X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=resources.dbk;h=4421a329cec7f9b0f2d75e7d2fb788e7844eeb85;hp=d22cbaa572f94a3ddd873cf63f5401825c0d695f;hb=f772cb279e04bf01fa1c2282f98834e593fe5dfd;hpb=02e06b1f54f23749a279f26a0fd9b612423107e0 diff --git a/resources.dbk b/resources.dbk index d22cbaa..4421a32 100644 --- a/resources.dbk +++ b/resources.dbk @@ -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. @@ -260,9 +261,6 @@ mirrored to another server. the Bug Tracking System (BTS). -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 &email-debian-devel; before implementing anything, however, to @@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ the Debian archive. Generally, package uploaded to &ftp-upload-host; end up on this server, see . -It is restricted; a mirror is available on merkel. +It is restricted; a mirror is available on &ftp-master-mirror;. Problems with the Debian FTP archive generally need to be reported as bugs @@ -334,7 +332,7 @@ Send mail to &email-debian-devel; if you have any questions. The VCS servers 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 @@ -537,12 +535,12 @@ Debian decided to build some ports based on other Unix kernels, like architectures. Debian 2.1 shipped for the i386, m68k, alpha, and sparc architectures. Since then Debian has grown hugely. -Debian 5 supports a total of twelve architectures: alpha, -amd64, arm, -armel, hppa, -i386, ia64, mips, +Debian 6 supports a total of nine Linux architectures (amd64, +armel, i386, +ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, -s390, sparc. +s390, sparc) and two kFreeBSD architectures +(kfreebsd-i386 and kfreebsd-amd64). Information for developers and users about the specific ports are available at @@ -565,26 +563,26 @@ file: file or both an .orig.tar.gz and a .diff.gz file; with format “3.0 (quilt)”, it has a mandatory -.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} upstream tarball, -multiple optional .orig-component.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} +.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} upstream tarball, +multiple optional .orig-component.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} additional upstream tarballs and a mandatory -debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} debian +debian.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} debian tarball; with format “3.0 (native)”, it has only -a single .tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} tarball. +a single .tar.{gz,bz2,xz} tarball. If a package is developed specially for Debian and is not distributed outside of Debian, there is just one -.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} file which contains the sources of +.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} file which contains the sources of the program, it's called a “native” source package. If a package is distributed elsewhere too, the -.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} file stores the so-called +.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} file stores the so-called upstream source code, that is the source code that's distributed by the upstream maintainer (often the author of the software). In this case, the .diff.gz -or the debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma} contains the changes +or the debian.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} contains the changes made by the Debian maintainer. @@ -629,7 +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 @@ -639,9 +637,9 @@ literally unstable. The testing distribution is generated automatically by taking packages from unstable if they satisfy certain criteria. Those criteria should ensure a good quality for -packages within testing. The update to testing - is launched twice each day, right after the new packages -have been installed. See . +packages within testing. The update to +testing is launched twice each day, right after the new +packages have been installed. See . After a period of development, once the release manager deems fit, the @@ -658,7 +656,7 @@ 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-host;). +to &archive-host;. This development cycle is based on the assumption that the @@ -672,8 +670,8 @@ additions to stable in the proposed-updates directory. Those packages in proposed-updates that pass muster are periodically moved as a batch into the stable distribution and the revision level of the stable -distribution is incremented (e.g., ‘3.0’ becomes ‘3.0r1’, ‘2.2r4’ -becomes ‘2.2r5’, and so forth). Please refer to +distribution is incremented (e.g., ‘6.0’ becomes ‘6.0.1’, ‘5.0.7’ +becomes ‘5.0.8’, and so forth). Please refer to uploads to the stable distribution for details. @@ -741,7 +739,7 @@ with a few warnings in the description, but that isn't recommended because packages from unstable are expected to propagate to testing and thus to stable. You should not be afraid to use experimental since it does not -cause any pain to the ftpmasters, the experimental packages are automatically +cause any pain to the ftpmasters, the experimental packages are periodically removed once you upload the package in unstable with a higher version number. @@ -753,12 +751,6 @@ New software which isn't likely to damage your system can go directly into An alternative to experimental is to use your personal web space on people.debian.org. - -When uploading to unstable a package which had bugs fixed -in experimental, please consider using the option --v to dpkg-buildpackage to finally get -them closed. - @@ -771,8 +763,9 @@ 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 -and the next release will be called squeeze. +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 distribution; since packages are moved from unstable to @@ -857,10 +850,10 @@ by a daemon called queued, signed *.changes-files are moved together with their corresponding files to the unchecked directory. This directory is not visible for most Developers, as ftp-master is restricted; it -is scanned every 15 minutes by the katie script, which -verifies the integrity of the uploaded packages and their cryptographic +is scanned every 15 minutes by the dak process-upload script, +which verifies the integrity of the uploaded packages and their cryptographic signatures. If the package is considered ready to be installed, it is moved -into the accepted directory. If this is the first upload +into the done directory. If this is the first upload of the package (or it has new binary packages), it is moved to the new directory, where it waits for approval by the ftpmasters. If the package contains files to be installed by hand it is moved @@ -873,7 +866,7 @@ Once the package is accepted, the system sends a confirmation mail to the 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 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 Packages and @@ -883,10 +876,10 @@ script is called to ask all the primary mirrors to update themselves. 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 +lists. If a package is released with the Distribution set to stable, the announcement is sent to &email-debian-changes;. If a package is released with -Distribution: set to unstable or +Distribution set to unstable or experimental, the announcement will be posted to &email-debian-devel-changes; instead. @@ -976,10 +969,10 @@ a given package at the URL dak ls is part of the dak suite of tools, listing available package versions for all known distributions and architectures. -The dak tool is available on &ftp-master-host; -, and on the mirror on &ftp-master-mirror;. -It uses a single argument corresponding to a package name. An example will -explain it better: +The dak tool is available on +&ftp-master-host;, and on the mirror on +&ftp-master-mirror;. It uses a single argument +corresponding to a package name. An example will explain it better: $ dak ls evince @@ -1036,7 +1029,7 @@ report status changes. upload-source -The email notification from katie when an uploaded source +The email notification from dak when an uploaded source package is accepted. @@ -1045,7 +1038,7 @@ package is accepted. katie-other -Other warning and error emails from katie (such as an +Other warning and error emails from dak (such as an override disparity for the section and/or the priority field). @@ -1137,6 +1130,14 @@ example Ubuntu). + +derivatives-bugs + + +Bugs reports and comments from derivative distributions (for example Ubuntu). + + +
The PTS email interface @@ -1236,6 +1237,12 @@ distributions +derivatives-bugs: bugs reports and comments from derivative +distributions + + + + upload-source: announce of a new source upload that has been accepted @@ -1473,7 +1480,7 @@ item. 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: