                  Introduction to the Debian mailing lists
                  ========================================

  Debian GNU/Linux is developed through distributed development all
  around the world. Therefore, email is the preferred way to discuss
  various items. Much of the conversation between Debian developers
  and users is managed through several mailing lists.  

  There are many world-open mailing lists, meaning anyone can read
  everything that is posted, and participate in the discussions. Everyone is
  encouraged to help development of Debian and to spread the word of free
  software.  There are also a few lists which are only open to official Debian
  developers; please don't interpret this as closed development, it sometimes
  doesn't make much sense discussing internal topics with non-developers.

  All original Debian mailing lists run on a special server, using an
  automatic mail processing software called SmartList.  This server is called
  lists.debian.org.  All submission, subscription and unsubscription messages
  have to be sent to a particular address at this host.

  The language used on all lists is English, unless stated otherwise.
  There are some user lists for other languages available.

Subscription / Unsubscription
-----------------------------

  Anyone is able to subscribe/unsubscribe on their own to any mailing list,
  presuming the subscription policy for a particular list is `open'.

  The requests for subscription or unsubscription can be sent to a special
  control address, which is slightly different from the list address.
  Subscription or unsubscription messages should NOT be sent to the address
  of the mailing list itself.

  To subscribe or unsubscribe from a mailing list, please send mail to

        <listname>-REQUEST@lists.debian.org

  with the word `subscribe' or `unsubscribe' as subject.

  Please remember the -REQUEST part of the address.

  As part of the subscription process, the list software will send you an
  email to which you must reply in order to finish subscribing.  This is a
  security measure to keep people from subscribing others to the lists without
  their permission.

  If you need to contact a human listmaster, direct your mail to
  listmaster@lists.debian.org . To find out who is responsible for the
  lists, take a look at http://www.debian.org/intro/organization

User lists

  There are several user based mailing lists where developers and
  users can get in contact to discuss and solve problems.

  debian-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Major news and very important changes in the project
                    are announced here.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-backports-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Announcements relating to the debian-backports project include security related announcements
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-backports@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the debian-backports archive
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-chinese-big5@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian Chinese Project: Chinese localization (l10n),
                    documentation and web site translation, user support
                    etc.

                    Posts may be in English or Big5-encoded Chinese.
                    All posts are automatically converted to GB encoding
                    and cross-posted to the debian-chinese-gb mailing list.

                    If you would rather read and post in GB-encoded
                    Chinese, please subscribe to debian-chinese-gb instead.
      Language    : Chinese
      Moderated   : subscribers
      Subscription: open

  debian-chinese-gb@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian Chinese Project: Chinese localization (l10n)
                    issues, documentation and web site translation, user
                    support etc.

                    Posts may be in English or GB-encoded Chinese.
                    All posts are automatically converted to Big5 encoding
                    and cross-posted to the debian-chinese-big5 mailing list.

                    If you would rather read and post in Big5-encoded
                    Chinese, please subscribe to debian-chinese-big5 instead.
      Language    : Chinese
      Moderated   : subscribers
      Subscription: open

  debian-edu-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Announcements regarding Skolelinux/debian-edu
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-enterprise@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions about special needs in enterprise 
                    environments and ways to fulfill those needs.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-esperanto@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian users who speak Esperanto.
      Language    : Esperanto
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-firewall@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion of implementation and maintenance of
                    firewalls using Debian. Both basic issues and new
                    more exotic developments are discussed here.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-infrastructure-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : This list covers announcements about changes in the (public and
                    private) Debian infrastructure including services the Debian
                    project directly or indirectly provides.  
      Moderated   : signed
      Subscription: open

  debian-isp@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about issues and problems specific to
                    Internet Service Providers (ISPs for short) that
                    use Debian.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-italian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Italian.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Language    : Italian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-japanese@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.

                    For native Japanese, Debian JP Project provides
                    several mailing lists discussing the Debian system in
                    Japanese, see http://www.debian.or.jp/MailingList.html
      Language    : English/Japanese
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-kde@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions related to KDE in Debian.
                    Those developing KDE-based packages are
                    encouraged to use this to discuss issues
                    and share their experience.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-laptop@lists.debian.org

      Description : Installing, updating and using laptops with Debian.
                    Suggestions on special packaging, complaints, etc.
                    are welcome.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-news-french@lists.debian.org

      Description : News about Debian for users speaking French.
      Language    : French
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-news-german@lists.debian.org

      Description : News about Debian for users speaking German.
      Language    : German
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-news-italian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Releases, news, internationalization efforts and
                    other related news about Debian for Italian-speaking users.
      Language    : Italian
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-news-portuguese@lists.debian.org

      Description : Releases, news, internationalization efforts and other
                    related news about Debian for users speaking Portuguese.
      Language    : Portuguese
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-news-spanish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Releases, news, internationalization efforts and
                    other related news about Debian for Spanish-speaking users.
      Language    : Spanish
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-news@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-photo@lists.debian.org

      Description : Using software in Debian for photography, and discussion about problems,
                    challenges and opportunities related to that. All parts of the
                    photographic process are on topic: controlling the camera, transferring
                    pictures to the computer, managing, editing, converting, printing,
                    uploading, displaying, etc.
                    .        
                    For bandwidth and disk space reasons, it is not, however, appropriate
                    to send images to the list. Put them on a web site and include the URL
                    in a mail sent to the list instead.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-research@lists.debian.org

      Description : This list's goal is to gather those interested in Debian from an
                    academic perspective. 
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-russian@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.
      Language    : Russian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : The security team informs the users about security
                    problems by posting security advisories about
                    Debian packages on this list.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-security@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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
                    advisories from Debian, subscribe to
                    debian-security-announce instead.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-stable-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Updates to stable packages will be announced on this list.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-testing-security-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : The testing-security team informs users about security problems by 
                    posting summaries about fixed packages in Debian testing on this list.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-catalan@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Catalan.
      Language    : Catalan
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-danish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users who speak Danish.
      Language    : Danish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-dutch@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Dutch
      Language    : Dutch
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-finnish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users who speak Finnish.
      Language    : Finnish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-french@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak French.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Language    : French
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-german@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak German.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Language    : German
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-greek@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Greek.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-hungarian

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Hungarian.
      Language    : Hungarian
      Subscription: http://lists.linux.hu/mailman/listinfo/debian

  debian-user-icelandic@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Icelandic.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-indonesian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users who speak Indonesian.
      Language    : Indonesian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-polish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Polish.
      Language    : Polish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-portuguese@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users who speak Portuguese.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Language    : Portuguese (both European and Brazilian, and other dialects are welcome)
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-slovenian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Slovenian.
      Language    : Slovenian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-spanish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Spanish.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Language    : Spanish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-swedish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Swedish.
      Language    : Swedish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-tamil@lists.debian.org

      Description : Mailing list to discuss Tamil localisation efforts for Debian and to coordinate 
                    Tamil localisation activities. You can also get Debian support in Tamil here.
      Language    : Tamil
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-turkish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Turkish.
      Language    : Turkish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-ukrainian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users who speak Ukrainian.
      Language    : Ukrainian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user-vietnamese@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users that speak Vietnamese, and discussions on translations
      Language    : Vietnamese
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-user@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for Debian users who speak English.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Digest      : debian-user-digest@lists.debian.org
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-volatile-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Announcements relating to the debian-volatile project include new uploads and changes
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-volatile@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the debian-volatile archive
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

Development lists

  There are several lists on which developers and experienced
  users discuss more technical issues.  In addition, there are some
  announcement lists to help experienced users keep track of
  development.

  debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org

      Description : User and Developer list for accessibility-related issues.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-ada@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion of Ada in Debian.

                    This list is intended for:
                    - discussion of the Debian Policy for Ada
                    - release coordination among Ada packages in Debian
                    - packaging advice
                    - general help for Ada programmers using the Debian packages

                    You can find the Debian Policy for Ada at 
                    http://people.debian.org/~lbrenta/debian-ada-policy.html
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-apache@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-beowulf@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about Beowulf systems running Debian.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-blends@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian Pure Blends (formerly known as Custom Debian Distributions)
                    provide support for special user interests. They implement a new
                    approach to cover interests of specialised users, who might be 
                    children, lawyers, medical staff, visually impaired people, etc.
                    Of late, several Debian Pure Blends have evolved. The common goal 
                    of those is to make installation and administration of computers 
                    for their target users as easy as possible, and to serve in the
                    role as the missing link between software developers and users
                    well.
                    
                    You can get more information at
                    http://blends.alioth.debian.org/blends/
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-boot@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and maintenance of the Debian
                    installation system.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-cd@lists.debian.org

      Description : Creating Debian CD sets, official and unofficial.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-cli@lists.debian.org

      Description : This list is about using and/or developing for the Common Language
                    Infrastructure (CLI).
                    If you want to develop software or create Debian packages
                    that uses Mono, GNU Portable.NET or LLVM VMKit then you are right on this
                    mailing list.
                    If you are writing software in C#, VB.NET, Boo, Nemerle or other
                    CLI based/enabled programming languages then you are also welcome on this list.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-ctte-private@lists.debian.org

      Description : Private communication between tech committee members.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: Debian Technical Committee only

  debian-ctte@lists.debian.org

      Description : Public meeting, business and announcements of the Debian
                    Technical Committee
      Moderated   : subscribers
      Subscription: open

  debian-dak@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the Debian Archive Software, consisting of dak for the
                    archive and the buildd related parts wanna-build/sbuild.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-debbugs-cvs@lists.debian.org

      Description : CVS commit messages when modifications are done to
                    debbugs
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-debbugs@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and development of debbugs, the Debian
                    Bug Tracking System software.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-desktop@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the Debian Desktop sub-project,
                    the integration of the various desktop-related
                    packages, bug reports, questions and patches.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Announcements of development issues like policy changes,
                    important release issues &c.
      Moderated   : signed
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-austrian

      Description : Discussion among the Debian developers in Austria.
      Language    : (mostly) German
      Subscription: https://www.gibraltar.at/mailman/listinfo/debian-at

  debian-devel-french@lists.debian.org

      Description : This is the list used to discuss development
                    issues in French.
      Language    : French
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-games@lists.debian.org

      Description : Development and packaging discussion for games and game-related software in Debian.
                    Identification of potential new games suitable for Debian. Discussion about
                    infrastructure issues covering a wider range of games (e.g. multiplayer issues).
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-italian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on development issues in Italian.
      Language    : Italian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-portuguese@lists.debian.org

      Description : This is the list used by Portuguese developers
                    (or wannabes) to discuss development issues.
      Language    : Portuguese
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-spanish@lists.debian.org

      Description : This is the list used by Spanish developers
                    (or wannabes) 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.
      Language    : Spanish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about technical development topics.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Digest      : debian-devel-digest@lists.debian.org
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-doc@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian Documentation Project: anything related
                    to documentation in Debian is on topic here.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-dpkg-bugs@lists.debian.org

      Description : Email sent by the bug tracking system regarding
                    the dpkg packages.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-dpkg-cvs@lists.debian.org

      Description : The CVS commit messages from the dpkg CVS tree.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions and maintenance of dpkg, the basis of
                    the Debian packaging system.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-edu-french@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions in french between all educational Debian-based projects.
                    This list should ease the collaboration between the projects themselves
                    and between Debian and those projects.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-edu@lists.debian.org

      Description : Making Debian the best distribution in the
                    education landscape.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion of all things related to the several
                    Debian Emacs packages and their add-ons.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-email@lists.debian.org

      Description : A generic "grab-bag" list for Debian related
                    correspondence such as contacting upstream authors
                    about licenses, bugs etc, or discussing the project
                    with others where it might be useful to have the
                    discussion archived somewhere.

                    This list is archived internally on a Debian Project
                    machine, only developers have access to the archive.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: developers only

  debian-embedded@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-flash@lists.debian.org

      Description : For discussion of issues relating to the development and use of Debian for
                    Flash development and viewing of Flash content. For general discussion of Flash
                    related free software, please visit the osflash community: http://osflash.org
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-gcc@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on Debian packaging of GCC, the
                    GNU compiler collection: bug reports, porting
                    issues, any kind of questions or patches.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-gis@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Debian. For more
                    information about the Debian GIS Blend see 

                    http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-glibc@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on Debian packaging of the GNU C Library,
                    the most important library on Debian systems.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and coordination among maintainers of
                    Debian's GTK+, GNOME and dependent or related
                    packages.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-hams@lists.debian.org

      Description : Support for HAMRadio within Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-haskell@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion of issues related to Haskell on Debian systems, with an
                    emphasis towards coordinating Haskell packaging standards.  Relevant
                    for anyone packaging Haskell compilers, libraries, or programs on
                    Debian.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-ipv6@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the use of Debian in an IPv6 network
                    and implementing IPv6 support in Debian packages.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-java@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the packaging and use in Debian of VMs
                    and compilers for the Java(tm) language, and programs
                    written on it.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-jr@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and working on making Debian the sort
                    of operating system that children will want to use.

                    The Debian Jr. Project web page is at
                    http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-kernel-maint@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and development of Debian kernel packaging,
                    for the kernel team and other developers.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-kernel@lists.debian.org

      Description : Kernels used with Debian (Linux, Hurd, etc.), available
                    patches and flavors, packaging issues, bug reports,
                    porting issues, automated tools, and any other
                    questions or patches that are kernel-related. Mostly
                    bug reporting is done here.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-knoppix@lists.debian.org

      Description : Development of the Debian-based live CD/DVD takes place.  As it is mainly a
                    development list, user questions are best placed on the debian-user list.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-lex@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-lint-maint@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-live@lists.debian.org

      Description : Development of the Debian Live systems (i.e. live cds).
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-lsb@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and coordination of efforts towards ensuring
                    Debian meets the requirements of the Linux Standard Base.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-med@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on providing a free operating system
                    for medical care.

                    The Debian-Med Project web page is at
                    http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-mentors@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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'!
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the development of applications
                    that produce multimedia content, handling multimedia
                    data, supporting multimedia hardware etc.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-ocaml-maint@lists.debian.org

      Description : Packaging of Objective Caml programs and libraries.
                    (http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/)
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-openoffice@lists.debian.org

      Description : Coordination of the maintenance of the OpenOffice
                    packages in Debian.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-perl@lists.debian.org

      Description : The list is dedicated to coordinate the work of various
                    perl package maintainer and to write a kind of perl
                    sub-policy.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-policy@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and editing of the Debian Policy Manual.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-printing@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion of issues related to printing on Debian systems.  This
                    covers all aspects of printing, from spoolers, to RIPs and printer
                    drivers.  The list is used for coordination of development,
                    integration and bugfixing of printing packages between package
                    maintainers.  User printing and printing setup questions are also
                    on topic.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-private@lists.debian.org

      Description : Private discussions among developers: only for
                    issues that may not be discussed on public lists.

                    Anything sent there should be treated as sensitive
                    and not to be spread to other lists; thus
                    cross-posting between it and an open list defeats
                    the purpose of this list.

                    This list is archived internally on a Debian Project
                    machine, only developers have access to the archive.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: developers only

  debian-python@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion of issues related to Python on Debian
                    systems with a stress on packaging standards. Therefore
                    relevant for maintainers of Python related packages.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-qa-packages@lists.debian.org

      Description : Bug reports against orphaned packages and discussions
                    about fixing them.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-qa@lists.debian.org

      Description : Quality assurance is important for a distribution. This
                    list addresses this quality.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion and coordination among maintainers of
                    Debian's Qt, KDE and dependent or related packages.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-release@lists.debian.org

      Description : Coordination of Debian releases issues such as testing migrations, transitions
                    and removals.
                    
                    This list should not be considered a discussion list; discussions related to
                    releases issues should be held on more appropriate lists such as debian-devel,
                    debian-legal or debian-project.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-ruby@lists.debian.org

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  debian-science@lists.debian.org

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  debian-sgml@lists.debian.org

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  debian-ssh@lists.debian.org

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  debian-wb-team@lists.debian.org

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  debian-webapps@lists.debian.org

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  debian-wnpp@lists.debian.org

      Description : Orphaning and adopting packages which is done through
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      Moderated   : yes
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  debian-www@lists.debian.org

      Description : Design, structure and translation of Debian
                    web pages. All important changes to the web
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  debian-x@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the X Window System within Debian.
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  deity@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian GNU/Linux will get a new, friendly frontend to
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      Description : Internationalization (i18n) of the distribution is
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      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-arabic@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Arabic localization issues, mainly
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      Language    : Arabic
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-basque@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Basque localization issues, mainly translating Debian
                    docs and programs to Basque.
      Language    : Basque
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-belarusian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Belarusian localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Belarusian.
      Language    : Belarusian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-catalan@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Catalan localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Catalan.
      Language    : Catalan
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-chinese@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Chinese localization issues, mainly translating Debian
                    docs and programs to Chinese.
      Language    : Chinese
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-czech@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion forum for the translators of
                    Debian-specific packages and documentation to the Czech language.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-danish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Danish localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Danish.
      Language    : Danish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-dutch@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion forum for the translators of Debian-specific
                    packages and documentation to the Dutch language.
      Language    : Dutch
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing English localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to English.
      Language    : English
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-esperanto@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Esperanto localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Esperanto.
      Language    : Esperanto
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-finnish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Finnish localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Finnish.
      Language    : Finnish
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-french@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion forum for the translators of Debian-specific
                    packages and documentation to the French language.
      Language    : French
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-galician@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Galician localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and
                    programs to Galician.
      Language    : Galician
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-german@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing German localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to German.
      Language    : German
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  debian-l10n-greek@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on Greek localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Greek.
      Language    : Greek
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-hungarian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Hungarian localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Hungarian.
      Language    : Hungarian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-indonesian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Indonesian localization issues, mainly translating Debian docs and
                    website into Indonesian, improving Indonesian environment support in Debian.
      Language    : Indonesian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-italian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Italian localization efforts within Debian.
      Language    : Italian
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-kannada@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian Kannada (kn_IN) localization, documentation and web site translation,
                    user support, user-developers coordination
      Language    : Kannada
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-korean@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion forum for the translators of Debian-specific packages and
                    documentation to the Korean language.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-malayalam@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion forum for the translators of Debian-specific packages and
                    documentation to the Malayalam language.
      Language    : Malayalam
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-persian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Persian/Farsi localization issues, mainly translating
                    Debian docs and programs to Persian/Farsi.
      Language    : Persian
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-polish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Polish localization issues, mainly translating Debian
                    web pages, documentation and programs to Polish.
      Language    : Polish
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-portuguese@lists.debian.org

      Description : Portuguese localization issues such as translating
                    the documentation and programs.
      Language    : Portuguese
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-romanian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Romanian localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Romanian.
      Language    : Romanian
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-russian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Russian localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Russian.
      Language    : Russian
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-sicilian@lists.debian.org

      Description : Sicilian localization issues within Debian.
      Language    : Sicilian
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-spanish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Spanish localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and programs to Spanish.
      Language    : Spanish
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-l10n-swedish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion forum for translators of Debian-specific packages
                    and documentation for the Swedish language.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-turkish@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussing Turkish localization issues, mainly
                    translating Debian docs and website into Turkish,
                    improving Turkish environment support in Debian.
      Language    : Turkish
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-l10n-vietnamese@lists.debian.org

      Description : This is the Debian localization list for Vietnamese localization announcements
                    and translation status checks, discussions between Vietnamese translators and
                    questions from Vietnamese community users with language-related issues.
      Language    : Vietnamese
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

Ports to non-i386 Linux architectures and to non-Linux kernels

  Debian GNU/Linux is ported to several other types of computers, and there
  are also efforts to create Debian systems on kernels other than Linux.

  debian-68k@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the m68k port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-alpha@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on the Alpha port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-amd64@lists.debian.org

      Description : Porting Debian to AMD x86-64 architecture.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-arm@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on the ARM port for Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-bsd@lists.debian.org

      Description : Porting Debian to BSD (all *BSD variants).
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-hppa@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the PA-RISC port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-hurd@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian port of the GNU Hurd operating system.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-ia64@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the intel IA64 (aka Itanium, Merced)
                    port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-interix@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on the Interix port of Debian/GNU.
                    For more information see: http://www.debian-interix.net/
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-mips@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the MIPS port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion on the PowerPC port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-s390@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the IBM S/390 port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-sparc@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the SPARC port of Debian GNU/Linux.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-superh@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions on the SuperH port of Debian GNU/Linux. For
                    more information about running Linux on SH processors,
                    have a look at http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/
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  debian-win32@lists.debian.org

      Description : Porting the Debian distribution to Win32 systems
                    (Debian GNU/Win32).
      Moderated   : no
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The Bug Tracking System

  The Debian bug tracking system is open to the public, and it produces
  a lot of email. Some of this might be of interest to developers or even
  users, so it is distributed through these (high-volume) mailing lists.

  debian-bugs-closed@lists.debian.org

      Description : Messages that close Debian bug reports.
      Moderated   : yes
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  debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org

      Description : All submitted bug reports as well as further information
                    on them are distributed here.
      Moderated   : yes
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  debian-bugs-forwarded@lists.debian.org

      Description : Mails in which Debian maintainers forward bugs
                    to their upstream authors.
      Moderated   : yes
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  debian-bugs-rc@lists.debian.org

      Description : All mail regarding release-critical bugs is
                    copied to this mailing list.

                    See http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/
                    for more information.
      Moderated   : yes
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Miscellaneous Debian lists

  There are several mailing lists which discuss topics that are
  not directly related to developing or using Debian, and there
  are some that don't necessarily have a clear distinction
  between developers and users in the intended audience.

  debian-admin@lists.debian.org

      Description : This is our internal list used for administering the
                    Debian machine park.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: closed

  debian-backports-changes@lists.debian.org

      Description : Changes to the "debian-backports" distribution are announced
                    here. This includes queued and dak mail.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-changes@lists.debian.org

      Description : Changes to the releases are announced here. This
                    includes security upgrades as well as important
                    bugfixes.
      Digest      : debian-changes-digest@lists.debian.org
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-consultants@lists.debian.org

      Description : Communication among Debian consultants. See at the bottom of the
                    consultants page (http://www.debian.org/consultants/#policy) for how
                    to add/update entries to this page.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-curiosa@lists.debian.org

      Description : 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.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org

      Description : Notices about uploaded packages for the unstable
                    distribution, from developers, buildds and katie,
                    the archive sentinel.
                    (High-volume mailing list.)
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-dug-in@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion list for the Debian community in India without being tied to a
                    particular group in order to link all groups and individuals in the country and
                    facilitate the coordination of local events.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-dug-mx@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion list for the Debian community in Mexico without being tied to a
                    particular group in order to link all groups and individuals in the country and
                    facilitate the coordination of local events.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-events-eu@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions and organizational stuff about booths for
                    Debian at european exhibitions.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-events-ha@lists.debian.org

      Description : Mailing list for announcements and events organization
                    with Debian affiliation in Hispanic America.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-events-na@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions and organizational stuff about booths and
                    presentations for Debian at North American exhibitions.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-events-nl@lists.debian.org

      Description : Announcements of small meetings and keysigning parties of Dutch
                    Debian Developers and other discussions of interest mainly for
                    Debian people in the Netherlands. Posts in both Dutch and English
                    are common.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-jobs@lists.debian.org

      Description : Job postings can be published on this list in
                    order to make them public to members of the Debian
                    community.  While the jobs do not necessarily have
                    to involve the use of Debian, it is encouraged that
                    they do.  Jobs can be about the development of
                    proprietary system, but jobs involving free software
                    (either development or system administration) are
                    preferred.  Please include information such as
                    location and remuneration if appropriate.  The list
                    is moderated; it is also an open list - job postings
                    which have to be kept private should be sent to
                    leader@debian.org who will distribute them.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-legal@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions about legality issues such as
                    copyrights, patents etc.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-mirrors-announce@lists.debian.org

      Description : Important changes to the FTP archive are announced here.
                    These are mainly useful to maintainers of Debian
                    mirrors.
      Moderated   : signed
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  debian-mirrors@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions relating to the Debian mirror network,
                    and the maintenance of mirrors.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-newmaint@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about the Debian New Maintainer process,
                    application manager reports etc.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-project@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussion about non-technical topics related
                    to the Debian Project.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-publicity@lists.debian.org

      Description : Coordination of all the work related to the external
                    communication of Debian: drafting new announces,
                    collecting important information that Debian should relay
                    to its community, improving the infrastructure offered to
                    people who want to create Debian booth, etc.
      Moderated   : no
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  debian-snapshot@lists.debian.org

      Description : This list covers discussion and maintenance of the snapshot.debian.org archive
                    as well as the development of enhancements of this service.
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  debian-testing-changes@lists.debian.org

      Description : Changes to the "testing" distribution are announced
                    here. This includes various bugfixes.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

  debian-vote@lists.debian.org

      Description : Proposals, discussions and announcements related to
                    Official Debian Votes.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  debian-women@lists.debian.org

      Description : Debian users and developers who wish to involve more
                    women in the Debian project. For discussion and
                    sharing of ideas as well as project collaboration.
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  whitelist@lists.debian.org

      Description : This is a special pseudo-mailing list to which
                    people can subscribe to prove they are not
                    spammers.

                    This allows one to avoid the restrictions imposed
                    on non-subscriber posts to other mailing lists,
                    in particular the mailing lists that allow posts
                    only from subscribers.
      Moderated   : yes
      Subscription: open

Other


  debian-derivatives@lists.debian.org

      Description : front-desk for developers of Debian-based distributions
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

Lists hosted for other projects

  Our list server provides mailing list facilities for other free
  projects as well.

  other-cdwrite@lists.debian.org

      Description : cdwrite mailing list
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open

  other-sart@lists.debian.org

      Description : Discussions and announcements about SART,
                    a free raytracer that uses Guile extension
                    language and is distributed under GPL. 

                    The SART website is at
                    http://petra.zesoi.fer.hr/~silovic/sart/
      Moderated   : no
      Subscription: open


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