Committer Guide

The FreeBSD Documentation Project

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This document provides information for the FreeBSD committer community. All new committers should read this document before they start, and existing committers are strongly encouraged to review it from time to time.

Table of Contents
1 Administrative Details
2 Commit Bit Types
3 CVS Operations
4 Conventions and Traditions
5 Developer Relations
6 GNATS
7 Who's Who
8 SSH Quick-Start Guide
9 The FreeBSD Committers' Big List of Rules
10 Support for Multiple Architectures
11 Ports Specific FAQ
12 Perks of the Job
13 Miscellaneous Questions

1 Administrative Details

Main Repository Host	`ncvs.FreeBSD.org`
Login Methods	ssh(1), protocol 2 only
Main CVSROOT	`ncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs`
Main CVS Repository Meisters `<cvs@FreeBSD.org>`	Peter Wemm `<peter@FreeBSD.org>` and Mark Murray `<markm@FreeBSD.org>`, as well as Josef Karthauser `<joe@FreeBSD.org>` for `ports/`
Mailing Lists	FreeBSD developers mailing list `<freebsd-developers@FreeBSD.org>`, FreeBSD committer's mailing list `<cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>`
Noteworthy CVS Tags	`RELENG_4` (4.X-STABLE), `HEAD` (-CURRENT)

It is required that you use ssh(1) or telnet(1) with Kerberos 5 to connect to the project hosts and only ssh(1), protocol 2 is allowed connecting to the repository host. These are generally more secure than plain telnet(1) or rlogin(1) since credential negotiation will always be encrypted. All traffic is encrypted by default with ssh(1). With utilities like ssh-agent(1) and scp(1) also available, ssh(1) is also far more convenient. If you do not know anything about ssh(1), please see Section 8.

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