Debian @ International Linux Kongreß 2001

– November 28th - 30th, 2001 –
– Enschede, Netherlands –

As an introduction I plan to give a more or less short overview about the Debian Project, our work, participation, the techniques we are using and other things important to us. The audience is asked to write down any questions that arise and any issues about which they would like to hear more.

Outline

  1. Intro
    • Who am I?
    • Scope of Debian
      • Distribution of Free Software
      • Develop dependencies
      • non-company, non-profit, open development
    • Debian Organization
      • Developers, Leader
      • teams
      • legal umbrella
      • Documents: Consitution, SC, DFSG, policy etc.
  2. Maintaining a 900 people community
    • Communication
      • electronically
      • Face to face
      • Hierarchies
    • Rules
      • Social Contract
      • Constitution
      • Policy
      • Readme's
  3. Technical aspects
    • Package Maintenance
      • file management
      • config files
      • descriptions
      • dependencies
      • scripts
    • Convenience tools
      • menu
      • debconf
      • adduser
      • start-stop-daemon
      • install-info
      • install-docs
      • update-rc.d
      • update-inetd
      • alternatives
      • diversions
    • buildd
    • Archive Maintenance
  4. Users benefits
    • Installation and Upgrade
    • Convenience
    • Packages' interaction
    • Support
    • Size
    • Architectures