Packaging Survey May 2009

Links:


 * http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=221294
 * https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2009-May/msg00440.html

We have a packaging wishlist with a large number of packages, many of them obsolete. To find out software Fedora users were using and missing out in the repository, a survey was conducted in Fedora forum, mailing lists and some linux user groups. The result is provided here for convenience.

Wishlist
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 * Software || Description || upstream url ||review request/ rpms / comments 
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 * ebox || web based administration tool similar to webmin || http://ebox-platform.com/ || debian focused upstream but willing to cooperating with interested developers
 * CSSC || GNU sccs replacement || http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cssc/ || actively maintained but stable. Package for slightly old version available at https://cryregarder.com/CSSC-1.1.1-2.src.rpm
 * remind || reminder - alternative to evolution appointments || http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind || already in Fedora from Fedora Core 6
 * qtmess || popups || http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/qtmess.html || small utility
 * wicd || alternative to NetworkManager || http://wicd.net/ || Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury is working on this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511204||
 * mbrowse || a graphical SNMP MIB browser  || http://www.kill-9.org/mbrowse/ ||
 * dbacl || Powerful text classifier  || http://dbacl.sourceforge.net/ || can be combined with procmail for spam filtering
 * chan capi ||   ||  http://www.chan-capi.org/ || chan-capi allows the Asterisk to use ISDN CAPI interface [SRPM]
 * JMRI ||   ||  http://jmri.sourceforge.net/ || OpenJDK needs to have java async communications interface. verify this
 * calender server ||  caldev server ||  http://calendarserver.org/||
 * ferret ||  Ferret is an interactive computer visualization for oceanographers ||  http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/ ||
 * analog ||  www logfile analyser and summary report generator||  http://www.analog.cx/||
 * tork || Anonymity Manager ||  http://tork.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php || uses tor
 * cron-o-meter || exercise calculator ||  http://spaz.ca/cronometer/||  java software
 * kxstich || KXStitch is a program that lets you create cross stitch patterns and charts ||  http://kxstitch.sourceforge.net/ || KDE 3 application? no plans for KDE 4 port
 * freemind || mind mapping   || http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page  || java based
 * arista || video transcoder  ||  || Rahul Sundaram has a review request at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502477
 * transmageddon || video transcoder || || Rahul Sundaram has a spec. waiting on a new release of pyobject2 to fix a bug
 * ROOT || data analysis framework || http://root.cern.ch/drupal/ || https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542990
 * joomla || content management system || http://www.joomla.org/ ||
 * gtapecalc || desktop calculator with paper like output || http://gtapecalc.sourceforge.net/ || Rahul Sundaram is working on this
 * cmu common lisp || lisp || http://www.cons.org/cmucl/ || is available for Fedora but only for 32-bit systems. code is not ported to 64-bit systems yet.
 * dans guardian || proxy filter || http://dansguardian.org/ || https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500013
 * celtx || media pre-production|| http://celtx.com/ || Netscape License - acceptable
 * inform fiction || || http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7/Welcome.html or http://gnome-inform7.sourceforge.net//  || former license is unclear
 * || || http://naughtysvn.tigris.org/ || seve from fedoraforum has a rpm for this
 * nicotine || filesharing || http://www.nicotine-plus.org/ ||  http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/srpm/nicotine+-1.2.10-1.fc11.src.rpm + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551027
 * shoooes || ruby framework ||  http://shoooes.net/   ||
 * metasploit || framework for creating security tools and exploits || http://metasploit.com/framework/  || 3-clause BSD license
 * rasmol || molecular visualization software || http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/    ||
 * gbuffy || mailbox biff program ||   http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/gbuffy/  ||
 * JEP  || Java Math Expression Parser  ||    http://sourceforge.net/projects/jep/  ||
 * argouml ||  UML program || http://argouml.tigris.org/    ||
 * tinyuml || UML program || http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyuml   ||
 * phplot|| charts    ||http://sourceforge.net/projects/phplot/ ||
 * linrad || ham radio program ||      http://www.nitehawk.com/sm5bsz/linuxdsp/linrad.htm  ||
 * menumaker || menu generator for small window managers like fluxbox ||       http://sourceforge.net/projects/menumaker || Gireesh Sreekantan is working on this. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-india/2009-June/msg00002.html
 * eucalyptus|| Amazon EC2 compatible cloud infrastructure  ||    http://open.eucalyptus.com/   ||
 * courier (imap and authlib)  || imap server  ||   http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/    || mfleming has packages of both: http://www.thatfleminggent.com/rpm-packages
 * network stimulator ns-2 || Ns is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research   ||    http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/    || old rpms at http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/2325036/com/ns-2.27-7.i386.rpm.html
 * qmail||Mail transfer agent||http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html||Some suggested patches at http://netqmail.org/
 * djbdns||DNS servers||http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * daemontools||tools for managing daemons||http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ucspi-tcp||tools for running tcp services||http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ezmlm-idx||mailing list software||http://www.ezmlm.org/||Dependent on qmail. Based on http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html
 * Songbird||Powerful media player, plugin extendible, uses XUL engine, similar to Amarok or iTunes but better ;)||http://getsongbird.com/||RPMS exist: http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Contributed_Builds
 * Navit||GPS navigation system that can use OpenStreetMap maps||http://www.navit-project.org/||https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485652
 * BackupNinja||coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.||https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||
 * || || http://naughtysvn.tigris.org/ || seve from fedoraforum has a rpm for this
 * nicotine || filesharing || http://www.nicotine-plus.org/ ||  http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/srpm/nicotine+-1.2.10-1.fc11.src.rpm + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551027
 * shoooes || ruby framework ||  http://shoooes.net/   ||
 * metasploit || framework for creating security tools and exploits || http://metasploit.com/framework/  || 3-clause BSD license
 * rasmol || molecular visualization software || http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/    ||
 * gbuffy || mailbox biff program ||   http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/gbuffy/  ||
 * JEP  || Java Math Expression Parser  ||    http://sourceforge.net/projects/jep/  ||
 * argouml ||  UML program || http://argouml.tigris.org/    ||
 * tinyuml || UML program || http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyuml   ||
 * phplot|| charts    ||http://sourceforge.net/projects/phplot/ ||
 * linrad || ham radio program ||      http://www.nitehawk.com/sm5bsz/linuxdsp/linrad.htm  ||
 * menumaker || menu generator for small window managers like fluxbox ||       http://sourceforge.net/projects/menumaker || Gireesh Sreekantan is working on this. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-india/2009-June/msg00002.html
 * eucalyptus|| Amazon EC2 compatible cloud infrastructure  ||    http://open.eucalyptus.com/   ||
 * courier (imap and authlib)  || imap server  ||   http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/    || mfleming has packages of both: http://www.thatfleminggent.com/rpm-packages
 * network stimulator ns-2 || Ns is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research   ||    http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/    || old rpms at http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/2325036/com/ns-2.27-7.i386.rpm.html
 * qmail||Mail transfer agent||http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html||Some suggested patches at http://netqmail.org/
 * djbdns||DNS servers||http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * daemontools||tools for managing daemons||http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ucspi-tcp||tools for running tcp services||http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ezmlm-idx||mailing list software||http://www.ezmlm.org/||Dependent on qmail. Based on http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html
 * Songbird||Powerful media player, plugin extendible, uses XUL engine, similar to Amarok or iTunes but better ;)||http://getsongbird.com/||RPMS exist: http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Contributed_Builds
 * Navit||GPS navigation system that can use OpenStreetMap maps||http://www.navit-project.org/||https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485652
 * BackupNinja||coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.||https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||
 * eucalyptus|| Amazon EC2 compatible cloud infrastructure  ||    http://open.eucalyptus.com/   ||
 * courier (imap and authlib)  || imap server  ||   http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/    || mfleming has packages of both: http://www.thatfleminggent.com/rpm-packages
 * network stimulator ns-2 || Ns is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research   ||    http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/    || old rpms at http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/2325036/com/ns-2.27-7.i386.rpm.html
 * qmail||Mail transfer agent||http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html||Some suggested patches at http://netqmail.org/
 * djbdns||DNS servers||http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * daemontools||tools for managing daemons||http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ucspi-tcp||tools for running tcp services||http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ezmlm-idx||mailing list software||http://www.ezmlm.org/||Dependent on qmail. Based on http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html
 * Songbird||Powerful media player, plugin extendible, uses XUL engine, similar to Amarok or iTunes but better ;)||http://getsongbird.com/||RPMS exist: http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Contributed_Builds
 * Navit||GPS navigation system that can use OpenStreetMap maps||http://www.navit-project.org/||https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485652
 * BackupNinja||coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.||https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||
 * ucspi-tcp||tools for running tcp services||http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
 * ezmlm-idx||mailing list software||http://www.ezmlm.org/||Dependent on qmail. Based on http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html
 * Songbird||Powerful media player, plugin extendible, uses XUL engine, similar to Amarok or iTunes but better ;)||http://getsongbird.com/||RPMS exist: http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Contributed_Builds
 * Navit||GPS navigation system that can use OpenStreetMap maps||http://www.navit-project.org/||https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485652
 * BackupNinja||coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.||https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||
 * Navit||GPS navigation system that can use OpenStreetMap maps||http://www.navit-project.org/||https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485652
 * BackupNinja||coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.||https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||
 * BackupNinja||coordinate system backup by dropping a few simple configuration files into /etc/backup.d/. Most programs you might use for making backups don't have their own configuration file format.||https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||
 * Ossec||Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.||http://www.ossec.net/main/||