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Originally Posted by ychaouche
does he simply recompile the software each time a new version is released by the original authors ? is he responsible for testing the software for that distribution ? does he make some changes to the original source code to adapt the package to the distro’s specificities ? is there only one maintainer or could there be multiple maintainers to a package ?
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Some or all of the above, depending on distro, package and people.
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what specific skills does one has to have to be a package maintainer ?
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While I have never been one, I would say building and testing software, good understanding of the distro and the package, as well as people skills to work with the other maintainers of the distro and the upstream developer(s).
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what do their typical tasks look like ?
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I think you listed them. Also configuring the package.
