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authorrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2005-10-07 15:45:24 +0000
committerrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2005-10-07 15:45:24 +0000
commit833cbcec9d4fffff879418ec4bd81e63f93a3427 (patch)
tree3881dccc4592f10fd6a029492b5054d8a8830fa6 /doc
parent96f4d540d9241e81c944e3ddd390b90d1d35c02f (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-833cbcec9d4fffff879418ec4bd81e63f93a3427.tar.gz
The MAINTAINER variable is now described in complete sentences.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/components.xml b/doc/guide/files/components.xml
index 829bdc45fa0..b737743c82c 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/components.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/components.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.13 2005/09/02 19:12:37 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.14 2005/10/07 15:45:24 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="components"> <?dbhtml filename="components.html"?>
<title>Package components - files, directories and contents</title>
@@ -148,18 +148,15 @@ SITES_foo-file.tar.gz=http://www.somewhere.com/somehow/ \
<para>The third section contains the following variables.
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><varname>MAINTAINER</varname> is the email address of the
- contact person for this package.
- The person who feels responsible for this package, and who is most
- likely to look at problems or questions regarding this package
- which have been reported with &man.send-pr.1;. The right
- person to contact before making major changes to the
- package.
- When packaging a new program, set
- <varname>MAINTAINER</varname> to yourself. If you really
- can't maintain the package for future updates, set it to
- <email>tech-pkg@NetBSD.org</email>.</para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem><para><varname>MAINTAINER</varname> is the email address
+ of the person who feels responsible for this package, and who is
+ most likely to look at problems or questions regarding this
+ package which have been reported with &man.send-pr.1;. Other
+ developers should contact the <varname>MAINTAINER</varname> before
+ making major changes to the package. When packaging a new program,
+ set <varname>MAINTAINER</varname> to yourself. If you really can't
+ maintain the package for future updates, set it to
+ <email>tech-pkg@NetBSD.org</email>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><varname>HOMEPAGE</varname> is a URL where users can
find more information about the package.</para></listitem>