Paul Gevers wrote:
> + <section id="golang-static-linking">
> + <title>Go based packages</title>
> + <para>
> + The Debian infrastructure currently doesn't properly enable rebuilding
> + packages that statically link parts of other packages on a large
> + scale. Until buster that hasn't been a problem in practice, but with
> the
(I'm adding a stretch-to-buster tag, since if this is still true for
buster-to-bullseye then it'll at least need a change from "hasn't
been" to "wasn't".)
> + growth of the Go ecosystems it means that Go based packages won't be
That should probably be "ecosystem", singular.
> + covered by regular security support until the infrastructure is
> improved
> + to cope with these kind of packages in a maintainable manner.
"These kind of" is normal in spoken English, but formal written
English prefers either "this kind of package" or "these kinds of
packages". Or maybe we just want:
to deal with them maintainably.
> + </para>
> + <para>
> + If updates are warranted, they can only come via regular point releases
> + and thus may be deployed late.
To avoid implying "too late" we might phrase this as:
If updates are warranted, they can only come via regular point
releases,
which may be slow in arriving.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff --git a/en/issues.dbk b/en/issues.dbk
index af7ca5c2..6ead1ec6 100644
--- a/en/issues.dbk
+++ b/en/issues.dbk
@@ -508,18 +508,19 @@ $ sudo update-initramfs -u
</section>
<section id="golang-static-linking">
+ <!-- stretch to buster -->
<title>Go based packages</title>
<para>
The Debian infrastructure currently doesn't properly enable rebuilding
packages that statically link parts of other packages on a large
scale. Until buster that hasn't been a problem in practice, but with the
- growth of the Go ecosystems it means that Go based packages won't be
+ growth of the Go ecosystem it means that Go based packages won't be
covered by regular security support until the infrastructure is improved
- to cope with these kind of packages in a maintainable manner.
+ to deal with them maintainably.
</para>
<para>
- If updates are warranted, they can only come via regular point releases
- and thus may be deployed late.
+ If updates are warranted, they can only come via regular point releases,
+ which may be slow in arriving.
</para>
</section>
</section>
