On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 06:18:28AM -0400, Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet wrote: > Hello all, first post and no native speaker > so forgive my grammar and any error i could make > , just for the first time please :) > > I'm a debian user, i think the time has come to do something > more usesful than just use your work, so i have checked te > docs about the steps for application to become a debian developer > and here I'm asking questions again (does this wheel never stop? :-) > > 1.- i have been pocking around on the orphaned packages list > looking for something that I use and can actually take over > to mantain, I have tryed to make an initial contact with > the former mantainer of epic4-script-splitfire, i ask him > if i could try to solve the bugs mentioned on his report > and package splitfire for him to sponsor my work, but he > don't reply. what next? Please go ahead and fix the bugs. However, you need to retitle bug #196473 (see http://bugs.debian.org/196473) from O (orphaned) to ITA (intent to adopt) by sending a mail message to submit@bugs.debian.org with the following subject: ITA: epic4-script-splitfire -- the ONLY |<-lame irc script! and the following two lines in the body of your message: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist > 2.- I use to do some programming, mostly tools for personal > use but maybe among them i have something that could be of > interest to the debian comunity, i was wonderig if i could > try to find a sponsor for a new piece of software, coded > and packaged by me, what are the steps needed to do this? > how dificult is to have a new picece of software accepted > for packaging an uploading? (i know i need a sponsor to do that for me) > is this a good idea anyway? Of course, it is a good idea. The first step, I would say is to subscribe to the debian-devel list and post an ITP (intent to package) to that list. See: http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. You may want to subscribe to debian-devel-spanish as well. > I live in chile (southamerica) there is not a single > debian developer in my area, not a single one in my entyre > country, so i have to get an sponsor for him to help me to > pass the identity check, i'm prepared to do that in the way > the docs teach me, i have my gpg key exported on a public server > and my signed photo id card ready to give to whom may be > interested in help me. first i need to make a choice betwen > the two afore mentioned alternatives, so please help me to find the > right way. > > well, any help will be really apreciated > hope you can understand my weird english > > best regards > > Reynaldo H. Verdejo P. > rverdejo AT udec cl Aníbal
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