[boutil@debian.org: Re: New team member]
Hi,
I should have sent this message to the list, instead of replying
directly.
----- Forwarded message from Cédric Boutillier <boutil@debian.org> -----
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:26:28 +0200
From: Cédric Boutillier <boutil@debian.org>
To: Caitlin Matos <caitlin.matos@zoho.com>
Subject: Re: New team member
Message-ID: <20140723092628.GB13121@spin>
References: <[🔎] 53CF07ED.5060600@zoho.com>
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User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Dear Caitlin,
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 08:55:09PM -0400, Caitlin Matos wrote:
> Hi there,
> My name's Caitlin, and I'd like to join the ruby extras team.
> I'm not interested in any particular package. I'm more interested in the
> QA-type tasks, cleaning up existing packages and importing the new upstream
> versions before the jessie freeze. I've already been playing around with and
> updating several packages, but obviously I haven't uploaded or committed any
> of it yet.
> My Alioth account is cm-guest, and I have just sent a request to join.
Your request has been accepted, Welcome on board! We are happy to have
more workforce, especially before the freeze.
> I'm not a DD or DM (hopefully one day...), so I will always need a sponsor.
> I've looked through the list archives and seen that this team is quite good
> about that. :)
> I do have a couple of questions about the team workflow. I've browsed
> through the past few months of archives and read the wiki pages, and I got
> some answers on IRC, but I still have a few questions. In particular, I'm
> wondering what the uploader role means in this group, and whether that
> person is the de facto maintainer. I'm not sure which packages to work on
> and which to steer clear of, and I don't want to impinge on someone else's
> territory, nor do I want to work on a package only to find out someone
> uploaded a new version in the meantime!
My point of view is the following: if you just prepare a one-time upload
to fix a bug or to upgrade to a newer version without much change, then
you can make a "Team upload". If you add these words to the changelog
entry, then there is no need to add yourself to the Uploaders field in
debian/control.
If instead, you found a package on which you spent some time, and you
particularly like to maintain, then add your name to the Uploaders
field.
> Look forward to working with you!
So am I. Don't hesitate to ask questions on this list or on IRC if you
get stuck. A good place to start is the Debian Maintainer Dashboard:
http://udd.debian.org/dmd.cgi?email=pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
and look for example RC bugs, or outdated packages (check if the reverse
dependencies still work).
Cheers,
Cédric
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