# Committer's 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.

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 15 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.

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# 1 Administrative Details

Login Methods | ssh(1), protocol 2 only
Main Shell Host | `freefall.FreeBSD.org`
Main Subversion Root | `svn+ssh://``svn.FreeBSD.org``/base` (see also Section 4).
Main CVSROOT's | `dcvs.FreeBSD.org``:``/home/dcvs`, `pcvs.FreeBSD.org``:``/home/pcvs` (see also Section 3).
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 SVN Branches | `stable/7` (7.X-STABLE), `stable/8` (8.X-STABLE), `stable/9` (9.X-STABLE), `head` (-CURRENT)

It is required that you use ssh(1) to connect to the project hosts. If you do not know anything about ssh(1), please see Section 10.

Useful links:

- FreeBSD Project Internal Pages

- FreeBSD Project Hosts

- FreeBSD Project Administrative Groups

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