[Debbits-commit] [debbits] 01/01: add draft zack's post

[Ana Beatriz Guerrero López]

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commit 7db6d99156ff6622d0bb29cfff8f0315adcfb240
Author: Ana Guerrero López <ana at ekaia.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 10 20:58:22 2014 +0100

    add draft zack's post
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+Title: skyrocketing how-can-i-help popcon count
+Date: 2013-02-10 21:00
+Tags: contributing
+Slug: how-i-can-help-package
+Author: Ana Guerrero Lopez
+Status: draft
+
+**This is a repost from [Stefano Zacchiroli's post](http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2014/02/apt-get_install_how-can-i-help/)**
+
+[**how-can-i-help**](http://packages.debian.org/sid/how-can-i-help) by
+[Lucas Nussbaum](http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/) is one of the best things
+that happened in the area of **attracting contributions to Debian** in quite a
+while. It can be used both as a standalone tool to list opportunities for
+contributing to Debian which are related to your installed packages, and as an
+APT hook (which is also the default configuration) that at each upgrade will
+inform you of *new* contribution opportunities.
+
+how-can-i-help is **great for newbies** who are looking for ways to give back
+to Debian which are a good match for their skills: among other things,
+how-can-i-help shows
+[bugs tagged "gift"](https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/GiftTag) related to
+packages you use.
+
+how-can-i-help is also great for **experienced developers**, as it allows them
+to find out, in a timely manner, that packages they use are in dire need of
+help: RC bugs, pending removals, adoptions needed, requests for sponsor, etc.
+<small>(As highly unscientific evidence: I've noticed a rather quick turnover
+of RFA/O/ITA bugs on packages installed on my machine. I suspect how-can-i-help
+is somehow responsible for that, due to the fact that it increases awareness of
+ongoing package issues directly with the people *using* them.)</small>
+
+So, if you haven't yet, please `apt-get install how-can-i-help` RIGHT NOW.
+
+I daresay that we should aim at **installing how-can-i-help by default** on all
+Debian machines, but that might be an ambitious initial goal. In the meantime
+I'll settle for making how-can-i-help's **popcon count** skyrocket. As of
+today, it looks like this:
+
+[![Alt how-can-i-help popularity contest graph 10/02/2014](|filename|/images/500x-how-can-i-help-popcon-20141002.png](http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=how-can-i-help)
+
+which is definitely too low for my taste. Please **spread the word** about
+how-can-i-help. And let's see what we can collectively do to that graph.
+
+how-can-i-help is just a tiny teeny helper, but I'm convinced it can do wonders
+in liberating dormant contributions to the Debian Project.
+
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