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author | Heike Jurzik <post@heikejurzik.de> | 2021-07-06 18:02:29 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> | 2021-10-06 23:11:35 +0200 |
commit | eeea892bf2b5c7f1b7195136abf92400e5a8703f (patch) | |
tree | 488586658461485300814ddf2b39728957f7b099 /english | |
parent | ad3139a80285f80ddcab19ae2e86eb55a27d47ff (diff) |
WIP: new structure and layout (finished up to section "Contributing")
Diffstat (limited to 'english')
-rw-r--r-- | english/devel/join/index.wml | 114 |
1 files changed, 76 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/english/devel/join/index.wml b/english/devel/join/index.wml index 804e4c99f5e..8c2e5dbe551 100644 --- a/english/devel/join/index.wml +++ b/english/devel/join/index.wml @@ -1,40 +1,77 @@ -#use wml::debian::template title="How You Can Join" - -<p>The Debian Project consists of volunteers, and our products are developed -entirely by volunteers. We are generally <a href="$(HOME)/intro/diversity">looking for new contributors</a> who have an interest in free software, and some free -time.</p> - -<p>If you haven't already, you should read through most of the web pages -to get a better understanding of what we are trying to do. -Pay particular attention to the -<a href="$(HOME)/social_contract#guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a> -and our -<a href="$(HOME)/social_contract">Social Contract</a>.</p> - -<p>A lot of communication in the project happens on our -<a href="$(HOME)/MailingLists/">mailing lists</a>. -If you want to get a feeling for the inner workings of the Debian project, -you should at least subscribe to the debian-devel-announce and debian-news -lists. Both are very low-volume and document what's going on in the -community. The Debian Project News (published on debian-news) summarizes -recent discussions from Debian related mailing lists and blogs and provides -links to them. -As a prospective developer, you should also subscribe to debian-mentors, -an open forum trying to help new maintainers (and also, though less often, -people who are new to the Project and want to help with something else -than package maintenance). -Other interesting lists are debian-devel, debian-project, debian-release, -debian-qa and, depending on your interests, a lot of others. See the -<a href="$(HOME)/MailingLists/subscribe">Mailing List Subscription</a> page -for a complete listing. -(For those who wish to reduce the number of mails, there are "-digest" -lists as read-only, digestified versions for some high-traffic lists. -It's also worth knowing that you can use the -<a href="https://lists.debian.org/">Mailing List Archives</a> page -to read the mails on various lists with your web browsers.)</p> - -<p><b>Contributing.</b> -If you are interested in maintaining packages, then you should look at +#use wml::debian::template title="How to join Debian" MAINPAGE="true" +#use wml::debian::recent_list + +<link href="../devel.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> +<link href="../font-awesome.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> + +<aside> +<p><span class="fas fa-caret-right fa-3x"></span> We are always looking for new contributors and volunteers. We strongly encourage <a href="$(HOME)/intro/diversity">participation by everyone</a>. Requirements: interest in Free Software and some free time.</p> +</aside> + +<ul class="toc"> +<li><a href="#reading">Reading</a></li> +<li><a href="#contributing">Contributing</a></li> +<li><a href="#joining">Joining</a></li> +</ul> + + +<h2><a id="reading">Reading</a></h2> + +<p> +If you haven't already, you should read the sites linked on the <a +href="$(HOME)">Debian start page</a>. This will help you to get a better +understanding of who we are and what we're trying to accomplish. As a +potential Debian contributor, please pay particular attention to these +two pages: +</p> + +<ul> + <li><a href="$(HOME)/social_contract#guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a></li> + <li><a href="$(HOME)/social_contract">Debian Social Contract</a></li> +</ul> + +<p> +A lot of our communication happens on the Debian <a +href="$(HOME)/MailingLists/">mailing lists</a>. If +you want to get a feeling for the inner workings of +the Debian project, you should at least subscribe to <a +href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/">debian-devel-announce</a> +and <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-news/">debian-news</a>. Both +lists are low-volume and document what's going on in the community. The +<a href="https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/">Debian Project News</a>, +also published on the debian-news list, summarizes recent discussions +from Debian-related mailing lists and blogs and provides links to them. +</p> + +<p> +As a prospective developer, you should also subscribe to <a +href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/">debian-mentors</a>. Here +you can ask questions about packaging and infrastructure projects as +well as other developer-related issues. Please note that this list is +meant for new contributors, not users. Other interesting lists are <a +href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/">debian-devel</a> +(technical development topics), <a +href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/">debian-project</a> +(discussions about non-technical issues in the project), <a +href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/">debian-release</a> +(coordinating Debian releases), <a +href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/">debian-qa</a> (quality +assurance). +</p> + +<p style="text-align:center"><button type="button"><span class="fas fa-envelope fa-2x"></span> <a href="$(HOME)/MailingLists/subscribe">Mailing List Subscription</a></button></p> + +<p> +<strong>Tip:</strong> If you want to reduce the number of mails you +receive, especially on high-traffic lists, we offer email digests. This +way you can read a summary email instead of individual messages. +You can also visit the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/">Mailing List +Archives</a> page to read the messages of our lists in your web browser. +</p> + +<h2><a id="contributing">Contributing</a></h2> + +<p>If you are interested in maintaining packages, then you should look at our <a href="$(DEVEL)/wnpp/">Work-Needing and Prospective Packages</a> list to see which packages need maintainers. Taking over an abandoned package is the best way to start out as a maintainer – not only does it aid @@ -65,8 +102,9 @@ places to find package sponsors. So find a team that suits your interests and jump right in. </p> +<h2><a id="joining">Joining</a></h2> + <p> -<b>Joining.</b> After you have contributed for some time and are sure about your involvement in the Debian project, you can join Debian in a more official role. There are two different roles in which you might join Debian: |