[Freedombox-discuss] How-can-i-help on Freedombox today

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Just for fun, I ran "how-can-i-help --old" on my freshly upgraded
Freedombox, and found quite a few packages in need of help:

Packages where help is needed, including orphaned ones (from WNPP):
 - sgml-base - https://bugs.debian.org/802381 - O (Orphaned)
 - twitter-bootstrap - https://bugs.debian.org/704330 - O (Orphaned)
 - shadow - https://bugs.debian.org/801707 - ITA (Someone working on adoption)
 - grub2 - https://bugs.debian.org/248397 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help)
 - openldap - https://bugs.debian.org/512360 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help)
 - openssl - https://bugs.debian.org/332498 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help)
 - php5 - https://bugs.debian.org/664595 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help)
 - xml-core - https://bugs.debian.org/660687 - RFH (Maintainer looking for help)

Bugs suitable for new contributors (tagged 'newcomer'):
 - apt - https://bugs.debian.org/80123 - Pre-Download hook
 - apt - https://bugs.debian.org/173559 - apt-listchanges: show changes while downloading
 - apt - https://bugs.debian.org/711456 - apt-cdrom: MultiArch support with a single CD-ROM drive
 - apt - https://bugs.debian.org/781990 - apt: Removing virtual packages doesn't work as you would expect
 - apt-utils - https://bugs.debian.org/272557 - provide NotAutomatic option
 - file - https://bugs.debian.org/810501 - file: no detection for dosbox's pcjr rom cartrage format
 - freedombox-setup - https://bugs.debian.org/803897 - freedombox-setup: Tell user to reboot when setup script completes
 - freedombox-setup - https://bugs.debian.org/809253 - freedombox-setup: Add instructions at console pre-login
 - how-can-i-help - https://bugs.debian.org/810757 - how-can-i-help: sort bugs list in removals output
 - obfs4proxy - https://bugs.debian.org/777245 - obfs4proxy: description should clarify whether it is meant to be installed on client or bridge

Bugs affecting Debian infrastructure (tagged 'newcomer'):
 - bugs.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/695188 - Only add Bug# to the front if the bug# doesn't exist anywhere in the subject
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/761229 - debsources: make trend charts more readable
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/762951 - debsources: increase/maximize test coverage
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/782849 - debsources: sort packages by suite first, version then
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/783461 - debsources: add test case for news listing on the index page
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/783584 - debsources: improve webapp 404 handling (e.g. jessie -> stretch move)
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/783911 - debsources: "old news" page
 - qa.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/799860 - debsources: 404 pages should look similar to the version list pages
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/706228 - PTS: Please provide a link to the NEWS file if it exists
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/753800 - Ensure all octicons have proper fallback in text browsers
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/756744 - tracker.debian.org: Uploader warning on higher than standard priority packages
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/758107 - tracker.debian.org: do not display section and priority of source packages
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/758768 - Some graphics do not have a title / alt tag description on mouseover
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/758769 - Some graphics do not have a title / alt tag description on mouseover
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/766330 - tracker.debian.org: add link to ci.debian.net
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/766597 - tracker news urls could be more package related + human friendly
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/771604 - Add long description as a tooltip on top of the short description
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/779307 - package description don't shown if the package is available in a suite different than unstable
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/779407 - tracker.debian.org: suboptimal wording with patch/help action short descriptions
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/782560 - experimental buildd link is missing
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/787662 - tracker.debian.org: please always show bug statistics (even when the bug count is zero!)
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/792738 - tracker.debian.org: please display transitive package that are getting removed too
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/797096 - Distro Tracker should rely on "codename" and not "suite" to update its view of repositories
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/797223 - tracker.debian.org: Replace LDAP access to get DD names with nm.debian.org REST API
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/807786 - should decode From header in news before storing them
 - tracker.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/808712 - tracker.debian.org: doesn't understand multiple entries from qa.d.o wnpp_rm
 - wiki.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/777266 - wiki.debian.org: JavaScript should support LibreJS
 - wiki.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/807787 - wiki.debian.org: warnings from the rotate-logs script
 - www.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/766923 - www.debian.org: Who's using Debian page - 2014 update
 - www.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/781064 - www.debian.org: More/updated Debian women profiles
 - www.debian.org - https://bugs.debian.org/783670 - www.debian.org: Update w.d.o/misc/children-distros web page

Packages going to be removed from Debian 'testing' (the maintainer might need help):
 - django-stronghold - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/django-stronghold - removal on 2016-02-02 (bug: #808484)
 - freedombox-setup - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/freedombox-setup - removal on 2016-02-02
 - plinth - https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/plinth - removal on 2016-02-02

Perhaps we should generate this list regularly and suggest newcomers
look at these issues to get started?

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen