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Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members



On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:20:54PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 04:04:24PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> > > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values
> > >   and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the
> > >   opportunity for becoming Debian project members.
> >                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >                 to become
> > or if you prefer:
> >                 of becoming
> 
> I bow to the superior knowledge of the British language :-) (and I
> encourage anyone to point out similar fixes).
> 
> I hereby accept this as an editorial change that does not affect the
> meaning of the proposal.
> 
> GR text is now also available at http://git.debian.org/?p=dpl/dpl.git

In a similar vein, I propose a few changes (which add cosmetic fixes,
and to my best knowledge, do not alter the meaning in any way). I
attach my patch inline, as well as separately, to be sure at least one
of them works!

Thanks.

Kumar

From c6397c766cd298d7cd361910d35ece7046e5bb1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:27:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add punctuation and fix some pronouns.

---
 gr/debian-contributors.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gr/debian-contributors.txt b/gr/debian-contributors.txt
index 11e9192..0bb4e73 100644
--- a/gr/debian-contributors.txt
+++ b/gr/debian-contributors.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system.
-To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions,
-including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations,
+To that end, the project benefits from various types of contributions,
+including, but not limited to: package maintenance, translations,
 infrastructure and website maintenance, porting, bug triaging and
 fixing, management activities, communication, testing, legal advice,
 quality assurance, etc.
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ The Debian project acknowledges that:
 * To pursue Debian goals, package maintenance as well as a wide range of
   other technical and non-technical contributions are all valuable.
 
-* Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values
+* Active contributors of non-packaging work, who share Debian values
   and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the
   opportunity to become Debian project members.
 
-The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to:
+The Debian project, therefore, invites the Debian Account Managers to:
 
 * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become
   Debian Developers without upload rights to the Debian archive. These
-- 
1.7.1
From c6397c766cd298d7cd361910d35ece7046e5bb1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:27:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add punctuation and fix some pronouns.

---
 gr/debian-contributors.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gr/debian-contributors.txt b/gr/debian-contributors.txt
index 11e9192..0bb4e73 100644
--- a/gr/debian-contributors.txt
+++ b/gr/debian-contributors.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system.
-To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions,
-including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations,
+To that end, the project benefits from various types of contributions,
+including, but not limited to: package maintenance, translations,
 infrastructure and website maintenance, porting, bug triaging and
 fixing, management activities, communication, testing, legal advice,
 quality assurance, etc.
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ The Debian project acknowledges that:
 * To pursue Debian goals, package maintenance as well as a wide range of
   other technical and non-technical contributions are all valuable.
 
-* Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values
+* Active contributors of non-packaging work, who share Debian values
   and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the
   opportunity to become Debian project members.
 
-The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to:
+The Debian project, therefore, invites the Debian Account Managers to:
 
 * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become
   Debian Developers without upload rights to the Debian archive. These
-- 
1.7.1

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