Hi, I should have sent this message to the list, instead of replying directly.
----- Forwarded message from Cédric Boutillier <bou...@debian.org> ----- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:26:28 +0200 From: Cédric Boutillier <bou...@debian.org> To: Caitlin Matos <caitlin.ma...@zoho.com> Subject: Re: New team member Message-ID: <20140723092628.GB13121@spin> References: <53cf07ed.5060...@zoho.com> In-Reply-To: <53cf07ed.5060...@zoho.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Dear Caitlin, On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 08:55:09PM -0400, Caitlin Matos wrote: > Hi there, > My name's Caitlin, and I'd like to join the ruby extras team. > I'm not interested in any particular package. I'm more interested in the > QA-type tasks, cleaning up existing packages and importing the new upstream > versions before the jessie freeze. I've already been playing around with and > updating several packages, but obviously I haven't uploaded or committed any > of it yet. > My Alioth account is cm-guest, and I have just sent a request to join. Your request has been accepted, Welcome on board! We are happy to have more workforce, especially before the freeze. > I'm not a DD or DM (hopefully one day...), so I will always need a sponsor. > I've looked through the list archives and seen that this team is quite good > about that. :) > I do have a couple of questions about the team workflow. I've browsed > through the past few months of archives and read the wiki pages, and I got > some answers on IRC, but I still have a few questions. In particular, I'm > wondering what the uploader role means in this group, and whether that > person is the de facto maintainer. I'm not sure which packages to work on > and which to steer clear of, and I don't want to impinge on someone else's > territory, nor do I want to work on a package only to find out someone > uploaded a new version in the meantime! My point of view is the following: if you just prepare a one-time upload to fix a bug or to upgrade to a newer version without much change, then you can make a "Team upload". If you add these words to the changelog entry, then there is no need to add yourself to the Uploaders field in debian/control. If instead, you found a package on which you spent some time, and you particularly like to maintain, then add your name to the Uploaders field. > Look forward to working with you! So am I. Don't hesitate to ask questions on this list or on IRC if you get stuck. A good place to start is the Debian Maintainer Dashboard: http://udd.debian.org/dmd.cgi?email=pkg-ruby-extras-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org and look for example RC bugs, or outdated packages (check if the reverse dependencies still work). Cheers, Cédric ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ruby-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140724104020.GA2621@spin
