On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 12:26:31PM +1100, Lex Hider wrote: > Hi, > > I've just returned to debian after a bit of an experimental odyssey > (gentoo, freebsd etc.) and am currently tracking sarge. > > I've used debian on various occassions but never really > contributed (yes I know I should be ashamed). > > My question is how can I pitch in and help at the current > point to make sarge a truly great release? > > Should I help out with some programming stuff (I just started > a CS degree so my skills are fairly raw) or should I pitch in > with documentation? Packaging? checking policy compliance? > Where can I help the most? > > Obviously with long times between releases it's vital to make > sarge as perfect as it can be. > Sarge is going to be a pretty monumental release (gcc3, > gnome2, kde3, openoffice added, new installer, etc). > And it looks like it might be something like 18months between > releases. Do people think that this will be exceptionally longer > than subsequent releases due to such major changes?
I think testing Debian-installer would be an excellent idea at the moment, and helping out with writing manual-pages for packages that lack such; there are still a lot of them. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/
