[php-maint] Contributing

[Billy Brawner]

Awesome, thank you for your help! I'll read through everything before I get
started so that I don't have any stupid questions :)

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org> wrote:

> Also this: https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals
>
> Debian Policy and Developer's Manual should be of interest to you.
>
> Most of the packaging happens here: anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-php/
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org>
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> On Mon, May 23, 2016, at 15:14, Billy Brawner wrote:
> > Thanks for the tips! Last night I read the Debian Constitution and Social
> > Contract, and I used to have to help my girlfriend write legal philosophy
> > papers and analyze international law essays. I think I will be just fine
> > with these :P Where can I find the source for the maintainer scripts
> > though?
> >
> > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Billy,
> > >
> > > then I would suggest several things:
> > >
> > > 1. Start by reading this:
> > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/
> > > 2. if you don't run screaming, then you can read on maintainer scripts
> > > (src:dh-php, src:php-defaults) like phpenmod, phpdismod and possibly
> > > write some documentation on how they can be used. Improvements are
> > > always welcome (althought I would suggest discussing bigger changes
> > > first here).
> > > 3. if you are still not running, screaming, then continue to
> > > debian/rules in src:php7.0 package.
> > > 4. now I am sure you are running, screaming :).
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org>
> > > Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server
> > > Knot Resolver (https://www.knot-resolver.cz/) – secure, privacy-aware,
> > > fast DNS(SEC) resolver
> > > Vše pro chleba (https://vseprochleba.cz) – Potřeby pro pečení chleba
> > > všeho druhu
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 23, 2016, at 14:39, Billy Brawner wrote:
> > > > Hi Ondřej,
> > > >
> > > > I guess I was a little confused, and didn't elaborate very well on
> what I
> > > > was looking for. I am a Debian user, so I would like to start helping
> > > > with
> > > > packaging the interpreter for Debian, to get a feel for how it works,
> > > > with
> > > > the end goal of contributing to it.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Billy
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Billy,
> > > > >
> > > > > first of all - you have reached a mailing list dedicated for
> packaging
> > > > > PHP in the Debian distribution.
> > > > >
> > > > > The summary of PHP mailing lists for the PHP interpreter itself
> can be
> > > > > found here:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://secure.php.net/mailing-lists.php
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > --
> > > > > Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org>
> > > > > Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS
> server
> > > > > Knot Resolver (https://www.knot-resolver.cz/) – secure,
> privacy-aware,
> > > > > fast DNS(SEC) resolver
> > > > > Vše pro chleba (https://vseprochleba.cz) – Potřeby pro pečení
> chleba
> > > > > všeho druhu
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, May 21, 2016, at 23:26, Billy Brawner wrote:
> > > > > > Hi everyone, I'd love to contribute to the development of the PHP
> > > > > > interpreter. I myself am a PHP developer by trade though I must
> admit
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > I'm not very familiar with how it works behind the scenes. I
> figure
> > > that
> > > > > > contributing to it is a good way to get started right? Any
> > > suggestions on
> > > > > > where to begin?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Billy
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> > > > > >
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> > > > >
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