RE: orphaning my packages
hi,
thanks for your mail i want to know some thing is it possible to join to the
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/work_needing
if so how can i join to check and maintain some packages? is it by
emailing to these package developers ?
i think while doing some thing alone its good if i can join to some group
of people who do maintainer jobs
so how can i do it
chanka perera
To: chanka perera
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: orphaning my packages
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, chanka perera wrote:
> Thats what I was trying to do to find a project to work, even as a
> initial starting point to check the bugs at the ongoing projects but
> from where can I find projects at Debian ? And how is it possible to
Oh for Petes sake, http://www.debian.org/devel, near the bottom, in the
big fscking box labelled "Projects". Also, every package in the archive
is a "project" of sorts.
> help developers with out knowing them ? These are the problems Im
> having ..
You dont have to be best chums with someone before giving them a hand.
Find a package you like and use, or something which needs attention, and
do the necessary work. Tell whoevers more responsible for it what youre
doing/have done, and offer the fruits of your labour to them.
For instance, find a package with bugs galore in it. Triage those bugs, as
in:
* Read every bug report and find out whats going on. If the report is
lacking information, add it. Try to reproduce it on your own system, and
add that information to the bug report. If you cant, add that too.
Check previous changelogs (both Debian and upstream) to see if the bug may
have been fixed and not closed.
* One bug at a time, work out what needs to be done to fix that bug, and
do it. Add the patch or description to the bug report, and pester the
maintainer about it if theyre unresponsive.
Do that for a few different packages, and youll have plenty of friends.
In fact, if you want to get involved, theres a BSP on this weekend. Put
your money where your mouth is, and get involved. Youll meet plenty of
people there.
> >forget about geography; you "meet" most other developers via the net.
>
> Think some body will help me and these are the places where we find
> developers at net
Fnyeh?
> Because these advocating process is bit confusing because , Its
> impossible to start a new project at Debian alone
Perhaps to get it into the archive, but you dont have to be a
card-carrying Debian Developer to write code.
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Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer
mpalmer@debian.org http://www.debian.org
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