Re: ITP requests to debian-devel vs debian-mentors?
On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 12:31:10PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> ITP requests go to the wnpp package (and reportbug automatically adds
> the header X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org). Any
> additional destinations are a result of the submitter adding more
> locations to X-Debbugs-CC.
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/WNPP
> http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/
>
> RFS requests (subject-tagged as ITA/ITP/RC/etc) go to
> sponsorship-requests. Bugs filed there go to
> package-sponsorship-requests@lists.debian.org. Via some other
> mechanism (the PTS I think) the non-control messages are forwarded to
> the debian-mentors list.
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/Mentors/BTS
>
> When you have decided that you want to add a specific piece of
> software to Debian, check the archive and existing ITPs. Unless there
> is one already, file an ITP before you start doing work. This is to
> avoid duplication of effort. If there is an ITP you might want to
> contact the ITP owner to find out how you can help out.
>
> Once you have a package ready and if you don't already have a sponsor,
> upload to mentors and file an RFS request. Please read this page for
> more info about the process:
>
> http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers
Thanks very much, Paul for the elaboration and the references. Much
appreciated.
--
Marwan
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