DEB packaging request

Okay, this might be a bigger request than is acceptable, but I'm going to 
ask it anyway. Forgive me in advance if I'm out of line ;-)

I run Tux4kids.org. We make educational Free Software (such as Tux 
Typing). Currently, we are trying to make a support infrastructure for 
other Free Software and Open Source educational projects. This means we do 
have the ability to host other educational projects, but more than that we 
aim to supply projects with resources that can typically be difficult 
to come by.

Such resources include "Groups" dedicated to producing project artwork, 
providing PR, assistance in debugging, and packaging & porting to various 
platforms. This last Group is the reason I'm writing.

Currently Rune B. Broberg ([email protected]) packages tuxtype for 
Debian. He's doing a fine job, and we have no complaints. In the past, 
L.J. Lane ([email protected]) has packaged tuxtype and he did a fine job 
as well.

However, we currently have a couple of educational projects which have no 
dedicated Debian packagers, and we will soon have more. So I was wondering 
if you guys had some dedicated Debian packagers you could spare to come 
join our Release Management Group and help get more of our projects into 
Debian (especially, Debian Jr.)?

Basically, they would not be subscribed to any individual project's 
mailing list. Instead, they would be subscribed to our Release Management 
list, which is a low-traffic list just for those people involved in 
supplying packages and ports. The idea here is that when a project manager 
is ready for a release, he/she contacts the Release Management list 
asking for it to be packaged and ported. Those people on the list sound 
off on what they intend to do ("I will make the Win32 port", "I will make 
the Debian source package", etc.) and then they make whatever package or 
port they are in charge of for that project.

The intent is to shield the packagers from the project development (except 
when they have bugs to report upstream), keeping them on a relatively 
low-traffic list, and allowing them to package for more than one project.

I ask this here for two reasons 1) I personally use Debian, and have a 
great affinity to the project 2) I want to see our educational 
applications in Debian Jr.

If anyone has any questions, or would like to volunteer for this, or if 
anyone has any suggestions about who I should talk to, please feel free to 
let me know.

Thanks in advance.

(BTW, if you're wondering why we don't just supply people to package DEBs 
ourselves, it's because there are only two of us -that I know of- 
currently using Debian and capable of packaging for it. One is myself, the 
other is the current project manager of tuxtype. Since we are both very 
busy already in the project, we would wind up neglecting the other things 
we're in charge of just to do this. Besides, the intention of this "Group" 
infrastructure is to more equally divide up responsibilities, and 
-hopefully- make our projects easier to manage ;-)

-- 
Sam Hart
University/Work addr. <[email protected]>
Personal addr. <[email protected]>





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