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It's simple to brute force a .deb (after all it's just an ar containing two tar files, on contains the control files, and that simple), but the process, the myr
by pas 7y ago
It's simple to brute force a .deb (after all it's just an ar containing two tar files, on contains the control files, and that simple), but the process, the myriad of debhelpers, obscure traditions, mandatory steps (changelog update), and whatnot are not simple at all.
- CameronNemo 7y agoI would also point out that actually getting software into Debian is no fun for newcomers either. The whole mentorship process (where you use some arcane command to upload a package you built yourself to a special website, then ask someone to look at it) is wacky. The project could really improve their onboarding process, or at least make it easier for fly by contributions. https://mentors.debian.net/ https://mentors.debian.net/