msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-03-03 11:18-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-10-12 09:49+0300\n"
"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
msgid ""
"For the native packages, the source package includes a Debian source control "
"file (<filename>.dsc</filename>) and the source tarball "
-"(<filename>.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename>). A source package of a non-native "
+"(<filename>.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</filename>). A source package of a non-native "
"package includes a Debian source control file, the original source tarball "
-"(<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename>) and the Debian changes "
+"(<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</filename>) and the Debian changes "
"(<filename>.diff.gz</filename> for the source format “1.0” or "
-"<filename>.debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> for the source format “3.0 "
+"<filename>.debian.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</filename> for the source format “3.0 "
"(quilt)”)."
msgstr ""
#: pkgs.dbk:270
msgid ""
"Please notice that, in non-native packages, permissions on files that are "
-"not present in the <filename>*.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> will not be "
+"not present in the <filename>*.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</filename> will not be "
"preserved, as diff does not store file permissions in the patch. However "
"when using source format “3.0 (quilt)”, permissions of files inside the "
"<filename>debian</filename> directory are preserved since they are stored in "
msgid ""
"The Debian archive maintainers are responsible for handling package "
"uploads. For the most part, uploads are automatically handled on a daily "
-"basis by the archive maintenance tools, <command>katie</command>. "
-"Specifically, updates to existing packages to the "
-"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution are handled automatically. In "
-"other cases, notably new packages, placing the uploaded package into the "
-"distribution is handled manually. When uploads are handled manually, the "
-"change to the archive may take up to a month to occur. Please be patient."
+"basis by the archive maintenance tools, <command>dak "
+"process-upload</command>. Specifically, updates to existing packages to the "
+"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution are handled automatically. In other "
+"cases, notably new packages, placing the uploaded package into the "
+"distribution is handled manually. When uploads are handled manually, the "
+"change to the archive may take some time to occur. Please be patient."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
msgid ""
"When you become aware of a security-related bug in a Debian package, whether "
"or not you are the maintainer, collect pertinent information about the "
-"problem, and promptly contact the security team at &email-security-team; as "
-"soon as possible. <emphasis role=\"strong\">DO NOT UPLOAD</emphasis> any "
-"packages for <literal>stable</literal> without contacting the team. Useful "
-"information includes, for example:"
+"problem, and promptly contact the security team, preferably by filing a "
+"ticket in their Request Tracker. See <ulink "
+"url=\"http://wiki.debian.org/rt.debian.org#Security_Team\"></ulink>. "
+"Alternatively you may email &email-security-team;. <emphasis "
+"role=\"strong\">DO NOT UPLOAD</emphasis> any packages for "
+"<literal>stable</literal> without contacting the team. Useful information "
+"includes, for example:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:852
+#: pkgs.dbk:855
+msgid "Whether or not the bug is already public."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
+#: pkgs.dbk:860
msgid ""
"Which versions of the package are known to be affected by the bug. Check "
"each version that is present in a supported Debian release, as well as "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:859
+#: pkgs.dbk:867
msgid "The nature of the fix, if any is available (patches are especially helpful)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:864
+#: pkgs.dbk:872
msgid ""
"Any fixed packages that you have prepared yourself (send only the "
"<filename>.diff.gz</filename> and <filename>.dsc</filename> files and read "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:871
+#: pkgs.dbk:879
msgid ""
"Any assistance you can provide to help with testing (exploits, regression "
"testing, etc.)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:877
+#: pkgs.dbk:885
msgid ""
"Any information needed for the advisory (see <xref "
"linkend=\"bug-security-advisories\"/>)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:882
+#: pkgs.dbk:890
msgid ""
"As the maintainer of the package, you have the responsibility to maintain "
"it, even in the stable release. You are in the best position to evaluate "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:888
+#: pkgs.dbk:896
msgid "The Security Tracker"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:890
+#: pkgs.dbk:898
msgid ""
"The security team maintains a central database, the <ulink "
"url=\"http://security-tracker.debian.org/\">Debian Security "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:898
+#: pkgs.dbk:906
msgid ""
"You can search it for a specific issue, but also on package name. Look for "
"your package to see which issues are still open. If you can, please provide "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:906
+#: pkgs.dbk:914
msgid "Confidentiality"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:908
+#: pkgs.dbk:916
msgid ""
"Unlike most other activities within Debian, information about security "
"issues must sometimes be kept private for a time. This allows software "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:915
+#: pkgs.dbk:923
msgid "There are several ways developers can learn of a security problem:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:920
+#: pkgs.dbk:928
msgid "they notice it on a public forum (mailing list, web site, etc.)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:925
+#: pkgs.dbk:933
msgid "someone files a bug report"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:930
+#: pkgs.dbk:938
msgid "someone informs them via private email"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:935
+#: pkgs.dbk:943
msgid ""
"In the first two cases, the information is public and it is important to "
"have a fix as soon as possible. In the last case, however, it might not be "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:943
+#: pkgs.dbk:951
msgid ""
"If the security exposure is minor, there is sometimes no need to keep the "
"problem a secret and a fix should be made and released."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:949
+#: pkgs.dbk:957
msgid ""
"If the problem is severe, it is preferable to share the information with "
"other vendors and coordinate a release. The security team keeps in contact "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:956
+#: pkgs.dbk:964
msgid ""
"In all cases if the person who reports the problem asks that it not be "
"disclosed, such requests should be honored, with the obvious exception of "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:963
+#: pkgs.dbk:971
msgid ""
"Please note that if secrecy is needed you may not upload a fix to "
"<literal>unstable</literal> (or anywhere else, such as a public VCS "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:970
+#: pkgs.dbk:978
msgid ""
"There are two reasons for releasing information even though secrecy is "
"requested: the problem has been known for a while, or the problem or exploit "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:975
+#: pkgs.dbk:983
msgid ""
"The Security Team has a PGP-key to enable encrypted communication about "
"sensitive issues. See the <ulink "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:981
+#: pkgs.dbk:989
msgid "Security Advisories"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:983
+#: pkgs.dbk:991
msgid ""
"Security advisories are only issued for the current, released stable "
"distribution, and <emphasis>not</emphasis> for <literal>testing</literal> or "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:996
+#: pkgs.dbk:1004
msgid "A description of the problem and its scope, including:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1001
+#: pkgs.dbk:1009
msgid "The type of problem (privilege escalation, denial of service, etc.)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1006
+#: pkgs.dbk:1014
msgid "What privileges may be gained, and by whom (if any)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1011
+#: pkgs.dbk:1019
msgid "How it can be exploited"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1016
+#: pkgs.dbk:1024
msgid "Whether it is remotely or locally exploitable"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1021
+#: pkgs.dbk:1029
msgid "How the problem was fixed"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1026
+#: pkgs.dbk:1034
msgid "This information allows users to assess the threat to their systems."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1031
+#: pkgs.dbk:1039
msgid "Version numbers of affected packages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1036
+#: pkgs.dbk:1044
msgid "Version numbers of fixed packages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1041
+#: pkgs.dbk:1049
msgid ""
"Information on where to obtain the updated packages (usually from the Debian "
"security archive)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1047
+#: pkgs.dbk:1055
msgid ""
"References to upstream advisories, <ulink "
"url=\"http://cve.mitre.org\">CVE</ulink> identifiers, and any other "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1056
+#: pkgs.dbk:1064
msgid "Preparing packages to address security issues"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1058
+#: pkgs.dbk:1066
msgid ""
"One way that you can assist the security team in their duties is to provide "
"them with fixed packages suitable for a security advisory for the stable "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1063
+#: pkgs.dbk:1071
msgid ""
"When an update is made to the stable release, care must be taken to avoid "
"changing system behavior or introducing new bugs. In order to do this, make "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1071
+#: pkgs.dbk:1079
msgid ""
"This means that moving to a new upstream version is not a good solution. "
"Instead, the relevant changes should be back-ported to the version present "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1077
+#: pkgs.dbk:1085
msgid ""
"In some cases, it is not possible to back-port a security fix, for example "
"when large amounts of source code need to be modified or rewritten. If this "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1084
+#: pkgs.dbk:1092
msgid ""
"Related to this is another important guideline: always test your changes. "
"If you have an exploit available, try it and see if it indeed succeeds on "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1091
+#: pkgs.dbk:1099
msgid ""
"Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> include any changes in your "
"package which are not directly related to fixing the vulnerability. These "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1101
+#: pkgs.dbk:1109
msgid ""
"Review and test your changes as much as possible. Check the differences "
"from the previous version repeatedly (<command>interdiff</command> from the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1109
+#: pkgs.dbk:1117
msgid "Be sure to verify the following items:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1114
+#: pkgs.dbk:1122
msgid ""
"<emphasis role=\"strong\">Target the right distribution</emphasis> in your "
"<filename>debian/changelog</filename>. For <literal>stable</literal> this "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1125
+#: pkgs.dbk:1133
msgid "The upload should have <emphasis role=\"strong\">urgency=high</emphasis>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1130
+#: pkgs.dbk:1138
msgid ""
"Make descriptive, meaningful changelog entries. Others will rely on them to "
"determine whether a particular bug was fixed. Add "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1141
+#: pkgs.dbk:1149
msgid ""
"Make sure the <emphasis role=\"strong\">version number</emphasis> is "
"proper. It must be greater than the current package, but less than package "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1154
+#: pkgs.dbk:1162
msgid ""
-"Unless the upstream source has been uploaded to <literal>security.debian.org "
-"</literal> before (by a previous security update), build the upload "
-"<emphasis role=\"strong\">with full upstream source</emphasis> "
-"(<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -sa</literal>). If there has been a previous "
-"upload to <literal>security.debian.org</literal> with the same upstream "
-"version, you may upload without upstream source (<literal>dpkg-buildpackage "
-"-sd</literal>)."
+"Unless the upstream source has been uploaded to "
+"<literal>security.debian.org</literal> before (by a previous security "
+"update), build the upload <emphasis role=\"strong\">with full upstream "
+"source</emphasis> (<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -sa</literal>). If there has "
+"been a previous upload to <literal>security.debian.org</literal> with the "
+"same upstream version, you may upload without upstream source "
+"(<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -sd</literal>)."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1164
+#: pkgs.dbk:1173
msgid ""
"Be sure to use the <emphasis role=\"strong\">exact same "
-"<filename>*.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename></emphasis> as used in the "
-"normal archive, otherwise it is not possible to move the security fix into "
-"the main archives later."
+"<filename>*.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</filename></emphasis> as used in the normal "
+"archive, otherwise it is not possible to move the security fix into the main "
+"archives later."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1172
+#: pkgs.dbk:1181
msgid ""
"Build the package on a <emphasis role=\"strong\">clean system</emphasis> "
"which only has packages installed from the distribution you are building "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1183
+#: pkgs.dbk:1192
msgid "Uploading the fixed package"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1185
+#: pkgs.dbk:1194
msgid ""
"Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> upload a package to the security "
"upload queue (<literal>oldstable-security</literal>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1192
+#: pkgs.dbk:1201
msgid ""
"Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> upload your fix to "
"<literal>proposed-updates</literal> without coordinating with the security "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1202
+#: pkgs.dbk:1211
msgid ""
"Once you have created and tested the new package and it has been approved by "
"the security team, it needs to be uploaded so that it can be installed in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1208
+#: pkgs.dbk:1217
msgid ""
"Once an upload to the security queue has been accepted, the package will "
"automatically be built for all architectures and stored for verification by "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1213
+#: pkgs.dbk:1222
msgid ""
"Uploads which are waiting for acceptance or verification are only accessible "
"by the security team. This is necessary since there might be fixes for "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1218
+#: pkgs.dbk:1227
msgid ""
"If a member of the security team accepts a package, it will be installed on "
"<literal>security.debian.org</literal> as well as proposed for the proper "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1230
+#: pkgs.dbk:1239
msgid "Moving, removing, renaming, adopting, and orphaning packages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1232
+#: pkgs.dbk:1241
msgid ""
"Some archive manipulation operations are not automated in the Debian upload "
"process. These procedures should be manually followed by maintainers. This "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1237
+#: pkgs.dbk:1246
msgid "Moving packages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para><footnote><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1241
+#: pkgs.dbk:1250
msgid ""
"See the <ulink url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian Policy Manual</ulink> for "
"guidelines on what section a package belongs in."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1239
+#: pkgs.dbk:1248
msgid ""
"Sometimes a package will change its section. For instance, a package from "
-"the `non-free' section might be GPL'd in a later version, in which case the "
-"package should be moved to `main' or `contrib'.<placeholder "
-"type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
+"the <literal>non-free</literal> section might be GPL'd in a later version, "
+"in which case the package should be moved to `main' or "
+"`contrib'.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1246
+#: pkgs.dbk:1255
msgid ""
"If you need to change the section for one of your packages, change the "
"package control information to place the package in the desired section, and "
"re-upload the package (see the <ulink url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian "
"Policy Manual</ulink> for details). You must ensure that you include the "
-"<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> in your upload (even if you are "
+"<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}</filename> in your upload (even if you are "
"not uploading a new upstream version), or it will not appear in the new "
"section together with the rest of the package. If your new section is "
"valid, it will be moved automatically. If it does not, then contact the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1258
+#: pkgs.dbk:1267
msgid ""
"If, on the other hand, you need to change the <literal>subsection</literal> "
"of one of your packages (e.g., ``devel'', ``admin''), the procedure is "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1267
+#: pkgs.dbk:1276
msgid "Removing packages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1269
+#: pkgs.dbk:1278
msgid ""
"If for some reason you want to completely remove a package (say, if it is an "
"old compatibility library which is no longer required), you need to file a "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1286
+#: pkgs.dbk:1295
msgid ""
"If you want to remove a package you maintain, you should note this in the "
"bug title by prepending <literal>ROM</literal> (Request Of Maintainer). "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1295
+#: pkgs.dbk:1304
msgid ""
"Note that removals can only be done for the <literal>unstable</literal>, "
"<literal>experimental</literal> and <literal>stable</literal> distribution. "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1304
+#: pkgs.dbk:1313
msgid ""
"There is one exception when an explicit removal request is not necessary: If "
-"a (source or binary) package is an orphan, it will be removed "
-"semi-automatically. For a binary-package, this means if there is no longer "
-"any source package producing this binary package; if the binary package is "
-"just no longer produced on some architectures, a removal request is still "
-"necessary. For a source-package, this means that all binary packages it "
-"refers to have been taken over by another source package."
+"a (source or binary) package is no longer built from source, it will be "
+"removed semi-automatically. For a binary-package, this means if there is no "
+"longer any source package producing this binary package; if the binary "
+"package is just no longer produced on some architectures, a removal request "
+"is still necessary. For a source-package, this means that all binary "
+"packages it refers to have been taken over by another source package."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1313
+#: pkgs.dbk:1322
msgid ""
"In your removal request, you have to detail the reasons justifying the "
"request. This is to avoid unwanted removals and to keep a trace of why a "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1319
+#: pkgs.dbk:1328
msgid ""
"Usually you only ask for the removal of a package maintained by yourself. "
"If you want to remove another package, you have to get the approval of its "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1329
+#: pkgs.dbk:1338
msgid ""
"Further information relating to these and other package removal related "
"topics may be found at <ulink "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1334
+#: pkgs.dbk:1343
msgid ""
"If in doubt concerning whether a package is disposable, email "
"&email-debian-devel; asking for opinions. Also of interest is the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1347
+#: pkgs.dbk:1356
msgid ""
"Once the package has been removed, the package's bugs should be handled. "
"They should either be reassigned to another package in the case where the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1358
+#: pkgs.dbk:1367
msgid "Removing packages from <filename>Incoming</filename>"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1360
+#: pkgs.dbk:1369
msgid ""
"In the past, it was possible to remove packages from "
"<filename>incoming</filename>. However, with the introduction of the new "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1375
+#: pkgs.dbk:1384
msgid "Replacing or renaming packages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1377
+#: pkgs.dbk:1386
msgid ""
"When the upstream maintainers for one of your packages chose to rename their "
"software (or you made a mistake naming your package), you should follow a "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1393
+#: pkgs.dbk:1402
msgid ""
"At other times, you may make a mistake in constructing your package and wish "
"to replace it. The only way to do this is to increase the version number "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1408
+#: pkgs.dbk:1417
msgid "Orphaning a package"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1410
+#: pkgs.dbk:1419
msgid ""
"If you can no longer maintain a package, you need to inform others, and see "
"that the package is marked as orphaned. You should set the package "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1425
+#: pkgs.dbk:1434
msgid ""
"If you just intend to give the package away, but you can keep maintainership "
"for the moment, then you should instead submit a bug against <systemitem "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1433
+#: pkgs.dbk:1442
msgid "More information is on the <ulink url=\"&url-wnpp;\">WNPP web pages</ulink>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1439
+#: pkgs.dbk:1448
msgid "Adopting a package"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1441
+#: pkgs.dbk:1450
msgid ""
"A list of packages in need of a new maintainer is available in the <ulink "
"url=\"&url-wnpp;\">Work-Needing and Prospective Packages list "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1448
+#: pkgs.dbk:1457
msgid ""
"It is not OK to simply take over a package that you feel is neglected — that "
"would be package hijacking. You can, of course, contact the current "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1454
+#: pkgs.dbk:1463
msgid ""
"Generally, you may not take over the package without the assent of the "
"current maintainer. Even if they ignore you, that is still not grounds to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1464
+#: pkgs.dbk:1473
msgid ""
"If you take over an old package, you probably want to be listed as the "
"package's official maintainer in the bug system. This will happen "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1478
+#: pkgs.dbk:1487
msgid "Porting and being ported"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1480
+#: pkgs.dbk:1489
msgid ""
"Debian supports an ever-increasing number of architectures. Even if you are "
"not a porter, and you don't use any architecture but one, it is part of your "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1486
+#: pkgs.dbk:1495
msgid ""
"Porting is the act of building Debian packages for architectures that are "
"different from the original architecture of the package maintainer's binary "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1495
+#: pkgs.dbk:1504
msgid "Being kind to porters"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1497
+#: pkgs.dbk:1506
msgid ""
"Porters have a difficult and unique task, since they are required to deal "
"with a large volume of packages. Ideally, every source package should build "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1505
+#: pkgs.dbk:1514
msgid ""
"The first and most important thing is to respond quickly to bug or issues "
"raised by porters. Please treat porters with courtesy, as if they were in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1512
+#: pkgs.dbk:1521
msgid ""
"By far, most of the problems encountered by porters are caused by "
"<emphasis>packaging bugs</emphasis> in the source packages. Here is a "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1519
+#: pkgs.dbk:1528
msgid ""
"Make sure that your <literal>Build-Depends</literal> and "
"<literal>Build-Depends-Indep</literal> settings in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1534
+#: pkgs.dbk:1543
msgid ""
"If you can't set up a proper chroot, <command>dpkg-depcheck</command> may be "
"of assistance (see <xref linkend=\"dpkg-depcheck\"/>)."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1538
+#: pkgs.dbk:1547
msgid ""
"See the <ulink url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian Policy Manual</ulink> for "
"instructions on setting build dependencies."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1544
+#: pkgs.dbk:1553
msgid ""
"Don't set architecture to a value other than <literal>all</literal> or "
"<literal>any</literal> unless you really mean it. In too many cases, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1554
+#: pkgs.dbk:1563
msgid ""
"Make sure your source package is correct. Do <literal>dpkg-source -x "
"<replaceable>package</replaceable>.dsc</literal> to make sure your source "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1562
+#: pkgs.dbk:1571
msgid ""
"Make sure you don't ship your source package with the "
"<filename>debian/files</filename> or <filename>debian/substvars</filename> "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1570
+#: pkgs.dbk:1579
msgid ""
"Make sure you don't rely on locally installed or hacked configurations or "
"programs. For instance, you should never be calling programs in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1579
+#: pkgs.dbk:1588
msgid ""
"Don't depend on the package you're building being installed already (a "
"sub-case of the above issue). There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1587
+#: pkgs.dbk:1596
msgid ""
"Don't rely on the compiler being a certain version, if possible. If not, "
"then make sure your build dependencies reflect the restrictions, although "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1595
+#: pkgs.dbk:1604
msgid ""
"Make sure your <filename>debian/rules</filename> contains separate "
"<literal>binary-arch</literal> and <literal>binary-indep</literal> targets, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1606
+#: pkgs.dbk:1615
msgid "Guidelines for porter uploads"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1608
+#: pkgs.dbk:1617
msgid ""
"If the package builds out of the box for the architecture to be ported to, "
"you are in luck and your job is easy. This section applies to that case; it "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1616
+#: pkgs.dbk:1625
msgid ""
"For a porter upload, no changes are being made to the source. You do not "
"need to touch any of the files in the source package. This includes "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1621
+#: pkgs.dbk:1630
msgid ""
"The way to invoke <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> is as "
"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -B "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1630
+#: pkgs.dbk:1639
msgid ""
"If you are working on a Debian machine for your porting efforts and you need "
"to sign your upload locally for its acceptance in the archive, you can run "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1637
+#: pkgs.dbk:1646
msgid "Recompilation or binary-only NMU"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1639
+#: pkgs.dbk:1648
msgid ""
"Sometimes the initial porter upload is problematic because the environment "
"in which the package was built was not good enough (outdated or obsolete "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1648
+#: pkgs.dbk:1657
msgid ""
"You have to make sure that your binary-only NMU doesn't render the package "
"uninstallable. This could happen when a source package generates "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1654
+#: pkgs.dbk:1663
msgid ""
"Despite the required modification of the changelog, these are called "
"binary-only NMUs — there is no need in this case to trigger all other "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1659
+#: pkgs.dbk:1668
msgid ""
"Such recompilations require special ``magic'' version numbering, so that the "
"archive maintenance tools recognize that, even though there is a new Debian "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para><footnote><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1674
+#: pkgs.dbk:1683
msgid ""
"In the past, such NMUs used the third-level number on the Debian part of the "
"revision to denote their recompilation-only status; however, this syntax was "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1666
+#: pkgs.dbk:1675
msgid ""
"The ``magic'' for a recompilation-only NMU is triggered by using a suffix "
"appended to the package version number, following the form "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1682
+#: pkgs.dbk:1691
msgid ""
"Similar to initial porter uploads, the correct way of invoking "
"<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> is <literal>dpkg-buildpackage "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1689
+#: pkgs.dbk:1698
msgid "When to do a source NMU if you are a porter"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1691
+#: pkgs.dbk:1700
msgid ""
"Porters doing a source NMU generally follow the guidelines found in <xref "
"linkend=\"nmu\"/>, just like non-porters. However, it is expected that the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1700
+#: pkgs.dbk:1709
msgid ""
"If you are a porter doing an NMU for <literal>unstable</literal>, the above "
"guidelines for porting should be followed, with two variations. Firstly, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1712
+#: pkgs.dbk:1721
msgid ""
"Secondly, porters doing source NMUs should make sure that the bug they "
"submit to the BTS should be of severity <literal>serious</literal> or "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1720
+#: pkgs.dbk:1729
msgid ""
"Porters should try to avoid patches which simply kludge around bugs in the "
"current version of the compile environment, kernel, or libc. Sometimes such "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1728
+#: pkgs.dbk:1737
msgid ""
"Porters may also have an unofficial location where they can put the results "
"of their work during the waiting period. This helps others running the port "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1738
+#: pkgs.dbk:1747
msgid "Porting infrastructure and automation"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1740
+#: pkgs.dbk:1749
msgid ""
"There is infrastructure and several tools to help automate package porting. "
"This section contains a brief overview of this automation and porting to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1745
+#: pkgs.dbk:1754
msgid "Mailing lists and web pages"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1747
+#: pkgs.dbk:1756
msgid ""
"Web pages containing the status of each port can be found at <ulink "
"url=\"&url-debian-ports;\"></ulink>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1751
+#: pkgs.dbk:1760
msgid ""
"Each port of Debian has a mailing list. The list of porting mailing lists "
"can be found at <ulink url=\"&url-debian-port-lists;\"></ulink>. These "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1759
+#: pkgs.dbk:1768
msgid "Porter tools"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1761
+#: pkgs.dbk:1770
msgid ""
"Descriptions of several porting tools can be found in <xref "
"linkend=\"tools-porting\"/>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1767
+#: pkgs.dbk:1776
msgid "<systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem>"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1769
+#: pkgs.dbk:1778
msgid ""
"The <systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> system is used as "
"a distributed, client-server build distribution system. It is usually used "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1777
+#: pkgs.dbk:1786
msgid ""
"<systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> is not yet available "
"as a package; however, all Debian porting efforts are using it for automated "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1786
+#: pkgs.dbk:1795
msgid ""
"Most of the data produced by <systemitem "
"role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> which is generally useful to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1792
+#: pkgs.dbk:1801
msgid ""
"We are quite proud of this system, since it has so many possible uses. "
"Independent development groups can use the system for different sub-flavors "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1799
+#: pkgs.dbk:1808
msgid ""
"The wanna-build team, in charge of the buildds, can be reached at "
"<literal>debian-wb-team@lists.debian.org</literal>. To determine who "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1806
+#: pkgs.dbk:1815
msgid ""
"When requesting binNMUs or give-backs (retries after a failed build), please "
"use the format described at <ulink url=\"&url-release-wb;\"/>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1815
+#: pkgs.dbk:1824
msgid "When your package is <emphasis>not</emphasis> portable"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1817
+#: pkgs.dbk:1826
msgid ""
"Some packages still have issues with building and/or working on some of the "
"architectures supported by Debian, and cannot be ported at all, or not "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1824
+#: pkgs.dbk:1833
msgid ""
"In order to prevent broken packages from being uploaded to the archive, and "
"wasting buildd time, you need to do a few things:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1830
+#: pkgs.dbk:1839
msgid ""
"First, make sure your package <emphasis>does</emphasis> fail to build on "
"architectures that it cannot support. There are a few ways to achieve "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1838
+#: pkgs.dbk:1847
msgid ""
"Additionally, if you believe the list of supported architectures is pretty "
"constant, you should change <literal>any</literal> to a list of supported "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1846
+#: pkgs.dbk:1855
msgid ""
"In order to prevent autobuilders from needlessly trying to build your "
"package, it must be included in <filename>Packages-arch-specific</filename>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1855
+#: pkgs.dbk:1864
msgid ""
"Please note that it is insufficient to only add your package to "
"<filename>Packages-arch-specific</filename> without making it fail to build "
"role=\"package\">ftp.debian.org</systemitem>."
msgstr ""
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
+#: pkgs.dbk:1875
+msgid "Marking non-free packages as auto-buildable"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
+#: pkgs.dbk:1877
+msgid ""
+"By default packages from the <literal>non-free</literal> section are not "
+"built by the autobuilder network (mostly because the license of the packages "
+"could disapprove). To enable a package to be build you need to perform the "
+"following steps:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
+#: pkgs.dbk:1885
+msgid ""
+"Check whether it is legally allowed and technically possible to auto-build "
+"the package;"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
+#: pkgs.dbk:1891
+msgid ""
+"Add <literal>XS-Autobuild: yes</literal> into the header part of "
+"<filename>debian/control</filename>;"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
+#: pkgs.dbk:1897
+msgid ""
+"Send an email to &email-nonfree-release; and explain why the package can "
+"legitimately and technically be auto-built."
+msgstr ""
+
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1868
+#: pkgs.dbk:1906
msgid "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1870
+#: pkgs.dbk:1908
msgid ""
"Every package has one or more maintainers. Normally, these are the people "
"who work on and upload new versions of the package. In some situations, it "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1879
+#: pkgs.dbk:1917
msgid "When and how to do an NMU"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1882
+#: pkgs.dbk:1920
msgid "Before doing an NMU, consider the following questions:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1887
+#: pkgs.dbk:1925
msgid ""
"Does your NMU really fix bugs? Fixing cosmetic issues or changing the "
"packaging style in NMUs is discouraged."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1893
+#: pkgs.dbk:1931
msgid ""
"Did you give enough time to the maintainer? When was the bug reported to the "
"BTS? Being busy for a week or two isn't unusual. Is the bug so severe that "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1900
+#: pkgs.dbk:1938
msgid ""
"How confident are you about your changes? Please remember the Hippocratic "
"Oath: \"Above all, do no harm.\" It is better to leave a package with an "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1910
+#: pkgs.dbk:1948
msgid ""
"Have you clearly expressed your intention to NMU, at least in the BTS? It is "
"also a good idea to try to contact the maintainer by other means (private "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1917
+#: pkgs.dbk:1955
msgid ""
"If the maintainer is usually active and responsive, have you tried to "
"contact him? In general it should be considered preferable that a maintainer "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1927
+#: pkgs.dbk:1965
msgid ""
"When doing an NMU, you must first make sure that your intention to NMU is "
"clear. Then, you must send a patch with the differences between the current "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1934
+#: pkgs.dbk:1972
msgid ""
"While preparing the patch, you should better be aware of any "
"package-specific practices that the maintainer might be using. Taking them "
-"into account reduces the burden of getting your changes integrated back in "
-"the normal package workflow and thus increases the possibilities that that "
-"will happen. A good place where to look for for possible package-specific "
+"into account reduces the burden of integrating your changes into the normal "
+"package workflow and thus increases the chances that integration will "
+"happen. A good place where to look for for possible package-specific "
"practices is <ulink "
"url=\"&url-debian-policy;ch-source.html#s-readmesource\"><filename>debian/README.source</filename></ulink>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1942
+#: pkgs.dbk:1980
msgid ""
"Unless you have an excellent reason not to do so, you must then give some "
"time to the maintainer to react (for example, by uploading to the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1949
+#: pkgs.dbk:1987
+msgid ""
+"Upload fixing only release-critical bugs older than 7 days, with no "
+"maintainer activity on the bug for 7 days and no indication that a fix is in "
+"progress: 0 days"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
+#: pkgs.dbk:1992
msgid "Upload fixing only release-critical bugs older than 7 days: 2 days"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1954
+#: pkgs.dbk:1997
msgid "Upload fixing only release-critical and important bugs: 5 days"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1959
+#: pkgs.dbk:2002
msgid "Other NMUs: 10 days"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1965
+#: pkgs.dbk:2008
msgid ""
"Those delays are only examples. In some cases, such as uploads fixing "
"security issues, or fixes for trivial bugs that blocking a transition, it is "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1971
+#: pkgs.dbk:2014
msgid ""
"Sometimes, release managers decide to allow NMUs with shorter delays for a "
"subset of bugs (e.g release-critical bugs older than 7 days). Also, some "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1981
+#: pkgs.dbk:2024
msgid ""
"After you upload an NMU, you are responsible for the possible problems that "
"you might have introduced. You must keep an eye on the package (subscribing "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1987
+#: pkgs.dbk:2030
msgid ""
"This is not a license to perform NMUs thoughtlessly. If you NMU when it is "
"clear that the maintainers are active and would have acknowledged a patch in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1997
+#: pkgs.dbk:2040
msgid "NMUs and <filename>debian/changelog</filename>"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:1999
+#: pkgs.dbk:2042
msgid ""
"Just like any other (source) upload, NMUs must add an entry to "
"<filename>debian/changelog</filename>, telling what has changed with this "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2004
+#: pkgs.dbk:2047
#, no-wrap
msgid " * Non-maintainer upload.\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2008
+#: pkgs.dbk:2051
msgid "The way to version NMUs differs for native and non-native packages."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2011
+#: pkgs.dbk:2054
msgid ""
"If the package is a native package (without a Debian revision in the version "
"number), the version must be the version of the last maintainer upload, plus "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2021
+#: pkgs.dbk:2064
msgid ""
"If the package is a not a native package, you should add a minor version "
"number to the Debian revision part of the version number (the portion after "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2030
+#: pkgs.dbk:2073
msgid ""
"In both cases, if the last upload was also an NMU, the counter should be "
"increased. For example, if the current version is "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2036
+#: pkgs.dbk:2079
msgid ""
"A special versioning scheme is needed to avoid disrupting the maintainer's "
"work, since using an integer for the Debian revision will potentially "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2046
+#: pkgs.dbk:2089
msgid ""
"If you upload a package to testing or stable, you sometimes need to \"fork\" "
"the version number tree. This is the case for security uploads, for "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2068
+#: pkgs.dbk:2111
msgid "Using the <literal>DELAYED/</literal> queue"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2071
+#: pkgs.dbk:2114
msgid ""
"Having to wait for a response after you request permission to NMU is "
"inefficient, because it costs the NMUer a context switch to come back to the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2085
+#: pkgs.dbk:2128
msgid ""
"The <literal>DELAYED</literal> queue should not be used to put additional "
"pressure on the maintainer. In particular, it's important that you are "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2092
+#: pkgs.dbk:2135
msgid ""
"If you make an NMU to <literal>DELAYED</literal> and the maintainer updates "
"his package before the delay expires, your upload will be rejected because a "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2102
+#: pkgs.dbk:2145
msgid "NMUs from the maintainer's point of view"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2105
+#: pkgs.dbk:2148
msgid ""
"When someone NMUs your package, this means they want to help you to keep it "
"in good shape. This gives users fixed packages faster. You can consider "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2114
+#: pkgs.dbk:2157
msgid ""
"To acknowledge an NMU, include its changes and changelog entry in your next "
"maintainer upload. If you do not acknowledge the NMU by including the NMU "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2123
+#: pkgs.dbk:2166
msgid "Source NMUs vs Binary-only NMUs (binNMUs)"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2126
+#: pkgs.dbk:2169
msgid ""
"The full name of an NMU is <emphasis>source NMU</emphasis>. There is also "
"another type, namely the <emphasis>binary-only NMU</emphasis>, or "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2133
+#: pkgs.dbk:2176
msgid ""
"When a library (or other dependency) is updated, the packages using it may "
"need to be rebuilt. Since no changes to the source are needed, the same "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2139
+#: pkgs.dbk:2182
msgid ""
"BinNMUs are usually triggered on the buildds by wanna-build. An entry is "
"added to <filename>debian/changelog</filename>, explaining why the upload "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2147
+#: pkgs.dbk:2190
msgid ""
"Buildds upload packages for their architecture to the archive as binary-only "
"uploads. Strictly speaking, these are binNMUs. However, they are not "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2155
+#: pkgs.dbk:2198
msgid "NMUs vs QA uploads"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2158
+#: pkgs.dbk:2201
msgid ""
"NMUs are uploads of packages by somebody else than their assigned "
"maintainer. There is another type of upload where the uploaded package is "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2165
+#: pkgs.dbk:2208
msgid ""
"QA uploads are very much like normal maintainer uploads: they may fix "
"anything, even minor issues; the version numbering is normal, and there is "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2173
+#: pkgs.dbk:2216
#, no-wrap
msgid " * QA upload.\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2177
+#: pkgs.dbk:2220
msgid ""
"If you want to do an NMU, and it seems that the maintainer is not active, it "
"is wise to check if the package is orphaned (this information is displayed "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2188
+#: pkgs.dbk:2231
msgid ""
"Instead of doing a QA upload, you can also consider adopting the package by "
"making yourself the maintainer. You don't need permission from anybody to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2197
+#: pkgs.dbk:2240
msgid "NMUs vs team uploads"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2200
+#: pkgs.dbk:2243
msgid ""
"Sometimes you are fixing and/or updating a package because you are member of "
"a packaging team (which uses a mailing list as <literal>Maintainer</literal> "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2210
+#: pkgs.dbk:2253
#, no-wrap
msgid " * Team upload.\n"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2218
+#: pkgs.dbk:2261
msgid "Collaborative maintenance"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2220
+#: pkgs.dbk:2263
msgid ""
"Collaborative maintenance is a term describing the sharing of Debian package "
"maintenance duties by several people. This collaboration is almost always a "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2228
+#: pkgs.dbk:2271
msgid ""
"Generally there is a primary maintainer and one or more co-maintainers. The "
"primary maintainer is the person whose name is listed in the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2236
+#: pkgs.dbk:2279
msgid ""
"In its most basic form, the process of adding a new co-maintainer is quite "
"easy:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2242
+#: pkgs.dbk:2285
msgid ""
"Setup the co-maintainer with access to the sources you build the package "
"from. Generally this implies you are using a network-capable version "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2250
+#: pkgs.dbk:2293
msgid ""
"Add the co-maintainer's correct maintainer name and address to the "
"<literal>Uploaders</literal> field in the first paragraph of the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><screen>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2255
+#: pkgs.dbk:2298
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"Uploaders: John Buzz <jbuzz@debian.org>, Adam Rex "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2260
+#: pkgs.dbk:2303
msgid ""
"Using the PTS (<xref linkend=\"pkg-tracking-system\"/>), the co-maintainers "
"should subscribe themselves to the appropriate source package."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2266
+#: pkgs.dbk:2309
msgid ""
"Another form of collaborative maintenance is team maintenance, which is "
"recommended if you maintain several packages with the same group of "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2275
+#: pkgs.dbk:2318
msgid ""
"Put the team member mainly responsible for the package in the "
"<literal>Maintainer</literal> field. In the <literal>Uploaders</literal>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><orderedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2282
+#: pkgs.dbk:2325
msgid ""
"Put the mailing list address in the <literal>Maintainer</literal> field. In "
"the <literal>Uploaders</literal> field, put the team members who care for "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2291
+#: pkgs.dbk:2334
msgid ""
"In any case, it is a bad idea to automatically put all team members in the "
"<literal>Uploaders</literal> field. It clutters the Developer's Package "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2304
+#: pkgs.dbk:2347
msgid "The testing distribution"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2306
+#: pkgs.dbk:2349
msgid "Basics"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2308
+#: pkgs.dbk:2351
msgid ""
"Packages are usually installed into the <literal>testing</literal> "
"distribution after they have undergone some degree of "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2313
+#: pkgs.dbk:2356
msgid ""
"They must be in sync on all architectures and mustn't have dependencies that "
"make them uninstallable; they also have to have generally no known "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2322
+#: pkgs.dbk:2365
msgid "Updates from unstable"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2324
+#: pkgs.dbk:2367
msgid ""
"The scripts that update the <literal>testing</literal> distribution are run "
"twice each day, right after the installation of the updated packages; these "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2332
+#: pkgs.dbk:2375
msgid ""
"The inclusion of a package from <literal>unstable</literal> is conditional "
"on the following:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2338
+#: pkgs.dbk:2381
msgid ""
"The package must have been available in <literal>unstable</literal> for 2, 5 "
"or 10 days, depending on the urgency (high, medium or low). Please note "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2348
+#: pkgs.dbk:2391
msgid ""
"It must not have new release-critical bugs (RC bugs affecting the version "
"available in <literal>unstable</literal>, but not affecting the version in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2355
+#: pkgs.dbk:2398
msgid ""
"It must be available on all architectures on which it has previously been "
"built in <literal>unstable</literal>. <link linkend=\"dak-ls\">dak ls</link> "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2362
+#: pkgs.dbk:2405
msgid ""
"It must not break any dependency of a package which is already available in "
"<literal>testing</literal>;"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2368
+#: pkgs.dbk:2411
msgid ""
"The packages on which it depends must either be available in "
"<literal>testing</literal> or they must be accepted into "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2376
+#: pkgs.dbk:2419
msgid ""
"To find out whether a package is progressing into <literal>testing</literal> "
"or not, see the <literal>testing</literal> script output on the <ulink "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2387
+#: pkgs.dbk:2430
msgid ""
"The <filename>update_excuses</filename> file does not always give the "
"precise reason why the package is refused; you may have to find it on your "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2394
+#: pkgs.dbk:2437
msgid ""
"Sometimes, some packages never enter <literal>testing</literal> because the "
-"set of inter-relationship is too complicated and cannot be sorted out by the "
+"set of interrelationship is too complicated and cannot be sorted out by the "
"scripts. See below for details."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2399
+#: pkgs.dbk:2442
msgid ""
"Some further dependency analysis is shown on <ulink "
"url=\"http://release.debian.org/migration/\"></ulink> — but be warned, this "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2404
+#: pkgs.dbk:2447
msgid "Out-of-date"
msgstr ""
#. FIXME: better rename this file than document rampant professionalism?
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2407
+#: pkgs.dbk:2450
msgid ""
"For the <literal>testing</literal> migration script, outdated means: There "
"are different versions in <literal>unstable</literal> for the release "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2415
+#: pkgs.dbk:2458
msgid "Consider this example:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2422 pkgs.dbk:2455
+#: pkgs.dbk:2465 pkgs.dbk:2498
msgid "alpha"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2423 pkgs.dbk:2456
+#: pkgs.dbk:2466 pkgs.dbk:2499
msgid "arm"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2428 pkgs.dbk:2462 pkgs.dbk:2524
+#: pkgs.dbk:2471 pkgs.dbk:2505 pkgs.dbk:2567
msgid "testing"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2429 pkgs.dbk:2434 pkgs.dbk:2463 pkgs.dbk:2464 pkgs.dbk:2471
+#: pkgs.dbk:2472 pkgs.dbk:2477 pkgs.dbk:2506 pkgs.dbk:2507 pkgs.dbk:2514
msgid "1"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2430 pkgs.dbk:2465 pkgs.dbk:2470
+#: pkgs.dbk:2473 pkgs.dbk:2508 pkgs.dbk:2513
msgid "-"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2433 pkgs.dbk:2468 pkgs.dbk:2525
+#: pkgs.dbk:2476 pkgs.dbk:2511 pkgs.dbk:2568
msgid "unstable"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2435 pkgs.dbk:2469
+#: pkgs.dbk:2478 pkgs.dbk:2512
msgid "2"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2441
+#: pkgs.dbk:2484
msgid ""
"The package is out of date on <literal>alpha</literal> in "
"<literal>unstable</literal>, and will not go to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2447
+#: pkgs.dbk:2490
msgid ""
"However, if ftp-master removes a package in <literal>unstable</literal> "
"(here on <literal>arm</literal>):"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2457
+#: pkgs.dbk:2500
msgid "hurd-i386"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2477
+#: pkgs.dbk:2520
msgid ""
"In this case, the package is up to date on all release architectures in "
"<literal>unstable</literal> (and the extra <literal>hurd-i386</literal> "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2482
+#: pkgs.dbk:2525
msgid ""
"Sometimes, the question is raised if it is possible to allow packages in "
"that are not yet built on all architectures: No. Just plainly no. (Except "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2489
+#: pkgs.dbk:2532
msgid "Removals from testing"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2491
+#: pkgs.dbk:2534
msgid ""
"Sometimes, a package is removed to allow another package in: This happens "
"only to allow <emphasis>another</emphasis> package to go in if it's ready in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2498
+#: pkgs.dbk:2541
msgid ""
"Of course, there is another reason to remove a package from "
"<literal>testing</literal>: It's just too buggy (and having a single RC-bug "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2503
+#: pkgs.dbk:2546
msgid ""
"Furthermore, if a package has been removed from <literal>unstable</literal>, "
"and no package in <literal>testing</literal> depends on it any more, then it "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2510
+#: pkgs.dbk:2553
msgid "Circular dependencies"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2512
+#: pkgs.dbk:2555
msgid ""
"A situation which is not handled very well by britney is if package "
"<literal>a</literal> depends on the new version of package "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2517
+#: pkgs.dbk:2560
msgid "An example of this is:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2530
+#: pkgs.dbk:2573
msgid "a"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2531
+#: pkgs.dbk:2574
msgid "1; depends: b=1"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2532
+#: pkgs.dbk:2575
msgid "2; depends: b=2"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2535
+#: pkgs.dbk:2578
msgid "b"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2536
+#: pkgs.dbk:2579
msgid "1; depends: a=1"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2537
+#: pkgs.dbk:2580
msgid "2; depends: a=2"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2543
+#: pkgs.dbk:2586
msgid ""
"Neither package <literal>a</literal> nor package <literal>b</literal> is "
"considered for update."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2547
+#: pkgs.dbk:2590
msgid ""
"Currently, this requires some manual hinting from the release team. Please "
"contact them by sending mail to &email-debian-release; if this happens to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2554
+#: pkgs.dbk:2597
msgid "Influence of package in testing"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2556
+#: pkgs.dbk:2599
msgid ""
"Generally, there is nothing that the status of a package in "
"<literal>testing</literal> means for transition of the next version from "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2568
+#: pkgs.dbk:2611
msgid ""
"In summary this means: The only influence that a package being in "
"<literal>testing</literal> has on a new version of the same package is that "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2575
+#: pkgs.dbk:2618
msgid "Details"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2577
+#: pkgs.dbk:2620
msgid "If you are interested in details, this is how britney works:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2580
+#: pkgs.dbk:2623
msgid ""
"The packages are looked at to determine whether they are valid candidates. "
"This gives the update excuses. The most common reasons why a package is not "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2589
+#: pkgs.dbk:2632
msgid ""
"Now, the more complex part happens: Britney tries to update "
"<literal>testing</literal> with the valid candidates. For that, britney "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2599
+#: pkgs.dbk:2642
msgid ""
-"If you want to see more details, you can look it up on "
-"<filename>merkel:/org/&ftp-debian-org;/testing/update_out/</filename> (or in "
-"<filename>merkel:~aba/testing/update_out</filename> to see a setup with a "
-"smaller packages file). Via web, it's at <ulink "
-"url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/testing/update_out_code/\"></ulink>."
+"If you want to see more details, you can look it up on <ulink "
+"url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/testing/update_output/\"></ulink>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2606
+#: pkgs.dbk:2646
msgid ""
"The hints are available via <ulink "
"url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/testing/hints/\"></ulink>."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2614
+#: pkgs.dbk:2654
msgid "Direct updates to testing"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2616
+#: pkgs.dbk:2656
msgid ""
"The <literal>testing</literal> distribution is fed with packages from "
"<literal>unstable</literal> according to the rules explained above. "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2623
+#: pkgs.dbk:2663
msgid ""
"Keep in mind that packages uploaded there are not automatically processed, "
"they have to go through the hands of the release manager. So you'd better "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2630
+#: pkgs.dbk:2670
msgid ""
"You should not upload to <literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> when "
"you can update your packages through <literal>unstable</literal>. If you "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2639
+#: pkgs.dbk:2679
msgid ""
"Version numbers are usually selected by adding the codename of the "
"<literal>testing</literal> distribution and a running number, like "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2646
+#: pkgs.dbk:2686
msgid "Please make sure you didn't miss any of these items in your upload:"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2651
+#: pkgs.dbk:2691
msgid ""
"Make sure that your package really needs to go through "
"<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal>, and can't go through "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2658
+#: pkgs.dbk:2698
msgid "Make sure that you included only the minimal amount of changes;"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2663
+#: pkgs.dbk:2703
msgid "Make sure that you included an appropriate explanation in the changelog;"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2668
+#: pkgs.dbk:2708
msgid ""
"Make sure that you've written <literal>testing</literal> or "
"<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> into your target distribution;"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2674
+#: pkgs.dbk:2714
msgid ""
"Make sure that you've built and tested your package in "
"<literal>testing</literal>, not in <literal>unstable</literal>;"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2680
+#: pkgs.dbk:2720
msgid ""
"Make sure that your version number is higher than the version in "
"<literal>testing</literal> and <literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2687
+#: pkgs.dbk:2727
msgid ""
"After uploading and successful build on all platforms, contact the release "
"team at &email-debian-release; and ask them to approve your upload."
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2695
+#: pkgs.dbk:2735
msgid "Frequently asked questions"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2697
+#: pkgs.dbk:2737
msgid "What are release-critical bugs, and how do they get counted?"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2699
+#: pkgs.dbk:2739
msgid ""
"All bugs of some higher severities are by default considered "
"release-critical; currently, these are <literal>critical</literal>, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2704
+#: pkgs.dbk:2744
msgid ""
"Such bugs are presumed to have an impact on the chances that the package "
"will be released with the <literal>stable</literal> release of Debian: in "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2711
+#: pkgs.dbk:2751
msgid ""
"The <literal>unstable</literal> bug count are all release-critical bugs "
"which are marked to apply to "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2719
+#: pkgs.dbk:2759
msgid ""
"How could installing a package into <literal>testing</literal> possibly "
"break other packages?"
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2722
+#: pkgs.dbk:2762
msgid ""
"The structure of the distribution archives is such that they can only "
"contain one version of a package; a package is defined by its name. So when "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2730
+#: pkgs.dbk:2770
msgid ""
"However, the old version may have provided a binary package with an old "
"soname of a library, such as <literal>libacme-foo0</literal>. Removing the "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2736
+#: pkgs.dbk:2776
msgid ""
"Evidently, this mainly affects packages which provide changing sets of "
"binary packages in different versions (in turn, mainly libraries). However, "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2742
+#: pkgs.dbk:2782
msgid ""
"When the set of binary packages provided by a source package change in this "
"way, all the packages that depended on the old binaries will have to be "
msgstr ""
#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para>
-#: pkgs.dbk:2753
+#: pkgs.dbk:2793
msgid ""
"If you are having problems with complicated groups of packages like this, "
"contact &email-debian-devel; or &email-debian-release; for help."
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