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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| image-garden | tool for creating test virtual machines | 0.1-1 (UNRELEASED) | Zygmunt Krynicki | Yes | No |
| imsprog | Linux chip programmer for CH341a devices | 1.4.5-1 (unstable) | Mikhail Medvedev | Yes | Yes |
| postmark | File system benchmark from NetApp | 1.53-2.2 (unstable) | наб | Yes | Yes |
| emacs-cmake-mode | Emacs major mode for editing CMake sources | 3.31.4+ds-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
Yesterday
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vifm | Flexible vi-like file manager using ncurses | 0.13-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | Yes |
Some days ago
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apt-mirror2 | Python/asyncio reimplementation of the apt-mirror | 11-1 (unstable) | Yuri Konotopov | Yes | No |
| boost-ext-ut | C++ single header/module, macro-free unit testing framework | 2.1.1-1 (unstable) | Raul Tambre | Yes | No |
| xfce4-docklike-plugin | Modern, minimalist taskbar for Xfce | 0.4.2-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| git-subrepo | Alternative to git-submodule(1) and git-subtree(1) | 0.4.9-3 (unstable) | Samo Pogačnik | Yes | Yes |
| geiser | Generic Emacs/Scheme interaction mode | 0.31.1-1 (unstable) | Xiyue Deng | Yes | Yes |
| xfce4-time-out-plugin | Take periodical breaks from the computer every X minutes | 1.1.4-1 (unstable) | Kirill Rekhov | Yes | No |
| qprint | encoder and decoder for quoted-printable encoding | 1.1.dfsg.2-2.3 (unstable) | наб | Yes | Yes |
Older packages
| Package | Description | Version | Uploader | Needs a sponsor | Already in Debian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn3-client | virtual private network client (version 3) | 24+dfsg-1 (unstable) | Marc Leeman | Yes | No |
| wifi-qr | Wi-Fi password share via QR codes | 0.4-1 (unstable) | kokoye2007 | Yes | Yes |
| fractgen | fractal images calculation application (Qt version) | 3.0.2-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | Yes |
| golang-github-olebedev-when | natural language date/time parser with pluggable rules (library) | 1.1.0-1 (unstable) | Ahmad Khalifa | Yes | No |
| golang-github-binwiederhier-ntfy | Send push notifications to your phone or desktop (source) | 2.11.0-1 (unstable) | Ahmad Khalifa | Yes | No |
| td-system-tools | Metapackage for system information and maintenance tools | 2.0.7-1 (unstable) | Thomas Dreibholz | Yes | No |
| midiminder | MIDI connection minder & viewer | 1.0.1-1 (unstable) | John Horigan | Yes | No |
| pwru | eBPF-based Linux kernel networking debugger (program) | 1.0.5+ds2-1 (unstable) | Loren M. Lang | Yes | No |
| python-google-ai-generativelanguage | Client for Generative Language API | 0.6.14-1 (unstable) | Don Xu | Yes | No |
| ydotool | Command-line automation tool - cli | 1.0.4-1 (unstable) | Andre Paiusco | Yes | Yes |
| woof | share files through HTTP protocol | 20220202-1 (unstable) | kokoye2007 | Yes | Yes |
| turtle | Nautilus extension for Turtle | 0.11.1-1 (unstable) | Philipp Unger | Yes | No |
| audacious | small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats | 4.4.2-1 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| audacious-plugins | Base plugins for audacious | 4.4.2-1 (unstable) | Mateusz Łukasik | Yes | Yes |
| sredird | RFC 2217 compliant Telnet serial port redirector | 2.2.2-0.2 (unstable) | наб | Yes | Yes |
| wolfssl | Development files for the wolfSSL encryption library | 5.7.6-2 (unstable) | Jacob Barthelmeh | Yes | Yes |
| gambc | Gambit Scheme interpreter and compiler | 4.9.5-1 (UNRELEASED) 4.9.5-1 (unstable) |
Abdelhakim Qbaich | Yes | Yes |