On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:08:42 +0200,
Dimitrios Antoniou wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a background in software engineering, albeit limited experience with
>C, C++ and Python. I'm looking to join the Debian community and start
>contributing to the project. I was hoping to get some guidance as to what
>the s
Welcome to Debian!
There are a lot of different ways someone can get started contributing to
Debian. Some of
them are described at:
https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/[1]
I would recommend reading over the resources on that page. If you have any
questions as
you go, this mailing
Hi,
I have a background in software engineering, albeit limited experience with
C, C++ and Python. I'm looking to join the Debian community and start
contributing to the project. I was hoping to get some guidance as to what
the starting steps would be to someone with my background. Any help is
app
Hi Vincent,
Thank you for clearing this up; I wasn't sure how to proceed, since dch
can only take one option. And that you for the link! [1] I had been
focusing my reading on debian.org, and somehow missed/forgot about it.
Concerning xserver-xorg-video-savage, I haven't heard back from the
Hi Nicholas,
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> ❦ 31 juillet 2015 18:42 -0400, Nicholas Steeves :
>
>> https://readme.phys.ethz.ch/documentation/debian_version_numbers/
>>
>> So for xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.8-1, backported to jessie, the
>> version would be:
>>
>> xs
❦ 31 juillet 2015 18:42 -0400, Nicholas Steeves :
> https://readme.phys.ethz.ch/documentation/debian_version_numbers/
>
> So for xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.8-1, backported to jessie, the
> version would be:
>
> xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.8-1.1~bpo8+1
>
> rather than
>
> xserver-xorg-video-
Ah, I just found:
https://readme.phys.ethz.ch/documentation/debian_version_numbers/
So for xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.8-1, backported to jessie, the
version would be:
xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.8-1.1~bpo8+1
rather than
xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.8-1+nmu1~bpo8+1
?
Thanks,
Nicholas
Hi,
I've finally gotten comfortable with pbuilder (for both i386 and amd64),
and have done a number of private backports (including Intel 2015Q2
graphics stack) and imports of Ubuntu packages that don't exist in
Debian (eg: snapraid).
Just the other day someone in #debian asked for a backpor
> I recently familiarized myself with the debian packaging system and
> would like to contribute to the debian distribution. I figure reading
> the packing/policy manual is a good place to get the rest of my info.
> However when I look at the DDP site much of the information there is
> listed as
[Warning: I'm a beginner myself.]
On Thursday 15 October 1998, at 19 h 44, the keyboard of Wayne Cuddy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> would like to contribute to the debian distribution. I figure reading
> the packing/policy manual is a good place to get the rest of my info.
Yes. Unlike the var
Hi,
I think you should do well to look at the Developers
reference, the Packaging manual, the policy document, and example
rules files, in that order (you may well get bored before you finish
;-). I assure you that the material in those documents is more than
;sufficient for gainning m
I recently familiarized myself with the debian packaging system and
would like to contribute to the debian distribution. I figure reading
the packing/policy manual is a good place to get the rest of my info.
However when I look at the DDP site much of the information there is
listed as orphaned or
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