also sprach Aaron Traas <adt6247@njit.edu> [2002.01.22.0422 +0100]: > The reason I propose this is for people like me who really don't think > of it much. I'm terrible at remembering to do regular things, while at > the same time, I'd like to give, say, $200 or so a year to Debian. I > just never thought of it until this thread, and will probably forget > about it next year. there are reminder services, and even automatic bill payers around. this is not an excuse. for me, having an organized service to do this would really bee scary! > What is entailed in being a Debian developer or package maintainer? I'm > good at coding high level stuff, with rich API's like Java/Swing or > C++/Qt, but really rusty at the low-level C stuff. Where can I help? > (NOTE: I may not be able to do anything until the summer; juggling > classes and consulting work, including my CS senior project.) being "just" a debian developer is not so much about coding as it is about package maintenance. you should have coding experience, but hardly a lot of the high level stuff. have a look at [1] 1. http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck redistribution of this email via the micros~1 network is prohibited.
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