Developers
- Debian-Accessibility — Making Debian more accessible to people with disabilities. User and Developer list for accessibility-related issues.
- Debian-Apache — Maintenance of the Apache HTTP server and related packages in Debian: code changes, reproducing bugs, talking to upstream etc. It is neither for submitting bug reports (please use the BTS for that), nor for support requests.
- Debian-Beowulf — Discussion about Beowulf systems running Debian.
- Debian-Boot — Discussion and maintenance of the Debian installation system.
- Debian-CD — Creating Debian CD sets, official and unofficial.
- Debian-CTTE — Public meeting, business and announcements of the Debian Technical Committee. Subscriber posts only.
- Debian-DebBugs — Discussion and development of debbugs, the Debian Bug Tracking System software.
- Debian-Devel — Discussion about technical development topics. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-Devel-Announce — Announcements of development issues like policy changes, important release issues &c.
- Debian-Devel-French — This is the list used to discuss development issues in French.
- Debian-Devel-Italian — Discussion on development issues in Italian.
- Debian-Devel-Portuguese — This is the list used by Portuguese developers (or wannabes) used to discuss development issues.
- Debian-Devel-Spanish — This is the list used by Spanish developers (or wannabes) used to discuss issues besides translation: provide help for new Spanish developers, arrange key-signing meetings, arrange work in booths on different shows, share experience etc.
- Debian-Doc — Debian Documentation Project: anything related to documentation in Debian is on topic here.
- Debian-Dpkg — Discussions and maintenance of dpkg, the basis of the Debian packaging system.
- Debian-Edu — Making Debian the best distribution in the education landscape.
- Debian-Emacsen — Discussion of all things related to the several Debian Emacs packages and their add-ons.
- Debian-Embedded — Discussion about improving Debian for use with embedded systems, including building cross-compiler toolchains, cross-compiling packages, creating and updating system images, using alternate libraries, compile-time configuration of packages, etc.
- Debian-Events-EU — Discussions and organizational stuff about booths for Debian at european exhibitions.
- Debian-Events-NA — Discussions and organizational stuff about booths and presentations for Debian at North American exhibitions.
- Debian-GCC — Discussion on Debian packaging of GCC, the GNU compiler collection: bug reports, porting issues, any kind of questions or patches.
- Debian-Glibc — Discussion on Debian packaging of the GNU C Library, the most important library on Debian systems.
- Debian-GTK-GNOME — Discussion and coordination among maintainers of Debian's GTK+, GNOME and dependent or related packages.
- Debian-HAMs — Support for HAMRadio within Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-Handheld — Discussion among people who run Debian on handheld computers.
- Debian-IPv6 — Discussions on the use of Debian in an IPv6 network and implementing IPv6 support in Debian packages.
- Debian-Java — Discussion about the packaging and use in Debian of VMs and compilers for the Java(tm) language, and programs written on it.
- Debian-JR — Discussion and working on making Debian the sort of operating system that children will want to use.
- Debian-Lex — Discussion on developing Debian into an operating system that is particularly well fit for the requirements for legal offices. The goal of Debian-Lex is a complete system for all tasks in legal practice which is built completely on free software.
- Debian-Lint-Maint — The maintenance of Debian "lint" tools like lintian or linda is discussed on this list. This may or may not be limited to bug reports regarding the checks.
- Debian-LSB — Discussion and coordination of efforts towards ensuring Debian meets the requirements of the Linux Standard Base.
- Debian-Med — Discussion on providing a free operating system for medical care.
- Debian-Mentors — Newbie Debian developers can seek help with packaging and other developer-related issues here. This list is not meant for users' questions, but for new maintainers'!
- Debian-Multimedia — Discussion about the development of applications that produce multimedia content, handling multimedia data, supporting multimedia hardware etc.
- Debian-NewMaint — Discussion about the Debian New Maintainer process, application manager reports etc.
- Debian-NonProfit — Discussions about the subproject to support use of Debian in non-profit organizations.
- Debian-OCaml-Maint — Packaging of Objective Caml programs and libraries.
- Debian-OpenOffice — Coordination of the maintenance of the OpenOffice packages in Debian.
- Debian-Perl — The list is dedicated to coordinate the work of various perl package maintainer and to write a kind of perl sub-policy.
- Debian-Policy — Discussion and editing of the Debian Policy Manual.
- Debian-Python — Discussion of issues related to Python on Debian systems with an stress on packaging standards. Therefore relevant for maintainers of Python related packages.
- Debian-QA — Quality assurance is important for a distribution. This list addresses this quality.
- Debian-QA-Packages — Bug reports against orphaned packages and discussions about fixing them.
- Debian-QT-KDE — Discussion and coordination among maintainers of Debian's Qt, KDE and dependent or related packages.
- Debian-Release — This is a focused list for coordinating all the people who are involved with making Debian releases and revisions.
- Debian-Security — Discussion about security issues, including cryptographic issues, that are of interest to all parts of the Debian community. Please note that this is NOT an announcement mailing list. If you're looking for security alerts from Debian, subscribe to debian-security-announce instead.
- Debian-SGML — Discussion of issues related to SGML on Debian systems with an stress on proper integration of tools, packaging standards and the writing of documentation for SGML users. Therefore relevant for maintainers of SGML related packages.
- Debian-SSH — Maintenance of the OpenSSH packages for Debian. It exists to facilitate coordination of ssh maintenance (talking to upstream, reproducing bugs, hacking on the code, etc.).
- Debian-teTex-Maint — Coordination of the maintenance of Debian teTeX and related packages. It is not meant for user support; for that, please use debian-user or one of the general TeX mailing lists or news groups.
- Debian-Toolchain — Discussion about the Debian toolchain: compilers, assemblers, linkers and such. New releases for many of these tools are coordinated here.
- Debian-Vote — Proposals, discussions and announcements related to Official Debian Votes.
- Debian-WNPP — Orphaning and adopting packages which is done through the `wnpp' BTS pseudo-package is recorded on this list. Additionally, discussion about particular bugs and the WNPP web pages is held here.
- Debian-WWW — Design, structure and translation of Debian web pages. All important changes to the web site are announced here as well.
- Debian-X — Discussion about the X Window System within Debian. This is NOT a user support list; this list is intended for those who deal with the source code.
- Deity — Debian GNU/Linux will get a new, friendly frontend to its package maintenance system. Its codename is deity (now known as APT) and its development is discussed here. The -digest is open to everyone.
Internationalization
- Debian-i18n — Internationalization (i18n) of the distribution is discussed here.
- Debian-l10n-Catalan — Discussing Catalan localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to Catalan.
- Debian-l10n-Danish — Discussing Danish localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to Danish.
- Debian-l10n-Dutch — Discussion forum for the translators of Debian-specific packages and documentation to the Dutch language.
- Debian-l10n-English — Discussing English localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to English.
- Debian-l10n-Finnish — Discussing Finnish localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to Finnish.
- Debian-l10n-French — Discussion forum for the translators of Debian-specific packages and documentation to the French language.
- Debian-l10n-German — Discussing German localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to German.
- Debian-l10n-Greek — Discussion on Greek localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to Greek.
- Debian-l10n-Hungarian — Discussing Hungarian localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to Hungarian.
- Debian-l10n-Italian — Italian localization efforts within Debian.
- Debian-l10n-Polish — Polish localization issues, mainly translating Debian web pages, documentation and programs to Polish.
- Debian-l10n-Portuguese — Portuguese localization issues such as translating the documentation and programs.
- Debian-l10n-Spanish — Discussing Spanish localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and programs to Spanish.
- Debian-l10n-Turkish — Discussing Turkish localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and website into Turkish, improving Turkish environment support in Debian.
- Debian-LaEspiral — La Espiral (http://laespiral.org/) is a project meant to promote the use of Debian amongst the people who speak Spanish. We work on custom Debian internationalisation CDs, do installation parties and new programs for Spanish users (see http://www.debian.org/international/spanish/). Becoming a member of La Espiral is for people that do not find themselves able to contribute technically to Debian (at first), but might be a good step towards becoming a Debian developer.
Miscellaneous
- Debian-Curiosa — Funny thing from and with the project, funny quotes, discussions irc communication and fortune cookies. Some kind of (de.)alt.netdigest for Debian-related stuff.
- Debian-Legal — Discussions about legality issues such as copyrights, patents etc.
- Debian-Mirrors — Important changes to the FTP archive are announced here. These are mainly useful to maintainers of Debian mirrors. Moderated.
- Debian-Project — Discussion about non-technical topics related to the Debian Project.
- Debian-Women — Discussion and collaboration involving women in Debian
Ports
- Debian-68k — Discussions on the m68k port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-Alpha — Discussion on the Alpha port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-AMD64 — Porting Debian to AMD x86-64 architecture.
- Debian-ARM — Discussion on the ARM (esp. Corel Netwinder) port for Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-BSD — Porting Debian to BSD (all *BSD variants).
- Debian-HPPA — Discussions on the PA-RISC port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-Hurd — Debian port of the GNU Hurd operating system.
- Debian-IA64 — Discussions on the intel IA64 (aka Itanium, Merced) port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-MIPS — Discussions on the MIPS port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-PowerPC — Discussion on the PowerPC port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-S390 — Discussions on the IBM S/390 port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-SPARC — Discussions on the SPARC port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-SuperH — Discussions on the SuperH port of Debian GNU/Linux.
- Debian-Win32 — Porting the Debian distribution to Win32 systems (Debian GNU/Win32).
Users
- Debian-Announce — Important announcements. Major news and very important changes in the project are announced here. Moderated.
- Debian-Chinese (GB+Big5) — Debian Chinese Project: Chinese localization (l10n), documentation and web site translation, user support etc.
- Debian-Commercial — Announcements of commercial products related to Debian. Please note that posting commercial posts to any other Debian mailing list is not permitted. Moderated.
- Debian-Esperanto — Debian-user in Esperanto.
- Debian-Firewall — Discussion of implementation and maintenance of firewalls using Debian. Both basic issues and new more exotic developments are discussed here.
- Debian-ISP — Discussion about issues and problems specific to Internet Service Providers (ISPs for short) that use Debian.
- Debian-Italian — Support for Debian users that speak Italian. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-Japanese — Support for Debian users that speak Japanese, Japanese localization issues, integrating Debian JP packages into Debian etc. The English language is allowed, but using Japanese is encouraged even for those who aren't native speakers.
- Debian-KDE — Discussions related to KDE in Debian. Those developing KDE-based packages are encouraged to use this to discuss issues and share their experience.
- Debian-Laptop — Installing, updating and using laptops with Debian. Suggestions on special packaging, complaints, etc. are welcome.
- Debian-News — General news about the distribution and the project. The current events and news about Debian are summarized in the Debian Weekly News, a newsletter regularly posted on this list. Moderated.
- Debian-News-French — French Debian News, weekly and otherwise. News about Debian for users speaking French.
- Debian-News-German — German Debian News, weekly and otherwise. News about Debian for users speaking German.
- Debian-News-Portuguese — Releases, news, internationalization efforts and other related news about Debian for users speaking Portuguese.
- Debian-Russian — Support for Debian users that speak Russian, and Russian localization issues: translating "po" files, coordinating patches for Debian packages to work with the Russian language.
- Debian-Security-Announce — The security team informs the users about security problems by posting security advisories about Debian packages on this list. Moderated.
- Debian-Testing — Finding problems with the next Debian release: testing the installation, the upgrade process, and testing individual packages.
- Debian-User — Help and discussion among users of Debian. Support for Debian users who speak English. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-User-Catalan — debian-user in Catalan. Support for Debian users that speak Catalan.
- Debian-User-Danish — debian-user in Danish. Support for Debian users who speak Danish.
- Debian-User-French — debian-user in French. Support for Debian users that speak French. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-User-German — debian-user in German. Support for Debian users that speak German. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-User-Indonesian — debian-user in Indonesian. Support for Debian users who speak Indonesian.
- Debian-User-Polish — debian-user in Polish. Support for Debian users that speak Polish.
- Debian-User-Portuguese — debian-user in Portuguese. Support for Debian users who speak Portuguese. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-User-Spanish — debian-user in Spanish. Support for Debian users that speak Spanish. (High-volume mailing list.)
- Debian-User-Swedish — debian-user in Swedish. Support for Debian users that speak Swedish.
- Debian-User-Turkish — debian-user in Turkish. Support for Debian users that speak Turkish.
- Debian-User-Ukrainian — debian-user in Ukrainian. Support for Debian users who speak Ukrainian.
