Joachim Breitner <nomeata <at> debian.org> writes: > > Hi everyone, > > I invite everyone interested to join the Utnubu Team. Utnubu stands for > doing what Ubuntu does, just the other way around: We want to take the > things Ubuntu does and that are missing in Debian, and - where > appliciable - put them in Debian. > > This should be achieved using (at least) the following methods: > * Having a look at the patches that Ubuntu publishes, see if they are > suitable for Debian and then contact the Debian Maintainer to see if and > how these can be integrated. > * Contacting Ubuntu developers that upload directly to universe, if > they don't want to upload to Debian, too; this includes sponsoring. Note > that I do not plan to pull developers from Ubuntu, they should instead > form their package for both distributions. > * If this is not possible or feasable, take Ubuntu-only packages, > adjust them to Debian and upload them ourselves. > > (Personally, I'd like to concentrate on point 2 and 3, so another reason > for you to join) > > I have set up the alioth project utnubu, as well as the mailing lists > utnubu-discuss <at> lists.alioth.debian.org for general in-group discussion, > as well as utnubu-maintainers <at> lists.alioth.debian.org for the maintainer > field of our possible packages. > > A list of binary package in universe, but not in Debian, is assembled on > http://people.debian.org/~nomeata/utnubu/ > > Those who are at DebConf and are interested: You are welcome to see me > and discuss matters in person. > > Thanks for your attention, and looking forward to working with you, > > Joachim Breitner >
Hi there! This is a great idea.. I hope you will have a lot of success! Hope that gives Ubunutu a more "back-to-the-roots"-feeling, that it don't forget where it came from, and pay its dues ;o) and also debian get some fresh air in its packages und perhaps a little bit of the friendliness towards newbies not only on the technical but also on the human side, etc. :o) Apropos, a german news website has made a possible logo for you guys, perhaps you like it? http://www.pro-linux.de/NB2/images/indiv/utnubu.png Bye Markus. PS: I'm not so good at packaging, is there something else to do? :o) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]