Re: The difficulty of contributing / volunteering
Hi Boruch,
Help is always highly appreciated.
I don't see the whole email thus I don't understand the reason for
getting discouraged.
I performed a quick search in my emails but I still don't have a clue. :-)
Please copy the whole conversation to put me in context if the problem
still stands.
Regarding meld I started maintaining it for the same reason (having
too old version in Debian), but nowadays I think the package is in a
pretty good shape.
The 1.7.0 version you see on PTS is a development release and is not
for wide redistribution [1].
1.6.1, which is in testing and sid is the latest official release.
In a few months Wheezy will become stable and for the meantime I did not
plan making a backport for Squeeze, but later I plan providing
up-to-date backports as well.
Cheers,
Balint
[1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2012-November/msg00006.html
2013/1/31 Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>:
> On 31.01.2013 22:22, Boruch Baum wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm getting a bit discouraged (see below). I thought it would be
>> simple to offer to volunteer helping in debian, specifically packaging
>> 'meld' and other packages with only older versions debianized. It
>> really shouldn't be this difficult.
>
> The best way is contact the maintainer directly. A quick look at [1] and
> the changelog reveals that Balint has been been taking care of the
> package mostly. I'm sure he would welcome your support.
>
> Michael
>
> [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/m/meld.html
> --
> Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> universe are pointed away from Earth?
>
Reply to: