[kernel] r6090 - dists/trunk/docs

Jonas Smedegaard js at costa.debian.org
Tue Mar 7 13:08:01 UTC 2006


Author: js
Date: Tue Mar  7 13:08:00 2006
New Revision: 6090

Modified:
   dists/trunk/docs/bits_kernel_team_0306.txt
Log:
Small spelling adjustments.

Modified: dists/trunk/docs/bits_kernel_team_0306.txt
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/docs/bits_kernel_team_0306.txt	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/docs/bits_kernel_team_0306.txt	Tue Mar  7 13:08:00 2006
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 team takes a look back at what already happened after the sarge release
 and what you should expect for etch.
 
-linux-2.6
+Linux-2.6
 ~~~~~~~~~
-As of 2.6, we have a unified source package from which kernels images
+As of 2.6, we have a unified source package from which kernel images
 and headers for every architecture are built.  This change to a unified
 package since the linux-2.6.12 release makes it easier to keep up with
 upstream.  We expect that it will also allow much easier security builds
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 The most user visible change is that kernel-image-2.6-$flavour has been
 renamed to linux-image-2.6-$flavour. We provide transition packages using
-the old naming schema to allow upgrades from sarge.
+the old naming scheme to allow upgrades from sarge.
 
 As mentioned above, we are tracking upstream closely.  Usually, the latest
 upstream release reaches unstable almost on the day of its release.
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@
 side there is work going on to add vserver, Xen and UML flavors to
 linux-2.6.  Most legacy Debian specific patches have been cleared,
 the bulk of the current patchset is arch specific. 2.6 arch support is
-growing from release to release, so those patchsets should be no concern.
+growing from release to release, so those patchsets should be of no concern.
 
 2.6 Linux features initramfs, which contains the boot-relevant drivers.
 Currently there are two different supported tools for generating the
 initramfs: initramfs-tools and yaird. initramfs-tools allows a more
 generic boot image by design and thus is the default. See for details [2].
 
-bug reporting
+Bug reporting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Since newer kernels still fix more bugs then they create we encourage
+Since newer kernels still fix more bugs than they create we encourage
 testing of latest -rcX kernels in experimental. If the bug you are seeing
 is fixed in them there is no need to open a bug report against previous
 2.6 as we will rebase every new upstream release. If your bug is
@@ -47,22 +47,22 @@
 relevant details like latest known good (full dmesg, lspci, ..). This will
 allow upstream to be made aware of regressions.
 
-If you have an old open bug against earlier 2.6 revision please test
-against the latest version and and provide feedback of your findings.
+If you have an old open bug against an earlier 2.6 revision please test
+against the latest version and provide feedback of your findings.
 
-security
+Security
 ~~~~~~~~
-Dann Frazier and Simon Horman are doing a marvellous job in scanning and
+Dann Frazier and Simon Horman are doing a marvelous job in scanning and
 testing all CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, a unique ID
 for security issues) which get issued against the Linux kernel.  The next
-round of the sarge Debian kernel are prepared - testing is highly welcome
+round of the sarge Debian kernel is prepared - testing is highly welcome
 [3]. You won't believe it but there is even a round for woody [4].
 
 End of line
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
-linux-2.4 is officially deprecated. After having several releases where
-your Linux kernel choice was as wide stretching between 2.2 - 2.6 it is
-finally time to concentrate on 2.6 only. Currently Simon Horman does a
+linux-2.4 is officially deprecated.  After having several releases where
+your Linux kernel choice was as wide as stretching between 2.2 - 2.6 it is
+finally time to concentrate on 2.6 only.  Currently Simon Horman does a
 bulk of linux-2.4 upstream security support and testing against latest
 CVEs.  Almost no other vendor provides 2.4 security support and it is
 unreasonable to even think about that burden in the etch time frame.
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The Debian Linux kernel handbook [5] contains lots of information
 about the Debian Linux kernel packages, recommended procedures, and
-other Debian-specific kernel-related information. There you'll also
+other Debian-specific kernel-related information.  There you'll also
 find some practical chapters like "Filing a bug against a kernel
-package". The kernel-handbook is currently a "work in progress", so
-any contributions, suggestions and corrections are very welcome. They
+package".  The kernel-handbook is currently a "work in progress", so
+any contributions, suggestions and corrections are very welcome.  They
 should be submitted to the kernel-handbook mailing list [6].
 
 Cheers,



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