Bug#500371: please explicitly state svn repository URL in README-contrib
Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.4.0
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The README-contrib documentation file tells one to look for the subversion
source of the developer's reference on svn.debian.org, but it does not mention
which project module it's contained in, which in turn can easily lead to
searching around on svn.debian.org for the "developers-reference" project,
which doesn't exist.
The attached patch (against current trunk) changes this to explicitly state
the trunk repository of the source, so that those wanting to quickly locate it
in order to submit patches can do so. It also adds a link to the DDP SVN
access document at http://www.debian.org/doc/cvs, and fixes a minor grammatical
error.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental'), (1, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.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:
ii doc-base 0.8.16 utilities to manage online documen
-- no debconf information
Index: README-contrib
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--- README-contrib (révision 5385)
+++ README-contrib (copie de travail)
@@ -51,15 +51,21 @@
If you're interested in ongoing maintenance, once you've shown that
you've mastered the style of the manual with a couple accepted
-patches, you can be given SVN access. If you have already
+patches, you can be given SVN access. If you already have
access to the SVN server for other reasons, do not use it unless
authorized to do so.
-Instructions on how to get the SVN version of this software, including
-how to get SVN access, can be found at
-<URL:http://svn.debian.org/>.
+This manual is a part of the Debian Documentation Project (DDP).
+Information about SVN access for DDP can be found at
+<http://www.debian.org/doc/cvs>.
+If you just want to check out the current SVN version of this
+manual to create patches against, you can use the following
+command to do so:
+svn co svn://svn.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference
+
+
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