To: "__REALNAME__" <__EMAIL__>
From: __WHOAMI__
Subject: New Debian maintainer __REALNAME__
-Cc: new-maintainer@debian.org
-Reply-To: new-maintainer@debian.org
+Cc: da-manager@debian.org
+Reply-To: da-manager@debian.org
Date: __DATE__
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Dear __REALNAME__!
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-account can be found encrypted with your PGP key and appended to this
-message.
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+with username '__LOGIN__'. The password for this account can be found
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+of machines available to Debian developers can be found at
+<URL:http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi>. Please take a minute now to
+familiarize yourself with the Debian Machine Usage Policy, available
+at <URL:http://www.debian.org/devel/dmup>
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We strongly suggest that you use your __LOGIN__@debian.org address for
the maintainer field in your packages, because that one will be valid
as long as you are a Debian developer, even if you change jobs, leave
-university or change Internet Service providers. If you do so, please
-add that address to your PGP key (using `pgp -ke "YOUR USER ID"'), if
-you have one, and your GnuPG key (using `gpg --edit-key "YOUR USER ID"')
-and send it to <keyring-maint@debian.org>.
+university or change Internet Service providers. If you do so, please
+add that address to your PGP/GPG key(s) (using `gpg --edit-key "YOUR
+USER ID"') and send it to the keyring server at keyring.debian.org
+with `gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --send-keys "YOUR USER ID"'.
You can find more information useful to developers at
<URL:http://www.debian.org/devel/> (in particular, see the subsection
-titled "Debian Developer's reference").
+titled "Debian Developer's reference").
We suggest that you subscribe to debian-mentors@lists.debian.org.
This list is for new maintainers who seek help with initial packaging
If you have some spare time and want to contribute it to Debian you
may wish to take a look at the "Work-Needing and Prospective Packages
for Debian GNU/Linux" also known as WNPP that can be found at
-<URL:ftp://ftp.debian.org/doc/package-developer/prospective-packages.html>
+<URL:http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/prospective-packages.html>
If you plan to make a Debian package from a not yet packaged piece of
software you *must* announce your intention on the debian-devel mailing
list to make sure nobody else is working on them.
-The machine master.debian.org is our main archive server. Every
-uploaded package finds it's way there (except for Packages covered by
-US crypto laws which go to non-us.debian.org) eventually. That
-machine is also the home of our web pages and our bug tracking system.
-The second machine va.debian.org is supposed to take over some of the
-work master does.
-
-Both machines were sponsored by companies (Novare Inc. for master and
-VA Linux Systems for va). Please don't over-stress them and use your
-accounts carefully.
+The machine ftp-master.debian.org is our main archive server. Every
+uploaded package finds it's way there (except for Packages covered by US
+crypto laws which go to non-us.debian.org) eventually. master.debian.org is
+the home of our bug tracking system. Project web pages and CVS archives are
+hosted on klecker.debian.org (aka cvs/www.debian.org), klecker is also our
+general shell server. Web pages should be placed in public_html on klecker
+and refered to by http://people.debian.org/~__LOGIN__
You should use ssh to log into the machines instead of regular telnet
-or rlogin. We have installed ~/.ssh directories and authorized_keys
-files with appropriate permissions on both machines. If you want to
-ssh to them without typing the password, run ssh-keygen on your
-machine and add the contents of ~/.ssh/identity.pub into the
-authorized_keys files in ~/.ssh on master and va. But please be aware
-of the security implications of doing this.
+or rlogin. Our LDAP directory is able to share ssh RSA keys among machines,
+please see <URL:http://db.debian.org/doc-mail.html> Otherwise when you
+first login a ~/.ssh directory will be created with the appropriate
+permissions. Please be aware of the security implications of using RSA
+authentication and ssh agents.
+
+Finally, please take a minute to visit <URL:http://db.debian.org/>.
+Login using the password information appended to this email, and
+update your personal information. The information is used to maintain
+your accounts on various Debian machines, and also to allow other
+developers and general users to find out more about you. Many of
+the fields are only visible to other registered Debian developers. This
+is also the only way to change your password. The passwd program does not
+yet work.
Welcome to the project!