Package: maint-guide Severity: wishlist (maint-guide maintainer: it would be nice if the New Maintainer's Guide included the expansions of these acronyms)
On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:10:49AM -0500, Mark Bucciarelli wrote: > Greetings, all. I've been lurking on this list for about a month and > following Debian news closely over the same period. I have a small > opensource project, written in Java, and I would like toc reate debs for > it. > > One thing I have found challenging is the number of acronyms debian folks > use, both on this list and in news releases. Could someone please define > the following: > > NMU Non-Maintainer Upload. Refer to the Developer's Reference: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ In fact, read the whole thing. It has lots of information that you should know. > ITP Intent to Package. See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > RC Release-Critical. Refers to a bug which must be fixed before a package is suitable for release. > BTS Bug Tracking System. See bugs.debian.org. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
