Work-needing packages report for Nov 24, 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: 334 (new: 13)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 84 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 35 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
adduser-ng (#399255), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Add and remove users and groups
Reverse Depends: adduser-ng adduser-plugin-bkdinit
adduser-plugin-cvsaccess adduser-plugin-eximconf
adduser-plugin-eximconf4 adduser-plugin-notifyjabber
adduser-plugin-quota adduser-ui-cdk
Installations reported by Popcon: 218
ccc (#399101), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Compaq C Compiler for Linux Alpha
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
cfal (#399352), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Compaq Fortran Compiler for Linux Alpha
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
cfalrtl (#399353), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Compaq Fortran Run-Time Library (installer)
Reverse Depends: cfal
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
cpml (#399350), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Compaq Portable Math Library (installer)
Reverse Depends: ccc cfal cxml-ev5 cxml-ev6
Installations reported by Popcon: 6
cxml (#399351), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Compaq Extended Math Library (installer)
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
emacs-color-themes (#399228), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Color themes for Emacs
Installations reported by Popcon: 287
libclass-contract-perl (#399254), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Design-by-Contract OO in Perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 24
libffm (#399354), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Fast math library routines for DEC Alpha
Reverse Depends: illuminator-demo libffm-dev libluminate7
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
libots (#399349), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Compaq Compiled Code Support Library (installer)
Reverse Depends: ccc cfal
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
libpostscript-simple-perl (#400119), orphaned today
Description: perl library for generating postscript files
Installations reported by Popcon: 57
mantis (#400120), orphaned today
Description: web-based bug tracking system
Installations reported by Popcon: 39
pyx (#400087), orphaned today
Description: Python module for generating PostScript graphics
Installations reported by Popcon: 245
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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No new packages have been given up for adoption, but a total of 84 packages
are awaiting adoption. 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 518 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 53
apt-build (#365427), requested 208 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 481
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 107 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 1955
athcool (#278442), requested 758 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 229
audacity (#397166), requested 18 days ago
Description: looking for co-maintainer
Installations reported by Popcon: 2043
cdw (#398252), requested 11 days ago
Description: Tool for burning CD's - console version
Reverse Depends: cdw cdw-common gcdw
Installations reported by Popcon: 258
cvs (#354176), requested 273 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: 9104
docbook (#358522), requested 246 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: 3495
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 246 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: 12196
dpkg (#282283), requested 733 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 (83 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 19795
grub (#248397), requested 927 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages grubconf replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 16092
gtkpod (#319711), requested 487 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 460
ispell-et (#391105), requested 50 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 11
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 84 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: 46
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 84 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 (138 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 439
mc (#380999), requested 114 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 5513
mwavem (#313369), requested 528 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
nas (#354174), requested 273 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 adonthell adplay alsaplayer-nas amarok
anymeal apollon ark arson (240 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13541
neverball (#387471), requested 70 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 519
ntp (#373824), requested 161 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 10145
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 44 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: 53
openssl (#332498), requested 413 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 (538 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 17666
parted (#262885), requested 843 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: 6827
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 807 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 273
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 50 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 198
sgml-data (#358521), requested 246 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: 12621
silky (#387472), requested 70 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 40
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 843 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: 9552
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 137 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 510
tex4ht (#386269), requested 78 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 607
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 171 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
tpctl (#332648), requested 412 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 180
tsocks (#387473), requested 70 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 727
unicorn (#345547), requested 326 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 10
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 157 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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