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We are always looking for new contributors and
volunteers: We strongly encourage participation by
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everyone: Requirements: interest in Free Software and
some free time:
If you havent already; you should read the sites linked on the Debian start page: This will
you to get a better
understanding of who we are and what we're trying t0 accomplish: As a potential Debian contributor; please pay particular attention t0 these tWo pages:
Debian Free Software Guidelines
Debian Social Contract
Alot of our communication happens on 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 what's going on in the community. The Debian Project News
also
published on the debian-news list,
summarizes
recent discussions from Debian-related mailing lists
blogs and provides links t0 them.
As a prospective developer, you should also subscribe t0 debian-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-project (discussions about non-
technical issues in the project)
debian release (coordinating Debian releases) , debian-qa (quality assurance).
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Subscrption
Tip: If you want t0 reduce the number of mails you receive , especially on high-traffic lists_
we offer email digests as a summary email instead of individual messages. You can also visit
the Mailing_List Archives to read the messages of our lists in a web browser:
Contributing
Are vou interested in maintaining packages? Then please have
look at our Work-Needingand Prospective Packaqes
You dont need t0 be an official Debian Developer
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