A package can have multiple maintainers and thus David could be added as an uploader so he can upload it himself when you're missing.
David: the channel #debian-python on OFTC is a great resource for people who maintain python-related packages in Debian. They know everything about Python. #debian-mentors is for general Debian packaging questions. They both have mailing lists and thus it's a good idea to read those. Other than that, just start playing with the package. Also, the following pages might be useful: - http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ - http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html - http://wiki.debian.org/Python - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete Daniel: I've used git to maintain git-cola, it'd be nice if you could just grab the repo and start from there. See http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/git-cola.git;a=summary Iulian