the Bug Tracking System (BTS).
</para>
<para>
-It is restricted; a mirror is available on <literal>merkel</literal>.
-</para>
-<para>
If you plan on doing some statistical analysis or processing of Debian bugs,
this would be the place to do it. Please describe your plans on
&email-debian-devel; before implementing anything, however, to
end up on this server, see <xref linkend="upload"/>.
</para>
<para>
-It is restricted; a mirror is available on <literal>merkel</literal>.
+It is restricted; a mirror is available on <literal>&ftp-master-mirror;</literal>.
</para>
<para>
Problems with the Debian FTP archive generally need to be reported as bugs
<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 the existing repositories hosted on Alioth or you can
+you can use one of the existing repositories hosted on Alioth or you can
request a new project and ask for the VCS repository of your choice.
Alioth supports CVS (cvs.alioth.debian.org/cvs.debian.org), Subversion
(svn.debian.org), Arch (tla/baz, both on arch.debian.org), Bazaar
The <link linkend="testing">testing</link> distribution is generated
automatically by taking packages from <literal>unstable</literal> if they
satisfy certain criteria. Those criteria should ensure a good quality for
-packages within <literal>testing</literal>. The update to <literal>testing
-</literal> is launched twice each day, right after the new packages
-have been installed. See <xref linkend="testing"/>.
+packages within <literal>testing</literal>. The update to
+<literal>testing</literal> is launched twice each day, right after the new
+packages have been installed. See <xref linkend="testing"/>.
</para>
<para>
After a period of development, once the release manager deems fit, the
new copy is created for the new <literal>testing</literal>, and the previous
<literal>stable</literal> is renamed to <literal>oldstable</literal> and
stays there until it is finally archived. On archiving, the contents are moved
-to <literal>&archive-host;</literal>).
+to <literal>&archive-host;</literal>.
</para>
<para>
This development cycle is based on the assumption that the
An alternative to <literal>experimental</literal> is to use your personal web
space on <literal>people.debian.org</literal>.
</para>
-<para>
-When uploading to <literal>unstable</literal> a package which had bugs fixed
-in <literal>experimental</literal>, please consider using the option
-<literal>-v</literal> to <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> to finally get
-them closed.
-</para>
</section>
</section>
maintainer and closes all the bugs marked as fixed by the upload, and the
auto-builders may start recompiling it. The package is now publicly accessible
at <ulink url="&url-incoming;"></ulink> until it is really
-installed in the Debian archive. This happens only once a day (and is also
+installed in the Debian archive. This happens four times a day (and is also
called the `dinstall run' for historical reasons); the package is then removed
from incoming and installed in the pool along with all the other packages.
Once all the other updates (generating new <filename>Packages</filename> and
<para>
The archive maintenance software will also send the OpenPGP/GnuPG signed
<filename>.changes</filename> file that you uploaded to the appropriate mailing
-lists. If a package is released with the <literal>Distribution:</literal> set
+lists. If a package is released with the <literal>Distribution</literal> set
to <literal>stable</literal>, the announcement is sent to
&email-debian-changes;. If a package is released with
-<literal>Distribution:</literal> set to <literal>unstable</literal> or
+<literal>Distribution</literal> set to <literal>unstable</literal> or
<literal>experimental</literal>, the announcement will be posted to
&email-debian-devel-changes; instead.
</para>
<para>
<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:
+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>
$ dak ls evince
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+<literal>derivatives-bugs</literal>: bugs reports and comments from derivative
+distributions
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
<literal>upload-source</literal>: announce of a new source upload that has been
accepted
</para>
</para>
<para>
Here are a few examples of valid mails used to generate news items in the PTS.
-The first one adds a link to the cvsweb interface of debian-cd in the Static
+The first one adds a link to the viewsvn interface of debian-cd in the Static
information section:
</para>
<screen>
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