Work-needing packages report for Sep 29, 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: 297 (new: 4)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 96 (new: 1)
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:
fsp (#389666), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: utilities for File Service Protocol (FSP)
Reverse Depends: fspd
Installations reported by Popcon: 33
netmask (#389664), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: helps determine network masks
Installations reported by Popcon: 264
zope-docfindereverywhere (#389312), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Find documentation for a Zope product using a doc tab
Installations reported by Popcon: 6
zope-docfindertab (#389313), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Find documentation for a Zope product using a doc tab
Installations reported by Popcon: 5
293 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:
mountapp (#390066), offered today
Installations reported by Popcon: 56
95 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 462 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 51
apt-build (#365427), requested 152 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 457
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 51 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 1848
athcool (#278442), requested 702 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 236
cvs (#354176), requested 217 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: 8049
docbook (#358522), requested 190 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: 3449
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 190 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: 10242
dpkg (#282283), requested 677 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: 16769
grub (#248397), requested 871 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 13205
gtkpod (#319711), requested 431 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 449
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 28 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-itanium (24
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 27
loop-aes-source (#385437), requested 28 days ago
Description: loop-AES encryption Linux kernel modules (source)
Installations reported by Popcon: 140
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 28 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 (44 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 389
mc (#380999), requested 58 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 4848
mwavem (#313369), requested 472 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
nas (#354174), requested 217 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 adonthell alsaplayer-nas amarok apollon
ark arson asc audiooss (244 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11353
neverball (#387471), requested 14 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 490
ntp (#373824), requested 105 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 9292
openssl (#332498), requested 357 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 (530 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 14937
parted (#262885), requested 787 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: 4586
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 751 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 324
sgml-data (#358521), requested 190 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: 10651
silky (#387472), requested 14 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 36
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 787 days ago
Description: STLport C++ class library
Reverse Depends: libstlport4.6-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 7004
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 81 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 477
tex4ht (#386269), requested 22 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 535
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 115 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
tpctl (#332648), requested 356 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 182
tsocks (#387473), requested 14 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 704
unicorn (#345547), requested 270 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 9
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 101 days ago
Description: Web server log file analysis program
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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