From: joy <joy@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:57:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: updated (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the Debian servers... 
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updated (people.d.o->gluck), expanded (non-US) and mostly rewrote the Debian servers section


git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@1755 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
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diff --git a/common.ent b/common.ent
index e947be2..554d53b 100644
--- a/common.ent
+++ b/common.ent
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
 
 <!entity url-debconf-l10n-help "http://&www-debian-org;/intl/l10n/templates/hints">
 
+<!entity url-dmup "http://&www-debian-org;/devel/dmup">
+
 <!-- 
      URLs, non-debian
   -->
diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index 190b8e6..fa403ee 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <!entity % commondata  SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.118 $">
+  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.119 $">
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the developers reference here -->
   <!--
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ emailing to &email-debian-keyring;.
    <chapt id="resources">Resources for Debian Developers
      <p>
 In this chapter you will find a very brief road map of the Debian
-mailing lists, the main Debian servers, other Debian machines
+mailing lists, the Debian machines
 which may be available to you as a developer, and all the other
 resources that are available to help you in your maintainer work.
 
@@ -493,17 +493,43 @@ but it can not contain everything. Most of the other interesting documents
 are linked from <url id="&url-devel-docs;" name="The Developers' Corner">.
 Take the time to browse all the links, you will learn many more things.
 
-      <sect id="server-machines">Debian servers
+
+      <sect id="server-machines">Debian machines
+	<p>
+Debian has several computers working as servers, most of which serve
+critical functions in the Debian project. Most of the machines are used
+for porting activities, and they all have a permanent connection to the
+Internet.
+	<p>
+Most of the machines are available for individual developers to use,
+as long as the developers follow the rules set forth in the
+<url name="Debian Machine Usage Policies" id="&url-dmup;">.
+	<p>
+Generally speaking, you can use these machines for Debian-related purposes
+as you see fit.  Please be kind to system administrators, and do not use
+up tons and tons of disk space, network bandwidth, or CPU without first
+getting the approval of the admins.  Usually these machines are run by
+volunteers.
 	<p>
-Debian servers are well known servers which serve critical functions
-in the Debian project.  Every developer should know what these servers
-are and what they do.
+Please take care to protect your Debian passwords and SSH keys installed on
+Debian machines. Avoid login or upload methods which send passwords over
+the Internet in the clear, such as telnet, FTP, POP etc.
+	<p>
+Please do not put any material that doesn't relate to Debian on the Debian
+servers, unless you have prior permission.
+	<p>
+The current list of Debian machines is available at
+<url id="&url-devel-machines;">. That web page contains machine names,
+contact information, information about who can log in, SSH keys etc.
 	<p>
 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,
-please find the contact address for the particular machine at <url
-id="&url-devel-machines;">.  If you have a non-operating problems
-(such as packages to be removed, suggestions for the web site, etc.),
+the Debian system administrator team is reachable at
+<email>debian-admin@lists.debian.org</email>.
+	<p>
+If you have a problem with a certain service, not related to the system
+administration (such as packages to be removed from the archive,
+suggestions for the web site, etc.),
 generally you'll report a bug against a ``pseudo-package''.  See <ref
 id="submit-bug"> for information on how to submit bugs.
 
@@ -517,13 +543,6 @@ anything, however, to reduce unnecessary duplication of effort or
 wasted processing time.
 	<p>
 All Debian developers have accounts on <tt>&master-host;</tt>.
-Please take care to protect your password to this machine.  Try to
-avoid login or upload methods which send passwords over the Internet
-in the clear.
-	<p>
-If you find a problem with <tt>&master-host;</tt> such as disk
-full, suspicious activity, or whatever, send an email to
-&email-debian-admin;.
 
       <sect1 id="servers-ftp-master">The ftp-master server
 	<p>
@@ -537,34 +556,60 @@ bugs against the <package>ftp.debian.org</package> pseudo-package or
 an email to &email-ftpmaster;, but also see the procedures in
 <ref id="archive-manip">.
 
-      <sect1 id="servers-www">The WWW server
+      <sect1 id="servers-non-us">The non-US server
 	<p>
-The main web server, <tt>&www-host;</tt>, is also known as
-<tt>klecker.debian.org</tt>.  All developers are given accounts on this
-machine.
+The non-US server, <tt>non-us.debian.org</tt> (or <tt>pandora.debian.org</tt>),
+holds the canonical copy of the non-US part of the Debian archive.
+If you need to upload a package into one of the non-US sections, upload it
+to this server; see <ref id="upload">.
 	<p>
-If you have some Debian-specific information which you want to serve
-on the web, you can do this by putting material in the
-<file>public_html</file> directory under your home directory.  You should
-do this on <tt>klecker.debian.org</tt>. Any material you put in those areas
-are accessible via the URL
-<tt>http://people.debian.org/~<var>user-id</var>/</tt>.
-You should only use this particular location because it will be backed up,
-whereas on other hosts it won't. Please do not put any material on Debian
-servers not relating to Debian, unless you have prior permission.
-Send mail to &email-debian-devel; if you have any questions.
+Problems with the non-US package archive should generally be submitted as
+bugs against the <package>nonus.debian.org</package> pseudo-package (notice
+the lack of hyphen between "non" and "us" in the pseudo-package name
+&mdash; that's for backwards compatibility). Remember to check whether or
+not someone else has already reported the problem on the
+<url id="http://bugs.debian.org/nonus.debian.org" name="Bug Tracking System">.
+
+      <sect1 id="servers-www">The www-master server
+	<p>
+The main web server, <tt>&www-host;</tt>, is also known as
+<tt>klecker.debian.org</tt>. It holds the official web pages, the face
+of Debian for most newbies.
 	<p>
 If you find a problem with the Debian web server, you should generally
 submit a bug against the pseudo-package,
-<package>www.debian.org</package>.  First check whether or not someone
+<package>www.debian.org</package>. Remember to check whether or not someone
 else has already reported the problem on the
 <url id="http://bugs.debian.org/www.debian.org" name="Bug Tracking System">.
 
+      <sect1 id="servers-people">The "people" web server
+	<p>
+<tt>people.debian.org</tt> (<tt>gluck.debian.org</tt>) is the server used
+for developers' own web pages about anything related to Debian.
+	<p>
+If you have some Debian-specific information which you want to serve
+on the web, you can do this by putting material in the
+<file>public_html</file> directory under your home directory on
+<tt>people.debian.org</tt>.
+This will be accessible at the URL
+<tt>http://people.debian.org/~<var>your-user-id</var>/</tt>.
+	<p>
+You should only use this particular location because it will be backed up,
+whereas on other hosts it won't.
+	<p>
+Usually the only reason to use a different host is when you need to publish
+materials subject to the U.S. export restrictions, in which case you can use
+one of the other servers located outside the United States, such as the
+aforementioned <tt>non-us.debian.org</tt>.
+	<p>
+Send mail to &email-debian-devel; if you have any questions.
 
       <sect1 id="servers-cvs">The CVS server
 	<p>
-<tt>cvs.debian.org</tt> is also known as <tt>klecker.debian.org</tt>,
-discussed above.  If you need to use a publicly accessible CVS
+Our CVS server is located on <tt>cvs.debian.org</tt> (also known as
+<tt>klecker.debian.org</tt>, discussed above).
+	<p>
+If you need to use a publicly accessible CVS
 server, for instance, to help coordinate work on a package between
 many different developers, you can request a CVS area on the server.
 	  <p>
@@ -578,7 +623,7 @@ To request a CVS area, send a request via email to
 the Debian account that should own the CVS root area, and why you need it.
 
 
-      <sect1 id="devel-db">The Developers Database
+    <sect id="devel-db">The Developers Database
 	<p>
 The Developers Database, at <url id="&url-debian-db;">, is an LDAP
 directory for managing Debian developer attributes.  You can use this
@@ -611,21 +656,6 @@ interested in helping Debian.  As such, developers generally do not
 have accounts on these machines.
 
 
-      <sect id="other-machines">Other Debian developer machines
-	<p>
-There are other Debian machines which may be made available to you.
-You can use these for Debian-related purposes as you see fit.  Please
-be kind to system administrators, and do not use up tons and tons of
-disk space, network bandwidth, or CPU without first getting the
-approval of the local maintainers.  Usually these machines are run by
-volunteers.  Generally, these machines are for porting activities.
-	<p>
-Aside from the servers mentioned in <ref id="server-machines">, there
-is a list of machines available to Debian developers at <url
-id="&url-devel-machines;">.
-
-
-
     <sect id="archive">The Debian archive
 	<p>
 The &debian-formal; distribution consists of a lot of packages