Work-needing packages report for Oct 10, 2025
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: 1139 (new: 0)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 134 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 52 (new: 2)
Please refer to https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.
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No new packages have been orphaned, but a total of 1139 packages are
orphaned. See https://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 134 packages
are awaiting adoption. See https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage
for a complete list.
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For the following packages help is requested:
[NEW] riseup-vpn (#1117550), requested 2 days ago
Description: Easy, fast, and secure VPN service from riseup.net
Installations reported by Popcon: 393
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1117550
[NEW] torrus (#1117225), requested 4 days ago
Description: Universal front-end for Round-Robin Databases (common
files)
Installations reported by Popcon: 15
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1117225
apache2 (#910917), requested 2553 days ago
Description: Apache HTTP Server
Reverse Depends: apache2 apache2-ai-bots apache2-ssl-dev
apache2-suexec-custom apache2-suexec-pristine backuppc
courier-webadmin cvsweb debbugs-web debian-edu-router-deployserver
(112 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 120419
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/910917
apparmor (#1006872), requested 1312 days ago
Description: user-space parser utility for AppArmor
Reverse Depends: apparmor-notify apparmor-profiles
apparmor-profiles-extra apparmor-utils dbus-broker dbus-daemon
dbus-tests debian-cloud-images-packages dovecot-core firejail (31
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 259196
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1006872
autopkgtest (#846328), requested 3235 days ago
Description: automatic as-installed testing for Debian packages
Reverse Depends: debci-worker rocm-podman-support rocm-qemu-support
sbuild-qemu
Installations reported by Popcon: 1372
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/846328
balsa (#642906), requested 5128 days ago
Description: An e-mail client for GNOME
Reverse Depends: balsa
Installations reported by Popcon: 318
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/642906
cargo (#860116), requested 3103 days ago
Description: Rust package manager
Reverse Depends: cargo-debstatus dh-cargo dh-rust
python3-setuptools-rust rust-all
Installations reported by Popcon: 4445
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/860116
casparcg-server (#1071139), requested 513 days ago
Description: layered real-time video compositor to multiple outputs
Installations reported by Popcon: 7
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1071139
chromium (#1016047), requested 1171 days ago
Description: web browser
Reverse Depends: budgie-desktop-environment chromium chromium-driver
chromium-headless-shell chromium-l10n chromium-shell qunit-selenium
x2gothinclient-minidesktop
Installations reported by Popcon: 27442
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1016047
cinnamon (#1114514), requested 33 days ago
Description: Innovative and comfortable desktop
Reverse Depends: cinnamon cinnamon-core
Installations reported by Popcon: 12695
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1114514
corectrl (#1093892), requested 259 days ago
Description: Control your computer hardware using application
profiles
Installations reported by Popcon: 309
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1093892
cyrus-imapd (#921717), requested 2435 days ago
Description: Cyrus mail system - IMAP support
Reverse Depends: cyrus-admin cyrus-caldav cyrus-clients cyrus-dev
cyrus-imapd cyrus-murder cyrus-nntpd cyrus-pop3d cyrus-replication
Installations reported by Popcon: 313
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/921717
dee (#831388), requested 3373 days ago
Description: model to synchronize multiple instances over DBus
Reverse Depends: dee-tools gir1.2-dee-1.0 gir1.2-unity-7.0
libdee-dev libunity-dev libunity-protocol-private0 libunity-tools
libunity9 zeitgeist-core
Installations reported by Popcon: 71174
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/831388
developers-reference (#759995), requested 4058 days ago
Description: guidelines and information for Debian developers
Installations reported by Popcon: 1246
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/759995
dh-make-elpa (#942642), requested 2182 days ago
Description: helper for creating Debian packages from ELPA packages
Installations reported by Popcon: 41
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/942642
docker.io (#908868), requested 2581 days ago
Description: Linux container runtime
Reverse Depends: debcraft distrobox docker-clean due
golang-github-awslabs-soci-snapshotter-dev
golang-github-containerd-nydus-snapshotter-dev
golang-github-containers-buildah-dev
golang-github-containers-common-dev
golang-github-containers-image-dev
golang-github-crowdsecurity-crowdsec-dev (9 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 12295
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/908868
ecere-sdk (#1051593), requested 760 days ago
Description: Ecere cross-platform SDK
Reverse Depends: ecere-dev ecere-sdk libecc0 libecereaudio0 libeda0
libedasqlite0
Installations reported by Popcon: 2
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1051593
ejabberd (#1072724), requested 489 days ago
Description: extensible realtime platform (XMPP server + MQTT broker
+ SIP service)
Reverse Depends: ejabberd-contrib ejabberd-mod-cron
ejabberd-mod-default-contacts ejabberd-mod-default-rooms
ejabberd-mod-deny-omemo ejabberd-mod-filter ejabberd-mod-grafite
ejabberd-mod-irc ejabberd-mod-isolation ejabberd-mod-log-chat (13
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 287
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1072724
frama-c (#907946), requested 2592 days ago
Description: Platform dedicated to the analysis of source code
written in C
Installations reported by Popcon: 14
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/907946
freedombox (#940881), requested 2210 days ago
Description: debian pure blend, user-friendly, privacy-oriented home
server
Reverse Depends: fbx-all
Installations reported by Popcon: 1013
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/940881
freeradius (#933376), requested 2264 days ago
Description: high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server
Reverse Depends: freeradius freeradius-config freeradius-dhcp
freeradius-iodbc freeradius-krb5 freeradius-ldap
freeradius-memcached freeradius-mysql freeradius-postgresql
freeradius-python3 (5 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 1807
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/933376
gkrellm-radio (#1003222), requested 1372 days ago
Description: FM radio tuner for GKrellM
Installations reported by Popcon: 33
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1003222
gnome-shell-extension-caffeine (#891457), requested 2783 days ago
Description: GNOME Shell extension to keep your computer awake
Installations reported by Popcon: 658
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/891457
gnucash (#910059), requested 2564 days ago
Description: personal and small-business financial-accounting
software
Reverse Depends: gnucash
Installations reported by Popcon: 2150
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/910059
heimdal (#849325), requested 3210 days ago
Description: Heimdal Kerberos
Reverse Depends: heimdal-clients heimdal-dev heimdal-kcm heimdal-kdc
heimdal-multidev heimdal-servers libafsauthent2t64 libafsrpc2t64
libasn1-8t64-heimdal libgssapi3t64-heimdal (21 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 1064
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/849325
ifupdown (#1101365), requested 197 days ago
Description: high level tools to configure network interfaces
Reverse Depends: ceni debian-edu-router-config ifenslave
octavia-agent overlay-boot pppoeconf ucarp
Installations reported by Popcon: 261282
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1101365
ifupdown-ng-compat (#1089696), requested 302 days ago
Description: Incompatibilities with classic ifupdown remain
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1089696
imagemagick (#1017366), requested 1152 days ago
Description: image manipulation programs -- binaries
Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ascd asymptote
auto-multiple-choice-common beads caja-image-converter cct
converseen (119 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 79675
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1017366
libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 6074 days ago
Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
Installations reported by Popcon: 1723
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/516501
libmng (#831389), requested 3373 days ago
Description: Multiple-image Network Graphics library
Reverse Depends: libdevil1c2 libmng-dev libsynfig0t64
libxine2-misc-plugins mencoder mplayer mplayer-gui
qt5-image-formats-plugins qt6-image-formats-plugins
Installations reported by Popcon: 1791
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/831389
libteam (#743212), requested 4210 days ago
Description: library for controlling team network device
Reverse Depends: ladvd libteam-dev libteam-utils network-manager
Installations reported by Popcon: 128566
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/743212
lintian (#1012289), requested 1224 days ago
Description: Debian package checker
Reverse Depends: debian-package-scripts jenkins-debian-glue-buildenv
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl pkg-perl-tools progress-linux-maintainers
Installations reported by Popcon: 26097
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1012289
mailman3 (#998223), requested 1438 days ago
Description: Mailing list management system
Reverse Depends: mailman3-full python3-mailman-hyperkitty
Installations reported by Popcon: 170
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/998223
multipath-tools (#1083104), requested 373 days ago
Description: maintain multipath block device access
Reverse Depends: fence-agents-mpath freedom-maker
ganeti-instance-debootstrap kiwi-dracut-oem-dump
kiwi-systemdeps-filesystems libblockdev-mpath3 libmpathcmd-dev
libmpathpersist-dev libmpathpersist0 libmpathvalid-dev (10 more
omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 8267
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1083104
nilfs-tools (#723599), requested 4405 days ago
Description: Continuous Snapshotting Log-structured Filesystem
Reverse Depends: libguestfs-nilfs
Installations reported by Popcon: 1063
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/723599
nn (#470187), requested 6423 days ago
Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
Installations reported by Popcon: 56
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/470187
open-build-service (#984462), requested 1681 days ago
Reverse Depends: obs-server
Installations reported by Popcon: 81
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/984462
openldap (#512360), requested 6106 days ago
Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
Reverse Depends: 389-ds-base 389-ds-base-dev 389-ds-base-libs adcli
alpine anope apache2-bin asterisk-modules audispd-plugins
autofs-ldap (139 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 251296
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/512360
opensnitch (#1070855), requested 517 days ago
Description: GNU/Linux interactive application firewall
Installations reported by Popcon: 236
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1070855
openssl (#332498), requested 7308 days ago
Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
cryptographic tools
Reverse Depends: 389-ds-base 389-ds-base-libs accel-config-test
acme-tiny afflib-tools aircrack-ng alpine alsa-scarlett-gui
amanda-common android-file-transfer (1172 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 267043
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/332498
openvanilla-modules (#678401), requested 4858 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: 4
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/678401
pgpool2 (#772047), requested 3962 days ago
Description: connection pool server and replication proxy for
PostgreSQL
Reverse Depends: libpgpool-dev pgpool2 postgresql-17-pgpool2
postgresql-18-pgpool2
Installations reported by Popcon: 61
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/772047
pulseaudio (#743303), requested 4209 days ago
Description: PulseAudio sound server
Reverse Depends: aegisub ardour ares ascii-patrol audacious-plugins
audiotools audmes ayatana-indicator-sound baresip-x11 blender (214
more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 157146
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/743303
sbcl (#1068094), requested 558 days ago
Description: Common Lisp compiler and development system
Reverse Depends: buildapp cl-quicklisp roslisp
Installations reported by Popcon: 1188
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1068094
singularity-container (#1068578), requested 550 days ago
Description: container platform focused on supporting "Mobility of
Compute"
Installations reported by Popcon: 149
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1068578
slony1-2 (#1014403), requested 1192 days ago
Description: replication system for PostgreSQL
Installations reported by Popcon: 21
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1014403
softether-vpn (#1030780), requested 975 days ago
Description: multiprotocol VPN program
Reverse Depends: softether-vpnbridge softether-vpnclient
softether-vpncmd softether-vpnserver
Installations reported by Popcon: 87
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1030780
spamassassin (#676314), requested 4873 days ago
Description: Perl-based spam filter using text analysis
Reverse Depends: claws-mail-spamassassin
evolution-plugin-spamassassin fuzzyocr isbg
roundcube-plugin-sauserprefs sa-compile sa-exim spamass-milter
spamassassin-heatu spamd (1 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 5251
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/676314
swi-prolog (#896458), requested 2728 days ago
Description: ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog interpreter
Reverse Depends: elpa-ediprolog libppl-swi swi-prolog swi-prolog-bdb
swi-prolog-core-packages swi-prolog-doc swi-prolog-full
swi-prolog-java swi-prolog-nox swi-prolog-odbc (2 more omitted)
Installations reported by Popcon: 1118
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/896458
tbsync (#1093223), requested 266 days ago
Description: Thunderbird/Lightning Add-On to support MS Exchange
Calendar etc.
Reverse Depends: webext-eas4tbsync
Installations reported by Popcon: 273
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1093223
torbrowser-launcher (#796295), requested 3702 days ago
Description: helps download, update and run the Tor Browser Bundle
Installations reported by Popcon: 3237
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/796295
xloadimage (#919265), requested 2460 days ago
Description: Graphics file viewer under X11
Installations reported by Popcon: 880
Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/919265
See https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.
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