On 2004-04-02 Benjamin Cutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First off I'll admit I only gave a quick glance at the "Debian New
> Maintainters' Corner", but from what I saw, it looked like the first
> step wasn't an automated thing. It sounds like the first thing I need to
> do it get to know some of the current developers...
> In summary the reason I want to become a developer is that I have a
> program I've been working on for the last couple of weeks, and it's
> reached a point that I think it could benefit from being included in the
> Debian archives.
[...]
Hello,
These two things (you becoming a maintainer and the program you have
written being included in Debian) are only loosely connected:
* The program can become part Debian without you maintaining it.
(Neither Linus Torwalds nor Larry Wall are DDs[1] either ;-) Submit
a request for package bug ("RFP") using "reportbug wnpp" and hope
somebody picks up.
* You can maintain the package without being an official DD. - You do
the actual work and a DD doublechecks and uploads it for you. This
is called "Sponsoring".
Applying for becoming a DD by starting the NM process usually should
only be done after you have participated in Debian for some time. The
unofficial debian-mentors FAQ
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html
explains this in more detail.
hth, cu andreas
[1] Debian developer. people with a fancy @debian.org address and the
possibiltiy to upload packages.
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