Taking over maintaining a package
Hello all - Once i have permission to take over maintaining a package -- what do I do from there? -Danny
Mentor inquiry / Package adoption
Hello - I am the original author of Apt-Spy (up until ver 2.x) until a friend (Steven Holmes) took it over and did a re-write. Stephen Stafford was an acquaintance of mine that was maintaining the package, but it seems he has since let it go. I have two requests : 1. I'd like to pursue becoming a Debian developer/maintainer 2. I'd like to take over Apt-spy and continue its legacy As far as mentorship goes, I am located in Monmouth County, NJ. Any help is appreciated. Regards, Danny Rodriguez
RE: Requesting removal of new-maintainer application?
You mean other than the ridiculously long wait? :) -Original Message- From: Michèl Alexandre Salim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:04 PM To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: Requesting removal of new-maintainer application? Hello, What is the procedure for getting one's name removed from the new maintainer's application queue? Wishing Debian the best luck but it seems there are some irreconcilable differences in approach and interests. Regards, Michel Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New package [apt-sources]. Need assistance.
Dear Debian People, I have written a new package called apt-sources. Essentially, the purpose of this package is to generate a sources.list (/etc/apt) using the closest servers to the host it is being run on. It can either use a list of servers in a file (in URL format, ie. ftp:// or http://), or it will query debian.org and download an updated mirrors file, parse the HTML out and use that. The scoring program it uses is Netselect, however it is not a dependency. I have embedded the Netselect source code in the program, seeing as how I am only using it utilizing certain options, it seemed optimal that I would incorperate the source code and take out any extra code that may be slowing the program down. Future modifications will possibly be adding in BING support to test bandwidth, but as I am not totally fluent with the Netselect source code yet, it may take a little while to incorperate as well. I have never developed a package for Debian before, or Linux for that matter. I am, however, a very experienced programmer in Windows and DOS, so please don't consider me a rookie as far as that is concerned. :) I have looked up the requirements for becoming a Debian developer, and it seems very long and complicated. I know I require to get my GPG key signed, and have no idea who to get to sign it. I think I need a sponser, and also have no idea who to get for it. The author of APT seemed uninterested in this package, as did the author of Netselect, however most people that I explain the usage of the package too are right on. If you'd like the package source-code and feel like helping a newbie Debian developer out, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], I keep this e-mail strictly for mailing list e-mails, as it can get quite busy sometimes. The package is distributed under the BSD license. Thank you for reading this huge e-mail, I hope to get some support soon. - Danny Rodriguez -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New package [apt-sources]. Need assistance.
Dear Debian People, I have written a new package called apt-sources. Essentially, the purpose of this package is to generate a sources.list (/etc/apt) using the closest servers to the host it is being run on. It can either use a list of servers in a file (in URL format, ie. ftp:// or http://), or it will query debian.org and download an updated mirrors file, parse the HTML out and use that. The scoring program it uses is Netselect, however it is not a dependency. I have embedded the Netselect source code in the program, seeing as how I am only using it utilizing certain options, it seemed optimal that I would incorperate the source code and take out any extra code that may be slowing the program down. Future modifications will possibly be adding in BING support to test bandwidth, but as I am not totally fluent with the Netselect source code yet, it may take a little while to incorperate as well. I have never developed a package for Debian before, or Linux for that matter. I am, however, a very experienced programmer in Windows and DOS, so please don't consider me a rookie as far as that is concerned. :) I have looked up the requirements for becoming a Debian developer, and it seems very long and complicated. I know I require to get my GPG key signed, and have no idea who to get to sign it. I think I need a sponser, and also have no idea who to get for it. The author of APT seemed uninterested in this package, as did the author of Netselect, however most people that I explain the usage of the package too are right on. If you'd like the package source-code and feel like helping a newbie Debian developer out, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], I keep this e-mail strictly for mailing list e-mails, as it can get quite busy sometimes. The package is distributed under the BSD license. Thank you for reading this huge e-mail, I hope to get some support soon. - Danny Rodriguez
New Package and Debian Developer. Need help.
Dear List, I have a developed a brand new package called "apt-sources" and need help getting my feet off the ground. The initial beta release is ready for testing and I have read the http://www.debian.org/devel/join pages but am still not fully sure on how to go about doing this. I have created my GPG key already, and need someone to "sign" it, and I am still unsure who to contact for this. I have dpkg'd the package via -us -uc without needfor the GPG key files. I am not sure if I am allowed to distribute such packages. I basically need someone to help me through this and tell me what I need to do :) Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is a very useful utility and a more in-depth explaination of it's functionality will be given once I get some responses from people who do care about helping out. Thanks, Danny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Package and Debian Developer. Need help.
Dear List, I have a developed a brand new package called apt-sources and need help getting my feet off the ground. The initial beta release is ready for testing and I have read the http://www.debian.org/devel/join pages but am still not fully sure on how to go about doing this. I have created my GPG key already, and need someone to sign it, and I am still unsure who to contact for this. I have dpkg'd the package via -us -uc without needfor the GPG key files. I am not sure if I am allowed to distribute such packages. I basically need someone to help me through this and tell me what I need to do :) Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is a very useful utility and a more in-depth explaination of it's functionality will be given once I get some responses from people who do care about helping out. Thanks, Danny
