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Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.0.0
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Howdy all,
I have made some minor clarifying changes while working on another bug
report.
These changes do not have any substantive effect on the intended
meaning of the passages, only to clarity of expression.
The output of ‘git request-pull’ for these changes:
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The following changes since commit b9684c285afd148b102fc76f566175712cbfacac:
in Testsuite:, add hints to explain some terminology (2017-09-02 08:25:56 -0700)
are available in the git repository at:
bignose@git.debian.org:public_git/debian-full/debian-policy.git wip/maintenance/wording-clarifications
for you to fetch changes up to 1bf68292ff9f8617a79d974a54a9e58372644d3e:
Clarify a potential contradiction in which files have what license. (2017-09-03 14:24:36 +1000)
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(from the branch description for wip/maintenance/wording-clarifications local branch)
Clarify and re-word some passages.
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Ben Finney (6):
Separate some longer passages into paragraphs.
Link terms to their definitions.
Clarify “makes no sense” by instead stating why it is not acceptable.
Correct reference specifically to fields in a paragraph.
Use tighter phrasing of copyright holders and license grant.
Clarify a potential contradiction in which files have what license.
copyright-format-1.0.xml | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
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\ “I have a map of the United States; it's actual size. It says |
`\ ‘1 mile equals 1 mile’. Last summer, I folded it.” —Steven |
_o__) Wright |
Ben Finney <
bignose@debian.org>
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From 06a043b3c8edf7765d3dc9b469aed8d467e0cfbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Finney <
bignose@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 14:23:55 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Separate some longer passages into paragraphs.
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copyright-format-1.0.xml | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/copyright-format-1.0.xml b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
index 2eef301b..e40a710a 100644
--- a/copyright-format-1.0.xml
+++ b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
@@ -167,12 +167,16