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4. Support

4.1 How can I support Debian Med?

Search the Web for useful applications and ask for packaging.

4.2 How to ask for packaging?

At first please read the documentation about Work-Needing and Prospective Packages.

File a Request For Packaging (RFP) bug report against the Work Needing ans Prospective Packages (WNPP) package.

General rule to get something into Debian:

4.3 Is it hard to build Debian packages?

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: The first thing to read is the Debians New Maintainers Guide which contains important information how to start. After reading this information a good point to start is dh_make which is part of the debhelper tools. Just have a look at man dh_make.

4.4 Which software can be distributed by Debian?

Make sure that it has a license which complies with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). If you are unsure about the license you can ask at the mailing list debian-legal.


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