I would like to contribute somehow but I cannot travel to Montreal in April. Is there a link to a "how can I contribute page?"
Wolf Halton, PCIP, CTGA, CBA Mobile/Text 678-687-6104 -- Sent from my iPhone. Creative word completion courtesy of Apple, Inc. > On Apr 9, 2017, at 11:18, Antoine Beaupré <anar...@debian.org> wrote: > > Join us in Montreal, on April 14 2017, and we will find a way in which > you can help Debian with your current set of skills! You might even > learn one or two things in passing (but you don't have to). > > Debian is a free operating system for your computer. An operating system > is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer > run. Debian comes with dozens of thousands of packages, precompiled > software bundled up for easy installation on your machine. A number of > other operating systems, such as Ubuntu and Tails, are based on Debian. > > The upcoming version of Debian, called Stretch, will be released later > this year. We need you to help us make it awesome :) > > Whether you're a computer user, a graphics designer, or a bug triager, > there are many ways you can contribute to this effort. We also welcome > experience in consensus decision-making, anti-harassment teams, and > package maintenance. No effort is too small and whatever you bring to > this community will be appreciated. > > Here's what we will be doing: > > * We will triage bug reports that are blocking the release of the > upcoming version of Debian. > > * Debian package maintainers will fix some of these bugs. > > = Goals and principles = > > This is a work in progress, and a statement of intent. Not everything is > organized and confirmed yet. > > We want to bring together a heterogeneous group of people. This goal will > guide our handling of sponsorship requests, and will help us make decisions > if more people want to attend than we can welcome properly. In other words: > if you're part of a group that is currently under-represented in computer > communities, we would like you to be able to attend. > > We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for > all, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and > expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, > race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other similar personal > characteristic. Attending this event requires reading and respecting the > Debian Code of Conduct, that sets the standards in terms of behaviour for the > whole event, including communication (public and private) before, while and > after. > > The space where this event will take place is unfortunately not accessible to > wheelchairs. Food (including vegetarian options) should be provided for > lunch. If you have any specific needs regarding food, please let us know when > registering, and we will do our best. > > = What we will be doing = > > This will be an informal session to confirm and fix bugs in Debian. If you > have never worked with Debian packages, this is a good opportunity to learn > about packaging and bugtracker usage. > > Bugs flagged as Release Critical are blocking the release of the upcoming > version of Debian. To fix them, it helps to make sure the bug report > documents the up-to-date status of the bug, and of its resolution. One does > not need to be a programmer to do this work! For example, you can try and > reproduce bugs in software you use... or in software you will discover. This > helps package maintainers better focus their work. > > We will also try to actually fix bugs by testing patches and uploading fixes > into Debian itself. Antoine Beaupré, a seasoned Debian developer, will be > available to sponsor uploads and teach people about basic Debian packaging > skills. > > = Where? When? How to register? = > > See https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2017/04/ca/Montreal for the exact > address and time. > > -- > Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle > And the life of the candle will not be shortened. > Happiness never decreases by being shared. > - Buddha
