[Mageia-dev] packaging for Mageia

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op vrijdag 04 februari 2011 19:06:37 schreef Florent Monnier:
> Le vendredi 04 février 2011 17:49:39, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
> > Op vrijdag 04 februari 2011 17:16:09 schreef Florent Monnier:
> > > Hi,
> > > I was (or I still am?) maintainer for these packages:
> > > http://maint.mandriva.com/listpkgs.php?owner=105
> > > I have not read the 5000 mails of the lists yet,
> > > but I have seen the occurrence of "buildsystem",
> > > so my question is should I join the team now to
> > > provide the equivalent packages, or should I wait
> > > (maybe wait that the first installable mageia is out) ?
> > 
> > the keypoint is that everyone who wants to be a packager (including
> > mandriva packagers) needs some training (mentoring), so, the best way is
> > to subscribe to the mailing-lists, note yourself on the packaging team on
> > the wiki, and try to find a mentor, if you're a mandriva packager, it
> > should be a fast process (ie: just the differences between mdv and mga),
> > and perhaps you will be available to mentor anyone else afterwards.
> > 
> > AFAIK jq (jquelin) can still mentor someone. (there is a thread for that
> > as well).
> > 
> > i will note that it is FOSDEM atm, and alot of devs and founders will be
> > there, so you might not get quick responses.
> 
> My Mandriva mentor was Guillomovitch‎, but now as you said I've just seen
> the thread of Jérôme looking for a padawan, so Jérôme (or someone else) do
> you want to mentor me to become a Mageia packager / maintainer ?

perhaps you can ask guillomovitch again, you never know, he might be 
interested...