-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I have been using linux for a while now but as far as Debian is concerned I am a "Relative" newbie... I have finnally gotten to that stage of waning to help out and decided to register and take over a package that someone didn't want. Comming from this position I would like to say first that debian has a great system put together (ittook me only hours to figure out how to work wwith a pcakge and even upgrad to a new version of the upstream source and get a the package all ready to go - as a test it installed fine ad works on my home system) One place were i see lacking is in someof the documentation not the technical side of how to package something...more of how to get started. I would like to see (and would definitly be willing to work on or write) a more concise "gude" on how to get started... not more than a page or two.,..more of a checklist than a full blown guide. Let me use my experiance here as an example... i read over the packageing manual, glanced over the policy one, read the DFSG (er whatevver those letters are...you know what I mean) I found a package on the WNPP that I was interested in. The actual process of everything tat needs to be done now is a little hard to figure out... I sent an e-mail to the currently listed maintainer (because I had heard that this package was already taken but..not more than a rummor) He said bsically that if I want itt its mine.... So i sent my e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with everything that the guide says is needed... I was unsuure of what to do from that point...so I started to work on the package itself...pt my name in a maintainer in control and upgraded the upstream source, and added to the changelog (and a afew other thhings hardly worth menttioning.. pakcge specifics...BTW the package is xfstt ) Now I believe the package is all ready to go... I was looking over the manual again...it mebntiones that to find out the status on a package or to let you know of a new mantainer to e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...so I did that also hI have not recived any message back yet (iee I am not yet registerdd as a maintainer with the ability to upload yet...but there is an issue with theh ability yto verify I am who i say I am...no scanner aailable so I will have to snailmail) does it sound like I am doing this right? it seems right buit with all of these things in differnt areas of differt documents...maybe they should be cmpiled into one sort of a "quick checklist" to make sure someone who is new to the system (like myself) doesn't miss anything also as I said...I iwould be happy to write somnmething like that up...once I have some idea what is correct - -Steve
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