Work-needing packages report for Jul 24, 2026

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: 1083 (new: 16)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 118 (new: 1)
Total number of packages requested help for: 46 (new: 0)

Please refer to https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for more information.

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The following packages have been orphaned:

   beangulp (#1142497), orphaned 3 days ago
     Description: Importers Framework for Beancount (Python 3)
     Reverse Depends: python3-beancount-periodic python3-fava
     Installations reported by Popcon: 18
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142497

   beanprice (#1142620), orphaned yesterday
     Description: Price quotes fetcher for Beancount
     Reverse Depends: python3-beangrow
     Installations reported by Popcon: 6
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142620

   fpgatools (#1142360), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: tool to program field-programmable gate arrays
     Reverse Depends: fpgatools libfpga-dev
     Installations reported by Popcon: 126
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142360

   ipwatchd (#1142359), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: IP conflict detection tool
     Installations reported by Popcon: 29
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142359

   j2cli (#1142498), orphaned 3 days ago
     Description: Command line tool for templating in shell-scripts
     Installations reported by Popcon: 322
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142498

   mh-book (#1142363), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers online book
     Installations reported by Popcon: 78
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142363

   mx-bootrepair (#1142327), orphaned 6 days ago
     Description: GUI for repairing boot problems
     Installations reported by Popcon: 19
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142327

   openoffice.org-hyphenation-pl (#1142357), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: Polish hyphenation patterns for
       LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org
     Installations reported by Popcon: 124
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142357

   openoffice.org-thesaurus-pl (#1142358), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: Polish thesaurus for LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1582
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142358

   phoenix (#1142324), orphaned 6 days ago
     Description: Firefox and Firefox ESR configurations for improved
       privacy
     Installations reported by Popcon: 4
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142324

   python-anysqlite (#1142556), orphaned 2 days ago
     Description: Python async/await interface to the standard sqlite3
       library
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142556

   python-petl (#1142617), orphaned yesterday
     Description: Extracting, transforming and loading tables of data
     Installations reported by Popcon: 2
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142617

   python-pyout (#1142605), orphaned yesterday
     Description: Terminal styling for tabular data
     Reverse Depends: con-duct
     Installations reported by Popcon: 11
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142605

   vkbasalt-cli (#1142329), orphaned 6 days ago
     Description: CLI utility and library in conjunction with vkBasalt
     Reverse Depends: vkbasalt-cli
     Installations reported by Popcon: 5
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142329

   xcolmix (#1142364), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: an RGB colour mixer
     Installations reported by Popcon: 13
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142364

   xwatch (#1142367), orphaned 5 days ago
     Description: logfile monitor that displays in an X window.
     Installations reported by Popcon: 31
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142367

1067 older packages have been omitted from this listing, see
https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned for a complete list.

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The following packages have been given up for adoption:

   scalable-cyrfonts (#1142528), offered 2 days ago
     Description: Scalable Cyrillic fonts for TeX
     Reverse Depends: task-cyrillic-desktop
     Installations reported by Popcon: 3842
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1142528

117 older packages have been omitted from this listing, see
https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage for a complete list.

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For the following packages help is requested:

   apparmor (#1006872), requested 1599 days ago
     Description: user-space parser utility for AppArmor
     Reverse Depends: apparmor-notify apparmor-profiles
       apparmor-profiles-extra apparmor-utils dbus-broker dbus-daemon
       dbus-tests debian-cloud-images-packages dovecot-core firejail (33
       more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 269153
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1006872

   autopkgtest (#846328), requested 3522 days ago
     Description: automatic as-installed testing for Debian packages
     Reverse Depends: debci-worker rocm-podman-support rocm-qemu-support
       sbuild-qemu
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1259
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/846328

   balsa (#642906), requested 5415 days ago
     Description: An e-mail client for GNOME
     Reverse Depends: balsa
     Installations reported by Popcon: 145
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/642906

   cargo (#860116), requested 3390 days ago
     Description: Rust package manager
     Reverse Depends: cargo-audit cargo-debstatus dh-cargo dh-rust
       ingredients python3-setuptools-rust rust-all
     Installations reported by Popcon: 5212
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/860116

   chromium (#1016047), requested 1458 days ago
     Description: web browser
     Reverse Depends: budgie-desktop-environment chromium chromium-driver
       chromium-headless-shell chromium-l10n chromium-shell
       libwww-mechanize-chrome-perl qunit-selenium webhttrack
       x2gothinclient-minidesktop
     Installations reported by Popcon: 27093
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1016047

   cinnamon (#1114514), requested 320 days ago
     Description: Innovative and comfortable desktop
     Reverse Depends: cinnamon cinnamon-core
     Installations reported by Popcon: 11546
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1114514

   cyrus-imapd (#921717), requested 2722 days ago
     Description: Cyrus mail system - IMAP support
     Reverse Depends: cyrus-admin cyrus-caldav cyrus-clients cyrus-dev
       cyrus-imapd cyrus-murder cyrus-nntpd cyrus-pop3d cyrus-replication
     Installations reported by Popcon: 296
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/921717

   deb-gview (#1129643), requested 141 days ago
     Description: GNOME viewer for .deb package files and contents
     Installations reported by Popcon: 64
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1129643

   dee (#831388), requested 3660 days ago
     Description: model to synchronize multiple instances over DBus
     Reverse Depends: dee-tools gir1.2-dee-1.0 gir1.2-unity-7.0
       libdee-dev libunity-dev libunity-protocol-private0 libunity-tools
       libunity9 zeitgeist-core
     Installations reported by Popcon: 68228
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/831388

   developers-reference (#759995), requested 4345 days ago
     Description: guidelines and information for Debian developers
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1016
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/759995

   dh-make-elpa (#942642), requested 2469 days ago
     Description: helper for creating Debian packages from ELPA packages
     Installations reported by Popcon: 38
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/942642

   docker.io (#908868), requested 2868 days ago
     Description: Linux container runtime
     Reverse Depends: debcraft distrobox docker-clean due
       golang-github-awslabs-soci-snapshotter-dev
       golang-github-containerd-nydus-snapshotter-dev
       golang-github-containers-buildah-dev
       golang-github-containers-common-dev
       golang-github-containers-image-dev
       golang-github-crowdsecurity-crowdsec-dev (9 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 14082
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/908868

   ejabberd (#1072724), requested 776 days ago
     Description: extensible realtime platform (XMPP server + MQTT broker
       + SIP service)
     Reverse Depends: ejabberd-contrib ejabberd-mod-cron
       ejabberd-mod-default-contacts ejabberd-mod-default-rooms
       ejabberd-mod-deny-omemo ejabberd-mod-filter ejabberd-mod-grafite
       ejabberd-mod-irc ejabberd-mod-isolation ejabberd-mod-log-chat (13
       more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 258
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1072724

   frama-c (#907946), requested 2879 days ago
     Description: Platform dedicated to the analysis of source code
       written in C
     Installations reported by Popcon: 10
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/907946

   freedombox (#940881), requested 2497 days ago
     Description: debian pure blend, user-friendly, privacy-oriented home
       server
     Reverse Depends: fbx-all
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1073
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/940881

   freeradius (#933376), requested 2551 days ago
     Description: high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server
     Reverse Depends: freeradius freeradius-config freeradius-dhcp
       freeradius-iodbc freeradius-krb5 freeradius-ldap
       freeradius-memcached freeradius-mysql freeradius-postgresql
       freeradius-python3 (5 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1931
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/933376

   gkrellm-radio (#1003222), requested 1659 days ago
     Description: FM radio tuner for GKrellM
     Installations reported by Popcon: 30
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1003222

   gnome-shell-extension-caffeine (#891457), requested 3070 days ago
     Description: GNOME Shell extension to keep your computer awake
     Installations reported by Popcon: 578
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/891457

   gnucash (#910059), requested 2851 days ago
     Description: personal and small-business financial-accounting
       software
     Reverse Depends: gnucash
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1964
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/910059

   heimdal (#849325), requested 3497 days ago
     Description: Heimdal Kerberos
     Reverse Depends: heimdal-clients heimdal-dev heimdal-kcm heimdal-kdc
       heimdal-multidev heimdal-servers libafsauthent2t64 libafsrpc2t64
       libasn1-8t64-heimdal libgssapi3t64-heimdal (20 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1122
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/849325

   ifupdown (#1101365), requested 484 days ago
     Description: high level tools to configure network interfaces
     Reverse Depends: ceni debian-edu-router-config ifenslave
       octavia-agent overlay-boot pppoeconf ucarp
     Installations reported by Popcon: 268908
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1101365

   ifupdown-ng-compat (#1089696), requested 589 days ago
     Description: Incompatibilities with classic ifupdown remain
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1089696

   imagemagick (#1017366), requested 1439 days ago
     Description: image manipulation programs -- binaries
     Reverse Depends: advi-examples afterstep album ascd asymptote
       auto-multiple-choice-common beads caja-image-converter cct
       converseen (120 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 86040
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1017366

   libapache2-mod-python (#516501), requested 6361 days ago
     Description: Python-embedding module for Apache 2
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1353
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/516501

   libmng (#831389), requested 3660 days ago
     Description: Multiple-image Network Graphics library
     Reverse Depends: gimp libmng-dev libsynfig0t64 libxine2-misc-plugins
       mencoder mplayer qt5-image-formats-plugins qt6-image-formats-plugins
     Installations reported by Popcon: 6276
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/831389

   libteam (#743212), requested 4497 days ago
     Description: library for controlling team network device
     Reverse Depends: ladvd libteam-dev libteam-utils
       network-manager-team
     Installations reported by Popcon: 123879
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/743212

   mailman3 (#998223), requested 1725 days ago
     Description: Mailing list management system
     Reverse Depends: mailman3-full python3-mailman-hyperkitty
     Installations reported by Popcon: 168
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/998223

   multipath-tools (#1083104), requested 660 days ago
     Description: maintain multipath block device access
     Reverse Depends: fence-agents-mpath freedom-maker
       ganeti-instance-debootstrap kiwi-dracut-oem-dump
       kiwi-systemdeps-filesystems libblockdev-mpath3 libmpathcmd-dev
       libmpathpersist-dev libmpathpersist0 libmpathvalid-dev (10 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 7117
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1083104

   nilfs-tools (#723599), requested 4692 days ago
     Description: Continuous Snapshotting Log-structured Filesystem
     Reverse Depends: libguestfs-nilfs
     Installations reported by Popcon: 838
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/723599

   nn (#470187), requested 6710 days ago
     Description: Heavy-duty USENET news reader (curses-based client)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 45
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/470187

   open-build-service (#984462), requested 1968 days ago
     Reverse Depends: obs-server
     Installations reported by Popcon: 52
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/984462

   openldap (#512360), requested 6393 days ago
     Description: OpenLDAP server, libraries, and utilities
     Reverse Depends: 389-ds-base 389-ds-base-dev 389-ds-base-libs adcli
       alpine anope apache2-bin asterisk-modules audispd-plugins
       autofs-ldap (132 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 259843
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/512360

   opensnitch (#1070855), requested 804 days ago
     Description: GNU/Linux interactive application firewall
     Installations reported by Popcon: 263
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1070855

   openssl (#332498), requested 7595 days ago
     Description: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related
       cryptographic tools
     Reverse Depends: 389-ds-base 389-ds-base-libs accel-config-test
       acme-redirect acme-tiny afflib-tools aircrack-ng alpine
       alsa-scarlett-gui amanda-common (1233 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 275489
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/332498

   openvanilla-modules (#678401), requested 5145 days ago
     Description: libraries of openvanilla input method
     Reverse Depends: openvanilla-imgeneric-data-all
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-ja openvanilla-imgeneric-data-ko
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-th openvanilla-imgeneric-data-vi
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-zh-cn openvanilla-imgeneric-data-zh-hk
       openvanilla-imgeneric-data-zh-tw ucimf-openvanilla
     Installations reported by Popcon: 1
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/678401

   pgpool2 (#772047), requested 4249 days ago
     Description: connection pool server and replication proxy for
       PostgreSQL
     Reverse Depends: libpgpool-dev pgpool2 postgresql-18-pgpool2
     Installations reported by Popcon: 41
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/772047

   pulseaudio (#743303), requested 4496 days ago
     Description: PulseAudio sound server
     Reverse Depends: aegisub ardour ares ascii-patrol audacious-plugins
       audmes ayatana-indicator-sound baresip-x11 blender blueman (216 more
       omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 158528
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/743303

   qcontrol (#1122867), requested 222 days ago
     Installations reported by Popcon: 85
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1122867

   riseup-vpn (#1117550), requested 289 days ago
     Description: Easy, fast, and secure VPN service from riseup.net
     Installations reported by Popcon: 427
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1117550

   sbcl (#1068094), requested 845 days ago
     Description: Common Lisp compiler and development system
     Reverse Depends: buildapp cl-quicklisp roslisp
     Installations reported by Popcon: 942
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1068094

   spamassassin (#676314), requested 5160 days ago
     Description: Perl-based spam filter using text analysis
     Reverse Depends: claws-mail-spamassassin
       evolution-plugin-spamassassin fuzzyocr isbg
       roundcube-plugin-sauserprefs sa-compile sa-exim spamass-milter
       spamassassin-heatu spamd (1 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 4694
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/676314

   swi-prolog (#896458), requested 3015 days ago
     Description: ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog interpreter
     Reverse Depends: elpa-ediprolog libppl-swi swi-prolog swi-prolog-bdb
       swi-prolog-core-packages swi-prolog-doc swi-prolog-full
       swi-prolog-java swi-prolog-nox swi-prolog-odbc (2 more omitted)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 864
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/896458

   tbsync (#1093223), requested 553 days ago
     Description: Thunderbird/Lightning Add-On to support MS Exchange
       Calendar etc.
     Reverse Depends: webext-eas4tbsync
     Installations reported by Popcon: 136
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1093223

   torbrowser-launcher (#796295), requested 3989 days ago
     Description: helps download, update and run the Tor Browser Bundle
     Installations reported by Popcon: 914
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/796295

   torrus (#1117225), requested 291 days ago
     Description: Universal front-end for Round-Robin Databases (common
       files)
     Installations reported by Popcon: 6
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/1117225

   xloadimage (#919265), requested 2747 days ago
     Description: Graphics file viewer under X11
     Installations reported by Popcon: 665
     Bug Report URL: https://bugs.debian.org/919265

See https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/help_requested for more information.