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Is It Hard for New Contributors to Help Debian?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 19, 2007

“Debian could use more manpower, but is it actually easy for new
contributors who would like to help to do useful things, and get
the impression that they actually improved Debian?

“There are several problems here:

  • “Find bugs that are not too hard to fix. I
    don’t know about your packages, but in mine,
    there are some bugs that are easy to fix, and
    it’s just a matter of finding the time. If
    someone provided a patch, I would be very happy and apply it or
    provide feedback as fast as possible…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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