Work-needing packages report for Jan 23, 2009

2009-01-22 Thread wnpp
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 445 (new: 3) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 113 (new: 5) Total number of packages request

Fwd: Gnomesword, libsword, diatheke, sword modules, bibletime

2009-01-22 Thread jeffrey . ratcliffe
This seems to apply to Debian too (apart from #3). Regards Jeff -- Forwarded message -- From: Refdoc Date: Jan 23, 2009 2:45am Subject: Gnomesword, libsword, diatheke, sword modules, bibletime To: ubuntu-m...@lists.ubuntu.com Hi, I am one of the developers at CrossWire. S

Test suites after build and Build-Depends.

2009-01-22 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear all, I packaged a lot programs that have a test suite, and realised that, in order to run it after build, the dependancies of the binary package produced must be present as well. For the moment, I add them in Build-Depends(-Indep), but this is not satisfactory, because: - The build dependanc

Bug#512718: ITP: libbio-primerdesigner-perl -- Design PCR primers using primer3 and epcr

2009-01-22 Thread Charles Plessy
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Charles Plessy Dear all, I will package Bio::PrimerDesigner, which is yet another dependancy of Gbrowse, the generic genome browser. I already injected the prospective package in the pkg-perl Subversion repository. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy, Deb

Bug#512705: ITP: boinc-app-milkyway -- Help discover structures in the MilkyWay Galaxy

2009-01-22 Thread Thibaut VARENE
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Thibaut VARENE * Package name: boinc-app-milkyway Version : 0.11 Upstream Author : Travis Desell, Dave Przybylo, Nathan Cole, Boleslaw Szymanski, Heidi Newberg, Carlos Varela, Malik Magdon-Ismail and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. * URL

Bug#512691: ITP: anyremote2html -- web interface for anyRemote acting as HTTP server

2009-01-22 Thread Philipp Huebner
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Philipp Huebner * Package name: anyremote2html Version : 0.6 Upstream Author : Mikhail Fedotov * URL : http://anyremote.sourceforge.net * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: Python Description : web interface for

Re: Bug#512658: ITP: coccinelle -- semantic patching tool for C

2009-01-22 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 05:24:49PM +0100, Євгеній Мещеряков wrote: > * Package name: coccinelle > Version : >= 0.1.4 > Upstream Authors: Julia Lawall > Yoann Padioleau > Rene Rydhof Hansen > Henrik Stuart > * URL

Bug#512658: ITP: coccinelle -- semantic patching tool for C

2009-01-22 Thread Євгеній Мещеряков
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Євгеній Мещеряков" * Package name: coccinelle Version : >= 0.1.4 Upstream Authors: Julia Lawall Yoann Padioleau Rene Rydhof Hansen Henrik Stuart * URL : http://www.

Re: Should gnome-libs die for Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Barry deFreese
Tim Dijkstra wrote: Barry deFreese schreef: Hi folks, There are only 5 packages left that have reverse depends on gnome-libs packages. They are as follows: digitaldj: Removal request was filed but maintainer claims someone has done a Gtk2 port and saved it for now. I thought this w

Bug#512629: ITP: pct-wired-setup -- program to configure wired networks with system width configuration

2009-01-22 Thread Jelle de Jong
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jelle de Jong Hello everybody, I would like to get this program into the debian repository, I will package it and upload it to debian mentors, I will be looking for a sponser and mentor. This package is part of a larger group of packages that will form

Re: Should gnome-libs die for Lenny?

2009-01-22 Thread Tim Dijkstra
Barry deFreese schreef: > Hi folks, > > There are only 5 packages left that have reverse depends on gnome-libs > packages. They are as follows: > > digitaldj: Removal request was filed but maintainer claims someone has > done a Gtk2 port and saved it for now. I thought this was a post-lenny thin

Re: The evil build methods of thy libev

2009-01-22 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, > Due do this news and the massive inconvience of patching everything, I > am currently favoring the libev-source solution. Does it even work properly this way? Linux's biggest disadvantage compared to Windows is the lack of a standardized event loop that can be used by multiple modules in t