Hi, all, على الجمعـة 29 تـمـوز 2016 22:31، كتب Paul Wise: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 4:37 AM, ilpwh5p7h wrote: > >> I am writting to ask you if Debian could have in the next release (Debian 9) >> or better before in Debian 8 these 2 programs, presents in Ubuntu Linux: > > If you would like to package those two programs for Debian, take a look here: > > https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers >
When I see a request for a package like this, I think it's nice that the user wants to improve Debian by pointing out desirable features from other distributions and hoping we'll include them. Since such users may be non-technical, I was wondering if we could agree on some ways that a non-technical user could get packages into Debian and maybe put that on the project website. The user can file an RFP, but nobody usually has the spare time to take it up solely because of someone's request. Perhaps we as a project can suggest to users the crowdfunding the development of a package, where interested users can pool together funds, enabling a DD or other interested Debian contributor to actually make the package and integrate it into Debian. Caveats to my suggestion: * Debian probably shouldn't be managing this system directly; maybe it could be done with a means like how Debian LTS is handled or using some existing crowd-funding service. My point is that Debian could encourage this practice. * This doesn't take into account the costs of ongoing maintenance of the package after its initial creation. I'm not really sure what to do about that. I'd appreciate any thoughts. This has been on my mind for some time. Many thanks and regards Afif -- Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي http://afif.ghraoui.name
