X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=resources.dbk;h=0ca7bd1bb3b84af4721d064b69b7a236f8c741a2;hp=8844be64743c22724da18d07b79ba6ff14b0faff;hb=38462ee9b698e53a137e2de9d894d2f92562762e;hpb=a81dc11cab0ab8d0d496568bfa0a8a398d1aac1e diff --git a/resources.dbk b/resources.dbk index 8844be6..0ca7bd1 100644 --- a/resources.dbk +++ b/resources.dbk @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ %commondata; ]> -Resources for Debian Developers +Resources for Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers 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 @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ signed mail where you tell what your nick is. Put cloak somewhere in the Subject: header. The nick should be registered: Nick Setup Page. The mail needs to be signed by a key in the Debian keyring. Please see Freenodes +url="http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#projectcloak">Freenode documentation for more information about cloaks. @@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ etc. 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 (you can login with user "guest" and password "readonly"). +url="&url-rt;" /> (you can login with user "debian", its password is available at +master.debian.org:&file-debian-rt-password;). 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. @@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ Debian decided to build some ports based on other Unix kernels, like hurd and kfreebsd. -&debian-formal; 1.3 was only available as i386. Debian +Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 was only available as i386. Debian 2.0 shipped for i386 and m68k architectures. Debian 2.1 shipped for the i386, m68k, alpha, and @@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ development process of the Debian project. Active development is done in the unstable distribution (that's why this distribution is sometimes called the development -distribution). Every Debian developer can update his or her +distribution). 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 @@ -762,7 +763,8 @@ Every released Debian distribution has a code name: Debian Debian 1.3, bo; Debian 2.0, hamm; Debian 2.1, slink; Debian 2.2, potato; Debian 3.0, woody; Debian 3.1, sarge; -Debian 4.0, etch; Debian 5.0, lenny +Debian 4.0, etch; Debian 5.0, lenny; +Debian 6.0, squeeze and the next release will be called wheezy. There is also a ``pseudo-distribution'', called sid, which is the current unstable @@ -1568,22 +1570,26 @@ For more information please visit the following links:
-Goodies for Developers +Goodies for Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers
LWN Subscriptions 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 +interested Debian Developers and Debian Maintainers. +Details on how to get access to this benefit are in .
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-Gandi.net Hosting Discount - -As of November 2008, Gandi.net offers a discount rate on their VPS -hosting for Debian Developers. See -. +
+Valve games on Steam + +Since January 2014, Valve has sponsored free subscribtions to all past and present +Valve games on the Steam game distribution service for all interested Debian Developers +and Debian Maintainers. +Since Steam and Valve games are not Free Software, please avoid using your Debian +development machines for using Steam and playing games from Steam. +See .