Work-needing packages report for Jul 10, 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: 397 (new: 4)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 130 (new: 5)
Total number of packages requested help for: 51 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
agg (#536171), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: The AntiGrain Geometry graphical toolkit (development
files)
Reverse Depends: libmapnik-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 219
backup-manager (#536155), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: command-line backup tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 453
diff-ext (#536170), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: File manager context menu extension to launch
comparison tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 44
tecnoballz (#536133), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: breaking block game ported from the Amiga platform
Reverse Depends: tecnoballz
Installations reported by Popcon: 236
393 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:
leafnode (#536023), offered 3 days ago
Installations reported by Popcon: 239
libvformat1 (#535686), offered 5 days ago
Reverse Depends: lbdb libvformat1-dev
libvformat1-dev (#535687), offered 5 days ago
mpt-status (#535798), offered 4 days ago
Installations reported by Popcon: 216
python-wordaxe (#536185), offered yesterday
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
125 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:
apache2 (#470795), requested 483 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 (163 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 44528
ara (#450876), requested 606 days ago
Description: utility for searching the Debian package database
Installations reported by Popcon: 116
asymptote (#517342), requested 132 days ago
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
MetaPost
Installations reported by Popcon: 535
athcool (#278442), requested 1717 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 190
boinc (#511243), requested 182 days ago
Description: BOINC distributed computing
Reverse Depends: boinc-app-milkyway boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 1636
cvs (#354176), requested 1232 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl
cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsps cvsreport (11
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 20967
dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 621 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 libsbuild-perl mlmmj
simple-cdd
Installations reported by Popcon: 12077
dpkg (#282283), requested 1691 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: alien alsa-source apt-build apt-cross apt-src
backuppc biblatex biblatex-dw build-essential bzr-builddeb (230 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 84425
elvis (#432298), requested 731 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: 374
fglrx-driver (#454993), requested 579 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: 1892
flightgear (#487388), requested 383 days ago
Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Installations reported by Popcon: 725
gentoo (#422498), requested 795 days ago
Description: a fully GUI-configurable, two-pane X file manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 257
gnat-4.3 (#475374), requested 455 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 (49 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 933
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 315 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Installations reported by Popcon: 124
grub2 (#248397), requested 1886 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: grub grub-coreboot grub-disk grub-efi
grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-ia32 grub-ieee1275 grub-linuxbios grub-pc
grub2
Installations reported by Popcon: 51192
hotkey-setup (#483107), requested 408 days ago
Description: auto-configures laptop hotkeys
Installations reported by Popcon: 18382
imagemagick (#452314), requested 596 days ago
Description: Image manipulation programs
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ale ascd asymptote
bins calibre cuneiform docbook2odf (86 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 27826
ispell-et (#391105), requested 1009 days ago
Description: Estonian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 126
jove (#470185), requested 487 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Reverse Depends: xjove
Installations reported by Popcon: 306
kernel-patch-exec-shield (#516488), requested 138 days ago
Description: protection against stack smashing and other attacks
Reverse Depends: kernel-patch-exec-shield
Installations reported by Popcon: 43
kvm (#479951), requested 428 days ago
Description: Full virtualization on x86 hardware (Need help with
ia64, ppc and s390)
Reverse Depends: kvm-dbg qemubuilder
Installations reported by Popcon: 1987
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 138 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Reverse Depends: dicoweb
Installations reported by Popcon: 14994
libcap2 (#534999), requested 11 days ago
Description: support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities
Reverse Depends: apache2-mpm-itk asterisk autodir avahi-daemon bind9
bind9-host bind9utils dnsutils hercules libbind9-50 (61 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 52252
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 1043 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: partman-crypto-loop
Installations reported by Popcon: 663
mantis (#471094), requested 481 days ago
Description: web-based bug tracking system
Installations reported by Popcon: 118
mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 400 days ago
Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
Reverse Depends: mediawiki-semediawiki
Installations reported by Popcon: 449
mol (#436450), requested 702 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: 50
mtr (#527482), requested 63 days ago
Description: Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 44874
mutt (#512072), requested 174 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: 70498
mwavem (#313369), requested 1487 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 3
nas (#354174), requested 1232 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas amor audiooss basket
camstream celestia-kde creox djplay (162 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 45804
nn (#470187), requested 487 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 107
openldap (#512360), requested 170 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 (184 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 55200
openoffice.org (#419523), requested 815 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 (103 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 42545
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 1003 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: flightgear libopenscenegraph-dev
libopenscenegraph56 libopenthreads-dev libosgal1 openscenegraph
Installations reported by Popcon: 169
openssl (#332498), requested 1372 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 (635 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 83887
plt-scheme (#402589), requested 941 days ago
Description: PLT scheme programming environment
Reverse Depends: drscheme mzscheme
Installations reported by Popcon: 318
proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 121 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: 4092
pyro (#530280), requested 47 days ago
Description: distributed object system for Python
Reverse Depends: pyro-examples pyro-gui
Installations reported by Popcon: 94
resolvconf (#477723), requested 441 days ago
Description: name server information handler
Reverse Depends: debian-edu-config
Installations reported by Popcon: 9146
rt2400 (#411791), requested 870 days ago
Description: RT2400 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 120
rt2570 (#411790), requested 870 days ago
Description: RT2570 wireless network drivers
Installations reported by Popcon: 173
rus-ispell (#391104), requested 1009 days ago
Description: Russian dictionary for Aspell/Ispell/MySpell
Installations reported by Popcon: 1980
sepolgen (#483641), requested 405 days ago
Description: A Python module used in SELinux policy generation
Reverse Depends: policycoreutils
Installations reported by Popcon: 17075
sgml-data (#358521), requested 1204 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: 46359
sql-ledger (#472709), requested 471 days ago
Description: A web based double-entry accounting program
Installations reported by Popcon: 117
wine (#479659), requested 429 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: 13774
wireshark (#520318), requested 113 days ago
Description: network traffic analyzer
Reverse Depends: kismet tshark wireshark
Installations reported by Popcon: 10462
wxwidgets2.8 (#463807), requested 522 days ago
Description: help for wxwidgets2.8 is appreciated
Reverse Depends: amule amule-daemon amule-utils amule-utils-gui
audacity bibus bitpim bittornado-gui boinc-manager crystalspace (49
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13619
xscreensaver (#521783), requested 101 days ago
Description: Automatic screensaver for X (looking for
co-maintainers)
Reverse Depends: kscreensaver-xsavers xscreensaver
xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extra
Installations reported by Popcon: 16323
yasr (#474251), requested 461 days ago
Description: General-purpose console screen reader
Installations reported by Popcon: 51
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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