Debian Women Project Sponsors Online Debian Packaging Training
Want to know more about Debian Packaging, Git, Python Libraries and more? The Debian Women Project is sponsoring a series of online learning sessions on those topics.
Starting tomorrow, Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 20:00 UTC, weekly IRC classes will be offered through the Debian Women Project. The Classes will take place in the #debian-women IRC channel.
The schedule (subject to change) is as follows:
| Session |
Trainer |
Date |
Time |
Duration |
| Introduction to Debian Packaging |
Lars Wirzenius |
Thursday, 18th November |
20:00 UTC |
2 hours |
| Using Git |
David Paleino |
Thursday, 25th November |
21:00 UTC |
|
| Python libraries/application packaging |
Piotr Ożarowski |
Thursday, 2nd December |
20:00 UTC |
2 hours |
The Debian Women Project was started in May of 2004 and aims to increase women's participation in the Debian Project by increasing the visibility of women in the project, offer mentoring programs, opportunities for collaboration and more.
More information on how to participate in these classes and the Debian Women Project can be found on the wiki.
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