On Sat, 01 Mar 2003, Agney Lopes Roth Ferraz wrote: > I'm looking for information about debian developer/maintainer.
http://nm.debian.org > 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. Ehh... I couldn't understand that sentence :( If you mean "does one have to be an upstream developer to join Debian", then the answer is "no". But a lot of us (including me) expect you are at least skilled and responsible enough to be an upstream maintainer for your packages, if you are going to take care of packages... (there are other activities in Debian that have little to do with maintaining packages). The procedure is something like this: if you think you're going to stay around for a while, and you have the time, and will to do a lot of work, you are welcome to join. You do that by reading the stuff in nm.debian.org, and showing a lot of work. Then, someone will vouch for you, and you will get started in the NM process (again, see nm.debian.org). If you don't have the time, that's fine. There are lots of ways you can help without sacrificing a lot of time too, but then you should not expend any of that precious time going through the effort of nm.debian.org! Use it to do the work proper, and use the mailinglists to coordinate with someone if you happen to need anything that requires a registered Debian developer. > 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) ? Well, find and read the developers' reference. Also, go read the stuff on the debian-br site, and the stuff on www.debian.org/devel. All your answers are there. Don't forget nm.debian.org, either. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
