[SCM] Debian Live manual branch, master, updated. 20090201-1-9-ge5a5cff

Sun Feb 8 04:35:02 UTC 2009

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit b00cbf9ee33c702c232e1018752636e8386731a0
Author: Richard Nelson <unixabg at gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Feb 7 21:40:29 2009 -0600

    <tag>foo</tag> format cleanups in about.

diff --git a/xml/chapters/about/project.xml b/xml/chapters/about/project.xml
index 2e8348f..14bb49a 100644
--- a/xml/chapters/about/project.xml
+++ b/xml/chapters/about/project.xml
@@ -49,51 +49,31 @@
 
 <sect3>
 <title>Only unchanged, official packages</title>
-<para>
- We will only use official packages from the Debian repository, section main or maybe contrib (the use of contrib is not decided yet). The non-free section is not part of Debian and therefore not used at all for the live system.
-</para>
+<para>We will only use official packages from the Debian repository, section main or maybe contrib (the use of contrib is not decided yet). The non-free section is not part of Debian and therefore not used at all for the live system.</para>
 
-<para>
- We will not change any packages. Whenever we need to change something, we will do that in coordination with its package maintainer in Debian.
-</para>
+<para>We will not change any packages. Whenever we need to change something, we will do that in coordination with its package maintainer in Debian.</para>
 
-<para>
- Exception: temporarily, our own packages like live-helper or live-initramfs may be used from our own repository for development reasons (e.g. to create development snapshots). They will be synced into Debian on a regular basis.
-</para>
+<para>Exception: temporarily, our own packages like live-helper or live-initramfs may be used from our own repository for development reasons (e.g. to create development snapshots). They will be synced into Debian on a regular basis.</para>
 </sect3>
 
 <sect3>
 <title>No configuration of the live system</title>
-<para>
- In this phase we will not ship or install sample or alternative configurations. All packages are used in their default configuration as they are after a regular installation of Debian.
-</para>
+<para>In this phase we will not ship or install sample or alternative configurations. All packages are used in their default configuration as they are after a regular installation of Debian.</para>
 
-<para>
- Whenever we need a different default configuration, we will do that in coordination with its package maintainer in Debian.
-</para>
+<para>Whenever we need a different default configuration, we will do that in coordination with its package maintainer in Debian.</para>
 
-<para>
- A system for configuring packages is provided using debconf in lh_config (use --preseed FILE) allowing custom configured packages to be installed in your custom produced Debian Live images, but for official live images only default configuration will be used.
-</para>
+<para>A system for configuring packages is provided using debconf in lh_config (use --preseed FILE) allowing custom configured packages to be installed in your custom produced Debian Live images, but for official live images only default configuration will be used.</para>
 
-<para>
- Exception: There are a few essential changes needed to be make a live system alive (e.g. configuring pam to allow empty passwords). These essential changes have to be kept as minimal as possible and, should be merged within the Debian repository if possible.
-</para>
+<para>Exception: There are a few essential changes needed to be make a live system alive (e.g. configuring pam to allow empty passwords). These essential changes have to be kept as minimal as possible and, should be merged within the Debian repository if possible.</para>
 </sect3>
 
 <sect3>
 <title>No live system to hard disk installer</title>
-<para>
- [ this is no longer valid after etch release, we will work on an installer for lenny ]
-</para>
+<para>[ this is no longer valid after etch release, we will work on an installer for lenny ]</para>
 
-<para>
- For the moment we will not ship an installer to copy the live system to a partition on the hard disk. Although we keep the changes in the live system as drastically minimal as possible compared to a regular Debian installation, the live system does differ in a few essential points (see exceptions, guideline 2).
-</para>
+<para>For the moment we will not ship an installer to copy the live system to a partition on the hard disk. Although we keep the changes in the live system as drastically minimal as possible compared to a regular Debian installation, the live system does differ in a few essential points (see exceptions, guideline 2).</para>
 
-<para>
- Therefore, we will ship a copy of the regular DebianInstaller (resp. Debian Installer, Graphical Installer) instead, to allow users to perform a regular Debian installation (and, of course, cdebootstrap and debootstrap are on the system too).
-</para>
+<para> Therefore, we will ship a copy of the regular DebianInstaller (resp. Debian Installer, Graphical Installer) instead, to allow users to perform a regular Debian installation (and, of course, cdebootstrap and debootstrap are on the system too).</para>
 </sect3>
 
 </sect2>
@@ -107,21 +87,15 @@
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry><term>IRC</term>
-<listitem><para>
-A number of users and developers are present in the <ulink url="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-live">#debian-live</ulink> channel on <ulink url="http://oftc.net">OFTC</ulink>. When asking a question on IRC, please be patient for an answer. If no answer is forthcoming, please email the mailing list.
-</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>A number of users and developers are present in the <ulink url="irc://irc.debian.org/#debian-live">#debian-live</ulink> channel on <ulink url="http://oftc.net">OFTC</ulink>. When asking a question on IRC, please be patient for an answer. If no answer is forthcoming, please email the mailing list.</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry><term>BTS</term>
-<listitem><para>
-The Debian Bug Tracking System (BTS) contains details of bugs reported by users and developers. Each bug is given a number, and is kept on file until it is marked as having been dealt with. For more information, please see <xref linkend="bugs"/>.
-</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>The Debian Bug Tracking System (BTS) contains details of bugs reported by users and developers. Each bug is given a number, and is kept on file until it is marked as having been dealt with. For more information, please see <xref linkend="bugs"/>.</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry><term>Wiki</term>
-<listitem><para>
-FIXME. <ulink url="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive">our entry on the Debian wiki</ulink>.
-</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>FIXME. <ulink url="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive">our entry on the Debian wiki</ulink>.</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 </variablelist>

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