Dear list members,
dear Mr. Millon,

I am interested in packaging “feedparser” (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/feedparser) for Debian. I addressed Mr.
Millon directly because he is named as "uploader" for that package. The "maintainer" is the "Debian Python Team". So is this list the right
place to contact that team?

The stable package (6 years old) is far behind upstream. I am motivated because a) my own work depends on feedparser and b) I want to learn and
will invest more resources in packaging other packages (e.g.
"backintime"). Therefore, feedparser would be my learning start. I know
the maintainer and packaging guides. Of course, I need to dive deeper
into them but beside the technical issues, I have an idea about the
"social system" behind it.

First, I want to be sure not stealing work from someone. Is there an
active maintainer on the Debian side for the package "feedparser"?

Second, I am aware that I need an "uploader" because I do not have (and
do not want to) have write access to the repository. However, this is a
far away problem because the package itself needs to get done first. ;)

Third (and most important), I need someone like a mentor. Whom can I ask
when I have background questions that are not mentioned in the wiki or
if I have technical problems? I need someone take my hand and someone to
kick my butt when I need it. ;)

I am sure it is helpful to introduce myself to the community. Which
place would be the best for it? The Debian Python Mailinglist or
anywhere else? Or a link to a Debian Wiki Entry?

Best regards,
Christian Buhtz

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On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 1:01 PM Christian Buhtz wrote:

"maintainer" is the "Debian Python Team". So is this list the right
place to contact that team?

Correct.

First, I want to be sure not stealing work from someone. Is there an
active maintainer on the Debian side for the package "feedparser"?

As you can see from the upload history, the package is team maintained
with different people doing most of the uploads and people not in the
Uploaders field even doing new upstream releases.

Second, I am aware that I need an "uploader" because I do not have (and
do not want to) have write access to the repository. However, this is a
far away problem because the package itself needs to get done first. ;)

The term we use for this is sponsor. IIRC for the Python team this
means making changes in the git repository on salsa (see the Vcs-*
fields) and then adding the package needing sponsorship to the topic
of the #debian-python IRC channel on OFTC. If you aren't yet in the
Python team on salsa you can submit merge requests in the meantime,
and there is a page about how to join on the wiki.

https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary#sponsor https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonTeam
https://wiki.debian.org/IRC
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/PythonTeam/HowToJoin

Third (and most important), I need someone like a mentor. Whom can I ask
when I have background questions that are not mentioned in the wiki or
if I have technical problems? I need someone take my hand and someone to
kick my butt when I need it. ;)

In general Debian does not have mentors, instead we ask people with
questions to ask them in public on the mailing lists or IRC channels,
this way whoever sees the question first can respond and others can
learn from the question and answer too. Apart from the usual support
channels for questions about using Debian, debian-mentors list/channel
is a good place to ask packaging questions and for more Python
specific things the debian-python list/channel might be a better
option.

I am sure it is helpful to introduce myself to the community. Which
place would be the best for it? The Debian Python Mailinglist or
anywhere else? Or a link to a Debian Wiki Entry?

Definitely, both of those options seem reasonable.

--
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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