Hello everybody,
as we speak about new-maintainers problems, I think a document
intented for them could be helpful. I'll write something as soon as
I can.
Here's the summary and some ideas I wrote down. Feel free to propose
addendums. And I you wish to write one of those paragraphs, go on
and send it to me. :-)
<sect>I'm not (yet) a Debian developer...
<sect1>but I sent my request X weeks ago, what should I do ?
-- somebody of the new maintainer team should write a paragraph
<sect1>even so, can I help ?
-- wnpp -- correcting bugs -- helping on some developments (apt, install
process/boot-flopies) -- resolving problems that are discussed on
-devel -- documentation
<sect>Packaging advices
<sect1>What tools are needed ?
-- speak of dpkg*, debhelper, dh_make, debmake, devscripts, etc.
<sect1>How can I check my work ?
-- lintian
<sect1>How to upload my packages ?
-- with dupload / warning don't upload new package during freeze
<sect1>What is "maintaining a package" ?
<sect2>Uploading new upstream versions
-- explain how to manage this (apply old patches to the new
orig.tar.gz, simply copy the debian directory...)
<sect2>Correcting bugs
-- the BTS
<sect2>Keeping it policy compliant
-- reading policy, updating Standards-Version
<sect>Inside Debian
<sect1>Who is responsible of what ?
-- look a the web page
<sect1>Which mailing-lists should I absolutely read ?
-- -private (no choice), -devel-announce, -devel, -announce may be
a good idea, -mentors (at least for the beginning)
<sect1>What to do if I have a good idea for Debian ?
-- submit it to -devel, work on it, submit it to -policy if it's
about policy...
<sect1>What about the Debian Constitution ?
-- ??
Cheers,
--
Hertzog Raphaël ¤ 0C4CABF1 ¤ http://www.mygale.org/~hra/
