Re: Maintaining a Package as a Non-Software Developer

[Mechtilde Stehmann <mechtilde@debian.org>]

Hello Charalampos,
hello Zach,

I want to be part of the team, too.

I'm working on a documentation about the packaging process.
I'm interested to improve the documentation.

Regards

Mechtilde


Am 28.02.24 um 15:10 schrieb Charalampos Mitrodimas:
> Hi Zack,
>
> On 2/28/24 07:28, earache_curtsy750@simplelogin.com wrote:
> > Hello Debian Mentors,
> >
> > I am a sysadmin who manages dozens of Debian servers. I also use 
> > Debian for my personal computing. I am very thankful to the Debian 
> > project and would love to give back to it somehow.
> >
> > I was thinking that maintaining one or more packages would be a great 
> > way to do this. I know a bit of Java and C but do not write code on a 
> > regular basis (other than bash scripts).
> >
> > I am asking for a sanity check on whether or not this is a good idea, 
> > or if the work of maintaining a package is only plausible for highly 
> > skilled software engineers.
> >
> > From,
> > Zach
> I'm an engineer and a Debian user, and I also maintain several servers 
> running Debian. Additionally, I'm interested in becoming a maintainer. 
> Would you be interested in forming a sort of team? I can assist with 
> coding, especially in addressing upstream bugs.
>
> Of course, I'm not entirely sure if this is feasible. Mentors could 
> provide us with clarification on this matter. However, if you're 
> interested, please let me know.
>
>              Charalampos

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