From: joy <joy@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:42:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: describe/plug the testing web page better
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describe/plug the testing web page better


git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@2088 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
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diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index d80fddf..c48c82f 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <!entity % commondata  SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.161 $">
+  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.162 $">
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the developers reference here -->
   <!--
@@ -1111,24 +1111,27 @@ or they must be accepted into <em>testing</em> at the same time (and they will
 if they respect themselves all the criteria);
 </list>
 	<p>
-The scripts are generating some output files to explain why some packages
-are kept out of testing. They are available at <url
-id="&url-testing-maint;">. Alternatively, it is possible to use
-the <prgn>grep-excuses</prgn> program which is in the
-<package>devscripts</package> package. It can be easily put in a
-<manref name="crontab" section="5">
-to keep someone informed of the progression of his packages in <em>testing</em>.
+To find out whether a package is progressing into testing or not, see the
+testing script output on the <url name="web page of the testing distribution"
+id="&url-testing-maint;">, or use the program <prgn>grep-excuses</prgn>
+which is in the <package>devscripts</package> package. This utility can
+easily be used in a <manref name="crontab" section="5"> to keep one
+informed of the progression of their packages into <em>testing</em>.
 	<p>
 The <file>update_excuses</file> file does not always give the precise reason
 why the package is refused, one may have to find it on their own by looking
 what would break with the inclusion of the package. The <url
-id="&url-testing-maint;" name="testing overview"> gives some more information
+id="&url-testing-maint;" name="testing web page"> gives some more information
 about the usual problems which may be causing such troubles.
 	<p>
 Sometimes, some packages never enter <em>testing</em> because the set of
 inter-relationship is too complicated and can not be sorted out
 by the scripts. In that case, the release manager must be
 contacted, and he will force the inclusion of the packages.
+	<p>
+In general, please refer to the <url name="testing web page"
+id="&url-testing-maint;"> for more information. It also includes
+answers to some of the frequently asked questions.
 
     <sect id="pkg-info">Package information
 	<p>