X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=resources.dbk;h=373bc5583ed8ac8636cad18983a08c1a78b47a3a;hp=cc04f3d268b8e8b116e10ec10f58351134f3f70d;hb=c81927355fe51c8a09827d098d0caad05a052d67;hpb=a178c5d1e5a28aba66fa3f2ed84e2173c20cd2fd diff --git a/resources.dbk b/resources.dbk index cc04f3d..373bc55 100644 --- a/resources.dbk +++ b/resources.dbk @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ + %commondata; +]> Resources for Debian Developers @@ -13,11 +15,11 @@ all the other resources that are available to help you in your maintainer work. Much of the conversation between Debian developers (and users) is managed through a wide array of mailing lists we host at lists.debian.org. To find out +url="http://&lists-host;/">&lists-host;. 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 read . This section will only +url="&url-debian-lists;">. This section will only cover aspects of mailing lists that are of particular interest to developers.
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ In general, please adhere to the usual conventions for posting messages. Please read the code of conduct +url="&url-debian-lists;#codeofconduct">code of conduct for more information.
@@ -48,52 +50,52 @@ The core Debian mailing lists that developers should use are: -debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org, used to announce +debian-devel-announce@&lists-host;, used to announce important things to developers. All developers are expected to be subscribed to this list. -debian-devel@lists.debian.org, used to discuss various +debian-devel@&lists-host;, used to discuss various development related technical issues. -debian-policy@lists.debian.org, where the Debian Policy is +debian-policy@&lists-host;, where the Debian Policy is discussed and voted on. -debian-project@lists.debian.org, used to discuss various +debian-project@&lists-host;, used to discuss various non-technical issues related to the project. There are other mailing lists available for a variety of special topics; see - for a list. + for a list.
Special lists -debian-private@lists.debian.org is a special mailing list for +debian-private@&lists-host; is a special mailing list for private discussions amongst Debian developers. It is meant to be used for posts which for whatever reason should not be published publicly. As such, it is a low volume list, and users are urged not to use -debian-private@lists.debian.org unless it is really necessary. +debian-private@&lists-host; unless it is really necessary. Moreover, do not forward email from that list to anyone. Archives of this list are not available on the web for obvious reasons, but you -can see them using your shell account on lists.debian.org -and looking in the ~debian/archive/debian-private +can see them using your shell account on &lists-host; +and looking in the &file-debian-private-archive; directory. -debian-email@lists.debian.org is a special mailing list used as +debian-email@&lists-host; is a special mailing list used as a grab-bag for Debian related correspondence such as contacting upstream authors about licenses, bugs, etc. or discussing the project with others where it might be useful to have the discussion archived somewhere. @@ -111,9 +113,9 @@ a self-managed mailing list on Alioth is more appropriate. -If you decide that a regular mailing list on lists.debian.org is really what +If you decide that a regular mailing list on &lists-host; is really what you want, go ahead and fill in a request, following the HOWTO. +url="&url-debian-lists-new;">the HOWTO.
@@ -146,10 +148,10 @@ information for developers. Since #debian-devel is an open channel, you should not speak there of issues that are discussed in -debian-private@lists.debian.org. There's another channel for +debian-private@&lists-host;. There's another channel for this purpose, it's called #debian-private and it's protected by a key. This key is available in the archives of debian-private in -master.debian.org:~debian/archive/debian-private/, just +master.debian.org:&file-debian-private-archive;, just zgrep for #debian-private in all the files. @@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ documentation for more information about cloaks. This document contains a lot of information which is useful to Debian developers, but it cannot contain everything. Most of the other interesting -documents are linked from The +documents are linked from The Developers' Corner. Take the time to browse all the links, you will learn many more things. @@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ activities, and they all have a permanent connection to the Internet. Most of the machines are available for individual developers to use, as long as the developers follow the rules set forth in the Debian Machine Usage Policies. +url="&url-devel-docs;dmup">Debian Machine Usage Policies. Generally speaking, you can use these machines for Debian-related purposes as @@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ servers, unless you have prior permission. The current list of Debian machines is available at . That web page contains +url="&url-devel-machines;">. That web page contains machine names, contact information, information about who can log in, SSH keys etc. @@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ 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, the Debian system administrator team is reachable at -debian-admin@lists.debian.org. +debian-admin@&lists-host;. If you have a problem with a certain service, not related to the system @@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ mirrored to another server.
The bugs server -bugs.debian.org is the canonical location for the Bug +&bugs-host; is the canonical location for the Bug Tracking System (BTS). @@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ It is restricted; a mirror is available on merkel. 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 -debian-devel@lists.debian.org before implementing anything, +debian-devel@&lists-host; before implementing anything, however, to reduce unnecessary duplication of effort or wasted processing time.
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ however, to reduce unnecessary duplication of effort or wasted processing time.
The ftp-master server -The ftp-master.debian.org server holds the canonical copy of +The &ftp-master-host; server holds the canonical copy of the Debian archive (excluding the non-US packages). Generally, package uploads go to this server; see . @@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ It is restricted; a mirror is available on merkel. Problems with the Debian FTP archive generally need to be reported as bugs -against the ftp.debian.org +against the &ftp-debian-org; pseudo-package or an email to ftpmaster@debian.org, but also see the procedures in . @@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ the procedures in .
The non-US server -The non-US server non-us.debian.org was discontinued with +The non-US server &non-us-host; was discontinued with the release of sarge. The pseudo-package nonus.debian.org still exists for now. @@ -301,9 +303,9 @@ official web pages, the face of Debian for most newbies. If you find a problem with the Debian web server, you should generally submit a bug against the pseudo-package, www.debian.org. Remember to check whether or not +role="package">&www-debian-org;. Remember to check whether or not someone else has already reported the problem to the Bug Tracking System. +url="http://&bugs-host;/&www-debian-org;">Bug Tracking System.
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ materials subject to the U.S. export restrictions, in which case you can use one of the other servers located outside the United States. -Send mail to debian-devel@lists.debian.org if you have any +Send mail to debian-devel@&lists-host; if you have any questions.
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ a CVS area on the server. Generally, cvs.debian.org offers a combination of local CVS access, anonymous client-server read-only access, and full client-server access through ssh. Also, the CVS area can be accessed read-only -via the Web at . +via the Web at . To request a CVS area, send a request via email to @@ -367,13 +369,13 @@ On some machines, there are chroots to different distributions available. You can use them like this: -% dchroot unstable +vore$ dchroot unstable Executing shell in chroot: /org/vore.debian.org/chroots/user/unstable In all chroots, the normal user home directories are available. You can find out which chroots are available via -http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi. +&url-devel-machines;. @@ -382,14 +384,14 @@ out which chroots are available via
The Developers Database -The Developers Database, at , is an +The Developers Database, at , is an LDAP directory for managing Debian developer attributes. You can use this resource to search the list of Debian developers. Part of this information is also available through the finger service on Debian servers, try finger yourlogin@db.debian.org to see what it reports. -Developers can log into the +Developers can log into the database to change various information about themselves, such as: @@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ whether you are on vacation personal information such as your address, country, the latitude and longitude of the place where you live for use in the world map of Debian +url="&url-devel-docs;developers.loc">the world map of Debian developers, phone and fax numbers, IRC nickname and web page @@ -425,86 +427,27 @@ password and preferred shell on Debian Project machines Most of the information is not accessible to the public, naturally. For more information please read the online documentation that you can find at . +url="&url-debian-db-doc;">. Developers can also submit their SSH keys to be used for authorization on the official Debian machines, and even add new *.debian.net DNS entries. Those features are documented at . +url="&url-debian-db-mail-gw;">.
The Debian archive -The Debian GNU/Linux distribution consists of a lot of packages -(.deb's, currently around 9000) and a few additional files +The &debian-formal; distribution consists of a lot of packages +(.deb's, currently around &number-of-pkgs;) and a few additional files (such as documentation and installation disk images). Here is an example directory tree of a complete Debian archive: - -/stable/main/ -dists/stable/main/binary-i386/ -dists/stable/main/binary-m68k/ -dists/stable/main/binary-alpha/ - ... -dists/stable/main/source/ - ... -dists/stable/main/disks-i386/ -dists/stable/main/disks-m68k/ -dists/stable/main/disks-alpha/ - ... - -dists/stable/contrib/ -dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/ -dists/stable/contrib/binary-m68k/ -dists/stable/contrib/binary-alpha/ - ... -dists/stable/contrib/source/ - -dists/stable/non-free/ -dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/ -dists/stable/non-free/binary-m68k/ -dists/stable/non-free/binary-alpha/ - ... -dists/stable/non-free/source/ - -dists/testing/ -dists/testing/main/ - ... -dists/testing/contrib/ - ... -dists/testing/non-free/ - ... - -dists/unstable -dists/unstable/main/ - ... -dists/unstable/contrib/ - ... -dists/unstable/non-free/ - ... - -pool/ -pool/main/a/ -pool/main/a/apt/ - ... -pool/main/b/ -pool/main/b/bash/ - ... -pool/main/liba/ -pool/main/liba/libalias-perl/ - ... -pool/main/m/ -pool/main/m/mailx/ - ... -pool/non-free/n/ -pool/non-free/n/netscape/ - ... - +&sample-dist-dirtree; As you can see, the top-level directory contains two directories, dists/ and pool/. The latter is a @@ -539,17 +482,17 @@ installing the Debian distribution on a specific architecture Sections The main section of the Debian archive is what makes up -the official Debian GNU/Linux distribution. +the official &debian-formal; distribution. The main section is official because it fully complies with all our guidelines. The other two sections do not, to different degrees; as such, they are not officially part of -Debian GNU/Linux. +&debian-formal;. Every package in the main section must fully comply with the Debian Free Software +url="&url-dfsg;">Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) and with all other policy requirements as described -in the Debian Policy +in the Debian Policy Manual. The DFSG is our definition of “free software.” Check out the Debian Policy Manual for details. @@ -566,7 +509,7 @@ infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists) for non-free software packages. -The Debian Policy +The Debian Policy Manual contains a more exact definition of the three sections. The above discussion is just an introduction. @@ -616,7 +559,7 @@ is m68k, alpha, mipsel and sh as of this writing. -Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 is only available as i386. Debian +&debian-formal; 1.3 is only available as i386. Debian 2.0 shipped for i386 and m68k architectures. Debian 2.1 ships for the i386, m68k, alpha, and @@ -628,7 +571,7 @@ and mipsel. Information for developers and users about the specific ports are available at -the Debian Ports web pages. +the Debian Ports web pages.
@@ -724,7 +667,7 @@ the Release Team, the distribution is released. Releasing means that new copy is created for the new testing, and the previous stable is renamed to oldstable and stays there until it is finally archived. On archiving, the contents are moved -to archive.debian.org). +to &archive-host;). This development cycle is based on the assumption that the @@ -780,10 +723,10 @@ These are the sources.list 5 lines for experimental: - - http://ftp.xy.debian.org/debian/ experimental main + +deb http://ftp.xy.debian.org/debian/ experimental main deb-src http://ftp.xy.debian.org/debian/ experimental main - + If there is a chance that the software could do grave damage to a system, it is likely to be better to put it into experimental. For @@ -888,7 +831,7 @@ push mirroring). All the information on Debian mirrors, including a list of the available public FTP/HTTP servers, can be found at . This useful page also includes +url="url-debian-mirroring">. This useful page also includes information and tools which can be helpful if you are interested in setting up your own mirror, either for internal or public access. @@ -904,7 +847,7 @@ machines. The Incoming system is responsible for collecting updated packages and installing them in the Debian archive. It consists of a set of directories and -scripts that are installed on ftp-master.debian.org. +scripts that are installed on &ftp-master-host;. Packages are uploaded by all the maintainers into a directory called @@ -942,14 +885,14 @@ The archive maintenance software will also send the OpenPGP/GnuPG signed .changes file that you uploaded to the appropriate mailing lists. If a package is released with the Distribution: set to `stable', the announcement is sent to -debian-changes@lists.debian.org. If a package is released with +debian-changes@&lists-host;. If a package is released with Distribution: set to `unstable' or `experimental', the announcement will be posted to -debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org instead. +debian-devel-changes@&lists-host; instead. Though ftp-master is restricted, a copy of the installation is available to all -developers on merkel.debian.org. +developers on &ftp-master-mirror;.