Hi again, Here's another round of mostly wording improvements off the latest svn.
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Index: maint-guide.en.sgml =================================================================== --- maint-guide.en.sgml (revision 7457) +++ maint-guide.en.sgml (working copy) @@ -406,9 +406,10 @@ <url name="Debian QA Group" id="http://qa.debian.org/";>, you may be able to pick it up if it's still available (check the ownership status at <url name="Debian Bug report logs: Bugs in package wnpp in unstable" id="http://bugs.debian.org/wnpp";>). - There are also some packages which their maintainers are asking "Request for Adoption" (<strong>RFA</strong>). + You may also adopt a package for which the corresponding maintainer has filed + a "Request for Adoption" (<strong>RFA</strong>). - <p>You can find orphaned or RFA'ed packages at: + <p>Several different views of orphaned or RFA'ed packages are available at at: <list> <item><url name="Work-Needing and Prospective Packages" id="http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/";> <item><url name="Debian Packages that Need Lovin'" id="http://wnpp.debian.net/";> @@ -416,15 +417,16 @@ </list> <p>As a side note, it's important to point out that Debian already has - packages for most kinds of programs while available number and time - of its developers to maintain them are fairly limited. + packages for most kinds of programs, and the number of packages already in + the Debian archive is much larger than that of contributors with upload + rights. Thus, contributions to packages already in the archive are far more appreciated (and more likely to receive sponsorship) by other developers <footnote>Having said that, there will of course always be new programs that are worthwhile packaging.</footnote>. - You can do that in various ways by the following. + You can do that in various ways. <list> - <item>taking over orphaned but yet actively used packages + <item>taking over orphaned, yet actively used, packages <item>joining <url name="packaging teams" id="http://wiki.debian.org/Teams";> <item>triaging bugs of very popular packages <item>preparing <url name="QA or NMU uploads" id="http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/pkgs.html#nmu-qa-upload";>
