Work-needing packages report for Sep 22, 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: 304 (new: 15)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 99 (new: 7)
Total number of packages requested help for: 31 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
binutils-h8300-hms (#387772), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: GNU cross assembler for H8/300[HS], linker and binary
utilities
Reverse Depends: brickos gcc-h8300-hms
Installations reported by Popcon: 28
brickos (#387769), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: alternative OS for LEGO(r) Mindstorms RCX. Supports
devel. in C/C++
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
divine (#387774), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Automatic IP configuration detection for laptops
Installations reported by Popcon: 12
exdbm (#387773), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: eXode database manager
Reverse Depends: gpsim
Installations reported by Popcon: 70
feta (#388363), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: simpler interface to APT, dpkg, and other package tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 178
gcc-h8300-hms (#387771), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: The GNU C/C++ cross-compilers for the Hitachi
H8/300[HS] processors
Reverse Depends: brickos
Installations reported by Popcon: 17
gpsim-led (#387778), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: LED module for gpsim
Installations reported by Popcon: 31
gpsim-logic (#387777), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: logic module for gpsim
Installations reported by Popcon: 36
lnpd (#387770), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: daemon for LNP communication with BrickOS
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
pathological (#388358), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: puzzle game involving paths and marbles
Installations reported by Popcon: 158
pathological-music (#388359), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: puzzle game involving paths and marbles
Reverse Depends: pathological
Installations reported by Popcon: 173
pydance (#388361), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: dancing simulation game similar to the kind in arcades
Installations reported by Popcon: 82
pydance-music (#388360), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Songs and step patterns for pydance
Reverse Depends: pydance
Installations reported by Popcon: 104
tkcon (#388520), orphaned yesterday
Installations reported by Popcon: 27
uligo (#388362), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: tsumego (go problems) practice tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 97
289 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:
gift (#388134), offered 3 days ago
Description: the giFT filesharing system
Reverse Depends: apollon gift giftd giftoxic giftui libgift-dev
libgiftproto-dev libgiftproto0 libgnutella-gift libopenft-gift
Installations reported by Popcon: 441
gift-gnutella (#388135), offered 3 days ago
Description: giFT plugin for the Gnutella network
Reverse Depends: gift
Installations reported by Popcon: 234
gift-openft (#388136), offered 3 days ago
Description: giFT plugin for the OpenFT network
Reverse Depends: gift
Installations reported by Popcon: 371
libifp (#388365), offered 2 days ago
Description: communicate with iRiver iFP audio devices
Reverse Depends: amarok ifp-line-libifp ifpgui libifp-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 1713
remind (#388426), offered yesterday
Description: a sophisticated reminder service
Reverse Depends: wyrd
Installations reported by Popcon: 264
root-portal (#387596), offered 6 days ago
Description: Monitors the system and displays the results on the
desktop
Installations reported by Popcon: 123
tkcon (#388520), offered yesterday
Installations reported by Popcon: 27
92 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 455 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 50
apt-build (#365427), requested 145 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 449
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 44 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 1838
athcool (#278442), requested 695 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 236
cvs (#354176), requested 210 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: bonsai crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage
cvs2cl cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsdelta (16
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 7973
docbook (#358522), requested 183 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: 3408
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 183 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: 10027
dpkg (#282283), requested 670 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: 16458
grub (#248397), requested 864 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 12950
gtkpod (#319711), requested 424 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 427
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 21 days ago
Description: loop-AES modules
Reverse Depends: loop-aes-2.6-486 loop-aes-2.6-686
loop-aes-2.6-686-bigmem loop-aes-2.6-alpha-generic
loop-aes-2.6-alpha-legacy loop-aes-2.6-alpha-smp loop-aes-2.6-amd64
loop-aes-2.6-footbridge loop-aes-2.6-iop32x loop-aes-2.6-ixp4xx (22
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 24
loop-aes-source (#385437), requested 21 days ago
Description: loop-AES encryption Linux kernel modules (source)
Installations reported by Popcon: 136
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 21 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: loop-aes-2.6.17-2-486 loop-aes-2.6.17-2-486-di
loop-aes-2.6.17-2-686 loop-aes-2.6.17-2-686-bigmem
loop-aes-2.6.17-2-alpha-generic loop-aes-2.6.17-2-alpha-generic-di
loop-aes-2.6.17-2-alpha-legacy loop-aes-2.6.17-2-alpha-smp
loop-aes-2.6.17-2-amd64 loop-aes-2.6.17-2-amd64-di (41 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 379
mc (#380999), requested 51 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 4758
mwavem (#313369), requested 465 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 6
nas (#354174), requested 210 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 adonthell alsaplayer-nas amarok apollon
ark arson asc audiooss (239 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11119
neverball (#387471), requested 7 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 481
ntp (#373824), requested 98 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 9242
openssl (#332498), requested 350 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: afbackup afbackup-client anon-proxy
aolserver4-nsimap aolserver4-nsopenssl apache-dbg apache-ssl
apache2-common apache2-mpm-perchild apache2-mpm-prefork (529 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 14662
parted (#262885), requested 780 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: 4379
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 744 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 327
sgml-data (#358521), requested 183 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: 10441
silky (#387472), requested 7 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 39
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 780 days ago
Description: STLport C++ class library
Reverse Depends: libstlport4.6-dev openoffice.org-soikko
Installations reported by Popcon: 6969
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 74 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 462
tex4ht (#386269), requested 15 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 523
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 108 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
tpctl (#332648), requested 349 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 180
tsocks (#387473), requested 7 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 697
unicorn (#345547), requested 263 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 9
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 94 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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