From fcbec2153ae6cc898f73bd633859305364a6fb09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joy <joy@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:37:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] renamed the testing scripts section to a more generic testing
 distribution, and added missing <em>s around some references to it (which
 were potentially confusing without that)

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@1777 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
---
 developers-reference.sgml | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index 1697484..8014ad6 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: 1.123 $">
+  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.124 $">
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the developers reference here -->
   <!--
@@ -867,15 +867,15 @@ distribution changes from day-to-day. Since no special effort is done
 to make sure everything in this distribution is working properly, it is
 sometimes literally unstable.
 	<p>
-The testing distribution is generated automatically by taking
+<ref id="testing"> is generated automatically by taking
 packages from unstable if they satisfy certain criteria. Those
 criteria should ensure a good quality for packages within testing.
-<ref id="testing-scripts"> are launched each day after the
+The update to testing is launched each day after the
 new packages have been installed.
 	<p>
 After a period of development, once the release manager deems fit, the
 <em>testing</em> distribution is frozen, meaning that the policies
-which control how packages move from <em>unstable</em> to testing are
+which control how packages move from <em>unstable</em> to <em>testing</em> are
 tightened.  Packages which are too buggy are removed.  No changes are
 allowed into <em>testing</em> except for bug fixes.  After some time
 has elapsed, depending on progress, the <em>testing</em> distribution
@@ -1062,10 +1062,11 @@ Once you've made that change, <prgn>dupload</prgn> can be used to
 easily upload a package in one of the delayed directories:
 <example>DELAY=5 dupload --to delayed &lt;changes-file&gt;</example>
 
-    <sect id="testing-scripts">
-	<heading>The testing scripts</heading>
+    <sect id="testing">
+	<heading>The "testing" distribution</heading>
 	<p>
-The testing scripts are run each day after the installation of the
+The scripts that update the <em>testing</em> distribution are run each day
+after the installation of the
 updated packages. They generate the <file>Packages</file> files for
 the <em>testing</em> distribution, but they do so in an intelligent manner
 trying to avoid any inconsistency and trying to use only
@@ -1098,7 +1099,7 @@ 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 part of the
 <package>devscripts</package> package. It can be easily put in a crontab
-to keep someone informed of the progression of his packages in testing.
+to keep someone informed of the progression of his packages in <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
@@ -1106,7 +1107,7 @@ what would break with the inclusion of the package. The <url
 id="&url-testing-faq;" name="testing FAQ"> gives some more information
 about the usual problems which may be causing such troubles.
 	<p>
-Sometimes, some packages never enter testing because the set of
+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.
@@ -1144,8 +1145,8 @@ libdbd-mysql-perl | 1.2216-2.0.1 |       testing | alpha
 libdbd-mysql-perl |   1.2219-1 |      unstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
 </example>
 	<p>
-In this example, you can see that the version in unstable differs from
-the version in testing and that there has been a binary-only NMU of the
+In this example, you can see that the version in <em>unstable</em> differs from
+the version in <em>testing</em> and that there has been a binary-only NMU of the
 package for the alpha architecture. Each time the package has been
 recompiled on most of the architectures.
 
@@ -1188,7 +1189,7 @@ contact the subscribers of the package.
     <item>
 In the future, you may receive regular summary mails to keep you
 informed of the package's status (bug statistics, porting overview,
-progression in testing, ...).
+progression in <em>testing</em>, ...).
 </taglist>
 	<p>
 You can also decide to receive some more information:
-- 
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