Re: New Maintainer Questions
On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 06:47:55PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> - 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?
You just upload it. The package will then become stuck in Incoming until one
of the FTP masters processes it manually. That will take anything from one
day to a couple of weeks (usually it's about one week).
> - 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.
Probably something went wrong.
> - Are all Debian developers meant to receive accounts on Debian's
> computers (eg master.debian.org)?
All new developers get accounts.
> If so, how/where are we to receive the passwords from?
You should have got private mail from the new maintainer team about you
being accepted as a developer; that mail will contain the PGP encrypted
password.
(Note that va and master will have initially the same password but they
will not be resynchronised. This bit me once...)
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