[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Mon Aug 14 14:59:03 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-2006-33.wml
Log Message:
New, orphaned and removed packages
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-33.wml 2006/08/12 16:53:08 1.14
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-33.wml 2006/08/14 14:59:02 1.15
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
<a href="$(HOME)/devel/ports/sparc">Sparc</a>,
<a href="$(HOME)/devel/ports/mips">MIPS</a>, <a
href="$(HOME)/devel/ports/mipsel">little endian MIPS</a> and
-<a href="$(HOME)/devel/ports/s390">s/390</a> architectures.
+<a href="$(HOME)/devel/ports/s390">S/390</a> architectures.
Installation CDs, other media and detailed errata are <a
href="$(HOME)/devel/debian-installer/">available</a>. All
changes are documented in the development version of the <a
@@ -97,6 +97,187 @@
Privilege escalation.</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/science/biosquid">biosquid</a>
+ — Utilities for biological sequence analysis.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/cdrskin">cdrskin</a>
+ — Burns preformatted data to CD-R or CD-RW via libburn.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/ceferino">ceferino</a>
+ — Action game similar to Super Pang.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/dmenu">dmenu</a>
+ — Dynamic menu.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/elfutils">elfutils</a>
+ — Collection of utilities to handle ELF objects.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/foff">foff</a>
+ — X/GTK+ FTP client - Free Open FTP Face.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kerry">kerry</a>
+ — Beagle desktop search daemon frontend for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/komparator">komparator</a>
+ — Directories comparator for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/ksystemlog">ksystemlog</a>
+ — System log viewer tool for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/omins">omins</a>
+ — Collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/oxine">oxine</a>
+ — Xine OSD (on screen display) GUI.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/pymsnt">pymsnt</a>
+ — MSN transport for Jabber.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/rest2web">rest2web</a>
+ — Web site builder using ReStructured Text as basic content format.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/rocklight">rocklight</a>
+ — Xmms visualization plugin for Thinklights on IBM Thinkpads.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ser">ser</a>
+ — Sip Express Router, very fast and configurable SIP proxy.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/serendipity">serendipity</a>
+ — Weblog manager with extensive theming and plugin support.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/svn-autoreleasedeb">svn-autoreleasedeb</a>
+ — Automatically release/upload Debian packages from SVN.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/ttf-sil-charis">ttf-sil-charis</a>
+ — Smart Unicode font family for Roman or Cyrillic-based writing systems.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/ttf-sil-doulos">ttf-sil-doulos</a>
+ — Smart Unicode font for Latin and Cyrillic scripts.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/unsermake">unsermake</a>
+ — Tool for generating Makefiles, a replacement for automake.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/w3c-linkchecker">w3c-linkchecker</a>
+ — W3C Link Checker.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Orphaned Packages.</strong> 13 packages were orphaned this week and
+require a new maintainer. This makes a total of 338 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/web/blogtk">blogtk</a>
+ — GTK Weblogging client.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382797">Bug#382797</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/libclassworlds-java">classworlds</a>
+ — Java ClassLoader Framework.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382813">Bug#382813</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/cvsps">cvsps</a>
+ — Tool to generate CVS patch set information.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382809">Bug#382809</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/d4x">d4x</a>
+ — Graphical download manager.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382732">Bug#382732</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/forrest">forrest</a>
+ — XML based documentation framework.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382814">Bug#382814</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/gnome-extra-icons">gnome-extra-icons</a>
+ — Optional GNOME icons.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382810">Bug#382810</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/groovy">groovy</a>
+ — Agile dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382815">Bug#382815</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/jswat">jswat</a>
+ — JPDA Java debugger.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382816">Bug#382816</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/jswat2">jswat2</a>
+ — JPDA Java debugger.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382817">Bug#382817</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/perl/libproc-process-perl">libproc-process-perl</a>
+ — Perl library for accessing process table information.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382811">Bug#382811</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/editors/mined">mined</a>
+ — Powerful text editor with extensive Unicode and CJK support.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382750">Bug#382750</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/libmockobjects-java">mockobjects</a>
+ — Framework for developing and using mock objects.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382818">Bug#382818</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/xearth">xearth</a>
+ — Shows a rotating earth on your X root window.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/382654">Bug#382654</a>)
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Removed Packages.</strong> 15 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> libjpeg-mmx — Development files for the IJG JPEG library with mmx optimisation
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/158474">Bug#158474</a>:
+ Request of QA, RC-buggy, security-buggy, orphaned, upstream gone
+</li>
+<li> uncc — C decompiler for i386
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/314672">Bug#314672</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, unusable
+</li>
+<li> acidlab — Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/319389">Bug#319389</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by acidbase
+</li>
+<li> xcircuit — Draw circuit schematics or almost anything
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/323678">Bug#323678</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, RC-buggy
+</li>
+<li> swt-pocketpc — Standard Widget Toolkit for PocketPC JAR library
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/324778">Bug#324778</a>:
+ Request of QA: orphaned, out of date, non-free, few users
+</li>
+<li> nsmon — Intranet/internet server checker
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/327623">Bug#327623</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, no upstream, better alternatives
+</li>
+<li> qglviewer — Qt/OpenGL-based viewing widget
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/348793">Bug#348793</a>:
+ Request of QA: orphaned, upstream gone, out of date
+</li>
+<li> psys — P-system emulation libraries for Chipmunk tools [development]
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/354496">Bug#354496</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, unused
+</li>
+<li> zope-zshell — Command line interface to Zope
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/361018">Bug#361018</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, not packaged for current Zope
+</li>
+<li> eroaster — GNOME CD burning frontend
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364280">Bug#364280</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, RC-buggy
+</li>
+<li> rfb — VNC Server for X11 - exports current display
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364347">Bug#364347</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, no upstream, alternatives available
+</li>
+<li> ri — Emacs interface for ri1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367006">Bug#367006</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby1.6 removal, RC-buggy
+</li>
+<li> animal — AN IMAging Library written in C
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/369209">Bug#369209</a>:
+ Request of QA, obsolete, orphaned, alternatives exist
+</li>
+<li> yank — Yet another notekeeper
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/374129">Bug#374129</a>:
+ Request of QA, unmaintained, buggy, old, has replacements
+</li>
+<li> ruby1.6 — Curses interface for Ruby 1.6.x
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/378111">Bug#378111</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete
+</li>
+</ul>
+
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