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We are always looking for new
contributors and volunteers: We
strongly
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encourage participation bY everyone
Requirements: interest in Free Software
Ifyou haven't already; you should read the sites linked on the Debian startpage: This will
and some Tree tIme 
help you tO get
better understanding of who we are and what we re trying to
accomplish As
potential Debian contributor; please pay particular attention t0 these tWO pages:
Debian Eree Software Guidelines
Debian Social Contract
lot of our communication happens n the Debian mailing_lists If you want to get a feeling for the inner workings of the Debian project
you should at least subscribe to debian-devel-announce and debian-news: Both lists are low-volume and document whar 5 going on in the
community: The Debian Project News, also published on the debian-news list, summarizes
ecent discussions from Debian-related mailing
lists and blogs and provides links to them:
prospective developer; you should also subscribe
depian-mentors
Here you can ask questions about packaging and infrastructure
projects as well as other developer-related issues. Please note that this list is meant for new contributors, not users. Other interesting lists
are debian devel (technical development topics), debian-prject (discussions about non-technical issues
the project), debian release
(coordinating Debian releases) , debian-9a (quality assurance)-
Mailing_List Subscription
Tip: If you want t0 reduce the number of mails you receive , especially on high-traffic lists, we offer email digests as
summary email
instead of individual messages You can also visit the MailingList Archives
read the messages of our lists in
web browser
Contributing
Are you interested in maintaining packages? Then please have
look at our Work
You dont need t0 be an official
Needingand Prospectve Packages list Here
find
packages in need of
(new)
Debian Developer (DD) t0 contribute
maintainer Taking over an abandoned package is
great way t0 get started as
Debian
Instead, an existing DD can act as
maintainer Not only does
help our distribution; it also gives ycu an opportunity t0 learn
sponsor and
integrate YOur work
from the previous maintainer:
into the project
Here are some other ideas hOwYou can contrbute t0 Debian:
Help us to write our documentation
Help to maintain the Debian website . produce content, edit or translate existing text:
Join our
translation tean:
Improve Debian and join the Debian Quality Assurance (QALTeam:
Of course , there are plenty of othel
you could do and we re always looking for people to offer legal support or jcin our Debian
Publicity Team: Becoming
member of
Debian team
an excellent way tO gain some experience, before starting the New Member
process. It's also
good starting point if you re
package sponsor So find
team and jump right in!
Listoi Debian Teams
Joining
So,youve contributed to the Debian project for some time and you wantto join Debian in
more official role? There are basically two
options_
Debian Maintainer (DMJ: This is the first step
as DM you can upload your own
packages to the Debian archive (with some restrictions): Unlike Sponsored
Maintainers , Debian Maintainers can maintain packages without
sponsor
The Debian Maintainer (DM) role was
More information: Debian Maintainer Wiki
introduced in 2007. Until tnen; the only
Debian Developer (DDJ: This is the traditional full membership role in Debian A DD
official role was Debian Developer (DD)
can participate
Debian electicns. Uploading Debian Developers can upload any
There are currently two independent
package to the archive. Before you become an Uploading DD you should have
processes for applying for either role.
track record of maintainina packades for al least Six months ifor example uploading
youI
help
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