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--- Begin Message ---Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Just to get the ball rolling here's a commented diff on one of the files that has least need for proofreading. All I've got to suggest are two very low-priority stylistic improvements. Index: about.dbk =================================================================== --- about.dbk (revision 11524) +++ about.dbk (working copy) @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ please file a bug in the <ulink url="&url-bts;">bug tracking system</ulink> against the <systemitem role="package">release-notes</systemitem> package. You -might want to review first the <ulink url="&url-bts-rn;">existing bug +might first want to review the <ulink url="&url-bts-rn;">existing bug reports</ulink> in case the issue you've found has already been reported. Feel free to add additional information to existing bug reports if you can contribute content for this document. (This feels like a clumsy attempt to avoid a "split infinitive", but in fact the way I'd naturally phrase it is like this, which avoids the issue anyway.) @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ <emphasis>Debian Documentation Project</emphasis>. You can use the <ulink url="&url-svn-release-notes;">web interface</ulink> to access its files individually through the web and see their - changes. For more information on how to access the SVN please + changes. For more information on how to access SVN please consult the <ulink url="&url-ddp-svn-info;">Debian Documentation Project SVN information pages</ulink>. </para> I suppose developers may feel differently about this, but I wouldn't naturally refer to a particular version control repository as "the" SVN any more than I'd talk about checking something out of a git. (The "Debian Documentation Project SVN information pages" also mention git; is this SVN-only coverage in the release-notes still true or does it need an update?) -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular packageIndex: about.dbk =================================================================== --- about.dbk (revision 11524) +++ about.dbk (working copy) @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ please file a bug in the <ulink url="&url-bts;">bug tracking system</ulink> against the <systemitem role="package">release-notes</systemitem> package. You -might want to review first the <ulink url="&url-bts-rn;">existing bug +might first want to review the <ulink url="&url-bts-rn;">existing bug reports</ulink> in case the issue you've found has already been reported. Feel free to add additional information to existing bug reports if you can contribute content for this document. @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ <emphasis>Debian Documentation Project</emphasis>. You can use the <ulink url="&url-svn-release-notes;">web interface</ulink> to access its files individually through the web and see their - changes. For more information on how to access the SVN please + changes. For more information on how to access SVN please consult the <ulink url="&url-ddp-svn-info;">Debian Documentation Project SVN information pages</ulink>. </para>
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--- Begin Message ---Justin B Rye: > Package: release-notes > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Just to get the ball rolling here's a commented diff on one of the > files that has least need for proofreading. All I've got to suggest > are two very low-priority stylistic improvements. > > [...] Thanks, applied. :) > > (The "Debian Documentation Project SVN information pages" also mention > git; is this SVN-only coverage in the release-notes still true or does > it need an update?) > The release-notes itself is still in SVN. But I believe some of the other documentation is now in git. :) So the release-notes part is still true. Though it sounds like the "Debian Documentation Project SVN information pages" could probably do with a "retitle" to use "VCS" instead of "SVN". :) Thanks, ~Niels
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