On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 06:38:41PM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 01:52:43PM -0400, Deva Seetharam wrote: ... > > 1. how does one get an advocate? > > The best way is to package a piece of software, and make the packages > available somewhere. Apply to be a NM, and post a message to > debian-mentors@lists.debian.org asking for a sponsor. A sponsor will > take a look at your package and (assuming all goes well) upload them. > If they are sufficiently impressed, they will likely be your advocate. >
Also, you can demonstrate your ability to do debian packaging by showing other projects you've worked on. i.e. c++, shell scripting, makefiles, etc. So that people know that you can make a package. Your advocate can help you to select a package. Look at the WNPP list. > > 2. how long does the application process take? > > You can see the average times from nm.debian.org. There's currently a > long wait after you have completed the criteria before you are > accepted. (This may be a few months.) The majority of the application > can be done within a few weeks. > My whole application time took around 3 months. To get started, spend some time reading the docs in the new maintainer corner, and reading the mailing lists, and making intelligent posts, so people in the development community can get a little familiar with you. Of course, the very first step is to actually use debian, if you're not already. -- michael cardenas | lead software engineer, lindows.com hyperpoem.net | GNU/Linux software developer people.debian.org/~mbc | encrypted mail preferred "We, the men of the mind, are now on strike against you in the name of a single axiom, which is the root of our moral code, just as the root of yours is the wish to escape it: the axiom that existence exists." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
