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= RPM Requests = | = Package Requests = |
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Use this page to post a request for a package that you would like to see in the RPM Fusion repository. If a package can be included in Fedora, please submit the request to the [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/WishList|Fedora Wishlist]] or to the [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Games/WishList|Fedora Games SIG Wishlist]]. | Use this page to post a request for a packages that can't go to Fedora but would be nice to have in the RPM Fusion repository. For update requests or package enhancements use [[http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org|bugzilla]] please. |
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/!\ '''If you cannot say why a package cannot go in Fedora probably you shouldn't submit your request here but in one of the aforementioned wishlists.''' | /!\ '''Important Note:''' Package request that don't give a good reason why the package cannot go to Fedora will get '''[[WishlistRemoved|removed]] from this list immediately''' without further notice; if you are unsure if a package is suitable for Fedora then submit it to [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/WishList|Fedora Wishlist]]; alternatively ask Fedora or RPM Fusion contributors for advice! |
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There is no guarantee that the package will be built, but it serves as a basis for maintainers looking for ideas on what to package next. Alternatively, please consider joining RPM Fusion and maintaining the package yourself. | Note, there is no guarantee that package will be built, but it serves as a basis for maintainers looking for ideas on what to package next. But that doesn't happen very often, as you can guess from the length of this list. The best way to get a package into RPM Fusion quickly is to join RPM Fusion and maintaining the package yourself. |
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Why not in Fedora: Explanation why this package is not eligible as a regular package in the Fedora repositories | Why not in Fedora: Explanation why this package is not eligible as a regular package in the Fedora repositories; packages request without a proper explanation will get removed from this list immediately! |
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Request: aacgain Summary: AACGain is a modification to the excellent mp3gain program. It supports AAC (mp4/m4a/QuickTime) audio files. URL: http://altosdesign.com/aacgain/ Why not in Fedora: Same reason mp3gain is not eligible; fear of patents. And it requires packages only available in rpm fusion. Notes: Should be a straight-forward addition }}} {{{ Request: acx100/acx111 Summary: Driver for Texas Instruments wireless device based URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ Why not in Fedora: There are legal questions raised about the origin of that driver. }}} {{{ Request: Adobe ICC Profiles Summary: ICC profiles for use in gnome-color-manager URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/iccprofiles/iccprofiles_linux.html Why not in Fedora: Non-free license, but free to redistribute. Notes: OpenSUSE source RPM available at: http://download.opensuse.org/source/factory/repo/non-oss/suse/src/ }}} {{{ Request: Aegisub Summary: Subtitling+typesetting application with ASS/SSA support URL: http://www.aegisub.net/ Why not in Fedora: Depands on FFMpeg for video preview Notes: Fedora 10 rpm available but unstable: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1197600&postcount=7 }}} {{{ Request: amule adunanza Summary: software to use kad network for fastweb users Url: www.adunanza.net why not in fedora: could be legal problems with p2p software }}} {{{ Request: Antivir Summary: Antivir is a free and highly popular German virus scanner with one of the best detection rates on the market and e.g. available on openSUSE. URL: http://www.free-av.de/de/download/download_servers.php Why not in Fedora: Antivir is free, but not open. For private use only. }}} {{{ |
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Request: Broadcom linux_sta driver Summary: Broadcom's hybrid Linux driver for use with Broadcom BCM4312 based hardware (device ID 4315) URL: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php Why not in Fedora: Like all other binary drivers Request: CDemu Summary: a kernel module simulate a CD drive + CD from cue/bin files URL: http://cdemu.sourceforge.net/ Why not in Fedora: Fedora won't ship the kernel modules (RH #177583). Request: Doom Legacy 2.0 Summary: SDL Open GL Doom Source port (WIP refer to the legacy forum or svn directory) URL: http://legacy.newdoom.com Why not in Fedora: Requires a commercial or shareware version of either DOOM, Ultimate DOOM or DOOM2 Request: generator Summary: An open-source Sega Genesis / Megadrive emulator URL: http://www.ghostwhitecrab.com/generator/ Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted in Fedora Request: GnomeBoyAdvance Summary: Gnomeboyadvance is a GNOME frontend for the Visual Boy Advance emulator URL: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gnomeboyadvance/ Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted in Fedora Request: moonlight Summary: Free implementation of Microsoft' Silverlight URL: http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight Why not in Fedora: On the forbidden list due to patent concerns Notes: Already packaged for openSUSE' packman repo, package might be useful as a template - http://packman.links2linux.org/package/libmoon Request: netperf Summary: Network performance/benchmarking with the ability to benchmark many different protocols URL: http://www.netperf.org/netperf/NetperfPage.html Why not in Fedora: Does not appear to be a compatible license, COPYING file states it's owned by HP, but the code appears to be FOSS. Notes: No special requirements or dependencies that I know of. Request: OpenTTD Summary: OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" URL: http://www.openttd.org Why not in Fedora: Requires Abandonware data files Notes: A fedora package is available at Hany's repository: http://hany.sk/~hany/_data/SRPM/doors-f7/ Request: PCSX Summary: An open-source Sony PlayStation emulator URL: http://www.pcsx.net/ Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted in Fedora Notes: pcsx-df (Debian fork) review has been dropped at Dribble (http://dribble.org.uk/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=130) Request: sdlhazemd Summary: HazeMD is a Megadrive/Genesis emulator based on the MAME code URL: http://rbelmont.mameworld.info/?page_id=163 Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted in Fedora Request: sidplay2 (review submitted at Dribble: BZ #122, BZ #123) Summary: A cycle-exact version of sidplay (which is in Extras) also utilizing C64 ROMs URL: http://sidplay2.sourceforge.net/ Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted Fedora Notes: Needs libsidplay2 to be packaged as it's not available in upstream repos Request: snack Summary: The Snack Sound Toolkit is designed to be used with a scripting language such as Tcl/Tk or Python. Using Snack you can create powerful multi-platform audio applications with just a few lines of code. URL: http://www.speech.kth.se/snack/ Why not in Fedora: Has mp3 stuff in it Notes: This library will allow amsn to send/receive audio clips Request: SpcaGui Summary: A nice VideoGrabber vor Spca5xx-devices. URL: http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html Why not in Fedora: It's a nice, small Gui for the Spca5xx-driver which is already in livna. Request: spcaview & Spcaserv & Spcacat Summary: A set of tools for the spca5xx module URL: http://mxhaard.free.fr/sview.html Why not in Fedora: The driver (spca) is already included (in livna) but for good use, this tools are required. Request: Visual Boy Advance Summary: A Gamboy Advance Emulator URL: http://vba.ngemu.com/ Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted in Fedora Request: Xe Summary: A multi system emulator emulates many console and handheld video game systems. Xe is an original emulator written from scratch. URL: http://www.xe-emulator.com/ Why not in Fedora: Emulators are not permitted in Fedora Request: xsnow Summary: Xsnow is the X-windows application that will let it snow on the root, in between and on windows. Santa and his reindeer will complete your festive-season feeling. URL: http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/rick/Xsnow/ Why not in Fedora: Unclear license, probably shareware-like. Freely distributable, but not Free Software Notes: A specfile for fedora available at http://users.linpro.no/ingvar/xsnow.spec Request: zaptel-kmod (In progress - Seeking sponsor to add WillTatam as a contributor) Summary: zaptel kernel module for telephony cards URL: http://www.asterisk.org/ Why not in Fedora: Fedora won't ship the kernel modules (RH #177583). Notes: Asterisk (review RH #178922) and Zaptel tools (review RH #177584) are in Fedora. |
Notes: Review Request at https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167 |
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Request: zfs-fuse Summary: ZFS Filesystem for FUSE/Linux URL: http://www.wizy.org/wiki/ZFS_on_FUSE Why not in Fedora: Stopped in legal pending decision of whether patents block the inclusion in Fedora. Notes: rpm packages for zfs-fuse 0.5.0 have already been produced by Uwe Kubosch who also wishes to maintain the package. }}} '''Maintainers:''' If you decide to work on a package requested here, please label it as "in progress" for example - Request: foo (in progress). Once the package has been published, remove it from this list. Thanks. == Requests that should be moved to Fedora == The following requests should probably be moved to the [[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/WishList|Fedora Wishlist]]. Most of them do not have specified why they cannot go in Fedora. {{{ Request: gnome-do 0.5 Summary: is an intelligent launcher tool that makes performing common tasks on your computer simple and efficient. URL: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeDo Why not in Fedora: Requires an updated gtk-sharp2, gnome-sharp and gnome-desktop-sharp. [It is not RPM Fusion policy to update Fedora packages] Request: libtorrent 0.13 Summary: LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack. On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the official client. URL: http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/download.php Why not in Fedora: fedora does not supply 0.13,,only 0.11.8 [Not true: libtorrent you request is not the same libtorrent that already is in Fedora] Notes: Package is needed to compile qbittorrent Request: ManDVD Summary: KDE based DVD creation program. URL: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=38347 Why not in Fedora: Request: psad Summary: The Port Scan Attack Detector (psad) URL: http://www.cipherdyne.org/psad/ Why not in Fedora: Request: pyscrabble Summary: An online multiplayer clone of the game Scrabble URL: http://pyscrabble.sourceforge.net/ Why not in Fedora: Request: qbittorrent Summary: qBittorrent can now be considered as a good alternative to other bittorrent clients. It provides a lot of features such as: URL: http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/download.php Why not in Fedora: no idea,, this is an awsome good looking p2p torrent client. Notes: libtorrent 0.13 is required, this can be found on: http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/download.php Request: Q DVD Author Summary: A QT frontend for DVD authoring URL: http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ Why not in Fedora: Notes: Seems far too unstable and quirky as yet, to be worth building Request: SnortSam Summary: SnortSam is a plugin for Snort. Plugin allows for automated blocking of IP addresses on firewalls URL: http://www.snortsam.net/ Why not in Fedora: Request: TorK Summary: Anonymity manager for the KDE Desktop on Linux and Unix systems. URL: http://www.anonymityanywhere.com/tork/ Why not in Fedora: Request: waste Summary: WASTE is a software product and protocol that enables secure distributed communication for small (on the order of 10-50 nodes) trusted groups of users. URL: http://waste.sf.net/ Why not in Fedora: Perhaps the most secure P2P connection and Protocol, presently under development }}} == Software we won't package == {{{ Request: AdobeReader Summary: An application that can view, navigate and print PDF documents URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html Why not in RPM Fusion: It is not re-distributable. See http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/distribute.html Notes: Adobe provides its own Yum repository for Adobe Reader and Flash - see http://blogs.adobe.com/acroread/2008/02/adobe_reader_now_available_via.html }}} |
Request: ATI Stream SDK Summary: An SDK for OpenCL on ATI cards. URL: http://developer.amd.com/gpu/ATIStreamSDK/Pages/default.aspx Why n |
Package Requests
Use this page to post a request for a packages that can't go to Fedora but would be nice to have in the RPM Fusion repository. For update requests or package enhancements use bugzilla please.
Important Note: Package request that don't give a good reason why the package cannot go to Fedora will get removed from this list immediately without further notice; if you are unsure if a package is suitable for Fedora then submit it to Fedora Wishlist; alternatively ask Fedora or RPM Fusion contributors for advice!
Note, there is no guarantee that package will be built, but it serves as a basis for maintainers looking for ideas on what to package next. But that doesn't happen very often, as you can guess from the length of this list. The best way to get a package into RPM Fusion quickly is to join RPM Fusion and maintaining the package yourself.
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Request: foo Summary: A program that does all sorts of foo URL: http://www.example.com Why not in Fedora: Explanation why this package is not eligible as a regular package in the Fedora repositories; packages request without a proper explanation will get removed from this list immediately! Notes: Optional notes section which may be useful for potential packagers
Requests will be removed where an RPM already exists in Fedora or RPM Fusion itself.
Current Requests
Place your current requests here, in alphabetical order.
Request: aacgain Summary: AACGain is a modification to the excellent mp3gain program. It supports AAC (mp4/m4a/QuickTime) audio files. URL: http://altosdesign.com/aacgain/ Why not in Fedora: Same reason mp3gain is not eligible; fear of patents. And it requires packages only available in rpm fusion. Notes: Should be a straight-forward addition
Request: acx100/acx111 Summary: Driver for Texas Instruments wireless device based URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/acx100/ Why not in Fedora: There are legal questions raised about the origin of that driver.
Request: Adobe ICC Profiles Summary: ICC profiles for use in gnome-color-manager URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/iccprofiles/iccprofiles_linux.html Why not in Fedora: Non-free license, but free to redistribute. Notes: OpenSUSE source RPM available at: http://download.opensuse.org/source/factory/repo/non-oss/suse/src/
Request: Aegisub Summary: Subtitling+typesetting application with ASS/SSA support URL: http://www.aegisub.net/ Why not in Fedora: Depands on FFMpeg for video preview Notes: Fedora 10 rpm available but unstable: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1197600&postcount=7
Request: amule adunanza Summary: software to use kad network for fastweb users Url: www.adunanza.net why not in fedora: could be legal problems with p2p software
Request: Antivir Summary: Antivir is a free and highly popular German virus scanner with one of the best detection rates on the market and e.g. available on openSUSE. URL: http://www.free-av.de/de/download/download_servers.php Why not in Fedora: Antivir is free, but not open. For private use only.
Request: anyremote-j2me-client Summary: J2ME client for anyRemote (bluetooth remote control for PC) URL: http://anyremote.sourceforge.net/ Why not in Fedora: anyremote-j2me-client uses Sun WTK (which is free, but not open-source) for build. Notes: Review Request at https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167