[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Fix minor grammatical issues in doc/index.txt

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Thu Oct 31 21:41:24 EDT 2013


On 01/11/13 07:53, Jason St. John wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn at purdue.edu>
> ---
>  doc/index.txt | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt
> index 9916eab..02da213 100644
> --- a/doc/index.txt
> +++ b/doc/index.txt
> @@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ option) with a master server through the use of package databases. Prior to
>  this, packages would have to be installed manually using the '\--add' and
>  '\--upgrade' operations.
>  
> -Version 3.0 was the switch to a two-part pacman- a backend named libalpm
> -(library for Arch Linux Package Management), and the familiar pacman frontend.
> +Version 3.0 was the switch to a two-part pacman- a back-end named libalpm

there should be a space between  "pacman" and "-"

> +(library for Arch Linux Package Management), and the familiar pacman front-end.
>  Speed in many cases was improved, along with dependency and conflict resolution
>  being able to handle a much wider variety of cases. The switch to a
>  library-based program should also make it easier in the future to develop
>  alternative front ends.
>  
>  Version 4.0 added package signing and verification capabilities to the entire
> -makepkg/repo-add/pacman toolchain via GNUPG and GPGME.
> +makepkg/repo-add/pacman toolchain via GnuPG and GPGME.
>  
>  Documentation
>  -------------
>  
> -Manpages
> +Man Pages
>  ~~~~~~~~
> -There are several manpages available for the programs, utilities, and
> +There are several man pages available for the programs, utilities, and
>  configuration files dealing with pacman.
>  
>  * linkman:PKGBUILD[5]
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ configuration files dealing with pacman.
>  * linkman:repo-add[8]
>  * linkman:vercmp[8]
>  
> -Changelog
> +Change Log

I think this should stay one word.  And I am going to cite wikipedia as
the definitive reference!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changelog

>  ~~~~~~~~~
>  For a good idea of what is going on in pacman development, take a look at the
>  link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/[Git summary page] for the
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ link:https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/[view the archives].
>  
>  Source Code
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~
> -Development of pacman is currently done in GIT. The central repository is
> +Development of pacman is currently done in Git. The central repository is
>  hosted by Arch Linux, although some of the developers have their own trees (ask
>  on the above mailing lists if you are interested in finding the locations of
>  these trees).
> @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Bugs
>  ----
>  If you find bugs (which is quite likely), please email them to the pacman-dev
>  mailing last at mailto:pacman-dev at archlinux.org[] with specific information
> -such as your commandline, the nature of the bug, and even the package database
> +such as your command-line, the nature of the bug, and even the package database
>  if it helps.
>  
>  You can also post a bug to the Arch Linux bug tracker
> 



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