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Bug#567233: developers-reference: typo fixes in pkgs/resources.dbk

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Karl Goetz

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Jan 27, 2010, 9:10:01 PM1/27/10
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Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.4.0
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi,
This patch has a few fixes for what looks to me like typos/grammar issues
in the dev-ref. Apologies if I've changed the meaning of something in
the process.
kk


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

developers-reference depends on no packages.

Versions of packages developers-reference recommends:
ii debian-policy 3.8.0.1 Debian Policy Manual and related d

Versions of packages developers-reference suggests:
pn doc-base <none> (no description available)

-- no debconf information

grammar-and-typos.diff

Raphael Hertzog

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Feb 14, 2010, 1:00:02 PM2/14/10
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tag 567233 + pending
thanks

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Karl Goetz wrote:
> -do send a summary after filing the bugs to the debian-devel list instead.
> +send a summary to the debian-devel list after filing the bugs instead.

Ok.

> Please include a <literal>Closes:
> -bug#<replaceable>nnnnn</replaceable></literal> entry in the changelog of the
> +#<replaceable>nnnnn</replaceable></literal> entry in the changelog of the

Both are correct. I prefer the shorter version though, changed.

> -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.

Ok.

> <literal>testing</literal> as they approach stability, <literal>sid</literal>
> itself is never released. As well as the usual contents of a Debian
> distribution, <literal>sid</literal> contains packages for architectures which
> -are not yet officially supported or released by Debian. These architectures
> -are planned to be integrated into the mainstream distribution at some future
> -date.
> +are not yet (or no longer) officially supported or released by Debian. These
> +architectures are planned to be integrated into the mainstream distribution at
> +some future date.

That change is wrong. sid doesn't contain removed architectures (or only
temporarily). For example, "arm" is not in sid while it was in lenny.

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Karl Goetz

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Feb 14, 2010, 8:10:01 PM2/14/10
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On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:42:09 +0100
Raphael Hertzog <her...@debian.org> wrote:

> tag 567233 + pending
> thanks
>
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Karl Goetz wrote:
>
> > <literal>testing</literal> as they approach stability,
> > <literal>sid</literal> itself is never released. As well as the
> > usual contents of a Debian distribution, <literal>sid</literal>
> > contains packages for architectures which -are not yet officially
> > supported or released by Debian. These architectures -are planned
> > to be integrated into the mainstream distribution at some future
> > -date. +are not yet (or no longer) officially supported or released
> > by Debian. These +architectures are planned to be integrated into
> > the mainstream distribution at +some future date.
>
> That change is wrong. sid doesn't contain removed architectures (or
> only temporarily). For example, "arm" is not in sid while it was in
> lenny.

My mistake, I'll have to do some more reading in that area :)
kk

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