On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 1:01 PM Christian Buhtz wrote: > "maintainer" is the "Debian Python Team". So is this list the right > place to contact that team?
Correct. > First, I want to be sure not stealing work from someone. Is there an > active maintainer on the Debian side for the package "feedparser"? As you can see from the upload history, the package is team maintained with different people doing most of the uploads and people not in the Uploaders field even doing new upstream releases. > Second, I am aware that I need an "uploader" because I do not have (and > do not want to) have write access to the repository. However, this is a > far away problem because the package itself needs to get done first. ;) The term we use for this is sponsor. IIRC for the Python team this means making changes in the git repository on salsa (see the Vcs-* fields) and then adding the package needing sponsorship to the topic of the #debian-python IRC channel on OFTC. If you aren't yet in the Python team on salsa you can submit merge requests in the meantime, and there is a page about how to join on the wiki. https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary#sponsor https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonTeam https://wiki.debian.org/IRC https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonTeam/HowToJoin > Third (and most important), I need someone like a mentor. Whom can I ask > when I have background questions that are not mentioned in the wiki or > if I have technical problems? I need someone take my hand and someone to > kick my butt when I need it. ;) In general Debian does not have mentors, instead we ask people with questions to ask them in public on the mailing lists or IRC channels, this way whoever sees the question first can respond and others can learn from the question and answer too. Apart from the usual support channels for questions about using Debian, debian-mentors list/channel is a good place to ask packaging questions and for more Python specific things the debian-python list/channel might be a better option. > I am sure it is helpful to introduce myself to the community. Which > place would be the best for it? The Debian Python Mailinglist or > anywhere else? Or a link to a Debian Wiki Entry? Definitely, both of those options seem reasonable. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise