diff --git a/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-debian-stretch b/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-debian-stretch
index 8958340d24..fefc9677f5 100644
--- a/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-debian-stretch
+++ b/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-debian-stretch
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ yes|acpi|acpi|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|advancecomp|advancecomp|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|align||exe
 yes|alsa-lib|libasound2,libasound2-data,libasound2-dev,libasound2-plugins|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-yes|alsa-base|alsa-base|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+###yes|alsa-base|alsa-base|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #stretch ditched this
 yes|alsa-utils|alsa-utils|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|aspell|libaspell15,libaspell-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by abiword.
 yes|atk|libatk1.0-0,libatk1.0-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ yes|f2fs-tools||exe,dev
 yes|faac|libfaac0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|faad|faad,libfaad2|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|ffconvert||exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-yes|ffmpeg|ffmpeg,libavcodec57,libavcodec-extra57,libavcodec-dev,libavutil55,libavdevice57,libavdevice-dev,libswresample2,libswresample-dev,libavresample3,libavresample-dev,libavfilter-extra6,libpostproc54,libpostproc-dev,libavutil-dev,libavutil-dev,libavformat57,libavformat-dev,libavdevice-dev,libavfilter6,libavfilter-dev,libbs2b0,libbs2b-dev,libflite1,libgme0,libiec61883-0,libjack-jackd2-0,libjack-jackd2-dev,libnuma1,libnuma-dev,libopenal1,libopenal-data,libopenal-dev,libshine3,libshine-dev,libsnappy1v5,libsodium18,libsodium-dev,libsoxr0,libsoxr-dev,libssh-gcrypt-4,libssh-gcrypt-dev,libswscale4,libswscale-dev,libwavpack1,libwavpack-dev,libzmq5,libsndio6.1,libsndio-dev,libsdl2-2.0-0,libsdl2-dev,libavc1394-0,libtwolame0,libmodplug1,librubberband2,libebur128-1,libass5,libass-dev,libchromaprint1,libzvbi0,libzvbi-common,libwebpmux2,libwebp6,libcrystalhd3,libjson-c3,libjson-c-dev,libspeex1,libcaca0,libopenmpt0,libmpg123-0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+yes|ffmpeg|ffmpeg,libavcodec57,libavcodec-extra57,libavcodec-dev,libavutil55,libavdevice57,libavdevice-dev,libswresample2,libswresample-dev,libavresample3,libavresample-dev,libavfilter-extra6,libpostproc54,libpostproc-dev,libavutil-dev,libavutil-dev,libavformat57,libavformat-dev,libavdevice-dev,libavfilter6,libavfilter-dev,libbs2b0,libbs2b-dev,libflite1,libgme0,libiec61883-0,libjack-jackd2-0,libjack-jackd2-dev,libnuma1,libnuma-dev,libopenal1,libopenal-data,libopenal-dev,libshine3,libshine-dev,libsnappy1v5,libsodium18,libsodium-dev,libsoxr0,libsoxr-dev,libssh-gcrypt-4,libssh-gcrypt-dev,libswscale4,libswscale-dev,libwavpack1,libwavpack-dev,libzmq5,libsndio6.1,libsndio-dev,libsdl2-2.0-0,libsdl2-dev,libavc1394-0,libtwolame0,libmodplug1,librubberband2,libebur128-1,libass5,libass-dev,libchromaprint1,libzvbi0,libzvbi-common,libwebpmux2,libwebp6,libcrystalhd3,libjson-c3,libjson-c-dev,libspeex1,libcaca0,libopenmpt0,libmpg123-0,libpgm-5.2-0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 no|file|file,libmagic1,libmagic-mgc,libmagic-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #libmagic is big..
 yes|file||exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|file_sharing-curlftpfs-mpscan||exe
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ yes|gifsicle|gifsicle|exe,dev>null,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|git|git|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 no|glade3|glade,libgladeui-2-4,libgladeui-common,libgladeui-dev|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needs gtk3. note, have libglade-2.so runtime that does not need gtk3.
 yes|glade2|glade,libgladeui-2-6,libgladeui-common,libgladeui-dev|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-yes|glib|libglib2.0-bin,libglib2.0-0,libglib2.0-data,libglib2.0-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+yes|glib|libglib2.0-bin,libglib2.0-0,libglib2.0-data,libglib2.0-dev|exe>null,dev>null,doc>null,nls>null #theres glib 2.50.3 pet pkg
 yes|glibc|libc-bin,libc6,libc6-dev,tzdata|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|glibc_locales|locales|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>exe
 yes|gmeasures||exe,dev>null,doc>null,nls>null
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ yes|mountcifs||exe
 yes|mpclib3|libmpc3|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by gcc.
 yes|mpeg2dec|libmpeg2-4,libmpeg2-4-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by mplayer.
 yes|mpfr|libmpfr4|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-## yes|mplayer|mplayer,libaa1,libaudio2,libcaca0,libesd0,libgpm2,libjack-jackd2-0,libmpcdec6,libpostproc54,libpulse0,libschroedinger-1.0-0,libsdl1.2debian,libsmbclient,libtalloc2,libwbclient0,libwrap0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+yes|mplayer|mplayer,libdv4,liblirc-client0,libvorbisidec1|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|mpv|mpv,liblua5.2-0,liblua5.2-dev,libguess1|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 ##yes|gnome-mpv|gnome-mpv,libmpv1|gnome-mpv,libmpv1
 yes|mplayer_samba|libsmbclient,libldb1,libtalloc2,libtevent0,libwbclient0,python-talloc,samba-libs|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
diff --git a/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/Packages-puppy-stretch-official b/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/Packages-puppy-stretch-official
index 3d70a31511..add08db62c 100644
--- a/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/Packages-puppy-stretch-official
+++ b/woof-distro/x86/debian/stretch/Packages-puppy-stretch-official
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ busybox-20160414-i686-precise|busybox|20160414-i686-precise||BuildingBlock|916||
 cdrtools-3.02a06-i686-precise-20160317|cdrtools|3.02a06-i686-precise-20160317||BuildingBlock|3484||cdrtools-3.02a06-i686-precise-20160317.pet||No description provided|ubuntu|precise||
 eudev-3.2.1-i686-dpup-stretch|eudev|3.2.1-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|7232||eudev-3.2.1-i686-dpup-stretch-2.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
 libpng12-1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2-precise-i386|libpng12|1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2-precise-i386||BuildingBlock|172||libpng12-1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2-precise-i386.pet||No description provided|ubuntu|precise||
-pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch|pup-volume-monitor|0.15-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|376||pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch-2.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
+pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch|pup-volume-monitor|0.15-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|376||pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch-3.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
 rox-filer-2015.02-i686-precise|rox-filer|2015.02-i686-precise||BuildingBlock|1664||rox-filer-2015.02-i686-precise.pet||No description provided|ubuntu|precise||
 xdg_puppy|xdg_puppy|||BuildingBlock|60||xdg_puppy.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
-zzz_glib-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib|2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|4600||zzz_glib-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
-zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib_DEV|2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|2572||zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
+zzz_glib-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib|2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|4600||zzz_glib-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
+zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib_DEV|2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|2572||zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
diff --git a/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-devuan-ascii b/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-devuan-ascii
index 0a2307f710..c178d9166f 100644
--- a/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-devuan-ascii
+++ b/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_PKGS_SPECS-devuan-ascii
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ yes|acpi|acpi|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|advancecomp|advancecomp|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|align||exe
 yes|alsa-lib|libasound2,libasound2-data,libasound2-dev,libasound2-plugins|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-yes|alsa-base|alsa-base|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+###yes|alsa-base|alsa-base|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #stretch ditched this
 yes|alsa-utils|alsa-utils|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|aspell|libaspell15,libaspell-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by abiword.
 yes|atk|libatk1.0-0,libatk1.0-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ yes|f2fs-tools||exe,dev
 yes|faac|libfaac0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|faad|faad,libfaad2|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|ffconvert||exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-yes|ffmpeg|ffmpeg,libavcodec57,libavcodec-extra57,libavcodec-dev,libavutil55,libavdevice57,libavdevice-dev,libswresample2,libswresample-dev,libavresample3,libavresample-dev,libavfilter-extra6,libpostproc54,libpostproc-dev,libavutil-dev,libavutil-dev,libavformat57,libavformat-dev,libavdevice-dev,libavfilter6,libavfilter-dev,libbs2b0,libbs2b-dev,libflite1,libgme0,libiec61883-0,libjack-jackd2-0,libjack-jackd2-dev,libnuma1,libnuma-dev,libopenal1,libopenal-data,libopenal-dev,libshine3,libshine-dev,libsnappy1v5,libsodium18,libsodium-dev,libsoxr0,libsoxr-dev,libssh-gcrypt-4,libssh-gcrypt-dev,libswscale4,libswscale-dev,libwavpack1,libwavpack-dev,libzmq5,libsndio6.1,libsndio-dev,libsdl2-2.0-0,libsdl2-dev,libavc1394-0,libtwolame0,libmodplug1,librubberband2,libebur128-1,libass5,libass-dev,libchromaprint1,libzvbi0,libzvbi-common,libwebpmux2,libwebp6,libcrystalhd3,libjson-c3,libjson-c-dev,libspeex1,libcaca0,libopenmpt0,libmpg123-0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+yes|ffmpeg|ffmpeg,libavcodec57,libavcodec-extra57,libavcodec-dev,libavutil55,libavdevice57,libavdevice-dev,libswresample2,libswresample-dev,libavresample3,libavresample-dev,libavfilter-extra6,libpostproc54,libpostproc-dev,libavutil-dev,libavutil-dev,libavformat57,libavformat-dev,libavdevice-dev,libavfilter6,libavfilter-dev,libbs2b0,libbs2b-dev,libflite1,libgme0,libiec61883-0,libjack-jackd2-0,libjack-jackd2-dev,libnuma1,libnuma-dev,libopenal1,libopenal-data,libopenal-dev,libshine3,libshine-dev,libsnappy1v5,libsodium18,libsodium-dev,libsoxr0,libsoxr-dev,libssh-gcrypt-4,libssh-gcrypt-dev,libswscale4,libswscale-dev,libwavpack1,libwavpack-dev,libzmq5,libsndio6.1,libsndio-dev,libsdl2-2.0-0,libsdl2-dev,libavc1394-0,libtwolame0,libmodplug1,librubberband2,libebur128-1,libass5,libass-dev,libchromaprint1,libzvbi0,libzvbi-common,libwebpmux2,libwebp6,libcrystalhd3,libjson-c3,libjson-c-dev,libspeex1,libcaca0,libopenmpt0,libmpg123-0,libpgm-5.2-0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 no|file|file,libmagic1,libmagic-mgc,libmagic-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #libmagic is big..
 yes|file||exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|file_sharing-curlftpfs-mpscan||exe
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ yes|gifsicle|gifsicle|exe,dev>null,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|git|git|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 no|glade3|glade,libgladeui-2-4,libgladeui-common,libgladeui-dev|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needs gtk3. note, have libglade-2.so runtime that does not need gtk3.
 yes|glade2|glade,libgladeui-2-6,libgladeui-common,libgladeui-dev|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-##yes|glib|libglib2.0-bin,libglib2.0-0,libglib2.0-data,libglib2.0-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #does not work with pup-volume-monitor and should not be used if pup-volume-monitor is installed
+yes|glib|libglib2.0-bin,libglib2.0-0,libglib2.0-data,libglib2.0-dev|exe>null,dev>null,doc>null,nls>null #theres glib 2.50.3 pet pkg
 yes|glibc|libc-bin,libc6,libc6-dev,tzdata|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|glibc_locales|locales|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>exe
 yes|gmeasures||exe,dev>null,doc>null,nls>null
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ yes|libsmartcols|libsmartcols1,libsmartcols-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|libsndfile|libsndfile1,libsndfile1-dev,sndfile-programs|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|libsoup|libsoup2.4-1,libsoup2.4-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|libssh2|libssh2-1,libssh2-1-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #stretch: needed by curl, etc.
-yes|libstdc++5|libstdc++5,libstdc++-5-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #old libstdc++.so.5. some video codecs (/usr/lib/codecs) need it.
+yes|libstdc++5|libstdc++5|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #old libstdc++.so.5. some video codecs (/usr/lib/codecs) need it.
 yes|libstdc++6|libstdc++6,libstdc++-6-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|libsystemd|libsystemd0,libsystemd-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|libtar|libtar0,libtar-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by osmo.
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ yes|mountcifs||exe
 yes|mpclib3|libmpc3|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by gcc.
 yes|mpeg2dec|libmpeg2-4,libmpeg2-4-dev|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null #needed by mplayer.
 yes|mpfr|libmpfr4|exe>dev,dev,doc>null,nls>null
-## yes|mplayer|mplayer,libaa1,libaudio2,libcaca0,libesd0,libgpm2,libjack-jackd2-0,libmpcdec6,libpostproc54,libpulse0,libschroedinger-1.0-0,libsdl1.2debian,libsmbclient,libtalloc2,libwbclient0,libwrap0|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
+yes|mplayer|mplayer,libdv4,liblirc-client0,libvorbisidec1|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 yes|mpv|mpv,liblua5.2-0,liblua5.2-dev,libguess1|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
 ##yes|gnome-mpv|gnome-mpv,libmpv1|gnome-mpv,libmpv1
 yes|mplayer_samba|libsmbclient,libldb1,libtalloc2,libtevent0,libwbclient0,python-talloc,samba-libs|exe,dev,doc>null,nls>null
diff --git a/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_SPECS b/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_SPECS
index 6112d5aaf2..b81489bb0e 100644
--- a/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_SPECS
+++ b/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/DISTRO_SPECS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #One or more words that identify this distribution:
 DISTRO_NAME='Puduan'
 #version number of this distribution:
-DISTRO_VERSION=7.0.0
+DISTRO_VERSION=7.0.0a1
 #The distro whose binary packages were used to build this distribution:
 DISTRO_BINARY_COMPAT='devuan'
 #Prefix for some filenames: exs: puduan.2fs, puduan-4.99.0.sfs
diff --git a/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/Packages-puppy-stretch-official b/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/Packages-puppy-stretch-official
index 3d70a31511..add08db62c 100644
--- a/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/Packages-puppy-stretch-official
+++ b/woof-distro/x86/devuan/ascii/Packages-puppy-stretch-official
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ busybox-20160414-i686-precise|busybox|20160414-i686-precise||BuildingBlock|916||
 cdrtools-3.02a06-i686-precise-20160317|cdrtools|3.02a06-i686-precise-20160317||BuildingBlock|3484||cdrtools-3.02a06-i686-precise-20160317.pet||No description provided|ubuntu|precise||
 eudev-3.2.1-i686-dpup-stretch|eudev|3.2.1-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|7232||eudev-3.2.1-i686-dpup-stretch-2.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
 libpng12-1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2-precise-i386|libpng12|1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2-precise-i386||BuildingBlock|172||libpng12-1.2.46-3ubuntu4.2-precise-i386.pet||No description provided|ubuntu|precise||
-pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch|pup-volume-monitor|0.15-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|376||pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch-2.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
+pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch|pup-volume-monitor|0.15-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|376||pup-volume-monitor-0.15-i686-dpup-stretch-3.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
 rox-filer-2015.02-i686-precise|rox-filer|2015.02-i686-precise||BuildingBlock|1664||rox-filer-2015.02-i686-precise.pet||No description provided|ubuntu|precise||
 xdg_puppy|xdg_puppy|||BuildingBlock|60||xdg_puppy.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
-zzz_glib-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib|2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|4600||zzz_glib-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
-zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib_DEV|2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|2572||zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.2-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
+zzz_glib-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib|2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|4600||zzz_glib-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||
+zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch|zzz_glib_DEV|2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch||BuildingBlock|2572||zzz_glib_DEV-2.50.3-i686-dpup-stretch.pet||No description provided|debian|stretch||