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Bug#545548: [PATCH 0/3] debian-policy package should include a pointer to http://wiki.debian.org/PolicyChangesProcess



On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 04:45:41PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>      These series of patches add easy to edit sources for a README file,
>  for documenting the Policy change process, and finally, the upgrading
>  checklist. The source format is designed to be easy to read and edit,
>  and is rendered into a pretty text format, as well as HTML, as long
>  as a recent versionof Emacs is found. The rendered files are shipped
>  in the package to avoid a build dependency on Emacs; the idea is that
>  policy editors have emacs isntalled and pre-create the rendered files
>  before release, kind of like the bad old days of autotools.

Well I do not have emacs installed...

>      Of course, we can just add emacs23 to the build depends, and
>  strip the generated files from the Package, I'm game either way.
> 
>        Three patches follow. Feedback appreciated.
> 
> Manoj Srivastava (3):
>   [bug545548-srivasta]: Add Documentation
>   [bug545548-srivasta]: Make upgradng-checklist a real HTML file
>   [bug545548-srivasta]: Arrange to regenerate derived files from org
>     source

Did you by any chance numbered your patches 0/3, 1/3 and 3/3 ?
Did that count as one 'Manoj Wonderful Typo' (MWT) ?

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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