Re: [Manoj Srivastava] [PATCH 2/4] [bug545548-srivasta]: Make upgradng-checklist a real HTML file
On Tue, Oct 13 2009, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:23:29AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 11 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
>>
>> > Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
>> >
>> >> But someone really should be writing this up, since the bug
>> >> report was, in my opinion, on point: this stuff needs to be written up,
>> >> and I think that the wiki stuff is already not as good as the README is
>> >> when it comes to git process (far too many needless merges in that
>> >> process). If someone is willing to write this up and maintain it in
>> >> debiandoc, great. Or else perhaps one could reconsider my offer to
>> >> maintain it in the current form.
>> >
>> > I'm fine to maintain it in org-mode. I haven't played with it yet,
>> > but I'm sure it can't be that hard, and it's not like the details
>> > change all that much.
>>
>> Right. Given that we do have a bug asking for this
>> documentation, and that this is already written, and no one else has
>> stepped up to re-write it in another format, I think I shall merge this
>> branch in, at least as an interim measure. Given that this is not
>> really policy, but packaging, we can always decide to change our mind.
>
> Well I will do that, but first, I like to be remembered why the old
> policy-process document has been removed.
Well, because it had become obsolete at the time it was
removed. The old policy-process document was based on the work flow I
created, and Russ streamlined the work flow and created the new policy
process document, which is not obsolete (yet ;-).
I further changed some git related steps in the process, to
reduce unnecessary merges back and forth, and also to prevent loads of
obsolete branches piling up in the public repository (look at gitk
--all to see how recent changes are less confusing to follow), and that
is the Process.{org,txt,html} document now included in the policy
package.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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