Work-needing packages report for Apr 3, 2009
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: 409 (new: 18)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 120 (new: 6)
Total number of packages requested help for: 53 (new: 2)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
balazar (#521911), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: adventure/action game Balazar -- Arkanae II, reforged
scepters
Installations reported by Popcon: 393
balazarbrothers (#521916), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: 3D puzzle game
Installations reported by Popcon: 187
detachtty (#521499), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Attach/detach from interactive processes across the
network
Installations reported by Popcon: 126
editobj (#521927), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Python object editor
Reverse Depends: python-soya songwrite
Installations reported by Popcon: 1410
elmo (#521491), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: text-based mail-reader supporting SMTP and POP3
Installations reported by Popcon: 106
genetic (#521930), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: genetic algorithms in Python
Installations reported by Popcon: 96
ifrench (#521391), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: The French dictionary for ispell (Hydro-Quebec version)
Installations reported by Popcon: 915
nawm (#521485), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Non-windowmanager with windowmanager functionality
Installations reported by Popcon: 51
pdp (#521506), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Graphics system for Pd
Installations reported by Popcon: 50
pencam (#521510), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Download images from STV0680B-001 chip based digital
cameras
Installations reported by Popcon: 84
py2play (#521921), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: peer-to-peer network game engine
Reverse Depends: slune
Installations reported by Popcon: 731
pyopenal (#521923), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: port for Python of the OpenAL library
Installations reported by Popcon: 232
songwrite (#521932), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: guitar tablature editor and player
Installations reported by Popcon: 146
tofu (#521925), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: high-level network game engine for Python
Reverse Depends: balazar
Installations reported by Popcon: 500
ttf-isabella (#521502), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: The Isabella free TrueType font
Reverse Depends: magicmaze
Installations reported by Popcon: 1475
ttf-staypuft (#521501), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: The Stay-Puft free TrueType font
Installations reported by Popcon: 853
umlrun (#521475), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Components of umlrun to be installed inside UML
Installations reported by Popcon: 52
wmmaiload (#522209), orphaned yesterday
Description: dockapp to monitor mails in one or more mail boxes
Installations reported by Popcon: 95
391 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:
ctwm (#522256), offered today
Description: Claude's Tab window manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 107
debsigs (#522257), offered today
Description: applies cryptographic signatures to Debian packages
Installations reported by Popcon: 278
mdetect (#522258), offered today
Description: mouse device autodetection tool
Reverse Depends: ltsp-client
Installations reported by Popcon: 4837
read-edid (#522261), offered today
Description: hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP
monitors
Installations reported by Popcon: 2792
twofish (#522262), offered today
Description: Niels Ferguson's Twofish cryptographic algorithm
library
Installations reported by Popcon: 4
vtwm (#522263), offered today
Description: Virtual Tab Window Manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 96
114 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:
[NEW] irssi-scripts (#522279), requested today
Description: collection of scripts for irssi
Installations reported by Popcon: 1121
[NEW] xscreensaver (#521783), requested 3 days ago
Description: Automatic screensaver for X (looking for
co-maintainers)
Reverse Depends: kscreensaver-xsavers lxde-core xscreensaver
xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extra
Installations reported by Popcon: 16959
apache2 (#470795), requested 385 days ago
Description: Co-maintainer wanted
Reverse Depends: ampache apache2 apache2-dbg apache2-mpm-event
apache2-mpm-itk apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-mpm-worker
apache2-prefork-dev apache2-suexec apache2-suexec-custom (158 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 43350
ara (#450876), requested 508 days ago
Description: utility for searching the Debian package database
Installations reported by Popcon: 125
asymptote (#517342), requested 34 days ago
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
MetaPost
Installations reported by Popcon: 254
athcool (#278442), requested 1619 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 212
boinc (#511243), requested 84 days ago
Description: BOINC distributed computing
Reverse Depends: boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 1597
cvs (#354176), requested 1134 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl
cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsdelta cvsps (12 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 22784
dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 523 days ago
Description: Command-line tools to process Debian package
information
Reverse Depends: aptfs debian-goodies dlocate haskell-devscripts
hg-buildpackage ia32-archive ia32-libs-tools mlmmj sbuild simple-cdd
Installations reported by Popcon: 11151
dpkg (#282283), requested 1593 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: alien alsa-source apt-build apt-cross apt-src
backuppc biblatex-dw build-essential bzr-builddeb cacao-oj6-dbg (168
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 84320
drscheme (#402589), requested 843 days ago
Description: PLT scheme programming environment
Reverse Depends: drscheme minlog proofgeneral-minlog
Installations reported by Popcon: 313
elvis (#432298), requested 633 days ago
Description: powerful clone of the vi/ex text editor (with X11
support)
Reverse Depends: elvis elvis-console elvis-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 413
fglrx-driver (#454993), requested 481 days ago (non-free)
Description: non-free AMD/ATI r5xx, r6xx display driver
Reverse Depends: fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-atieventsd fglrx-control
fglrx-driver fglrx-glx fglrx-glx-ia32 fglrx-kernel-src
Installations reported by Popcon: 2227
flightgear (#487388), requested 285 days ago
Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Installations reported by Popcon: 961
gentoo (#422498), requested 697 days ago
Description: a fully GUI-configurable, two-pane X file manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 256
gnat-4.3 (#475374), requested 357 days ago
Description: help needed to execute test cases
Reverse Depends: adabrowse adacontrol asis-programs ghdl gnade-bin
gnat gnat-4.3 gnat-gps libadasockets-dev libahven16 (46 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 802
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 217 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Installations reported by Popcon: 133
grub (#248397), requested 1788 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: brdesktop-artwork-grub dfsbuild grub-choose-default
grub-doc replicator startupmanager
Installations reported by Popcon: 76834
hotkey-setup (#483107), requested 310 days ago
Description: auto-configures laptop hotkeys
Installations reported by Popcon: 25150
imagemagick (#452314), requested 498 days ago
Description: Image manipulation programs
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ale ascd asymptote
bins calibre cimg-dev docbook2odf (82 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 33083
ispell-et (#391105), requested 911 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 118
jove (#470185), requested 389 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Reverse Depends: xjove
Installations reported by Popcon: 335
kernel-patch-exec-shield (#516488), requested 40 days ago
Description: protection against stack smashing and other attacks
Reverse Depends: kernel-patch-exec-shield
Installations reported by Popcon: 49
kvm (#479951), requested 330 days ago
Description: Full virtualization on x86 hardware (Need help with
ia64, ppc and s390)
Reverse Depends: qemubuilder
Installations reported by Popcon: 1739
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 40 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Installations reported by Popcon: 15122
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 945 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: partman-crypto-loop
Installations reported by Popcon: 692
mantis (#471094), requested 383 days ago
Description: web-based bug tracking system
Installations reported by Popcon: 103
mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 302 days ago
Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
Reverse Depends: mediawiki-semediawiki
Installations reported by Popcon: 434
mol (#436450), requested 604 days ago
Description: The Mac-on-Linux emulator
Reverse Depends: mol-drivers-linux mol-drivers-macos
mol-drivers-macosx mol-modules-source
Installations reported by Popcon: 54
mutt (#512072), requested 76 days ago
Description: text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and
threading
Reverse Depends: debreaper metche mutt-dbg mutt-patched muttprofile
Installations reported by Popcon: 70848
mwavem (#313369), requested 1389 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
nas (#354174), requested 1134 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas amor atlantik audiooss
bibletime camstream celestia-kde compizconfig-backend-kconfig (233
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 49094
nn (#470187), requested 389 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 110
openldap (#512360), requested 72 days ago
Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
Reverse Depends: adtool alpine am-utils aolserver4-nsldap
apache2.2-common asterisk-h323 asterisk-oh323 audispd-plugins
autofs-ldap autofs5-ldap (178 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 45766
openoffice.org (#419523), requested 717 days ago
Description: OpenOffice.org Office suite
Reverse Depends: brdesktop-common brdesktop-gnome broffice.org
cli-uno-bridge docvert-openoffice.org libuno-cli-cppuhelper1.0-cil
libuno-cli-oootypes1.0-cil libuno-cli-ure1.0-cil
libuno-cli-uretypes1.0-cil mozilla-openoffice.org (97 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 45242
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 905 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: libopenscenegraph-dev libopenscenegraph55
libopenthreads-dev openscenegraph
Installations reported by Popcon: 161
openssl (#332498), requested 1274 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: 3270-common afbackup afbackup-client aircrack-ng
alpine anon-proxy aolserver4-nsimap aolserver4-nsopenssl
apache2-prefork-dev apache2-threaded-dev (587 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 83722
proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 23 days ago
Description: versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon
Reverse Depends: dtc-common gadmin-proftpd proftpd-dev
proftpd-mod-ldap proftpd-mod-mysql proftpd-mod-odbc
proftpd-mod-pgsql proftpd-mod-sqlite
Installations reported by Popcon: 3022
resolvconf (#477723), requested 343 days ago
Description: name server information handler
Reverse Depends: debian-edu-config
Installations reported by Popcon: 9020
rt2400 (#411791), requested 772 days ago
Description: RT2400 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 129
rt2570 (#411790), requested 772 days ago
Description: RT2570 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 206
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 911 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 2001
sepolgen (#483641), requested 307 days ago
Description: A Python module used in SELinux policy generation
Reverse Depends: policycoreutils
Installations reported by Popcon: 18937
sgml-data (#358521), requested 1106 days ago
Description: common SGML and XML data
Reverse Depends: debiandoc-sgml debiandoc2dbxml docbook
docbook-simple docbook-xml epiphany-extensions linuxdoc-tools psgml
stardict-common w3c-dtd-xhtml (3 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 48802
smlnj (#428273), requested 662 days ago
Description: Standard ML of New Jersey interactive compiler
Reverse Depends: libckit-smlnj libcml-smlnj libcmlutil-smlnj
libexene-smlnj libmlnlffi-smlnj libmlrisctools-smlnj
libpgraphutil-smlnj libsmlnj-smlnj ml-burg ml-lex (5 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 106
sql-ledger (#472709), requested 373 days ago
Description: A web based double-entry accounting program
Installations reported by Popcon: 108
stlport4.6 (#263052), requested 1704 days ago
Description: STLport C++ class library
Reverse Depends: libstlport4.6-dev openoffice.org-base
openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-core
openoffice.org-dev openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-evolution
openoffice.org-filter-binfilter openoffice.org-gnome (13 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 21050
svn-buildpackage (#377467), requested 998 days ago
Description: helper programs to maintain Debian packages with
Subversion
Reverse Depends: svn-autoreleasedeb
Installations reported by Popcon: 1397
torrus (#433223), requested 627 days ago
Description: Universal front-end for Round-Robin Databases
Reverse Depends: torrus-apache torrus-apache2
Installations reported by Popcon: 22
update-inetd (#472470), requested 374 days ago
Description: inetd.conf updater
Reverse Depends: amanda-common approx bootp cfingerd cups-bsd cvs
dictd ebhttpd ebnetd ebnetd-common (34 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 83205
wine (#479659), requested 331 days ago
Description: Windows API implementation
Reverse Depends: libwine-alsa libwine-capi libwine-cms libwine-dbg
libwine-dev libwine-esd libwine-gl libwine-gphoto2 libwine-jack
libwine-ldap (10 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13869
wireshark (#520318), requested 15 days ago
Description: network traffic analyzer
Reverse Depends: kismet tshark wireshark
Installations reported by Popcon: 10474
wxwidgets2.8 (#463807), requested 424 days ago
Description: help for wxwidgets2.8 is appreciated
Reverse Depends: amaya amule amule-daemon amule-utils
amule-utils-gui audacity bibus bitpim bittornado-gui boinc-manager
(45 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11512
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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