Re: Debian infra services and tools looking for programming contributions
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:28 PM Federico Ceratto wrote: > IMO a friendly interface to create, list and search for work items > would help. This is Debian's attempt at such a tool: https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
Re: Debian infra services and tools looking for programming contributions
Hello Laura, On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 12:09:18AM +0200, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > Hi Antonio > > El 21/5/20 a las 20:36, Antonio Terceiro escribió: > > Hi, > > > > I'm planning a talk titled "I'm a programmer, how can I help Debian?" in > > which I intend to present contribution opportunities for people who are > > programmers, but are not necessarily interested in packaging. My plan is > > to present several Debian infrastructure services and tools that could > > receive contributions, highlighting a few where contributions could have > > a larger impact in the community (IMO). > > > > For services, my starting point is https://wiki.debian.org/Services For > > tools, I currently have a list of the ones I usually contribute to, but > > can add more. > > > > Not the part where I need your help. I'm looking for people who maintain > > or contribute to a Debian infrastructure service or tool that could use > > some help with programming, have the availability to provide some > > mentoring for someone who is already a programmer but not necessarily > > already involved with Debian, and would like your project to be > > highlighted in such a talk. > > > > If that's you, please reply to this message and provide some information > > about your service or tool. Package names are enough for tools in the > > archive, otherwise links/wiki pages/etc are appreciated. Please also > > mention a contact point (IRC channel, mailing list etc). > > > Thanks for the initiative! > > Is there a deadline to send the info to you/the list? This talk is scheduled for June 5th, so for that instance I need replies before then. But I can also do it gain in the future, so whenever I receive the information, it will be helpful. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian infra services and tools looking for programming contributions
Thanks for the initiative. I think it could be expanded to include Debian-specific tools and libraries that are not part of the infrastructure. IMO a friendly interface to create, list and search for work items would help. I can see myself filtering by: - programming language - type of contribution: development, review, testing, translation... - topic - amount of work required - requests and offers for mentoring ...but also subscribe to items I care about For example, FreedomBox is doing something similar using labels on Salsa, e.g. https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=beginner A dedicated package on the BTS could be used instead but the BTS seems to appear a bit daunting to newcomers... Thanks! -- Federico Ceratto
Re: Debian infra services and tools looking for programming contributions
Heya, thanks for this initiative! On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 03:36:15PM -0300, Antonio Terceiro wrote: > I'm planning a talk titled "I'm a programmer, how can I help Debian?" in > which I intend to present contribution opportunities for people who are > programmers, but are not necessarily interested in packaging. My plan is > to present several Debian infrastructure services and tools that could > receive contributions, highlighting a few where contributions could have > a larger impact in the community (IMO). > > For services, my starting point is https://wiki.debian.org/Services For > tools, I currently have a list of the ones I usually contribute to, but > can add more. > > Not the part where I need your help. I'm looking for people who maintain > or contribute to a Debian infrastructure service or tool that could use > some help with programming, have the availability to provide some > mentoring for someone who is already a programmer but not necessarily > already involved with Debian, and would like your project to be > highlighted in such a talk. > > If that's you, please reply to this message and provide some information > about your service or tool. Package names are enough for tools in the > archive, otherwise links/wiki pages/etc are appreciated. Please also > mention a contact point (IRC channel, mailing list etc). sources.debian.org, AKA Debsources, could use some help. I'm definitely MIA on it, and the bulk of code maintenance is being assured by Mathieu alone, including migration to Python 3 (thanks!). Having someone else would be good, and I think it might be a piece of infra that might be interesting to work on even for people that don't have a lot of Debian insider knowledge. Links: - service: https://sources.debian.org/ - code: https://salsa.debian.org/qa/debsources - bugs: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;include=subject%3Adebsources;package=qa.debian.org Hope this helps and thanks again ! Cheers -- Stefano Zacchiroli . z...@upsilon.cc . upsilon.cc/zack . . o . . . o . o Computer Science Professor . CTO Software Heritage . . . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader & OSI Board Director . . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » signature.asc Description: PGP signature