On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 01:58:09PM +0000, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > Hi all, > > How to I contribute an application to Debian? > > I am the developer of the application and it is released under GPL > > Regards, > Michael Rasmussen > Hi Michael, there is documentation on the debian.org website for developers under the developers sections. The basic thing is to read about the 'ITP' (intent to package) ,'RFS' request for sponsorship, and possibly the 'NM'(new maintainers) process. To get software included in Debian, you can be a developer or you can get a developer to sponsor software. This means that he/she will inspect your software and if its found to be free of reasonably bad things (trojans, major bugs, licensing, etc.) it will be uploaded by him/her. This is because if you are not a member of Debian, you are not 'trusted' yet to upload to our secure infrastructure. If you become a Developer, then you are given the permission and you can upload your stuff. Also, to get help on packageing (eg. making a .deb archive) there is the debian-mentors sub-site on the debian.org site and an accompaning mail list. Cheers, Kev PS. releasing under the GPL is a good first step because licensing is very important to Debian and the GPL is one of its most used license. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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