[debian-mysql] More contributors welcome to MariaDB packaging in Debian - easy task suggestion included

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hello!

Do you want to improve MariaDB in Debian? Do you want to contribute to
Debian packaging using modern git-buildpackage tools and state of the
art QA tools and direct access to upstream developers?

I would like it very much if more people contributed to the MariaDB
packaging in Debian. Send me a mail if you want to help occasionally,
even smal efforts 1-2 times a year makes a difference.

Here is an fairly easy task to start with:

== Add autopkg tests to detect changes introduced by other uploaded packages ==

1. Read up on http://ci.debian.net/doc/
2. Fork https://github.com/ottok/mariadb-10.0 and in your copy of the
master branch create directory debian/tests

3a. Create similar files as
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-mysql/mysql-5.5.git/tree/debian/tests/upstream
and control

3b. Alternatively take a look at
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-mysql/mysql-5.6.git/tree/debian/tests

4. Make sure the autopkg tests work

5. Open a pull request on Github or on this mailing list (I promise to
merge it quickly)

6. Watch your contribution flow into Debian!


Thanks and happy holidays eveybody!