Hi, Am Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 10:23:03PM +0100, schrieb Marc Chantreux: > As I finally need packaging skills at work, I joined this list so I can > contribute in a more productive way.
Note that this list is /mostly/ used as a catch-all for questions about packaging and sponsorship requests (that might lead to the former). If your interests center on specific ecosystems, both of these are usually better served by the specific teams they involve. > * understand and join the effort to have debian 100% reproductible (I > saw a debconf 2024 talk about it and this is important in the academic > world) […] > * I don't know how popular this take is but I really would like to help > replacing bash and coreutils by busybox in the debian core (I think I'm a > pretty good dash programmer and I can ensure 90% of the scripts I > reviewed don't need bash at all). […] > * I have in mind to create a very minimal debian image for qemu so windows > users > can easily use a linux GUI (icewm) with our tools (if I don't find a better > solution) You will find many of the same people in these efforts as they are somewhat related and/or benefit from each other. Have a look at `mmdebstrap` and `debvm` as possible entry points into those individual rabbit holes. > * I maintain poor quality packages (no source, ...) with up to date versions > of tools like spago or crystal and I know lot of people are doing > this. I know there are security issues about it but I wonder how to > create have joint forces and more trust on this. I suppose the best course of action is to just start… as in, join forces around a repository in salsa and perhaps start with a PPA-like archive in debusine to distribute it. Maybe with the goal to ship it in non-free? (Disclaimer: I have literally no idea what "spago" and "crystal" is) Best regards David Kalnischkies
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