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Re: Porting to Debian as GSoC project

 

Hi guys,

I have been lingering in the background for a while now. I like Elementary
and I'm curious on what it would take to become a maintainer. What skillset
is required for such a task?


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:02 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Ah now that's a worthwhile idea! Very cool
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel Foré
> elementaryos.org
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Raphael Isemann <teemperor@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey guys/girls,
>>
>> there is a chance that Debian is doing the porting-work of the
>> apps/shell as a GSoC project:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2014/ProjectProposals/PackageElementarySoftware
>>
>> I talked to the nice folks in #debian-soc and it seems that the we
>> need to fix (at least) two problems to make this idea a possible
>> candidate for their SoC:
>>
>> * The idea needs an mentor, which should be a Debian-Developer. So if
>> you are a DD or you know someone who is a DD and wants to help us,
>> then feel free to reply :)
>>
>> * The ported packages also need debian-maintainers. I think some
>> volunteers from our maintainers and some people from the community can
>> do that.
>>
>> Feel free to share your opinion on the topic.
>>
>> Also a big thanks to Cameron Norman that added the idea to the wiki
>> and already packaged the icon-theme!
>>
>> - Raphael
>>
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