Work-needing packages report for Jul 14, 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: 322 (new: 20)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 81 (new: 1)
Total number of packages requested help for: 23 (new: 1)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
apt-dpkg-ref (#377918), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: APT, Dpkg Quick Reference sheet
Installations reported by Popcon: 518
cl-awk (#377919), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Common Lisp package with the features of AWK and more.
Installations reported by Popcon: 21
cl-lexer (#377920), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Lexical-analyzer-generator package for Common Lisp
Installations reported by Popcon: 18
cl-parse-number (#377921), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Provides functions to parse any Common Lisp number
string
Installations reported by Popcon: 15
cl-regex (#377922), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Common Lisp regular expression compiler/matcher
Reverse Depends: cl-awk cl-lexer cl-speech-dispatcher
Installations reported by Popcon: 36
cl-tclink (#377923), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Common Lisp bindings to the TrustCommerce transaction
system
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
dtmfdial (#377869), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: A DTMF Tone Dialer
Installations reported by Popcon: 244
encore (#377620), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: core database for lambdamoo
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
ghostcore (#377621), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Core database for lambdamoo
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
jhcore (#377622), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Jay's House Core, an enhanced core database for
lambdamoo
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
lambdacore (#377623), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: core database for lambdamoo
Installations reported by Popcon: 13
lambdamoo (#377624), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: a server for an online multiuser virtual world
Installations reported by Popcon: 17
lambdamoo-docs (#377625), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: LambdaMOO user and programmer manuals
Installations reported by Popcon: 16
ld.so.preload-manager (#377867), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: A utility to manage the libraries in /etc/ld.so.preload
Reverse Depends: snoopy
Installations reported by Popcon: 126
libxbox (#377861), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Headers for use with libxbox
Reverse Depends: libxbox-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 5
printop (#377924), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Graphical interface to the LPRng print system.
Installations reported by Popcon: 156
ratmenu (#377626), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Creates X menus from the shell
Installations reported by Popcon: 75
rolldice (#377870), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: A virtual dice roller
Installations reported by Popcon: 92
sipp (#377925), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: development library for sipp
Reverse Depends: sipp-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 13
xbox-cromwell (#377862), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Xbox BIOS image
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
302 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:
libsnmp-mib-compiler-perl (#377864), offered 2 days ago
Description: SNMP::MIB::Compiler is a MIB compiler.
Installations reported by Popcon: 40
80 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] svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 4 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Installations reported by Popcon: 433
aboot (#315592), requested 385 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 50
apt-build (#365427), requested 75 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 424
athcool (#278442), requested 625 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 224
cvs (#354176), requested 140 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: bonsai cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl
cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsdelta cvsps (16 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 7212
docbook (#358522), requested 113 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: 3360
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 113 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: 8251
dpkg (#282283), requested 600 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 (80 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13657
grub (#248397), requested 794 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 10398
gtkpod (#319711), requested 354 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 375
lirc (#364606), requested 80 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: 7644
mwavem (#313369), requested 395 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 5
nas (#354174), requested 140 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: abakus acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas apollon ark arson
asc audiooss avida-qt-viewer (234 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 9189
ntp (#373824), requested 28 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: nagios-plugins-standard ntp-server radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 8250
openssl (#332498), requested 280 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 (521 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12213
parted (#262885), requested 710 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: 2495
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 674 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 491
sgml-data (#358521), requested 113 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: 8654
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 710 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-gtk
(6 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 5778
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 38 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
tpctl (#332648), requested 279 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 147
unicorn (#345547), requested 193 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 24 days ago
Description: Web server log file analysis program
Installations reported by Popcon: 5
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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