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
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sphinxcontrib-ditaa | Ditaa Sphinx extension | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | Bo YU | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xfce4-windowck-plugin | maximized window title & buttons on Xfce panel | 0.5.0-1 (unstable) | Akbarkhon Variskhanov | Yes | No |
| exaile | Music player with a simple interface and powerful capabilities | 4.1.2~beta1-1 (bullseye) 4.1.2+dfsg-1 (unstable) |
Andre Flechs | Yes | Yes |
| vulkan-loader | Vulkan loader library -- development files | 1.3.224.0-1~bpo11+1 (bullseye-backports) | Phil Morrell | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tsctp | SCTP Test Tool | 0.7.9-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| git-multimail | Send notification emails for pushes to a git repository | 1.6.0-1 (unstable) | Bo YU | Yes | No |
| units-cpp | unit conversion library for c++ (development files) | 3.0.0~alpha-3+ds-1 (unstable) | Matthias Geiger | Yes | No |
| oxdna-cuda | simulator for DNA, RNA and more | 3.4.2-1 (unstable) | Constantine Evans | Yes | No |
| fheroes2 | Free remake of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine | 0.9.19-1 (unstable) | Anatoliy Gunya | Yes | No |
| freefilesync | cross-platform file sync utility, gpl release | 11.25-1 (unstable) | Fab Stz | Yes | No |
| ekho | Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) TTS software. | 8.9.3-1 (unstable) | Jack Toh | Yes | No |
| yuzu | Nintendo Switch Emulator | 0-1176+ds-1 (unstable) | Andrea Pappacoda | Yes | No |
| tomlplusplus | TOML config parser and serializer for C++17 - development files | 3.2.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Andrea Pappacoda | Yes | No |
| rserpooldemo | GUI tool for the RSerPool Demo system | 3.1.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.4.3-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| unicode-data | Property data for the Unicode character set | 15.0.0-1~bpo11+1 (bullseye-backports) | Phil Morrell | Yes | Yes |
| neo-cli | digital rain simulator | 0.6.1-1 (unstable) | Matthias Geiger | Yes | No |
| zpaqfranz | Swiss army knife for backup and disaster recovery | 55.14-1 (unstable) | Franco Corbelli | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 1.5.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| polymc | FOSS Minecraft launcher supporting multiple instances and accounts | 1.4.2+ds-1 (unstable) | Ben Westover | Yes | No |