How to help the Ruby-Team

For a Debian enthusiast with basic Ruby knowledge there are many ways to contribute to Debian Ruby team, which includes (and is not limited to):

Identifying and reporting bugs

If you are a user of the packages maintained by Debian Ruby team, you can help by reporting the bugs you find in the packages using the Debian Bug Tracker or reportbug tool. You can also add wishlist bugs about changes/features you would like to be added to the package so as to make it better to use.

Bug triaging

You can also help to triage bugs, by choosing bugs from
https://bugs.debian.org/pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
or
https://udd.debian.org/dmd/?email1=pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers%40lists.alioth.debian.org&email2=&email3=&packages=&ignpackages=&format=html#todo,

and try to

  1. reproduce them on your local machine / clean chroot as needed
  2. confirm bug’s existence and validity
  3. Tag bugs appropriately
  4. Close invalid ones

Help Upgrading packages maintained by the team or building new ones

Helping the ruby-team upgrading packages maintained by the team or building new ones is always welcome. Our Starters Guide will give you an overview of our workflow.

If you are already an expert in Debian packaging and in using Git and salsa.debian.org, you may find the ruby-team pages in the Debian-Wiki more straight forward.