3 GNU Accounts and Resources

The directory /gd/gnuorg mentioned throughout this document is available on the general GNU server, currently fencepost.gnu.org. If you are the maintainer of a GNU package, you should have an account there. If you don’t have one already, see https://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html. Such GNU login accounts include email (see https://www.fsf.org/about/systems/sending-mail-via-fencepost).

You can request for accounts for people who significantly help you in working on the package; we will do this in special cases when there is a good reason.

Other resources available to GNU maintainers are described at https://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html, as well as throughout this document. In brief:

• Login accounts (see above).
• Version control (see Old Versions).
• Mailing lists (see Mail).
• Web pages (see Web Pages).
• Mirrored release areas (see Distributions).
• Pre-release portability testing, both automated (via Hydra) and on request (via volunteers).