[Musix-users] Fwd: [LAD] Join the Debian Multimedia Team! (to improve the state of Linux audio)

[Hernán Ordiales]

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From: Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Subject: [LAD] Join the Debian Multimedia Team! (to improve the state
of Linux audio)
To: Linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org, Linux-audio-dev at lists.linuxaudio.org


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!


Kind regards,

\r

ps. If you like to join, please subscribe to the Debian Multimedia Team
mailinglist and ask for more information:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-multimedia/
_______________________________________________
Linux-audio-dev mailing list
Linux-audio-dev at lists.linuxaudio.org
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev

The email address of the Debian Multimedia Team has changed to:

pkg-multimedia-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org

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,

-- 
Hernán
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