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Re: Things to check in release notes



On Thu, May  2, 2013 at 17:24:10 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:

> Justin B Rye wrote:
> > Now the big one. [...]
> 
> Here's the second half of the proofreading sweep for upgrading.dbk
> (if fantasy movies are allowed two-part finales these days, so am I).
> I hope I'm successfully keeping track of the sections that have been
> "commented out".
> 
Applied, thanks.

> I'm assuming that any time the text says "Squeeze/Wheezy" I should
> just standardise it to "squeeze/wheezy", which seem to be the
> renderings that &oldreleasename;/&releasename; substitute to.
> 
I'm not exactly sure when to use &releasename; vs &Releasename;.  I'm
fine with the lowercase version.

> I've made a couple of changes that verge on content-modifying:
> 
>   process.  For example, this will happen in desktop systems when
>  -<command>gdm</command> is restarted.
>  +the display manager is restarted.
> 
> (Since for a start gdm will be replaced during the upgrade.)
>        
I also replaced "this will happen" with "this may happen" because
normally the display manager should keep running...

>  -      As of 2012, Kolab is in a major rewrite and may get shipped with a
>  +      As of 2012, Kolab was in a major rewrite and may get shipped with a
> 
> (To show we do know what year it is.)
> 
> However, I haven't touched the somewhat cobbwebby references to
> kernel-package and deborphan, which I raised concerns about even for
> the Squeeze release.
> 
I'll remove the kernel-package reference.

> Finally, at the top of the "list of obsolete packages":
> 
>         <systemitem role="package">mysql-5.1</systemitem>, successor is
>         <systemitem role="package">mysql-5.5</systemitem>.
> 	       
> I don't see any mysql-5.* packages anywhere in Debian.  Are those
> source-package names?  Should it say "mysql-server-5.x"?

Yes, they're source package names.  I'm not sure that needs to change,
it should be fairly clear what this is about for mysql users.

Thanks,
Julien

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