[UbuntuWomen] Fwd: [Ubuntu-Classroom] MOTU School Session: Maintainer scripts

[James Westby]

Hi Elizabeth and others,

On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 18:32 -0400, Elizabeth Bevilacqua wrote:
> I sat in on the session and was impressed with how it went. He had an
> example package for people to download and walked people through
> dissecting it, linking to documentation when it was important.

There's another session this evening, at 22:00 UTC, on "merging"
which is how we bring in updated packages from Debian, an important
topic. Everyone is welcome.

> > Also at the last meeting there was some interest in mentoring
> > for packaging work. In the last couple of weeks there has been
> > a proposal for a new mentoring scheme, which should mean that
> > mentoring is more active, and that mentors will be someone that
> > is just a little ahead of you in the learning process, and so
> > may remember better what it is like starting out. If anyone
> > is interested then please apply directly, or feel free to get
> > in touch with me if you would like some more information.
> 
> This is fantastic. When you have the program going just let us know
> and I'll be sure to add it to our list of resources.

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Mentoring

is the document that describes the new process.

I think we are a bit short on mentors, but I just did my bit by signing
up to be one. If anyone is interested in applying then I would say
do so now so that you get in the queue.

Thanks,

James