Issue #5, September 2006
What everyone wanted to know about Slackware development but didn't dare to ask
On September 19, 2006, Nicolas Vigier posted a number of clearly put questions concerning Slackware development. Sylvain Robitaille, one of the AOLS regulars, answered the questions. We believe the post is both useful for Slackware novices and nice to read for ol' slackers :-) The whole thread can be found here.
Mainly, it's Patrick Volkerding. Arguably it's also the user community, but I doubt that this is what you were asking about.
> Is there any one else besides Patrick Volkerding?
Patrick has accepted contributions from others (as noted in the changelog), but to the best of my knowledge, he is the only person presently officially associated with Slackware.
Patrick Volkerding
> Is there a forum, mailling list, newsgroup or something else that slackware developers use?
Email, I suppose. I've also read that Patrick Volkerding sometimes frequents IRC, but I have no direct knowledge of this (or which IRC channel he might use). He has, on very few occasions, posted a message to this newsgroup, but leaves no indication that he reads messages here.
> By the way, is there any slackware developers?
Yes: Patrick Volkerding
> Is there any way Patrick Volkerding communicates other than with the ChangeLog?
See above.
> Is there some sort of a bug tracker, something like bugzilla?
Email is likely preferred.
(quoted from the AOLS FAQ):
Contact information for Slackware is listed at: http://www.slackware.com/contact/
> Who is responsible for the security updates?
Patrick Volkerding
> Who is security @ slackware.com?
I imagine Patrick Volkerding, though there's some possibility he has help.
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