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+#
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 1999-09-03 17:10:42 nik Exp $
+#
+# Build the FreeBSD New Committers Guide
+#
+
+MAINTAINER=jhb@FreeBSD.org
+
+DOC?= article
+
+FORMATS?= html
+
+INSTALL_COMPRESSED?= gz
+INSTALL_ONLY_COMPRESSED?=
+
+#
+# SRCS lists the individual SGML files that make up the document. Changes
+# to any of these files will force a rebuild
+#
+
+# SGML content
+SRCS= article.sgml
+
+DOC_PREFIX?= ../../..
+.include "${DOC_PREFIX}/share/mk/doc.project.mk"
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+
+%man;
+
+
+%authors;
+]>
+
+
+
+ New Committer Guide
+
+
+
+ The FreeBSD Documentation Project
+
+
+
+ September 1999
+
+
+ 1999
+ The FreeBSD Documentation Project
+
+
+
+ Welcome, new committer, to the FreeBSD development
+ team!
+
+ The following docs are provided to orient you on doing CVS
+ operations on the FreeBSD central repository machine. A basic
+ familiarity with CVS is already assumed, although CVS
+ reference information, tutorials, and FAQs can also be found
+ at: http://www.cyclic.com/cyclic-pages/books.html
+
+ Good luck, and welcome aboard!
+
+
+
+
+ Administrative Details
+
+
+
+
+
+ Repository Host
+ freefall.FreeBSD.org
+
+
+
+ Login Methods
+ &man.ssh.1;
+
+
+
+ CVSROOT
+ /home/ncvs
+
+
+
+ CVS Repository Meisters
+ &a.jdp; and &a.peter;
+
+
+
+ Mailing List
+ cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
+ [which you are now on]
+
+
+
+ Mentor Name
+ &a.jkh;
+
+
+
+ Noteworthy CVS Tags
+ RELENG_3 (3.x-STABLE), HEAD (-CURRENT)
+
+
+
+
+
+ It is required that you use &man.ssh.1; with public key
+ authentication to access the repository host. This is generally
+ more secure than &man.telnet.1; or &man.rlogin.1; since your
+ connection will always be encrypted. With utilities like
+ &man.ssh-agent.1; and &man.scp.1; also available, it is also far
+ more convenient. If you do not know anything about &man.ssh.1,
+ please see .
+
+
+
+ CVS Operations
+
+ CVS operations are usually done by logging into
+ freefall, making sure the
+ CVSROOT environment variable is set to
+ /home/ncvs, and then doing the appropriate
+ check-out/check-in operations. If you wish to add
+ something which is wholly new (like new ports, contrib-ified
+ sources, etc), a script called easy-import is
+ also provided for making the process easier. It automatically
+ adds the new module entry, does the appropriate thing with
+ cvs import, etc. – just run it without
+ arguments and it will prompt you for everything it needs to
+ know.
+
+ If you are familiar with remote CVS and consider yourself
+ pretty studly with CVS in general, you can also do CVS
+ operations directly from your own machine and local working
+ sources. Just remember to set CVS_RSH to
+ ssh so that you are using a relatively
+ secure and reliable transport. If you have no idea what any of
+ the above even means, on the other hand, then please stick with
+ logging into freefall and applying your diffs
+ with &man.patch.1;.
+
+ If you need to use CVS add and
+ delete operations in a manner that is
+ effectively a mv operation, then a repository
+ copy is in order rather than your CVS add and
+ delete. In a repository copy, a CVS Meister will copy the file(s)
+ to their new name and/or location and let you know when it is
+ done. The purpose of a repository copy is to preserve file
+ change history, or logs. We in the FreeBSD Project greatly
+ value the change history CVS gives to the project.
+
+
+
+ Conventions and Traditions
+
+ The CVS Repository Meisters (Peter Wemm and John Polstra)
+ are the owners of the CVS repository and
+ responsible for any and all direct
+ modification of it for the purposes of cleanup or fixing some
+ grievous abuse of CVS by a committer. No one else should
+ attempt to touch the repository directly. Should you cause some
+ repository accident, say a bad cvs import or tag operation, do
+ not attempt to fix it yourself!
+ Mail or call John or Peter immediately and report the problem to
+ one of them instead. The only ones allowed to directly fiddle
+ the repository bits are the repomeisters.
+
+ If you are a new committer, your very first commit should be
+ to add yourself to the developer's section (28.2) of the
+ Handbook. Figuring out how to check the handbook out and add an
+ entry for yourself is relatively easy but still remains a good
+ first test of your CVS skills. If you can handle that one,
+ you are probably going to be ok.
+
+ Your next step should be to introduce yourself to the other
+ committers, otherwise no one will have any idea who you are or
+ what you are working on. You do not have to write a comprehensive
+ biography, just write a paragraph or two about who you are and
+ what you plan to be working on as a committer in FreeBSD. Email
+ this to cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org and you will be on
+ your way!
+
+ Also, be sure to log into hub.FreeBSD.org
+ and create yourself a
+ /var/forward/user
+ (where user is your username) file
+ which contains your principal e-mail address where you want mail
+ to yourusername@FreeBSD.org
+ to be forwarded. Really large mailboxes which have taken up
+ permanent residence on hub often get
+ accidently truncated without warning, so forward
+ it or read it and you will not lose it.
+
+ All new committers also have a mentor assigned to them for
+ the first few months. The name of your mentor listed at the top
+ of this message. Your mentor is more or less responsible for
+ explaining anything which is confusing to you and is also
+ responsible for your actions during this initial period. If you
+ make a bogus commit, it is only going to embarrass your mentor
+ and you should probably make it a policy to pass at least your
+ first few commits by your mentor before committing it to the
+ repository.
+
+ All commits should go to -CURRENT first
+ before being merged to -STABLE. No major new
+ features or high-risk modifications should be made to the
+ -STABLE branch.
+
+
+
+ Developer Relations
+
+ If you are working directly on your own code or on code
+ which is already well established as your responsibility, then
+ there is probably little need to check with other committers
+ before jumping in with a commit. If you see a bug in an area of
+ the system which is clearly orphaned (and there are a few such
+ areas, to our shame), the same applies. If, however, you are
+ about to modify something which is clearly being actively
+ maintained by someone else (and it is only by watching the
+ cvs-all mailing list that you can really get
+ a feel for just what is and is not) then consider sending the
+ change to them instead, just as you would have before becoming a
+ committer. For ports, you should contact the listed
+ MAINTAINER in the
+ Makefile. For other parts of the
+ repository, if you are unsure who the active maintainer might
+ be, it may help to scan the output of cvs log
+ to see who has committed changes in the past. If your queries go
+ unanswered or the committer otherwise indicates a lack of
+ proprietary interest in the area affected, go ahead and commit
+ it.
+
+ If you are at all unsure about a commit for any reason in
+ general, have it reviewed by -hackers first
+ before committing. Better to have it flamed then and there
+ rather than when it is part of the CVS repository. If you do
+ happen to commit something which results in controversy
+ erupting, you may also wish to consider backing the change out
+ again until the matter is settled. Remember – with CVS we
+ can always change it back.
+
+
+
+ GNATS
+
+ The FreeBSD Project utilizes
+ GNATS for tracking bugs and change
+ requests. Be sure that if you commit a fix or suggestion found
+ in a GNATS PR, you use
+ edit-pr pr-number
+ on freefall to close it. It is also considered
+ nice if you take time to close any PRs associated with your
+ commits, if appropriate. Your can also make use of
+ &man.send-pr.1; yourself for proposing any change which you feel
+ should probably be made, pending a more extensive peer-review
+ first.
+
+ You can find out more about GNATS
+ at:
+
+
+
+ http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/gnats/gnats.html
+
+
+
+ http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html
+
+
+
+ http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html
+
+
+
+ &man.send-pr.1;
+
+
+
+
+
+ Who's Who
+
+ Besides Peter Wemm and John Polstra, the repository
+ meisters, there are other FreeBSD project members whom you will
+ probably get to know in your new role as a committer. Briefly,
+ and by no means all-inclusively, these are:
+
+
+
+ &a.asami;
+
+
+ Is the portsmeister, meaning that he has ultimate
+ authority during code freezes over any modifications to the
+ ports collection or ports make macro files.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.bde;
+
+
+ Is Obersturmbahnfuhrer of the Style Police. When you
+ do a commit that could have been done better, Bruce will
+ be there to note it to you. Be thankful that someone
+ is.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.dg;
+
+
+ Is our principal architect and overseer of the VM
+ system. If you have a VM system change in mind,
+ coordinate it with David. Should you become locked in
+ bitter, intractable dispute with some other committer over
+ a proposed change (which does not happen very often,
+ thankfully) then an appeal to David to put on his P.A. hat
+ and make a final decision can also occasionally be
+ necessary.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.jkh;
+
+
+ Is the release engineer. He is responsible for
+ setting release deadlines and controlling the release
+ process. During code freezes, he also has final authority
+ on all changes to the system for whichever branch is
+ pending release status. If there is something you want
+ merged from -CURRENT to
+ -STABLE (whatever values those may have
+ at any given time), he is also the one to talk to about
+ it
+
+
+
+
+ &a.steve;
+
+
+ Steve is unofficial maintainer of
+ /usr/src/bin. If you have something
+ significant you'd like to do there, you should probably
+ coordinate it first with Steve. He's also Problem
+ Report-meister, along with &a.phk;.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.brian;
+
+
+ Official maintainer of
+ /usr/bin/ppp and LPD.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.wollman;
+
+
+ If you need advice on obscure network internals or
+ aren't sure of some potential change to the networking
+ subsystem you have in mind, Garrett is someone to talk
+ to.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ SSH Quick-Start Guide
+
+
+
+ Update and install the ssh port in
+ /usr/ports/security/ssh (should be
+ version 1.2.25 or later).
+
+
+
+ Make sure that you run &man.ssh-agent.1; before running
+ other applications. X users, for example, usually do this
+ from their .xsession or
+ .xinitrc file. See &man.ssh-agent.1;
+ for details.
+
+
+
+ Generate a key pair using &man.ssh-keygen.1;. The key
+ pair will wind up in the
+ $HOME/.ssh
+ directory.
+
+
+
+ Copy your public key
+ ($HOME/.ssh/identity.pub)
+ into your authorized_keys file in your
+ home directory on freefall
+ (i.e.
+ $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys).
+
+
+
+
+ Now you should be able to use &man.ssh-add.1; for
+ authentication once per session. This will prompt you for
+ your private key's pass phrase, and then store it in your
+ authentication agent (&man.ssh-agent.1;) so that you won't
+ have to retype it over and over.
+
+ Test by doing something such as ssh
+ freefall.FreeBSD.org ls /usr.
+
+ For more information, see
+ /usr/ports/security/ssh, &man.ssh.1;,
+ &man.ssh-agent.1;, &man.scp.1;, and &man.ssh-keygen.1;.
+
+
diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/committers-guide/Makefile b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/committers-guide/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b6f06af66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/committers-guide/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 1999-09-03 17:10:42 nik Exp $
+#
+# Build the FreeBSD New Committers Guide
+#
+
+MAINTAINER=jhb@FreeBSD.org
+
+DOC?= article
+
+FORMATS?= html
+
+INSTALL_COMPRESSED?= gz
+INSTALL_ONLY_COMPRESSED?=
+
+#
+# SRCS lists the individual SGML files that make up the document. Changes
+# to any of these files will force a rebuild
+#
+
+# SGML content
+SRCS= article.sgml
+
+DOC_PREFIX?= ../../..
+.include "${DOC_PREFIX}/share/mk/doc.project.mk"
diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17533ba308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+
+%man;
+
+
+%authors;
+]>
+
+
+
+ New Committer Guide
+
+
+
+ The FreeBSD Documentation Project
+
+
+
+ September 1999
+
+
+ 1999
+ The FreeBSD Documentation Project
+
+
+
+ Welcome, new committer, to the FreeBSD development
+ team!
+
+ The following docs are provided to orient you on doing CVS
+ operations on the FreeBSD central repository machine. A basic
+ familiarity with CVS is already assumed, although CVS
+ reference information, tutorials, and FAQs can also be found
+ at: http://www.cyclic.com/cyclic-pages/books.html
+
+ Good luck, and welcome aboard!
+
+
+
+
+ Administrative Details
+
+
+
+
+
+ Repository Host
+ freefall.FreeBSD.org
+
+
+
+ Login Methods
+ &man.ssh.1;
+
+
+
+ CVSROOT
+ /home/ncvs
+
+
+
+ CVS Repository Meisters
+ &a.jdp; and &a.peter;
+
+
+
+ Mailing List
+ cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org
+ [which you are now on]
+
+
+
+ Mentor Name
+ &a.jkh;
+
+
+
+ Noteworthy CVS Tags
+ RELENG_3 (3.x-STABLE), HEAD (-CURRENT)
+
+
+
+
+
+ It is required that you use &man.ssh.1; with public key
+ authentication to access the repository host. This is generally
+ more secure than &man.telnet.1; or &man.rlogin.1; since your
+ connection will always be encrypted. With utilities like
+ &man.ssh-agent.1; and &man.scp.1; also available, it is also far
+ more convenient. If you do not know anything about &man.ssh.1,
+ please see .
+
+
+
+ CVS Operations
+
+ CVS operations are usually done by logging into
+ freefall, making sure the
+ CVSROOT environment variable is set to
+ /home/ncvs, and then doing the appropriate
+ check-out/check-in operations. If you wish to add
+ something which is wholly new (like new ports, contrib-ified
+ sources, etc), a script called easy-import is
+ also provided for making the process easier. It automatically
+ adds the new module entry, does the appropriate thing with
+ cvs import, etc. – just run it without
+ arguments and it will prompt you for everything it needs to
+ know.
+
+ If you are familiar with remote CVS and consider yourself
+ pretty studly with CVS in general, you can also do CVS
+ operations directly from your own machine and local working
+ sources. Just remember to set CVS_RSH to
+ ssh so that you are using a relatively
+ secure and reliable transport. If you have no idea what any of
+ the above even means, on the other hand, then please stick with
+ logging into freefall and applying your diffs
+ with &man.patch.1;.
+
+ If you need to use CVS add and
+ delete operations in a manner that is
+ effectively a mv operation, then a repository
+ copy is in order rather than your CVS add and
+ delete. In a repository copy, a CVS Meister will copy the file(s)
+ to their new name and/or location and let you know when it is
+ done. The purpose of a repository copy is to preserve file
+ change history, or logs. We in the FreeBSD Project greatly
+ value the change history CVS gives to the project.
+
+
+
+ Conventions and Traditions
+
+ The CVS Repository Meisters (Peter Wemm and John Polstra)
+ are the owners of the CVS repository and
+ responsible for any and all direct
+ modification of it for the purposes of cleanup or fixing some
+ grievous abuse of CVS by a committer. No one else should
+ attempt to touch the repository directly. Should you cause some
+ repository accident, say a bad cvs import or tag operation, do
+ not attempt to fix it yourself!
+ Mail or call John or Peter immediately and report the problem to
+ one of them instead. The only ones allowed to directly fiddle
+ the repository bits are the repomeisters.
+
+ If you are a new committer, your very first commit should be
+ to add yourself to the developer's section (28.2) of the
+ Handbook. Figuring out how to check the handbook out and add an
+ entry for yourself is relatively easy but still remains a good
+ first test of your CVS skills. If you can handle that one,
+ you are probably going to be ok.
+
+ Your next step should be to introduce yourself to the other
+ committers, otherwise no one will have any idea who you are or
+ what you are working on. You do not have to write a comprehensive
+ biography, just write a paragraph or two about who you are and
+ what you plan to be working on as a committer in FreeBSD. Email
+ this to cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org and you will be on
+ your way!
+
+ Also, be sure to log into hub.FreeBSD.org
+ and create yourself a
+ /var/forward/user
+ (where user is your username) file
+ which contains your principal e-mail address where you want mail
+ to yourusername@FreeBSD.org
+ to be forwarded. Really large mailboxes which have taken up
+ permanent residence on hub often get
+ accidently truncated without warning, so forward
+ it or read it and you will not lose it.
+
+ All new committers also have a mentor assigned to them for
+ the first few months. The name of your mentor listed at the top
+ of this message. Your mentor is more or less responsible for
+ explaining anything which is confusing to you and is also
+ responsible for your actions during this initial period. If you
+ make a bogus commit, it is only going to embarrass your mentor
+ and you should probably make it a policy to pass at least your
+ first few commits by your mentor before committing it to the
+ repository.
+
+ All commits should go to -CURRENT first
+ before being merged to -STABLE. No major new
+ features or high-risk modifications should be made to the
+ -STABLE branch.
+
+
+
+ Developer Relations
+
+ If you are working directly on your own code or on code
+ which is already well established as your responsibility, then
+ there is probably little need to check with other committers
+ before jumping in with a commit. If you see a bug in an area of
+ the system which is clearly orphaned (and there are a few such
+ areas, to our shame), the same applies. If, however, you are
+ about to modify something which is clearly being actively
+ maintained by someone else (and it is only by watching the
+ cvs-all mailing list that you can really get
+ a feel for just what is and is not) then consider sending the
+ change to them instead, just as you would have before becoming a
+ committer. For ports, you should contact the listed
+ MAINTAINER in the
+ Makefile. For other parts of the
+ repository, if you are unsure who the active maintainer might
+ be, it may help to scan the output of cvs log
+ to see who has committed changes in the past. If your queries go
+ unanswered or the committer otherwise indicates a lack of
+ proprietary interest in the area affected, go ahead and commit
+ it.
+
+ If you are at all unsure about a commit for any reason in
+ general, have it reviewed by -hackers first
+ before committing. Better to have it flamed then and there
+ rather than when it is part of the CVS repository. If you do
+ happen to commit something which results in controversy
+ erupting, you may also wish to consider backing the change out
+ again until the matter is settled. Remember – with CVS we
+ can always change it back.
+
+
+
+ GNATS
+
+ The FreeBSD Project utilizes
+ GNATS for tracking bugs and change
+ requests. Be sure that if you commit a fix or suggestion found
+ in a GNATS PR, you use
+ edit-pr pr-number
+ on freefall to close it. It is also considered
+ nice if you take time to close any PRs associated with your
+ commits, if appropriate. Your can also make use of
+ &man.send-pr.1; yourself for proposing any change which you feel
+ should probably be made, pending a more extensive peer-review
+ first.
+
+ You can find out more about GNATS
+ at:
+
+
+
+ http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/gnats/gnats.html
+
+
+
+ http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html
+
+
+
+ http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html
+
+
+
+ &man.send-pr.1;
+
+
+
+
+
+ Who's Who
+
+ Besides Peter Wemm and John Polstra, the repository
+ meisters, there are other FreeBSD project members whom you will
+ probably get to know in your new role as a committer. Briefly,
+ and by no means all-inclusively, these are:
+
+
+
+ &a.asami;
+
+
+ Is the portsmeister, meaning that he has ultimate
+ authority during code freezes over any modifications to the
+ ports collection or ports make macro files.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.bde;
+
+
+ Is Obersturmbahnfuhrer of the Style Police. When you
+ do a commit that could have been done better, Bruce will
+ be there to note it to you. Be thankful that someone
+ is.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.dg;
+
+
+ Is our principal architect and overseer of the VM
+ system. If you have a VM system change in mind,
+ coordinate it with David. Should you become locked in
+ bitter, intractable dispute with some other committer over
+ a proposed change (which does not happen very often,
+ thankfully) then an appeal to David to put on his P.A. hat
+ and make a final decision can also occasionally be
+ necessary.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.jkh;
+
+
+ Is the release engineer. He is responsible for
+ setting release deadlines and controlling the release
+ process. During code freezes, he also has final authority
+ on all changes to the system for whichever branch is
+ pending release status. If there is something you want
+ merged from -CURRENT to
+ -STABLE (whatever values those may have
+ at any given time), he is also the one to talk to about
+ it
+
+
+
+
+ &a.steve;
+
+
+ Steve is unofficial maintainer of
+ /usr/src/bin. If you have something
+ significant you'd like to do there, you should probably
+ coordinate it first with Steve. He's also Problem
+ Report-meister, along with &a.phk;.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.brian;
+
+
+ Official maintainer of
+ /usr/bin/ppp and LPD.
+
+
+
+
+ &a.wollman;
+
+
+ If you need advice on obscure network internals or
+ aren't sure of some potential change to the networking
+ subsystem you have in mind, Garrett is someone to talk
+ to.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ SSH Quick-Start Guide
+
+
+
+ Update and install the ssh port in
+ /usr/ports/security/ssh (should be
+ version 1.2.25 or later).
+
+
+
+ Make sure that you run &man.ssh-agent.1; before running
+ other applications. X users, for example, usually do this
+ from their .xsession or
+ .xinitrc file. See &man.ssh-agent.1;
+ for details.
+
+
+
+ Generate a key pair using &man.ssh-keygen.1;. The key
+ pair will wind up in the
+ $HOME/.ssh
+ directory.
+
+
+
+ Copy your public key
+ ($HOME/.ssh/identity.pub)
+ into your authorized_keys file in your
+ home directory on freefall
+ (i.e.
+ $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys).
+
+
+
+
+ Now you should be able to use &man.ssh-add.1; for
+ authentication once per session. This will prompt you for
+ your private key's pass phrase, and then store it in your
+ authentication agent (&man.ssh-agent.1;) so that you won't
+ have to retype it over and over.
+
+ Test by doing something such as ssh
+ freefall.FreeBSD.org ls /usr.
+
+ For more information, see
+ /usr/ports/security/ssh, &man.ssh.1;,
+ &man.ssh-agent.1;, &man.scp.1;, and &man.ssh-keygen.1;.
+
+