>>> The main one is to upload and maintain new packages in the archive.
>>> You can also help us by fixing some bugs and participate to the
>>> maintenance of the packages you are using.
>>
>> Simpler than uploading and maintaining packages is just testing them,
>> and filing bugs where appropriate, or making "wishlist" suggestions. A
>> lot of people just use packages, find something wrong, and gripe to
>> themselves without notifying the package maintainer.
>>
>> And there is always a need for better documentation, so if you find
>> something difficult, try to think of a way to explain it so the next
>> person has an easier time, and send it to the package
maintainer.
>
>In a parallel thread we are just looking for someone to help with the automated
>backporting of scientific packages for earlier releases of Debian. This would
>provide a considerable overview on packages in our distribution and probably
>lead to tons of candidates for side-projects ... or provide contacts for some
>scientific work.
Thanks all for reply!
I will register myself on Alioth and stay some time on mailing list like developer and mentors for learning from much skilled people!
I read the backporting thread... not very sure on how can I help you but if you think there is a task that also a newbe can do, I'm here. (I consider myself a quite good user, but I have no experience as a maintainer... :-( )
Andrea
Da: Steffen Moeller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>
A: Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@debian.org>
Cc: Andrea Neroni <hellnote01-debian@yahoo.it>; debian-science@lists.debian.org
Inviato: Venerdì 25 settembre 2009, 14:53:04
Oggetto: Re: hi team!
Adam C Powell IV wrote:
Steffen