Hello Florian, Florian Effenberger wrote: > I've been working with Debian for three years now and consider myself to be > very experienced regarding the system. I maintain several servers and > routers and even support datacenters using Debian systems. I've written down > about 100 pages of documentation for myself right now.
Wow! That's certainly impressive. > To show my enthusiasm and to be "a part of the community", I would like to > become an official Debian "developer". The reason why I wrote developer in > quotation marks is that I'm not a programmer all the way. I can "hack" down > some scripts, but that's not my best job. > > Mainly, I would like support the marketing and user support area, especially > focussing on Germans educational and governmental institutions, as I already > have experience in that field. I work together closely with some schools (on > a honorary basis, so I don't do this commercially) and plan to extend my > work. > > My question to you is: Is this already sufficient for an application, or do > I need to do all those technical skills tests like packaging, which I do not > need, as I don't want to contribute in that area? There are many ways to contribute to Debian besides maintaining packages. In fact, the current NM process already has a number of alternative tracks for those who are not interested in packaging. AIUI, you follow the normal NM process, but when it comes time for the Tasks & Skills check, you will get something different than a packager will. See <http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-step4> for more information on this. Also, you can ask on the debian-newmaint list, as it is more appropriate for NM questions of this type [M-F-T set]. > Would like to be a part of the community and I hope someone can help me :-) Thank you for your offer! --Joe
