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  New Contributor Interested in Joining the Debian Project Rupesh Dubey <contactrupeshdubey@gmail.com> - 2023-01-13 07:50 +0100
    Re: New Contributor Interested in Joining the Debian Project Ravi Dwivedi <ravi@ravidwivedi.in> - 2023-01-13 09:30 +0100
    Re: New Contributor Interested in Joining the Debian Project Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2023-01-14 05:00 +0100

#13148 — New Contributor Interested in Joining the Debian Project

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Dear Debian Team,

I hope this email finds you well. My name is Rupesh and I am new to the
open source community. I am currently learning Python and I am excited to
start contributing to open source projects.

I came across Debian OS and I am impressed by the work that you all do. I
would love to learn more about the project and how I can get involved.

Could you please provide me with some information on how to get started?
Are there any specific areas of the project that are in need of
contributions? Are there any resources or guides that would be helpful for
a new contributor like myself?

I am eager to learn and contribute to the Debian community and I would
appreciate any guidance and support you can provide.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
Rupesh Dubey

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#13149

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Hi Rupesh,

On 13/01/23 11:16, Rupesh Dubey wrote:
> Dear Debian Team,
> 
> I hope this email finds you well. My name is Rupesh and I am new to the
> open source community. I am currently learning Python and I am excited to
> start contributing to open source projects.
> 
> I came across Debian OS and I am impressed by the work that you all do. I
> would love to learn more about the project and how I can get involved.
> 
> Could you please provide me with some information on how to get started?
> Are there any specific areas of the project that are in need of
> contributions? Are there any resources or guides that would be helpful for
> a new contributor like myself?

Yes, there are guides. You can start here 
https://www.debian.org/devel/join/.

If you are from India, you can also get involved with the Debian India 
team https://debian.org.in/. There is a two-day conference scheduled on 
28th and 29th Jan 2023 in Tamil Nadu which you can attend. I think that 
is a very good way of knowing how to contribute. You also get to meet 
people from the Debian community. See https://tn23.mini.debconf.org/. 
Last date to register is 20 Jan 2023.

> 
> I am eager to learn and contribute to the Debian community and I would
> appreciate any guidance and support you can provide.
> 
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
> 
> Best regards,
> Rupesh Dubey
> 

-- 
Ravi Dwivedi
https://ravidwivedi.in

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On Fri, 2023-01-13 at 11:16 +0530, Rupesh Dubey wrote:

> I hope this email finds you well. My name is Rupesh and I am new to
> the open source community. I am currently learning Python and I am
> excited to start contributing to open source projects.

Welcome to the community!

> I came across Debian OS and I am impressed by the work that you all
> do. I would love to learn more about the project and how I can get
> involved.

Thanks! The intro might be useful to help familiarise you with Debian:

https://www.debian.org/intro/

There are many different ways to get involved in Debian, depending on
what skills you have, what you want to learn and what software/other
interests you have. Most of them are documented here:

https://www.debian.org/intro/help

> Could you please provide me with some information on how to get
> started? Are there any specific areas of the project that are in need
> of contributions? Are there any resources or guides that would be
> helpful for a new contributor like myself?

Pretty much every part of the Debian project needs help and the same
goes for open source in general.

A common way to contribute to Debian is to help maintain existing
packages within the teams that look after them, or to contribute new
packages either inside or outside an existing or new team.

https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#packaging-tutorial
https://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers/
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams

Since you mentioned Python, you might be interested in joining the
Debian Python module packaging team, or maintaining Debian services
that are written in Python such as the package tracker:

https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonTeam
https://wiki.debian.org/Services
https://wiki.debian.org/Services/Debian%20Package%20Tracker
https://qa.pages.debian.net/distro-tracker/contributing.html

> I am eager to learn and contribute to the Debian community and I
> would appreciate any guidance and support you can provide.

Hopefully the links above help. For more specific advice, you can join
the #debian-mentors chat channel, folks will ask you about your skills
and interests and give advice.

PS: If you encounter any unfamiliar jargon in your Debian adventures,
our glossary might be helpful.

https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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