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Re: Updated maint-guide contents, question on style -- ELF/compiled language



Hi,
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 06:01:26PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > I found one "revision" used for upstream.
> > 
> > [3.3 end of section]
> I deduce that the paragraph you meant to quote was (just above):

Correct.
 
> | Whenever you make changes that are not specifically related to Debian package
> | such as <filename>debian/patches/fix-gentoo-target.patch</filename>, be sure to
> | send them to the upstream maintainer so they can be included in the next
> | revision of the program and be useful to everyone else.  Also remember
> | to avoid making your fixes specific to Debian or Linux - or even Unix!
> | Make them portable.  This will make your fixes much easier to apply.
> 
> Changing "revision" to "version" there would make sense.
> 
> Also in the first line either change "package" to "packaging", or
> possibly make it "that are not specific to the Debian package".


Done as suggested.


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