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NAME
       how-can-i-help - show opportunities for contributing to Debian


SYNOPSIS
       how-can-i-help [-ahoq] [--help] [--all] [--old] [--quiet]


DESCRIPTION
       how-can-i-help hooks into APT to list opportunities for contributions to Debian (orphaned
       packages, bugs tagged gift) 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, --help
           Show some help.

       -a, --all
           Show opportunities for contribution to all packages.

       -o, --old
           Show old (already seen) opportunities for contribution as well as new ones.

       -q, --quiet
           Do not display header and footer.


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


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, gift, no-testing, testing-autorm, rfs

       Allowed WNPP types:
           O, RFA, RFH, ITA


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


AUTHOR
       Lucas Nussbaum (lucas@debian.org)


DATE
       2013-10-30

                                            11/25/2013                          HOW-CAN-I-HELP(1)