I am about to introduce the latest cool & 3l1t3 Debian Women Project: "Base Maintenance" aka "All your base are belongs to us".
During Debconf5 at Helsinki, Anthony Towns offered the base pseudo-package up for adoption. This is not a real package, but a bit bucket where all the bugs go when the submitter doesn't know what package the bugs belong to. You can see what it looks like at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=base I put up my hand, willing to take good care of it, but soon afterwards Christian Perrier (IIRC) came up with the idea that it would be a nice project for the most adventurous Debian Women, and I agreed. This is a great way to help Debian without being a DD, to practice your bug handling skills and to get a better insight on how Debian works, as you get to see bugs of various nature. I only have to apologize for not having written this email earlier. So, let's get to the point... Taking care of the base pseudo package would involve: - Creating a mailing list to appear in the Maintainer field (or using this one). Discuss. - Subscribing the mailing list to the Package Tracking System so that bug reports get there. If you want to subscribe yourself to the base pseudo-package bugs, there are instructions at: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s-pts-commands Just send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with a Subject of "subscribe base [EMAIL PROTECTED]". - Take a look at the bugs reported. Try to reproduce them. Ping the submitter for further input. Reassing them to the right package. Close the bugs if necessary (hint: properly testing and closing bugs tagged fixed...) I would love to hear (read) your input on this little project, and hope you find it of interest and want to get involved in it. -- .''`. Follow the white Rabbit - Ranty (and Lewis Carroll) : :' : `. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux (Sid 2.6.11 Ext3) `- www.amayita.com www.malapecora.com www.chicasduras.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
