Question on ch2 change: Updated maint-guide contents, question on style

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:30:51AM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Onward to chapter two.  I'm trying to cut down on editing glitches by
> @@ -920,25 +922,28 @@
>  </section>
>  <section id="portable"><title>Free portable programs</title>
>  <para>
> -A lot of Free programs are written in the <ulink url="&c-program;">C</ulink> and
> +A lot of free software is written in the <ulink url="&c-program;">C</ulink> and
>  <ulink url="&cxx;">C++</ulink> languages.  Many of
>  these use Autotools or CMake to make them portable across different platforms.
> -These tools are used to generate <filename>Makefile</filename> and other
> -required source files.  Then, such programs are built with usual <literal>make;
> -make install</literal>.
> +These tools are used to generate the <filename>Makefile</filename> and other
> +required source files.  Then, such programs are built using the usual
> +<literal>make; make install</literal>.
>  </para>

I am wondering on this.  Isn's it better to do:

A lot of free software programs are written in the  ...

Then all following text using "they are ..." goes nicely with this.

Osamu