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Hi again,
there are some more spelling mistakes in the english version of
devel/constitution.wml. Here is a patch which includes the previous
corrections and corrections made by Jens Seidel, which he posted on
debian-l10n-german.
Matthias Lutz
? constitution.en.wml.diff
Index: constitution.wml
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/constitution.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 constitution.wml
--- constitution.wml 1 Nov 2003 04:46:21 -0000 1.14
+++ constitution.wml 15 Jun 2004 13:47:43 -0000
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
<LI>The individual Developer working on a particular task;</LI>
<LI>Delegates appointed by the Project Leader for specific
- tasks.</LI>
+ tasks;</LI>
- <LI>The Project Secretary;</LI>
+ <LI>The Project Secretary.</LI>
</OL>
<P>Most of the remainder of this document will outline the powers of
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
<OL>
<LI>If the Project Leader or their Delegate, or the Technical
Committee, has made a decision, then Developers can override them
- by passing a resolution to do so; see s4.1(3).</LI>
+ by passing a resolution to do so; see §4.1(3).</LI>
<LI>If such a resolution is sponsored by at least 2K Developers,
or if it is proposed by the Technical Committee, the resolution
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
<LI>If the decision is put on hold, an immediate vote is held to
determine whether the decision will stand until the full vote on
the decision is made or whether the implementation of the
- original decision will be be delayed until then. There is no
+ original decision will be delayed until then. There is no
quorum for this immediate procedural vote.</LI>
<LI>If the Project Leader (or the Delegate) withdraws the
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
</LI>
<LI>
- <P>Make any decision for whom noone else has responsibility.</P>
+ <P>Make any decision for whom no one else has responsibility.</P>
</LI>
<LI>
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@
kept secret, even after the election is finished.</LI>
<LI>The options on the ballot will be those candidates who have
- nominated themselves and have not yet withdrawn, plus None Of The
- Above. If None Of The Above wins the election then the election
+ nominated themselves and have not yet withdrawn, plus "None Of The
+ Above". If "None Of The Above" wins the election then the election
procedure is repeated, many times if necessary.</LI>
<LI>
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
developers' reference materials, example packages and the behaviour
of non-experimental package building tools. (In each case the usual
maintainer of the relevant software or documentation makes
- decisions initially, however; see 6.3(5).)</P>
+ decisions initially, however; see §6.3(5).)</P>
</LI>
<LI>
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
the priorities of conflicting packages, or about ownership of a
command name, or about which package is responsible for a bug that
both maintainers agree is a bug, or about who should be the
- maintainer for a package) the technical committee may decide the
+ maintainer for a package) the Technical Committee may decide the
matter.</P>
</LI>
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
<LI>
<P>The Chairman can stand in for the Leader, together with the
- Secretary</P>
+ Secretary.</P>
<P>As detailed in §7.1(2), the Chairman of the Technical
Committee and the Project Secretary may together stand in for the
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
</LI>
<LI>
- <P>Details regarding voting</P>
+ <P>Details regarding voting.</P>
<P>The Chairman has a casting vote. When the Technical Committee
votes whether to override a Developer who also happens to be a
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
adopting compromises between solutions and decisions which have
been proposed and reasonably thoroughly discussed elsewhere.</P>
- <P><CITE>Individual members of the technical committee may of
+ <P><CITE>Individual members of the Technical Committee may of
course participate on their own behalf in any aspect of design and
policy work.</CITE></P>
</LI>
@@ -641,8 +641,8 @@
<P>The Delegates are appointed by the Project Leader and may be
replaced by the Leader at the Leader's discretion. The Project Leader
may not make the position as a Delegate conditional on particular
-decisions by the Delegate, nor may they override a decision made by a
-Delegate once made.</P>
+decisions by the Delegate, nor may they override a decision once made by a
+Delegate.</P>
<H3>8.3. Procedure</H3>
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
donations for the Debian Project must be made to SPI, which manages such
affairs.</P>
-<P>SPI have made the following undertakings:</P>
+<P>SPI has made the following undertakings:</P>
<OL>
<LI>SPI will hold money, trademarks and other tangible and intangible
@@ -741,14 +741,14 @@
earlier change (again, they must meet the requirements for proposer
and sponsor(s).)</LI>
- <LI>The proposer or a resolution may suggest changes to the wordings
+ <LI>The proposer of a resolution may suggest changes to the wordings
of amendments; these take effect if the proposer of the amendment
agrees and none of the sponsors object. In this case the changed
amendments will be voted on instead of the originals.</LI>
<LI>The proposer of a resolution may make changes to correct minor
errors (for example, typographical errors or inconsistencies) or
- changes which do not alter the meaning, providing noone objects
+ changes which do not alter the meaning, providing no one objects
within 24 hours. In this case the minimum discussion period is not
restarted.</LI>
</OL>
@@ -768,8 +768,8 @@
<LI>The person who calls for a vote states what they believe the
wordings of the resolution and any relevant amendments are, and
consequently what form the ballot should take. However, the final
- decision on the form of ballot(s) is the Secretary's - see 7.1(1),
- 7.1(3) and A.3(4).</LI>
+ decision on the form of ballot(s) is the Secretary's - see
§§7.1(1),
+ 7.1(3), and A.3(4).</LI>
<LI>
The minimum discussion period is counted from the time the last
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
</LI>
<LI>
- The votes are counted according to the the rules in A.6. The
+ The votes are counted according to the rules in §A.6. The
default option is "Further Discussion", unless specified
otherwise.
</LI>
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@
<H3>A.4. Withdrawing resolutions or unaccepted amendments</H3>
<P>The proposer of a resolution or unaccepted amendment may withdraw
-it. In this case new proposers may come forward keep it alive, in which
+it. In this case new proposers may come forward to keep it alive, in which
case the first person to do so becomes the new proposer and any others
become sponsors if they aren't sponsors already.</P>
