Work-needing packages report for Jul 21, 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: 332 (new: 23)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 76 (new: 1)
Total number of packages requested help for: 23 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
aptconf (#379037), orphaned today
Description: Debconf infrastructure for setting up apt sources
Installations reported by Popcon: 184
atari800 (#379022), orphaned today
Description: Atari emulator for X/curses/SDL
Installations reported by Popcon: 49
cbrowser (#378796), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: a C/C++ source code indexing, querying and browsing
tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 270
configlet (#379031), orphaned today
Description: alternative debconf configuration interface: core API
Reverse Depends: configlet-frontends python-configlet
Installations reported by Popcon: 229
cscope (#378802), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Interactively examine a C program source
Reverse Depends: cbrowser kscope
Installations reported by Popcon: 963
cthugha (#378946), orphaned yesterday (non-free)
Description: an oscilloscope on acid
Installations reported by Popcon: 62
discover (#379043), orphaned today
Description: hardware identification library
Reverse Depends: bootcd-mkinitrd discover gibraltar-bootsupport
libdiscover-dev xdebconfigurator
Installations reported by Popcon: 1729
discover-data (#379044), orphaned today
Description: Data lists for Discover hardware detection system
Reverse Depends: discover-udeb gibraltar-bootsupport libdiscover2
mkinitrd-cd
Installations reported by Popcon: 1821
etherconf (#379032), orphaned today
Description: debconf interface to Ethernet device configuration
Installations reported by Popcon: 215
ggi-doc (#378919), orphaned yesterday
Description: General Graphics Interface project documentation
Installations reported by Popcon: 23
gnome-tasksel (#379038), orphaned today
Description: GNOME interface to Debian tasks
Installations reported by Popcon: 162
gtm (#379000), orphaned today
Description: Multiple files transfer manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 228
kernel-patch-nfs-swap (#378928), orphaned yesterday
Description: patch to linux to enable swapping over nfs
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
libggigcp (#378921), orphaned yesterday
Description: GGI Color and Palette Manager extension
Reverse Depends: libggigcp0-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 15
libggiwmh (#378924), orphaned yesterday
Description: GGI Window Manager Hints extension development package
Reverse Depends: libggiwmh0-dev libggiwmh0-target-x
Installations reported by Popcon: 23
libgii (#378925), orphaned yesterday
Description: General Input Interface runtime libraries
Reverse Depends: freesci heroes-ggi libggi-samples libggi-target-aa
libggi-target-emu libggi-target-fbdev libggi-target-glide
libggi-target-lcd823 libggi-target-monotext libggi-target-svgalib
(11 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 4071
localeconf (#379033), orphaned today
Description: debconf interface to locale configuration
Installations reported by Popcon: 760
mozilla-locale-zh-cn (#378751), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Mozilla Simplified Chinese (China) language/region pack
mozilla-locale-zh-tw (#378752), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Mozilla Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) language/region
pack
picax (#379039), orphaned today
Description: Tool for creation of aptable media
Installations reported by Popcon: 9
python-parted (#379034), orphaned today
Description: Python bindings for GNU Parted
Installations reported by Popcon: 20
svgalib4libggi (#378927), orphaned yesterday
Description: SVGAlib wrapper library for LibGGI
Installations reported by Popcon: 16
timezoneconf (#379035), orphaned today
Description: debconf interface to system timezone, date, and time
Reverse Depends: gnustep-base-common
Installations reported by Popcon: 1056
309 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:
mypasswordsafe (#378540), offered 3 days ago
Description: Easy-to-use password manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 73
75 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 392 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 48
apt-build (#365427), requested 82 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 430
athcool (#278442), requested 632 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 223
cvs (#354176), requested 147 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: 7228
docbook (#358522), requested 120 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: 3332
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 120 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: 8305
dpkg (#282283), requested 607 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 (81 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13742
grub (#248397), requested 801 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 10496
gtkpod (#319711), requested 361 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 377
lirc (#364606), requested 87 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: 7707
mwavem (#313369), requested 402 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
nas (#354174), requested 147 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: abakus acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas apollon ark arson
asc audiooss avida-qt-viewer (235 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 9228
ntp (#373824), requested 35 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-server radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 8324
openssl (#332498), requested 287 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 (522 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12298
parted (#262885), requested 717 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: 2499
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 681 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 698
sgml-data (#358521), requested 120 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: 8712
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 717 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: 5826
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 11 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Installations reported by Popcon: 434
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 45 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
tpctl (#332648), requested 286 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 150
unicorn (#345547), requested 200 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 31 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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