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Distro Tracker is the name of the software that powers theDebian Package Tracker.

This software lets you follow the evolution of a Debian-based distribution both with email updates and with a comprehensive web interface.

Having all the information about packages conveniently available in a single place is particularly interesting for package maintainers, contributors, advanced users, etc.

Documentation for End-Users

• Following Packages
  • Visiting the Package’s Page
  • Getting Updates by Email
  • Following Updates with an RSS Feed
• Email Messages
  • Type of Emails
  • Mail Headers
  • Subscribing to a package
• Working with Teams
  • Purpose of Teams
  • Team Email Address
  • Team Packages Overview
  • Creating a Team
  • Joining a Team
  • Adding and Removing Packages
  • Adding and Removing Members
  • Managing Subscriptions to Teams
• Interacting with Distro-Tracker by Email
  • How the Mailbot Works
  • Mailbot Commands Reference

Documentation for Administrators

• Initial Setup
  • Setting up Distro Tracker
  • Integration with a Web Server
  • Setting up the mailbot
  • Setting up the package repositories
• Forwarding Mails through the Package Tracker
  • General Principle
  • Forwarding VCS Commits to the Package Tracker
• Vendor Customization
• Upgrade Notes
  • Update to Debian 12 / distro-tracker 1.2.x
  • Update to Debian 11 / distro-tracker 1.1.3

Documentation for Developers

• Contributing
  • Join the community
  • Contribute
    * Usual workflow
    * Test Driven Development
    * Conventions
    * Git commit notices
    * Write access to the git repository
• Design Overview
  • Introduction
  • Email Interface
    * Email Control Messages
    * Email Dispatch
  • Tasks Framework
  • Vendor-specific Rules
  • Package Information
    * Data model
  • Web Interface
    * Panels Framework
    * Views and Templates
    * Client-side Functionality
• API Documentation
  • distro_tracker.accounts
    * distro_tracker.accounts.models
    * distro_tracker.accounts.views
    * distro_tracker.accounts.hooks
  • distro_tracker.core
    * Core internal API
    * Extendable parts of the web interface
    * Web interface implementation
  • distro_tracker.html
    * distro_tracker.html.templatetags.bootstrap
  • distro_tracker.mail
    * distro_tracker.mail.control
    * distro_tracker.mail.dispatch
    * distro_tracker.mail.mail_news
    * distro_tracker.mail.models
    * distro_tracker.mail.processor
  • distro_tracker.project
    * distro_tracker.settings
    * distro_tracker.settings.defaults
    * distro_tracker.settings.local
    * distro_tracker.settings.production
    * distro_tracker.settings.development
    * distro_tracker.settings.test
  • distro_tracker.test
  • distro_tracker.vendor
    * Sample skeleton vendor
    * Existing vendors