Join the Debian Multimedia Team!
Grammostola Rosea
rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
Sun Mar 8 20:00:50 GMT 2009
Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> Hi Ubuntero's,
>
> A lot of the packages in Ubuntu are coming directly from Debian
> (unstable). This also counts for the multimedia packages which are in
> Ubuntu Studio. Those multimedia packages are packed by the members of
> the Debian Multimedia Team.
>
> There are a lot of multimedia packages build by the Debian Multimedia
> Team, but there are also a lot which are not in Debian yet and so also
> not in Ubuntu (Studio). So the Debian Multimedia Team can use some more
> people who like to take care of one multimedia package which you uses a
> lot and which is not in Debian and Ubuntu yet.
>
> *Why should a Ubuntero join the Debian Multimedia Team?*
>
> 1) It will improve Ubuntu for multimedia production (you know Ubuntu
> uses the packages from Debian (unstable)
> 2) It will improve not only Ubuntu but also Debian and many other
> derivatives. So it will improve the quality of the state of multimedia
> software on Linux in general.
> 3) you learn to build great quality packages.
>
> *Other advantages?*
>
> Yes, in Debian it is possible to just be a package maintainer. So you
> just pick one package which you will maintain. You don't have to become
> a Debian Developer (DD).
> There is great support by the Debian Multimedia Team and the Debian
> mentors (mailinglist).
>
> *Why not building packages for my own Ubuntu PPA repo?
>
> *This is ok of course, but is has serious disadvantages:
>
> a) the packages are in general less safe and stable
> b) the packages are not tested by many people
> c) it is not desirable to have a widespread of thousands private repo's,
> it's far more better to bundle forces.
>
>
> *What can I do? *
>
> 1) Build or improve packages for the Debian Multimedia Team. It's
> recommended to maintain packages you use yourself often.
> 2) Report bugs and wishes
> 3) Join the Debian multimedia team mailing list:
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
>
> *Where can I find more info?*
>
> Wiki:
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia
>
> Building packages for Debian (unstable) on Ubuntu:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto
>
> Packaging:
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/DevelopPackaging
>
> Existing packages which needs help:
> http://wnpp.debian.net/
>
> Debian New Maintainers' guide:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ (!)
>
> Bugs:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=maint&data=debian-multimedia%40lists.debian.org&archive=no&version=&dist=unstable
>
>
>
> It would be great if you choose one package which you uses a lot and
> maintain it for the Debian Multimedia Team! It would improve the quality
> of Linux audio and it will help the whole community!
>
I'm a musician, but I mean not only audio here, but multimedia ;)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rooz
>
> ps. If you like to join, please subscribe to the Debian Multimedia Team
> mailinglist and ask for more information:
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
>
>
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