On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 12:24 AM Apoorv Srivastava wrote: > I wanted to get started with contribution to Debian. I am completely new to > open source and am thinking to start my contribution in c or python, I am a > first year undergraduate so I don’t have much advanced knowledge about either > of the two languages but I am eager to learn. If you can help me get started > it would be a great help.
In addition to the tips given by Jean-Philippe: Since you are a student, the Google Summer of Code programme is a great way to get involved, your next GSoC opportunity will be in 2020 though: https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2019 At the moment we are going through the transition from Python 2 to Python 3 so there is a lot of work to do porting software between the two variants of Python. https://wiki.debian.org/Python/2Removal http://sandrotosi.me/debian/py2removal/ A great way to find opportunities to help with packages you use is to install and run the how-can-i-help tool: https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help A lot of Debian services are written in Python and need folks to contribute: https://wiki.debian.org/Services The Debian package manager (dpkg) is written in C: https://www.dpkg.org/ There are some other ideas for different ways to contribute to Debian here: https://www.debian.org/intro/help -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
