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<p><span class="fas fa-caret-right fa-3x"></span> The Debian Documentation Project (DDP) takes care of Debian's documentation, for example the users' and developers' manuals, various handbooks, FAQs, and release notes. This page offers a quick overview of the DDP's work.</p>
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<h2><a id="ddp_work">Our Work</h2>

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    <h3>Manuals</h3>
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      <li><strong><a href="user-manuals">Users' manuals</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="devel-manuals">Developers' manuals</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="misc-manuals">Miscellaneous manuals</a></strong></li>
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    <h3>Documentation Policy</h3>
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      <li>Manual licenses comply with DFSG.</li>
      <li>We use restructuredText or Docbook XML (deprecated) for our documents.</li>
      <li>All sources are available in our <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team">Git repository</a>.</li>
      <li><tt>www.debian.org/doc/&lt;manual-name&gt;</tt> will be the official URL.</li>
      <li>Every document should be actively maintained.</li>
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    <h3>Git Access</h3>
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      <li>How to access the <a href="vcs">DDP's Git repository</a></li>
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