Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source]

From	Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source]
Date	2016-09-27 11:40 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 11:11:37AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:

> You can also help out, if you want to exercise the skills: Figure out
> the intent of those patches, get the Debian packaging VCS onto your
> local environment, and see what has changed in the new version from
> upstream that might affect the intent of the patches.
> 
> Debian package maintainers need people who can help out, and tangible
> measurable work like this is a good way to get involved.

Sounds interesting, where should one start? I'm retired so have some
time. 8-)

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Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-25 16:50 +0200
  Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-09-25 17:10 +0200
  Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> - 2016-09-25 17:40 +0200
  Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-09-26 02:10 +0200
    Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 00:00 +0200
      Re: Building Debian Package From Upstream Source Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-09-27 03:20 +0200
        Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package  From Upstream Source] Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 11:40 +0200
          Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package  From Upstream Source] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-09-27 11:50 +0200
            Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian Package  From Upstream Source] Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2016-09-27 11:50 +0200
              Re: Getting Involved with Packaging [was Re: Building Debian  Package From Upstream Source] songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-09-27 16:10 +0200

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