Re: [MoM] Any student for June?
On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:53:01 +0200
Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
> Hi Dustin,
>
> thanks for your interest in Debian Med.
>
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:52:13AM -0500, Dustin Phipps wrote:
> > I am new to this mailing list and have been reading all the threads
> > to try and get a sense of the work you are all doing. I haven't
> > done any packaging for Debian before but I have done some
> > coding/scripting in a hobbyist's capacity and I want to get
> > involved with the project.
>
> That's great.
>
> > If it
> > is of any help, I'm a pre-medical student and a researcher in a
> > microbiology lab, so I'm familiar with the theory behind a lot of
> > this stuff. Thanks for your generous offer; I'd like to take
> > advantage of it but I don't want to waste your time if my
> > skills/knowledge aren't up to par just yet.
>
> I don't think that it is a waste of time if I try to teach somebody
> who is willing to learn.
>
> > Regardless, I'm always eager to learn.
>
> Because MoM is kind of a first comes first served basis and I just
> accepted Eric I think I'm up for the July mentoring period for you.
> However, the fact that you are not "the official MoM student" does not
> mean you are not allowed to ask questions here. My initial idea for
> MoM was to actually motivate / lower the barrier for questions for
> *everybody*.
>
> So I would have two advises for you (and everybody who might be in a
> similar position):
>
> 1. Try to read and understand the Debian Med policy[1] and possibly
> even more importantly try to enhance what from your point of
> view (=as a newcomer) needs enhancement
> 2. Either try to make a pick from the "yellow" or "red" sections
> on our tasks page (as a researcher in a microbiology lab this is
> most probably med-bio[2]) or try to spot some software missing
> from this page and care for its addition. IMHO a very important
> point is that *you* should have some profit from the package
> you are working on because this increases the motivation to work
> on it.
>
> Just let us know questions regarding 1. might occure or if you have
> made a pick for 2.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
>
> [1] http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/docs/policy.html
> [2] http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio#pkgvcs-debs
>
>
Andreas,
Thanks for being so welcoming and for the advice on where to begin. I'm
from the U.S. but I will actually be in Europe (mostly Paris) during the
months of July and August studying French and travelling around. It's my
first time, so I may be a bit distracted, but I'll try to devote some
time every day to looking at DebianMed-related stuff. I look forward to
being able to contribute.
Cheers,
Dustin
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