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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dh-sysuser | alternantive debhelper addon to create system users | 1.6.0 (unstable) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| s390-tools | Set of fundamental utilities for Linux on S/390 | 2.35.0-0.1 (unstable) | Gayathri.Berli | Yes | Yes |
| geiser | Generic Emacs/Scheme interaction mode | 0.31.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| molotov | Create a bootable flash drive from a Windows 10/11 ISO image | 1.3-1 (unstable) | Cézar Augusto de Campos | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pay-respects | Press F to correct your command, pay-respects | 0.6.11-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | No |
| vifm | Flexible vi-like file manager using ncurses | 0.13-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | Yes |
| image-garden | tool for creating test virtual machines | 0.1-1 (UNRELEASED) | Zygmunt Krynicki | Yes | No |
| sfp-master | Free software programmer of optical SFP modules for CH341a devices | 1.0.5-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | No |
| emacs-cmake-mode | Emacs major mode for editing CMake sources | 3.31.4+ds-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn3-client | virtual private network client (version 3) | 24+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
| wifi-qr | Wi-Fi password share via QR codes | 0.4-1 (unstable) | kokoye2007 | Yes | Yes |
| apt-mirror2 | Python/asyncio reimplementation of the apt-mirror | 11-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| midiminder | MIDI connection minder & viewer | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | John Horigan | Yes | No |
| pwru | eBPF-based Linux kernel networking debugger (program) | 1.0.5+ds2-1 (unstable) | Loren M. Lang | Yes | No |
| ydotool | Command-line automation tool - cli | 1.0.4-1 (unstable) | Andre Paiusco | Yes | Yes |
| woof | share files through HTTP protocol | 20220202-1 (unstable) | kokoye2007 | Yes | Yes |
| turtle | Nautilus extension for Turtle | 0.11.1-1 (unstable) | Philipp Unger | Yes | No |
| boost-ext-ut | C++ single header/module, macro-free unit testing framework | 2.1.1-1 (unstable) | Raul Tambre | Yes | No |
| audacious | small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats | 4.4.2-1 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| audacious-plugins | Base plugins for audacious | 4.4.2-1 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| xfce4-docklike-plugin | Modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce | 0.4.2-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| git-subrepo | Alternative to git-submodule(1) and git-subtree(1) | 0.4.9-3 (unstable) | Samo Pogačnik | Yes | Yes |
| xfce4-time-out-plugin | Take periodical breaks from the computer every X minutes | 1.1.4-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| wolfssl | Development files for the wolfSSL encryption library | 5.7.6-2 (unstable) | Jacob Barthelmeh | Yes | Yes |