On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 12:20:55AM -0500, DoyenGuy wrote: > After looking into the whole "new maintainer" process and application > and documentation and tomes of webpages on the Debian website, I > encountered a question. I sent an email three days ago to what I > thought was the most logical address, the Debian "Front Desk", and > even though I'm not "involved" right now I thought I'd hear from them > reasonably promptly, but not as of yet have I gotten anything back. > > What follows is what I sent to the 'front desk', and what I know ask > of the mentors list... > > So I turn to the Debian mentors list, where I hopefully will find an > answer and direction. > > I have written a program (and continue to improve) called ProShield > (proshield.sf.net) that I would like to get put into the official > debian apt repositories. This involves a "new maintainer" application > process, as well as a lot of reading and other stuff. > > I have subscribed to the debian-devel and debian-mentor mailing lists, > and the documentation on the website confuses me a little. Do I > express who I am, what my program is, and my desire to find a sponsor > for my package on the debian-mentor list before I apply to be a > maintainer? > > What do I do? If you want to be a package maintainer, then you will want to demonstrate your skill at maintaining packages, by finding a sponsor to upload them for you. Then you can apply at NM.
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