Hi, Please don't drop bug's address from Cc unless there's a good reason to do so. It makes harder to track things and it hides your contributions, which is a thing you don't really want if you're going to apply to DM :) On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 02:14:00PM +0100, Vijay Gopal Chilkuri wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:25:22AM +0100, Ricardo Mones wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi, and thanks for the fast reply. > > > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:29:02PM +0100, Vijay Gopal Chilkuri wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm an aspiring maintainer and would like to help DD's > > > in exchange for sponsorship. > > > > Since you say you're a newcomer I hope you understand the > > sponsorship we're talking about here is nothing to be exchanged. > > It's just the process of uploading a package that somebody made > > by some other which has permissons to upload it to Debian archive: > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What.27s_a_sponsor.2C_why_do_I_want_one.2C_and_how_do_I_get_one.3F > > Yes, I understand completely. I've been on the mailing list for > one year now and have an impression of how things work in the > debian community. > > I understand that the sponsorship implies nothing more than help regarding > the uploading of packages. > > > > > > If the package x-tile is still up for adoption I would like to > > > maintain it. > > > > > > I am a newcomer in the debian community. > > > I also have a couple of my own applications that I would like > > > to package for debian in the future. > > > > > > That said, I've been using linux for the last 5 years and have a > > > strong background in C/Fortran/Python. > > > > Do you plan to apply for maintainer/developer¹? > > Have you made any Debian package²? > > Yes I plan to apply for debian maintainer. > I have recently made a package to calculate quantum mechanical tables > (Clebsh-Gordan coefficients) that I would like to make freely accessible > on debian. > > I'm a French PhD student in the field of computational chemistry. > > > > > The idea is that you must be able to do the maintenance completely > > by yourself in a near future. It's preferably that you try to package > > something first so you roughly understand the whole picture than trying > > to understand packaging made by somebody. > > > > Said that, it also depends on your skills, so if you're able to make > > a new package for x-tile (eventually addressing current bug) and upload > > it to mentors³ I'll be glad to review it. > > I understand, just to be clear, what i would like to do is to upload the > (ideally) error free package on mentors.debian.org, is that fine with you Yes, please, that's the way to go. Point me to the URL when it's ready. Thanks for your interest, > Thanks for your help ! > > > > > > regards, > > > > ¹ http://nm.debian.org/ > > ² https://wiki.debian.org/IntroDebianPackaging > > ³ http://mentors.debian.net/ > > -- > > Ricardo Mones > > ~ > > Don't take the name of root in vain. /usr/src/linux/README > > > > -- Ricardo Mones ~ 00:45 < hammar> cool.. have you used rssyl? 00:46 <@Ticho> um, yes Seen on #sylpheed
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