This page is an ambitious attempt at providing an entry point for new Debian contributors.
TODO
- Find a cool name. Gnome has Gnome Love, KDE has Junior Jobs. We need something easy to remember ("Help Debian" is not so bad, but we can do better!)
- Lucas registered help.debian.net (and won't make a fuss if someone has a better idea)
- polish.debian.net, it is the polishing that makes the gem shine ( for those who care about a cool name )
Write a page ([:/Start:Draft is here])
- answering the following questions:
- Why should I contribute to Debian? (short answer: Debian is cool. explain.)
- What can I do?
- Where do I start?
- We have to /sell/ the tasks to the reader. Show him easy stuff to start with.
We have to write stuff from the reader's POV. Gnome does a very good job on [http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove this page]
We have to be sexy. Have pictures, a good design, etc. [http://gnu.ethz.ch/photos/ Free Photos (public domain (see the link at the bottom), or GNU GPL]
- We have to get to the point. The goal is not to write an encyclopedia.
- answering the following questions:
- Work on the usertag thing.
- Implement a nice page to search for interesting bugs.
- Find a cool name for the usertag.
Links
[http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=268 Lucas' blog post about this stuff]
[http://www.debian.org/intro/help "How can you help Debian?" on www.d.o]
[http://www.perrier.eu.org/debian/talks/foss-in-2007/contributing.pdf Christian Perrier's very good slides about Contributing to Debian at FOSS.in]
This page is an ambitious attempt at providing an entry point for new Debian contributors. --> This the goal of DebianDevelopment (for Debian project) or DebianWiki (for this Wiki) -- SalokineTerata ?DateTime(2007-12-19T19:38:04Z)
I don't think that DebianDevelopment meets all my goals. However, it provides a great list of links. We will probably link to many of those pages. Thank you for the pointer. -- LucasNussbaum ?DateTime(2007-12-19T19:48:54Z)