Work-needing packages report for Jul 28, 2017
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: 1116 (new: 12)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 164 (new: 1)
Total number of packages requested help for: 46 (new: 0)
Please refer to http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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The following packages have been orphaned:
convlit (#869299), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: convert Microsoft Reader .LIT files to HTML
Installations reported by Popcon: 628
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869299
dctrl2xml (#869312), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Debian control data to XML converter
Installations reported by Popcon: 11
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869312
efp (#869301), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Escape from Pong NES game
Installations reported by Popcon: 86
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869301
github-backup (#869397), orphaned 4 days ago
Description: backs up data from GitHub
Installations reported by Popcon: 126
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869397
libkarma (#869290), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Rio Karma access library [development files]
Reverse Depends: banshee karma-tools libkarma-cil libkarma-cil-dev
libkarma-dev
Installations reported by Popcon: 1755
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869290
libunwind (#869710), orphaned 2 days ago
Description: library to determine the call-chain of a program
Reverse Depends: gdnsd intel-gpu-tools julia libgoogle-glog0v5
libgoogle-perftools-dev libgoogle-perftools4 libheaptrack
libunwind-dev libunwind-setjmp0 libunwind-setjmp0-dbg (6 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 11507
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869710
magicmaze (#869294), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: rescue the maiden while avoiding the monsters
Installations reported by Popcon: 145
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869294
pax-britannica (#869292), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: one-button multi-player real-time strategy game
Reverse Depends: pax-britannica
Installations reported by Popcon: 164
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869292
vtprint (#869295), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Prints to term emulator via ANSI codes
Installations reported by Popcon: 28
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869295
wordwarvi (#869297), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: retro-styled side-scrolling shoot'em up arcade game
Reverse Depends: wordwarvi
Installations reported by Popcon: 151
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869297
xfrisk (#869300), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Server and X11 client for playing risk with humans or
AIs
Installations reported by Popcon: 203
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869300
xgammon (#869298), orphaned 5 days ago
Description: Implementation of backgammon under X
Installations reported by Popcon: 191
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869298
1104 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:
scoop (#869224), offered 6 days ago
Description: Python library for concurrent parallel programming
Installations reported by Popcon: 58
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/869224
163 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:
autopkgtest (#846328), requested 239 days ago
Description: automatic as-installed testing for Debian packages
Reverse Depends: debci-worker openstack-pkg-tools
Installations reported by Popcon: 890
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/846328
balsa (#642906), requested 2132 days ago
Description: An e-mail client for GNOME
Reverse Depends: balsa-dbg
Installations reported by Popcon: 712
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/642906
busybox (#854181), requested 173 days ago
Description: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
Reverse Depends: bootcd busybox-syslogd dropbear-initramfs
live-boot-initramfs-tools open-infrastructure-system-boot udhcpc
udhcpd wicd-daemon zfs-initramfs
Installations reported by Popcon: 194953
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/854181
cargo (#860116), requested 107 days ago
Description: Rust package manager
Reverse Depends: dh-cargo
Installations reported by Popcon: 468
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/860116
cups (#532097), requested 2973 days ago
Description: Common UNIX Printing System
Reverse Depends: bluez-cups boomaga chromium
cinnamon-settings-daemon cloudprint cups cups-backend-bjnp
cups-browsed cups-bsd cups-client (66 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 177048
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/532097
cyrus-sasl2 (#799864), requested 673 days ago
Description: authentication abstraction library
Reverse Depends: 389-ds-base 389-ds-base-libs 389-dsgw adcli
autofs-ldap cairo-dock-mail-plug-in claws-mail
claws-mail-acpi-notifier claws-mail-address-keeper
claws-mail-archiver-plugin (127 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 196370
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/799864
dee (#831388), requested 377 days ago
Description: model to synchronize mutiple instances over DBus
Reverse Depends: dee-tools gir1.2-dee-1.0 libdee-1.0-4-dbg
libdee-dev zeitgeist-core
Installations reported by Popcon: 62985
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/831388
developers-reference (#759995), requested 1062 days ago
Description: guidelines and information for Debian developers
Installations reported by Popcon: 15938
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/759995
devscripts (#800413), requested 667 days ago
Description: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer
easier
Reverse Depends: apt-build apt-listdifferences aptfs arriero
bzr-builddeb customdeb debci debian-builder debmake debpear (24 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 13089
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/800413
ejabberd (#767874), requested 997 days ago
Description: distributed, fault-tolerant Jabber/XMPP server written
in Erlang
Reverse Depends: ejabberd-contrib ejabberd-mod-cron
ejabberd-mod-log-chat ejabberd-mod-logsession ejabberd-mod-logxml
ejabberd-mod-message-log ejabberd-mod-muc-log-http
ejabberd-mod-post-log ejabberd-mod-pottymouth ejabberd-mod-rest (4
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 634
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/767874
fbcat (#565156), requested 2752 days ago
Description: framebuffer grabber
Installations reported by Popcon: 194
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/565156
fgetty (#823061), requested 453 days ago
Description: console-only getty & login (issue with nis)
Installations reported by Popcon: 1518
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/823061
freeipmi (#628062), requested 2254 days ago
Description: GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol
Reverse Depends: conman freeipmi freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
freeipmi-ipmidetect freeipmi-ipmiseld freeipmi-tools ipmitool
libfreeipmi-dev libfreeipmi16 libipmiconsole-dev (7 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 6695
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/628062
freerdp (#799759), requested 674 days ago
Description: RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (X11 client)
Reverse Depends: freerdp-x11 freerdp-x11-dbg libfreerdp-cache1.1
libfreerdp-client1.1 libfreerdp-codec1.1 libfreerdp-common1.1.0
libfreerdp-core1.1 libfreerdp-crypto1.1 libfreerdp-dbg
libfreerdp-dev (29 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 72636
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/799759
gnat-gps (#496905), requested 3255 days ago
Description: co-maintainer needed
Reverse Depends: gnat-gps
Installations reported by Popcon: 520
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/496905
grub2 (#248397), requested 4826 days ago
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
Reverse Depends: debootstick grml-rescueboot grml2usb grub-coreboot
grub-coreboot-bin grub-coreboot-dbg grub-disk grub-efi
grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin (38 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 193459
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/248397
heimdal (#849325), requested 214 days ago
Description: Heimdal Kerberos
Reverse Depends: heimdal-clients heimdal-clients-x heimdal-dbg
heimdal-dev heimdal-kcm heimdal-kdc heimdal-multidev heimdal-servers
heimdal-servers-x libasn1-8-heimdal (15 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 34648
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/849325
hfsprogs (#557892), requested 2801 days ago
Description: mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
Installations reported by Popcon: 1867
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/557892
javaparser (#820471), requested 475 days ago
Description: Java library for parsing Java 1.5.
Reverse Depends: umlet
Installations reported by Popcon: 831
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/820471
jmol (#719330), requested 1447 days ago
Description: Molecular Viewer
Reverse Depends: jalview jmol jmol-applet libbiojava4.0-java
sagemath
Installations reported by Popcon: 775
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/719330
jove (#470185), requested 3427 days ago
Description: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs - a compact, powerful
editor
Installations reported by Popcon: 396
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/470185
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 3078 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Reverse Depends: check-mk-multisite
Installations reported by Popcon: 6011
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/516501
libreoffice (#419523), requested 3755 days ago
Description: office productivity suite
Reverse Depends: design-desktop gir1.2-lokdocview-0.1 gnome jabref
jodconverter jodreports-cli libaccessodf-java libjodconverter-java
libjodreports-java liblibreofficekitgtk (190 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 97330
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/419523
libteam (#743212), requested 1214 days ago
Description: library for controlling team network device
Reverse Depends: ladvd libteam-dev libteam-utils network-manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 83319
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/743212
logcheck (#539944), requested 2914 days ago
Description: mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the
administrator
Reverse Depends: logcheck logster
Installations reported by Popcon: 4628
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/539944
munin (#655889), requested 2021 days ago
Description: please help with maintenance
Reverse Depends: groonga-munin-plugins mailping munin munin-async
munin-libvirt-plugins munin-node munin-plugins-btrfs
munin-plugins-core munin-plugins-extra munin-plugins-java (1 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12288
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/655889
nas (#354174), requested 4172 days ago
Description: The Network Audio System
Reverse Depends: acm alsaplayer-nas gbsplay isdnvboxclient
libaudio-dev libqtgui4 mpg123 mplayer mplayer-gui nas (6 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 110147
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/354174
nilfs-tools (#723599), requested 1409 days ago
Description: Continuous Snapshotting Log-structured Filesystem
Reverse Depends: libguestfs-nilfs partclone
Installations reported by Popcon: 899
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/723599
nn (#470187), requested 3427 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 63
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/470187
ntp (#855342), requested 161 days ago
Description: Network Time Protocol programs
Reverse Depends: aiccu bwctl-server freeipa-client freeipa-server
lava ltsp-client openstack-cloud-services openstack-compute-node
plinth radioclk
Installations reported by Popcon: 65727
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/855342
numba (#864367), requested 50 days ago
Description: on-the-fly native machine code compiler for Python
Installations reported by Popcon: 12
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/864367
openldap (#512360), requested 3110 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 anope
aolserver4-nsldap (207 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 195101
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/512360
openssl (#332498), requested 4312 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: 0install-core acme-tiny afflib-tools
alljoyn-services-1509 alljoyn-services-1604 alljoyn-thin-client-1504
amanda-client amanda-common amanda-server amqp-tools (717 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 195788
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/332498
openvanilla-modules (#678401), requested 1862 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: 6
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/678401
pam-krb5-migrate (#724346), requested 1403 days ago
Description: PAM module for migrating to Kerberos
Installations reported by Popcon: 1
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/724346
pgpool2 (#772047), requested 966 days ago
Description: connection pool server and replication proxy for
PostgreSQL
Reverse Depends: libpgpool-dev pgpool2 pgpool2-dbg
postgresql-9.5-pgpool2 postgresql-9.6-pgpool2
Installations reported by Popcon: 140
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/772047
php-horde-core (#686007), requested 1795 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: 172
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/686007
pngquant (#863328), requested 63 days ago
Description: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising
utility
Installations reported by Popcon: 571
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/863328
proftpd-dfsg (#519175), requested 3061 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: 8465
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/519175
pulseaudio (#743303), requested 1213 days ago
Description: PulseAudio sound server
Reverse Depends: aegisub aiscm audacious-plugins audiotools
baresip-x11 blueman browser-plugin-freshplayer-libpdf
browser-plugin-freshplayer-nacl
browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash budgie-core (173 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 128817
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/743303
qbzr (#848879), requested 219 days ago
Description: Graphical interface for Bazaar using the Qt toolkit
Reverse Depends: bzr-explorer
Installations reported by Popcon: 160
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/848879
samba (#814382), requested 532 days ago
Description: SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Reverse Depends: acccheck backuppc caja-share cifs-utils ctdb
freeipa-server freeipa-server-trust-ad freeradius fusesmb
gadmin-samba (49 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 134825
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/814382
smokeping (#824712), requested 435 days ago
Description: latency logging and graphing system
Installations reported by Popcon: 888
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/824712
spamassassin (#676314), requested 1877 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: 10908
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/676314
torbrowser-launcher (#796295), requested 706 days ago
Description: helps download, update and run the Tor Browser Bundle
Installations reported by Popcon: 2066
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/796295
vpnc (#818547), requested 497 days ago
Description: Cisco-compatible VPN client
Reverse Depends: network-manager-vpnc
Installations reported by Popcon: 15725
Bug Report URL: http://bugs.debian.org/818547
See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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