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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86box | classic IBM PC emulator | 3.11+ds-1 (UNRELEASED) | sun min | Yes | No |
| carburetor | GTK frontend for Tractor | 4.0.3-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zstd-jni-java | JNI bindings for Zstd (Architecture-specific files) | 1.5.4-2+ds-1 (unstable) | sun min | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wl-mirror | output-mirroring tool for wlroots-based Wayland desktops | 0.13.1-1 (unstable) | Ferdinand Bachmann | Yes | No |
| dmidecode | SMBIOS/DMI table decoder | 3.5-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| ipmiutil | IPMI management utilities | 3.1.9-1 (unstable) | Jörg Frings-Fürst | Yes | Yes |
| hoteldruid | web-based property management system for hotels or B&Bs | 3.0.5-1 (unstable) | Marco Maria Francesco De Santis | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 1.5.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| bazel-rules-java | Java Rules for Bazel | 5.4.1-1 (UNRELEASED) | sun min | Yes | Yes |
| jetty9 | Java servlet engine and webserver | 9.4.50-4 (unstable) | sun min | Yes | Yes |
| ukui-input-gather | Libinput event distribution service of UKUI. | 1.0.0-1 (unstable) 1.0.0-1 (experimental) |
Mouse Zhang | Yes | No |
| pinball-table-hurd | HURD Pinball table for emilia pinball | 0.0.20230219-1 (unstable) | Philippe Coval | Yes | Yes |
| pinball-table-gnu | GNU Pinball table for emilia pinball | 0.0.20230219-1 (unstable) | Philippe Coval | Yes | Yes |
| usb-imager | GUI-Application to write bootable disk images to USB keys | 2.2.2-1~rc1 (unstable) | Secu-Design | Yes | No |
| ultimatedailywallpaper | Wallpaper changer and automatic wallpaper downloader | 3.2.1-1 (experimental) | Patrice Coni | Yes | No |
| celluloid | simple GTK+ frontend for mpv | 0.24-2 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| kylin-status-manager | System status D-Bus service for UKUI | 3.22.0.0-1 (experimental) | Mouse Zhang | Yes | No |
| srcpd | SRCP server daemon to control digital model railroads | 2.1.5-1 (UNRELEASED) | Hilmar Preusse | Yes | No |
| omega-rpg | text-based roguelike game | 1:0.90-pa9-18 (unstable) | Anatoliy Gunya | Yes | Yes |
| python-fire | automatically generate CLIs from absolutely any Python object | 0.5.0-2 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | Yes |
| dinit | Service monitoring / "init" system | 0.16.0-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.16.1-1 (unstable) |
Mobin Aydinfar | Yes | No |
| quadrilateralcowboy | first-person cyberpunk adventure game | 1~20230127-1 (unstable) | James Addison | Yes | No |
| libkysdk-system | Kylin System Layer Developer Kit | 2.0.0-1 (experimental) | KevinDuan | Yes | No |
| libfilezilla | build high-performing platform-independent programs (runtime lib) | 0.41.1-1 (experimental) | Phil Wyett | Yes | Yes |
| heart | Card game about avoiding having to take rounds | 0.1 (UNRELEASED) 0.1-2 (unstable) |
Benedikt Straub | Yes | No |