[Publicity-commits] r3420 - /dpn/en/current/index.wml

Sat Mar 17 01:55:13 UTC 2012

Author: jbr-guest
Date: Sat Mar 17 01:55:13 2012
New Revision: 3420

URL: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/?sc=1&rev=3420
Log:
first pass

Modified:
    dpn/en/current/index.wml

Modified: dpn/en/current/index.wml
URL: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/dpn/en/current/index.wml?rev=3420&op=diff
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--- dpn/en/current/index.wml (original)
+++ dpn/en/current/index.wml Sat Mar 17 01:55:13 2012
@@ -12,27 +12,27 @@
 <toc-add-entry name="elections">Debian Project Leader Elections 2012: the candidates</toc-add-entry>
 
 <p>
-On March, 2nd Kurt Roeckx, current Debian Project Secretary, sent the 
+On March 2, Kurt Roeckx, current Debian Project Secretary, sent the
 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/03/msg00001.html">call
-for nominations</a> for Debian Project Leader elections 2012.
+for nominations</a> for the 2012 Debian Project Leader elections.
 Unlike last year, when Stefano Zacchiroli was the only candidate, three candidates
-will run for DPL: Wouter Verhelst, Gergely Nagy and the current DPL Stefano Zacchiroli.
+will be running for DPL: Wouter Verhelst, Gergely Nagy and the current DPL Stefano Zacchiroli.
 <br />
-The campaigning period is already started and will ends on March 31st: the
+The campaigning period has already started and will end on March 31: the
 <a href="$(VOTE)/2012/vote_001">platforms of the candidates</a>
 are already available.
-You can follow the campaign on the 
+You can follow the campaign on the
 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote mailing list</a>, where
 the prospective leaders reply to voters' questions.
-The voting period will start on April 1st and end on April 14th.
+The voting period will start on April 1 and end on April 14.
 </p>
 
 
 <toc-add-entry name="edu">First <q>Squeeze</q> based Debian Edu released</toc-add-entry>
 
 <p>
-The first <q>Squeeze</q> based Debian Edu has 
-been <a href="$(HOME)/News/2012/20120311">released</a>
+The first <q>Squeeze</q> based Debian Edu version was
+<a href="$(HOME)/News/2012/20120311">released</a>
 last week.
 Debian Edu (aka <q>Skolelinux</q>) is a Debian Pure
 Blend specifically targeted at schools and educational institutions,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 Petter Reinholdtsen started a series of blogposts dedicated to Debian Edu
 / Skolelinux, with 
 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Nigel_Barker.html">interviews
-to Debian Edu users and administrators</a> and 
+of Debian Edu users and administrators</a> and
 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Writing_and_translating_documentation_in_Debian_Edu.html">explanations</a>
 about the work of the team.
 </p>
@@ -64,31 +64,28 @@
 <p>
 Jonathan Wiltshire sent a 
 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2012/03/msg00004.html">report
-from the Bug Squashing Party</a> held over the weekend 2th-4th
-March in Cambridge. 
+from the Bug Squashing Party</a> held over the weekend of March 2–4 in Cambridge.
 The BSP was a success: eighteen developers and contributors worked on 170
 bugs, closing 45 bugs and adding further informations for 16 bugs. Manuel
 Montecelo closed the <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305992">oldest
 bug</a>, opened in 2005, while Neil Williams, 
 <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662079">requesting the removal of
-opensync and associated packages</a>, closed with a single action 25
-bugs.
+opensync and associated packages</a>, closed 25 bugs with a single action.
 <br />
-Paul Wise reported about 
+Paul Wise reported on
 <a href="http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/03/16/perth-bsp-report/">the
-Perth Bug Squashing Party</a> held over the 10th-11th weekend.
+Perth Bug Squashing Party</a> held over the weekend of March 10–11.
 During the weekend about 10 people worked on 12 bugs, focussing on the
 release critical bugs highlighted by <tt>rc-alert</tt>.
 </p>
 
-<toc-add-entry name="gobby">Announced <tt>gobby.debian.org</tt></toc-add-entry>
+<toc-add-entry name="gobby">Announcing <tt>gobby.debian.org</tt></toc-add-entry>
 
 <p>
 Philipp Kern announced the availability of 
 <a href="http://debblog.philkern.de/2012/02/gobbydebianorg.html">a Gobby
 server hosted by Debian</a>: Gobby is a realtime collaborative editor
-which works as a standalone desktop application. In order to use it, is
-needed to install the 
+which works as a standalone desktop application. To use it, install the
 <a href="http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gobby-0.5">gobby-0.5
 package</a> and then just connect to the server at <tt>gobby.debian.org</tt>.
 </p>
@@ -99,11 +96,11 @@
 In a recent article, Stefano Zacchiroli pointed out how much 
 <a href="http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2012/03/debian_contributions_to_the_linux_kernel/">the
 Debian Kernel Team is contributing to upstream</a>.
-Not only members of the team can be often spotted among the most active 
+Not only can members of the team often be spotted among the most active
 contributors for specific Linux releases, but they were
 <a href="http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/2.6.32-stable.html">also publicly
 thanked by Greg Kroha-Hartman</a>, current Linux kernel maintainer for the
--stable branch, with this words:
+-stable branch, with these words:
 <q>I would personally like to thank the Debian kernel developers,
 specifically Ben Hutchings, Maximilian Attems, Dann Frazier, Bastian
 Blank, and Moritz Muehlenhoff. They went above and beyond what any
@@ -132,8 +129,8 @@
 Enrico Zini announced 
 <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/03/msg00004.html">the
 new website for the New Members process</a>. 
-The <a href="https://nm.debian.org/">new site</a> is the result of
-huge re-design of the backend database, made during 
+The <a href="https://nm.debian.org/">new site</a> is the result of a
+major re-design of the backend database, made during
 a recent meeting.
 </p>
 
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@
 The Debian Project 
 <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/program/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2012">will
 participate, for the seventh consecutive year,
-to the <q>Google Summer of Code</q></a>. Further information can
+in the <q>Google Summer of Code</q></a>. Further information can
 be found on the <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012">Debian
 wiki</a>.
 </p>
@@ -161,7 +158,7 @@
 <toc-add-entry name="events">Upcoming events</toc-add-entry>
 <p>There are several upcoming Debian-related events:</p>
 <ul>
- <li>March 17-18, Chemnitz, Germany — <a href="$(HOME)/events/2012/0317-linuxtage-chemnitz">Debian
+ <li>March 17–18, Chemnitz, Germany — <a href="$(HOME)/events/2012/0317-linuxtage-chemnitz">Debian
  booth at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage</a></li>
  <li>March 17, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA — <a href="$(HOME)/events/2012/0317-northeast-linux-fest">Debian
  booth at the 2nd Annual Northeast Linux Fest</a></li>
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@
 <p>Do you want to organise a Debian booth or a Debian install party?
 Are you aware of other upcoming Debian-related events?
 Have you delivered a Debian talk that you want to link on our
-<a href="$(HOME)/events/talks">talks page</a>? 
+<a href="$(HOME)/events/talks">talks page</a>?
 Send an email to the <a href="mailto:events at debian.org">Debian Events Team</a>.
 </p>
 


