From 8d420f7f01377b784a50c9fb97ae90814892108f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joy <joy@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:12:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] removed the extra copy of life, universe and everything ;)
 and tidied up another paragraph

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@2180 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
---
 developers-reference.sgml | 16 +++++-----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index d8155a7..c2f263c 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: 1.184 $">
+  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.185 $">
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the developers reference here -->
   <!--
@@ -3283,16 +3283,10 @@ for instance, in a changelog entry like this:
 <example>
   * Maintainer upload, closes: #42345, #44484, #42444.
 </example>
-This will close the NMU bugs in "fixed" state when the package makes
-it into the archive (and also the bug for the fact that an NMU was
-done).  It is also perfectly acceptable to close NMU-fixed bugs by
-other means; see <ref id="bug-answering">.
-	<p>
-Changelogs shouldn't include general statements on life, the universe
-and everything ("sorry this upload took me so long, but I caught the
-flu").  Exceptions can be made if the comment is funny ;-) Obviously,
-this is subjective, so it's likely best if it's kept out of technical
-documentation such as changelogs.
+This will close the NMU bugs tagged "fixed" when the package makes
+it into the archive. The bug for the fact that an NMU was done can be
+closed the same way. Of course, it's also perfectly acceptable to
+close NMU-fixed bugs by other means; see <ref id="bug-answering">.
         </sect1>
 
 	<sect1 id="bpp-changelog-errors">
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