Hello,
I've cleaned up some phrases in the P&P templates, added some "please"
here and there, a new question; maybe these cleanups can be handy for
others as well. We also lack documentation on debian-vote and
debian-project in the list of mailing lists at the bottom.
--- nm_pp.txt 2004-09-17 13:07:41.000000000 +0200
+++ nm_pp.txt.enrico 2004-09-15 19:05:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,21 +33,25 @@
http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/legal.html)
5. At http://people.debian.org/~joerg/bad.licenses.tar.bz2 you can
- find a tarball of 4 bad licenses. Compare these licenses with the
- first nine points of the DFSG and show what changes they need to
+ find a tarball of 4 bad licenses. Please compare these licenses with the
+ first nine points of the DFSG and show what changes would be needed to
make them DFSG-free. No need to compare word for word, for some
- licenses this is an impossible task, but you should spot the
+ licenses this is an impossible task: just limit yourself in spotting the
biggest mistakes.
5a. The GNU Free Documentaion License (FDL) has been heavily discussed
- on debian-legal recently. Read
+ on debian-legal recently. Please read
http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html and
- briefly explain how you feel about the including documents
- licensed under the FDL in main and what consequences of this
- position might be for Debian.
+ briefly explain how you feel about including documents
+ licensed under the FDL in main and what might be the consequences of this
+ position for Debian.
6. Are there any sections of the DFSG or Social Contract that you
- might like to see changed? If so, why?
+ might like to see changed? If so, which ones, and why?
+
+ 7. What is your current agenda with regards to Debian, and how does it
+ fit with the Social Contract?
+
For the answer to the next two questions you need to sign the
email. Please dont forget that or I cant accept the answer.
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@
7. What are Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and when would you do an NMU?
Please list the usual procedure for a NMU.
- 8. Tell me 3 different methods to close a bug in the BTS, the difference
+ 8. Please tell me 3 different methods to close a bug in the BTS, the difference
between them, and when to use which method.
9. Each bugreport has a severity and optionally one or more tags. What's
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
14. You've just heard about this great program and would like to package
it, what are your next steps?
-15. How do you check a package before upload? Please explain to me why
+15. How do you check a package before the upload? Please explain why
and how you perform the checks.
16. What does version 3.4-2.1 mean? What Debian control file would you
@@ -119,8 +125,8 @@
other package. How would you keep track of the development of other
packages, even if you are not the maintainer?
-24. Should you happily sign another developer's GPG key? If not
- please, explain me the checks you will make before signing it.
+24. Should you happily sign another developer's GPG key? If not,
+ please explain me the checks you will make before signing it.
25. Do you know how to create a revocation certificate for your GPG key?
Do you have one? Why can it be meaningful to set a key expiration date?
@@ -156,23 +162,25 @@
Quality Assurance group.
A word on mailing lists: there are quite a lot of Debian mailing lists
-now and packaging-related packages, and I'd just like to check with
+now, and of packaging-related packages, and I'd just like to check with
you whether you know about the key ones.
debian-announce: Major public announcements
debian-devel-announce: Major announcements to the developer community
These two lists are must-subscribes. Everything else is optional. I
-abbreviate 'debian-' to '-' from now on!
+abbreviate 'debian-' to '-' from now on.
-security-announce:
security updates to stable
-private: you'll be subscribed automatically when your new-maintainer
- application is accepted; sensitive discussions, flamewars
- etc. You can unsubscribe if you wish.
+ application is accepted; sensitive discussions. You can
+ unsubscribe if you wish.
-devel: general mailing list for developer issues
-policy: where possible changes to debian-policy are discussed
-mentors: helping newbie Developers.
+TODO: -vote?
+TODO: -project?
There are many others; check the mailing list page on the web site
for details.
@@ -228,7 +236,7 @@
errors. You should never upload a package which is not
checked by one of these tools.
-Finally talk about some important websites:
+Finally, some important web links:
http://www.debian.org/devel/
The Developer's Corner. Contains links and on-line versions
of the stuff I mentioned before.
Ciao,
Enrico
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