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        Here's how to download and patch our codes…

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      Yes. You can also become an Official Debian Developer even if you don't contribute code


         — Leandro Doctors (allentiak) · 1 year ago
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        We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.

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        Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.

  • Q: What is a bug or issue with Debian that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?

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      packaging the new version of nautilus-actions

      It's spawned some sort of library in the latest releases and I'm not exactly sure what that's for. If I need to split out a library, that's complicated and I don't really feel like dealing with it. I should probably talk to upstream to figure out the purpose of the library--if it's intended to be used by others, it should be split into its own package.


         — Christine Spang (spang) · 2 years ago
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        I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.

        Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.

        I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.

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The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free, community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Over three thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Translated into over 30 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal operating system.

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