[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN
CVS User joey
joey at infodrom.org
Tue Jul 11 20:15:23 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-2006-28.wml
Log Message:
New, orphaned and removed (*sigh*) packages
--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-28.wml 2006/07/11 19:53:45 1.13
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-28.wml 2006/07/11 20:15:23 1.14
@@ -87,6 +87,495 @@
Arbitrary code execution.
</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/kde/adept-installer">adept-installer</a>
+ — Simple user interface for application management.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/gnome/bonfire">bonfire</a>
+ — CD/DVD burning application.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/buildbot">buildbot</a>
+ — System to automate the compile/test cycle.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/cl-launch">cl-launch</a>
+ — Uniform frontend to running Common Lisp code from the shell.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/cl-soap">cl-soap</a>
+ — Open Source implementation of SOAP for Common Lisp.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/codeine">codeine</a>
+ — Simple KDE video player.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/collectd">collectd</a>
+ — Statistics collection daemon.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/curlftpfs">curlftpfs</a>
+ — Filesystem to access FTP hosts based on FUSE and cURL.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/dchroot-dsa">dchroot-dsa</a>
+ — Execute commands in a chroot environment.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/facter">facter</a>
+ — Library for retrieving facts from operating systems.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/freetennis">freetennis</a>
+ — Free Tennis - simulation game.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/gadmintools">gadmintools</a>
+ — GTK+ server administration tools.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/geany">geany</a>
+ — Fast and lightweight IDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/gnome-hearts">gnome-hearts</a>
+ — The classic hearts card game for the GNOME desktop.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/gplanarity">gplanarity</a>
+ — Simple puzzle game involving untangling planar graphs.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/haxml">haxml</a>
+ — Utilities for using XML documents with Haskell.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/hpodder">hpodder</a>
+ — Tool to scan and download podcasts (podcatcher).</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/icon-naming-utils">icon-naming-utils</a>
+ — Script for maintaining backwards compatibility of Tango Project.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kbfx">kbfx</a>
+ — Alternative to K-Menu for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/khmerconverter">khmerconverter</a>
+ — Converts between legacy Khmer encodings and Unicode.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/kolabadmin">kolabadmin</a>
+ — Administration tool for kolab groupware server.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kde/kwlan">kwlan</a>
+ — Wpasupplicant frontend for KDE.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/lastmp">lastmp</a>
+ — MPD client for lastfmsubmitd.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/mailtextbody">mailtextbody</a>
+ — Tool to return the body of an email message.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/menhir">menhir</a>
+ — Parser generator for OCaml.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/editors/mg">mg</a>
+ — Microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/mini-httpd">mini-httpd</a>
+ — Small HTTP server.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/openmpi-bin">openmpi-bin</a>
+ — High performance message passing library.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/pengupop">pengupop</a>
+ — Online multiplayer clone of Bust a Move.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/picprog">picprog</a>
+ — Microchip PIC serial programmer software.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/planet">planet</a>
+ — Flexible feed aggregator.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/pubtal">pubtal</a>
+ — Template driven web site builder for small sites.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/puppet">puppet</a>
+ — Centralised configuration management for networks.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/sbaz">sbaz</a>
+ — Scala Bazaars package-distribution system.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/scala">scala</a>
+ — Scala programming language.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/tcpser">tcpser</a>
+ — Emulate a Hayes compatible modem.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/twolame">twolame</a>
+ — MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder (command line frontend).</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/uswsusp">uswsusp</a>
+ — Tools to use userspace software suspend provided by linux.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/vdrift">vdrift</a>
+ — Open Source drift racing simulation.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/vzctl">vzctl</a>
+ — Server virtualisation solution.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/wbrazilian">wbrazilian</a>
+ — Brazilian Portuguese wordlist.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/wikipediafs">wikipediafs</a>
+ — View and edit Wikipedia articles as if they were real files.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/wmii2">wmii2</a>
+ — Lightweight tabbed and tiled X11 window manager, version 2.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/text/wportuguese">wportuguese</a>
+ — European Portuguese wordlist.</li>
+<li><a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/xapian-tools">xapian-tools</a>
+ — Basic tools for Xapian search engine library.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Orphaned Packages.</strong> 7 packages were orphaned this week and
+require a new maintainer. This makes a total of 321 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/net/encore">encore</a>
+ — Core database for lambdamoo.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377620">Bug#377620</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/ghostcore">ghostcore</a>
+ — Core database for lambdamoo.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377621">Bug#377621</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/jhcore">jhcore</a>
+ — Jay's House Core, an enhanced core database for lambdamoo.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377622">Bug#377622</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/lambdacore">lambdacore</a>
+ — Core database for lambdamoo.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377623">Bug#377623</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/lambdamoo">lambdamoo</a>
+ — A server for an online multiuser virtual world.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377624">Bug#377624</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/doc/lambdamoo-docs">lambdamoo-docs</a>
+ — LambdaMOO user and programmer manuals.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377625">Bug#377625</a>)
+ </li>
+<li> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/ratmenu">ratmenu</a>
+ — Creates X menus from the shell.
+ (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/377626">Bug#377626</a>)
+ </li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><strong>Removed Packages.</strong> 86 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> siptoolbox — Scilab image processing toolbox (SIP)
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/307365">Bug#307365</a>:
+ Request of QA: orphaned, unbuildable, has never been part of a stable release.
+</li>
+<li> okle — DVD player for KDE
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/333816">Bug#333816</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, superseded by kaffeine..
+</li>
+<li> cvsbook — Open Source Development with CVS, the book
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/337849">Bug#337849</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, outdated and new version unpackagable, long time RFAed.
+</li>
+<li> mozilla-firefox-locale-ar — Mozilla Firefox Arabic Language/Region Package
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/348355">Bug#348355</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by mozilla-firefox-locale-all.
+</li>
+<li> skk — SKK Dictionary server
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/353627">Bug#353627</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, RC bug, out of date.
+</li>
+<li> drsync — Wrapper for file synchronisation via rsync
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/354843">Bug#354843</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, orphaned, RC bug, dead.
+</li>
+<li> apcd — APC Smart UPS daemon
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/358513">Bug#358513</a>:
+ Request of maintainer: obsolete, use apcupsd.
+</li>
+<li> mozilla-firefox-locale-tr — Mozilla Firefox Turkish Language/Region Package
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/359202">Bug#359202</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by mozilla-firefox-locale-all.
+</li>
+<li> buildtool — Portable build infrastructure
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/359259">Bug#359259</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, dead, no longer supported, rarely used.
+</li>
+<li> vdradmin — Web-based administration tool for vdr
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/359951">Bug#359951</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by vdradmin-am.
+</li>
+<li> drbd — RAID 1 over tcp/ip for Linux utilities
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/361263">Bug#361263</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete; replaced by drbd0.7 and drbd8.
+</li>
+<li> kernel-patch-uml — User-mode Linux (kernel patch)
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/361607">Bug#361607</a>:
+ Request of QA, obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> eudc — Emacs Unified Directory Client
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/361895">Bug#361895</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, merged in to emacs21.
+</li>
+<li> xen — Patch to linux for the XEN sub-architecture
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362026">Bug#362026</a>:
+ Request of QA: obsolete, superseded by xen-3.0.
+</li>
+<li> worker-doc — Documentation for the Worker file manager
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362212">Bug#362212</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, dead upstream.
+</li>
+<li> zope-cmf1.4 — Zope content management framework (CMF), 1.4 branch
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362284">Bug#362284</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by zipe-cmf1..
+</li>
+<li> zope-i18nlayer — Fully transparent multilingual content solution for zope/plone
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362286">Bug#362286</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, low usage; better alternatives is zope-linguaplone.
+</li>
+<li> zope-i18nfolder — Zope product for handling multilingual folders
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362287">Bug#362287</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, low usage; better alternatives is zope-linguaplone.
+</li>
+<li> zope-portaltransport — Subscription service for cmf content types
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362290">Bug#362290</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, low usage; no rev-deps.
+</li>
+<li> zope-zattachmentattribute — Simple attachment handler for zope products
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362303">Bug#362303</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by zope-attachmentfield.
+</li>
+<li> zope-zaaplugins — Collection of ZAttachment plugins
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362304">Bug#362304</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by zope-attachmentfield.
+</li>
+<li> kernel-patch-powerpc-2.4.27 — Build infrastructure for kernel version 2.4.27-apus
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362319">Bug#362319</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> liboil0.2 — Library of Optimized Inner Loops
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362506">Bug#362506</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by liboil0.3.
+</li>
+<li> resmgr — Resource manager library [development files]
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362822">Bug#362822</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, security problems; largely obsoleted by udev.
+</li>
+<li> koffice-i18n — Afrikaans (af) translations for KOffice
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/362841">Bug#362841</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by koffice-l10n.
+</li>
+<li> dacode — Powerful and full-featured news engine written in PHP
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363063">Bug#363063</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, unmaintained upstream; obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> gnome2-user-docs — GNOME 2 User's Guide
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/363941">Bug#363941</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by gnome-user-docs.
+</li>
+<li> timecode — C++ hierarchy which controls and describes time code
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364055">Bug#364055</a>:
+ Request of QA, broken.
+</li>
+<li> ucd-snmp — NET SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Library
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364094">Bug#364094</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by net-snmp; dead upstream.
+</li>
+<li> nvidia-modules-i386 — NVIDIA binary kernel module
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364218">Bug#364218</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by nvidia-graphics-modules-i386.
+</li>
+<li> cherrypy — Python-based tool for developing dynamic web sites
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364432">Bug#364432</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete; superseded by python-cherrypy.
+</li>
+<li> xsim — X Simple Input Method
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364618">Bug#364618</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, dead upstream; alternatives exist.
+</li>
+<li> kernel-patch-adamantix — Kernel patches introduced in Adamantix
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364684">Bug#364684</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, RC-buggy; unmaintained.
+</li>
+<li> rsbac-admin — Rule Set Based Access Control administrative utilities
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364685">Bug#364685</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, RC-buggy; unmaintained.
+</li>
+<li> mindi-partimagehack — Disk partition imaging utility for Mindi/Mondo
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/364701">Bug#364701</a>:
+ Request of maintainer,superseded by ntfsclone; dead upstream.
+</li>
+<li> libmysqlclient-lgpl — LGPL-licensed client library for MySQL databases
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/366590">Bug#366590</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> libhonyaku-damashii-ruby — Honyakudamashii client library for Ruby
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367676">Bug#367676</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> liboptparse-ruby — Command line option parser class for Ruby 1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367896">Bug#367896</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> drb — Distributed Ruby for Ruby 1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367898">Bug#367898</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> libcsv-ruby — CSV data format parse module for ruby1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367899">Bug#367899</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> aget — Multithreaded HTTP Download Accelerator
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367900">Bug#367900</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, dead upstream.
+</li>
+<li> xmlrpc4r — XML-RPC support for Ruby 1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367902">Bug#367902</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> webrick — Simple HTTP Server Toolkit for Ruby 1.6.x
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367904">Bug#367904</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> erb — Tiny eRuby for Ruby 1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367908">Bug#367908</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> libopenssl-ruby — OpenSSL interface for Ruby
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367917">Bug#367917</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> libmutexm-ruby — Yet another mutex library for Ruby 1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367926">Bug#367926</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> libnet-acl-ruby — Simple Access Control Class for Ruby 1.6
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367927">Bug#367927</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> ruby-eserver — Generic multi-threaded e-service server in Ruby 1.6.x
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/367928">Bug#367928</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, ruby 1.6 removal.
+</li>
+<li> alltraxclock2 — Analog clock plugin for GKrellM2
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/368123">Bug#368123</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned; duplicate of alltraxclock.
+</li>
+<li> moniwiki — MoniWiki is yet another WikiEngine written in PHP
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/368153">Bug#368153</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned.
+</li>
+<li> sdl-ttf1.2 — TrueType font library for Simple DirectMedia Layer
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/368621">Bug#368621</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> jython — Python seamlessly integrated with Java
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/368791">Bug#368791</a>:
+ Request of QA, orphaned, obsolete.
+</li>
+<li> libcatalyst-model-dbic-perl — DBix::Class Model for Catalyst Framework
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/369558">Bug#369558</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by libcatalyst-modules-perl.
+</li>
+<li> spidermonkey — Development files for the SpiderMonkey JS library
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/369887">Bug#369887</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by xulrunner.
+</li>
+<li> xfce4-iconbox — Iconbox for the Xfce4 Desktop Environment
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370001">Bug#370001</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
+</li>
+<li> xfce4-toys — Eyes plugin for Xfce4 panel and xfce4-tips
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370003">Bug#370003</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-session.
+</li>
+<li> xfcalendar — Time-managing application for the Xfce desktop environment
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370004">Bug#370004</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by orage.
+</li>
+<li> xfce4-systray — Systray panel plugin for Xfce4 panel
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370000">Bug#370000</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
+</li>
+<li> xfce4-showdesktop-plugin — Show desktop button for the Xfce4 panel
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370005">Bug#370005</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
+</li>
+<li> xfce4-trigger-launcher — Panel plugin to start/stop programs
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370109">Bug#370109</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by xfce4-panel.
+</li>
+<li> netsaint-statd — Netsaint_statd plugins
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370334">Bug#370334</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by nagios-statd packages.
+</li>
+<li> prelude-nids — Hybrid Intrusion Detection System [ Network sensor ]
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370662">Bug#370662</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, old; RC-buggy; dead upstream.
+</li>
+<li> xffm4 — File manager for the Xfce4 desktop environment
+ <br><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/370749">Bug#370749</a>:
+ Request of maintainer, superseded by thunar.
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