unsubscribe Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. márc. 4., K, 9:41):
> Dear Debian community, > > this is bits from DPL for February. > > > Ftpmaster team is seeking for new team members > ============================================== > > In December, Scott Kitterman announced his retirement from the project. > I personally regret this, as I vividly remember his invaluable support > during the Debian Med sprint at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. He > even took time off to ensure new packages cleared the queue in under 24 > hours. I want to take this opportunity to personally thank Scott for his > contributions during that sprint and for all his work in Debian. > > With one fewer FTP assistant, I am concerned about the increased > workload on the remaining team. I encourage anyone in the Debian > community who is interested to consider reaching out to the FTP masters > about joining their team. > > If you're wondering about the role of the FTP masters, I'd like to share > a fellow developer's perspective: > > > "My read on the FTP masters is: > > - In truth, they are the heart of the project. > > - They know it. > > - They do a fantastic job." > > I fully agree and see it as part of my role as DPL to ensure this > remains true for Debian's future. > > If you're looking for a way to support Debian in a critical role where > many developers will deeply appreciate your work, consider reaching out > to the team. It's a great opportunity for any Debian Developer to > contribute to a key part of the project. > > > [1] https://ftp-master.debian.org/ > > > Project Status: Six Months of Bug of the Day > ============================================ > > In my Bits from the DPL talk at DebConf24[1], I announced the Tiny Tasks > effort, which I intended to start with a Bug of the Day project[2]. > Another idea was an Autopkgtest of the Day, but this has been postponed > due to limited time resources-I cannot run both projects in parallel. > > The original goal was to provide small, time-bound examples for > newcomers. To put it bluntly: in terms of attracting new contributors, > it has been a failure so far. My offer to explain individual bug-fixing > commits in detail, if needed, received no response, and despite my > efforts to encourage questions, none were asked. > > However, the project has several positive aspects: experienced > developers actively exchange ideas, collaborate on fixing bugs, assess > whether packages are worth fixing or should be removed, and work > together to find technical solutions for non-trivial problems. > > So far, the project has been engaging and rewarding every day, bringing > new discoveries and challenges-not just technical, but also social. > Fortunately, in the vast majority of cases, I receive positive responses > and appreciation from maintainers. Even in the few instances where help > was declined, it was encouraging to see that in two cases, maintainers > used the ping as motivation to work on their packages themselves. This > reflects the dedication and high standards of maintainers, whose work is > essential to the project's success. > > I once used the metaphor that this project is like wandering through a > dark basement with a lone flashlight-exploring aimlessly and discovering > a wide variety of things that have accumulated over the years. Among > them are true marvels with popcon >10,000, ingenious tools, and > delightful games that I only recently learned about. There are also some > packages whose time may have come to an end-but each of them reflects > the dedication and effort of those who maintained them, and that > deserves the utmost respect. > > Leaving aside the challenge of attracting newcomers, what have we > achieved since August 1st last year? > * Fixed more than one package per day, typically addressing multiple bugs. > * Added and corrected numerous Homepage fields and watch files. > * The most frequently patched issue was "Fails To Cross-Build From Source" > (all including patches). > * Migrated several packages from cdbs/debhelper to dh. > * Rewrote many d/copyright files to DEP5 format and thoroughly reviewed > them. > * Integrated all affected packages into Salsa and enabled Salsa CI. > * Approximately half of the packages were moved to appropriate teams, > while the rest are maintained within the Debian or Salvage teams. > * Regularly performed team uploads, ITS, NMUs, or QA uploads. > * Filed several RoQA bugs to propose package removals where appropriate. > * Reported multiple maintainers to the MIA team when necessary. > > With some goodwill, you can see a slight impact on the trends.debian.net > graphs[3] (thank you Lucas for the graphs), but I would never claim that > this project alone is responsible for the progress. What I have also > observed is the steady stream of daily uploads to the delayed queue[4], > demonstrating the continuous efforts of many contributors. This ongoing > work often remains unseen by most-including myself, if not for my > regular check-ins on this list. I would like to extend my sincere thanks > to everyone pushing fixes there, contributing to the overall quality and > progress of Debian's QA efforts. > > If you examine the graphs for "Version Control System" and "VCS Hosting" > with the goodwill mentioned above, you might notice a positive trend > since mid-last year. The "Package Smells" category has also seen > reductions in several areas: "no git", "no DEP5 copyright", "compat <9", > and "not salsa". I'd also like to acknowledge the NMUers who have been > working hard to address the "format != 3.0" issue. Thanks to all their > efforts, this specific issue never surfaced in the Bug of the Day > effort, but their contributions deserve recognition here. > > The experience I gathered in this project taught me a lot and inspired > me to some followup we should discuss at a Sprint at DebCamp this year. > > Finally, if any newcomer finds this information interesting, I'd be > happy to slow down and patiently explain individual steps as needed. All > it takes is asking questions on the Matrix channel[5] to turn this into > a "teaching by example" session. > > By the way, for newcomers who are interested, I used quite a few > abbreviations-all of which are explained in the Debian Glossary[6]. > > [1] https://debconf24.debconf.org/talks/20-bits-from-the-dpl/ > [2] > https://salsa.debian.org/qa/tiny_qa_tools/-/wikis/Tiny-QA-tasks#bug-of-the-day > [3] https://trends.debian.net/ > [4] https://ftp-master.debian.org/deferred.html > [5] https://app.element.io/#/room/#debian-tiny-tasks:matrix.org > [6] https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary > > > Sneak Peek at Upcoming Conferences > ================================== > > I will join two conferences in March-feel free to talk to me if you spot > me there. > > 1. FOSSASIA Summit 2025 (March 13-15, Bangkok, Thailand) > Schedule: https://eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27/schedule > > 2. Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (March 22-23, Chemnitz, Germany) > Schedule: https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2025/de/programm/vortraege > > Both events will have a Debian booth-come say hi! > > > Kind regards > Andreas. > > -- Jecs Attila Power Alarm Kft.
