Re: Becoming a Pkg Mgr.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 10:32:06AM -0800, Jason C. Leach wrote: hi, How does one become a package manager? I could probably spair enough time to look after one. The New Maintainer team will be re-opening shortly. In the meantime, keep an eye on debian-devel-announce, start reading lists, look for something useful to do, maybe help to correct some bugs, and possibly take part in the sponsoring system (can't remember the URL to look at offhand; check out the -devel-announce archives for the last several months -- maybe it was last summer?). Read the policy and packaging manuals, the developer's reference and of course the Debian Social Contract and DFSG. Good luck! Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/
Re: Becoming a Pkg Mgr.
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 10:32:06AM -0800, Jason C. Leach wrote: hi, How does one become a package manager? I could probably spair enough time to look after one. The New Maintainer team will be re-opening shortly. In the meantime, keep an eye on debian-devel-announce, start reading lists, look for something useful to do, maybe help to correct some bugs, and possibly take part in the sponsoring system (can't remember the URL to look at offhand; check out the -devel-announce archives for the last several months -- maybe it was last summer?). http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/ Read the policy and packaging manuals, the developer's reference and of course the Debian Social Contract and DFSG. Good luck! Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.
Becoming a Pkg Mgr.
hi, How does one become a package manager? I could probably spair enough time to look after one. j. -- Method Digital Logic Company http://www.methodlogic.net Solutions for: -Web Design-Database Programming -Office Networking -Custom Applications
