From 6b2ee47e93db971d4fced81a097987a681cfd7eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joy Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:55:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mention how the vacation notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the full stop into an exclamation sign in the sentence about removing the on-vacation flag, many people forget this (i myself had the flag turned on for weeks after return at one time :) git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@1326 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d --- developers-reference.sgml | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml index a21ed3b..db32815 100644 --- a/developers-reference.sgml +++ b/developers-reference.sgml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ %commondata; - + @@ -309,10 +309,14 @@ you're on vacation. In order to inform the other developers, there's two things that you should do. First send a mail to &email-debian-private; giving the period of time when you will be on vacation. You can also give some special instructions on what to -do if any problem occurs. Next you should update your information +do if any problem occurs. Be aware that some people don't care for vacation +notices and don't want to read them; you should prepend "[VAC] " to the +subject of your message so that it can be easily filtered. +

+Next you should update your information available in the Debian LDAP database and mark yourself as ``on vacation'' (this information is only accessible to debian developers). Don't forget -to remove the ``on vacation'' flag when you come back. +to remove the ``on vacation'' flag when you come back! Coordination With Upstream Developers

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