<title>The ftp-master server</title>
<para>
The <literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal> server holds the canonical copy of
-the Debian archive. Generally, package uploads go to this server; see
-<xref linkend="upload"/>.
+the Debian archive. Generally, package uploaded to &ftp-upload-host;
+end up on this server, see <xref linkend="upload"/>.
</para>
<para>
It is restricted; a mirror is available on <literal>merkel</literal>.
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 <ulink url="&url-alioth-pkg;" /> if you plan
to maintain packages in a VCS repository. See <xref linkend="alioth"/> for
information on the services provided by Alioth.
</para>
-<para>
-Historically, Debian first used <literal>cvs.debian.org</literal> to host
-CVS repositories. But that service is deprecated in favor of Alioth.
-Only a few projects are still using it.
-</para>
</section>
<section id="dchroot">
<literal>binary</literal> packages.
</para>
<para>
-Source packages consist of either two or three files: a
-<filename>.dsc</filename> file, and either a <filename>.tar.gz</filename> file
-or both an <filename>.orig.tar.gz</filename> and a
-<filename>.diff.gz</filename> file.
+Depending on the format of the source package, it will consist
+of one or more files in addition to the mandatory <filename>.dsc</filename>
+file:
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>with format “1.0”, it has either a <filename>.tar.gz</filename>
+file or both an <filename>.orig.tar.gz</filename> and a
+<filename>.diff.gz</filename> file;</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>with format “3.0 (quilt)”, it has a mandatory
+<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> upstream tarball,
+multiple optional <filename>.orig-<replaceable>component</replaceable>.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename>
+additional upstream tarballs and a mandatory
+<filename>debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> debian
+tarball;</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>with format “3.0 (native)”, it has only
+a single <filename>.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> tarball.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
-If a package is developed specially for Debian and is not distributed outside
-of Debian, there is just one <filename>.tar.gz</filename> file which contains
-the sources of the program. If a package is distributed elsewhere too, the
-<filename>.orig.tar.gz</filename> file stores the so-called <literal>upstream
-source code</literal>, that is the source code that's distributed by the
-<literal>upstream maintainer</literal> (often the author of the software).
-In this case, the <filename>.diff.gz</filename> 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
+<filename>.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> file which contains the sources of
+the program, it's called a “native” source package. If a package is
+distributed elsewhere too, the
+<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> file stores the so-called
+<literal>upstream source code</literal>, that is the source code that's
+distributed by the <literal>upstream maintainer</literal> (often the
+author of the software). In this case, the <filename>.diff.gz</filename>
+or the <filename>debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> contains the changes
+made by the Debian maintainer.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>.dsc</filename> file lists all the files in the source package
<programlisting>
$delay = ($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,
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+<term><literal>buildd</literal></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Build failures notifications sent by the network of build daemons, they contain
+a pointer to the build logs for analysis.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
<term><literal>default</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+<literal>buildd</literal>: build failures notifications from build daemons
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
<literal>default</literal>: all the other mails (those which aren't automatic)
</para>
</listitem>
</section>
<section id="alioth">
-<title>Debian's GForge installation: Alioth</title>
+<title>Debian's FusionForge installation: Alioth</title>
<para>
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.
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