I second Eric on that. It's good that you have a spark for contributing and I feel genuine sympathy for you as I went down that path too. However, nobody can/want/will choose the area you want to get involved with for you, the thinking and decision should come from you.
It helps if you already have an itch to scratch. For instance, I got involved with packaging because a specific software library that I heavily use at work was not available in the main archive. Regardless of the area of contribution, there will be a fair bit of documentation to process before starting, as Eric pointed out. If you are interested in packaging in particular, the Debian maintainer and developer's reference is a must read, but more specific instructions will also be given depending on the team you join (Python, Java, science, GNOME, KDE...). I suggest to keep a separate bookmarking section for that in your browser. Good luck on your journey to contributing. Ghis On Sat, 2014-05-31 at 04:14 +0200, Eric L. wrote: > Hi Perrin, > you might want to start with https://www.debian.org/intro/help to > decide on what you exactly want to do to work on contributing to > Debian, which is a rather broad concept. > If indeed you want to help package software, which is the topic of > this list, your next step is probably to read and understand > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/. > To be honest with you, nobody will take you by the hand from A to Z, > there is a fair amount of self-learning involved, but if you have > specific questions about packaging, ask them here, and you shall get > specific answers. > Hope this helps, > Eric > PS: allowing myself to make your subject slightly more specific. > > On 31 May 2014 01:43:16 CEST, Perrin Shabot <[email protected]> > wrote: > Hello. I am new to most all of Linux but have experience developing > software. If someone is available to mentor and/or sponsor that would > be > awesome. Trying to get the ball rolling with contributing :-) > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1401523741.1921.14.camel@lat644-lap
