Re: Bug#595217: Please create a debian-upstream list to serve as upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-02 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Am 02.09.2010 08:43, schrieb Andrei Popescu: > Short description: Contact point for upstream developers > > Long description: A contact point for developers of software packages > already present in Debian or not who want/need to get in touch wi

Bug#595217: Please create a debian-upstream list to serve as upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
Package: lists.debian.org Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-project@lists.debian.org On Jo, 02 sep 10, 07:13:58, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ke, 2010-09-01 at 19:27 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Unless you consider it's necessary to be a DD for this I could join as > > well. After all, I

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-09-01 at 19:27 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Unless you consider it's necessary to be a DD for this I could join as > well. After all, I spend *a lot* of time reading Debian mailing lists > and I have become familiar with a lot of processes. It's time I put this > to some good use :

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 01 sep 10, 11:41:34, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 17:01, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Am 15.08.2010 18:08, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > > > >>> That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would > >>> be willing to join such a list

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Aug 23, 2010, at 17:01, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > Am 15.08.2010 18:08, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > >>> That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would >>> be willing to join such a list and answer questions from our >>> upstreams. >> >> That's two of us

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-23 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Am 15.08.2010 18:08, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: >> That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would >> be willing to join such a list and answer questions from our >> upstreams. > > That's two of us. Anyone else who'd like to help? That sounds like a really good idea. Yo

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-21 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On la, 2010-08-21 at 15:47 +0300, George Danchev wrote: > I just wonder what this list would be meant to serves which can't be deemed > suitable for -mentors. Many upstreams (regardless they have any preliminary > packages of their software or not) already use -mentors for entering Debian > one

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-21 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 15:47:46 +0300, George Danchev wrote: > I just wonder what this list would be meant to serves which can't be deemed > suitable for -mentors. Many upstreams (regardless they have any preliminary > packages of their software or not) already use -mentors for entering Debian

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-21 Thread George Danchev
Lars Wirzenius writes: > On pe, 2010-08-20 at 14:55 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Now, I've no idea if the above would be appropriate for the upstream > > front desk or not. I leave it up to you to decide whether it's worth > > trying or not. > > I think a debian-upstre...@lists.debian.org

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-20 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On pe, 2010-08-20 at 14:55 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Now, I've no idea if the above would be appropriate for the upstream > front desk or not. I leave it up to you to decide whether it's worth > trying or not. I think a debian-upstre...@lists.debian.org mailing list, open to everyone and

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-20 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 01:17:12PM +1200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > I gave a talk[0] at Debconf10 about my experiences switching from > being a Debian developer to being an upstream developer. > > As part of that talk I suggested two things: Thanks for reporting on -project about that very nice tal

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-15 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On su, 2010-08-15 at 13:55 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would > be willing to join such a list and answer questions from our > upstreams. That's two of us. Anyone else who'd like to help? Two is enough to kick this off, though. I'll as

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > * a contact point within Debian for upstreams to use ... > For the second thing, I propose an "upstream front desk" of some sort. > Stefano, in his role as the DPL, agreed that it would be good. The UFD > would be the point of first contact

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Thanks, Charles, for pointing that out. That page does, indeed, have > much overlap with my UpstreamGuide page. They should be merged -- and > since UpstreamGuide is newer, it should be merged into GettingPackaged. > Maintenance and improve

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-10 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-08-11 at 10:29 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Do you know about http://wiki.debian.org/GettingPackaged ? It looks like there > are many overlaps between this page and the one you created… Thanks, Charles, for pointing that out. That page does, indeed, have much overlap with my Upstream

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 01:17:12PM +1200, Lars Wirzenius a Ă©crit : > > For the first thing, I have started a wiki page[1], and seeded it with > points from my talk. Dear Lars, Do you know about http://wiki.debian.org/GettingPackaged ? It looks like there are many overlaps between this page and t

Upstream guide and front desk

2010-08-10 Thread Lars Wirzenius
I gave a talk[0] at Debconf10 about my experiences switching from being a Debian developer to being an upstream developer. As part of that talk I suggested two things: * a guide or checklist for upstreams so they know how do things so their software is easier for distributions to package * a co