This page is maintained primarily by the Debian Multimedia Team to help spread knowledge about our work. You can also check the other pkg-multimedia-related pages:
1. Common questions
1.1. Who are you? What are your tasks?
See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia. If it doesn't answer your questions, please help us to improve that page
2. Getting new software in Debian
2.1. I have packaged new software. Can you upload it for me?
In general, we of course care for new multimedia packages. However we cannot sponsor packages on a regular basis. Please see DebianMentorsNet for a service aiming at this.
2.2. Ok, but not all team members of pkg-multimedia seem to be DDs. You still sponsor them, no?
Yes, we do. Please keep in mind that signing and uploading is the least work that needs to be done for sponsoring. It causes much more work to actually review, improve and fix packages. That's why we maintain our packages in git. See also PackagingWithGit
2.3. Fair enough. I have my package in git. Can you now sponsor it?
Please find a team member to integreate your work in our team repository, so that any team member can look at improve and fix it if necessary.
The rationale is that we need someone in the team as contact person in case some action is needed for the package.
2.4. Nobody in your team seems interested!
Well, either your package does not really fit the team member's interest, or (more likely) we are overworked and don't find time to integrate your package. Please consider joining the team.
3. How to join pkg-multimedia
In case you're willing to actually join pkg-multimedia, please write an email introducing yourself and your work so far to our mailing lists. Ideally you are already reading that mailing list for some time and actively help out by sending patches and contribute to our discussions.
By joining the team, we expect from you that you:
- have created an alioth account.
have subscribed pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
have subscribed pkg-multimedia-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org
- are familiar with managing bugs in debian.
- agree to review other's work (patches and packages).
Please confirm all these points in your introducing mail! We will then consider your application and add yourself to the pkg-multimedia team on alioth. You will then have full write access to all pkg-multimedia branches and can integrate your and other's patches and packages.