Your message dated Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:46:44 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#721207: [debian-faq] 13.1 "How can I become a Debian
software developer?": confuses developers and members
has caused the Debian Bug report #721207,
regarding [debian-faq] 13.1 "How can I become a Debian software developer?":
confuses developers and members
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Package: debian-faq
Version: 5.0.2
Severity: normal
Section 13.1 reads:
The development of Debian is open to all, and new users with the right skills and/or the
willingness to learn are needed to maintain existing packages which have been
"orphaned" by their previous maintainers, to develop new packages, and to
provide user support.
The description of becoming a Debian developer can be found at the |New Member's
Corner <http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint>| at the Debian web site.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-contributing.en.html
There is a difference between developers and members. Members are (hopefully)
developers, but developers are not necessarily members. As explained on
http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ one doesn't need to be a member to develop.
Rather than that and mentioning specific ways to help, please just link to
http://www.debian.org/intro/help
By the way, there are issues in 13.2 and 13.3 too. We now have an address
specifically for mirrors. I recommend to make the chapter even more a pure
redirect to /intro/help (and /donations for financial contributions).
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Filipus Klutiero
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Hi,
Thanks for your bugreport.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 09:58:25PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Package: debian-faq
> Version: 5.0.2
> Severity: normal
>
> Section 13.1 reads:
> >
> >The development of Debian is open to all, and new users with the right
> >skills and/or the willingness to learn are needed to maintain existing
> >packages which have been "orphaned" by their previous maintainers, to
> >develop new packages, and to provide user support.
> >
> >The description of becoming a Debian developer can be found at the |New
> >Member's Corner <http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint>| at the Debian
> >web site.
> >
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-contributing.en.html
>
> There is a difference between developers and members. Members are (hopefully)
> developers, but developers are not necessarily members. As explained on
> http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ one doesn't need to be a member to develop.
> Rather than that and mentioning specific ways to help, please just link to
> http://www.debian.org/intro/help
Have just applied this patch:
-------------------------
Index: faqstatic.ent
===================================================================
--- faqstatic.ent (revision 10229)
+++ faqstatic.ent (working copy)
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
<!-- URL -->
<!entity debian-donation "http://www.debian.org/donations";>
+ <!entity debian-help "http://www.debian.org/intro/help";>
Index: contrib.sgml
===================================================================
--- contrib.sgml (revision 10229)
+++ contrib.sgml (working copy)
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
of time (to develop new packages, maintain existing packages,
or provide user support), resources (to mirror the FTP and WWW archives),
and money (to pay for new testbeds as well as hardware for the archives)
-can help the project.
+can help the project. See also
+<url name="How can you help Debian?" id="debian-help;">.
<sect id="contrib">How can I become a Debian software developer?
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
packages which have been "orphaned" by their previous maintainers, to
develop new packages, and to provide user support.
-<p>The description of becoming a Debian developer can be found at the
+<p>The description of becoming a Debian Developer can be found at the
<url name="New Member's Corner" id="http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint";>
at the Debian web site.
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> By the way, there are issues in 13.2 and 13.3 too. We now have an address
> specifically for mirrors.
What exactly is wrong?
> I recommend to make the chapter even more a pure
> redirect to /intro/help (and /donations for financial contributions).
You could be right here. Please state the exact errors and I'll be convinced
:) Just open a new bug with a more descriptive title of this more general
problem with the whole chapter.
(Patches welcome...)
Bye,
Joost
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