Summary of Changes to the Packages Collection in March 2005

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By my calculations, at the end of March 2005, there were 5377 packages

in the Packages Collection, up from 5331 the previous month, a rise of

46. However, after a recount spurred upon me by Andrew Brown, who

pointed out that I'd been counting the number of distinct packages,

but missing out packages where was more than one version in pkgsrc, like

apache. So I now declare the number of packages in pkgsrc to be 5439 at

the end of March 2005. Until the next recount, that is.
Notable additions include:  arka, byacc, DatLib, DatUtil,

dsniff-nox11, e16menuedit2, gaim-otr, ggiterm, gnome-backgrounds,

gnome-doc-utils, gnome-menus, gopchop, gtk2-engines-clearlooks,

gtkhtml36, gxemul, ja-sazanami-ttf, kde3-i18n-br, kde3-i18n-fy,

kde3-i18n-ga, kde3-i18n-lt, kde3-i18n-mk, kde3-i18n-se, kochi-ttf,

koffice-i18n-ja, koffice-i18n-lo, koffice-i18n-mt, koffice-i18n-nb,

koffice-i18n-nn, koffice-i18n-pt, koffice-i18n-pt_BR, koffice-i18n-sl,

koffice-i18n-sr, koffice-i18n-tg, koffice-i18n-th, koffice-i18n-tr,

koffice-i18n-ven, koffice-i18n-xh, koffice-i18n-zh_CN,

koffice-i18n-zh_TW, koffice-i18n-zu, lbdb, libggimisc, libgiigic,

libotr, lucy, MAMEDiff, mdf2iso, openttd, p5-Carp-Clan,

p5-Class-Autouse, p5-Class-MakeMethods, p5-ExtUtils-AutoInstall,

p5-Net-Dev-MIBLoadOrder, ROMBuild, ROMInfo, ruby-doc-stdlib,

ruby-imlib2, ruby-redcloth, ruby-xmlscan, ruby16-base, ruby16-digest,

ruby18-base, shapelib, socket++, sparsehash, sqlite3-tcl,

sylpheed-devel, systrace-policies, totem, totem-xine, turba, wdic,

wiliki, xentools20, ximian-connector, xmms-wma, and ZIPIdent.
Notable updates include:  aalib, aalib-x11, abiword, abiword-plugins,

amarok, anthy, ap-jk, arla, arts, asc, at-spi, atk, avr-gcc, avrdude,

bind, bittorrent, bittorrent-gui, blender, bluefish, bmp, bogofilter,

bomberclone, bug-buddy, bzflag, cairo, cfs, cgiirc, cgoban-java,

clamsmtp, cmp3, courier-authlib, courier-imap, courier-maildir,

cpuflags, crimsonfields, crypto++, cssc, curl, cvs, cygwin_lib,

cyrus-imapd, dasher, DatLib, DatUtil, dbh, dbus, dbus-glib,

dict-client, digest, digikam, digikamimageplugins, dirmngr, djbdns,

dnstop, docbook-website, doclifter, dsniff, dspam, eb, eel2, efax-gtk,

emacs, emacs-nox11, enscript, eog2, epiphany, epiphany-extensions,

ethereal, evolution, evolution-data-server, evolution-webcal,

file-roller, firefox, firefox-gtk1, firefox-gtk2-bin, flim, fltk,

fluxbox, flyspell, fontconfig, fontforge, fprot-workstation-bin,

freepwing, freeradius, fspanel, g-wrap, gaim, gal2, galway, gattrib,

gauche, gcalctool, gconf-editor, GConf2, GConf2-ui, gdm, geda,

geda-docs, geda-examples, geda-symbols, geda-utils, gedit, gerbv,

getmail, gftp, gftp-gtk1, ggv2, gimp-docs, gkrellm, gkrellm-leds,

gkrellm-server, gkrellm-share, gkrellm-volume, glib2, glpk, gmp, gnet,

gnetlist, gnome, gnome-base, gnome-core, gnome-desktop, gnome-devel,

gnome-icon-theme, gnome-keyring, gnome-mag, gnome-netstatus,

gnome-panel, gnome-session, gnome-themes, gnome-vfs2, gnome-vfs2-cdda,

gnome-vfs2-smb, gnome2-applets, gnome2-control-center, gnome2-games,

gnome2-media, gnome2-pixmaps, gnome2-system-monitor, gnome2-terminal,

gnome2-utils, gnopernicus, gnucash, gnupg, gok, Gorm, gpdf, gpg2dot,

gq, graphviz, gschem, gst-plugins, gst-plugins-artsd,

gst-plugins-cdparanoia, gst-plugins-dvdnav, gst-plugins-dvdread,

gst-plugins-esound, gst-plugins-faad, gst-plugins-flac,

gst-plugins-gnomevfs, gst-plugins-lame, gst-plugins-mad,

gst-plugins-mpeg2dec, gst-plugins-ogg, gst-plugins-opengl,

gst-plugins-oss, gst-plugins-png, gst-plugins-theora,

gst-plugins-vorbis, gsymcheck, gtk-doc, gtk2+, gtk2-engines,

gtkglarea, gtkhtml36, gtksourceview, gucharmap, gxmame, horde, host,

howl, html2text, icu, ImageMagick, imap-uw, imap-uw-utils, imlib2,

imp, ipsec-tools, ircservices, irssi, ivtools, ja-mh6, joe, kde3,

kde3-i18n-ar, kde3-i18n-bg, kde3-i18n-bn, kde3-i18n-bs, kde3-i18n-ca,

kde3-i18n-cs, kde3-i18n-cy, kde3-i18n-da, kde3-i18n-de,

kde3-i18n-en_GB, kde3-i18n-eo, kde3-i18n-es, kde3-i18n-et,

kde3-i18n-eu, kde3-i18n-fi, kde3-i18n-fr, kde3-i18n-he, kde3-i18n-hi,

kde3-i18n-hsb, kde3-i18n-hu, kde3-i18n-is, kde3-i18n-it, kde3-i18n-ja,

kde3-i18n-nb, kde3-i18n-nds, kde3-i18n-nl, kde3-i18n-nn, kde3-i18n-pa,

kde3-i18n-pl, kde3-i18n-pt, kde3-i18n-pt_BR, kde3-i18n-ro,

kde3-i18n-ru, kde3-i18n-sk, kde3-i18n-sl, kde3-i18n-sr,

kde3-i18n-sr_Latn, kde3-i18n-sv, kde3-i18n-ta, kde3-i18n-tg,

kde3-i18n-tr, kde3-i18n-uk, kde3-i18n-zh_CN, kdeaccessibility3,

kdeaddons3, kdeadmin3, kdeartwork3, kdebase3, kdeedu3, kdegames3,

kdegraphics3, kdelibdocs3, kdelibs3, kdemultimedia3, kdenetwork3,

kdepim3, kdesdk3, kdetoys3, kdeutils3, kdevelop, kdevelop-base,

kdewebdev, koth, lesstif, libarchive, libffi, libgdiplus, libgeda,

libggi, libggigcp, libggimisc, libggiwmh, libgii, libglade2, libgnome,

libgnomecanvas, libgnomecups, libgnomeprint, libgnomeprintui,

libgnomeui, libgtop2, libidn, libkver, libltdl, libmpeg2, libnet,

libnids, libol, libopendaap, libpixman, librsvg2, librsvg2-gtk2,

libsigc++2, libsoup-devel, libtool, libtool-base, libtool-info,

libwnck, libxfce4gui, libxfce4mcs, libxfce4util, libxklavier, libxml2,

libxslt, lmclock, mailman, maradns, mathomatic, mc, memtester,

metacity, mew, mhash, mklivecd, mksunbootcd, mkvtoolnix, mlterm, mmg,

mono, monotone, monotone-server, mozilla, mozilla-bin, mozilla-gtk2,

mpi-ch, mysql-client, mysql-server, mysql4-client, mysql4-server,

mysqlcc, nail, nautilus, nautilus-cd-burner, ncmpc, net-snmp,

netbsd-tap, netbsd-www, netpbm, nrg2iso, ns-remote, nxtvepg, ocaml,

ocaml-graphics, octave-current, openexr, openmotif, openssl, osh,

p5-Bit-Vector, p5-Cache-Simple-TimedExpiry, p5-Class-MethodMaker,

p5-Curses, p5-DBIx-SearchBuilder, p5-HTML-TableExtract,

p5-I18N-LangTags, p5-Image-Imlib2, p5-IO-Util, p5-Locale-Maketext,

p5-Locale-Maketext-Lexicon, p5-Module-CoreList, p5-Module-ScanDeps,

p5-Net-DNS, p5-Regexp-Common, p5-SVN-Mirror, p5-SVN-Simple,

p5-Term-ProgressBar, p5-Term-ReadKey, p5-Text-Shellwords, p5-Want,

p5-xmltv, pango, papaya, pbzip2, pcb-current, phpldapadmin, pkgconfig,

pkglint, pkg_install, posh, postfix, putty, qmail-run, quagga,

ratpoison, rdesktop, realplayer-codecs, riece, ROMBuild, rox, rox-lib,

rt3, rtf-tools, ruby18-base, screws, scummvm, SDL, semi,

shared-mime-info, skk, smartmontools, snort, socat, spamass-milter,

sqlite3, squid, sqwebmail, sr, sudo, sun-jdk15, sun-jre15,

suse91_base, svk, sylpheed, sylpheed-claws,

sylpheed-claws-dillo-viewer, sylpheed-claws-image-viewer,

sylpheed-claws-trayicon, sylpheed-devel, tads, tcpreplay, tcsh,

thunderbird, thunderbird-gtk2, tiff, tinyscheme, tkdiff, tla, tor,

tunesbrowser, uim, unace, unalz, urban, url2pkg, verilog, vim, vino,

vte, wesnoth, wine, wl, wol, wu-ftpd, wxhaskell, xemacs-current,

xentools20, xfce4, xfce4-appfinder, xfce4-calendar, xfce4-desktop,

xfce4-fm, xfce4-gtk2-engine-2.2.6, xfce4-icon-theme, xfce4-iconbox,

xfce4-mcs-manager, xfce4-mcs-plugins, xfce4-mixer, xfce4-panel,

xfce4-print, xfce4-session, xfce4-systray, xfce4-toys,

xfce4-trigger-launcher, xfce4-utils, xfce4-weather-plugin, xfce4-wm,

xfce4-wm-themes, ximian-connector, xine-lib, xli, xlockmore, xmms,

xmms-flac, xorg, xorg-imake, xorg-server, xpaint, xpm, xscreensaver,

xscreensaver-demo, and zenity.
I had a huge amount of trouble picking the Package of the Month this

month.  pkgsrc/audio/amarok was recommended to me, I installed it, and

have come to love it, as I now use it to listen to music.  There are

downsides to it, though, in that, if you're not a kde user, its total

size is 270 MB, along with pre-requisite packages, and that may be too

high a price to pay for an application which can use a number of

output engines, can download CD cover artwork, and lyrics to songs,

and has just the amount of eyecandy that's necessary without being too

intrusive.
Instead, I've decided to award pkgsrc/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools, despite

the fact that it's so difficult to type.  I've been using it to write

DVDs for a new business venture just recently, and it is invaluable -

one of these tools that I simply couldn't do without.
Alistair Crooks

http://www.alistaircrooks.com/agc.html

Thu Apr 28 09:50:14 BST 2005