Re: New page: how to contribute to Debian (comments?)
Hi Javier,
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 12:37:55AM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> Either I'm blind or I'm missing a page in the website that describes how
> different people can contribute to the project.
indeed, I do not know such a list either. There is
http://www.debian.org/devel/todo/ and at least the website todo list but
these do not match.
> I've written a page titled "How can you help Debian?" which tries to describe
> the different things a user, an experienced developer, a sysadmin, etc. can
> do to help with the Debian project. It includes link to other sections of the
> site and I believe could be a good candidate to inclusion under intro/ and,
> even, in the main menu.
>
> Comments? Suggestions?
I like it. It is really a good start to work on.
> How can you help Debian?
>
> If you are considering helping in the development of Debian GNU/Linux there are
> many areas in which both experienced and inexperienced users can assist:
>
> 1. You can simply test the operating system and the programs provided in it
> and report any errata or bugs you find using the Bug Tracking System. Try
s/any/any not yet known/
> to browse also the bugs associated with packages you use and provide, if
> you can, further information, if you can reproduce the issues described in
> them.
> 2. If you are an experienced user you can help other users through the user
> mailing lists or by using the IRC channel #debian. For more information on
> support options and available sources read the support pages.
> 3. You can help translating applications in Debian to your own language by
s/applications/applications or Debian related information (website, DDP)/
> getting involved in a translation project (discussion is generally handled
> through the i18n mailing lists or, even, starting up a new
Do you refer to the single list (not lists) debian-i18n or debian-l10n-XXX?
> internationalisation group if there is none for your language. For more
> information read the Internationalisation pages
Full stop is missing
> 4. You can help maintain applications that are already available in the Debian
> GNU/Linux operating system, specially those you use much and know about, by
s/specially/especially/???
> contributing fixes (patches) or additional information in the Bug Tracking
> System for those packages. You can also get involved directly in package
> maintenance by becoming a member of a group maintenance team or get
> involved with software that is being developed for Debian by joining a
> software project at Alioth.
> 5. You can help writting documentation either by working with the official
writing
> documentation provided by the Debian Documentation Project or by
> contributing at the Debian Wiki.
> 6. You can help with the development of the public face of Debian and
> contribute to the website or by helping with the organisation of events or
> talks worldwide.
> 7. You can help porting Debian to some architecture you are experienced with
> either by starting a new port or contributing to existing ports. For more
> information see the list of available ports
Full stop
> 8. You can package applications you have many experience with and consider
> valuable for Debian and become the maintaner for those packages. For more
maintainer
> information read the Debian Developer's Corner.
> 9. You can donate equipment and services to the Debian project so that either
> its users or developers can benefit from them. We are in constant search
> for mirrors worlwide our users can rely on and auto-builder systems for our
worldwide
> porters.
10. Help Debian promoting by talking about it and demonstrating it
others.
> As you can see, there are many ways you can get involved with the project and
> few of them even require you to be a Debian Developer. Many of the different
> projects have mechanisms to allow direct access to source code tress to
trees
> contributors that have shown they are thrustworthy and valuable. Typically,
> people which find that they can get much more involved in Debian will join the
> project, but this is not required.
Jens
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