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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| makedeb | The modern packaging tool for Debian archives. | 8.4.2-1 (unstable) | Leo Puvilland | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zhcon | Fast console CJK system using FrameBuffer (main program) | 1:0.2.6-19 (unstable) | xiao sheng wen（肖盛文） | Yes | Yes |
| slideshow | XHTML/JavaScript Slideshow Generator | 2.3.4-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| tlog | terminal I/O recording and playback | 12-1 (unstable) | Markus Schade | Yes | No |
| parlatype-libreoffice-extension | LibreOffice Extension for Parlatype | 3.0-1 (unstable) | Gabor Karsay | Yes | Yes |
| arqiver | Simple Qt5 archive manager; front-end for libarchive, gzip and 7z. | 0.9.0-1 (unstable) | S. 7 | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tsctp | SCTP Test Tool | 0.7.6-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| netperfmeter | Network Performance Meter (measurement program) | 1.8.6~rc2~bpo1+1 (buster-backports) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| lg-gpio | Control GPIO pins remotely | 0.2.0.0-1 (unstable) | Dave Jones | Yes | No |
| zsh-histdb | scalable command history with git versioning and sync across hosts | 0.0~git20211013.0b63f7c-1 (unstable) | Daniel Gröber | Yes | No |
| nemo-audio-tab | View audio tag information from Nemo's properties tab | 5.0.0-1 (unstable) | Joshua Peisach | Yes | No |
| upnp-router-control | UPnP compliant router manager | 0.3.1-1 (unstable) | Daniele Napolitano | Yes | Yes |
| rserpooldemo | GUI tool for the RSerPool Demo system | 3.0.6~test1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| swtpm | Libtpms-based TPM emulator | 0.7.0-1 (unstable) | Seunghun Han | Yes | No |
| xsp | ASP.NET backend for FastCGI webservers - default version | 4.7.1-1 (unstable) | Timotheus Pokorra | Yes | Yes |
| cppimport | cppimport - Import C++ directly from Python! (Python 3) | 21.3.7-1 (unstable) | Joshua Peisach | Yes | No |
| lunar-date | Chinese Lunar library based on GObject - command and D-Bus | 3.0.0-1 (unstable) | xiao sheng wen（肖盛文） | Yes | Yes |
| fonts-vazir | vazir is a Persian/Arabic font | 30.1.0-1 (unstable) | eshagh | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 1.2.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |