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## Committer's Guide

### The FreeBSD Documentation Project

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Last modified on 2013-07-15 by wblock.
Abstract

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.

Almost all FreeBSD developers have commit rights to one or more repositories. However, a few developers do not, and some of the information here applies to them as well. (For instance, some people only have rights to work with the Problem Report database). Please see Section 14, “Issues Specific to Developers Who Are Not Committers” for more information.

This document may also be of interest to members of the FreeBSD community who want to learn more about how the project works.

## 1. Administrative Details

Login Methods | ssh(1), protocol 2 only
Main Shell Host | `freefall.FreeBSD.org`
`src/` Subversion Root | `svn+ssh://``svn.FreeBSD.org``/base` (see also Section 3.2.3, “`RELENG_*` Branches and General Layout”).
`doc/` Subversion Root | `svn+ssh://``svn.FreeBSD.org``/doc` (see also Section 3.2.4, “FreeBSD Documentation Project Branches and Layout”).
`ports/` Subversion Root | `svn+ssh://``svn.FreeBSD.org``/ports` (see also Section 3.2.5, “FreeBSD Ports Tree Branches and Layout”).
Internal Mailing Lists | developers (technically called all-developers), doc-developers, doc-committers, ports-developers, ports-committers, src-developers, src-committers. (Each project repository has its own -developers and -committers mailing lists. Archives for these lists may be found in files `/home/mail/`repository-name`-developers-archive` and `/home/mail/`repository-name`-committers-archive` on the `FreeBSD.org` cluster.)
Core Team monthly reports | `/home/core/public/monthly-reports` on the `FreeBSD.org` cluster.
Ports Management Team monthly reports | `/home/portmgr/public/monthly-reports` on the `FreeBSD.org` cluster.
Noteworthy `src/` SVN Branches | `stable/8` (8.X-STABLE), `stable/9` (9.X-STABLE), `head` (-CURRENT)

ssh(1) is required to connect to the project hosts. For more information, see Section 9, “SSH Quick-Start Guide”.

Useful links:

- FreeBSD Project Internal Pages

- FreeBSD Project Hosts

- FreeBSD Project Administrative Groups

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