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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Debian Developer's Reference</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Debian Developer's Reference" /><link rel="next" href="scope.html" title="Chapter 1. Scope of This Document" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Debian Developer's Reference</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="scope.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div xml:lang="en" class="book" title="Debian Developer's Reference" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="idp15867568"></a>Debian Developer's Reference</h1></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="othername">Developer's Reference Team</span></h3><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:developers-reference@packages.debian.org">developers-reference@packages.debian.org</a>></code></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Andreas</span> <span class="surname">Barth</span></h3></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Adam</span> <span class="surname">Di Carlo</span></h3></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Raphaël</span> <span class="surname">Hertzog</span></h3></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Lucas</span> <span class="surname">Nussbaum</span></h3></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Christian</span> <span class="surname">Schwarz</span></h3></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Ian</span> <span class="surname">Jackson</span></h3></div></div><div><p class="releaseinfo">ver. 3.4.8</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Andreas Barth</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Adam Di Carlo</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 Raphaël Hertzog</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2008, 2009 Lucas Nussbaum</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 1997, 1998 Christian Schwarz</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice" title="Legal Notice"><a id="idp15852328"></a><p>
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</p></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">2012-06-25</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="scope.html">1. Scope of This Document</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="new-maintainer.html">2. Applying to Become a Maintainer</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="new-maintainer.html#getting-started">2.1. Getting started</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="new-maintainer.html#mentors">2.2. Debian mentors and sponsors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="new-maintainer.html#registering">2.3. Registering as a Debian developer</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="developer-duties.html">3. Debian Developer's Duties</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#package-maintainer-duties">3.1. Package Maintainer's Duties</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#help-release">3.1.1. Work towards the next <code class="literal">stable</code> release</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#maintain-stable">3.1.2. Maintain packages in <code class="literal">stable</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#rc-bugs">3.1.3. Manage release-critical bugs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#upstream-coordination">3.1.4. Coordination with upstream developers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#administrative-duties">3.2. Administrative Duties</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#user-maint">3.2.1. Maintaining your Debian information</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#key-maint">3.2.2. Maintaining your public key</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#voting">3.2.3. Voting</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#inform-vacation">3.2.4. Going on vacation gracefully</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#s3.7">3.2.5. Retiring</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="developer-duties.html#returning">3.2.6. Returning after retirement</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="resources.html">4. Resources for Debian Developers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists">4.1. Mailing lists</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists-rules">4.1.1. Basic rules for use</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#core-devel-mailing-lists">4.1.2. Core development mailing lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists-special">4.1.3. Special lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#mailing-lists-new">4.1.4. Requesting new development-related lists</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#irc-channels">4.2. IRC channels</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#doc-rsrcs">4.3. Documentation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#server-machines">4.4. Debian machines</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-bugs">4.4.1. The bugs server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-ftp-master">4.4.2. The ftp-master server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-www">4.4.3. The www-master server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-people">4.4.4. The people web server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#servers-vcs">4.4.5. The VCS servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#dchroot">4.4.6. chroots to different distributions</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="resources.html#devel-db">4.5. The Develo
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