</para>
<para>
The main channel for Debian development is <literal>#debian-devel</literal>.
-It is a very active channel since usually over 150 people are always logged in.
+It is a very active channel; it will typically have a minimum of 150 people
+at any time of day.
It's a channel for people who work on Debian, it's not a support channel
(there's <literal>#debian</literal> for that). It is however open to anyone
who wants to lurk (and learn). Its topic is commonly full of interesting
are dedicated to an architecture or a set of packages:
<literal>#debian-kde</literal>, <literal>#debian-dpkg</literal>,
<literal>#debian-jr</literal>, <literal>#debian-edu</literal>,
-<literal>#debian-oo</literal> (OpenOffice package) ...
+<literal>#debian-oo</literal> (OpenOffice.org package)...
</para>
<para>
Some non-English developers' channels exist as well, for example
<para>
Please take care to protect your Debian passwords and SSH keys installed on
Debian machines. Avoid login or upload methods which send passwords over the
-Internet in the clear, such as telnet, FTP, POP etc.
+Internet in the clear, such as Telnet, FTP, POP etc.
</para>
<para>
Please do not put any material that doesn't relate to Debian on the Debian
Problems with the Debian FTP archive generally need to be reported as bugs
against the <systemitem role="package">&ftp-debian-org;</systemitem>
pseudo-package or an email to &email-ftpmaster;, but also see
-the procedures in <xref linkend="archive-manip"/> .
+the procedures in <xref linkend="archive-manip"/>.
</para>
</section>
<para>
In all chroots, the normal user home directories are available. You can find
out which chroots are available via
-<literal>&url-devel-machines;</literal>.
+<ulink url="&url-devel-machines;"></ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<para>
In each of the areas, there is a directory for the source packages
(<filename>source</filename>) and a directory for each supported architecture
-(<filename>binary-i386</filename>, <filename>binary-m68k</filename>, etc.).
+(<filename>binary-i386</filename>, <filename>binary-amd64</filename>, etc.).
</para>
<para>
The <filename>main</filename> area contains additional directories which hold
the disk images and some essential pieces of documentation required for
installing the Debian distribution on a specific architecture
-(<filename>disks-i386</filename>, <filename>disks-m68k</filename>, etc.).
+(<filename>disks-i386</filename>, <filename>disks-amd64</filename>, etc.).
</para>
<section id="archive-sections">
<title>Sections</title>
<para>
Packages which do not conform to the DFSG are placed in the
<literal>non-free</literal> section. These packages are not considered as
-part of the Debian distribution, though we support their use, and we provide
+part of the Debian distribution, though we enable their use, and we provide
infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists) for non-free
software packages.
</para>
<para>
In the first days, the Linux kernel was only available for Intel i386 (or
greater) platforms, and so was Debian. But as Linux became more and more
-popular, the kernel was ported to other architectures, too.
+popular, the kernel was ported to other architectures and Debian started
+to support them. And as if supporting so much hardware was not enough,
+Debian decided to build some ports based on other Unix kernels, like
+<literal>hurd</literal> and <literal>kfreebsd</literal>.
</para>
<para>
-The Linux 2.0 kernel supports Intel x86, DEC Alpha, SPARC, Motorola 680x0 (like
-Atari, Amiga and Macintoshes), MIPS, and PowerPC. The Linux 2.2 kernel
-supports even more architectures, including ARM and UltraSPARC. Since Linux
-supports these platforms, Debian decided that it should, too. Therefore,
-Debian has ports underway; in fact, we also have ports underway to non-Linux
-kernels. Aside from <literal>i386</literal> (our name for Intel x86), there
-is <literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>alpha</literal>,
-<literal>powerpc</literal>, <literal>sparc</literal>,
-<literal>hurd-i386</literal>, <literal>arm</literal>,
-<literal>ia64</literal>, <literal>hppa</literal>,
-<literal>s390</literal>, <literal>mips</literal>,
-<literal>mipsel</literal> and <literal>sh</literal> as of this writing.
-</para>
-<para>
-&debian-formal; 1.3 is only available as <literal>i386</literal>. Debian
+&debian-formal; 1.3 was only available as <literal>i386</literal>. Debian
2.0 shipped for <literal>i386</literal> and <literal>m68k</literal>
-architectures. Debian 2.1 ships for the <literal>i386</literal>,
+architectures. Debian 2.1 shipped for the <literal>i386</literal>,
<literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>alpha</literal>, and
-<literal>sparc</literal> architectures. Debian 2.2 added support for the
-<literal>powerpc</literal> and <literal>arm</literal> architectures.
-Debian 3.0 added support of five new architectures: <literal>ia64</literal>,
-<literal>hppa</literal>, <literal>s390</literal>, <literal>mips</literal>
-and <literal>mipsel</literal>.
+<literal>sparc</literal> architectures. Since then Debian has grown hugely.
+Debian 5 supports a total of twelve architectures: <literal>alpha</literal>,
+<literal>amd64</literal>, <literal>arm</literal>,
+<literal>armel</literal>, <literal>hppa</literal>,
+<literal>i386</literal>, <literal>ia64</literal>, <literal>mips</literal>,
+<literal>mipsel</literal>, <literal>powerpc</literal>,
+<literal>s390</literal>, <literal>sparc</literal>.
</para>
<para>
Information for developers and users about the specific ports are available at
satisfy certain criteria. Those criteria should ensure a good quality for
packages within <literal>testing</literal>. The update to <literal>testing
</literal> is launched twice each day, right after the new packages
-have been installed. See <xref linkend="testing"/> .
+have been installed. See <xref linkend="testing"/>.
</para>
<para>
After a period of development, once the release manager deems fit, the
</para>
<para>
When uploading to <literal>unstable</literal> a package which had bugs fixed
-in <literal>experimental</literal>, please consider using the option
+in <literal>experimental</literal>, please consider using the option
<literal>-v</literal> to <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> to finally get
them closed.
</para>
<literal>sid</literal>, which is the current <literal>unstable</literal>
distribution; since packages are moved from <literal>unstable</literal> to
<literal>testing</literal> as they approach stability, <literal>sid</literal>
-itself is never released. As well as the usual contents of a Debian
+itself is never released. As well as the usual contents of a Debian
distribution, <literal>sid</literal> contains packages for architectures which
are not yet officially supported or released by Debian. These architectures
are planned to be integrated into the mainstream distribution at some future
</para>
<para>
Thus, the names of the distribution directories in the archive are determined
-by their code names and not their release status (e.g., `slink'). These names
+by their code names and not their release status (e.g., `squeeze'). These names
stay the same during the development period and after the release; symbolic
links, which can be changed easily, indicate the currently released stable
distribution. That's why the real distribution directories use the
lists. If a package is released with the <literal>Distribution:</literal> set
to <literal>stable</literal>, the announcement is sent to
&email-debian-changes;. If a package is released with
-<literal>Distribution:</literal> set to <literal>unstable</literal> or
-<literal>experimental</literal>, the announcement will be posted to
+<literal>Distribution:</literal> set to <literal>unstable</literal> or
+<literal>experimental</literal>, the announcement will be posted to
&email-debian-devel-changes; instead.
</para>
<para>
directory after the corresponding number of days.
This is done by a script which is run each day and which moves the
packages between the directories. Those which are in "1-day" are
-installed in <filename>unchecked</filename> while the others are moved to the
+installed in <filename>unchecked</filename> while the others are moved to the
adjacent directory (for example, a package in <filename>5-day</filename> will
be moved to <filename>4-day</filename>). This feature is particularly useful
for people who are doing non-maintainer uploads. Instead of
</para>
<para>
The use of that delayed feature can be simplified with a bit
-of integration with your upload tool. For instance, if you use
+of integration with your upload tool. For instance, if you use
<command>dupload</command> (see <xref linkend="dupload"/>), you can add this
snippet to your configuration file:
<programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><literal>derivatives-bugs</literal></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Bugs reports and comments from derivative distributions (for example Ubuntu).
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<section id="pts-commands">
<title>The PTS email interface</title>
have to make sure it sends a copy of those mails to
<literal><replaceable>sourcepackage</replaceable>_cvs@&pts-host;</literal>.
Only the people who accept the <literal>cvs</literal> keyword will receive
-these notifications. Note that the mail need to be sent from a
+these notifications. Note that the mail needs to be sent from a
<literal>debian.org</literal> machine, otherwise you'll have to add
the <literal>X-PTS-Approved: 1</literal> header.
</para>
information about each source package. It features many useful links (BTS, QA
stats, contact information, DDTP translation status, buildd logs) and gathers
much more information from various places (30 latest changelog entries, testing
-status, ...). It's a very useful tool if you want to know what's going on with
+status, etc.). It's a very useful tool if you want to know what's going on with
a specific source package. Furthermore there's a form that allows easy
subscription to the PTS via email.
</para>
Alioth is a Debian service based on a slightly modified version of the
FusionForge software (which evolved from SourceForge and GForge). This software offers
developers access to easy-to-use tools such as bug trackers, patch
-manager, project/task managers, file hosting services, mailing lists, CVS
+manager, project/task managers, file hosting services, mailing lists, VCS
repositories etc. All these tools are managed via a web interface.
</para>
<para>