Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Vipul writes: > I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed > yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining > packages and fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian for work purpose also > so, I don't want to mess-up with my system by installing unstable >

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Ben Finney
Ian Jackson writes: > Vipul writes ("Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community"): > > Is there a way to get isolation for work & contribution purpose to > > keep yourself organized? I can get isolation by using Docker image > > or install one m

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:27 PM Vipul wrote: > I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed yet back > to community. There are a number of different ways to contribute to Debian: https://www.debian.org/intro/help > I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining packages a

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread ghe
On 5/8/19 7:33 AM, Gard Spreemann wrote: > I find that cowbuilder [1] does this job fine for my needs. If I need to > test a more involved graphical user experience for a different release > than the one I run, I just spin up a VM. Or you could just buy an additional computer and dban the MS bits

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Vipul writes ("Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community"): > I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed > yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining > packages and fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian f

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread finn
Hi Francisco, > Hello, I would be very interested in the answers to that, too. Vipul, I > suggest you subscribe to this mailing list, as well as debian- mentors. That > should make things easier. Cheers, Francisco I have subscribed this mail-list using separate email address. Cheers, Vipul

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Steffen Möller
Hi Vipul, On 08.05.19 15:26, Vipul wrote: Hey there, I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining packages and fixing bugs. This is very timely since the next Debian release, buster, is just waiting fo

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread songbird
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Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Paul Sutton
On 08/05/2019 14:32, Francisco M Neto wrote: > Hello, > > I would be very interested in the answers to that, too. > > Vipul, I sugges you subscribe to this mailing list, as well as debian- > mentors. That should make things easier. > > Cheers, > Francisco If I also find anyone who m

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Gard Spreemann
Vipul writes: > Hey there, > > I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed yet back > to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining packages and > fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian for work purpose also so, I don't want to > mess-up with my system by

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Francisco M Neto
Hello, I would be very interested in the answers to that, too. Vipul, I sugges you subscribe to this mailing list, as well as debian- mentors. That should make things easier. Cheers, Francisco On Wed, 2019-05-08 at 13:26 +, Vipul wrote: > Hey there, > > I've been using Deb

Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Vipul
Hey there, I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining packages and fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian for work purpose also so, I don't want to mess-up  with my system by installing unstable packages