Re: Unmaintained packages - becoming a maintainer?

[octave]

> On 9 May 2015 at 07:05,  <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> If I wanted to become a maintainer of one or more of the currently
>> unmaintained packages, which would be the most useful ones to pick up?
>
> "Most useful" will be user dependent.  If you want to become a package
> maintainer you should pick one that you care about.  One that you use
> regularly and whose content and subject you are familiar with.

I don't really care about any of them at the moment, I'm in a situation
where I have some software development/test/release skill and a few hours
each week to try to do something useful with.

> If you wish to become a package maintainer, pick something that you enjoy
> doing.  You will need to submit several patches, and these need to be
> reviewed by others, before you get push access and the ability to prepare
> package releases.

Patches for the package(s) I'm proposing to take over? Or patches for
other things? The best bet for other things would be for me to add some
tests for currently untested functions.

Neil