linux.debian.devel

Work-needing packages report for Feb 10, 2012


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: 403 (new: 13)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 143 (new: 0)
Total number of packages requested help for: 59 (new: 0)

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

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The following packages have been orphaned:

   bochs (#659023), orphaned 2 days ago
     Description: IA-32 PC emulator
     Reverse Depends: bochs bochs-sdl bochs-svga bochs-term bochs-wx
       bochs-x
     Installations reported by Popcon: 2210

   catwalk (#658918), orphaned 3 days ago
     Installations reported by Popcon: 60

   openhackware (#658774), orphaned 4 days ago
     Description: OpenFirmware emulator for PowerPC
     Reverse Depends: qemu-system
     Installations reported by Popcon: 8215

   proll (#658886), orphaned 3 days ago
     Description: JavaStation PROM 2.x compatible replacement
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1692

   python-tgext.admin (#658921), orphaned 3 days ago
     Reverse Depends: python-catwalk
     Installations reported by Popcon: 60

   python-toscawidgets (#658922), orphaned 3 days ago
     Reverse Depends: python-sprox python-tgext.admin python-turbogears2
     Installations reported by Popcon: 79

   python-webflash (#658923), orphaned 3 days ago
     Reverse Depends: python-turbogears2
     Installations reported by Popcon: 93

   sprox (#658924), orphaned 3 days ago
     Reverse Depends: python-catwalk python-tgext.admin
     Installations reported by Popcon: 64

   tg.devtools (#658925), orphaned 3 days ago
     Installations reported by Popcon: 54

   ttb (#659241), orphaned today
     Description: Browse teletekst (Dutch) on your computer
     Installations reported by Popcon: 27

   turbogears2-doc (#658927), orphaned 3 days ago
     Installations reported by Popcon: 71

   vera (#659056), orphaned 2 days ago
     Description: Dictionary of computer related acronyms
     Installations reported by Popcon: 494

   vgabios (#658776), orphaned 4 days ago
     Description: VGA BIOS software for the Bochs and Qemu emulated VGA
       card
     Reverse Depends: bochs qemu-kvm qemu-system
     Installations reported by Popcon: 8838

390 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 143 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:

   apache2 (#646208), requested 110 days ago
     Description: Apache HTTP Server
     Reverse Depends: aegis-web apache2 apache2-dbg apache2-mpm-event
       apache2-mpm-itk apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-mpm-worker
       apache2-prefork-dev apache2-suexec apache2-suexec-custom (178 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 61054

   apt-xapian-index (#567955), requested 738 days ago
     Description: maintenance tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages
     Reverse Depends: adept ept-cache fuss-launcher packagesearch
     Installations reported by Popcon: 51823

   asymptote (#517342), requested 1077 days ago
     Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by
       MetaPost
     Installations reported by Popcon: 3028

   athcool (#278442), requested 2662 days ago
     Description: Enable powersaving mode for Athlon/Duron processors
     Installations reported by Popcon: 91

   balsa (#642906), requested 137 days ago
     Description: An e-mail client for GNOME
     Reverse Depends: balsa-dbg debreaper
     Installations reported by Popcon: 271

   bastille (#592137), requested 551 days ago
     Description: Security hardening tool
     Installations reported by Popcon: 246

   boinc (#511243), requested 1127 days ago
     Description: BOINC distributed computing
     Reverse Depends: boinc boinc-amd-opencl boinc-app-milkyway
       boinc-app-seti boinc-dbg boinc-nvidia-cuda
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1871

   cardstories (#624100), requested 290 days ago
     Description: Find out a card using a sentence made up by another
       player
     Installations reported by Popcon: 5

   chromium-browser (#583826), requested 620 days ago
     Description: Chromium browser
     Reverse Depends: chromium chromium-browser chromium-browser-dbg
       chromium-browser-inspector chromium-browser-l10n chromium-dbg
       chromium-l10n mozplugger
     Installations reported by Popcon: 9986

   cryptsetup (#600777), requested 477 days ago
     Description: configures encrypted block devices
     Reverse Depends: cryptsetup cryptsetup-udeb libcryptsetup-dev
       libguestfs0 libpam-mount ltsp-client mandos-client partman-crypto-dm
       rescue-mode systemd
     Installations reported by Popcon: 7453

   cvs (#354176), requested 2177 days ago
     Description: Concurrent Versions System
     Reverse Depends: cvs-autoreleasedeb cvs-buildpackage cvs2cl cvs2html
       cvschangelogbuilder cvsconnect cvsd cvsps cvsservice cvssuck (8 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 17738

   dctrl-tools (#448284), requested 1566 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
       postgresql-server-dev-all simple-cdd (1 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 14989

   debtags (#567954), requested 738 days ago
     Description: Enables support for package tags
     Reverse Depends: goplay packagesearch
     Installations reported by Popcon: 2591

   doc-central (#566364), requested 747 days ago
     Description: web-based documentation browser
     Installations reported by Popcon: 222

   dpkg (#282283), requested 2636 days ago
     Description: dselect: a user tool to manage Debian packages
     Reverse Depends: a2ps acct ace-gperf acl2-doc
       ada-reference-manual-info adacontrol advi advi-examples alien
       alqalam (716 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 121545

   elvis (#432298), requested 1676 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: 391

   fbcat (#565156), requested 757 days ago
     Description: framebuffer grabber
     Installations reported by Popcon: 156

   flightgear (#487388), requested 1328 days ago
     Description: Flight Gear Flight Simulator
     Installations reported by Popcon: 797

   freeipmi (#628062), requested 259 days ago
     Description: GNU implementation of the IPMI protocol
     Reverse Depends: freeipmi-bmc-watchdog freeipmi-ipmidetect
       freeipmi-tools libfreeipmi-dev libfreeipmi10 libipmiconsole-dev
       libipmiconsole2 libipmidetect-dev libipmidetect0
       libipmimonitoring-dev (1 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 772

   gnat-4.4 (#539633), requested 1395 days ago
     Description: backport bug fixes from trunk (GCC 4.5)
     Reverse Depends: ghdl gnat-4.4 libalog0.3-base libalog0.3-full
       libalog1-base-dev libalog1-full-dev libapq-postgresql1-dev
       libapq-postgresql3.0 libapq1-dev libapq3.0 (37 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1338

   gnat-gps (#640532), requested 157 days ago
     Description: Build gnatcoll from the sources of GPS
     Reverse Depends: gnat-gps gnat-gps-dbg
     Installations reporte



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