Quoting Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org): > > Could someone write such a job description, or help me write it? I'm > > totally clueless about d-i development, so I would need some help, > > unfortunately. > > Maybe Christian could help write bits about d-i? He's quite good at > making (possibly complex) things look easy, and has been involved in d-i > for a looooooong time.
KiBi, I hate you...:-) OK, let's throw out a few ideas in the wild. Bug triaging could be a good start. Holger did a lot of work recently with installation reports and confirmed me that he will continue after DebConf. Some progress could be made by looking at bugs already assigned to soem D-I components. I'd suggest focusing on components that are used in the standard installation process (localechooser, console-setup, choose-mirror, partman-base, partman-<useful_filesystems> (and forget about toy filesystems), partman-crypto, partman-auto, partman-auto-crypto, base-installer, apt-setup, finish-install, etc.) Localization can get mor ehelp. Some languages are more or less abandoned with nobody maintaining them anymore. I can provide a list of these. Nearly all non i386 and amd64 ports of D-I are in very loose shape. Maybe more attention could be drawn to the non-toy ports (arm|armel?). Processing installation manual bug reports is also interesting and can lead to better results.
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