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## Debian funding opportunities and a call for more code reviews

DevFeed: [Debian funding opportunities and a call for more code reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bits-from-the-dpl-47086.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bits.debian.org/2025/02/bits-from-the-dpl-february.html>)

Author: Andreas Tille

Published: 2025-02-02T23:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bits from Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bits-from-debian.md>)

Topics: [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/patches.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [code-reviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-reviews.md>), [code-revue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-revue.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [dpl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dpl.md>), [dpl-bits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dpl-bits.md>), [foss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/foss.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [patches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patches.md>), [x-twitter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x-twitter.md>)

### AI overview

A Debian Project Leader update highlights funding and fellowship opportunities for Debian and other Linux distribution maintainers, including support for open foundational technologies. It also advocates making code reviews more common in Debian and connecting bugs with merge requests to improve maintenance and preserve quality.

### Source excerpt

Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for January. Sovereign Tech Agency I was recently pointed to Technologies and Projects supported by the Sovereign Tech Agency which is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. It is a subsidiary of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, SPRIND GmbH. It is worth sending applications there for distinct projects as that is their preferred method of funding. Distinguished developers can also apply for a fellowship position that pays up to 40hrs / week (32hrs when freelancing) for a year. This is esp. open to maintainers of larger numbers of packages in Debian (or any other Linux distribution). There might be a chance that some of the Debian-related projects submitted to the Google Summer of Code that did not get funded could be retried with those foundations. As per the FAQ of the project: "The Sovereign Tech Agency focuses on securing and strengthening open and foundational digital technologies. These communities working on these are distributed all around the world, so we work with people, companies, and FOSS communities everywhere." Similar funding organizations include the Open Technology Fund and FLOSS/fund. If you have a Debian-related project that fits these funding programs, they might be interesting options. This list is by no means exhaustive--just some hints I've received and wanted to share. More suggestions for such opportunities are welcome. Year of code reviews On the debian-devel mailing list, there was a long thread titled "Let's make 2025 a year when code reviews became common in Debian". It initially suggested something along the lines of: "Let's review MRs in Salsa." The discussion quickly expanded to include patches that have been sitting in the BTS for years, which deserve at least the same attention. One idea I'd like to emphasize is that associating BTS bugs with MRs could be very convenient. It's not only helpful for documentation but also the easiest way