Agney, > I'm looking for information about debian developer/maintainer.
A maintainer is someone who maintains a package, while a developer has an account on the Debian machines and permission to upload. These two are basically distinct (i.e. you can maintain a package without being a developer and you can be a developer but work on the web pages instead of doing packaging). > I read in debian page that the only way to became maintainer is > developing some nice program, but I have two friends that are only who > make the .deb package. Developing software is a different thing, although you probably need some programming experience in order to maintain a package properly. > The situation is: I don't have a nice package develped by me, but I > would like to maintain some package from someone who don't have > interest or time to maintain it on debian. How can I find a package to > maintain or how can I submit a package (not mine) ? This is good. Debian actually has a lot of packages that noone cares about. Have a look at http://qa.debian.org/ , it should be a good starting point, and of course you should have read the documentation at http://www.debian.org/devel . If you are interested in a particular orphaned package, just go ahead and file an ITA (Intent To Adopt), exact instructions are on the "WNPP" pages on qa.debian.org. To upload, you will need a sponsor, just ask again here on debian-mentors. > ps: I have my gpg key signed by a debian developer (Gustavo Noronha Silva > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) This is good. If you want to become a Debian Developer, you should probably add yourself to the NM queue at http://nm.debian.org/ , but you should wait until you have some package that's ready to be uploaded (you will need a so-called advocate, which is a DD who confirms your application, and you far easier get that confirmation when you've already done something). Simon -- GPG Fingerprint: 040E B5F7 84F1 4FBC CEAD ADC6 18A0 CC8D 5706 A4B4
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