New Maintainer Questions

[Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>]

Hello All,

As a new maintainer, I need some advice:

- How do I go about uploading a new package that has never been uploaded
before? Do I just dupload it, or do I have to contact somebody first
about adding the new package?

- I have subscribed to a number of lists (all at the same time),
including debian-security-announce and debian-devel-announce, but never
received the 2nd confirmation that I have actually been subscribed. Does
this mean I have already been subscribed? Or does it mean something went
wrong? The other 4 debian mailing lists (including this one) which I
subcribed to went OK without any problem.

- Are all Debian developers meant to receive accounts on Debian's
computers (eg master.debian.org)? If so, how/where are we to receive the
passwords from? Or is this something I am still waiting for from the new
maintainers application process? I am officially a maintainer (there was
a list posted to debian-private), so I want to make certain that I am
not expected to do anything myself.

Thanks in advance,

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Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>