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Bug#864066: marked as done (release-notes: proofreading sweep - release-notes.dbk)

Your message dated Fri, 09 Jun 2017 23:23:00 +0000
with message-id <85621f50-1458-1b19-b45f-bd6a3bcca024@thykier.net>
and subject line Re: release-notes: proofreading sweep - release-notes.dbk
has caused the Debian Bug report #864066,
regarding release-notes: proofreading sweep - release-notes.dbk
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: release-notes
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

This case genuinely is only wishlist, and needn't go in until after
the release.  But it's already overdue - I commented on it in 2015
and put off doing anything about it.

The glossary section contains many entries explaining abbreviations
that are no longer present anywhere in the text:
 * ACPI
 * ALSA
 * APM
 * GPG
 * IDE
 * LDAP
 * LILO
 * LVM
 * NBD
 * NIC
 * NIS
 * OSS
 * RAID
 * RPC
 * SATA
 * UUID
 * VGA
 * WPA
Some of these have better odds of coming back than others, but I'd
vote to trim the entries for APM, IDE, LILO, OSS, RPC, and VGA this
time round (bringing the proportion of dead entries to below 50%!),
and look again next time.
-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package

Index: release-notes.dbk
===================================================================
--- release-notes.dbk	(revision 11526)
+++ release-notes.dbk	(working copy)
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@
     <glossdef><para>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry>
-    <glossterm>APM</glossterm>
-    <glossdef><para>Advanced Power Management</para></glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-  <glossentry>
     <glossterm>BD</glossterm>
     <glossdef><para>Blu-ray Disc</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
@@ -384,18 +380,10 @@
     <glossdef><para>GNU Privacy Guard</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry>
-    <glossterm>IDE</glossterm>
-    <glossdef><para>Integrated Drive Electronics</para></glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-  <glossentry>
     <glossterm>LDAP</glossterm>
     <glossdef><para>Lightweight Directory Access Protocol</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry>
-    <glossterm>LILO</glossterm>
-    <glossdef><para>LInux LOader</para></glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-  <glossentry>
     <glossterm>LSB</glossterm>
     <glossdef><para>Linux Standard Base</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
@@ -424,10 +412,6 @@
     <glossdef><para>Network Information Service</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry>
-    <glossterm>OSS</glossterm>
-    <glossdef><para>Open Sound System</para></glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-  <glossentry>
     <glossterm>PHP</glossterm>
     <glossdef><para>PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
@@ -436,10 +420,6 @@
     <glossdef><para>Redundant Array of Independent Disks</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry>
-    <glossterm>RPC</glossterm>
-    <glossdef><para>Remote Procedure Call</para></glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-  <glossentry>
     <glossterm>SATA</glossterm>
     <glossdef><para>Serial Advanced Technology Attachment</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
@@ -464,10 +444,6 @@
     <glossdef><para>Universally Unique Identifier</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry>
-    <glossterm>VGA</glossterm>
-    <glossdef><para>Video Graphics Array</para></glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
-  <glossentry>
     <glossterm>WPA</glossterm>
     <glossdef><para>Wi-Fi Protected Access</para></glossdef>
   </glossentry>

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 22:20:31 +0100 Justin B Rye
<justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: release-notes
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> This case genuinely is only wishlist, and needn't go in until after
> the release.  But it's already overdue - I commented on it in 2015
> and put off doing anything about it.
> 
> The glossary section contains many entries explaining abbreviations
> that are no longer present anywhere in the text:
>  * ACPI
>  * ALSA
>  * APM
>  * GPG
>  * IDE
>  * LDAP
>  * LILO
>  * LVM
>  * NBD
>  * NIC
>  * NIS
>  * OSS
>  * RAID
>  * RPC
>  * SATA
>  * UUID
>  * VGA
>  * WPA
> Some of these have better odds of coming back than others, but I'd
> vote to trim the entries for APM, IDE, LILO, OSS, RPC, and VGA this
> time round (bringing the proportion of dead entries to below 50%!),
> and look again next time.
> -- 
> JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
> 	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package

Applied, thanks.

~Niels

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