Ok so there were some reactions to the “Call for help” post. I had three direct offers for help in pkg-xfce, not sure if other teams had such propositions.

Some people asked me to correct various number for the “active contributors”. Basically, the numbers are what the feeling I got from people working in those team.

Julien Cristau wants me to correct the number of debian-x active contributors to 0. (yes, zero, that means nobody, nadie, personne). Basically he doesn't have time anymore, and Brice Goglin can't really keep up. So, for those who care about shiny X effects, and stuff like that, you help would be gladly appreciated (and no, you don't have to own each and every chipset in the world to give some time). 

Aurelien Jarno wants me to add that at the moment there are 2 (two) active libc contributors, plus one on GNU/Hurd and one on kfreebsd.

Frans Pop wants me to add that there are ~85 people working on d-i and that the problems the team might face aren't only related to the lack of manpower (and I don't really want to enter politics)

Finally, it seems that some people (well, only one at the moment, but it's enough for to feel the need to precise) though the numbers previously given would dismiss contributions for the active contributors. That wasn't my intention, so I apologize if you are an active contributor in one of that team and thought I dismissed your contribution. If it wasn't clear enough, my point is to show that quite some teams are lacking manpower (some team miss other things too, like leadership, coordination or whatever) and users shouldn't be scared to contribute to them. Those are core teams, without them Debian wouldn't work at all (not to mention derivatives), so it's a good idea to join them.

Now, what if you do want to help, but don't know how. On the previous post I gave links to teams website, wiki page or QA page. You should be able to find a mailing list or contact mail you should be able to write to. Just write that you want to offer some help, that you don't know how and where to start. Add what you're interested in, what you find fun, and your technical knowledge. Don't be shy, and you don't need to be a Debian Developer (nor even a Debian Maintainer) to contribute.

Thanks!