On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:44:10PM +0000, Chris Carr wrote [edited]: > In both cases I ended up "pestering the team with newbie questions" because > of the complexities of d-i and of packaging, respectively - not because I > was unintelligent or unmotivated, nor because I had failed to read the > available docs.
The new maintainer's guide has a section on "Where to ask for help", which, amongst others, mentions the debian mentors mailing list. > I would happily volunteer to do bug triaging on certain packages, as > I am certain I possess the skills to do this. Is it as simple as > emailing the maintainer(s) and offering? Yes, by all means go ahead (preferably picking up specific bugs, instead of just asking "How can I help") -S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110116232921.GA4061@mobee
