Hi Marc, Welcome on board
>hello mentors, > >I just subscribed so I send few words about me: >* I started using debian ~25y ago >* I contributed since then with few patches, docs, bug reports, > support (on debian-users-french), co-organized some perl and python > workshops and conferences, have some modules in the CPAN >* I contributed to koha and sympa, both packaged in debian >* I was floss evangelist at Renater >* I tried from time to time to contribute teams (I wish I could > help Dominique Dumont when he was alone on raku) but never took the > time to really dive in. > >As I finally need packaging skills at work, I joined this list so I can >contribute in a more productive way. There are many things I have in mind for >years. the ones I have in mind right now: > >* package some tools of mine >* update the raku package and dependencies ok >* contribute to the raku-debian ecosystem (have dh-make-raku on top of zef?) ok >* be more active in -sciences and -perl groups >* 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) Paper on this topic are welcome it is a hot research topic. >Discussions I would like to push in debian > >* some package namespaces (like vim-*) are messy: you don't know from > the package name if it's a vim flavor a component, a plugin, an external > tool, > a filetype, ... it would be nice to have one more level see debian-policy package >* 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). You could replace by dash >* 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 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) > >I'm really happy to finally join this list. > >Regards rouca
