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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ventoy | Create bootable USB drives for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files | 1.0.99-1 (unstable) | Manuel Guerra | Yes | No |
| log2ram | redirects log file writes into RAM | 1.7.2+ds-1 (unstable) | Steve Meliza | Yes | No |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| keyd | keyboard key remapping daemon | 2.5.0-1 (unstable) | Richard Hansen | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apt-mirror2 | Python/asyncio reimplementation of the apt-mirror | 9-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| mplayer | movie player for Unix-like systems | 2:1.5+svn38638-1 (experimental) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| pidgin-skype | Skype plugin for libpurple messengers | 20240122+gitab786a3+dfsg-3 (unstable) | Patrick Zajda | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-oauth2 | OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol | 0.17-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| quadrilateralcowboy | first-person cyberpunk adventure game | 0~20240909-1 (UNRELEASED) | James Addison | Yes | No |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| saf | Minimal abstract interface for simple games -- tools | 1.012d-1 (UNRELEASED) 1.013-1 (unstable) |
Julio Sangrador-Paton | Yes | No |
| descent3 | port of the 1999 classic game Descent 3 | 1.5.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| gcc-doc-defaults | several GNU manual pages | 5:28 (unstable) | Dmitry Baryshkov | Yes | Yes |
| aiolimiter | asyncio rate limiter, a leaky bucket implementation | 1.1.0-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| caio | Asynchronous file IO for Linux MacOS or Windows | 0.9.17-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| aiofile | Real asynchronous file operations with asyncio support | 3.8.8-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 1.7.2-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| libhinoko | I/O library for IEEE 1394 isochronous communication (development files) | 1.0.3-1 (unstable) | Takashi Sakamoto | Yes | Yes |
| gxkb | X11 keyboard indicator and switcher | 0.9.6-1 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| wasix-libc | wasix libc implementation for WebAssembly | 2024-07-08.1+ds-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | No |
| fennel | Lisp-based programming language for the Lua runtime | 1.5.0-1 (UNRELEASED) 1.5.1+dfsg-1 (unstable) |
Phil Hagelberg | Yes | No |
| spacefm | Multi-panel tabbed file manager | 1.0.6-8 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| smplayer | Complete front-end for MPlayer and mpv | 24.5.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| electrum-nmc | Easy to use Namecoin client | 4.0.6-2 (unstable) | Nicholas Voyak | Yes | No |
| popt | lib for parsing cmdline parameters | 1.19+dfsg-2 (unstable) | Håvard F. Aasen | Yes | Yes |
| serious-engine | Serious Sam - The Second Encounter | 0~git20230724+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Sébastien Noel | Yes | No |
| openscap | libraries enabling integration of the SCAP line of standards - Documentation | 1.4.0+dfsg-1 (experimental) | Håvard F. Aasen | Yes | Yes |
| samplebrain | Custom sample smashing app designed by Aphex Twin | 0.18.5-1 (unstable) | tous | Yes | No |