Finding Work To Do

In order to find some work to do as a LTS contributor, it helps to understand the types of work that are available, where to look for work, and how to decide what work to do.

The Types of Work

The Debian LTS Team performs essentially two different types of work. The first type is packaging or packaging-related tasks and the second type is non-packaging work.

Packaging Work

The most common type of work done by contributors supporting the Debian LTS Team is packaging or packaging-related work. This type of work includes CVE triage, investigation, reproducing vulnerabilities, backporting patches, developing patches, preparing updated packages, testing, and finally publishing/announcing an update.

Non-packaging Work

Anything that is not packaging or packaging-related work is considered non-packaging work. This type of work can span a diverse range of tasks, including infrastructure improvements, tooling updates, administrative tasks, and more.

Places To Look For Work

TODO: determine if ./find-work, ./bin/package-operations, and the package DB should be moved to a public repo.

Deciding What Work To Do

Next Steps

Once you’ve found some work to do, then you’ll want to have a look at Performing Common Tasks to see in specific detail how to perform that work.