'''Q''': I don't have a lot of programming experience.[[BR]]
'''A''': No problem, '''not every bug requires programming''' to fix. Some bugs concern documentation or copyright issues, and anyone willing to track stuff down and write in English precisely can help. You'll still get experience with the issues software in the real world has to deal with, and probably read some code along the way.
-== The Bugs ==
+== Useful Resources ==
-See LennyBugsAll for a complete list. Attack one of the bugs that look good, or read through the unclassified ones to find the good ones.
+[http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ Debian Policy Manual]: There will be people at the hackathon to help you with the packaging and policy aspects of updating Debian packages, but the Debian Policy Manual is a good reference.
-Below, a snapshot of the bugs identified as probable good targets. It may be out of date, so check LennyBugsAll.
+[http://www.us.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Debian New Maintainers' Guide]: Where the Policy Manual is a fairly declarative document, this is more of a tutorial on how to build packages that comply with Debian policy
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374644 374644] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-ui xine-ui]
-"xine-ui: ctrl/shift key press emulation implementation broken"
-[[BR]](Note: have patch but it's broken. Test? Find a fix?)
+[http://debathena.mit.edu/packaging/ tabbott's Packaging Tutorial]: A summary of building Debian packages with CDBS, Tim's tutorial also includes a long list of useful commands for any sort of package development, as well as a list of useful sites
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426465 426465]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
-"/init exports MODPROBE_OPTIONS=-qb"
-[[BR]](Note: real bug report is near bottom.)
+== Useful Packages ==
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476525 476525]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
-"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
-[[BR]](Note: have patch, looks messy, looks like not-too-hard bug to fix well.)
+The following Debian packages are useful for doing Debian development: `build-essential cdbs debhelper wdiff devscripts dh-make dpatch dpkg-awk dpkg-dev equivs fakeroot lintian quilt`
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
-"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
-[[BR]](Note: bug report, little followup. Test, reproduce, debug, fix.)
+If you're an emacs user, you may also want: `debian-el devscripts-el dpkg-dev-el`
+== The Bugs ==
+
+See LennyBugsAll for a complete list. Attack one of the bugs that look good, or read through the unclassified ones to find the good ones.
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