On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:53:01 +0200 Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dustin, > > thanks for your interest in Debian Med. > > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:52:13AM -0500, Dustin Phipps wrote: > > I am new to this mailing list and have been reading all the threads > > to try and get a sense of the work you are all doing. I haven't > > done any packaging for Debian before but I have done some > > coding/scripting in a hobbyist's capacity and I want to get > > involved with the project. > > That's great. > > > If it > > is of any help, I'm a pre-medical student and a researcher in a > > microbiology lab, so I'm familiar with the theory behind a lot of > > this stuff. Thanks for your generous offer; I'd like to take > > advantage of it but I don't want to waste your time if my > > skills/knowledge aren't up to par just yet. > > I don't think that it is a waste of time if I try to teach somebody > who is willing to learn. > > > Regardless, I'm always eager to learn. > > Because MoM is kind of a first comes first served basis and I just > accepted Eric I think I'm up for the July mentoring period for you. > However, the fact that you are not "the official MoM student" does not > mean you are not allowed to ask questions here. My initial idea for > MoM was to actually motivate / lower the barrier for questions for > *everybody*. > > So I would have two advises for you (and everybody who might be in a > similar position): > > 1. Try to read and understand the Debian Med policy[1] and possibly > even more importantly try to enhance what from your point of > view (=as a newcomer) needs enhancement > 2. Either try to make a pick from the "yellow" or "red" sections > on our tasks page (as a researcher in a microbiology lab this is > most probably med-bio[2]) or try to spot some software missing > from this page and care for its addition. IMHO a very important > point is that *you* should have some profit from the package > you are working on because this increases the motivation to work > on it. > > Just let us know questions regarding 1. might occure or if you have > made a pick for 2. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > [1] http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/docs/policy.html > [2] http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org/tasks/bio#pkgvcs-debs > > Andreas, Thanks for being so welcoming and for the advice on where to begin. I'm from the U.S. but I will actually be in Europe (mostly Paris) during the months of July and August studying French and travelling around. It's my first time, so I may be a bit distracted, but I'll try to devote some time every day to looking at DebianMed-related stuff. I look forward to being able to contribute. Cheers, Dustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120605000951.33d3adce@franny
