Work-needing packages report for Jun 23, 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: 303 (new: 25)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 85 (new: 3)
Total number of packages requested help for: 22 (new: 1)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
aleph (#374120), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: The Aleph programming language - emacs mode
Reverse Depends: aleph-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 13
apt-listbugs (#374104), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Lists critical bugs before each apt installation
Installations reported by Popcon: 1298
asiya24-vfont (#374105), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Japanese Maru Gothic font in Zeit's Syotai Club format.
Installations reported by Popcon: 116
autounit (#374124), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Development files for C unit testing framework
Reverse Depends: libautounit-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
cvsreport (#373928), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: extract activity reports from a CVS repository
Installations reported by Popcon: 109
dcd (#374127), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Command-line CD player
Installations reported by Popcon: 86
debnest (#374106), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Nested Build System of Debian Source Package
Installations reported by Popcon: 54
debpartial (#374107), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Debian Packages/Sources file partition tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 60
ecos (#374108), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Deeply embedded operating system
Installations reported by Popcon: 15
fidogate (#374520), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Gateway between FidoNet and Internet.
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
gnurobots (#374125), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Program a robot to explore a world
Installations reported by Popcon: 81
gst-python (#374500), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: GStreamer Python bindings (0.8)
Reverse Depends: istanbul soundconverter
Installations reported by Popcon: 455
htdig (#374643), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: WWW search system for an intranet or small internet
Installations reported by Popcon: 279
libintl-gettext-ruby (#374109), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Gettext wrapper for Ruby 1.6
Reverse Depends: apt-listbugs libintl-gettext-ruby
Installations reported by Popcon: 1471
lphdisk (#374110), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: prepares hibernation partition for Phoenix NoteBIOS
Installations reported by Popcon: 50
mmix (#374646), orphaned 2 days ago (non-free)
Description: Assembler and Simulator sources for Knuth's MMIX
Installations reported by Popcon: 5
mt-st (#374122), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control
(aka. mt)
Installations reported by Popcon: 230
phpreports (#374425), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: XML-based report generator for PHP
Installations reported by Popcon: 22
qcad (#374954), orphaned today
Description: A professional CAD System
Installations reported by Popcon: 588
trueprint (#374128), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: pretty printing of source code
Installations reported by Popcon: 121
ultrapossum (#374111), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: UltraPossum startTLS support module
Reverse Depends: ultrapossum ultrapossum-dev ultrapossum-dnsbalance
ultrapossum-failover ultrapossum-server ultrapossum-slapd
ultrapossum-test ultrapossum-tls
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
ultrapossum-slapd (#374112), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: UltraPossum plugin to use slapd optimized for
UltraPossum
Reverse Depends: ultrapossum-server ultrapossum-slapd-modules
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
vflib2 (#374113), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Vector Font Library for Japanese Character Code
Reverse Depends: asiya24-vfont dvi2ps vflib2-dev vflib2-misc
Installations reported by Popcon: 565
yank (#374129), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: yet another notekeeper
Installations reported by Popcon: 51
zmailer (#373908), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Mailer for Extreme Performance Demands
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
278 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:
icecream (#375009), offered today
Installations reported by Popcon: 66
iripdb (#375010), offered today
Installations reported by Popcon: 23
termpkg (#374485), offered 3 days ago
Description: Simple Telnet replacement for termnetd
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
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:
[NEW] webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 3 days ago
Description: Web server log file analysis program
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
aboot (#315592), requested 364 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 53
apt-build (#365427), requested 54 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 416
athcool (#278442), requested 604 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 220
cvs (#354176), requested 119 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: 7156
docbook (#358522), requested 92 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: 3369
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 92 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: 8093
dpkg (#282283), requested 579 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: alien alsa-source apt-build apt-src backuppc
build-essential clamsmtp crosshurd cvs-autoreleasedeb
cvs-buildpackage (83 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13389
grub (#248397), requested 773 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 10165
gtkpod (#319711), requested 333 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 350
lirc (#364606), requested 59 days ago
Description: Linux Infra-red Remote Control support
Reverse Depends: digitaldj fbtv gkrellm-radio gxine irmp3 kradio
liblircclient-dev lirc lirc-svga lirc-x (15 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 7471
mwavem (#313369), requested 374 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 6
nas (#354174), requested 119 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: abakus acm acm4 adept alsaplayer-nas apollon ark
arson asc audiooss (230 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 9010
ntp (#373824), requested 7 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: nagios-plugins-standard ntp-server radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 8098
openssl (#332498), requested 259 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 (515 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11941
parted (#262885), requested 689 days ago
Description: Searching co-maintainer for the parted package.
Reverse Depends: aboot-installer autopartkit gparted
libparted1.7-dbg libparted1.7-dev libparted1.7-i18n lvmcfg-utils
mindi partconf partconf-find-partitions (8 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 2440
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 653 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 93
sgml-data (#358521), requested 92 days ago
Description: common SGML and XML data
Reverse Depends: alml debiandoc-sgml debiandoc2dbxml docbook
docbook-xml epiphany-extensions linuxdoc-tools psgml sgmltexi
stardict-common (4 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 8491
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 689 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 (5 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 5552
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 17 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
tpctl (#332648), requested 258 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 143
unicorn (#345547), requested 172 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 13
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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