Hi, On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Leandro, hi Sui Vue, > > On Di 14 Jul 2026 14:08:18 CEST, suivue wrote: > > > Hi Leandro, > > Jul 13, 2026, 08:37 by [email protected]: > > > >> You can also take the opportunity to ask to join the team. I'm > >> still considering asking them myself, since I'm also interested in > >> helping Debian with MATE, I use it here. > >> > >> Leandro > >> > > That would be great. MATE team needs all the support it can get. > > > > My small suggestion would be that we discuss and split packages so > > that we do not work on same package in parallel. :) > > Please sign up for irc.debian.org and join #debian-mate IRC channel > for coordinating the work at hand on MATE in Debian. Thanks. > > Another option is to set up a kanban board on GitLab and add all > upload work items to the board, assign work items at hand to ourselves > one by one, work on the packaging, close the work item once the upload > happened. > > Next, please make sure that the packaging on > salsa.debian.org/debian-mate lands there first, before someone does > the upload. We must avoid that packages in Debian are more up-to-date > compared to what we have in the packaging Git. > > Ideally, stop using mentors.debian.org now as it kind of results in > uncoordinated uploads by DDs not being a team member of Debian MATE > and not knowing the team's work style. I am happy to consult on > packaging and sponsor uploads. > > > I had to prioritize `mate-menus` because it had RC bug that put > > `autoremoval` status on other packages as well. But otherwise, I > > refer to t.d.o and randomly choose a package that still on 1.26.x > > series. > > Please delay mate-settings-daemon uploading as it will break > arctica-greeter if not addressed and fixed properly beforehand: > https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-settings-daemon/issues/418 > > Thanks Sui Vue and Leandro for being interested in MATE in Debian, > this is much appreciated! > > Mike > > -- > > mike gabriel aka sunweaver (Debian Developer) > mobile: +49 (1520) 1976 148 > landline: +49 (4351) 486 14 27 > > GnuPG Fingerprint: 9BFB AEE8 6C0A A5FF BF22 0782 9AF4 6B30 2577 1B31 > mail: [email protected], http://sunweavers.net >
The focus would be exclusively on fixing issues in the mate-menus, mozo, and mate-utils packages; I don't see any other urgent problems that are hindering the user's day-to-day experience. His mate-utils package is already listed on Mentors [2]. I’ll share the link to the MATE wiki page I found[1], in case anyone is interested in reading it. I took a short break from Debian packaging work, but I plan to return soon to help in areas where it's needed, such as QA. I’ve been doing this for six years. Mate Utils reportedly has a bug preventing the screenshot tool from functioning, which is being fixed in version 1.28.1 (version I have already compiled on Artix, Debian, and Arch). [1] https://wiki.debian.org/PkgMate/GitPackaging [2] https://mentors.debian.net/package/mate-utils/ Thanks! Leandro
