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diff --git a/resources.dbk b/resources.dbk
index 74fa28a..954610d 100644
--- a/resources.dbk
+++ b/resources.dbk
@@ -152,10 +152,8 @@ Since #debian-devel is an open channel, you should not
speak there of issues that are discussed in
&email-debian-private;. There's another channel for this
purpose, it's called #debian-private and it's protected by
-a key. This key is available in the archives of debian-private in
-master.debian.org:&file-debian-private-archive;,
-just zgrep for #debian-private in all
-the files.
+a key. This key is available at
+master.debian.org:&file-debian-private-key;.
There are other additional channels dedicated to specific subjects.
@@ -275,8 +273,8 @@ reduce unnecessary duplication of effort or wasted processing time.
The ftp-master server
The &ftp-master-host; server holds the canonical copy of
-the Debian archive. Generally, package uploads go to this server; see
-.
+the Debian archive. Generally, package uploaded to &ftp-upload-host;
+end up on this server, see .
It is restricted; a mirror is available on merkel.
@@ -337,18 +335,13 @@ Send mail to &email-debian-devel; if you have any questions.
If you need to use a Version Control System for any of your Debian work,
you can use one the existing repositories hosted on Alioth or you can
request a new project and ask for the VCS repository of your choice.
-Alioth supports CVS (alioth.debian.org), Subversion
+Alioth supports CVS (cvs.alioth.debian.org/cvs.debian.org), Subversion
(svn.debian.org), Arch (tla/baz, both on arch.debian.org), Bazaar
(bzr.debian.org), Darcs (darcs.debian.org), Mercurial (hg.debian.org) and Git
(git.debian.org). Checkout if you plan
to maintain packages in a VCS repository. See for
information on the services provided by Alioth.
-
-Historically, Debian first used cvs.debian.org to host
-CVS repositories. But that service is deprecated in favor of Alioth.
-Only a few projects are still using it.
-
@@ -431,9 +424,8 @@ url="&url-debian-db-mail-gw;">.
The Debian archive
The &debian-formal; distribution consists of a lot of packages
-(.deb's, currently around
-&number-of-pkgs;) and a few additional files (such as
-documentation and installation disk images).
+(currently around &number-of-pkgs; source packages) and a few additional
+files (such as documentation and installation disk images).
Here is an example directory tree of a complete Debian archive:
@@ -573,20 +565,35 @@ There are two types of Debian packages, namely source and
binary packages.
-Source packages consist of either two or three files: a
-.dsc file, and either a .tar.gz file
-or both an .orig.tar.gz and a
-.diff.gz file.
+Depending on the format of the source package, it will consist
+of one or more files in addition to the mandatory .dsc
+file:
+
+with format â1.0â, it has either a .tar.gz
+file or both an .orig.tar.gz and a
+.diff.gz file;
+with format â3.0 (quilt)â, it has a mandatory
+.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} upstream tarball,
+multiple optional .orig-component.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}
+additional upstream tarballs and a mandatory
+debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} debian
+tarball;
+with format â3.0 (native)â, it has only
+a single .tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} tarball.
+
-If a package is developed specially for Debian and is not distributed outside
-of Debian, there is just one .tar.gz file which contains
-the sources of the program. If a package is distributed elsewhere too, the
-.orig.tar.gz file stores the so-called upstream
-source code, that is the source code that's distributed by the
-upstream maintainer (often the author of the software).
-In this case, the .diff.gz contains the changes made by
-the Debian maintainer.
+If a package is developed specially for Debian and is not distributed
+outside of Debian, there is just one
+.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} file which contains the sources of
+the program, it's called a ânativeâ source package. If a package is
+distributed elsewhere too, the
+.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} file stores the so-called
+upstream source code, that is the source code that's
+distributed by the upstream maintainer (often the
+author of the software). In this case, the .diff.gz
+or the debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} contains the changes
+made by the Debian maintainer.
The .dsc file lists all the files in the source package
@@ -772,8 +779,9 @@ Every released Debian distribution has a code name: Debian
Debian 1.3, bo; Debian 2.0, hamm;
Debian 2.1, slink; Debian 2.2, potato;
Debian 3.0, woody; Debian 3.1, sarge;
-Debian 4.0, etch and Debian 5.0 will be called
-lenny. There is also a ``pseudo-distribution'', called
+Debian 4.0, etch; Debian 5.0, lenny
+and the next release will be called squeeze.
+There is also a ``pseudo-distribution'', called
sid, which is the current unstable
distribution; since packages are moved from unstable to
testing as they approach stability, sid
@@ -938,7 +946,7 @@ snippet to your configuration file:
$delay = ($ENV{DELAY} || 7);
$cfg{'delayed'} = {
- fqdn => "&ftp-master-host;",
+ fqdn => "&ftp-upload-host;",
login => "yourdebianlogin",
incoming => "/org/&ftp-debian-org;/incoming/DELAYED/$delay-day/",
dinstall_runs => 1,
@@ -971,7 +979,7 @@ a given package at the URL
-
+
The dak ls utility
dak ls is part of the dak suite of tools, listing
@@ -1051,6 +1059,15 @@ override disparity for the section and/or the priority field).
+buildd
+
+
+Build failures notifications sent by the network of build daemons, they contain
+a pointer to the build logs for analysis.
+
+
+
+
default
@@ -1075,8 +1092,11 @@ aliases.
summary
-Regular summary emails about the package's status. Currently, only progression
-in testing is sent.
+Regular summary emails about the package's status, including progression
+into testing,
+DEHS notifications of
+new upstream versions, and a notification if the package is removed or
+orphaned.
@@ -1242,6 +1262,11 @@ disparity, etc.)
+buildd: build failures notifications from build daemons
+
+
+
+
default: all the other mails (those which aren't automatic)
@@ -1514,10 +1539,10 @@ responsibility.
-Debian's GForge installation: Alioth
+Debian's FusionForge installation: Alioth
Alioth is a Debian service based on a slightly modified version of the
-GForge software (which evolved from SourceForge). This software offers
+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
repositories etc. All these tools are managed via a web interface.
@@ -1556,6 +1581,14 @@ in .
+
+Gandi.net Hosting Discount
+
+As of November 2008, Gandi.net offers a discount rate on their VPS
+hosting for Debian Developers. See
+.
+
+