On Tue, 2024-08-27 at 02:36 +0000, dblmr wrote: > > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > On Monday, August 26th, 2024 at 2:39 PM, Soren Stoutner <so...@debian.org> > wrote: > > > dblmr, > > > > On Sunday, August 25, 2024 8:38:31 AM MST dblmr wrote: > > > > > Good Morning, > > > > > > I have a good familiarity with basic operation of emacs and git, and have > > > dabbled in various programming languages including Perl, Shell scripting, > > > Python and many others. My Spanish is very good, and English is my native > > > language. I could certainly do menial programming tasks, or help with > > > documentation or editing web pages. I love Debian software and values. If > > > anyone would like to discuss ways I could potentially help out, feel free > > > to > > > email me directly. > > > > > > I’m excited to read your email. It is wonderful when users of Debian want to > > contribute to the project. That’s how I got started. > > > > I would recommend that you start by looking for some aspect of Debian that > > you > > use that needs some help. For example, there may be a package that is > > lagging > > behind the upstream releases. Or, there may be some documentation on the a > > Debian website that needs to be improved. Or a translation that needs help. > > > > In the case of a package, you can contact the current maintainers and ask if > > they would like some help. Having someone to guide you is a good way to get > > started. If the current maintainers are not responsive (orphaned or needing > > to be adopted), ask on this list for assistance with the package. > > > > In the case of websites, many of them are Wikis, so you can get started > > improving them by just creating an account. > > > > In general, I have found that working on Debian is most fulfilling when I am > > improving some aspect that I actively use myself. > > > > -- > > Soren Stoutner > > so...@debian.org > > Thank you very much for the suggestions. I think they will get me going in > the right direction. I think I might like to take over an orphaned package, > if I could learn enough to do it. Could you give me some links to peruse, so > I can get an idea of what it takes, and whether I might be able to bring my > skills up to a sufficient level to get started? > > Thanks, > Mark Opie > > Mark Opie >
Hi, A few to get you going. https://www.debian.org/devel/ https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ Regards Phil -- "I play the game for the game’s own sake" Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans -- Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kathenasorg Internet Relay Chat (IRC): kathenas Matrix: #kathenas:matrix.org Website: https://kathenas.org Instagram: https://instagram.com/kathenasorg/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kathenasorg --
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