Introduction to the Debian mailing lists ======================================== Debian GNU/Linux is developed through distributed development all around the world. Therefore, email is the preferred way to discuss various items. Much of the conversation between Debian developers and users is managed through several mailing lists. There are many world-open mailing lists, meaning anyone can read everything that is posted, and participate in the discussions. Everyone is encouraged to help development of Debian and to spread the word of free software. There are also a few lists which are only open to official Debian developers; please don't interpret this as closed development, it sometimes doesn't make much sense discussing internal topics with non-developers. All original Debian mailing lists run on a special server, using an automatic mail processing software called SmartList. This server is called lists.debian.org. All submission, subscription and unsubscription messages have to be sent to a particular address at this host. The language used on all lists is English, unless stated otherwise. There are some user lists for other languages available. Subscription / Unsubscription ----------------------------- Anyone is able to subscribe/unsubscribe on their own to any mailing list, presuming the subscription policy for a particular list is `open'. The requests for subscription or unsubscription can be sent to a special control address, which is slightly different from the list address. Subscription or unsubscription messages should NOT be sent to the address of the mailing list itself. To subscribe or unsubscribe from a mailing list, please send mail to -REQUEST@lists.debian.org with the word `subscribe' or `unsubscribe' as subject. Please remember the -REQUEST part of the address. As part of the subscription process, the list software will send you an email to which you must reply in order to finish subscribing. This is a security measure to keep people from subscribing others to the lists without their permission. If you need to contact a human listmaster, direct your mail to listmaster@lists.debian.org . To find out who is responsible for the lists, take a look at http://www.debian.org/intro/organization User lists There are several user based mailing lists where developers and users can get in contact to discuss and solve problems. debian-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Important announcements Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-chinese-big5@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Chinese [Big5] Language : Chinese Moderated : subscribers Subscription: open debian-chinese-gb@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Chinese [GB] Language : Chinese Moderated : subscribers Subscription: open debian-edu-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Announcements for the debian-edu archive Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-enterprise@lists.debian.org Description : Debian for the enterprise Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-esperanto@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Esperanto Language : Esperanto Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-firewall@lists.debian.org Description : Running a firewall on Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-infrastructure-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Infrastructure announcements Moderated : signed Subscription: open debian-isp@lists.debian.org Description : Debian at Internet Service Providers Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-italian@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Italian Language : Italian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-japanese@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Japanese Language : English/Japanese Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-kde@lists.debian.org Description : KDE in Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Description : Debian on mobile computers Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-news-french@lists.debian.org Description : French Debian News, weekly and otherwise Language : French Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-news-german@lists.debian.org Description : German Debian News, weekly and otherwise Language : German Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-news-italian@lists.debian.org Description : Italian Debian News, weekly and otherwise Language : Italian Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-news-portuguese@lists.debian.org Description : Portuguese Debian News, weekly and otherwise Language : Portuguese Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-news-spanish@lists.debian.org Description : Spanish Debian News, weekly and otherwise Language : Spanish Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-news@lists.debian.org Description : Debian News, weekly and otherwise Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-photo@lists.debian.org Description : Using Debian for photography Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-russian@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Russian Language : Russian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Security announcements Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-security@lists.debian.org Description : Security in Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-testing-security-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Security announcements for testing Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-user-catalan@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Catalan Language : Catalan Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-user-danish@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Danish Language : Danish Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-user-french@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in French Language : French Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-user-german@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in German Language : German Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-user-hungarian Description : debian-user in Hungarian Language : Hungarian Subscription: http://lists.linux.hu/mailman/listinfo/debian debian-user-icelandic@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Icelandic Moderated : no Subscription: open 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debian-user-vietnamese@lists.debian.org Description : debian-user in Vietnamese Language : Vietnamese Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-user@lists.debian.org Description : Help and discussion among users of Debian Digest : debian-user-digest@lists.debian.org Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-volatile-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Announcements for the debian-volatile archive Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-volatile@lists.debian.org Description : Using the debian-volatile archive Moderated : no Subscription: open Development lists There are several lists on which developers and experienced users discuss more technical issues. In addition, there are some announcement lists to help experienced users keep track of development. debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org Description : Making Debian more accessible to people with disabilities Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-apache@lists.debian.org Description : Maintaining the Debian Apache (web server) and related packages Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-beowulf@lists.debian.org Description : Debian on Beowulf clusters Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-boot@lists.debian.org Description : Developing the installation system Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-cd@lists.debian.org Description : Creating Debian CD Images Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-ctte-private@lists.debian.org Description : Debian Technical Committee private list [dead list] Moderated : yes Subscription: Debian Technical Committee only debian-ctte@lists.debian.org Description : Debian Technical Committee Moderated : subscribers Subscription: open debian-custom@lists.debian.org Description : Developing common infrastructure for custom Debian distributions Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-dak@lists.debian.org Description : Debian Archive Kit / Buildd list Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-debbugs-cvs@lists.debian.org Description : debbugs CVS commits Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-debbugs@lists.debian.org Description : debbugs, the Debian bug tracking system Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-desktop@lists.debian.org Description : Debian Desktop project Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org Description : Announcements for developers Moderated : signed Subscription: open debian-devel-austrian Description : Development discussions among Austrians Language : (mostly) German Subscription: https://www.gibraltar.at/mailman/listinfo/debian-at debian-devel-french@lists.debian.org Description : Development discussions in French Language : French Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel-games@lists.debian.org Description : Development of games in Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel-italian@lists.debian.org Description : Development discussions in Italian Language : Italian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel-portuguese@lists.debian.org Description : Development discussions in Portuguese Language : Portuguese Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel-spanish@lists.debian.org Description : Development discussions in Spanish Language : Spanish Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel@lists.debian.org Description : Development of Debian Digest : debian-devel-digest@lists.debian.org Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-doc@lists.debian.org Description : Writing documentation for Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-dpkg-bugs@lists.debian.org Description : dpkg bug reports Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-dpkg-cvs@lists.debian.org Description : dpkg CVS commits Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org Description : Development of dpkg Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-edu-french@lists.debian.org Description : Discussion between French educational Debian-based projects Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-edu@lists.debian.org Description : Making Debian desirable for education purposes Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org Description : Maintaining Emacsen Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-email@lists.debian.org Description : Generic "grab-bag" list for Debian-related communication Moderated : no Subscription: developers only debian-embedded@lists.debian.org Description : Debian on embedded systems Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-flash@lists.debian.org Description : development and use of flash technologies on Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-gcc@lists.debian.org Description : Debian GCC Maintainers Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-glibc@lists.debian.org Description : Maintaining GNU C Library packages Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org Description : Packages using GTK+ and/or GNOME Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-hams@lists.debian.org Description : Development of HAM Radio under Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-handheld@lists.debian.org Description : Debian on handheld computers Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-haskell@lists.debian.org Description : Haskell packages and maintenance Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-ipv6@lists.debian.org Description : IPv6 Maintenance Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-java@lists.debian.org Description : Java Maintenance Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-jr@lists.debian.org Description : Making Debian desirable for children Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-kernel-maint@lists.debian.org Description : Debian kernel development and discussion Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Description : Kernel packages in Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-knoppix@lists.debian.org Description : Development of the Knoppix Live CD/DVD Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-lex@lists.debian.org Description : Making Debian desirable for lawyers Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-lint-maint@lists.debian.org Description : Maintenance of Debian `lint' tools like lintian or linda Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-live@lists.debian.org Description : Discussion and maintenance of the Debian Live systems Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-lsb@lists.debian.org Description : Debian and the Linux Standard Base Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-med@lists.debian.org Description : Making Debian desirable for doctors Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Description : Helping newbie developers Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org Description : Multimedia support and applications Moderated 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the maintenance of TeX packages in Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-toolchain@lists.debian.org Description : Compilers, assemblers etc. Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-webapps@lists.debian.org Description : Web applications packaging Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-wnpp@lists.debian.org Description : Work-Needing and Prospective Packages Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-www-cvs@lists.debian.org Description : Web pages CVS commits Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-www@lists.debian.org Description : Web pages design and maintenance Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-x@lists.debian.org Description : Debian XFree86 packaging Moderated : no Subscription: open deity@lists.debian.org Description : APT packages maintenance Moderated : no Subscription: open Internationalization and Translations These lists cover issues like localization, translation and support for users that don't speak English. debian-i18n@lists.debian.org Description : Debian Internationalization Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-arabic@lists.debian.org Description : Arabic Localization Language : Arabic Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-basque@lists.debian.org Description : Basque localization Language : Basque Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-belarusian@lists.debian.org Description : Belarusian Localization Language : Belarusian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-catalan@lists.debian.org Description : Catalan Localization Language : Catalan Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-czech@lists.debian.org Description : Czech Localization Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-danish@lists.debian.org Description : Danish Localization Language : Danish Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-dutch@lists.debian.org Description : Dutch Localization Language : Dutch Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org Description : English Localization Language : English 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debian-win32@lists.debian.org Description : Debian port to Win32 Moderated : no Subscription: open The Bug Tracking System The Debian bug tracking system is open to the public, and it produces a lot of email. Some of this might be of interest to developers or even users, so it is distributed through these (high-volume) mailing lists. debian-bugs-closed@lists.debian.org Description : Debian BTS, closed bugs Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Description : Debian BTS, received bugs Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-bugs-forwarded@lists.debian.org Description : Debian BTS, forwarded bugs Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-bugs-rc@lists.debian.org Description : Debian BTS, release-critical bugs Moderated : yes Subscription: open Miscellaneous Debian lists There are several mailing lists which discuss topics that are not directly related to developing or using Debian, and there are some that don't necessarily have a clear distinction between developers and users in the intended audience. debian-admin@lists.debian.org Description : Internal list for Debian Project machine admins Moderated : no Subscription: closed debian-changes@lists.debian.org Description : Stable packages' upgrade announcements Digest : debian-changes-digest@lists.debian.org Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-consultants@lists.debian.org Description : Debian consultants, paid support Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-curiosa@lists.debian.org Description : All the funny stuff regarding Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org Description : Unstable packages' upgrade announcements Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-events-eu@lists.debian.org Description : Events with Debian affiliation in Europe Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-events-na@lists.debian.org Description : Events with Debian affiliation in North America Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-events-nl@lists.debian.org Description : Events with Debian affiliation in the Netherlands Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-jobs@lists.debian.org Description : Job postings for members of the Debian community Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-legal@lists.debian.org Description : Copyright, licensing and patent issues Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-mirrors-announce@lists.debian.org Description : News and announcements regarding FTP archive mirrors Moderated : signed Subscription: open debian-mirrors@lists.debian.org Description : Discussions about the Debian mirror network Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-newmaint@lists.debian.org Description : Debian New Maintainer process discussion Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-project@lists.debian.org Description : Discussions about non-technical issues in the project Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-publicity@lists.debian.org Description : Making Debian famous Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-testing-changes@lists.debian.org Description : Testing packages' upgrade announcements Moderated : yes Subscription: open debian-vote@lists.debian.org Description : Voting announcements and discussion Moderated : no Subscription: open debian-women@lists.debian.org Description : Discussion and collaboration involving women in Debian Moderated : no Subscription: open whitelist@lists.debian.org Description : Generic whitelist Moderated : yes Subscription: open Lists hosted for other projects Our list server provides mailing list facilities for other free projects as well. other-cdwrite@lists.debian.org Description : cdwrite Moderated : no Subscription: open other-sart@lists.debian.org Description : Discussions and announcements about SART Moderated : no Subscription: open Debian mailing list advertising policy -------------------------------------- This policy is intended to fight mailing-list "spamming". 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