On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Jeremy Davis wrote: > So as TurnKey is based on Debian
It might be interesting for TurnKey to join the Debian derivatives census: https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census > it seems like a no brainer to get involved with Debian more closely. > But even after reading tons of info about Debian development and the > Debian community I am still unclear on the best path to take; > especially as I want to provide the best value for TurnKey; but > without making theDebian contribution just all about TurnKey (i.e. I > don't want it to be a disingenuous contribution to Debian). A great way to find out things that need your help is to install the Debian how-can-i-help package on a TurnKey system and look at its output after apt upgrades and also run it and look at its full output. > We have a number of applications that we have developed that ultimately > we'd like to contribute back to the Debian repos. We package these > already but they are only available via our repo. Information about getting new packages into Debian is here: http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers > We also have a fork of a existing package that we'd like to contribute > the modifications back upstream (I guess perhaps that needs to go all > the way back upstream rather than just patch the Debian version?) Best to send things all the way upstream indeed, as our Social Contract encourages: https://www.debian.org/social_contract If anything needs doing on the Debian side, report a bug about it: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting > We have a couple of other third party apps which we package for our own > use which we could perhaps contribute to Debian. Information about getting new packages into Debian is here: http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers > Personally I don't have a lot of experience packaging apps although I > have used checkinstall to create debs for my own use. The existing > Turnkey Linux packages are made by Alon and Liraz (our core devs) but I > would be the one doing the bulk of the workload for our involvement with > Debian. Start with the packaging tutorial and proceed to maint-guide: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/packaging-tutorial/packaging-tutorial.pdf https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ If you encounter jargon, you can look it up here: https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary > -Where should I start? http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers > -Should I first get involved and help with an existing package that our > distro uses? (I notice that there are a few RFH on packages that we include) This would be a great start, how-can-i-help can guide you towards more ways to get involved. > -Should I just jump straight in and start packaging our own apps for > inclusion in Debian? Yes, definitely. > -Any other suggestions on where would be the best place to start? You might like to browse our list of teams for places to get involved: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams Especially the Cloud team might be interesting to you: https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caktje6efsyou2ygwukwgcn2kt52zkvtsnu_rbt_ssgzetp0...@mail.gmail.com
