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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sosreport | Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system | 4.7.2-2 (unstable) | Arif Ali Marc Leeman | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ruby-build | tool to compile and install different versions of Ruby | 20240727-1 (unstable) | Piper McCorkle | Yes | Yes |
| ruby-xmlparser | Ruby interface for the expat XML parser toolkit | 0.7.3-5 (unstable) | Piper McCorkle | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bash-unit | bash_unit - bash unit testing | 2.3.1-1 (unstable) | Martin Dosch | Yes | No |
| gpgmngr | GPG assistant for the Linux terminal | 1.0.2-1 (unstable) | Manuel Guerra | Yes | No |
| vixl | ARMv8 Runtime Code Generation Library - develop | 7.0.0-1 (experimental) | Andrea Pappacoda | Yes | Yes |
| indie-wiki-buddy | browser extension that redirects you to independent wikis (Chromium) | 3.9.0-1 (unstable) | Piper McCorkle | Yes | No |
| wstroke | Mouse gesture plugin for Wayfire | 2.1.3-1 (unstable) | Daniel Kondor | Yes | No |
| bashbro | bash web file browser | 1.11-1 (unstable) | Adam M Danischewski | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn3-client | virtual private network client (version 3) | 21+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
| web-mode | major emacs mode for editing web templates | 17.3.13-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| open62541 | implementation of OPC UA (IEC 62541) - tools and nodeset-compiler | 1.4.1-1 (UNRELEASED) 1.4.3-1 (unstable) |
Julius Pfrommer | Yes | No |
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.4.10-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 1.7.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| rserpooldemo | GUI tool for the RSerPool Demo system | 3.1.7-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| debian-el | Transition package, debian-el to elpa-debian-el | 37.16 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| dpkg-dev-el | Transition package, dpkg-dev-el to elpa-dpkg-dev-el | 37.16 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| prismlauncher | FOSS Minecraft launcher supporting multiple instances and accounts | 8.4+ds-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | No |
| libjs-jush | JavaScript Syntax Highlighter | 2.0.2+git20210206+1-1 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | No |
| graphite-carbon | backend data caching and persistence daemon for Graphite | 1.1.10-2 (unstable) | Alexandre Rossi | Yes | Yes |
| lua-mode | Emacs major-mode for editing Lua programs | 20221027+git20231023.d074e41-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| fennel | Lisp-based programming language for the Lua runtime | 1.5.0-1 (UNRELEASED) | Phil Hagelberg | Yes | No |
| python-google-ai-generativelanguage | Client for Generative Language API | 0.6.8-1 (unstable) | Dong Xu | Yes | No |
| python-keep | Personal shell command keeper and snippets manager | 2.10.1-1 (unstable) | Shriram Ravindranathan | Yes | No |
| scala-mode-el | transitional dummy package, scala-mode-el to elpa-scala-mode | 1:1.1.0+git20240729.bd0638c-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| feenox | cloud-first free no-X uniX-like finite-element(ish) tool | 1.0.83-1 (unstable) | Jeremy Theler | Yes | No |
| runit | system-wide service supervision | 2.1.2-60 (UNRELEASED) 2.1.2-60 (unstable) |
Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| muse-el | author and publish projects using Wiki-like markup | 3.20+git20240209.8710add+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |