Hi Till, On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 10:13:59PM +0200, Till Gerken wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to become a Debian package maintainer and I have found a > package that interests me a lot but that isn't in Debian yet. It is > KVIrc 3, the next version of the KVIrc IRC client which is as 2.1 in > Debian already. > > I have mailed Robin Verduijn (current KVIrc 2 maintainer) and Szymon > Stefanek (upstream author) about it and they'd both agree. > > KVIrc 3 is a complete rewrite of KVIrc 2, with different capabilities > and features. Due to this (and both versions being incompatible), it > would make sense to have both in Debian. Robin did agree on this, too. > > I have rebuilt Debian packages from source before, I have familiarized > myself with the Debian philosophy, the application process and the > policy. Currently, I am reading up on the new maintainer's guide. > > As you will all know, I need a sponsor or a mentor for the new package. > Would anybody be able to help me out here? I'll be happy to go either > way, I'd like to become a Debian member sooner or later. :) > > I'd be happy if someone would volunteer to assist me in my first steps. > Please upload your packages somewhere so all the people interested can download them and give a try, and don't forget to tell us the url <grin> Cheers, -- Luis Bustamante [luferbu@fluidsignal.com] http://www.fluidsignal.com/~luferbu [luferbu@debian.org]
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