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diff --git a/resources.dbk b/resources.dbk
index 7274073..fbe53c7 100644
--- a/resources.dbk
+++ b/resources.dbk
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ mirrored to another server.
the Bug Tracking System (BTS).
-It is restricted; a mirror is available on merkel.
-
-
If you plan on doing some statistical analysis or processing of Debian bugs,
this would be the place to do it. Please describe your plans on
&email-debian-devel; before implementing anything, however, to
@@ -278,7 +275,7 @@ 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.
+It is restricted; a mirror is available on &ftp-master-mirror;.
Problems with the Debian FTP archive generally need to be reported as bugs
@@ -334,7 +331,7 @@ Send mail to &email-debian-devel; if you have any questions.
The VCS servers
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
+you can use one of 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 (cvs.alioth.debian.org/cvs.debian.org), Subversion
(svn.debian.org), Arch (tla/baz, both on arch.debian.org), Bazaar
@@ -537,12 +534,12 @@ Debian decided to build some ports based on other Unix kernels, like
architectures. Debian 2.1 shipped for the i386,
m68k, alpha, and
sparc architectures. Since then Debian has grown hugely.
-Debian 5 supports a total of twelve architectures: alpha,
-amd64, arm,
-armel, hppa,
-i386, ia64, mips,
+Debian 6 supports a total of nine Linux architectures (amd64,
+armel, i386,
+ia64, mips,
mipsel, powerpc,
-s390, sparc.
+s390, sparc) and two kFreeBSD architectures
+(kfreebsd-i386 and kfreebsd-amd64).
Information for developers and users about the specific ports are available at
@@ -639,9 +636,9 @@ literally unstable.
The testing distribution is generated
automatically by taking packages from unstable if they
satisfy certain criteria. Those criteria should ensure a good quality for
-packages within testing. The update to testing
- is launched twice each day, right after the new packages
-have been installed. See .
+packages within testing. The update to
+testing is launched twice each day, right after the new
+packages have been installed. See .
After a period of development, once the release manager deems fit, the
@@ -658,7 +655,7 @@ the Release Team, the distribution is released. Releasing means that
new copy is created for the new testing, and the previous
stable is renamed to oldstable and
stays there until it is finally archived. On archiving, the contents are moved
-to &archive-host;).
+to &archive-host;.
This development cycle is based on the assumption that the
@@ -672,8 +669,8 @@ additions to stable in the
proposed-updates directory. Those packages in
proposed-updates that pass muster are periodically moved
as a batch into the stable distribution and the revision level of the stable
-distribution is incremented (e.g., â3.0â becomes â3.0r1â, â2.2r4â
-becomes â2.2r5â, and so forth). Please refer to
+distribution is incremented (e.g., â6.0â becomes â6.0.1â, â5.0.7â
+becomes â5.0.8â, and so forth). Please refer to
uploads to the stable
distribution for details.
@@ -766,7 +763,7 @@ 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; Debian 5.0, lenny
-and the next release will be called squeeze.
+and the next release will be called wheezy.
There is also a ``pseudo-distribution'', called
sid, which is the current unstable
distribution; since packages are moved from unstable to
@@ -970,10 +967,10 @@ a given package at the URL
dak ls is part of the dak suite of tools, listing
available package versions for all known distributions and architectures.
-The dak tool is available on &ftp-master-host;
-, and on the mirror on &ftp-master-mirror;.
-It uses a single argument corresponding to a package name. An example will
-explain it better:
+The dak tool is available on
+&ftp-master-host;, and on the mirror on
+&ftp-master-mirror;. It uses a single argument
+corresponding to a package name. An example will explain it better:
$ dak ls evince