Welcome to mentors.debian.net
Only approved members of the Debian project (Debian Developers) are granted the permission to upload software packages into the Debian distribution. Still a large number of packages is maintained by non-official developers. How do they get their work into Debian when they are not allowed to upload their own packages directly? By means of a process called sponsorship. Sponsorship means that a Debian Developer uploads the package on behalf of the actual maintainer. The Debian Developer will also check the package for technical correctness and help the maintainer to improve the package if necessary. Therefore the sponsor is sometimes also called a mentor.
Note, not only Debian Developer are allowed to review packages. Everyone is encouraged to review packages! We appreciate your efforts as well.
Getting your package into Debian
See our introductory page for maintainers and learn how to use mentors.debian.net and get your packages into Debian. Furthermore see our introductory page on sponsorship to learn how to get in touch with a sponsor.
If you are curious about Debexpo, the software which is running this site, you can read more about Debexpo on the Debian Wiki.
Recently uploaded packages
Today
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| odr-audioenc | DAB and DAB+ encoder that integrates into the ODR-mmbTools | 3.6.0-2~bpo12+1 (bookworm-backports) | Robin Alexander | Yes | Yes |
| apt-mirror2 | Python/asyncio reimplementation of the apt-mirror | 12-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| kdsingleapplication | KDAB's helper class for single-instance policy applications (dev) | 1.1.0-0.1 (unstable) | Peter Blackman | Yes | Yes |
| php-elisp | PHP Mode for GNU Emacs | 1.27.0-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| python-certbot-dns-luadns | Documentation for the LuaDNS Authenticator plugin for Certbot | 2.9.0-1 (unstable) | Chris Chancellor | Yes | No |
| aiofile | Real asynchronous file operations with asyncio support | 3.9.0-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| python-atom | Memory efficient Python objects (documentation) | 0.11.0-1 (unstable) | Alexander Sulfrian | Yes | No |
| python-pegen | CPython's PEG parser generator (documentation) | 0.3.0-1 (unstable) | Alexander Sulfrian | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bibtexconv | BibTeX Converter | 1.4.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.0.8-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| sfp-master | Free software programmer of optical SFP modules for CH341a devices | 1.0.6-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | No |
| human-theme-gtk | human theme for GTK | 2.2.1-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
| python-radexreader | reader for the RADEX RD1212 and ONE Geiger counters (CLI) | 1.2.5-1 (experimental) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | No |
| awf-gtk | theme preview application for GTK 4 | 2.8.1-1 (unstable) | Fabrice Creuzot | Yes | Yes |
| fpart | sort file trees and pack them into bags | 1.7.0-1 (unstable) | martymac | Yes | Yes |
| calcurse | text-based calendar and todo manager | 4.8.1-1.2 (unstable) | Andrew Bower | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sentrypeer | SIP peer to peer honeypot for VoIP | 4.0.3-1 (unstable) | Gavin Henry | Yes | No |
| libhitaki | Library to operate ALSA HwDep device for ALSA firewire stack (development files) | 0.2.1-4 (unstable) | Takashi Sakamoto | Yes | Yes |
| libhinoko | I/O library for IEEE 1394 isochronous communication (development files) | 1.0.3-2 (unstable) | Takashi Sakamoto | Yes | Yes |
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.5.1-2 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| redwax-tool | Read certificates and keys from your chosen sources, filter the certificates | 0.9.9-1 (UNRELEASED) | Graham Leggett | Yes | No |
| markdown-mode | mode for editing Markdown-formatted text files in GNU Emacs | 2.6-3 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| hipercontracer | High-Performance Connectivity Tracer (HiPerConTracer) | 2.0.5-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| python-simple-pid | Simple and easy-to-use PID controller - documentation | 2.0.1-1 (unstable) | Alexander Sulfrian | Yes | No |
| clipboard | Smart Clipboard Manager | 0.10.0-1 (unstable) 0.10.0-1 (UNRELEASED) |
Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| atinout | Send AT commands to modem, capture the responses | 0.9.1+git20150607.4976a6c-1 (unstable) | Jongmin Kim | Yes | No |
| libkdumpfile | Kernel coredump file access | 0.5.5-1 (experimental) | Michel Lind | Yes | Yes |
| libjs-glightbox | GLightbox is a pure javascript lightbox | 3.3.1-1 (unstable) | Karsten Schöke | Yes | No |
| gallia | Extendable Pentesting Framework | 2.0.0a3-1 (UNRELEASED) | Stefan Tatschner | Yes | No |
| dynmhs | Dynamic Multi-Homing Setup (DynMHS) | 0.2.0-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| lua-nginx-websocket | Lua websocket client driver for the nginx embedded Lua language | 0.13-1 (unstable) | Laurent Arnoud | Yes | Yes |
| rgbds | Game Boy assembly toolchain | 0.9.1-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| pay-respects | Press F to correct your command, pay-respects | 0.6.13-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | No |
| batsignal | Lightweight battery daemon written in C | 1.8.0-1 (unstable) | itd | Yes | No |
| notifymuch | Display desktop notifications for unread mail in notmuch database | 0.1~git20151223.0.9d4aaf5-1 (unstable) | itd | Yes | No |
| vulkanscenegraph | 3D vulkan scene graph, shared libs | 1.1.10-1 (unstable) | Bret Curtis | Yes | No |