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* https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2009-May/msg00440.html
* 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.  
We have a [[Package_maintainers_wishlist | 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 ==
== Wishlist ==
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| '''Software''' || '''Description''' || '''upstream url''' ||'''review request/ rpms / comments '''
| '''Software''' || '''Description''' || '''upstream url''' ||'''review request/ rpms / comments '''
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|- ||style="color: black; background-color: #eeeff1"  
| ebox ||  web based administration tool similar to webmin || http://ebox-platform.com/ || debian focused  
| ebox ||  web based administration tool similar to webmin || http://ebox-platform.com/ || debian focused upstream but willing to cooperating with interested developers
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| remind ||  reminder || http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind || small utility
| 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
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| remind ||  reminder - alternative to evolution appointments || http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind || already in Fedora from Fedora Core 6
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| qtmess ||  popups || http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/qtmess.html || small utility
| qtmess ||  popups || http://home.att.net/~Tom.Horsley/qtmess.html || small utility
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| wicd ||  alternative to NetworkManager || http://wicd.net/ ||  
| wicd ||  alternative to NetworkManager || http://wicd.net/ || [[User:Sherry151|Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury]] is working on this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511204||
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| mbrowse ||  a graphical SNMP MIB browser  || http://www.kill-9.org/mbrowse/ ||  
| mbrowse ||  a graphical SNMP MIB browser  || http://www.kill-9.org/mbrowse/ ||  
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| dbacl ||  Powerful text classifier  || http://dbacl.sourceforge.net/ || can be combined with procmail for spam filtering
| dbacl ||  Powerful text classifier  || http://dbacl.sourceforge.net/ || can be combined with procmail for spam filtering
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| chan capi  ||  ||  http://www.chan-capi.org/ || chan-capi allows the Asterisk to use ISDN CAPI interface
| chan capi  ||  ||  http://www.chan-capi.org/ || chan-capi allows the Asterisk to use ISDN CAPI interface [[http://heffer.fedorapeople.org/chan_capi-1.1.2-1.fc11.src.rpm SRPM]]
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| JMRI  ||  ||  http://jmri.sourceforge.net/ || OpenJDK is java async communications interface
| JMRI  ||  ||  http://jmri.sourceforge.net/ || OpenJDK needs to have java async communications interface. verify this
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| calander server  ||  caldev server ||  http://calendarserver.org/||  
| calender server  ||  caldev server ||  http://calendarserver.org/||  
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| ferret  ||  Ferret is an interactive computer visualization for oceanographers ||  http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/ ||  
| ferret  ||  Ferret is an interactive computer visualization for oceanographers ||  http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/ ||  
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| analog ||  caldev server ||  http://calendarserver.org/||
| analog  ||  www logfile analyser and summary report generator||  http://www.analog.cx/||  
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| calander server ||  www logfile analyser and summary report generator||  http://www.analog.cx/||  
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| tork ||  Anonymity Manager ||  http://tork.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php || uses tor
| tork ||  Anonymity Manager ||  http://tork.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php || uses tor
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| cron-o-meter ||  exercise calculator ||  http://spaz.ca/cronometer/||  java software
| cron-o-meter ||  exercise calculator ||  http://spaz.ca/cronometer/||  java software
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|  kxstich ||  KXStitch is a program that lets you create cross stitch patterns and charts ||  http://kxstitch.sourceforge.net/ ||  
|  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
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|  moserial || serial terminal || http://live.gnome.org/moserial|| vala based. mjc AT avtechpulse.com is interested in packaging
| freemind || mind mapping  || http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page  || java based
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|  unknown horizon ||  2D real-time strategy stimulation on economy and city building||  http://www.unknown-horizons.org/ ||http://packman.links2linux.de/package/UnknownHorizon
|  arista  || video transcoder ||  || Rahul Sundaram has a review request at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502477
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|  transmageddon || video transcoder || || Rahul Sundaram has a spec. waiting on a new release of pyobject2 to fix a bug
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|  pokerth || Texas Hold'Em Poker  || http://www.pokerth.net/  || SUSE has it
|  ROOT || data analysis framework || http://root.cern.ch/drupal/  || https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=542990
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| freemind || mind mapping  || http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page  || java based
|  joomla || content management system || http://www.joomla.org/ ||
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| agedu || web based disk usage calculator || http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/ || https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502101
| gtapecalc || desktop calculator with paper like output || http://gtapecalc.sourceforge.net/ || Rahul Sundaram is working on this
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| arista || video transcoder  || || https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502477
| 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.  
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| transmageddon || video transcoder || || Rahul Sundaram has a spec. waiting on a new release of pyobject2 to fix a bug
| dans guardian || proxy filter || http://dansguardian.org/ || https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500013
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|  root || data analysis framework || http://root.cern.ch/drupal/ ||
|  celtx || media pre-production|| http://celtx.com/ || Netscape License - acceptable
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|  joomla || content management system || http://www.joomla.org/ ||
|  inform fiction || || http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7/Welcome.html or http://gnome-inform7.sourceforge.net//  || former license is unclear
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|  ytree || ncurses based file manager || http://www.han.de/~werner/ytree.html || small and similar to mc
|  || || http://naughtysvn.tigris.org/ || seve from fedoraforum has a rpm for this
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|  gtapecalc || desktop calculator with paper like output || http://gtapecalc.sourceforge.net/ || Rahul Sundaram is working on this  
| <strike>nicotine</strike>|| <strike>filesharing</strike> ||  <strike>http://www.nicotine-plus.org/</strike> ||  <strike>http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/srpm/nicotine+-1.2.10-1.fc11.src.rpm + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551027</strike>
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| shoooes || ruby framework  ||  http://shoooes.net/  ||
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|  metasploit || framework for creating security tools and exploits ||  http://metasploit.com/framework/  || 3-clause BSD license
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|  rasmol ||  molecular visualization software || http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/    ||
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| gbuffy ||  mailbox biff program ||  http://www.fiction.net/blong/programs/gbuffy/  ||
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|  JEP  || Java Math Expression Parser  ||    http://sourceforge.net/projects/jep/  ||
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| argouml  ||  UML program || http://argouml.tigris.org/    ||
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|  tinyuml ||  UML program || http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyuml   ||
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|  phplot||  charts    ||http://sourceforge.net/projects/phplot/ ||
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|  linrad ||  ham radio program ||      http://www.nitehawk.com/sm5bsz/linuxdsp/linrad.htm  ||
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|  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
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|  eucalyptus||  Amazon EC2 compatible cloud infrastructure  ||    http://open.eucalyptus.com/  ||
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|  courier  (imap and authlib)  || imap server  ||  http://www.courier-mta.org/imap/    || mfleming has packages of both: http://www.thatfleminggent.com/rpm-packages
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|  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
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| cmu common lisp  || lisp || http://www.cons.org/cmucl/ ||
|qmail||Mail transfer agent||http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html||Some suggested patches at http://netqmail.org/
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| dans guardian || proxy filter || http://dansguardian.org/ ||
|djbdns||DNS servers||http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
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| pannini || perspective tool || http://sourceforge.net/projects/pvqt/ || Ankur Sinha is working on this
|daemontools||tools for managing daemons||http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
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|ucspi-tcp||tools for running tcp services||http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html||Some suggested patches at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zinq/
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|ezmlm-idx||mailing list software||http://www.ezmlm.org/||Dependent on qmail. Based on http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html
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|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
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|Navit||GPS navigation system that can use OpenStreetMap maps||http://www.navit-project.org/||https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485652
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|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/||
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|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/||
[[Category:Package maintainers archive]]

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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

Software Description upstream url review request/ rpms / comments
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/
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