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Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

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Vipul <finn02@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hey there,
>
> I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debian by maintaining packages and fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian for work purpose also so, I don't want to mess-up with my system by installing unstable packages or libraries. Is there a way to get isolation for work & contribution purpose to keep yourself organized?

Hi,

I find that cowbuilder [1] does this job fine for my needs. If I need to
test a more involved graphical user experience for a different release
than the one I run, I just spin up a VM.

I'm not at all an expert, and maintain only a small number of packages,
so take this with a grain of salt.

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/cowbuilder


 Best,
 Gard

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Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Vipul <finn02@protonmail.com> - 2019-05-08 15:30 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Francisco M Neto <fmneto@fmneto.com.br> - 2019-05-08 15:40 +0200
    Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-05-08 16:50 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Gard Spreemann <gspr@nonempty.org> - 2019-05-08 16:00 +0200
    Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community ghe <ghe@slsware.net> - 2019-05-08 19:10 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-05-08 17:00 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de> - 2019-05-08 17:10 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2019-05-08 18:10 +0200
    Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2019-05-09 03:30 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2019-05-09 02:40 +0200
  Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community Ansgar Burchardt <"Ansgar Burchardt"@43-1.org> - 2019-05-09 11:00 +0200

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