speak there of issues that are discussed in
&email-debian-private;. There's another channel for this
purpose, it's called <literal>#debian-private</literal> and it's protected by
-a key. This key is available in the archives of debian-private in
-<filename>master.debian.org:&file-debian-private-archive;</filename>,
-just <command>zgrep</command> for <literal>#debian-private</literal> in all
-the files.
+a key. This key is available at
+<filename>master.debian.org:&file-debian-private-key;</filename>.
</para>
<para>
There are other additional channels dedicated to specific subjects.
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> and Debian 5.0 will be called <literal>
-lenny</literal>. There is also a ``pseudo-distribution'', called
+Debian 4.0, <literal>etch</literal>; Debian 5.0, <literal>lenny</literal>
+and the next release will be called <literal>squeeze</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
<literal>testing</literal> as they approach stability, <literal>sid</literal>
</para>
</section>
-<section id="madison">
-<title>The <command>madison</command> utility</title>
+<section id="dak-ls">
+<title>The <command>dak ls</command> utility</title>
<para>
-<command>madison</command> is a command-line utility that is available on
-<literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal>, and on the mirror on
-<literal>&ftp-master-mirror;</literal>. It uses a single argument corresponding
-to a package name. In result it displays which version of the package is
-available for each architecture and distribution combination. An example will
-explain it better.
+<command>dak ls</command> is part of the dak suite of tools, listing
+available package versions for all known distributions and architectures.
+The <command>dak</command> tool is available on <literal>&ftp-master-host;
+</literal>, and on the mirror on <literal>&ftp-master-mirror;</literal>.
+It uses a single argument corresponding to a package name. An example will
+explain it better:
</para>
<screen>
-$ madison libdbd-mysql-perl
-libdbd-mysql-perl | 1.2202-4 | stable | source, alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc, sparc
-libdbd-mysql-perl | 1.2216-2 | testing | source, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
-libdbd-mysql-perl | 1.2216-2.0.1 | testing | alpha
-libdbd-mysql-perl | 1.2219-1 | unstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
+$ dak ls evince
+evince | 0.1.5-2sarge1 | oldstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
+evince | 0.4.0-5 | etch-m68k | source, m68k
+evince | 0.4.0-5 | stable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
+evince | 2.20.2-1 | testing | source
+evince | 2.20.2-1+b1 | testing | alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
+evince | 2.22.2-1 | unstable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
</screen>
<para>
In this example, you can see that the version in <literal>unstable</literal>
differs from the version in <literal>testing</literal> and that there has
-been a binary-only NMU of the package for the alpha architecture. Each version
-of the package has been recompiled on most of the architectures.
+been a binary-only NMU of the package for all architectures. Each version
+of the package has been recompiled on all architectures.
</para>
</section>
<term><literal>summary</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
-Regular summary emails about the package's status. Currently, only progression
-in <literal>testing</literal> is sent.
+Regular summary emails about the package's status, including progression
+into <literal>testing</literal>,
+<ulink url="&url-dehs;">DEHS</ulink> notifications of
+new upstream versions, and a notification if the package is removed or
+orphaned.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
url="http://&lists-host;/debian-devel-announce/2002/10/msg00018.html"></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>
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