[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Mon Aug 7 15:22:21 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-2006-32.wml
Log Message:
New, orphaned and removed packages
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-32.wml 2006/08/07 15:16:04 1.31
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-32.wml 2006/08/07 15:22:21 1.32
@@ -136,6 +136,99 @@
Denial of service.</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/electronics/avarice">avarice</a>
+ — Use GDB with Atmel's JTAG ICE for the AVR.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/tex/epix1">epix1</a>
+ — Create mathematically accurate line figures, plots and movies.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kdetv">kdetv</a>
+ — TV viewer for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kdmtheme">kdmtheme</a>
+ — Theme manager for KDM.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/keep">keep</a>
+ — Backup system for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kflickr">kflickr</a>
+ — KDE application to upload photos to Flickr.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/knowledgeroot">knowledgeroot</a>
+ — Web-based knowledgebase system.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/mediawiki1.7">mediawiki1.7</a>
+ — Website engine for collaborative work.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ndisc6">ndisc6</a>
+ — IPv6 diagnostic tools.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/phpunit2">phpunit2</a>
+ — Unit testing suite for PHP5.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/usplash">usplash</a>
+ — Userspace bootsplash utility.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Orphaned Packages.</strong> 3 packages were orphaned this week and
+require a new maintainer. This makes a total of 331 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/editors/august">august</a>
+ — Tcl/Tk HTML editor.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/381207">Bug#381207</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/cipe-common">cipe</a>
+ — Lightweight encrypted IP tunnels over UDP.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/381162">Bug#381162</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/pronto">pronto</a>
+ — Highly modularized GTK+ mail client written in Perl.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/381111">Bug#381111</a>)
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Removed Packages.</strong> 8 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> iceme — Graphical menu editor for IceWM
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/227054">Bug#227054</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, outdated
+</li>
+<li> icepref — Yet another configuration tool for IceWM
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/227077">Bug#227077</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, outdated
+</li>
+<li> openmcl — Native code ANSI Common LISP compiler and runtime environment
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/297473">Bug#297473</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, no installations, RC-buggy
+</li>
+<li> openmcl-build-tools — OpenMCL Common Lisp tools for building system
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/297475">Bug#297475</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, useless without openmcl
+</li>
+<li> newsflash — Gets news with the newnews command from a server
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/312208">Bug#312208</a>:
+ Request of QA: orphaned, upstream gone, few users, plenty of alternatives
+</li>
+<li> postit — Sends news from your local server to a remote host
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/312209">Bug#312209</a>:
+ Request of QA: orphaned, upstream gone, no users, plenty of alternatives
+</li>
+<li> libkpathsea3 — Path search library for teTeX (devel part)
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/369096">Bug#369096</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by tetex-bin
+</li>
+<li> tomcat4 — Java Servlet engine (core libraries)
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377734">Bug#377734</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by tomcat5
+</li>
+</ul>
+
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