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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
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To subscribe or unsubscribe from a mailing list, please send mail to
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As part of the subscription process, the list software will send you an
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security measure to keep people from subscribing others to the lists without
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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
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debian-chinese-big5@lists.debian.org
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(High-volume mailing list.)
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Japanese localization issues, integrating
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For native Japanese, Debian JP Project provides
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Japanese, see http://www.debian.or.jp/MailingList.html
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Those developing KDE-based packages are
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Language : Portuguese
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(High-volume mailing list.)
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(High-volume mailing list.)
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deity@lists.debian.org
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Ports to non-i386 Linux architectures and to non-Linux kernels
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The Bug Tracking System
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