RPM Requests

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 Fedora Wishlist or to the Fedora Games SIG Wishlist.

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.

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.

Please edit this page to add a new request ensuring the layout is maintained. For example:

  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
  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: 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.

  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
  Notes: Submitted RPM for review: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96

  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
  Notes: A package review is in Fedora (BZ #466658) waiting for Legal approval.

  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.

  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 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