hello David, On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 11:36:04AM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > 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).
I forgot to mention I want to write a "debian poweruser handbook" by improving (and translating) a tutorial authored by Charles Plessy to summarize a thread run on debian-users-french. https://salsa.debian.org/plessy/maintenance-a-distance-test Those are 2 parts: * one I can write based on my experience of 25 years running debian servers and desktops (tools like dpkg, dpkg-query, apt, apt-*, aptitude. debootstrap, tasksel, blends, FAI) * one I will write tu summarize the knowledge I'll get thanks to you (dpkg-buildpackages). > > * 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 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. well ... I was thinking about a list of repos (maybe just a wiki on salsa to start?) > (Disclaimer: I have literally no idea what "spago" and "crystal" is) very quickly * crystal is a ruby that compiles Homepage: https://crystal-lang.org * spago is the package manager for purescript (a FP langage that transpiles to js) https://www.purescript.org/ > Maybe with the goal to ship it in non-free? I don't think so: too specific or too work-aroundish to become a debian package and bother the QA team. Regards, -- Marc Chantreux Pôle CESAR (Calcul et services avancés à la recherche) Université de Strasbourg ☎ 03.68.85.60.79
