Hello, Olly Betts sent me several improvements to the questions, which I turned into a patch: please find it attached to this mail. Ciao, Enrico -- GPG key: 4096R/E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org>
From 7650d4b908621f946f004faa81e75fa33c550411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:57:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Applied fixes from Olly Betts
---
nm_pp1.txt | 4 ++--
nm_pp2.txt | 2 +-
nm_ts1.txt | 12 ++++++------
nm_ts2.txt | 2 +-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nm_pp1.txt b/nm_pp1.txt
index 2c90dac..5a36784 100644
--- a/nm_pp1.txt
+++ b/nm_pp1.txt
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ PH3. Donald Knuth, author of TeX, insists that no-one has the right to
"change files" (a sort of patch file). Is this allowed for a program
for the main component of Debian?
-PH4. Do you know (and can you explain) the difference between free speech
- and free beer? Is Debian mainly about free speech or free beer?
+PH4. Please explain the difference between free speech and free beer.
+ Is Debian mainly about free speech or free beer?
PH5. What are the sections of the Debian archive and why is the archive
grouped into them?
diff --git a/nm_pp2.txt b/nm_pp2.txt
index ff3490c..b470b88 100644
--- a/nm_pp2.txt
+++ b/nm_pp2.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ PR4. At regular intervals, we arrange the so called "Bug Squashing Parties".
What are they good for and what happens during such a BSP?
PR5. What are Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and when would you do an NMU?
- Please list the usual procedure for a NMU.
+ Please list the usual procedure for an NMU.
PR5a. What is a binNMU and what are they useful for? Where and how do
you request to schedule binNMUs? Which precautions do you have to
diff --git a/nm_ts1.txt b/nm_ts1.txt
index c76f387..719b5eb 100644
--- a/nm_ts1.txt
+++ b/nm_ts1.txt
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ PF7. What is Essential: yes? Why isn't libc essential and why can't it
PF8. Explain the difference between Depends, Recommends, Suggests and
Enhances.
-PF8a. Is there something you have to keep in mind regarding the Recommends
- field while doing backports or updates for Etch or older releases?
+PF8a. What should you keep in mind regarding the Recommends field while doing
+ backports or updates for Etch or older releases?
PF9. What is Pre-depends for? Why should you avoid it?
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ PP1. Imagine you maintain a package which depends very closely on some
PP2. How can you ensure your package's description is in a good state and
in a valid format?
-PP3. You have a new package, and you finally find that it will be in
- contrib. Why would it be there? What could you do (in theory at
- least) to get it into main?
+PP3. You have a new package, and you find that it will be in contrib.
+ Why would it be there? What could you do (in theory at least) to
+ get it into main?
PP4. If one of your packages had serious problems like either
a) the current version in the archive is not "mature" enough
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ PPa. What would you do if your package contains an Emacs major mode?
PPb. How can you tell your users about some important changes in your
package?
-PPc. Run: dpkg -L devscripts | grep bin/ | bogosort -n | tail -10
+PPc. Run: dpkg -L devscripts | grep bin/ | shuf -n10
(or otherwise pick 10 random utilities of your choice from the
devscripts package) and for each one, tell me when a DD would want
to use it.
diff --git a/nm_ts2.txt b/nm_ts2.txt
index bee952d..8459b28 100644
--- a/nm_ts2.txt
+++ b/nm_ts2.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BU6. How do you upload a package to
- the DELAYED queue
BU7. What do you do if you've uploaded broken or incomplete files to
- the upload queue (something that likes to happen if your internet
+ the upload queue (something that can easily happen if your internet
connection is not stable, for example)?
Architectures and Libraries
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1.6.3.3
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