Also when I find a fix for the bug, how do I send debian the solution? On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 12:43 PM KYLE LYON <kly...@ocdsb.ca> wrote:
> 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 >> >
