X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=resources.dbk;h=954610da5b641879857e51e159980d21d10df05b;hb=8ef11228a02d580e345795c64951c677ea659389;hp=74fa28ab59f7eba2db78da69e06a1ed466037cf6;hpb=0715edeff63f1a6ff6c268a58ca76db9119c94ea;p=developers-reference.git 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 “1.0”, it has either a .tar.gz +file or both an .orig.tar.gz and a +.diff.gz file; +with format “3.0 (quilt)”, 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 “3.0 (native)”, 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 “native” 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
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The <command>dak ls</command> 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 .
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