Work-needing packages report for Jan 5, 2007
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: 329 (new: 2)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 80 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 38 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
apt-spy (#405297), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: writes a sources.list file based on bandwidth tests
Installations reported by Popcon: 884
mkrboot (#405527), orphaned today
Description: Make a kernel + root image bootable from one disk or
from DOS
Installations reported by Popcon: 156
327 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 80 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 560 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 52
apt-build (#365427), requested 250 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 512
apt-cacher (#403584), requested 17 days ago
Description: caching proxy system for Debian package and source
files
Installations reported by Popcon: 229
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 149 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 2067
athcool (#278442), requested 800 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 230
audacity (#397166), requested 60 days ago
Description: looking for co-maintainer
Installations reported by Popcon: 2285
cdw (#398252), requested 53 days ago
Description: Tool for burning CD's - console version
Reverse Depends: cdw gcdw
Installations reported by Popcon: 253
cvs (#354176), requested 315 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: 9959
docbook (#358522), requested 288 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: 3567
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 288 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: 15232
dpkg (#282283), requested 775 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: alien alsa-source apt-build apt-cross apt-src
backuppc build-essential clamsmtp crosshurd cvs-autoreleasedeb (83
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 23548
grub (#248397), requested 969 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 19894
gtkpod (#319711), requested 529 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 462
ispell-et (#391105), requested 92 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 16
lighttpd (#401575), requested 31 days ago
Description: A fast webserver with minimal memory footprint
Reverse Depends: lighttpd-mod-cml lighttpd-mod-magnet
lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl
lighttpd-mod-webdav
Installations reported by Popcon: 322
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 126 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: 38
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 126 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 (94 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 454
mc (#380999), requested 156 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 6156
mwavem (#313369), requested 570 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 9
nas (#354174), requested 315 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: 16761
neverball (#387471), requested 112 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 609
ntp (#373824), requested 203 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 10598
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 86 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: libopenalpp-cvs-dev libopenalpp-cvs1
libopenscenegraph-dev libopenscenegraph4 libopenthreads-dev
libosgal-cvs1 libproducer-dev libproducer4 openscenegraph osgcal
Installations reported by Popcon: 82
openssl (#332498), requested 455 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: afbackup afbackup-client alpine alpine-pico
anon-proxy aolserver4-nsimap aolserver4-nsopenssl apache-dbg
apache-ssl apache2-prefork-dev (538 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 21266
parted (#262885), requested 885 days ago
Description: Searching co-maintainer for the parted package.
Reverse Depends: aboot-installer autopartkit fatresize gparted
libparted1.7-dbg libparted1.7-dev libparted1.7-i18n lvmcfg-utils
mindi partconf (9 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 9907
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 849 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 242
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 92 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 234
scilab (#271364), requested 844 days ago (non-free)
Description: Matrix-based scientific software package
Reverse Depends: scilab
Installations reported by Popcon: 186
sgml-data (#358521), requested 288 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: 15652
silky (#387472), requested 112 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 37
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 885 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
(5 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12972
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 179 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 558
tex4ht (#386269), requested 120 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 687
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 213 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
tpctl (#332648), requested 454 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 180
tsocks (#387473), requested 112 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 792
unicorn (#345547), requested 368 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 14
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 199 days ago
Description: Web server log file analysis program
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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