Work-needing packages report for Mar 5, 2010
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: 571 (new: 23)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 130 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 62 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
acorn-fdisk (#572371), orphaned yesterday
Description: Partition editor for Acorn/RISC OS machines
Installations reported by Popcon: 17
blm (#572187), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Boolean line manipulator utility program for set
operations
Installations reported by Popcon: 19
complearn-gui (#572185), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: interactive 3d data mining tool and demo for universal
machine learning
Installations reported by Popcon: 60
israndom (#572181), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: nonclassical randomness test using data compressors
Installations reported by Popcon: 36
libcomplearn (#572179), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: machine-learning with data compression core library
runtime files
Reverse Depends: complearn-gui complearn-tools israndom
libcomplearn-dev libcomplearn-gomp-dev libcomplearn-mod-lzmax
libcomplearn-mod-ppmd libcomplearn-mod-ppmdx libcomplearn-ruby1.8
libcomplearn1-dbg (3 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 131
libcomplearn-mod-lzmax (#572180), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: LZMA compression module for CompLearn pattern
recognition system
Installations reported by Popcon: 13
libcomplearn-mod-ppmd (#572178), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: PPMD compression module for CompLearn pattern
recognition system
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
libcomplearn-mod-ppmdx (#572183), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: external PPMD compression module for CompLearn learning
library
Installations reported by Popcon: 6
libcomplearn-ruby (#572182), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Ruby binding to CompLearn library
Reverse Depends: libcomplearn-ruby
Installations reported by Popcon: 21
libconfig-yaml-perl (#572532), orphaned today
Description: Simple configuration automation
Reverse Depends: olive
Installations reported by Popcon: 169
libcoveb (#572173), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: range finding priority queue using optimized data
structure
Reverse Depends: libcoveb-dev libcoveb1-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
libcsoap (#572174), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: shared CSOAP library for SOAP client/server in C
Reverse Depends: libcsoap-dev libcsoap1 libcsoap1-dbg
libnanohttp-dev libnanohttp1-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 36
libqsearch (#572177), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: quartet tree search library for hierarchical clustering
Reverse Depends: complearn-gui libqsearch-dev libqsearch-gomp-dev
qsearch-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 79
libstring-format-perl (#572530), orphaned today
Description: sprintf-like string formatting with arbitrary format
definitions
Reverse Depends: libperl-critic-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 216
libsvm-ruby (#572176), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: Ruby bindings for LIBSVM library
Reverse Depends: libsvm-ruby
Installations reported by Popcon: 35
libuniversal-exports-perl (#572531), orphaned today
Description: Lightweight, universal exporting of variables
Reverse Depends: libclass-dbi-plugin-pager-perl
libformvalidator-simple-perl libmodule-pluggable-fast-perl
libtemplate-plugin-clickable-perl
Installations reported by Popcon: 553
lwm (#572506), orphaned today
Description: Lightweight Window Manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 82
mrd6 (#572373), orphaned yesterday
Description: IPv6 Multicast Routing Daemon
Installations reported by Popcon: 19
msrp (#572186), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: meta search and replace tool for both filenames and
files
Installations reported by Popcon: 20
prismstumbler (#572370), orphaned yesterday
Description: Wireless network sniffer
Installations reported by Popcon: 168
sfftobmp (#571979), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: SFF (Structed Fax File) Converter
Reverse Depends: capisuite
Installations reported by Popcon: 167
tla-buildpackage (#572348), orphaned yesterday
Description: Suite to help with Debian packages in Arch archives
Installations reported by Popcon: 171
wdm (#572372), orphaned yesterday
Description: WINGs Display Manager - an xdm replacement with a
WindowMaker look
Installations reported by Popcon: 330
548 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 130 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:
apt-cross (#540341), requested 209 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: 317
apt-xapian-index (#567955), requested 31 days ago
Description: maintenance tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages
Reverse Depends: adept ept-cache
Installations reported by Popcon: 5452
ara (#450876), requested 844 days ago
Description: utility for searching the Debian package database
Installations reported by Popcon: 112
asymptote (#517342), requested 370 days ago
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
MetaPost
Installations reported by Popcon: 1236
athcool (#278442), requested 1955 days ago
Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
Installations reported by Popcon: 161
blender (#570053), requested 16 days ago
Description: Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer
Reverse Depends: blender-ogrexml
Installations reported by Popcon: 3152
boinc (#511243), requested 420 days ago
Description: BOINC distributed computing
Reverse Depends: boinc-app-milkyway boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 1689
cvs (#354176), requested 1470 days ago
Description: Concurrent Versions System
Reverse Depends: autopoint crossvc cvs-autoreleasedeb
cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl cvs2html cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd
cvsps (11 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 25539
dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 859 days ago
Description: Command-line tools to process Debian package
information
Reverse Depends: aptfs debian-goodies debtree dlocate
haskell-devscripts javahelper libsbuild-perl linux-patch-debianlogo
simple-cdd ubuntu-dev-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 13598
debtags (#567954), requested 31 days ago
Description: Enables support for package tags
Reverse Depends: debtags-edit goplay packagesearch
Installations reported by Popcon: 2751
dietlibc (#544060), requested 188 days ago
Description: diet libc - a libc optimized for small size
Reverse Depends: libowfat-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 238
doc-central (#566364), requested 40 days ago
Description: web-based documentation browser
Installations reported by Popcon: 304
dpkg (#282283), requested 1929 days ago
Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
Reverse Depends: acct adacontrol advi advi-examples alien alqalam
alsa-source am-utils-doc apt-build apt-cross (479 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 91279
elvis (#432298), requested 969 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 209 days ago
Description: emdebian crossbuilding tool set
Reverse Depends: emdebian-buildsupport emdebian-qa emdebian-rootfs
emdebian-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 169
fbcat (#565156), requested 50 days ago
Description: framebuffer grabber
Installations reported by Popcon: 24
flightgear (#487388), requested 621 days ago
Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
Installations reported by Popcon: 661
gentoo (#422498), requested 1033 days ago
Description: a fully GUI-configurable, two-pane X file manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 225
gnat-4.4 (#539562), requested 693 days ago
Description: help needed to execute test cases
Reverse Depends: adabrowse adacontrol asis-programs ghdl gnat
gnat-4.4 gnat-gps gprbuild libadasockets-dev libahven1-dev (62 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 303
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 553 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Reverse Depends: gnat-gps-dbg gnat-gps-doc
Installations reported by Popcon: 209
grub2 (#248397), requested 2124 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: 68261
hfsprogs (#557892), requested 99 days ago
Description: mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
Installations reported by Popcon: 691
hibernate (#558739), requested 94 days ago
Description: smartly puts your computer to sleep (suspend to RAM or
disk)
Installations reported by Popcon: 16546
hotkey-setup (#483107), requested 646 days ago
Description: auto-configures laptop hotkeys
Installations reported by Popcon: 12161
imagemagick (#452314), requested 834 days ago
Description: Image manipulation programs
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ansel1 ascd asymptote
autotrace bins calibre cuneiform (94 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 30887
jove (#470185), requested 725 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Reverse Depends: xjove
Installations reported by Popcon: 444
kernel-patch-exec-shield (#516488), requested 376 days ago
Description: protection against stack smashing and other attacks
Reverse Depends: kernel-patch-exec-shield
Installations reported by Popcon: 48
koffice (#541691), requested 201 days ago
Description: KDE Office Suite
Installations reported by Popcon: 2964
kvm (#479951), requested 666 days ago
Description: Full virtualization on x86 hardware (Need help with
ia64, ppc and s390)
Reverse Depends: qemubuilder
Installations reported by Popcon: 1874
lesstif2 (#551853), requested 134 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: 15651
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 376 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Reverse Depends: dicoweb
Installations reported by Popcon: 16029
libcap2 (#534999), requested 249 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 (66 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 69263
libopenraw (#530244), requested 285 days ago
Description: free implementation for RAW decoding
Reverse Depends: gthumb libopenraw-dev libopenraw1-dbg
libopenrawgnome-dev libopenrawgnome1 libopenrawgnome1-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 7065
link-grammar (#556010), requested 111 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: 8432
logcheck (#539944), requested 212 days ago
Description: mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the
administrator
Reverse Depends: fiaif logcheck
Installations reported by Popcon: 4501
loop-aes-utils (#385614), requested 1281 days ago
Description: Tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems
Reverse Depends: partman-crypto-loop
Installations reported by Popcon: 597
lzma (#553707), requested 123 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: 72867
mdadm (#537993), requested 225 days ago
Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Reverse Depends: mdcfg-utils partman-md rescue-mode
Installations reported by Popcon: 12602
mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 638 days ago
Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
Reverse Depends: mediawiki-semediawiki
Installations reported by Popcon: 490
mol (#436450), requested 940 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: 36
mtr (#527482), requested 301 days ago
Description: Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool
Installations reported by Popcon: 33301
mutt (#512072), requested 412 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: 76411
mwavem (#313369), requested 1725 days ago (non-free)
Description: Mwave/ACP modem support software
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
nas (#354174), requested 1470 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm acm4 alsaplayer-nas amor audiooss basket
camstream celestia-kde creox djplay (154 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 45730
nn (#470187), requested 725 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 106
nvidia-graphics-drivers (#568952), requested 23 days ago (non-free)
Description: Developer needed to take on major role in packaging
team
Reverse Depends: libcuda1-dev nvidia-glx-dev nvidia-libvdpau-dev
nvidia-libvdpau1 nvidia-libvdpau1-ia32
Installations reported by Popcon: 4639
openbox (#566900), requested 38 days ago
Description: standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible
window manager
Reverse Depends: libobrender21 lxde-core obconf openbox openbox-dev
openbox-themes
Installations reported by Popcon: 3278
openldap (#512360), requested 408 days ago
Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
Reverse Depends: adtool alpine am-utils aolserver4-nsldap
apache2.2-bin asterisk asterisk-h323 audispd-plugins autofs-ldap
autofs5-ldap (218 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 72236
openoffice.org (#419523), requested 1053 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 (99 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 41639
openscenegraph (#392266), requested 1241 days ago
Description: 3d scenegraph
Reverse Depends: flightgear libopenscenegraph-dev
libopenscenegraph56 libopenthreads-dev libosgal1 libossim1
openscenegraph osgcal ossim-core simgear-dev (1 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 360
openssl (#332498), requested 1610 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 (695 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 90861
phpwiki (#540061), requested 211 days ago
Description: informal collaborative website manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 66
plt-scheme (#402589), requested 1179 days ago
Description: PLT scheme programming environment
Reverse Depends: drscheme mzscheme
Installations reported by Popcon: 356
proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 359 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: 6044
pyro (#530280), requested 285 days ago
Description: distributed object system for Python
Reverse Depends: pyro-examples pyro-gui
Installations reported by Popcon: 244
quilt (#543541), requested 191 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 mozilla-devscripts open-vm-source quilt-el (1 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 6843
resolvconf (#477723), requested 679 days ago
Description: name server information handler
Reverse Depends: debian-edu-config
Installations reported by Popcon: 10247
sepolgen (#483641), requested 643 days ago
Description: A Python module used in SELinux policy generation
Reverse Depends: policycoreutils
Installations reported by Popcon: 14338
sql-ledger (#472709), requested 709 days ago
Description: A web based double-entry accounting program
Installations reported by Popcon: 112
usplash (#563195), requested 63 days ago
Description: Userspace bootsplash utility
Reverse Depends: education-thin-client libusplash-dev
tuxonice-userui usplash
Installations reported by Popcon: 1197
wine (#479659), requested 667 days ago
Description: Windows API implementation
Reverse Depends: dssi-vst libwine-alsa libwine-capi libwine-cms
libwine-dbg libwine-dev libwine-esd libwine-gl libwine-gphoto2
libwine-jack (12 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13735
yasr (#474251), requested 699 days ago
Description: General-purpose console screen reader
Installations reported by Popcon: 53
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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