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Debian is a large organization and there are several ways to get in touch with project members and other Debian users. This page summarizes often requested means of contact; it is by no means exhaustive. Please refer to the rest of the web pages for other contact methods.
Please note that most of the e-mail addresses below represent open mailing lists with public archives. Read thedisclaimer before sending any messages.
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You can send questions regarding the Debian project to thedebian-project@lists.debian.org mailing list. Please don't ask general questions about Linux on this list; read on for more information about other mailing lists.
If you are certain the documentation on the installation media and on ourwebsite doesn't have a solution to your problem, there's a very active usermailing list where Debian users and developers can answer your questions.Here, you can ask all kinds of questions regarding the following topics:
Pleasesubscribe tothe list and send your questions todebian-user@lists.debian.org.
Additionally, there are user mailing lists for speakers of various languages. See the subscription info forinternational mailing lists.
You can browse ourmailing list archive orsearch the archives without the need to be subscribed.
On top of that, it's possible to browse our mailing lists as newsgroups.
If you think you've found a bug in our installation system, please write to thedebian-boot@lists.debian.org mailing list. You can also file abug report against thedebian-installer pseudo-package.
TheDebian Publicity Team moderates news and announcements in all the Debian official resources, for example some mailing lists, the blog, the micronews website, and official social media channels.
If you're writing about Debian and need help or information, please contact thepublicity team. This is also the right address if you're planning to submit news for our own news page.
Please send invitations forconferences, exhibitions, or other events toevents@debian.org.
Requests for flyers, posters, and participation in Europe should be sent to thedebian-events-eu@lists.debian.org mailing list.
There are plenty of possibilities to support the Debian project and contribute to the distribution. If you would like to offer help, please visit ourHow to join Debian page first.
If you would like to maintain a Debian mirror, see the pages aboutmirroring Debian. New mirrors are submitted usingthis form. Problems with existing mirrorscan be reported atmirrors@debian.org.
If you would like to sell Debian CDs/DVDs, see theinformation for CD vendors. To get listed on the CD vendor list, pleaseusethis form.
If you would like to file a bug against a Debian package, we have a bugtracking system where you can easily report your problem. Please read theinstructions for filing bug reports.
If you simply want to communicate with the maintainer of a Debianpackage, then you can use the special mail aliases set up for each package.Any mail sent to <package name>@packages.debian.org will beforwarded to the maintainer in charge of that package.
If you would like to make the developers aware of a Debian securityproblem in a discreet manner, please send an email tosecurity@debian.org.
If you have questions about the development of Debian, we haveseveralmailing listsfor that. Here you can get in touch with our developers.
There is also a general mailing list for developers:debian-devel@lists.debian.org.Please follow thislink to subscribe to it.
To report a problem with a Debian service, you can usuallyreport a bug against the appropriatepseudo-package.
Alternatively, you can send an email to one of the following addresses:
Debian is a community of people who values respect. If you are the victim of inappropriate behaviour, if someone in the project has harmed you, or if you feel you have been harassed, please contact the Community Team:community@debian.org
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