[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Tue Jul 4 21:24:07 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-2006-27.wml
Log Message:
New, orphaned and removed pacakges.
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-27.wml 2006/07/04 21:04:25 1.18
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-27.wml 2006/07/04 21:24:06 1.19
@@ -86,6 +86,88 @@
Several vulnerabilities.
</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/web/cvschangelogbuilder">cvschangelogbuilder</a>
+ — Perl utility to generate ChangeLogs or html CVS reports.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/democracyplayer">democracyplayer</a>
+ — GTK+ based RSS video aggregator.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science/dialign">dialign</a>
+ — Segment-based multiple sequence alignment.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/emacs-jabber">emacs-jabber</a>
+ — Jabber client for Emacsen.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science/kalign">kalign</a>
+ — Global and progressive multiple sequence alignment.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kscope">kscope</a>
+ — Source editing environment for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/tex/latexmk">latexmk</a>
+ — Perl script for running LaTeX the correct number of times.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/mp3val">mp3val</a>
+ — Program for MPEG audio stream validation.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/nexuiz">nexuiz</a>
+ — 3D network deathmatch game.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/num-utils">num-utils</a>
+ — Programs for dealing with numbers from the command line.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/otrs2">otrs2</a>
+ — Open Ticket Request System Version 2.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/postgis">postgis</a>
+ — Geographic objects support for PostgreSQL.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/science/probcons">probcons</a>
+ — PROBabilistic CONSistency-based multiple sequence alignment.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/rcov">rcov</a>
+ — Code coverage tool for Ruby.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/swapspace">swapspace</a>
+ — Dynamic swap space manager.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/tex/texlive">texlive</a>
+ — TeX Live: A decent selection of the TeX live packages.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/tworld">tworld</a>
+ — Chip's Challenge Game Engine Emulation.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xprintidle">xprintidle</a>
+ — Small utility that prints user's idle time in X.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/hamradio/xwota">xwota</a>
+ — GTK client to the WOTA Database.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Orphaned Packages.</strong> 1 package was orphaned this week and
+require a new maintainer. This makes a total of 315 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/devel/pythoncard">pythoncard</a>
+ — wxPython-based GUI construction framework.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/375610">Bug#375610</a>)
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/375781">Bug#375781</a>)
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Removed Packages.</strong> 3 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> gandalf — C library for image processing and computer vision
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/263047">Bug#263047</a>:
+ Request of QA, old, unused, unmaintained, rc buggy
+</li>
+<li> intuitively — Automatic IP configuration detection for laptops
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/304169">Bug#304169</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete, alternatives exist
+</li>
+<li> bcm43xx — Broadcom 43xx Wireless LAN driver module for Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/374990">Bug#374990</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, unsupported in kernel 2.6.16, superseded by 2.6.17
+</li>
+</ul>
+
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