-mysql-dev
libghc6-hsql-odbc-dev libghc6-hsql-postgresql-dev
libghc6-hsql-sqlite-dev libghc6-hsql-sqlite3-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 21
libemail-abstract-perl (#358895), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: library that presents unified interface to mail
representations
Reverse Depends: libmail-listdetector-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 453
libmodule-pluggable-perl (#358894), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Automatically provide your module the ability to accept
plugins
Reverse Depends: libemail-abstract-perl libemail-foldertype-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 464
tkps (#360057), orphaned today
Description: X-based process management tool similar to 'top'
Installations reported by Popcon: 61
265 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:
isakmpd (#358800), offered 6 days ago
Description: The Internet Key Exchange protocol openbsd
implementation
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
l2tpd (#358799), offered 6 days ago
Description: A layer 2 tunneling protocol implementation.
Installations reported by Popcon: 42
libdata-compare-perl (#358801), offered 6 days ago
Description: Compare two perl data structures recursively.
Reverse Depends: libsnmp-mib-compiler-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 62
libnet-ping-external-perl (#358802), offered 6 days ago
Description: Provide an interface to the system ping command.
Installations reported by Popcon: 39
xbae (#359269), offered 3 days ago
Description: Xbae Matrix Widget development package
Reverse Depends: libxbae-dev twlog
82 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:
aboot (#315592), requested 280 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 48
athcool (#278442), requested 520 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 211
cvs (#354176), requested 35 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: bonsai cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl
cvs2html cvsconnect cvsd cvsdelta cvsps cvsreport (15 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 6592
docbook (#358522), requested 8 days ago
Description: standard SGML representation system for technical
documents
Reverse Depends: alcovebook-sgml docbook-dsssl docbook-to-man
sgmltools-lite
Installations reported by Popcon: 3359
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 8 days ago
Description: standard XML documentation system, for software and
systems
Reverse Depends: dblatex docbook-dsssl docbook-ebnf
docbook-html-forms docbook-jrefentry docbook-mathml docbook-simple
docbook-slides docbook-website docbook-xsl-stylesheets-ko (6 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 6891
dpkg (#282283), requested 495 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: alien alsa-source and apt-build apt-src backuppc
build-essential clamsmtp crosshurd cvs-autoreleasedeb (87 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11461
grub (#248397), requested 689 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 8311
gtkpod (#319711), requested 249 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 292
mwavem (#313369), requested 290 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
nas (#354174), requested 35 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: abakus abuse acm acm4 adonthell adplay
alsaplayer-nas apollon ark arson (260 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 7524
openssl (#332498), requested 175 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: afbackup afbackup-client amap amaya anon-proxy
aolserver4-nsimap aolserver4-nsopenssl apache-dbg apache-ssl
apache2-common (504 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 10183
parted (#262885), requested 605 days ago
Description: Searching co-maintainer for the parted package.
Reverse Depends: aboot-installer autopartkit elilo-installer gparted
libparted1.6-dbg libparted1.6-dev libparted1.6-i18n lvmcfg-utils
mindi partconf (8 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 2342
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 569 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 72
phpgroupware (#339625), requested 133 days ago
Description: web based groupware suite
Reverse Depends: phpgroupware phpgroupware-addressbook
phpgroupware-admin phpgroupware-bookmarks phpgroupware-calendar
phpgroupware-chat phpgroupware-comic phpgroupware-developer-tools
phpgroupware-dj phpgroupware-eldaptir (34 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 87
sgml-data (#358521), requested 8 days ago
Description: common SGML and XML data
Reverse Depends: alml debiandoc-sgml debiandoc2dbxml docbook
docbook-dsssl docbook-xml epiphany-extensions linuxdoc-tools psgml
sgmltexi (5 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 7277
sourcenav (#263051), requested 605 days ago
Description: Source code analysis, editor, browser and build tool:
Looking for co-maintainer
Installations reported by Popcon: 165
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 605 days ago
Description: STLport C++ class library
Reverse Depends: libstlport4.6-dev openoffice.org-base
openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-dev
openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-evolution
openoffice.org-filter-so52 openoffice.org-gnome
openoffice.org-impress (4 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 4140
thinkpad (#353736), requested 174 days ago
Description: Source code and configuration files for
thinkpad-modules packages
Reverse Depends: tpctl
Installations reported by Popcon: 162
tpctl (#332648), requested 174 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 133
unicorn (#345547), requested 88 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 12
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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