[MoM] New project for April (Was: New Contributor Game)
Hi Ubiratan,
I hope you don't mind about my first lesson in the "New Contributor
Game": Please always speak in public if you do not have any private
message. So I take the freedom to violate shamelessly the netiquette
and answer right on the Debian Med mailing list ... since other people
might be interested in your message as well.
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 01:30:46PM +0100, Ubiratan S. Freitas wrote:
> Dear Andreas,
>
> I am interested in participating in the New Contributor Game.
For the readers of the Debian Med mailing list Ubiratan is refering
to this effort[2].
> I am a long time Debian user and have been considering recently
> contributing back to the project. This "New Contributor Game" appears to be
> the perfect opportunity to start.
:-)
> Looking at the New Contributor page I saw that it is possible to work on
> packaging any software that belongs to the field of medicine.
>
> I know an open source medical software that is not yet on Debian. This
> software is called SleepyHead [1]. It is a tool made for Obstructive Sleep
> Apnea (OSA) patients who undergo treatment by continuous positive airway
> pressure (CPAP).
>
> 1: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/sleepyhead/index.php
>
> SleepyHead loads data recorded by CPAP devices allowing the patient to
> better follow his or her treatment. It is the only GNU/Linux tool capable
> to load and display such data that I know of.
Sounds good.
> I would like to see this software included in Debian and I'm willing to
> work to see it done. However I have no experience in packaging software for
> Debian and some guiding will be most welcome.
So by contacting Debian Med (well I'm personally *not* Debian Med - I'm
just proxying this mail for you to the project) you hopefully did the
right step.
> Do you think packaging SleepyHead is a valid objective for this New
> Contributor Game or for the Mentoring of the Month so that I can get some
> guidance in this task? If so, what do you think should be my next steps
> (i.e. someone to contact)?
I have put the MoM Wiki link[3]. Please add an according row in the
table of students. As you see the March slot is just occupied.
However, this project runs quite good and I'm optimistic that it will be
finished before March ends. Than we can start "officially" - which does
not mean you could not now subscribe to our mailing list, follow the
discussion, learn from it and do your first steps on your own. May be
other people will get you started in case of trouble or I also might
give some hints (but to some extend I need to care for my own schedule).
> Best wishes,
>
> Ubiratan Freitas.
Kind regards and thanks for your interest in Debian Med
Andreas.
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianFrance/NewContributorGame
[3] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/MoM
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