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Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

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Hi Vipul,

On 08.05.19 15:26, Vipul wrote:
> 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.
This is very timely since the next Debian release, buster, is just
waiting for the remaining bugs to be fixed.
> 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?
>     I can get isolation by using Docker image or install one more copy
> of Debian in PC and switch between them but that would be painful. I
> want to hear from contributors & maintainers Which method they are
> using or prefer to get isolation?

You may decide to go for chroot environments: https://wiki.debian.org/chroot

Best,

Steffen

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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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