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<chapter id="resources">
-<title>Resources for Debian Developers</title>
+<title>Resources for Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers</title>
<para>
In this chapter you will find a very brief road map of the Debian mailing
lists, the Debian machines which may be available to you as a developer, and
<para>
Much of the conversation between Debian developers (and users) is managed
through a wide array of mailing lists we host at <literal><ulink
-url="http://&lists-host;/">&lists-host;</ulink></literal>.
+url="https://&lists-host;/">&lists-host;</ulink></literal>.
To find out more on how to subscribe or unsubscribe, how to post and how not to
post, where to find old posts and how to search them, how to contact the list
maintainers and see various other information about the mailing lists, please
</itemizedlist>
<para>
There are other mailing lists available for a variety of special topics; see
-<ulink url="http://&lists-host;/"></ulink> for a list.
+<ulink url="https://&lists-host;/"></ulink> for a list.
</para>
</section>
To get a cloak on freenode, you send Jörg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> a
signed mail where you tell what your nick is. Put cloak somewhere in the
Subject: header. The nick should be registered: <ulink
-url="http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup">Nick Setup Page</ulink>. The
+url="https://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup">Nick Setup Page</ulink>. The
mail needs to be signed by a key in the Debian keyring. Please see <ulink
-url="http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#projectcloak">Freenodes
+url="https://freenode.net/faq.shtml#projectcloak">Freenode
documentation</ulink> for more information about cloaks.
</para>
</section>
<para>
If you have a problem with the operation of a Debian server, and you think that
the system operators need to be notified of this problem, you can check
-the list of open issues in the DSA queue of our request tracker at <ulink
-url="&url-rt;" /> (you can login with user "guest" and password "readonly").
-To report a new problem, simply send a mail to &email-rt-dsa; and make
-sure to put the string "Debian RT" somewhere in the subject.
+the list of open issues in the DSA (Debian System Administration) Team's queue
+of our request tracker at <ulink url="&url-rt;" /> (you can login with user
+"debian", its password is available at
+<filename>master.debian.org:&file-debian-rt-password;</filename>). To report a
+new problem in the request tracker, simply send a mail to &email-rt-dsa; and
+make sure to put the string "Debian RT" somewhere in the subject. To contact
+the DSA team by email, use <email>dsa@debian.org</email> for anything that
+contains private or privileged information and should not be made public, and
+<email>debian-admin@lists.debian.org</email> otherwise. The DSA team is also
+present on the <literal>#debian-admin</literal> IRC channel on OFTC.
</para>
<para>
If you have a problem with a certain service, not related to the system
bug against the pseudo-package, <systemitem
role="package">www.debian.org</systemitem>. Remember to check whether or not
someone else has already reported the problem to the <ulink
-url="http://&bugs-host;/&www-debian-org;">Bug Tracking System</ulink>.
+url="https://&bugs-host;/&www-debian-org;">Bug Tracking System</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
web, you can do this by putting material in the
<filename>public_html</filename> directory under your home directory on
<literal>people.debian.org</literal>. This will be accessible at the URL
-<literal>http://people.debian.org/~<replaceable>your-user-id</replaceable>/</literal>.
+<literal>https://people.debian.org/~<replaceable>your-user-id</replaceable>/</literal>.
</para>
<para>
You should only use this particular location because it will be backed up,
<title>The VCS servers</title>
<para>
If you need to use a Version Control System for any of your Debian work,
-you can use one of the existing repositories hosted on Alioth or you can
+you can use one of the existing repositories hosted on Alioth
+(e.g. inside the collab-maint project) 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
<literal>hurd</literal> and <literal>kfreebsd</literal>.
</para>
<para>
-&debian-formal; 1.3 was only available as <literal>i386</literal>. Debian
+Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 was only available as <literal>i386</literal>. Debian
2.0 shipped for <literal>i386</literal> and <literal>m68k</literal>
architectures. Debian 2.1 shipped for the <literal>i386</literal>,
<literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>alpha</literal>, and
</para>
<para>
The <filename>.dsc</filename> file lists all the files in the source package
-together with checksums (<command>md5sums</command>) and some additional info
+together with checksums (<command>md5sums</command>, <command>sha1sums</command>,
+<command>sha256sums</command>) and some additional info
about the package (maintainer, version, etc.).
</para>
</section>
<para>
Active development is done in the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution
(that's why this distribution is sometimes called the <literal>development
-distribution</literal>). Every Debian developer can update his or her
+distribution</literal>). Every Debian developer can update their
packages in this distribution at any time. Thus, the contents of this
distribution change from day to day. Since no special effort is made to make
sure everything in this distribution is working properly, it is sometimes
Debian 1.3, <literal>bo</literal>; Debian 2.0, <literal>hamm</literal>;
Debian 2.1, <literal>slink</literal>; Debian 2.2, <literal>potato</literal>;
Debian 3.0, <literal>woody</literal>; Debian 3.1, <literal>sarge</literal>;
-Debian 4.0, <literal>etch</literal>; Debian 5.0, <literal>lenny</literal>
-and the next release will be called <literal>wheezy</literal>.
+Debian 4.0, <literal>etch</literal>; Debian 5.0, <literal>lenny</literal>;
+Debian 6.0, <literal>squeeze</literal>; Debian 7.0, <literal>wheezy</literal>;
+and the next release will be called <literal>jessie</literal>.
There is also a ``pseudo-distribution'', called
<literal>sid</literal>, which is the current <literal>unstable</literal>
distribution; since packages are moved from <literal>unstable</literal> to
&email-debian-changes;. If a package is released with
<literal>Distribution</literal> set to <literal>unstable</literal> or
<literal>experimental</literal>, the announcement will be posted to
-&email-debian-devel-changes; instead.
+&email-debian-devel-changes; or &email-debian-experimental-changes; instead.
</para>
<para>
Though ftp-master is restricted, a copy of the installation is available to all
<title>On the web</title>
<para>
Each package has several dedicated web pages.
-<literal>http://&packages-host;/<replaceable>package-name</replaceable></literal>
+<literal>https://&packages-host;/<replaceable>package-name</replaceable></literal>
displays each version of the package available in the various distributions.
Each version links to a page which provides information, including the package
description, the dependencies, and package download links.
<para>
The bug tracking system tracks bugs for each package. You can view the bugs of
a given package at the URL
-<literal>http://&bugs-host;/<replaceable>package-name</replaceable></literal>.
+<literal>https://&bugs-host;/<replaceable>package-name</replaceable></literal>.
</para>
</section>
<title>The PTS web interface</title>
<para>
The PTS has a web interface at <ulink
-url="http://&pts-host;/"></ulink> that puts together a lot of
+url="https://&pts-host;/"></ulink> that puts together a lot of
information about each source package. It features many useful links (BTS, QA
stats, contact information, DDTP translation status, buildd logs) and gathers
much more information from various places (30 latest changelog entries, testing
<para>
You can jump directly to the web page concerning a specific source package with
a URL like
-<literal>http://&pts-host;/<replaceable>sourcepackage</replaceable></literal>.
+<literal>https://&pts-host;/<replaceable>sourcepackage</replaceable></literal>.
</para>
<para>
This web interface has been designed like a portal for the development of
</section>
<section id="developer-misc">
-<title>Goodies for Developers</title>
-<section id="lwn">
-<title>LWN Subscriptions</title>
+<title>Goodies for Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers</title>
<para>
-Since October of 2002, HP has sponsored a subscription to LWN for all
-interested Debian developers. Details on how to get access to this benefit are
-in <ulink
-url="http://&lists-host;/debian-devel-announce/2002/10/msg00018.html"></ulink>.
+Benefits available to Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers are documented on <ulink
+ url="https://wiki.debian.org/MemberBenefits"></ulink>.
</para>
-</section>
-<section id="gandi">
-<title>Gandi.net Hosting Discount</title>
-<para>
-As of November 2008, Gandi.net offers a discount rate on their VPS
-hosting for Debian Developers. See
-<ulink url="http://&lists-host;/debian-devel-announce/2008/11/msg00004.html"></ulink>.
-</para>
-</section>
-
</section>
</chapter>
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