Work-needing packages report for Mar 2, 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: 357 (new: 6)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 87 (new: 5)
Total number of packages requested help for: 42 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
babygimp (#412626), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: An icon editor in Perl-Tk
Installations reported by Popcon: 61
dvbstream (#412480), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Broadcast a DVB Transport stream over a LAN
Installations reported by Popcon: 277
dvbtune (#412476), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Simple tuning application for DVB cards
Installations reported by Popcon: 313
gtkeyboard (#412771), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: A highly-configurable on-screen keyboard for
mouse-typing
Installations reported by Popcon: 72
kvdr (#412469), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: DVB (digital TV) Video Disk Recorder for KDE
Installations reported by Popcon: 229
mtoolsfm (#412770), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: a graphical user interface for accessing dos formatted
floppies
Installations reported by Popcon: 147
351 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:
binutils-m68hc1x (#412607), offered 3 days ago
Description: binary utilities that support Motorola's 68HC11/12
targets
Reverse Depends: gcc-m68hc1x gdb-m68hc1x
Installations reported by Popcon: 48
gcc-m68hc1x (#412608), offered 3 days ago
Description: GNU C compiler for the Motorola 68HC11/12 processors
Reverse Depends: newlib-m68hc1x
Installations reported by Popcon: 38
gdb-m68hc1x (#412610), offered 3 days ago
Description: GNU Debugger for the Motorola 68HC11/12 processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 16
hwinfo (#412637), offered 3 days ago
Description: Hardware identification system
Reverse Depends: hwinfo libhd13-dev xdebconfigurator
Installations reported by Popcon: 1769
newlib-m68hc1x (#412609), offered 3 days ago
Description: newlib library built for Motorola's 68HC11/12 targets
Installations reported by Popcon: 16
82 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 616 days ago
Description: Alpha bootloader: Looking for co-maintainers
Reverse Depends: aboot aboot-cross dfsbuild ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 56
apt-build (#365427), requested 306 days ago
Description: Need new developer(s)
Installations reported by Popcon: 645
apt-cacher (#403584), requested 73 days ago
Description: caching proxy system for Debian package and source
files
Installations reported by Popcon: 270
apt-show-versions (#382026), requested 205 days ago
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
Installations reported by Popcon: 2267
athcool (#278442), requested 856 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 250
audacity (#397166), requested 116 days ago
Description: looking for co-maintainer
Installations reported by Popcon: 2738
cdw (#398252), requested 109 days ago
Description: Tool for burning CD's - console version
Reverse Depends: cdw gcdw
Installations reported by Popcon: 241
cvs (#354176), requested 371 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: 12145
docbook (#358522), requested 344 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: 3864
docbook-xml (#358520), requested 344 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: 19160
dpkg (#282283), requested 831 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 (84
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 29001
gpsdrive (#406522), requested 49 days ago
Description: Car navigation system
Installations reported by Popcon: 303
grub (#248397), requested 1025 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: dfsbuild grub-splashimages replicator
Installations reported by Popcon: 24999
gtkpod (#319711), requested 585 days ago
Description: manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
Installations reported by Popcon: 495
ispell-et (#391105), requested 148 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 23
lighttpd (#401575), requested 87 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: 427
loop-aes-modules (#385615), requested 182 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-utils (#385614), requested 182 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: 512
mc (#380999), requested 212 days ago
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager
Reverse Depends: junior-system
Installations reported by Popcon: 7445
mwavem (#313369), requested 626 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 17
nas (#354174), requested 371 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: 21154
neverball (#387471), requested 168 days ago
Description: 3D arcade games: neverball & neverputt
Reverse Depends: junior-games-gl neverball
Installations reported by Popcon: 752
ntp (#373824), requested 259 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol: network utilities
Reverse Depends: ntp-refclock ntp-simple radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 12074
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 142 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: 140
openssl (#332498), requested 511 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 (546 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 26299
pbbuttonsd (#270558), requested 905 days ago
Description: PBButtons daemon to handle special hotkeys of Apple
computers
Reverse Depends: gtkpbbuttons gtkpbbuttons-gnome pbbuttonsd-dev
powerprefs
Installations reported by Popcon: 250
rt2400 (#411791), requested 9 days ago
Description: RT2400 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 67
rt2500 (#411788), requested 9 days ago
Description: RT2500 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 320
rt2570 (#411790), requested 9 days ago
Description: RT2570 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 112
rt2x00 (#411789), requested 9 days ago
Description: RT2x00 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 129
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 148 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 306
scilab (#271364), requested 900 days ago (non-free)
Description: Matrix-based scientific software package
Reverse Depends: scilab
Installations reported by Popcon: 268
sgml-data (#358521), requested 344 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: 19575
silky (#387472), requested 168 days ago
Description: SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) GTK+ based
client
Installations reported by Popcon: 39
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 941 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: 17080
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 235 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 664
tex4ht (#386269), requested 176 days ago
Description: LaTeX and TeX for Hypertext
Reverse Depends: tex4ht texlive-full
Installations reported by Popcon: 818
tikiwiki (#370592), requested 269 days ago
Description: groupware and content management system
Installations reported by Popcon: 8
tpctl (#332648), requested 510 days ago
Description: ThinkPad hardware configuration tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 172
tsocks (#387473), requested 168 days ago
Description: transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
Reverse Depends: tor
Installations reported by Popcon: 934
unicorn (#345547), requested 424 days ago (non-free)
Description: comaintainer with x86 hardware searched.
Installations reported by Popcon: 17
webalizer-stonesteps (#374455), requested 255 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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