> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Many of the people of the Linux audio community uses Debian or a
>> Debian based distro (Ubuntu (Studio), 64Studio, Musix, Sidux, Mepis
>> etc. etc.). Most of those distro's uses and rebuild the packages of
>> Debian (unstable).
>>
>> There are a lot of audio packages build by the Debian Multimedia
>> Team, but there are also a lot which are not in Debian yet (and so
>> also not in Ubuntu (Studio), Sidux, 64studio etc.)
>>
>> So there is a need for more people who wants to contribute to the
>> Debian Multimedia Team. Again, you don't have to be a plain Debian
>> user to contribute or to take advantage of it. You will help to
>> improve the state of Linux audio in general (at least the Debian
>> based distro's and their community), which will be good for us all,
>> but also for newbies who are not able yet to build all the packages
>> themselves to enjoy all the nice things Linux audio has to offer.
>> Also note that it is possible to build Debian unstable packages on
>> other distro's then Debian itself (search for Pbuilder on the
>> Internet for instance)!
>>
>> It will also be good for the Linux audio developers and their
>> software. It would be more easy to install, use, test and enjoy the
>> software by the Linux audio community!
>>
>> There are a lot of people these day who has an own (PPA) repo. This
>> is ok, (and maybe it will be a good thing if the Linux audio
>> developers make their packages available as much as possible in a
>> Debian unstable repo/package, so it can be used on Debian and it is
>> easy to rebuild it for Debian based distro's),
>> But to bundle forces and to get safe, stable and quality packages,
>> joining the Debian Multimedia Team will get much better quality
>> packages and you will help far more people then having your solo
>> private repo...
>>
>> *Why the Debian Multimedia Team? *
>>
>> 1) Because they want to improve Debian for music production!
>> 2) Debian has an flexible, fast and easy package management
>> 3) A lot of people use Debian (based) distro's, Debian itself, Ubuntu
>> (Studio), 64studio, Sidux, Mepis etc.
>> 4) You will learn to build quality packages
>> 5) You don't have to become a Debian developer (DD), you can just
>> become and stay a package maintainer.
>>
>> *What can I do?*
>>
>> 1) Build or improve packages for the Debian Multimedia Team. It's
>> recommended to maintain packages you use yourself often.
>> 2) Report bugs and wishes
>> 3) Join the Debian multimedia team mailing list:
>>
http://lists.debian.org/debian-multimedia/
>>
>> *Where can I find more info?*
>>
>> Wiki:
>>
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia
>>
>> Packaging:
>>
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/DevelopPackaging
>>
>> Existing packages which needs help:
>>
http://wnpp.debian.net/
>>
>> Debian New Maintainers' guide:
>>
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ (!)
>>
>> Bugs:
>>
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=maint&data=debian-mul...
>>
>>
>>
>> It would be great if you choose one package which you uses a lot and
>> maintain it for the Debian Multimedia Team! It would improve the
>> quality of Linux audio and it will help the whole community!
>>
>>
> The email address of the Debian Multimedia Team has changed to:
>
>
pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
>
> Some people already took the step and are trying to build there first
> package for the Debian Multimedia Team right now! :)
>
> Don't hesitate to join too!
>