Debian Perl Group
?Icon(idea.png) "Please consider joining the Debian Pkg-perl group, helping us co-maintain our packages, and having us co-maintain yours." (Gunnar Wolf (not only) in February 2006)
Task description
These are our goals:
We want to constantly improve the coverage of available perl modules in debian. Specifically, we aim to:
- Adopt orphaned Perl module packages.
- Handle the RFP of Perl modules.
- Document and improve the usage of tools like dh-make-perl.
- Help with bugs in Perl packages.
- Keeping Perl packages in the Debian archive as up-to-date as possible.
(Source: http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/goals.txt - June 2004)
Infrastructure
Website: http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/
Alioth Project: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-perl
Subversion repository: svn://svn.debian.org/pkg-perl/ (svn client), http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-perl/ (browser)
[wiki:/DebianQA DebianQA scripts]: Set of scripts to monitor the state of packages.
Interacting with the team
Email: ?MailTo(debian-perl AT lists DOT debian DOT org)
IRC: #debian-perl on irc.debian.org (OFTC)
Useful links
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=pkg-perl-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org BTS page]
[http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=pkg-perl-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org&comaint=yes Packages overview]
[http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/policy.html Debian Perl Group Policy]
[http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/subversion.html Debian Perl Group Subversion Guide]
How to get involved
A good way to get involved is to introduce yourself on the mailing list. A simple email about yourself saying what your goals are, how you might like to contribute, and what you would like to get from the group is teh standard introduction protocol. It does not have to be formal of course. Here is a recent example: [http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2007/12/msg00062.html example introduction email]