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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>Chapter 1. Scope of This Document</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Debian Developer's Reference" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Debian Developer's Reference" /><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Debian Developer's Reference" /><link rel="next" href="new-maintainer.html" title="Chapter 2. Applying to Become a Maintainer" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. Scope of This Document</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="new-maintainer.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 1. Scope of This Document"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="scope"></a>Chapter 1. Scope of This Document</h2></div></div></div><p>
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The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the recommended
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procedures and the available resources for Debian developers.
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The procedures discussed within include how to become a maintainer (<a class="xref" href="new-maintainer.html" title="Chapter 2. Applying to Become a Maintainer">Chapter 2, <em>Applying to Become a Maintainer</em></a>); how to create new packages (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#newpackage" title="5.1. New packages">Section 5.1, “New packages”</a>) and how to upload packages (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#upload" title="5.6. Uploading a package">Section 5.6, “Uploading a package”</a>);
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how to handle bug reports (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#bug-handling" title="5.8. Handling bugs">Section 5.8, “Handling bugs”</a>); how to move,
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remove, or orphan packages (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#archive-manip" title="5.9. Moving, removing, renaming, adopting, and orphaning packages">Section 5.9, “Moving, removing, renaming, adopting, and orphaning packages”</a>); how to port
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packages (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#porting" title="5.10. Porting and being ported">Section 5.10, “Porting and being ported”</a>); and how and when to do interim releases
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of other maintainers' packages (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#nmu" title="5.11. Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)">Section 5.11, “Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)”</a>).
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</p><p>
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The resources discussed in this reference include the mailing lists (<a class="xref" href="resources.html#mailing-lists" title="4.1. Mailing lists">Section 4.1, “Mailing lists”</a>) and servers (<a class="xref" href="resources.html#server-machines" title="4.4. Debian machines">Section 4.4, “Debian machines”</a>); a
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discussion of the structure of the Debian archive (<a class="xref" href="resources.html#archive" title="4.6. The Debian archive">Section 4.6, “The Debian archive”</a>);
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explanation of the different servers which accept package uploads (<a class="xref" href="pkgs.html#upload-ftp-master" title="5.6.1. Uploading to ftp-master">Section 5.6.1, “Uploading to <code class="literal">ftp-master</code>”</a>); and a discussion of resources which can help
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maintainers with the quality of their packages (<a class="xref" href="tools.html" title="Appendix A. Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools">Appendix A, <em>Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools</em></a>).
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</p><p>
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It should be clear that this reference does not discuss the technical details
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of Debian packages nor how to generate them. Nor does this reference detail
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the standards to which Debian software must comply. All of such information
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can be found in the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/" target="_top">Debian
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Policy Manual</a>.
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</p><p>
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Furthermore, this document is <span class="emphasis"><em>not an expression of formal
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policy</em></span>. It contains documentation for the Debian system and
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generally agreed-upon best practices. Thus, it is not what is called a
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``normative'' document.
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</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"> </td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="new-maintainer.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Debian Developer's Reference </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 2. Applying to Become a Maintainer</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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