data sources a d-i RM probably needs to follow

• d-i commits, debian-boot
  • Probably goes without saying. If you're not already getting commit emails, be sure to subscribe.

• https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/build-logs.html

  • Expect to follow this on a constant basis and deal with failing builds. Daily build maintainers often miss that their build is failing, or need help fixing it.

• Salsa account and member of the installer-team group
  ( https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/ )

• https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/build-logs.html

  • This really isn't as important, and failures can be hard to analyse, but it's often a good way to see when something is badly broken.
• installation reports
  • At least skimming most of them as they come in even if time is lacking to look at them all in detail will help at finding when things break.

• http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller*

  • It's probably best to subscribe for email commits for any changes to these pages.

• http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Today

  • You're the main one to keep this up-to-date.
• installer/doc/devel/kerntabl
  • Also expect to keep this up-to-date. It's useful as a way to check that all the kernel stuff in d-i is in sync.

• https://d-i.debian.org/testing-summary.html

  • This page is especially important when a d-i release is being worked on and udebs need to be synced to testing.

• https://d-i.debian.org/translations.txt

  • This is mostly of interest just before a d-i release, when RMs need to upload packages with translation updates.
• The debian-release mailing list, and #debian-release.
  • To find out about d-i related stuff, including udeb sync requests.
• The debian-cd mailing list and IRC channel.
  • It's also useful to get commit access to debian-cd if you don't have it. Login access to the image build server is also very useful when investigating CD issues.
• The debian-kernel mailing list and IRC channel.

• https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=linux

  • This is a useful url when a new kernel version is coming out.

• debian-www cvs for https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/,

  • https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/, and https://www.debian.org/CD/ You will probably end up needing to modify all of these at some point, so also commit access. I have never subscribed to the commit mails, but I do follow the debian-www mailing list.

• The debian-mirrors mailing list and Mirrors.masterlist (in debian-www
  • cvs). It's good to know when a mirror is broken, and you'll probably end up making changes to Mirrors.masterlist, or uploading choose-mirror when it's changed.

• https://www.accum.se/technical/statistics/ftp/monitordata/index.html

  • This is useful to see how much BW is being used to DL CDs after a

    release.

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