Bug#542646: marked as done (Add description of teams to devel/join)
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As discussed recently at Debconf, and on -devel and -mentors all teams
need help, (and perhaps there should be less focus on prospective
developers just finding unpackaged software).
I was surprised to find no mention od Debian teams on devel/join, so
here's a patch to promote them and link to them.
-Carl
>From 0eb870c71c71f57f0d05c3a0e5c92a2bfa0484c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:59:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add description of teams to devel/join
As discussed recently at Debconf, and on -devel and -mentors all teams
need help, (and perhaps there should be less focus on prospective
developers just finding unpackaged software).
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devel/join/index.wml | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/devel/join/index.wml b/devel/join/index.wml
index 86ed02c..3e89441 100644
--- a/devel/join/index.wml
+++ b/devel/join/index.wml
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ other possibilities.
project. It is generally best to try and find a developer who is working
in the same area as you and has an interest in what you have done.</p>
+<p>Finally, Debian provides many <a href="/Teams">teams</a> of
+developers working together on common tasks. Anybody can participate
+on a team, whether an official Debian Developer or not. Working
+together with a team is an excellent way to gain experience before
+starting the <a href="newmaint">New Maintainer Process</a> and is one
+of the best places to find package sponsors. So find a team that suits
+your interests and jump right in.
+
<p>
After you have contributed for some time and are sure about your involvement
in the Debian project, you can join Debian in a more official role. There
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 08:00:12PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 09:03 -0700, Carl Worth wrote:
> > As discussed recently at Debconf, and on -devel and -mentors all teams
> > need help, (and perhaps there should be less focus on prospective
> > developers just finding unpackaged software).
> >
> > I was surprised to find no mention od Debian teams on devel/join, so
> > here's a patch to promote them and link to them.
> [...]
> > +<p>Finally, Debian provides many <a href="/Teams">teams</a> of
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/Teams, presumably. http://www.d.o/Teams is 404.
Thanks to both of you for the patch and correction, respectively.
I've committed a fixed version of the patch.
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