unsubscribe 2017-06-01 21:44 GMT+08:00 Justin B Rye <justin.byam....@gmail.com>:
> 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 package >
