+developers-reference (2.5.0.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
+ * update number of available packages
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:47:25 -0500
+
developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
* add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
- -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
* more spelling corrections
* s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
- -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
<sect>Overview
<p>
The Debian GNU/Linux distribution consists of a lot of Debian packages
-(<tt/.deb/'s, currently more than 1500) and a few additional files
+(<tt/.deb/'s, currently around 2250) and a few additional files
(documentation, installation disk images, etc.).
<p>
Here is an example directory tree of a complete Debian distribution:
more and more popular, the kernel was ported to other architectures,
too.
<p>
-The Linux 2.0 kernel supports Intel x86, DEC Alpha, Sparc, Motorola 680x0
-machines (like Atari, Amiga and Macintoshes), MIPS, and PowerPC. Newer kernels
-support more architectures, including ARM, UltraSparc, and MIPS.
-Since Linux supports these platforms, Debian decided that it should,
-too. Therefore, Debian has ports underway. Aside from <em>i386</em>
-(our name for Intel x86), there is <em>m68k</em>, <em>alpha</em>,
-<em>powerpc</em>, <em>sparc</em>, <em>hurd-i386</em>, and <em>arm</em> as
-of this writing.
+The Linux 2.0 kernel supports Intel x86, DEC Alpha, Sparc, Motorola
+680x0 machines (like Atari, Amiga and Macintoshes), MIPS, and PowerPC.
+Newer kernels support more architectures, including ARM, UltraSparc,
+and MIPS. Since Linux supports these platforms, Debian decided that
+it should, too. Therefore, Debian has ports underway. Aside from
+<em>i386</em> (our name for Intel x86), there is <em>m68k</em>,
+<em>alpha</em>, <em>powerpc</em>, <em>sparc</em>, <em>hurd-i386</em>,
+and <em>arm</em> as of this writing.
<p>
Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 is only available as <em>i386</em>. Debian 2.0
a new check to <package/lintian/ so that an error or warning is
emitted.
<p>
-If you report more then 10 bugs on the same topic at once, it is
+If you report more than 10 bugs on the same topic at once, it is
recommended that you send a message to
<email/debian-devel@lists.debian.org/ describing your intention before
submitting the report. This will allow other developers to verify that