Asif, On Monday, December 1, 2025 11:01:00 AM Mountain Standard Time Md. Asif Hossain wrote: > Installed Debian Sid inside a VM (keeping Pop!_OS on my laptop for > stability). Perfect. > When you said: > *“*I would recommend that you copy all your responses to the Debian > Mentors > mailing list, and subscribe to that list as some of the other > conversations > there will answer questions you have.*”* > does this mean I should send my questions and updates directly to > debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, or is there an additional step I need > to take? Yes, I would recommend that we copy all of our communication to the Debian Mentors mailing list. There are several advantages to doing so. 1. Other people on the mailing list who are new to Debian will likely have the same questions you do. Having out communication in a public place makes it so they can benefit from what we discuss. 2. From time to time I might get busy and be unable to respond in a timely manner. In those circumstances, someone else on the list may be able to answer your questions. 3. Communicating on the mailing list helps to assure you get the most accurate information. Sometimes I have given advice on the list that I believed was correct only to be informed by someone else of more accurate information. Packaging for Debian is a large and complicated topic (mostly because different upstream project vary so much, and standardizing their software into a Debian package is not always easy), and having more than one set of eyes when looking at a problem is always nice. > Could you personally guide me through my first one or two small > projects? It would help me understand Debian’s workflow and culture > properly. Sure. The first think you need to do is pick a package. I would recommend you take a look at packages that are up for adoption or that have been orphaned. Try to find one that you use yourself, as that will make it easier for you to test your changes. https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/orphaned https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/rfa_bypackage > May I know your usual working hours or preferred timeframes? I’m in > UTC+6 (Bangladesh), so this will help me manage communication better. I live in Arizona in the United States (UTC-7), but the majority of Debian Developers active on the mailing lists live in Europe. I usually try to answer emails every 2 or three days or so. -- Soren Stoutner soren@debian.org
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