Re: can a non developper become a debian maintainer ?
On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:50, Rémi Letot wrote:
> I have a simple question : can a non developper type become a debian
> maintainer ? The reason is that I use debian on multiple servers and
> workstations, and I'd like to contribute to the project. I'm
> definitely not a developper, more a sysadmin. I know debian quite
> well. I can also compile, install, and manage non packaged software,
> and occasionnaly find and correct some small or obvious bugs. But I
> couldn't really develop anything big, or tackle real big bugs (but
> then these are more upstream's task than debian's).
There are many Debian packages that involve little or no serious programming,
packages of scripts, packages of example files, packages of documentation.
If you can do some basic programming and the upstream author is very helpful
then you'll be able to manage packages of serious programs too.
With one exception, for every package I maintain I've had to do new upstream
development, and debugging of serious bugs that the upstream maintainer
didn't have the time or the ability to do. Being a good coder is a
pre-requisite for maintaining all the packages I've ever maintained IMHO.
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