Work-needing packages report for Nov 27, 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: 671 (new: 14)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 140 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 53 (new: 1)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
bug-triage (#557482), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Bug triaging and forwarding tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 38
gcipher (#557268), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: A simple "encryption" tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 114
gift (#557274), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: interface library for giFT and protocol plugins
Reverse Depends: gift giftd giftoxic giftui libgift-dev
libgiftproto-dev libgiftproto0 libgnutella-gift libopenft-gift
Installations reported by Popcon: 501
gift-openft (#557275), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: giFT plugin for the OpenFT network
Reverse Depends: gift
Installations reported by Popcon: 401
gnomad2 (#557276), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: Manage a Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox
Installations reported by Popcon: 367
herrie (#557582), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Minimalistic audio player built upon Ncurses
Installations reported by Popcon: 65
libesmtp (#557269), orphaned 6 days ago
Description: LibESMTP SMTP client library
Reverse Depends: balsa esmtp gnunet-server libesmtp-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 1397
libspiff (#557586), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: library to read/write XSPF, the XML Shareable Playlist
Format
Reverse Depends: herrie libspiff-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 19
mozplugger (#557588), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Plugin allowing external viewers to be launched inside
Mozilla
Reverse Depends: brdesktop-common
Installations reported by Popcon: 2421
mtink (#557878), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Status monitor tool for Epson inkjet printers
Installations reported by Popcon: 226
pam-devperm (#557587), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: PAM module to change device ownership on login
Installations reported by Popcon: 67
python-bzutils (#557481), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: Python module to interact with bugzilla servers
Reverse Depends: bug-triage
Installations reported by Popcon: 62
snowdrop (#557585), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: plain text watermarking and watermark recovery
Installations reported by Popcon: 77
twistedsnmp (#557584), orphaned 3 days ago
Description: Event driven digital circuit simulator with Tcl/Tk
Installations reported by Popcon: 41
657 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 140 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:
[NEW] hfsprogs (#557892), requested yesterday
Description: mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
Installations reported by Popcon: 630
apt-cross (#540341), requested 111 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: 303
ara (#450876), requested 746 days ago
Description: utility for searching the Debian package database
Installations reported by Popcon: 113
asymptote (#517342), requested 272 days ago
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
MetaPost
Installations reported by Popcon: 1151
athcool (#278442), requested 1857 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 169
boinc (#511243), requested 322 days ago
Description: BOINC distributed computing
Reverse Depends: boinc-app-milkyway boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 1619
cvs (#354176), requested 1372 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: 25069
dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 761 days ago
Description: Command-line tools to process Debian package
information
Reverse Depends: aptfs debian-goodies debtree dlocate
haskell-devscripts libsbuild-perl linux-patch-debianlogo mlmmj
simple-cdd
Installations reported by Popcon: 13340
dietlibc (#544060), requested 90 days ago
Description: diet libc - a libc optimized for small size
Reverse Depends: libowfat-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 236
dpkg (#282283), requested 1831 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: adacontrol advi advi-examples alien alqalam
alsa-source am-utils-doc apt-build apt-cross apt-src (429 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 89117
elvis (#432298), requested 871 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: 407
emdebian-tools (#540333), requested 111 days ago
Description: emdebian crossbuilding tool set
Reverse Depends: emdebian-buildsupport emdebian-qa emdebian-rootfs
emdebian-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 171
flightgear (#487388), requested 523 days ago
Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Installations reported by Popcon: 689
fluxbox (#552328), requested 32 days ago
Description: Highly configurable and low resource X11 Window manager
Reverse Depends: bbmail
Installations reported by Popcon: 3155
gentoo (#422498), requested 935 days ago
Description: a fully GUI-configurable, two-pane X file manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 230
gnat-4.4 (#539562), requested 595 days ago
Description: help needed to execute test cases
Reverse Depends: asis-programs gnat gnat-4.4 libasis2008
libasis2008-dev libaunit1-dev libaunit3 libgnadecommon1
libgnadecommon1-dev libgnadeodbc1-dev (17 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 53
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 455 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Installations reported by Popcon: 141
grub2 (#248397), requested 2026 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 (3 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 62737
hotkey-setup (#483107), requested 548 days ago
Description: auto-configures laptop hotkeys
Installations reported by Popcon: 14434
imagemagick (#452314), requested 736 days ago
Description: Image manipulation programs
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ascd asymptote
autotrace bins calibre cuneiform docbook2odf (89 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 30268
jove (#470185), requested 627 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Reverse Depends: xjove
Installations reported by Popcon: 428
kernel-patch-exec-shield (#516488), requested 278 days ago
Description: protection against stack smashing and other attacks
Reverse Depends: kernel-patch-exec-shield
Installations reported by Popcon: 45
koffice (#541691), requested 103 days ago
Description: KDE Office Suite
Installations reported by Popcon: 3180
kvm (#479951), requested 568 days ago
Description: Full virtualization on x86 hardware (Need help with
ia64, ppc and s390)
Reverse Depends: kvm-dbg qemubuilder
Installations reported by Popcon: 2288
lesstif2 (#551853), requested 36 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 (51 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 16075
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 278 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Reverse Depends: dicoweb
Installations reported by Popcon: 15748
libcap2 (#534999), requested 151 days ago
Description: support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Reverse Depends: apache2.2-bin asterisk autodir avahi-daemon bind9
bind9-host bind9utils dnsutils dovecot-common hercules (62 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 63721
link-grammar (#556010), requested 13 days ago
Description: Carnegie Mellon University's link grammar parser for
English
Reverse Depends: abiword-plugin-grammar liblink-grammar4
liblink-grammar4-dev liblink-grammar4-java link-grammar
Installations reported by Popcon: 7524
logcheck (#539944), requested 114 days ago
Description: mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the
administrator
Reverse Depends: fiaif logcheck
Installations reported by Popcon: 4460
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 1183 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: partman-crypto-loop
Installations reported by Popcon: 625
lzma (#553707), requested 25 days ago
Description: future of Debian squashfs-lzma
Reverse Depends: dpkg dpkg-dev dtrx libcomplearn-mod-lzmax
locales-all lzma-source vsag
Installations reported by Popcon: 67136
mdadm (#537993), requested 127 days ago
Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Reverse Depends: mdcfg-utils partman-md rescue-mode
Installations reported by Popcon: 11895
mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 540 days ago
Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
Reverse Depends: mediawiki-semediawiki
Installations reported by Popcon: 497
mol (#436450), requested 842 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: 44
mtr (#527482), requested 203 days ago
Description: Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 37360
mutt (#512072), requested 314 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: 74697
mwavem (#313369), requested 1627 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
nas (#354174), requested 1372 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas amor audiooss basket
camstream celestia-kde creox djplay (165 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 46186
nn (#470187), requested 627 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 107
openldap (#512360), requested 310 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 (202 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 66659
openoffice.org (#419523), requested 955 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 (90 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 42191
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 1143 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: 298
openssl (#332498), requested 1512 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 (670 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 88663
phpwiki (#540061), requested 113 days ago
Description: informal collaborative website manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 72
plt-scheme (#402589), requested 1081 days ago
Description: PLT scheme programming environment
Reverse Depends: drscheme mzscheme
Installations reported by Popcon: 352
proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 261 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: 5271
pyro (#530280), requested 187 days ago
Description: distributed object system for Python
Reverse Depends: pyro-examples pyro-gui
Installations reported by Popcon: 105
quilt (#543541), requested 93 days ago
Description: Tool to work with series of patches
Reverse Depends: audacious-plugins-dev batmand-gateway-source
broadcom-sta-source et131x-source gcc-4.4-source gpib-modules-source
gquilt mercurial-buildpackage mozilla-devscripts open-vm-source (2
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 6359
resolvconf (#477723), requested 581 days ago
Description: name server information handler
Reverse Depends: debian-edu-config
Installations reported by Popcon: 10125
sepolgen (#483641), requested 545 days ago
Description: A Python module used in SELinux policy generation
Reverse Depends: policycoreutils
Installations reported by Popcon: 15463
sql-ledger (#472709), requested 611 days ago
Description: A web based double-entry accounting program
Installations reported by Popcon: 124
wine (#479659), requested 569 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: 13858
yasr (#474251), requested 601 days ago
Description: General-purpose console screen reader
Installations reported by Popcon: 58
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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