Work-needing packages report for Oct 30, 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: 614 (new: 16)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 151 (new: 3)
Total number of packages requested help for: 54 (new: 1)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
cournol (#552416), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Analyze absolute supply monopolies and polypolies
Installations reported by Popcon: 15
gnusim8085 (#553068), orphaned today
Description: Graphical Intel 8085 simulator, assembler and debugger
Installations reported by Popcon: 82
jaxml (#553069), orphaned today
Description: Python module for generating XML documents
Reverse Depends: scanerrlog
Installations reported by Popcon: 241
mrt (#553070), orphaned today
Description: Multi-threaded Routing Toolkit (BGP4+/BGP/RIPng/RIP2)
Installations reported by Popcon: 74
mtop (#553186), orphaned today
Description: MySQL terminal based query monitor
Installations reported by Popcon: 245
netstat-nat (#553187), orphaned today
Description: A tool that display NAT connections
Installations reported by Popcon: 585
picasm (#553071), orphaned today
Description: Assembler for the Microchip PIC-family Microcontrollers
Installations reported by Popcon: 91
pyching (#553072), orphaned today
Description: A Python program to cast and interpret I Ching
hexagrams
Installations reported by Popcon: 80
python-adns (#553073), orphaned today
Description: Python bindings to the asynchronous DNS resolver
library
Installations reported by Popcon: 194
python-biggles (#553074), orphaned today
Description: Scientific plotting package for Python
Installations reported by Popcon: 61
python-gd (#553075), orphaned today
Description: Python module wrapper for libgd
Reverse Depends: sagemath
Installations reported by Popcon: 437
python-uncertainities (#553076), orphaned today
Description: Python module for working with uncertain numbers
Installations reported by Popcon: 257
pythoncard (#553077), orphaned today
Description: wxPython-based GUI construction framework
(meta-package)
Reverse Depends: libkate-tools pythoncard pythoncard-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 185
pyx (#552750), orphaned today
Description: Python module for generating PostScript graphics
Reverse Depends: pyxplot
Installations reported by Popcon: 409
sshguard (#552749), orphaned today
Description: Protects from brute force attacks against ssh
Installations reported by Popcon: 144
tictactoe (#553080), orphaned today
Description: tic-tac-toe game written in Ruby
Installations reported by Popcon: 69
598 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:
liblazy (#552404), offered 3 days ago
Description: convenience functions for D-Bus, HAL and PK
Reverse Depends: liblazy-dev libpowersave11 powersaved
Installations reported by Popcon: 673
powersave (#552403), offered 3 days ago
Description: power management daemon
Reverse Depends: libpowersave-dev powersaved
Installations reported by Popcon: 732
wallpaper-tray (#553167), offered today
Installations reported by Popcon: 314
148 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] fluxbox (#552328), requested 4 days ago
Description: Highly configurable and low resource X11 Window manager
Reverse Depends: bbmail
Installations reported by Popcon: 3186
apt-cross (#540341), requested 83 days ago
Description: retrieve, build and install libraries for
cross-compiling
Reverse Depends: apt-cross emdebian-buildsupport emdebian-qa
emdebian-rootfs emdebian-tools libemdebian-tools-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 291
ara (#450876), requested 718 days ago
Description: utility for searching the Debian package database
Installations reported by Popcon: 113
asymptote (#517342), requested 244 days ago
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
MetaPost
Installations reported by Popcon: 1093
athcool (#278442), requested 1829 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 176
boinc (#511243), requested 294 days ago
Description: BOINC distributed computing
Reverse Depends: boinc-app-milkyway boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 1653
cvs (#354176), requested 1344 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl
cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsps cvsservice (10
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 24672
dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 733 days ago
Description: Command-line tools to process Debian package
information
Reverse Depends: aptfs debian-goodies debtree dlocate
haskell-devscripts hg-buildpackage libsbuild-perl
linux-patch-debianlogo mlmmj simple-cdd
Installations reported by Popcon: 13064
dietlibc (#544060), requested 62 days ago
Description: diet libc - a libc optimized for small size
Reverse Depends: libowfat-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 229
dpkg (#282283), requested 1803 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: adacontrol alien alqalam alsa-source am-utils-doc
apt-build apt-cross apt-src aspell-doc asymptote (389 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 87561
elvis (#432298), requested 843 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: 405
emdebian-tools (#540333), requested 83 days ago
Description: emdebian crossbuilding tool set
Reverse Depends: emdebian-buildsupport emdebian-qa emdebian-rootfs
emdebian-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 170
flightgear (#487388), requested 495 days ago
Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Installations reported by Popcon: 675
gentoo (#422498), requested 907 days ago
Description: a fully GUI-configurable, two-pane X file manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 227
gnat-4.4 (#539562), requested 567 days ago
Description: help needed to execute test cases
Reverse Depends: gnat-4.4 libgnat-4.4 libgnat-4.4-dbg libgnatprj4.4
libgnatprj4.4-dbg libgnatprj4.4-dev libgnatvsn4.4 libgnatvsn4.4-dbg
libgnatvsn4.4-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 14
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 427 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Installations reported by Popcon: 125
graphviz (#536245), requested 113 days ago
Description: rich set of graph drawing tools
Reverse Depends: anjuta dot2tex frama-c ggobi graphviz graphviz-dev
libdeps-renderer-dot-perl libgraphviz-dev libgraphviz-perl
libgv-guile (16 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 43035
grub2 (#248397), requested 1998 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: grub grub-coreboot grub-disk grub-efi
grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-ia32 grub-ieee1275 grub-legacy
grub-linuxbios grub-pc (2 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 60081
hotkey-setup (#483107), requested 520 days ago
Description: auto-configures laptop hotkeys
Installations reported by Popcon: 15140
imagemagick (#452314), requested 708 days ago
Description: Image manipulation programs
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ascd asymptote bins
calibre cuneiform docbook2odf drgeo (90 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 29616
jove (#470185), requested 599 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Reverse Depends: xjove
Installations reported by Popcon: 362
kernel-patch-exec-shield (#516488), requested 250 days ago
Description: protection against stack smashing and other attacks
Reverse Depends: kernel-patch-exec-shield
Installations reported by Popcon: 42
kio-locate (#543298), requested 66 days ago
Description: kio-slave for the locate command
Installations reported by Popcon: 266
koffice (#541691), requested 75 days ago
Description: KDE Office Suite
Installations reported by Popcon: 3231
kvm (#479951), requested 540 days ago
Description: Full virtualization on x86 hardware (Need help with
ia64, ppc and s390)
Reverse Depends: kvm-dbg qemubuilder
Installations reported by Popcon: 2272
lesstif2 (#551853), requested 8 days ago
Description: OSF/Motif 2.1 implementation released under LGPL
Reverse Depends: clustalx cmucl-clm ddd dx elk geomview gpsd-clients
grace grass gridengine-qmon (50 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 15824
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 250 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Reverse Depends: dicoweb
Installations reported by Popcon: 15461
libcap2 (#534999), requested 123 days ago
Description: support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Reverse Depends: apache2.2-bin asterisk autodir avahi-daemon bind9
bind9-host bind9utils dnsutils hercules libbind9-50 (61 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 61080
logcheck (#539944), requested 86 days ago
Description: mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the
administrator
Reverse Depends: fiaif logcheck
Installations reported by Popcon: 4365
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 1155 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: partman-crypto-loop
Installations reported by Popcon: 638
mdadm (#537993), requested 99 days ago
Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Reverse Depends: mdcfg-utils partman-md rescue-mode
Installations reported by Popcon: 11666
mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 512 days ago
Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
Reverse Depends: mediawiki-semediawiki
Installations reported by Popcon: 472
mol (#436450), requested 814 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: 40
mtr (#527482), requested 175 days ago
Description: Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 38658
munin (#535691), requested 117 days ago
Description: help packaging 1.3 to experimental and report bugs
upstream
Reverse Depends: mailping munin-libvirt-plugins munin-plugins-extra
Installations reported by Popcon: 5071
mutt (#512072), requested 286 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: 73263
mwavem (#313369), requested 1599 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
nas (#354174), requested 1344 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas amor audiooss basket
camstream celestia-kde creox djplay (164 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 45835
nn (#470187), requested 599 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 108
openldap (#512360), requested 282 days ago
Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
Reverse Depends: adtool alpine am-utils aolserver4-nsldap
apache2.2-bin asterisk asterisk-h323 asterisk-oh323 audispd-plugins
autofs-ldap (201 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 63982
openoffice.org (#419523), requested 927 days ago
Description: OpenOffice.org Office suite
Reverse Depends: brdesktop-common brdesktop-gnome broffice.org
cli-uno-bridge docvert-openoffice.org libjodconverter-java
libuno-cli-cppuhelper1.0-cil libuno-cli-oootypes1.0-cil
libuno-cli-ure1.0-cil libuno-cli-uretypes1.0-cil (88 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 41738
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 1115 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: flightgear libopenscenegraph-dev
libopenscenegraph56 libopenthreads-dev libosgal1 openscenegraph
osgcal simgear-dev simgear1.9.1
Installations reported by Popcon: 272
openssl (#332498), requested 1484 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: 3270-common afbackup afbackup-client afflib-tools
aircrack-ng alpine amanda-client amanda-common amanda-server
anon-proxy (675 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 87094
phpwiki (#540061), requested 85 days ago
Description: informal collaborative website manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 70
plt-scheme (#402589), requested 1053 days ago
Description: PLT scheme programming environment
Reverse Depends: drscheme mzscheme
Installations reported by Popcon: 356
proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 233 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: 5053
pyro (#530280), requested 159 days ago
Description: distributed object system for Python
Reverse Depends: pyro-examples pyro-gui
Installations reported by Popcon: 105
quilt (#543541), requested 65 days ago
Description: Tool to work with series of patches
Reverse Depends: audacious-plugins-dev batman-adv-source
batmand-gateway-source et131x-source gcc-4.4-source
gpib-modules-source gquilt mozilla-devscripts open-vm-source
quilt-el (1 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 6273
resolvconf (#477723), requested 553 days ago
Description: name server information handler
Reverse Depends: debian-edu-config
Installations reported by Popcon: 9976
sepolgen (#483641), requested 517 days ago
Description: A Python module used in SELinux policy generation
Reverse Depends: policycoreutils
Installations reported by Popcon: 15729
sgml-data (#358521), requested 1316 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: 46767
sql-ledger (#472709), requested 583 days ago
Description: A web based double-entry accounting program
Installations reported by Popcon: 121
wine (#479659), requested 541 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 (11 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13734
yasr (#474251), requested 573 days ago
Description: General-purpose console screen reader
Installations reported by Popcon: 56
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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