Debian Multimedia
Task description
The Debian Multimedia project aims to make Debian a good platform for audio and multimedia work. This basically means packaging/maintaining multimedia applications, and collaborating with other maintainers or teams in order to improve audio/video support in Debian.
Infrastructure
Packages QA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org
Alioth Project: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/demudi
SVN Repository: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/demudi
Backports
Etch backports for many of the Debian multimedia packages are available in this APT repository:
deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports etch main contrib non-free
Currently both amd64 and i386 are supported.
Interaction
Mailing list - development list
- irc: #debian-multimedia on irc.debian.org (i.e. oftc)
/DevelopPackaging - coordinate the packaging effort
/Formats - Open multimedia file formats in Debian
/Discussion - make Debian a rocking audio/video workstation
/Policy - system guidelines and specifications
/Links - other interesting projects and pages
Usual roles
Currently there are no strict roles defined. All members can work on all packages, although there is some sort of split. A list of people actively involved in the packaging effort can be found here
TODO document
Get involved
Help clean up bugs in bugs.debian.org. link
Help with packaging.