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<h2><b>Committer's Guide</b></h2>

<p>The
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/">Committer's Guide</a>
is an overall guide for all new committers, including
both technical details and policy details.
For the latter, see the chapters on
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/conventions.html">
Conventions and Traditions</a>,
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/developer.relations.html">
Developer Relations</a>,
and
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/rules.html">
The FreeBSD Committers' Big List Of Rules</a>.</p>

<p>It contains almost everything a new committer to the FreeBSD Project
needs to know.  See the Documentation Project Primer and the Ports Guide,
below, for more info.</p>

<h2><b>General Policies</b></h2>

<p>Here you will find various things such as the
<a href="new-account.html">New Account Creation Procedure</a>,
the
<a href="expire-bits.html">Commit Bit Expiration Policy</a>,
the
<a href="bylaws.html">Core Bylaws</a>,
the
<a href="resources.html">Commit Bit and Project Resources Policy</a>,
<a href="core-vote.html">Core's Voting Procedures</a>,
the
<a href="fortunes.html">Fortune File Policy</a>,
the
<a href="i18n.html">Internationalization Policy</a>,
the
<a href="data.html">User Data Policy</a>,
the
<a href="hats.html">Hats Term Limits Policy</a>,
and the
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pr-guidelines/">Problem Report Handling Guidelines</a>.</p>

<h2><b>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</b></h2>

<p>The
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors</a>
covers everything you will need to know in order to start
contributing to the FreeBSD Documentation Project, from the tools and
software you will be using (both mandatory and recommended) to the
philosophy behind the Documentation Project.</p>

<p>The <a href="doceng.html">FreeBSD Doceng Team Charter</a> describes
  the purpose of Doceng.</p>

<h2><b>The FreeBSD Ports Guidelines</b></h2>

<p>The
<a href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html">
FreeBSD Porter's Handbook</a>
is a general guide for FreeBSD ports committers, including both
technical information and policy guidelines.</p>

<p>The <a href="&base;/portmgr/index.html">Ports Management Team</a>
  has a separate page with policies and other information related to
  the FreeBSD Ports Collection.</p>

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