X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=developer-duties.dbk;h=5b7f73d5501be4cf0aa9c9afa419373e2a6c8a99;hp=5a444e76a034e9fc0898f94fb958b7421ca3b710;hb=927e904966a6ba5bc30ec634fb21a97d4d4c9c2b;hpb=c81927355fe51c8a09827d098d0caad05a052d67 diff --git a/developer-duties.dbk b/developer-duties.dbk index 5a444e7..5b7f73d 100644 --- a/developer-duties.dbk +++ b/developer-duties.dbk @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ %commondata; + %commondata; ]> Debian Developer's Duties @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Be very careful with your private keys. Do not place them on any public servers or multiuser machines, such as the Debian servers (see ). Back your keys up; keep a copy offline. Read the documentation that comes with your software; read the PGP FAQ. +url="&url-pgp-faq;">PGP FAQ. You need to ensure not only that your key is secure against being stolen, but @@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ Constitution. Other than the yearly leader election, votes are not routinely held, and they are not undertaken lightly. Each proposal is first discussed on the -debian-vote@&lists-host; mailing list and it requires -several endorsements before the project secretary starts the voting procedure. +&email-debian-vote; mailing list and it requires several +endorsements before the project secretary starts the voting procedure. You don't have to track the pre-vote discussions, as the secretary will issue -several calls for votes on -debian-devel-announce@&lists-host; (and all developers are -expected to be subscribed to that list). Democracy doesn't work well if people -don't take part in the vote, which is why we encourage all developers to vote. -Voting is conducted via GPG-signed/encrypted email messages. +several calls for votes on &email-debian-devel-announce; (and +all developers are expected to be subscribed to that list). Democracy doesn't +work well if people don't take part in the vote, which is why we encourage all +developers to vote. Voting is conducted via GPG-signed/encrypted email +messages. The list of all proposals (past and current) is available on the . However, there's a special category of bugs that you need to take care of — the so-called release-critical bugs (RC -bugs). All bug reports that have severity critical, -grave or serious are considered to +bugs). All bug reports that have severity critical, +grave or serious are considered to have an impact on whether the package can be released in the next stable release of Debian. These bugs can delay the Debian release and/or can justify the removal of a package at freeze time. That's why these bugs need to be