Work-needing packages report for Feb 16, 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: 353 (new: 8)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 85 (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:
bbppp (#410616), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: PPP tool for the blackbox window manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 30
bbsload (#410620), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: System load tool for the blackbox window manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 75
dnsdoctor (#410901), orphaned yesterday
Description: DNS (Domain Name System) checking tool
Reverse Depends: dnsdoctor-cgi
Installations reported by Popcon: 163
echoping (#410900), orphaned yesterday
Description: A small test tool for TCP servers
Reverse Depends: smokeping
Installations reported by Popcon: 191
iacd (#410708), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: IRC Server
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
vrweb (#410621), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: A VRML browser and editor
Installations reported by Popcon: 156
windowlab (#410618), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Small and simple Amiga-like window manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 46
wlassistant (#410619), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: KDE frontend for wireless network connection
Installations reported by Popcon: 477
345 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 85 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 602 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 59
apt-build (#365427), requested 292 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 613
apt-cacher (#403584), requested 59 days ago
Description: caching proxy system for Debian package and source
files
Installations reported by Popcon: 255
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 191 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 2221
athcool (#278442), requested 842 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 250
audacity (#397166), requested 102 days ago
Description: looking for co-maintainer
Installations reported by Popcon: 2659
cdw (#398252), requested 95 days ago
Description: Tool for burning CD's - console version
Reverse Depends: cdw gcdw
Installations reported by Popcon: 239
cvs (#354176), requested 357 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: bonsai crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage
cvs2cl cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsdelta (17
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11749
docbook (#358522), requested 330 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: 3806
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 330 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: 18727
dpkg (#282283), requested 817 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: 28280
gpsdrive (#406522), requested 35 days ago
Description: Car navigation system
Installations reported by Popcon: 288
grub (#248397), requested 1011 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 24374
gtkpod (#319711), requested 571 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 514
ispell-et (#391105), requested 134 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 24
lighttpd (#401575), requested 73 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: 402
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 168 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: 32
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 168 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: 500
mc (#380999), requested 198 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 7213
mwavem (#313369), requested 612 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 14
nas (#354174), requested 357 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 adonthell alsaplayer-nas amarok anymeal
apollon ark arson asc (240 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 20581
neverball (#387471), requested 154 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 734
ntp (#373824), requested 245 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 11824
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 128 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: 135
openssl (#332498), requested 497 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 (543 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 25516
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 891 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 248
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 134 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 299
scilab (#271364), requested 886 days ago (non-free)
Description: Matrix-based scientific software package
Reverse Depends: scilab
Installations reported by Popcon: 253
sgml-data (#358521), requested 330 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: 19146
silky (#387472), requested 154 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 39
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 927 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: 16536
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 221 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 641
tex4ht (#386269), requested 162 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 793
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 255 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
tpctl (#332648), requested 496 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 171
tsocks (#387473), requested 154 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 906
unicorn (#345547), requested 410 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 19
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 241 days ago
Description: Web server log file analysis program
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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