Thanks for all your tips/hints/suggestions/advice. the package Simulpic is an existing a debian package and it has been orphaned. i am just trying to adopt it. since i used it a lot, i fixed a few bugs and upgraded it to current version of the microcontroller it was simulating.
i agree it is not a critical pkg. but i think it is an useful one as this microcontroller is used extensively by the hobbyists. as per your suggestions, i will create a debian pkg and put it on a website for people to download and inspect. thanks, Deva Seetharam On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 06:38:41PM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > > > 1. how does one get an advocate? > > > The best way is to package a piece of software, and make the packages > > available somewhere. Apply to be a NM, and post a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking for a sponsor. A sponsor will > > take a look at your package and (assuming all goes well) upload them. > > If they are sufficiently impressed, they will likely be your advocate. > > This places the emphasis on packaging software that's not yet in Debian, > which is wrong, IMHO. A better answer is that you get an advocate by > getting involved in Debian development -- by helping tackle some of the > many open bugs against existing packages, or doing QA work, or adopting > an orphaned package, or working on the installer, or perhaps by > packaging useful software that's not yet part of Debian. > > Creating new packages is an easy way to demonstrate that one has many of > the skills required to be a DD, but more is demanded of DDs than just > raw skill. > > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
