Work-needing packages report for Oct 17, 2014

[wnpp@debian.org]

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: 611 (new: 3)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 141 (new: 3)
Total number of packages requested help for: 58 (new: 0)

Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.

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The following packages have been orphaned:

   fstrcmp (#765334), orphaned 2 days ago
     Description: fuzzy comparison of strings
     Reverse Depends: fstrcmp libfstrcmp-dev libfstrcmp0-dbg
     Installations reported by Popcon: 27

   lcdf-typetools (#765323), orphaned 2 days ago
     Description: Programs to manipulate OpenType, multiple-master, and
       Type 1
     Reverse Depends: open-font-design-toolkit texlive-full
     Installations reported by Popcon: 3569

   libexplain (#765335), orphaned 2 days ago
     Description: utility to explain system call errors
     Reverse Depends: explain libexplain-dev libexplain30-dbg
       libexplain51-dbg tardy
     Installations reported by Popcon: 42

608 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:

   adns (#765629), offered today
     Description: Asynchronous-capable DNS client library and utilities
     Reverse Depends: adns-tools apachetop libadns1-dev python-adns sauce
       tetrinetx
     Installations reported by Popcon: 3575

   splash (#764684), offered 6 days ago
     Description: Visualisation tool for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
       simulation
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1

   t1utils (#765322), offered 2 days ago
     Description: Collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs
     Reverse Depends: lintian mftrace texlive-full
     Installations reported by Popcon: 14086

138 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:

   apt-xapian-index (#567955), requested 1718 days ago
     Description: maintenance tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages
     Reverse Depends: ept-cache goplay packagesearch
     Installations reported by Popcon: 77655

   athcool (#278442), requested 3642 days ago
     Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
     Installations reported by Popcon: 45

   awstats (#755797), requested 85 days ago
     Description: powerful and featureful web server log analyzer
     Installations reported by Popcon: 4161

   balsa (#642906), requested 1117 days ago
     Description: An e-mail client for GNOME
     Reverse Depends: balsa-dbg
     Installations reported by Popcon: 750

   cardstories (#624100), requested 1270 days ago
     Description: Find out a card using a sentence made up by another
       player
     Installations reported by Popcon: 14

   chromium-browser (#583826), requested 1600 days ago
     Description: Chromium browser
     Reverse Depends: chromedriver chromium-dbg chromium-l10n mozplugger
     Installations reported by Popcon: 25864

   cups (#532097), requested 1958 days ago
     Description: Common UNIX Printing System
     Reverse Depends: bluez-cups chromium cinnamon-settings-daemon
       cloudprint cups cups-backend-bjnp cups-browsed cups-bsd cups-client
       cups-core-drivers (63 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 143067

   debtags (#567954), requested 1718 days ago
     Description: Enables support for package tags
     Reverse Depends: goplay packagesearch
     Installations reported by Popcon: 2274

   developers-reference (#759995), requested 47 days ago
     Description: guidelines and information for Debian developers
     Installations reported by Popcon: 15098

   fbcat (#565156), requested 1737 days ago
     Description: framebuffer grabber
     Installations reported by Popcon: 164

   freeipmi (#628062), requested 1239 days ago
     Description: GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol
     Reverse Depends: freeipmi freeipmi-bmc-watchdog freeipmi-ipmidetect
       freeipmi-ipmiseld freeipmi-tools libfreeipmi-dev libfreeipmi16
       libipmiconsole-dev libipmiconsole2 libipmidetect-dev (4 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 5693

   gnat-gps (#496905), requested 2240 days ago
     Description: co-maintainer needed
     Reverse Depends: gnat-gps gnat-gps-dbg
     Installations reported by Popcon: 508

   gnokii (#677750), requested 852 days ago
     Description: Datasuite for mobile phone management
     Reverse Depends: gnokii gnokii-cli gnokii-smsd gnokii-smsd-mysql
       gnokii-smsd-pgsql gnome-phone-manager libgnokii-dev libgnokii6
       xgnokii
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1584

   gnupg (#660685), requested 969 days ago
     Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
     Reverse Depends: 0install-core apt aptly arriero bootstrap-base
       cdebootstrap cdebootstrap-static clamav-unofficial-sigs cloud-utils
       debbindiff (56 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 173621

   gradle (#683666), requested 805 days ago
     Description: Groovy based build system
     Reverse Depends: gradle libgradle-plugins-java
     Installations reported by Popcon: 153

   gridengine (#703256), requested 578 days ago
     Description: Distributed resource management
     Reverse Depends: gridengine-client gridengine-drmaa-dev
       gridengine-exec gridengine-master gridengine-qmon logol
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1178

   grub2 (#248397), requested 3811 days ago
     Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
     Reverse Depends: grml-rescueboot grml2usb grub-coreboot
       grub-coreboot-bin grub-coreboot-dbg grub-disk grub-efi
       grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-dbg (36 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 167370

   guake (#755928), requested 84 days ago
     Description: Drop-down terminal for GNOME Desktop Environment
     Reverse Depends: guake-indicator
     Installations reported by Popcon: 2006

   hfsprogs (#557892), requested 1786 days ago
     Description: mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1572

   irssi-scripts (#663577), requested 948 days ago
     Description: collection of scripts for irssi
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1201

   jmol (#719330), requested 432 days ago
     Description: Molecular Viewer
     Reverse Depends: jalview jmol jmol-applet libbiojava3.0-java
     Installations reported by Popcon: 384

   jove (#470185), requested 2412 days ago
     Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
       editor
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1212

   libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 2063 days ago
     Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
     Reverse Depends: check-mk-multisite whiteboard
     Installations reported by Popcon: 11373

   libburn (#679249), requested 841 days ago
     Description: library to provide CD/DVD writing functions
     Reverse Depends: cdrskin cdw k3b libbrasero-media3-1 libburn-dbg
       libburn-dev libisoburn-dbg libisoburn-dev libisoburn1 simpleburn (2
       more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 81928

   libept (#678382), requested 847 days ago
     Description: High-level library for managing Debian package
       information
     Reverse Depends: debtags goplay libept-dev packagesearch synaptic
     Installations reported by Popcon: 130195

   libisoburn (#679265), requested 841 days ago
     Description: command line ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge manipulation tool
     Reverse Depends: debian-cd fai-quickstart libisoburn-dbg
       libisoburn-dev simpleburn xorriso
     Installations reported by Popcon: 2143

   libisofs (#679254), requested 841 days ago
     Description: library to create ISO9660 images
     Reverse Depends: libbrasero-media3-1 libisoburn-dbg libisoburn-dev
       libisoburn1 libisofs-dbg libisofs-dev xfburn xorriso
     Installations reported by Popcon: 81702

   libreoffice (#419523), requested 2740 days ago
     Description: office productivity suite
     Reverse Depends: browser-plugin-libreoffice gnome jodconverter
       jodreports-cli libaccessodf-java libjodconverter-java
       libjodreports-java libreoffice libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer
       libreoffice-avmedia-backend-vlc (192 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 81470

   libteam (#743212), requested 199 days ago
     Description: library for controlling team network device
     Reverse Depends: libteam-dev libteam-utils network-manager
     Installations reported by Popcon: 13834

   libvorbisidec (#698378), requested 637 days ago
     Description: Integer-only Ogg Vorbis decoder, AKA 'tremor'
     Reverse Depends: libvorbisidec-dev mednafen mpd onscripter
     Installations reported by Popcon: 9400

   link-grammar (#556010), requested 1798 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: 7244

   logcheck (#539944), requested 1899 days ago
     Description: mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the
       administrator
     Reverse Depends: fiaif logcheck logster
     Installations reported by Popcon: 4964

   mediawiki-extensions (#484545), requested 2325 days ago
     Description: set of extensions for MediaWiki
     Reverse Depends: mediawiki-extensions
       mediawiki-extensions-collection mediawiki-extensions-geshi
       mediawiki-extensions-graphviz mediawiki-extensions-ldapauth
       mediawiki-extensions-openid
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1097

   mg (#734331), requested 283 days ago
     Description: microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor
     Installations reported by Popcon: 352

   munin (#655889), requested 1006 days ago
     Description: please help keeping munin 2.0 in shape
     Reverse Depends: mailping munin munin-async munin-libvirt-plugins
       munin-node munin-plugins-core munin-plugins-extra munin-plugins-java
       munin-plugins-openstack
     Installations reported by Popcon: 10219

   mysql-utilities (#741911), requested 213 days ago
     Description: collection of scripts for managing MySQL servers
     Installations reported by Popcon: 3457

   nas (#354174), requested 3157 days ago
     Description: The Network Audio System
     Reverse Depends: acm alsaplayer-nas gbsplay isdnvboxclient
       libaudio-dev libqtgui4 nas nas-bin speech-dispatcher-audio-plugins
       timidity (1 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 99494

   nilfs-tools (#723599), requested 394 days ago
     Description: Continuous Snapshotting Log-structured Filesystem
     Reverse Depends: libguestfs-nilfs nilfs-tools-dbg
     Installations reported by Popcon: 314

   nn (#470187), requested 2412 days ago
     Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 77

   openldap (#512360), requested 2095 days ago
     Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
     Reverse Depends: 389-admin 389-ds-base 389-ds-base-dev
       389-ds-base-libs 389-dsgw adcli alpine am-utils aolserver4-nsldap
       apache2-bin (193 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 170205

   openmx (#706711), requested 531 days ago
     Description: package for nano-scale material simulations
     Installations reported by Popcon: 174

   openscenegraph (#392266), requested 2928 days ago
     Description: 3d scenegraph
     Reverse Depends: choreonoid-plugins-base fgrun flightgear
       libcnoid-dev libcnoid1 libopenscenegraph-dev libopenscenegraph100
       libopenthreads-dev libopenwalnut1 libopenwalnut1-dev (19 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 447

   openssl (#332498), requested 3297 days ago
     Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
       cryptographic tools
     Reverse Depends: 0install-core 389-ds-base afflib-tools alpine
       amanda-client amanda-common amanda-server amqp-tools
       android-tools-adb anon-proxy (848 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 170865

   openvanilla-modules (#678401), requested 847 days ago
     Description: libraries of openvanilla input method
     Reverse Depends: openvanilla-imgeneric-data-all
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-ja openvanilla-imgeneric-data-ko
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-th openvanilla-imgeneric-data-vi
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-zh-cn openvanilla-imgeneric-data-zh-hk
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-zh-tw ucimf-openvanilla
     Installations reported by Popcon: 10

   pam-krb5-migrate (#724346), requested 388 days ago
     Description: PAM module for migrating to Kerberos
     Installations reported by Popcon: 15

   parmetis (#706710), requested 531 days ago (non-free)
     Description: Parallel Graph Partitioning and Sparse Matrix Ordering
       Tests
     Reverse Depends: libparmetis-dev libsuitesparse-metis-3.1.0
       libsuitesparse-metis-dbg libsuitesparse-metis-dev parmetis-test
     Installations reported by Popcon: 185

   pgadmin3 (#757770), requested 66 days ago
     Description: graphical administration tool for PostgreSQL
     Reverse Depends: pgadmin3 pgadmin3-dbg
     Installations reported by Popcon: 3901

   php-horde-core (#686007), requested 780 days ago
     Description: web-based groupware and other applications
     Reverse Depends: php-horde php-horde-ansel php-horde-content
       php-horde-dav php-horde-form php-horde-gollem php-horde-imp
       php-horde-ingo php-horde-kronolith php-horde-mnemo (10 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 74

   php5 (#664595), requested 941 days ago
     Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language
     Reverse Depends: acidbase adminer ampache auth2db-frontend cacti
       cakephp cakephp-instaweb cakephp-scripts collabtive d-push (531 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 61774

   proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 2046 days ago
     Description: versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon
     Reverse Depends: gadmin-proftpd proftpd-dev proftpd-mod-autohost
       proftpd-mod-case proftpd-mod-dnsbl proftpd-mod-fsync
       proftpd-mod-geoip proftpd-mod-ldap proftpd-mod-msg proftpd-mod-mysql
       (5 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 9043

   pulseaudio (#743303), requested 198 days ago
     Description: PulseAudio sound server
     Reverse Depends: aegisub audacious-plugins blueman
       cairo-dock-impulse-plug-in cinnamon cinnamon-control-center
       cinnamon-settings-daemon darkice empathy fbzx (150 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 113173

   pyro (#530280), requested 1972 days ago
     Description: distributed object system for Python
     Reverse Depends: pyro-examples pyro-gui
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1675

   rng-tools (#630920), requested 1216 days ago
     Description: Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1069

   scilab (#744140), requested 189 days ago
     Description: Scientific software package for numerical computations
     Reverse Depends: cantor-backend-scilab python-sciscipy scilab
       scilab-ann scilab-celestlab scilab-cli scilab-doc-fr scilab-doc-ja
       scilab-doc-pt-br scilab-full-bin (8 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1990

   screen (#654116), requested 1018 days ago
     Description: terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
     Reverse Depends: apt-dater byobu cereal epoptes-client mdm
       piuparts-slave podracer screen-dbg screenie
     Installations reported by Popcon: 49454

   spamassassin (#676314), requested 862 days ago
     Description: seeking co-maintainers
     Reverse Depends: claws-mail-spamassassin fuzzyocr sa-compile sa-exim
       sa-learn-cyrus spamass-milter spamassassin-heatu spampd
     Installations reported by Popcon: 15916

   xml-core (#660687), requested 969 days ago
     Description: XML infrastructure and XML catalog file support
     Reverse Depends: dia-common docbook-ebnf docbook-mathml
       docbook-simple docbook-slides docbook-website docbook-xml
       docbook-xsl docbook-xsl-ns docbook2x (10 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 158411

   zoneminder (#760314), requested 44 days ago
     Description: Linux video camera security and surveillance solution
     Installations reported by Popcon: 496

See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.