Grammostola Rosea wrote: > Hi, > > Many of the people of the Linux audio community uses Debian or a > Debian based distro (Ubuntu (Studio), 64Studio, Musix, Sidux, Mepis > etc. etc.). Most of those distro's uses and rebuild the packages of > Debian (unstable). > > There are a lot of audio 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), Sidux, 64studio etc.) > > So there is a need for more people who wants to contribute to the > Debian Multimedia Team. Again, you don't have to be a plain Debian > user to contribute or to take advantage of it. You will help to > improve the state of Linux audio in general (at least the Debian based > distro's and their community), which will be good for us all, but also > for newbies who are not able yet to build all the packages themselves > to enjoy all the nice things Linux audio has to offer. Also note that > it is possible to build Debian unstable packages on other distro's > then Debian itself (search for Pbuilder on the Internet for instance)! > > It will also be good for the Linux audio developers and their > software. It would be more easy to install, use, test and enjoy the > software by the Linux audio community! > > There are a lot of people these day who has an own (PPA) repo. This is > ok, (and maybe it will be a good thing if the Linux audio developers > make their packages available as much as possible in a Debian unstable > repo/package, so it can be used on Debian and it is easy to rebuild it > for Debian based distro's), > But to bundle forces and to get safe, stable and quality packages, > joining the Debian Multimedia Team will get much better quality > packages and you will help far more people then having your solo > private repo... > > *Why the Debian Multimedia Team? * > > 1) Because they want to improve Debian for music production! > 2) Debian has an flexible, fast and easy package management > 3) A lot of people use Debian (based) distro's, Debian itself, Ubuntu > (Studio), 64studio, Sidux, Mepis etc. > 4) You will learn to build quality packages > 5) You don't have to become a Debian developer (DD), you can just > become and stay a package maintainer. > > *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.debian.org/debian-multimedia/ > > *Where can I find more info?* > > Wiki: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia > > 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! > > The email address of the Debian Multimedia Team has changed to: pkg-multimedia-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Some people already took the step and are trying to build there first package for the Debian Multimedia Team right now! :) Don't hesitate to join too! Kind regards, \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
