Work-needing packages report for Jul 28, 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: 346 (new: 25)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 80 (new: 3)
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:
alicq (#379599), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Flexible ICQ client in pure Tcl/Tk
Installations reported by Popcon: 38
apollon (#379346), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: KDE-based interface to the giFT file-sharing system
Installations reported by Popcon: 162
fbi (#379250), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Linux frame buffer image viewer
Installations reported by Popcon: 714
gkrellongrun (#379978), orphaned yesterday
Description: LongRun plug-in for GKrellM
Installations reported by Popcon: 34
gtk-qt-engine (#379956), orphaned yesterday
Description: theme engine using Qt for GTK+ 2.x
Installations reported by Popcon: 588
hubcot (#379977), orphaned yesterday
Description: USB Hub mascot
Installations reported by Popcon: 13
ida (#379257), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: image viewer & editor
Installations reported by Popcon: 63
krecord (#379252), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: KDE sound recorder
Installations reported by Popcon: 240
libapache-mod-python (#379680), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: An Apache module that embeds Python 2.4 within the
server
Reverse Depends: libapache-mod-python
Installations reported by Popcon: 103
libooc-vo (#379221), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: VisualOberon GUI class library for Oberon-2
Reverse Depends: libooc-vo-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
libooc-x11 (#379223), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: X11 specific modules for the oo2c compiler (devel)
Reverse Depends: libooc-vo libooc-vo-dev libooc-x11-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
libooc-xml (#379222), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: XML parser for the oo2c Oberon-2 compiler (devel)
Reverse Depends: libooc-vo libooc-vo-dev libooc-xml-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
libpcd (#379254), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: A library for reading PhotoCD images
Reverse Depends: fbi ida libpcd-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 327
libpgsql-ruby (#379991), orphaned yesterday
Description: PostgreSQL extension library
Reverse Depends: libdbd-pg-ruby1.8 libpgsql-ruby rails
Installations reported by Popcon: 379
libpod-pom-perl (#379983), orphaned yesterday
Description: Perl module of POD Object Model
Installations reported by Popcon: 35
libqt-perl (#379681), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Perl bindings for the Qt library
Installations reported by Popcon: 293
mercury (#379682), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: A new logic/functional programming language
Installations reported by Popcon: 20
motv (#379256), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Motif TV application
Installations reported by Popcon: 105
oo2c (#379224), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Optimizing Oberon-2 to ANSI-C Compiler
Reverse Depends: libooc-vo libooc-vo-dev libooc-x11 libooc-x11-dev
libooc-xml libooc-xml-dev oo2c
Installations reported by Popcon: 181
openmotif (#379258), orphaned 5 days ago (non-free)
Description: Open Motif
Reverse Depends: arb ida libmotif-dev motif-clients motv
Installations reported by Popcon: 673
python-adns (#379683), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Python bindings to the asynchronous DNS resolver
library
Installations reported by Popcon: 69
python-biggles (#379684), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Scientific plotting package for Python [dummy package]
Installations reported by Popcon: 19
tcldom (#379404), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: DOM binding for Tcl
Reverse Depends: tclsoap
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
wv (#379466), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Programs for accessing Microsoft Word documents
Reverse Depends: libwv-dev wv zope-textindexng2
Installations reported by Popcon: 1596
xawtv (#379251), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: collection of TV and radio applications
Reverse Depends: fbtv kvdr motv pia scantv streamer ttv webcam
webcamd wmtv (1 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 1393
321 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:
chora2 (#379341), offered 5 days ago
Description: code repository viewing component for horde framework
Installations reported by Popcon: 26
g2 (#380146), offered today
Description: 2D graphics library
Reverse Depends: libg2-dev libg20-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 29
gollem (#379342), offered 5 days ago
Description: file manager component for horde framework
Installations reported by Popcon: 43
77 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 399 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 49
apt-build (#365427), requested 89 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 429
athcool (#278442), requested 639 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 225
cvs (#354176), requested 154 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: 7243
docbook (#358522), requested 127 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: 3302
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 127 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: 8309
dpkg (#282283), requested 614 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 (82 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13813
grub (#248397), requested 808 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 10560
gtkpod (#319711), requested 368 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 370
lirc (#364606), requested 94 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: 7770
mwavem (#313369), requested 409 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
nas (#354174), requested 154 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: abakus acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas apollon ark arson
asc audiooss avida-qt-viewer (240 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 9226
ntp (#373824), requested 42 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 8378
openssl (#332498), requested 294 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: afbackup afbackup-client amap anon-proxy
aolserver4-nsimap aolserver4-nsopenssl apache-dbg apache-ssl
apache2-common apache2-mpm-perchild (525 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12367
parted (#262885), requested 724 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: 2519
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 688 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 798
sgml-data (#358521), requested 127 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 724 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: 5846
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 18 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Installations reported by Popcon: 452
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 52 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
tpctl (#332648), requested 293 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 150
unicorn (#345547), requested 207 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 38 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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