Re: Becoming a new contributor

2008-08-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:18 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "As a non-developer you can: > - maintain packages through a sponsor" > > Great. How? Please read this: http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Becoming a new contributor

2008-08-27 Thread Luk Claes
MJ Ray wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "As a non-developer you can: >> - maintain packages through a sponsor" > > Prepare the package as if you were a debian developer (see the various > packaging guides on http://www.debian.org/devel/ for details - start > with an Intent To Package bug rep

Re: Becoming a new contributor

2008-08-27 Thread Sandro Tosi
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 21:18, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > relevant) or post an RFS (Request for Sponsor) message to > debian-newmaint until your package is picked up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suppose ;) -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, Morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista

Re: Becoming a new contributor

2008-08-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 08:18:41PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "As a non-developer you can: > > - maintain packages through a sponsor" > Prepare the package as if you were a debian developer (see the various > packaging guides on http://www.debian.org/devel/ for details -

Re: Becoming a new contributor

2008-08-27 Thread MJ Ray
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "As a non-developer you can: > - maintain packages through a sponsor" Prepare the package as if you were a debian developer (see the various packaging guides on http://www.debian.org/devel/ for details - start with an Intent To Package bug report), then either approach

Becoming a new contributor

2008-08-27 Thread john.lindgren
Hello, I have never done any development in Debian before, and I would like to contribute a single program. How should I go about this? I have already looked through the Debian website and found things like these: "The first important point to make is that you do not need to be an official Deb