On 23 September 2013 17:12, Paul Gevers <elb...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi Beco, > > Welcome. >
Thanks Paul. > > It is our custom on this list to try to just answer questions as they > come along. So no dedicated mentor is appointed. Own... That is a pity. I recall someone telling me about dedicated mentors. I think its the girls mentor site. >> I would need help to find useful links > > Although it might be a touch read, I really recommend to familiarize > yourself with the policy [1]. A real good read is the maintainer guide > [2] and the developers reference [3]. > > [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ > [2] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ > [3] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/index.en.html > Good! I'll start with that. But without a mentor it will be hard to know if I'm doing the right things, and I don't want to pollute the list with too basic questions. Anyway, thanks. I'll manage somehow. > > I don't recommend packaging a library to start with. It is difficult to > get all the packaging tricks of a normal package in Debian right. Let > alone the additional problems of proper library handling. > I think I need to stick with the library. I can do so many things at time. It's not a question about how fun it is. Its because I'll be concentrating on the standards, packaging, and documenting... So, doing it with my own program I feel much more confident if I mess it up, that's one, and two, I won't need to spend time on new code, which frees me to the package task itself. Also, I need to put my library at least in a good form to share it with students locally, and I would like it to install with dpkg in some standard places in their systems. > > Paul > Cheers, Beco. -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." (H. Jackson Brown Jr.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CALuYw2xibBhqpUBq2Nzb3VqtdLK98TS5pqi=wXQqN9=gzsc...@mail.gmail.com