Wow, thanks! I will look into this wml website stuff, but mostly the apt c++, since I love it a lot! Thanks for the help! What is the signature.asc file and how do I use it?
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 9:09 PM Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2021-10-21 at 09:32 -0400, Kyle Lyon wrote: > > > My name is Kyle. > > Welcome to the Debian community Kyle :) > > > I am looking to contribute to the Debian website and project. > > There are lots of ways to contribute to Debian listed here: > > https://www.debian.org/intro/help > > > I know lots of web programming, which can make me useful to help the > > website. > > The website is static HTML, that is produced from a language called WML > (which is basically HTML with some Perl mixed in). The WML is stored in > a git repository (called webwml) which is hosted on the Debian instance > (called Salsa) of the GitLab code hosting tool. You can submit changes > to the website through Salsa or by sending patches in bug reports. > There are many TODO items and open bug reports that can be useful to > find ways to contribute to the website. More details here: > > https://www.debian.org/devel/website/ > > > As for packages, I can code C++. > > The apt package manager is written in C++, I expect helping out with > that would be appreciated. > > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Apt > > If you know of software that is written in C++ and you want to have in > Debian, you could package it and propose it for inclusion in Debian. > > https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/ > > The how-can-i-help tool can help find packages on your system that need > some kind of assistance. > > https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help > > The Debtags site can help find packages implemented in C++: > > > https://debtags.debian.org/search/?wl=&q=implemented-in%3A%3Ac%2B%2B&qf=default > > > No one can really vouch for me, because I don't know who to ask. > > I have used Debian Linux for the past 6 months, so I know how to use it > > well. Please consider letting me help the Debian Community! > > In Debian and the wider Free Software and Open Source communities, > usually no permission is needed for a person to join the community > (apart from account approval for anti-spam purposes) and people and > their reputation do not need to be vouched for. Instead, others will > review and approve the work that you do and the changes you propose. > So people who have the interest and time just dive in and contribute. > > -- > bye, > pabs > > https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise >
