From: hertzog Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:46:38 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz. Closes: ... X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e322e20d49726e9b7fc616b129a2f389315aa5b2;ds=sidebyside Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz. Closes: #567233 git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@7071 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index e97b9e6..75f01af 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567234 + * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz. + Closes: #567233 -- Lucas Nussbaum Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900 diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk index 40ace63..f40e7f3 100644 --- a/pkgs.dbk +++ b/pkgs.dbk @@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ Please send a copy to &email-debian-devel; by using the X-Debbugs-CC header (don't use CC:, because that way the message's subject won't indicate the bug number). If you are packaging so many new packages (>10) that notifying the mailing list in seperate messages is too disruptive, -do send a summary after filing the bugs to the debian-devel list instead. +send a summary after filing the bugs to the debian-devel list instead. This will inform the other developers about upcoming packages and will allow a review of your description and package name. -Please include a Closes: -bug#nnnnn entry in the changelog of the -new package in order for the bug report to be automatically closed once the new -package is installed in the archive (see ). +Please include a Closes: #nnnnn +entry in the changelog of the new package in order for the bug report to +be automatically closed once the new package is installed in the archive +(see ). If you think your package needs some explanations for the administrators of the diff --git a/resources.dbk b/resources.dbk index 57b3824..8bab31b 100644 --- a/resources.dbk +++ b/resources.dbk @@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ similarly named channels for speakers of other languages. The main channel for Debian development is #debian-devel. -It is a very active channel since usually over 150 people are always logged in. +It is a very active channel; it will typically have a minimum of 150 people +at any time of day. It's a channel for people who work on Debian, it's not a support channel (there's #debian for that). It is however open to anyone who wants to lurk (and learn). Its topic is commonly full of interesting @@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ non-free packages. Packages which do not conform to the DFSG are placed in the non-free section. These packages are not considered as -part of the Debian distribution, though we support their use, and we provide +part of the Debian distribution, though we enable their use, and we provide infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists) for non-free software packages. @@ -1354,7 +1355,7 @@ Once you set up the VCS repository to generate commit notifications, you just have to make sure it sends a copy of those mails to sourcepackage_cvs@&pts-host;. Only the people who accept the cvs keyword will receive -these notifications. Note that the mail need to be sent from a +these notifications. Note that the mail needs to be sent from a debian.org machine, otherwise you'll have to add the X-PTS-Approved: 1 header.