HOW-CAN-I-HELP(1) | HOW-CAN-I-HELP(1) |
NAME¶
how-can-i-help - show opportunities for contributing to DebianSYNOPSIS¶
how-can-i-help [-haoqs] [--help] [--all] [--old] [ --quiet] [--show <type>...]DESCRIPTION¶
how-can-i-help hooks into APT to list opportunities for contributions to Debian (orphaned packages, bugs tagged newcomer) for packages installed locally, after each APT invocation. It can also be invoked directly, and then lists all opportunities for contribution (not just the new ones).OPTIONS¶
Options must come before the other command line arguments. -h, --helpShow some help.
-a, --all
Show new opportunities for contribution to all available
Debian packages.
-o, --old
Show opportunities that were already shown before (will
also show the new ones).
-q, --quiet
Do not display header and footer.
-s <type>..., --show <type>...
Show only specific types of opportunities. Provided types
have to be separated by commas.
PROXY SUPPORT¶
how-can-i-help uses the HTTP_PROXY (or http_proxy) environment variable as HTTP proxy configuration.RUNNING ON REGULAR BASIS¶
You can run how-can-i-help in a cron job as a normal user so that you receive a mail when new things are reported. To receive only mails when new contributions are reported, use the -q flag. Crontab example:0 8 * * * how-can-i-help -q
SHOW ONLY SPECIFIC TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES¶
how-can-i-help can be configured to show only specific types of opportunities. You only need to run it with --show option followed by a single space and then a list of types. Types have to be separated only by commas. Simple example:how-can-i-help --show newcomer,RFH
how-can-i-help --old --show newcomer
IGNORE SELECTED TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES¶
how-can-i-help can also ignore selected types of opportunities. These are listed in ~/.config/how-can-i-help/ignored separated by whitespaces or newlines. Allowed types: wnpp, newcomer, no-testing, testing-autorm, rfs Allowed WNPP types: O, RFA, RFH, ITA Allowed special types: pseudo-package Running with --show option will override ignored types configuration.TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES¶
The following acronyms are used to describe the supported types: wnpp Work-Needing and Prospective Packages. newcomer Bugs tagged with the newcomer tag. Those bugs were formerly tagged with the now deprecated gift tag. no-testing Packages removed from Debian testing. testing-autorm Packages going to be removed from Debian testing. rfs Request For Sponsorship. O Orphaned. RFA Request For Adoption. RFH Request For Help. ITA Intent To Adopt. pseudo-package Newcomer bugs affecting Debian infrastructure (general Debian services). Those pseudo-packages cannot be installed.ADDITIONAL PACKAGES¶
how-can-i-help can also monitor packages not installed locally. These are listed in ~/.config/how-can-i-help/packages separated by whitespaces or newlines. For example one can monitor all package from a server as follow:# ssh myserver dpkg -l | tail -n+5 | awk '{ print $2 }' \ >> ~/.config/how-can-i-help/packages
SEE ALSO¶
https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/GiftTag https://www.debian.org/devel/wnppAUTHORS¶
Tomasz Nitecki (tnnn@tnnn.pl) Lucas Nussbaum (lucas@debian.org)DATE¶
2014-12-0112/01/2014 |