[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Tue Sep 12 07:36:31 UTC 2006
Update of /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
In directory finlandia:/home/users/joey/Projects/Web/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
Modified Files:
dwn-2006-37.wml
Log Message:
New, orphaned and removed packages
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-37.wml 2006/09/12 07:29:09 1.20
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-37.wml 2006/09/12 07:36:31 1.21
@@ -114,6 +114,127 @@
RSA signature forgery cryptographic weakness.</li>
</ul>
+<p><strong>New or Noteworthy Packages.</strong> The following packages were
+added to the unstable Debian archive <a
+href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/newpkg_main">recently</a> or contain
+important updates.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/aria2">aria2</a>
+ — High speed download utility.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/firefox-sage">firefox-sage</a>
+ — Lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader for Firefox.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/gdrae">gdrae</a>
+ — Real Academia Espanola dictinoary interface.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/gpscorrelate">gpscorrelate</a>
+ — Correlates digital photos with GPS data filling EXIF fields.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/gstm">gstm</a>
+ — Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/hugin">hugin</a>
+ — Panorama Tools GUI to make panoramas from multiple pictures.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/icecc">icecc</a>
+ — Distributed compiler (client and server).</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kphotoalbum">kphotoalbum</a>
+ — Tool for indexing, searching and viewing images by keywords for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/list">list</a>
+ — Linux Statistics Client.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/midish">midish</a>
+ — Shell-like MIDI sequencer/filter.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/mpop">mpop</a>
+ — POP3 mail retriever.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/msntp">msntp</a>
+ — Very simple and portable SNTP client/server for UNIX.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/comm/obexfs">obexfs</a>
+ — Mount filesystem of ObexFTP capabable devices.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/om">om</a>
+ — Realtime modular synthesizer and effects processor.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/openguides">openguides</a>
+ — Web application for managing a collaboratively-written city guide.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/photoprint">photoprint</a>
+ — Image printing utility.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/queuegraph">queuegraph</a>
+ — RRDtool frontend for Postfix queue-statistics.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/stealth">stealth</a>
+ — Stealthy File Integrity Checker.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/vcf">vcf</a>
+ — Audio EQ biquad filters for LADSPA.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/wodim">wodim</a>
+ — Command line CD writing tool.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/hamradio/wsjt">wsjt</a>
+ — Weak-signal amateur radio communications.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Orphaned Packages.</strong> 2 packages were orphaned this week and
+require a new maintainer. This makes a total of 316 orphaned packages. Many
+thanks to the previous maintainers who contributed to the Free Software
+community. Please see the <a href="$(HOME)/devel/wnpp/">WNPP pages</a> for
+the full list, and please add a note to the bug report and retitle it to ITA:
+if you plan to take over a package. To find out which orphaned packages are
+installed on your system the <code>wnpp-alert</code> program from <code>
+devscripts</code> may be helpful.</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/convertfs">convertfs</a>
+ — In-place filesystem conversion.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/386967">Bug#386967</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/obconf">obconf</a>
+ — Preferences manager for Openbox.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/385988">Bug#385988</a>)
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Removed Packages.</strong> 11 packages have been <a
+href="http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt">removed</a> from the Debian
+archive during the past week:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li> cdrtools — Command line CD writing tools
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377109">Bug#377109</a>:
+ Request of maintainer: non-free, license problems.
+</li>
+<li> bonobo-conf — Bonobo Configuration System
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/252828">Bug#252828</a>:
+ Request of QA, obsolete, no rev-deps, abandoned upstream.
+</li>
+<li> hanterm-classic — Another X terminal emulator with Hangul support
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/290921">Bug#290921</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned for a long time, very few users.
+</li>
+<li> povray-3.5 — Persistence of vision raytracer (3D renderer)
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/294495">Bug#294495</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by povray.
+</li>
+<li> scoop — Web-based collaborative media application
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/301754">Bug#301754</a>:
+ Request of QA, very few users, out of date, orphaned.
+</li>
+<li> x-symbol — WYSIWYG TeX mode for XEmacs
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/348060">Bug#348060</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, RC-buggy, inactive upstream.
+</li>
+<li> blackbook — GTK+ Address Book Applet
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/352437">Bug#352437</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, very few users, abandoned upstream, many alternatives exist.
+</li>
+<li> cpanel — Configuration tool for Chinese desktop environment
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/352557">Bug#352557</a>:
+ Request of QA, obsolete, orphaned, very few users.
+</li>
+<li> arla — Free client for the AFS distributed network filesystem
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/358482">Bug#358482</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, RC-buggy, OpenAFS is an alternative.
+</li>
+<li> thai-system — Meta package for Thai environment under X11
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362490">Bug#362490</a>:
+ Request of QA, uninstallable, orphaned; no users.
+</li>
+<li> mxv — Wave file editor with signal processing operators and analysis
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364092">Bug#364092</a>:
+ Request of QA, old, buggy, maintainer probably MIA.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
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