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Holger Levsen wrote: > > Today I attended the talk "Reproducible Builds - aiming for bullseye" at > > DebConf19 and I want to share some comments since some things I consider > > we are missing to have more contributors. I think it is very important > > to share every year the current status of the Reproducible Builds > > Project inside Debian, but besides giving new information about what > > have been done, we should do another kind of presentations more focused > > to technical introductions to everyone, since at every DebConf we have > > people that being new, Debian Maintainers or Developers, they ask > > questions that could not be answered with the necessary depth of details > > and the complexity of what is taking place in RB is really huge, > > > > Regarding to this, I purpose we prepare training sessions about > > Reproducible Builds for every MiniDebConf or DebConf in a way that could > > be easy for anyone to understand and get involved, like to do a > > demonstration how to put in practice the "Reproducible Builds How to" > > https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/Howto showing all the > > necessary steps, how to identify the problems, possible solutions and > > patching. I would propose myself to do these trainings, but I still find > > it very difficult and my technical knowledge is not enough. It would be > > good if Holger, lamby, Vagrant or any other member of the team with the > > experience and confidence they already have, could do this kind of > > sessions. > > indeed. > > however, at least right now, i'm out of capacity as there are several > other areas which I need to work on [..] (I added rb-general to the CC as your ideas need not necessarily be limited to just Debian — many of issues that would be brought up would almost inevitably be more general than that, especially ones at such starter training sessions.) Anyway, I find myself in a similar place to Holger; I would lack the bandwidth to make this one of my top priorities within Reproducible Builds at the moment. However, I would be extremely keen, able and willing to review others' efforts on this... Indeed Jathan, it seems like you have a lot of enthusiasm around this idea and it would be a great way to contribute to the Project. Could you ever imagine yourself spearheading this? Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org 🍥 chris-lamb.co.uk `- _______________________________________________ Reproducible-builds mailing list Reproducible-builds@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/reproducible-builds