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Package: developers-reference
Version: 13.4
I just downloaded the developers-reference from
https://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals and I noticed that it is being
formatted in US Letter. While this may be the preferred format for US
users, the rest of the world is using A4 sized pages. I am not sure if
there is any recommendation in Debian to choose a paper size for
documentation.
I went over some common Debian user and developer manuals and noticed
that there is a mix of paper sized, but the A4 format seems to be most
common:
* https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/debian-faq.en.pdf (A4)
* https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/refcard.en.pdf (A4)
*
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/debian-reference.en.pdf
(A4)
*
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/hamradio-maintguide/hamradio-maintguide.en.pdf
(letter)
* https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/policy.pdf (letter)
* https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/debmake-doc.en.pdf (A4)
* https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/maint-guide.en.pdf (A4)
May I request, that:
a) We switch to A4 as the default format for the developers-reference
since that is the format used by most of the world.
b) We consider offering both formats on the Debian manuals page, so that
users can choose their preferred format.
In general it would be nice to have a consistent solution for all
documents. I often like to print the manuals and then its a bit odd to
see the large US letter margins on an A4 page.
Given that all PDFs are build automated pipelines, its probably possible
that we automatically build both formats and introduce a general
mechanism on https://www.debian.org/doc/
that allows users to choose their preferred format?
Kind Regards
Sebastian Geiger
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Source: developers-reference
Source-Version: 14.9
Done: Holger Levsen <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
developers-reference, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Holger Levsen <[email protected]> (supplier of updated developers-reference
package)
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Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:23:33 +0200
Source: developers-reference
Architecture: source
Version: 14.9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Developers Reference Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Holger Levsen <[email protected]>
Closes: 301011 1062983
Changes:
developers-reference (14.9) unstable; urgency=medium
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[ Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas ]
* pkgs: add a section with a checklist for new upstream versions.
Closes: #301011.
* conf.py: set paper size to A4. Closes: #1062983.
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[ Holger Levsen ]
* Update all .po files for changed strings in the English original.
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