The how-can-i-help package is a way to get an idea where Debian need help to maintain the packages you care about and use. It run every time you do 'apt-get upgrade', and let you know which packages you have installed need help.
Here is the output from my freshly upgraded Freedombox. Perhaps you can help with one of these? root@freedombox:~# how-can-i-help --old ====== How can you help? (doc: http://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help ) ====== Packages where help is needed, including orphaned ones (from WNPP): - openslp-dfsg - http://bugs.debian.org/565361 - O (Orphaned) - python-contract - http://bugs.debian.org/565754 - O (Orphaned) - libphp-pclzip - http://bugs.debian.org/682305 - ITA (Someone working on adoption) - twitter-bootstrap - http://bugs.debian.org/704330 - ITA (Someone working on adoption) - gnupg - http://bugs.debian.org/660685 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) - iproute - http://bugs.debian.org/705169 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) - libcap2 - http://bugs.debian.org/534999 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) - openldap - http://bugs.debian.org/512360 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) - openssl - http://bugs.debian.org/332498 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) - php5 - http://bugs.debian.org/664595 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) - xml-core - http://bugs.debian.org/660687 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help) Bugs suitable for new contributors (tagged 'gift'): - apt - http://bugs.debian.org/80123 - Pre-Download hook - apt - http://bugs.debian.org/711456 - apt-cdrom: MultiArch support with a single CD-ROM drive - aptitude - http://bugs.debian.org/174820 - aptitude: I hit '+' on a virtual package, and nothing happens - aptitude - http://bugs.debian.org/492432 - aptitude: fetch and display copyright (like changelog) - aptitude - http://bugs.debian.org/497137 - "download" command ignores cache and directly goes to HTTP! - aptitude - http://bugs.debian.org/693847 - aptitude: Repeated "Downloaded" lines w/ http.debian.net Packages removed from Debian 'testing' (the maintainer might need help): - libboost-iostreams1.49.0 - http://packages.qa.debian.org/boost1.49 root@freedombox:~# -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
