Mention rationale for including the description in ITPs. Closes: #494332

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+++ b/resources.dbk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % commondata SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
 ]>
 <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
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ all the other resources that are available to help you in your maintainer work.
 <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
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ issues related to the project.
 </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>
 
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ June 2006.
 To get a cloak on freenode, you send Jörg Jaspert &lt;joerg@debian.org&gt; 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">Freenode
+url="https://freenode.net/faq.shtml#projectcloak">Freenode
 documentation</ulink> for more information about cloaks.
 </para>
 </section>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ If you find a problem with the Debian web server, you should generally submit a
 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>
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ If you have some Debian-specific information which you want to serve on the
 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,
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ Debian decided to build some ports based on other Unix kernels, like
 <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
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ made by the Debian maintainer.
 </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>
@@ -764,8 +765,8 @@ 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>;
-Debian 6.0, <literal>squeeze</literal>
-and the next release will be called <literal>wheezy</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
@@ -881,7 +882,7 @@ 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>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
@@ -952,7 +953,7 @@ easily upload a package in one of the delayed directories:
 <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.
@@ -960,7 +961,7 @@ 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>
 
@@ -1376,7 +1377,7 @@ See <ulink url="&url-alioth-pkg;" /> for an example on how to do it.
 <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
@@ -1387,7 +1388,7 @@ subscription to the PTS via email.
 <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
@@ -1570,18 +1571,12 @@ For more information please visit the following links:
 </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>
-
 </chapter>