Work-needing packages report for Nov 3, 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: 320 (new: 3)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 100 (new: 3)
Total number of packages requested help for: 34 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
python-pmw (#395871), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Python MegaWidgets
Reverse Depends: forg mc-foo pycocuma pymol python-ifeffit snappea
Installations reported by Popcon: 565
skribe (#396516), orphaned yesterday
Installations reported by Popcon: 25
tix (#395963), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: The Tix library for Tk
Reverse Depends: netgen netmaze tix-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 144
317 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:
confluence (#396615), offered yesterday
Description: language for synchronous reactive hardware system
design
Installations reported by Popcon: 27
gnome-pilot (#396312), offered 3 days ago
Description: A GNOME applet for management of your Palm PDA
Reverse Depends: evolution gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits
libgnome-pilot2-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 8021
powernowd (#396408), offered 2 days ago
Description: control cpu speed and voltage
Installations reported by Popcon: 641
97 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 497 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 57
apt-build (#365427), requested 187 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 486
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 86 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 1944
athcool (#278442), requested 737 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 229
cvs (#354176), requested 252 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: 8465
docbook (#358522), requested 225 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: 3499
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 225 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: 11148
dpkg (#282283), requested 712 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: 18453
grub (#248397), requested 906 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 14741
gtkpod (#319711), requested 466 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 455
ispell-et (#391105), requested 29 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 15
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 63 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: 42
loop-aes-source (#385437), requested 63 days ago
Description: loop-AES encryption Linux kernel modules (source)
Installations reported by Popcon: 153
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 63 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 (93 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 421
mc (#380999), requested 93 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 5265
mwavem (#313369), requested 507 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
nas (#354174), requested 252 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 adonthell adplay alsaplayer-nas amarok
anymeal apollon ark arson (253 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12407
neverball (#387471), requested 49 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 526
ntp (#373824), requested 140 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 9690
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 23 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: libopenalpp-cvs-dev libopenalpp-cvs1
libopenscenegraph-dev libopenscenegraph4 libopenthreads-dev
libosgal-cvs1 libproducer-dev libproducer4 openscenegraph
Installations reported by Popcon: 55
openssl (#332498), requested 392 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-prefork-dev apache2-threaded-dev apache2-utils (528 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 16418
parted (#262885), requested 822 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: 5733
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 786 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 281
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 29 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 210
sgml-data (#358521), requested 225 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: 11575
silky (#387472), requested 49 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 34
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 822 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: 7054
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 116 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 498
tex4ht (#386269), requested 57 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 588
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 150 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
tpctl (#332648), requested 391 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 186
tsocks (#387473), requested 49 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 726
unicorn (#345547), requested 305 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 136 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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