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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bugz | command-line interface to Bugzilla | 0.14-1 (unstable) | Akash Doppalapudi | Yes | Yes |
| libtranscript | Character set conversion library | 0.3.3-1.1 (unstable) | Bo YU | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rocdbgapi | AMD GPU debugger support - headers | 5.7.1-1 (unstable) | Cordell Bloor | Yes | Yes |
| hipify | simple CUDA to HIP source-to-source translation tool | 6.0.2+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Cordell Bloor | Yes | Yes |
| sentry-python | New Python SDK for Sentry.io (Python 3) | 1.40.4-3 (unstable) | Eberhard Beilharz | Yes | Yes |
| lsp-mode | Emacs client/library for the Language Server Protocol | 9.0.0-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| elpa-rust-mode | Major Emacs mode for editing Rust source code | 1.0.5+git20240415.e54bbae-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-corfu | Completion Overlay Region FUnction in Emacs | 1.3-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-popon | Pop floating text on an Emacs window | 0.13-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libhyprlang | Configuration language for Hyprland (development files) | 0.5.0-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.5.1-1 (unstable) |
Alan M Varghese | Yes | No |
| hyprpaper | Wallpaper utility for Hyprland | 0.6.0-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.6.0-1 (unstable) |
Alan M Varghese | Yes | No |
| hyprland | Dynamic tiling Wayland compositor | 0.38.1+ds-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.38.1+ds-1 (unstable) |
Alan M Varghese | Yes | No |
| mount-zip | Read-only FUSE file system for ZIP archives | 1.0.14-1 (unstable) | Fab Stz | Yes | No |
| libhyprcursor | hyprland cursor format, library and utilities (headers) | 0.1.7-1 (unstable) | Alan M Varghese | Yes | No |
| ruby-mdl | Markdown lint tool - transitional dummy package | 0.13.0-5 (unstable) | Norwid Behrnd | Yes | Yes |
| serialportassistant | Serial Port Assistant | 0.5.22 (unstable) | Kang Lin | Yes | No |
| cglm | Optimized OpenGL Mathematics library for C | 0.9.4-1 (unstable) | Leon Marz | Yes | Yes |
| lua-mode | Emacs major-mode for editing Lua programs | 20231023~git-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| rabbitcommon | Rabbit common library using Qt | 2.2.2 (unstable) | Kang Lin | Yes | No |
| lunarcalendar | The lunar calendar library using Qt | 1.0.4 (unstable) | Kang Lin | Yes | No |
| debian-el | Transition package, debian-el to elpa-debian-el | 37.12 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| scala-mode-el | transitional dummy package, scala-mode-el to elpa-scala-mode | 1:1.1.0+git20240113.4c6d636-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| wstroke | Mouse gesture plugin for Wayfire. | 2.1.2-1 (experimental) 2.1.2-1 (unstable) |
Daniel Kondor | Yes | No |
| dpkg-dev-el | Transition package, dpkg-dev-el to elpa-dpkg-dev-el | 37.12 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| flycheck | modern on-the-fly syntax checking for Emacs - documentation | 34.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-mode | major emacs mode for editing web templates | 17.3.13-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| cjson | Ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C | 1.7.15-1+deb12u1 (bookworm) | Maytham Alsudany | Yes | Yes |
| activities-el | Save/restore sets of windows, tabs/frames, and their buffers in Emacs | 0.7-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | No |
| hyprland-protocols | Wayland protocol extensions for Hyprland | 0.2+20230811-1 (UNRELEASED) 0.2+20230811-1 (unstable) |
Alan M Varghese | Yes | No |
| libudis86 | Disassembler for x86 and x86-64 class ISA (documentation) | 0+20221013-1 (UNRELEASED) 0+20221013-1 (unstable) |
Alan M Varghese | Yes | No |
| modernizr | JavaScript library to detect HTML5 and CSS3 features in the user's browser | 3.13.0-0.1 (unstable) | Fab Stz | Yes | Yes |
| fvwm3 | F(?) Virtual Window Manager | 1.1.0+ds-1 (unstable) | Jaimos Skriletz | Yes | Yes |
| rsplib | RSerPool implementation RSPLIB | 3.4.8-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| muse-el | author and publish projects using Wiki-like markup | 3.20+git20240209.8710add+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| rserpooldemo | GUI tool for the RSerPool Demo system | 3.1.5-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| runit-services | UNIX init scheme with service supervision (services) | 0.7.2 (unstable) | Lorenzo Puliti | Yes | Yes |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 1.6.1-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| wasix-libc | wasix libc implementation for WebAssembly | 0.0~git20240318.4667133-1 (unstable) | Fukui Daichi | Yes | No |
| libsmb2 | SMB2/3 client library | 4.0.0-1 (unstable) | Joe Mondloch | Yes | No |
| blanket | Listen to relaxing sounds | 0.7.0-1 (unstable) | Danial Behzadi | Yes | No |
| lsm | Link connectivity monitor tool - transitional package | 1.0.21-1 (unstable) | Lucas Castro | Yes | Yes |
| tcpslice | extract pieces of and/or glue together tcpdump files | 1.7-1 (unstable) | Bruno Naibert de Campos | Yes | Yes |
| js2-mode | Emacs mode for editing Javascript programs (dummy package) | 0.0~git20240310.e92829d-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| fastfetch | Fastfetch is a neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying them in a pretty way. | 2.8.10 (stable) 2.8.10 (unstable) |
carterli | Yes | No |
| bash-unit | bash_unit - bash unit testing | 2.3.1-1 (unstable) | Martin Dosch | Yes | No |
| k3conf | Powerful Diagnostic Tool for Texas Instruments K3 based Processors | 0.3-1 (unstable) | Andrew Davis | Yes | No |
| python-keep | Personal shell command keeper and snippets manager | 2.10.1-1 (unstable) | Shriram Ravindranathan | Yes | No |
| ocaml-linenoise | Lightweight readline alternative with OCaml (development) | 1.5.1-1 (unstable) | Bo YU | Yes | No |
| precis | Java implementation of the PRECIS Framework | 1.1.0-1 (unstable) | Matthew Fennell | Yes | No |
| apt-fast | shellscript wrapper for apt-get or aptitude | 1.10.0-5 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
| golang-modernc-file | write ahead log in Go | 1.0.8-1 (unstable) | tous | Yes | No |
| golang-modernc-lexer | run time generator of action less scanners (lexeme recognizers) | 1.0.5-1 (unstable) | tous | Yes | No |
| python-autodocsumm | API that automatically extends sphinx (common documentation) | 0.2.12-1 (unstable) | Marcos Rodrigues de Carvalho (aka oday) | Yes | No |
| badwolf | Minimalist and privacy-oriented WebKit browser | 1.3.0-1 (unstable) | Matthew Arnold | Yes | No |