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CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: karl <karl> 12/10/27 18:48:05
Modified files:
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maintain.html.gz maintain.html_node.tar.gz
maintain.info.tar.gz maintain.pdf
maintain.texi.tar.gz maintain.txt
maintain.txt.gz
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Automated-FTP-Uploads.html
Automated-Upload-Procedure.html
Automated-Upload-Registration.html
CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html
Canonical-License-Sources.html
Clean-Ups.html
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Distribution-Patches.html
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Preface.html
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Replying-to-Mail.html
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Test-Releases.html
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http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Test-Releases.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.79&r2=1.80
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Using-the-Proofreaders-List.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.79&r2=1.80
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Patches:
Index: index.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.90
retrieving revision 1.91
diff -u -b -r1.90 -r1.91
--- index.html 21 May 2012 00:40:15 -0000 1.90
+++ index.html 27 Oct 2012 18:47:54 -0000 1.91
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<h2>Information for maintainers of GNU software</h2>
<address>Free Software Foundation</address>
-<address>last updated May 20, 2012</address>
+<address>last updated October 27, 2012</address>
<p>This manual (maintain) is available in the following formats:</p>
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@
<li><a href="maintain.info.tar.gz">Info document
(44K bytes gzipped tar file)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.txt">ASCII text
- (124K bytes)</a>.</li>
+ (136K bytes)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.txt.gz">ASCII text compressed
- (40K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
+ (44K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.dvi.gz">TeX dvi file
(76K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
-<li><a href="maintain.ps.gz">PostScript file
- (284K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.pdf">PDF file
(336K bytes)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.texi.tar.gz">Texinfo source
Index: maintain.dvi.gz
===================================================================
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retrieving revision 1.82
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -u -b -r1.82 -r1.83
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Index: maintain.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html,v
retrieving revision 1.84
retrieving revision 1.85
diff -u -b -r1.84 -r1.85
--- maintain.html 21 May 2012 00:40:17 -0000 1.84
+++ maintain.html 27 Oct 2012 18:47:55 -0000 1.85
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@
<a name="Version"></a>
<h1 class="top">Version</h1>
-<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27, 2012.
</p>
<p>Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@
work, and to enable per to feel person has done the right thing.”
</p>
<p>This release of the GNU Maintainer Information was last updated
-May 20, 2012.
+October 27, 2012.
</p>
<hr>
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@
committee at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. See
<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/contact/gnu-advisory.html";>http://www.gnu.org/contact/gnu-advisory.html</a>
for the current
committee members. Additional information is in
-‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/advisory</tt>’.
+<samp>/gd/gnuorg/advisory</samp>.
</p>
<a name="index-down_002c-when-GNU-machines-are"></a>
<a name="index-outage_002c-of-GNU-machines"></a>
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@
<a name="index-development-resources"></a>
-<p>The directory ‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg</tt>’ mentioned throughout this
document is
+<p>The directory <samp>/gd/gnuorg</samp> mentioned throughout this document is
available on the general GNU server, currently
<code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>. If you are the maintainer of a GNU package,
you should have an account there. If you don’t have one already,
@@ -384,8 +385,7 @@
a person is capable of doing the job will carry a lot of weight.
</p>
<p>As your final act as maintainer, it would be helpful to set up or
-update the package under <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> (see <a
href="#Old-Versions">Old
-Versions</a>). This will make it much easier for the new maintainer to
+update the package under <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> (see <a
href="#Old-Versions">Old Versions</a>). This will make it much easier for the
new maintainer to
pick up where you left off and will ensure that the source tree is not
misplaced if it takes us a while to find a new maintainer.
</p>
@@ -497,13 +497,13 @@
</p>
<a name="index-data-base-of-GNU-copyright-assignments"></a>
<p>To check whether papers have been received, look in
-‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/copyright.list</tt>’. If you can’t look
there directly,
+<samp>/gd/gnuorg/copyright.list</samp>. If you can’t look there
directly,
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> can check for you. Our
clerk can also
check for papers that are waiting to be entered and inform you when
expected papers arrive.
</p>
<a name="index-_002fgd_002fgnuorg-directory"></a>
-<p>The directory ‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg</tt>’ mentioned throughout this
document is
+<p>The directory <samp>/gd/gnuorg</samp> mentioned throughout this document is
available on the general GNU server, currently
<code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>. If you are the maintainer of a GNU package,
you should have an account there. If you don’t have one already,
@@ -530,13 +530,13 @@
</p></blockquote>
<p>If the contributor then wants more information, you can send per the file
-‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/conditions.text</tt>’, which explains per options
(assign
+<samp>/gd/gnuorg/conditions.text</samp>, which explains per options (assign
vs. disclaim) and their consequences.
</p>
<p>Once the conversation is under way and the contributor is ready for
more details, you should send one of the templates that are found in
-the directory ‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright/</tt>’; they are also
available
-from the ‘<tt>doc/Copyright/</tt>’ directory of the
<code>gnulib</code> project
+the directory <samp>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright/</samp>; they are also available
+from the <samp>doc/Copyright/</samp> directory of the <code>gnulib</code>
project
at <a
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib";>http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib</a>.
This section
explains which templates you should use in which circumstances.
<strong>Please don’t use any of the templates except for those listed
@@ -548,22 +548,22 @@
these templates occasionally—don’t keep using an old version.
</p>
<p>For large changes, ask the contributor for an assignment. Send per a
-copy of the file ‘<tt>request-assign.changes</tt>’. (Like all the
-‘<samp>request-</samp>’ files, it is in
‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</tt>’ and in
+copy of the file <samp>request-assign.changes</samp>. (Like all the
+‘<samp>request-</samp>’ files, it is in
<samp>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</samp> and in
<code>gnulib</code>.)
</p>
<p>For medium to small changes, request a personal disclaimer by sending
-per the file ‘<tt>request-disclaim.changes</tt>’.
+per the file <samp>request-disclaim.changes</samp>.
</p>
<p>If the contributor is likely to keep making changes, person might want
to sign an assignment for all per future changes to the program. So it
is useful to offer per that alternative. If person wants to do it that
-way, send per the ‘<tt>request-assign.future</tt>’.
+way, send per the <samp>request-assign.future</samp>.
</p>
-<p>When you send a ‘<tt>request-</tt>’ file, you don’t need
to fill in anything
+<p>When you send a <samp>request-</samp> file, you don’t need to fill in
anything
before sending it. Just send the file verbatim to the contributor. The
file gives per instructions for how to ask the FSF to mail per the
-papers to sign. The ‘<tt>request-</tt>’ file also raises the
issue of
+papers to sign. The <samp>request-</samp> file also raises the issue of
getting an employer’s disclaimer from the contributor’s employer.
</p>
<p>When the contributor emails the form to the FSF, the FSF sends per an
@@ -595,14 +595,14 @@
sometimes distribute the manual separately (for instance, if we publish
it as a book), then we need separate legal papers for changes in the
manual. For smaller changes, use
-‘<tt>disclaim.changes.manual</tt>’; for larger ones, use
-‘<tt>assign.changes.manual</tt>’. To cover both past and future
-changes to a manual, you can use ‘<tt>assign.future.manual</tt>’.
-For a translation of a manual, use
‘<tt>assign.translation.manual</tt>’.
+<samp>disclaim.changes.manual</samp>; for larger ones, use
+<samp>assign.changes.manual</samp>. To cover both past and future
+changes to a manual, you can use <samp>assign.future.manual</samp>.
+For a translation of a manual, use <samp>assign.translation.manual</samp>.
</p>
<p>For translations of program strings (as used by GNU Gettext, for
example; see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Internationalization";>Internationalization</a>
in <cite>GNU Coding
-Standards</cite>), use ‘<tt>disclaim.translation</tt>’. If you
make use of the
+Standards</cite>), use <samp>disclaim.translation</samp>. If you make use of
the
Translation Project (<a
href="http://translationproject.org";>http://translationproject.org</a>)
facilities,
please check with the TP coordinators that they have sent the
contributor the papers; if they haven’t, then you should send the
@@ -619,15 +619,15 @@
<p>If you maintain a collection of programs, occasionally someone will
contribute an entire separate program or manual that should be added to
the collection. Then you can use the files
-‘<tt>request-assign.program</tt>’,
‘<tt>disclaim.program</tt>’,
-‘<tt>assign.manual</tt>’, and
‘<tt>disclaim.manual</tt>’. We very much prefer
+<samp>request-assign.program</samp>, <samp>disclaim.program</samp>,
+<samp>assign.manual</samp>, and <samp>disclaim.manual</samp>. We very much
prefer
an assignment for a new separate program or manual, unless it is quite
small, but a disclaimer is acceptable if the contributor insists on
handling the matter that way.
</p>
<p>If a contributor wants the FSF to publish only a pseudonym, that is
ok. The contributor should say this, and state the desired pseudonym,
-when answering the ‘<tt>request-</tt>’ form. The actual legal
papers will
+when answering the <samp>request-</samp> form. The actual legal papers will
use the real name, but the FSF will publish only the pseudonym. When
using one of the other forms, fill in the real name but ask the
contributor to discuss the use of a pseudonym with
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
</pre></div>
<a name="index-AUTHORS-file"></a>
-<p>Please keep these records in a file named ‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’ in
the source
+<p>Please keep these records in a file named <samp>AUTHORS</samp> in the source
directory for the program itself.
</p>
<p>You can use the change log as the basis for these records, if you
@@ -761,12 +761,12 @@
(the person who wrote the change, <em>not</em> the person who installed
it), and add ‘<samp>(tiny change)</samp>’ for those changes that
are too
trivial to matter for copyright purposes. Later on you can update the
-‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’ file from the change log. This can even be done
+<samp>AUTHORS</samp> file from the change log. This can even be done
automatically, if you are careful about the formatting of the change
log entries.
</p>
<p>It is ok to include other email addresses, names, and program
-information in ‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’, such as bug-reporting
information.
+information in <samp>AUTHORS</samp>, such as bug-reporting information.
See <a href="#Standard-Mailing-Lists">Standard Mailing Lists</a>.
</p>
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@
<p>Even image files and sound files should contain copyright notices and
license notices, if their format permits. Some formats do not have
room for textual annotations; for these files, state the copyright and
-copying permissions in a ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file in the same
directory.
+copying permissions in a <samp>README</samp> file in the same directory.
</p>
<p>Change log files should have a copyright notice and license notice at
the end, since new material is added at the beginning but the end
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
<p>Replace the ‘<samp>(C)</samp>’ with a C-in-a-circle symbol if
it is available.
For example, use ‘<samp>@copyright{}</samp>’ in a Texinfo file.
However,
stick with parenthesized ‘<samp>C</samp>’ unless you know that
C-in-a-circle
-will work. For example, a program’s standard
‘<samp>--version</samp>’
+will work. For example, a program’s standard <samp>--version</samp>
message should use parenthesized ‘<samp>C</samp>’ by default,
though message
translations may use C-in-a-circle in locales where that symbol is
known to work. Alternatively, the ‘<samp>(C)</samp>’ or
C-in-a-circle can be
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
years (‘<samp>2008, 2009, 2010</samp>’) if and only if:
1) every year in
the range, inclusive, really is a “copyrightable” year that would
be
listed individually; <em>and</em> 2) you make an explicit statement
-in a ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file about this usage.
+in a <samp>README</samp> file about this usage.
</p>
<p>For files which are regularly copied from another project (such as
‘<samp>gnulib</samp>’), leave the copyright notice as it is in the
original.
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@
contributed to the file (which would be rather inconvenient).
</p>
<p>Sometimes a program has an overall copyright notice that refers to the
-whole program. It might be in the ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file, or it
might be
+whole program. It might be in the <samp>README</samp> file, or it might be
displayed when the program starts up. This copyright notice should
mention the year of completion of the most recent major version; it
can mention years of completion of previous major versions, but that
@@ -981,12 +981,12 @@
change the file, the file is non-free.)
</p>
<p>The package itself should contain a full copy of GPL in plain text
-(conventionally in a file named ‘<tt>COPYING</tt>’) and the GNU
Free
+(conventionally in a file named <samp>COPYING</samp>) and the GNU Free
Documentation License (included within your documentation, so there is
no need for a separate plain text version). If the package contains
any files distributed under the Lesser GPL, it should contain a full
copy of its plain text version also (conventionally in a file named
-‘<tt>COPYING.LESSER</tt>’).
+<samp>COPYING.LESSER</samp>).
</p>
<p>If you have questions about licensing issues for your GNU package,
please write <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
@@ -1015,8 +1015,7 @@
<h4 class="subsection">6.6.1 Licensing of GNU Packages</h4>
<p>Normally, GNU packages should use the latest version of the GNU GPL,
-with the “or any later version” formulation. See <a
href="#License-Notices-for-Code">License Notices
-for Code</a>, for the exact wording of the license notice.
+with the “or any later version” formulation. See <a
href="#License-Notices-for-Code">License Notices for Code</a>, for the exact
wording of the license notice.
</p>
<p>Occasionally, a GNU library may provide functionality which is already
widely available to proprietary programs through alternative
@@ -1219,7 +1218,7 @@
<h4 class="subsection">6.6.5 License Notices for Other Files</h4>
<p>Small supporting files, short manuals (under 300 lines long) and rough
-documentation (‘<tt>README</tt>’ files,
‘<tt>INSTALL</tt>’ files, etc.) can
+documentation (<samp>README</samp> files, <samp>INSTALL</samp> files, etc.) can
use a simple all-permissive license like this one:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
@@ -1287,7 +1286,7 @@
the form of a library.
</li><li> Include the module in your package, putting the source in a separate
-subdirectory whose ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file says, “This is not
part of the
+subdirectory whose <samp>README</samp> file says, “This is not part of
the
GNU FOO program, but is used with GNU FOO.” Then set up your makefiles
to build this module and link it into the executable.
@@ -1465,10 +1464,9 @@
</p>
<p>The package distribution should state the name of all the package’s
mailing lists in a prominent place, and ask users to help us by
-reporting bugs appropriately. The top-level ‘<tt>README</tt>’
file and/or
-‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’ file are good places. Mailing list information
should
-also be included in the manual and the package web pages (see <a
href="#Web-Pages">Web
-Pages</a>).
+reporting bugs appropriately. The top-level <samp>README</samp> file and/or
+<samp>AUTHORS</samp> file are good places. Mailing list information should
+also be included in the manual and the package web pages (see <a
href="#Web-Pages">Web Pages</a>).
</p>
@@ -1493,10 +1491,9 @@
default configuration for antispam purposes (see below).
</p>
<p>To create and maintain simple aliases and unmanaged lists, you can
-edit ‘<tt>/com/mailer/aliases</tt>’ on the main GNU server. If
you don’t
+edit <samp>/com/mailer/aliases</samp> on the main GNU server. If you
don’t
have an account there, please read
-<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
(see <a href="#GNU-Accounts-and-Resources">GNU
-Accounts and Resources</a>).
+<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
(see <a href="#GNU-Accounts-and-Resources">GNU Accounts and Resources</a>).
</p>
<p>But if you don’t want to learn how to do those things, you can
alternatively ask <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to add
you to the
@@ -1574,8 +1571,7 @@
<p>If you would like to use an email-based bug tracking system, see
<a href="http://bugs.gnu.org";>http://bugs.gnu.org</a>; this can be connected
with the regular
bug-reporting address. Alternatively, if you would like to use a
-web-based bug tracking system, Savannah supports this (see <a
href="#Old-Versions">Old
-Versions</a>), but please don’t fail to accept bugs by regular email as
+web-based bug tracking system, Savannah supports this (see <a
href="#Old-Versions">Old Versions</a>), but please don’t fail to accept
bugs by regular email as
well—we don’t want to put up unnecessary barriers against users
submitting reports.
</p>
@@ -1662,12 +1658,12 @@
<a name="index-distribution_002c-tar-files"></a>
<p>The tar file for version <var>m</var>.<var>n</var> of program
<code>foo</code> should be
-named ‘<tt>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var>.tar</tt>’. It should
unpack into a
-subdirectory named ‘<tt>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var></tt>’. Tar
files should not
+named <samp>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var>.tar</samp>. It should unpack into a
+subdirectory named <samp>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var></samp>. Tar files
should not
unpack into files in the current directory, because this is inconvenient
if the user happens to unpack into a directory with other files in it.
</p>
-<p>Here is how the ‘<tt>Makefile</tt>’ for Bison creates the tar
file.
+<p>Here is how the <samp>Makefile</samp> for Bison creates the tar file.
This method is good for other programs.
</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -1718,7 +1714,7 @@
to the installer to recompile the patched sources.
</p>
<p>When you make the diffs, each version should be in a directory suitably
-named—for example, ‘<tt>gcc-2.3.2</tt>’ and
‘<tt>gcc-2.3.3</tt>’. This way,
+named—for example, <samp>gcc-2.3.2</samp> and <samp>gcc-2.3.3</samp>.
This way,
it will be very clear from the diffs themselves which version is which.
</p>
<a name="index-diff"></a>
@@ -1882,7 +1878,7 @@
</li><li> In the ‘<samp>My Account Conf</samp>’ page on
<code>savannah</code>, upload the GPG
key you will use to sign your packages. If you haven’t created one
before, you can do so with the command <code>gpg --gen-key</code> (you can
-accept all the default answers to its questions).
+accept and/or confirm the default answers to its questions).
<p>Optional but recommended: Send your key to a GPG public key server:
<code>gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --send-keys <var>keyid</var></code>, where
@@ -1892,7 +1888,7 @@
</p>
</li><li> Compose a message with the following items in some
<var>msgfile</var>.
Then GPG-sign it by running <code>gpg --clearsign <var>msgfile</var></code>,
and
-finally email the resulting ‘<tt><var>msgfile</var>.asc</tt>’ to
+finally email the resulting <samp><var>msgfile</var>.asc</samp> to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
<ol>
@@ -1938,34 +1934,33 @@
uploaded via ftp to the host <code>ftp-upload.gnu.org</code>.
</p>
<ol>
-<li> The file to be distributed; for example,
‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’.
+<li> The file to be distributed; for example, <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp>.
</li><li> Detached GPG binary signature file for (1); for example,
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’. Make this with ‘<samp>gpg -b
foo.tar.gz</samp>’.
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp>. Make this with ‘<samp>gpg -b
foo.tar.gz</samp>’.
</li><li> A clearsigned <em>directive file</em>; for example,
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’. Make this by preparing the
plain
-text file ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive</tt>’ and then run
‘<samp>gpg
---clearsign foo.tar.gz.directive</samp>’. See <a
href="#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1">FTP Upload Directive File -
-v1.1</a>, for the contents of the directive file.
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp>. Make this by preparing the plain
+text file <samp>foo.tar.gz.directive</samp> and then run ‘<samp>gpg
+--clearsign foo.tar.gz.directive</samp>’. See <a
href="#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1">FTP Upload Directive File -
v1.1</a>, for the contents of the directive file.
</li></ol>
<p>The names of the files are important. The signature file must have the
same name as the file to be distributed, with an additional
-‘<tt>.sig</tt>’ extension. The directive file must have the same
name as
-the file to be distributed, with an additional
‘<tt>.directive.asc</tt>’
+<samp>.sig</samp> extension. The directive file must have the same name as
+the file to be distributed, with an additional <samp>.directive.asc</samp>
extension. If you do not follow this naming convention, the upload
<em>will not be processed</em>.
</p>
<p>Since v1.1 of the upload directives, it is also possible to upload a
-clearsigned directive file on its own (no accompanying
‘<tt>.sig</tt>’ or
+clearsigned directive file on its own (no accompanying <samp>.sig</samp> or
any other file) to perform certain operations on the server.
See <a href="#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1">FTP Upload Directive
File - v1.1</a>, for more information.
</p>
<p>Upload the file(s) via anonymous ftp to <code>ftp-upload.gnu.org</code>. If
the upload is destined for <code>ftp.gnu.org</code>, place the file(s) in
-the ‘<tt>/incoming/ftp</tt>’ directory. If the upload is destined
for
-<code>alpha.gnu.org</code>, place the file(s) in the
‘<tt>/incoming/alpha</tt>’
+the <samp>/incoming/ftp</samp> directory. If the upload is destined for
+<code>alpha.gnu.org</code>, place the file(s) in the
<samp>/incoming/alpha</samp>
directory.
</p>
<p>Uploads are processed every five minutes. Uploads that are in
@@ -1981,14 +1976,14 @@
</p>
<p>One automated way to create and transfer the necessary files is to use
the <code>gnupload</code> script, which is available from the
-‘<tt>build-aux/</tt>’ directory of the <code>gnulib</code> project
at
+<samp>build-aux/</samp> directory of the <code>gnulib</code> project at
<a
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib";>http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib</a>.
<code>gnupload</code> can
also remove uploaded files. Run <code>gnupload --help</code> for a
description and examples.
</p>
<p><code>gnupload</code> uses the <code>ncftpput</code> program to do the
actual
transfers; if you don’t happen to have the <code>ncftp</code> package
-installed, the <code>ncftpput-ftp</code> script in the
‘<tt>build-aux/</tt>’
+installed, the <code>ncftpput-ftp</code> script in the <samp>build-aux/</samp>
directory of <code>gnulib</code> serves as a replacement which uses plain
command line <code>ftp</code>.
</p>
@@ -2015,7 +2010,7 @@
<a name="index-replacing-uploaded-files"></a>
<a name="index-uploads_002c-replacing"></a>
-<p>As part of an uploaded triplet, a
‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’ file
+<p>As part of an uploaded triplet, a <samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp> file
might contain these lines (before being GPG-clearsigned):
</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -2025,7 +2020,7 @@
comment: hello world!
</pre></div>
-<p>If ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ exists prior to upload, this directive
file will
+<p>If <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> exists prior to upload, this directive file will
result in an error. Prior to May 2012, the behavior (of v1.1) was
different: any existing files were automatically archived and replaced
with the new upload. Since May 2012, no files are replaced unless the
@@ -2051,7 +2046,7 @@
<a name="FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">11.5.4 FTP Upload Directive File - v1.1</h4>
-<p>The directive file name must end in ‘<tt>directive.asc</tt>’.
+<p>The directive file name must end in <samp>directive.asc</samp>.
</p>
<p>When part of a triplet, the directive file must always contain the
directives <code>version</code>, <code>directory</code> and
<code>filename</code>, as
@@ -2060,14 +2055,14 @@
<p>The <code>version</code> directive must always have the value
‘<samp>1.1</samp>’.
</p>
<p>The <code>directory</code> directive specifies the final destination
-directory where the uploaded file and its ‘<tt>.sig</tt>’
companion are to
+directory where the uploaded file and its <samp>.sig</samp> companion are to
be placed.
</p>
<p>The <code>filename</code> directive must contain the name of the file to be
distributed (item (1) above).
</p>
<p>For example, as part of an uploaded triplet, a
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’ file might contain these lines
(before
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp> file might contain these lines (before
being gpg clearsigned):
</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -2077,12 +2072,12 @@
comment: hello world!
</pre></div>
-<p>This directory line indicates that ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’ are part of package <code>bar</code>.
If you uploaded
-this triplet to ‘<tt>/incoming/ftp</tt>’ and the system positively
-authenticates the signatures, the files ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’ will be placed in the directory
-‘<tt>gnu/bar/v1</tt>’ of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> site.
+<p>This directory line indicates that <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> are part of package <code>bar</code>. If you
uploaded
+this triplet to <samp>/incoming/ftp</samp> and the system positively
+authenticates the signatures, the files <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> will be placed in the directory
+<samp>gnu/bar/v1</samp> of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> site.
</p>
<p>The directive file can be used to create currently non-existent
directory trees, as long as they are under the directory for your
@@ -2179,19 +2174,19 @@
data GPG that inserts, which specifies the final destination directory
where items (1) and (2) are to be placed.
</p>
-<p>For example, the ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’ file might
contain the
+<p>For example, the <samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp> file might contain
the
single line:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">directory: bar/v1
</pre></div>
-<p>This directory line indicates that ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’ are part of package <code>bar</code>.
If you were to
-upload the triplet to ‘<tt>/incoming/ftp</tt>’, and the system can
+<p>This directory line indicates that <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> are part of package <code>bar</code>. If you were
to
+upload the triplet to <samp>/incoming/ftp</samp>, and the system can
positively authenticate the signatures, then the files
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’
will be placed in the
-directory ‘<tt>gnu/bar/v1</tt>’ of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code>
site.
+<samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and <samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> will be placed in the
+directory <samp>gnu/bar/v1</samp> of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> site.
</p>
<p>The directive file can be used to create currently non-existent
directory trees, as long as they are under the package directory for
@@ -2229,7 +2224,7 @@
</p>
<a name="index-announcement-mailing-list_002c-project_002dspecific"></a>
<p>You can maintain your own mailing list (typically
-<<code>info-<var>package</var>@gnu.org</code>>) for announcements as
well if you
+‘<code>info-<var>package</var>@gnu.org</code>’) for announcements
as well if you
like. For your own list, of course you decide as you see fit what
events are worth announcing. (See <a href="#Mail">Mail</a>, for setting this
up, and
more suggestions on handling mail for your package.)
@@ -2242,13 +2237,13 @@
purpose of your package.
</li><li> Your package’s web page (normally
-<<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>>).
+‘<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>’).
</li><li> Your package’s download location (normally
-<<code>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/<var>package</var>/</code>>). It is also
+‘<code>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/<var>package</var>/</code>’). It is
also
useful to mention the mirror list at
<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html";>http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html</a>,
and that
-<<code>http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/<var>package/</var></code>> will
automatically
+‘<code>http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/<var>package/</var></code>’ will
automatically
redirect to a nearby mirror.
</li><li> The <tt>NEWS</tt> (see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#NEWS-File";>NEWS File</a>
in <cite>GNU Coding Standards</cite>) for
@@ -2304,12 +2299,13 @@
</div>
<a name="Hosting-for-Web-Pages-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">12.1 Hosting for Web Pages</h3>
+<a name="index-web-pages_002c-hosting-for"></a>
<p>The best way to maintain the web pages for your project is to register
the project on <code>savannah.gnu.org</code>. Then you can edit the pages
using CVS, using the separate “web repository” available on
Savannah, which corresponds to
-<<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>>. You can
+‘<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>’.
You can
keep your source files there too (using any of a variety of version
control systems), but you can use <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> only for
your gnu.org web pages if you wish; simply register a “web-only”
@@ -2320,7 +2316,7 @@
instance, you can mail them pages to install, if necessary. But that
is more work for them, so please use Savannah if you can.
</p>
-<p>If you use Savannah, you can use a special file named
‘<tt>.symlinks</tt>’
+<p>If you use Savannah, you can use a special file named <samp>.symlinks</samp>
in order to create symbolic links, which are not supported in CVS.
For details, see
<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#symlinks";>http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#symlinks</a>.
@@ -2334,6 +2330,7 @@
</div>
<a name="Freedom-for-Web-Pages-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">12.2 Freedom for Web Pages</h3>
+<a name="index-web-pages_002c-freedom-for"></a>
<p>If you use a site other than <code>www.gnu.org</code>, please make sure that
the site runs on free software alone. (It is ok if the site uses
@@ -2349,8 +2346,7 @@
of its developers, unless it follows that criterion.
</p>
<p>Historically, web pages for GNU packages did not include GIF images,
-because of patent problems (see <a
href="#Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration">Ethical and Philosophical
-Consideration</a>). Although the GIF patents expired in 2006, using GIF
+because of patent problems (see <a
href="#Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration">Ethical and Philosophical
Consideration</a>). Although the GIF patents expired in 2006, using GIF
images is still not recommended, as the PNG and JPEG formats are
generally superior. See <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html</a>.
</p>
@@ -2363,20 +2359,23 @@
</div>
<a name="Manuals-on-Web-Pages-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">12.3 Manuals on Web Pages</h3>
+<a name="index-web-pages_002c-including-manuals-on"></a>
+<a name="index-formats-for-documentation_002c-desired"></a>
<p>The web pages for the package should include its manuals, in HTML,
-DVI, Info, PostScript, PDF, plain ASCII, and Texinfo format (source).
-All of these can be generated automatically from the Texinfo source
-using Makeinfo and other programs.
+DVI, Info, PDF, plain ASCII, and the source Texinfo. All of these can
+be generated automatically from Texinfo using Makeinfo and other
+programs. If the Texinfo itself is generated from some other source
+format, include that too.
</p>
<p>When there is only one manual, put it in a subdirectory called
-‘<tt>manual</tt>’; the file
‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ should have a link to
+<samp>manual</samp>; the file <samp>manual/index.html</samp> should have a
link to
the manual in each of its forms.
</p>
<p>If the package has more than one manual, put each one in a
-subdirectory of ‘<tt>manual</tt>’, set up
‘<tt>index.html</tt>’ in each
+subdirectory of <samp>manual</samp>, set up <samp>index.html</samp> in each
subdirectory to link to that manual in all its forms, and make
-‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ link to each manual through its
subdirectory.
+<samp>manual/index.html</samp> link to each manual through its subdirectory.
</p>
<p>See the section below for details on a script to make the job of
creating all these different formats and index pages easier.
@@ -2384,7 +2383,7 @@
<p>We would like to list all GNU manuals on the page
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/manual";>http://www.gnu.org/manual</a>, so if yours
isn’t there, please send
mail to <code>address@hidden</code>, asking them to add yours, and they
-will do so based on the contents of your ‘<tt>manual</tt>’
directory.
+will do so based on the contents of your <samp>manual</samp> directory.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="#Invoking-gendocs_002esh"
accesskey="1">Invoking gendocs.sh</a>:</td><td> </td><td
align="left" valign="top">
@@ -2402,6 +2401,7 @@
<h4 class="subsection">12.3.1 Invoking <code>gendocs.sh</code></h4>
<a name="index-gendocs_002esh"></a>
<a name="index-generating-documentation-output"></a>
+<a name="index-documentation-output_002c-generating"></a>
<p>The script <code>gendocs.sh</code> eases the task of generating the
Texinfo documentation output for your web pages
@@ -2430,8 +2430,8 @@
<p>where <var>yourmanual</var> is the short name for your package
and <var>yourbuglist</var> is the email address for bug reports (which
should be <code>bug-<var>package</var>@gnu.org</code>). The script processes
-the file ‘<tt><var>yourmanual</var>.texinfo</tt>’ (or
‘<tt>.texi</tt>’ or
-‘<tt>.txi</tt>’). For example:
+the file <samp><var>yourmanual</var>.texinfo</samp> (or <samp>.texi</samp> or
+<samp>.txi</samp>). For example:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">cd .../texinfo/doc
@@ -2439,25 +2439,25 @@
gendocs.sh --email address@hidden texinfo "GNU Texinfo manual"
</pre></div>
-<p><code>gendocs.sh</code> creates a subdirectory
‘<tt>manual/</tt>’ containing
+<p><code>gendocs.sh</code> creates a subdirectory <samp>manual/</samp>
containing
the manual generated in all the standard output formats: Info, HTML,
DVI, and so on, as well as the Texinfo source. You then need to move
all those files, retaining the subdirectories, into the web pages for
your package.
</p>
-<p>You can specify the option ‘<samp>-o <var>outdir</var></samp>’
to override the
-name ‘<tt>manual</tt>’. Any previous contents of
<var>outdir</var> will be deleted.
+<p>You can specify the option <samp>-o <var>outdir</var></samp> to override the
+name <samp>manual</samp>. Any previous contents of <var>outdir</var> will be
deleted.
</p>
<p>The second argument, with the description, is included as part of the
-HTML <code><title></code> of the overall
‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ file. It
+HTML <code><title></code> of the overall <samp>manual/index.html</samp>
file. It
should include the name of the package being documented, as shown.
-‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ is created by substitution from the
file
-‘<tt>gendocs_template</tt>’. (Feel free to modify the generic
template
+<samp>manual/index.html</samp> is created by substitution from the file
+<samp>gendocs_template</samp>. (Feel free to modify the generic template
for your own purposes.)
</p>
<p>If you have several manuals, you’ll need to run this script several
times with different arguments, specifying a different output
-directory with ‘<samp>-o</samp>’ each time, and moving all the
output to
+directory with <samp>-o</samp> each time, and moving all the output to
your web page. Then write (by hand) an overall index.html with links
to them all. For example:
</p>
@@ -2468,9 +2468,9 @@
gendocs.sh --email address@hidden -o info-stnd info-stnd "GNU info-stnd
manual"
</pre></div>
-<p>By default, the script uses <code>makeinfo</code> for generating
-<acronym>HTML</acronym> output. If you prefer to use <code>texi2html</code>,
use
-the ‘<samp>--texi2html</samp>’ command line option, e.g.:
+<p>By default, the script uses <code>makeinfo</code> for generating HTML
+output. If you prefer to use <code>texi2html</code>, use the
+<samp>--texi2html</samp> command line option, e.g.:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">gendocs --texi2html -o texinfo texinfo "GNU
Texinfo manual"
@@ -2481,15 +2481,15 @@
and chapters).
</p>
<p>You can set the environment variables <code>MAKEINFO</code>,
<code>TEXI2DVI</code>,
-<code>TEXI2HTML</code> and <code>DVIPS</code> to control the programs that get
-executed, and <code>GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR</code> to control where the
-‘<tt>gendocs_template</tt>’ file is found.
+etc., to control the programs that get executed, and
+<code>GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR</code> to control where the
+<samp>gendocs_template</samp> file is found.
</p>
<p>As usual, run ‘<samp>gendocs.sh --help</samp>’ for a
description of all the
options, environment variables, and more information.
</p>
<p>Please email bug reports, enhancement requests, or other
-correspondence to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
+correspondence about <code>gendocs</code> to <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
</p>
<hr>
@@ -2796,8 +2796,7 @@
<a name="index-hosting"></a>
<p>We recommend using <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> for the source code
-repository for your package, but that’s not required. See <a
href="#Old-Versions">Old
-Versions</a>, for more information about Savannah.
+repository for your package, but that’s not required. See <a
href="#Old-Versions">Old Versions</a>, for more information about Savannah.
</p>
<p>We strongly urge you to use <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> as the standard
distribution site for releases. Doing so makes it easier for
@@ -2843,7 +2842,7 @@
<p>As a maintainer, you might want to accept donations for your work,
especially if you pay for any of your own hosting/development
infrastructure. Following is some text you can adapt to your own
-situation, and use on your package’s web site,
‘<tt>README</tt>’, or
+situation, and use on your package’s web site, <samp>README</samp>, or
in wherever way you find it useful:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
@@ -2970,8 +2969,8 @@
<h2 class="appendix">Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License</h2>
<a name="index-FDL_002c-GNU-Free-Documentation-License"></a>
-<p align="center">Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
-</p>
+<div align="center">Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
+</div>
<div class="display">
<pre class="display">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -3501,7 +3500,7 @@
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-_0024-keywords-in-web-pages">$
keywords in web pages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages">CVS Keywords in Web Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-2">/</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
-<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-_002fgd_002fgnuorg-directory">‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg</tt>’
directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-_002fgd_002fgnuorg-directory"><samp>/gd/gnuorg</samp>
directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-A">A</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-advisory-committee">advisory
committee</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Getting-Help">Getting Help</a></td></tr>
@@ -3510,7 +3509,7 @@
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-announcements">announcements</a>:</td><td> </td><td
valign="top"><a href="#Announcements">Announcements</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-announcements_002c-mailing-list-for">announcements, mailing list
for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Standard-Mailing-Lists">Standard Mailing Lists</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-assignments_002c-copyright">assignments,
copyright</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-AUTHORS-file">‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’
file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Recording-Contributors">Recording Contributors</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-AUTHORS-file"><samp>AUTHORS</samp>
file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Recording-Contributors">Recording Contributors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-automake"><code>automake</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td
valign="top"><a href="#Distribution-tar-Files">Distribution tar
Files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-B">B</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
@@ -3538,6 +3537,7 @@
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-Directory_002c-Free-Software">Directory, Free
Software</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Free-Software-Directory">Free Software Directory</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-disclaimers">disclaimers</a>:</td><td> </td><td
valign="top"><a href="#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-distribution_002c-tar-files">distribution, tar
files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Distribution-tar-Files">Distribution tar Files</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-documentation-output_002c-generating">documentation output,
generating</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Invoking-gendocs_002esh">Invoking gendocs.sh</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-Donations_002c-for-packages">Donations, for
packages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Donations">Donations</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-down_002c-when-GNU-machines-are">down, when GNU machines
are</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Getting-Help">Getting
Help</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
@@ -3548,6 +3548,7 @@
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-F">F</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-FDL_002c-GNU-Free-Documentation-License">FDL, GNU Free
Documentation License</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU Free Documentation
License</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-fencepost_002egnu_002eorg-GNU-login-host"><code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>
GNU login host</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#GNU-Accounts-and-Resources">GNU Accounts and Resources</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-formats-for-documentation_002c-desired">formats for documentation,
desired</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Manuals-on-Web-Pages">Manuals on Web Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-Free-Software-Directory">Free
Software Directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Free-Software-Directory">Free Software Directory</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-free-software-movement">free
software movement</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Free-Software-and-Open-Source">Free Software and Open
Source</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-FSF-system-administrators">FSF
system administrators</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Getting-Help">Getting Help</a></td></tr>
@@ -3648,6 +3649,9 @@
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-W">W</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-web-pages">web
pages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a href="#Web-Pages">Web
Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-web-pages_002c-and-CVS-keywords">web pages, and CVS
keywords</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages">CVS Keywords in Web Pages</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-web-pages_002c-freedom-for">web
pages, freedom for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Freedom-for-Web-Pages">Freedom for Web Pages</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="#index-web-pages_002c-hosting-for">web
pages, hosting for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Hosting-for-Web-Pages">Hosting for Web Pages</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="#index-web-pages_002c-including-manuals-on">web pages, including manuals
on</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="#Manuals-on-Web-Pages">Manuals on Web Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
</table>
<table><tr><th valign="top">Jump to: </th><td><a class="summary-letter"
href="#Index_cp_symbol-1"><b>$</b></a>
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diff -u -b -r1.85 -r1.86
--- maintain.txt 21 May 2012 00:40:28 -0000 1.85
+++ maintain.txt 27 Oct 2012 18:47:59 -0000 1.86
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
Version
*******
-Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
+2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
@@ -91,12 +92,12 @@
Texinfo source, but if that's difficult for you, you can make a diff for
some other version of this document, or propose it in any way that makes
it clear. The source repository for this document can be found at
-'http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnustandards'.
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnustandards>.
If you want to receive diffs for every change to these GNU documents,
join the mailing list 'address@hidden', for instance via
the web interface at
-'http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustandards-commit'. Archives
+<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustandards-commit>. Archives
are also available there.
This document uses the gender-neutral third-person pronouns "person",
@@ -107,8 +108,8 @@
the GNU GPL, to let the public benefit from per work, and to enable per
to feel person has done the right thing."
- This release of the GNU Maintainer Information was last updated May
-20, 2012.
+ This release of the GNU Maintainer Information was last updated
+October 27, 2012.
2 Getting Help
**************
@@ -123,12 +124,12 @@
project on behalf of RMS (Richard Stallman, the Chief GNUisance). If
you have any organizational questions or concerns you can contact the
committee at <address@hidden>. See
-'http://www.gnu.org/contact/gnu-advisory.html' for the current committee
+<http://www.gnu.org/contact/gnu-advisory.html> for the current committee
members. Additional information is in '/gd/gnuorg/advisory'.
If you find that any GNU computer systems ('fencepost.gnu.org',
'ftp.gnu.org', 'www.gnu.org', 'savannah.gnu.org', ...) seem to be down,
-you can check the current status at 'http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus'.
+you can check the current status at <http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus>.
Most likely the problem, if it can be alleviated at the FSF end, is
already being worked on.
@@ -143,12 +144,12 @@
available on the general GNU server, currently 'fencepost.gnu.org'. If
you are the maintainer of a GNU package, you should have an account
there. If you don't have one already,
-'http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html'. You can also ask
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html>. You can also ask
for accounts for people who significantly help you in working on the
package.
Other resources available to GNU maintainers are described at
-'http://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html', as well as throughout this
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html>, as well as throughout this
document. In brief:
* Login accounts (see above).
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@
<address@hidden>.
We're happy to acknowledge all major contributors to GNU packages on
-the 'http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html' web page. Please send an
+the <http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html> web page. Please send an
entry for yourself to <address@hidden>, and feel free to suggest it
to other significant developers on your package.
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@
available on the general GNU server, currently 'fencepost.gnu.org'. If
you are the maintainer of a GNU package, you should have an account
there. If you don't have one already,
-'http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html'. You can also ask
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html>. You can also ask
for accounts for people who significantly help you in working on the
package.
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@
more details, you should send one of the templates that are found in the
directory '/gd/gnuorg/Copyright/'; they are also available from the
'doc/Copyright/' directory of the 'gnulib' project at
-'http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib'. This section explains which
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib>. This section explains which
templates you should use in which circumstances. *Please don't use any
of the templates except for those listed here, and please don't change
the wording.*
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@
For translations of program strings (as used by GNU Gettext, for
example; *note (standards)Internationalization::), use
'disclaim.translation'. If you make use of the Translation Project
-('http://translationproject.org') facilities, please check with the TP
+(<http://translationproject.org>) facilities, please check with the TP
coordinators that they have sent the contributor the papers; if they
haven't, then you should send the papers. In any case, you should wait
for the confirmation from the FSF that the signed papers have been
@@ -683,7 +684,7 @@
Lesser GPL should be used (again, for the notice wording, *note License
Notices for Code::). If a GNU library provides unique functionality,
however, the GNU GPL should be used.
-'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html' discusses this strategic
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html> discusses this strategic
choice.
Some of these libraries need to work with programs released under
@@ -716,7 +717,7 @@
You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If
- not, see 'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'.
+ not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
For small packages, you can use "This program" instead of "GNU
PACKAGE".
@@ -727,11 +728,11 @@
You can get the official versions of these files from several places.
You can use whichever is the most convenient for you.
- * 'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'.
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
* The 'gnulib' project on 'savannah.gnu.org', which you can access
via anonymous Git or CVS. See
- 'http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib'.
+ <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib>.
The official Texinfo sources for the licenses are also available in
those same places, so you can include them in your documentation. A
@@ -758,7 +759,7 @@
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see
- 'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'.
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
But in a small program which is just a few files, you can use this
instead:
@@ -775,12 +776,12 @@
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see
- 'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'.
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
In either case, for those few packages which use the Lesser GPL
(*note Licensing of GNU Packages::), insert the word "Lesser" before
"General" in _all three_ places.
-'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html' discusses application the
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html> discusses application the
GPL in more detail.
6.6.4 License Notices for Documentation
@@ -813,7 +814,7 @@
omit both cover texts.
*Note (texinfo)GNU Sample Texts::, for a full example in a Texinfo
-manual, and see 'http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html' for more
+manual, and see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html> for more
advice about how to use the GNU FDL.
If you write a manual that people might want to buy on paper, please
@@ -975,7 +976,7 @@
because these are the most important platforms for a GNU package. If
you don't have access to one of these platforms, as a GNU maintainer you
can get access to the general GNU login machine; see
-'http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html'.
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html>.
Supporting other platforms is optional--we do it when that seems like
a good idea, but we don't consider it obligatory. If the users don't
@@ -1043,7 +1044,7 @@
To create and maintain simple aliases and unmanaged lists, you can
edit '/com/mailer/aliases' on the main GNU server. If you don't have an
account there, please read
-'http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html' (*note GNU Accounts
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html> (*note GNU Accounts
and Resources::).
But if you don't want to learn how to do those things, you can
@@ -1106,7 +1107,7 @@
useful for your package.
If you would like to use an email-based bug tracking system, see
-'http://bugs.gnu.org'; this can be connected with the regular
+<http://bugs.gnu.org>; this can be connected with the regular
bug-reporting address. Alternatively, if you would like to use a
web-based bug tracking system, Savannah supports this (*note Old
Versions::), but please don't fail to accept bugs by regular email as
@@ -1131,7 +1132,7 @@
The GNU Project provides a server that GNU packages can use for
source control and other package needs: 'savannah.gnu.org'. Savannah is
managed by <address@hidden>. For more details on using and
-contributing to Savannah, see 'http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance'.
+contributing to Savannah, see <http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance>.
It's not an absolute requirement, but all GNU maintainers are
strongly encouraged to take advantage of Savannah, as sharing such a
@@ -1143,7 +1144,7 @@
If you do use Savannah, please subscribe to the
<address@hidden> mailing list
-('http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-announce'). This is a
+(<http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-announce>). This is a
very low-volume list to keep Savannah users informed of system upgrades,
problems, and the like.
@@ -1298,21 +1299,21 @@
Here is how to register your information so you can perform uploads for
your GNU package:
- 1. Create an account for yourself at 'http://savannah.gnu.org', if you
+ 1. Create an account for yourself at <http://savannah.gnu.org>, if you
don't already have one. By the way, this is also needed to
- maintain the web pages at 'http://www.gnu.org' for your project
+ maintain the web pages at <http://www.gnu.org> for your project
(*note Web Pages::).
2. In the 'My Account Conf' page on 'savannah', upload the GPG key you
will use to sign your packages. If you haven't created one before,
- you can do so with the command 'gpg --gen-key' (you can accept all
- the default answers to its questions).
+ you can do so with the command 'gpg --gen-key' (you can accept
+ and/or confirm the default answers to its questions).
Optional but recommended: Send your key to a GPG public key server:
'gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --send-keys KEYID', where KEYID is
the eight hex digits reported by 'gpg --list-public-keys' on the
'pub' line before the date. For full information about GPG, see
- 'http://www.gnu.org/software/gpg'.
+ <http://www.gnu.org/software/gpg>.
3. Compose a message with the following items in some MSGFILE. Then
GPG-sign it by running 'gpg --clearsign MSGFILE', and finally email
@@ -1392,7 +1393,7 @@
One automated way to create and transfer the necessary files is to
use the 'gnupload' script, which is available from the 'build-aux/'
directory of the 'gnulib' project at
-'http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib'. 'gnupload' can also remove
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib>. 'gnupload' can also remove
uploaded files. Run 'gnupload --help' for a description and examples.
'gnupload' uses the 'ncftpput' program to do the actual transfers; if
@@ -1402,7 +1403,7 @@
If you have difficulties with an upload, email <address@hidden>.
You can check the archive of uploads processed at
-'https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ftp-upload-report'.
+<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ftp-upload-report>.
11.5.3 FTP Upload Directive File - v1.2
---------------------------------------
@@ -1572,12 +1573,12 @@
Please also post release announcements in the news section of your
Savannah project site. Here, it is fine to also write news entries for
test releases and any other newsworthy events. The news feeds from all
-GNU projects at savannah are aggregated at 'http://planet.gnu.org' (GNU
+GNU projects at savannah are aggregated at <http://planet.gnu.org> (GNU
Planet). You can also post items directly, or arrange for feeds from
other locations; see information on the GNU Planet web page.
You can maintain your own mailing list (typically
-<address@hidden>) for announcements as well if you like. For your
+'address@hidden') for announcements as well if you like. For your
own list, of course you decide as you see fit what events are worth
announcing. (*Note Mail::, for setting this up, and more suggestions on
handling mail for your package.)
@@ -1588,12 +1589,12 @@
purpose of your package.
* Your package's web page (normally
- <http://www.gnu.org/software/PACKAGE/>).
+ 'http://www.gnu.org/software/PACKAGE/').
* Your package's download location (normally
- <http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/PACKAGE/>). It is also useful to mention
- the mirror list at 'http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html', and that
- <http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/PACKAGE/> will automatically redirect to
+ 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/PACKAGE/'). It is also useful to mention
+ the mirror list at <http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html>, and that
+ 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/PACKAGE/' will automatically redirect to
a nearby mirror.
* The NEWS (*note (standards)NEWS File::) for the present release.
@@ -1603,14 +1604,14 @@
Please write web pages about your package, and install them on
'www.gnu.org'. They should follow our usual standards for web pages
-(see 'http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html'). The
+(see <http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html>). The
overall goals are to support a wide variety of browsers, to focus on
information rather than flashy eye candy, and to keep the site simple
and uniform.
We encourage you to use the standard 'www.gnu.org' template as the
basis for your pages:
-'http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/boilerplate-source.html'.
+<http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/boilerplate-source.html>.
Some GNU packages have just simple web pages, but the more
information you provide, the better. So please write as much as you
@@ -1625,7 +1626,7 @@
The best way to maintain the web pages for your project is to register
the project on 'savannah.gnu.org'. Then you can edit the pages using
CVS, using the separate "web repository" available on Savannah, which
-corresponds to <http://www.gnu.org/software/PACKAGE/>. You can keep
+corresponds to 'http://www.gnu.org/software/PACKAGE/'. You can keep
your source files there too (using any of a variety of version control
systems), but you can use 'savannah.gnu.org' only for your gnu.org web
pages if you wish; simply register a "web-only" project.
@@ -1638,7 +1639,7 @@
If you use Savannah, you can use a special file named '.symlinks' in
order to create symbolic links, which are not supported in CVS. For
details, see
-'http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#symlinks'.
+<http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#symlinks>.
12.2 Freedom for Web Pages
==========================
@@ -1659,15 +1660,16 @@
because of patent problems (*note Ethical and Philosophical
Consideration::). Although the GIF patents expired in 2006, using GIF
images is still not recommended, as the PNG and JPEG formats are
-generally superior. See 'http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html'.
+generally superior. See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html>.
12.3 Manuals on Web Pages
=========================
The web pages for the package should include its manuals, in HTML, DVI,
-Info, PostScript, PDF, plain ASCII, and Texinfo format (source). All of
-these can be generated automatically from the Texinfo source using
-Makeinfo and other programs.
+Info, PDF, plain ASCII, and the source Texinfo. All of these can be
+generated automatically from Texinfo using Makeinfo and other programs.
+If the Texinfo itself is generated from some other source format,
+include that too.
When there is only one manual, put it in a subdirectory called
'manual'; the file 'manual/index.html' should have a link to the manual
@@ -1682,7 +1684,7 @@
creating all these different formats and index pages easier.
We would like to list all GNU manuals on the page
-'http://www.gnu.org/manual', so if yours isn't there, please send mail
+<http://www.gnu.org/manual>, so if yours isn't there, please send mail
to 'address@hidden', asking them to add yours, and they will do so
based on the contents of your 'manual' directory.
@@ -1694,12 +1696,12 @@
companion template file, used as the basis for the HTML index pages.
Both are available from the Texinfo CVS sources:
-'http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs.sh'
-'http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs_template'
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs.sh>
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs_template>
There is also a minimalistic template, available from:
-'http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs_template_min'
+<http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs_template_min>
Invoke the script like this, in the directory containing the Texinfo
source:
@@ -1752,24 +1754,23 @@
HTML output generated by 'texi2html' (i.e., split by sections and
chapters).
- You can set the environment variables 'MAKEINFO', 'TEXI2DVI',
-'TEXI2HTML' and 'DVIPS' to control the programs that get executed, and
-'GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR' to control where the 'gendocs_template' file is
-found.
+ You can set the environment variables 'MAKEINFO', 'TEXI2DVI', etc.,
+to control the programs that get executed, and 'GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR' to
+control where the 'gendocs_template' file is found.
As usual, run 'gendocs.sh --help' for a description of all the
options, environment variables, and more information.
Please email bug reports, enhancement requests, or other
-correspondence to <address@hidden>.
+correspondence about 'gendocs' to <address@hidden>.
12.4 CVS Keywords in Web Pages
==============================
Since 'www.gnu.org' works through CVS, CVS keywords in your manual, such
as '$Log: maintain.txt,v $
-as 'Revision 1.85 2012/05/21 00:40:28 karl
-as 'ftp-upload protocol v1.2 requiring explicit replace of files
+as 'Revision 1.86 2012/10/27 18:47:59 karl
+as 'omit ps output
as '', need special treatment (even if you don't happen to maintain
your manual in CVS).
@@ -1785,7 +1786,7 @@
cvs add -ko FILE1 FILE2 ...
See the "Keyword Substitution" section in the CVS manual, available
-at 'http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual'.
+at <http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual>.
In Texinfo source, the recommended way to literally specify a
"dollar" keyword is:
@@ -1860,7 +1861,7 @@
issues of freedom, ethics, principle and what makes for a good society.
The term open source, initiated in 1998, is associated with a philosophy
which studiously avoids such questions. For a detailed explanation, see
-'http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html'.
+<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html>.
The GNU Project is aligned with the free software movement. This
doesn't mean that all GNU contributors and maintainers have to agree;
@@ -1900,7 +1901,7 @@
GNU documentation, and announcements and articles that you publish in
your role as the maintainer of a GNU package. If you want to explain
the terminology and its reasons, you can refer to the URL
-'http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html'.
+<http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html>.
To make it clear that Linux is a kernel, not an operating system,
please take care to avoid using the term "Linux system" in those
@@ -1939,14 +1940,14 @@
* What GNU is (an operating system developed to be Unix-like and
totally free software). It is good to mention
- 'http://www.gnu.org'.
+ <http://www.gnu.org>.
* What free software is (the users control it, so it doesn't control
them). It is good to state the four freedoms and/or refer to
- 'http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html'.
+ <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>.
* What GNU/Linux is (Linux filled the last gap in GNU). It is useful
- to refer to 'http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html'.
+ to refer to <http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html>.
* What the GNU Project is (the project to develop GNU).
@@ -2052,7 +2053,7 @@
proprietary software license, such as Google's payment service.
Of course, it is also good to encourage people to join or contribute
-to the FSF ('http://www.fsf.org'), either instead of or as well as
+to the FSF (<http://www.fsf.org>), either instead of or as well as
package-specific donations.
18 Free Software Directory
@@ -2061,7 +2062,7 @@
The Free Software Directory aims to be a complete list of free software
packages, within certain criteria. Every GNU package should be listed
there, so please see
-'http://www.gnu.org/help/directory.html#adding-entries' for information
+<http://www.gnu.org/help/directory.html#adding-entries> for information
on how to write an entry for your package. Contact
<address@hidden> with any questions or suggestions for the Free
Software Directory.
@@ -2117,7 +2118,7 @@
Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 'http://fsf.org/'
+ <http://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
@@ -2514,7 +2515,7 @@
the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new
versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See
- 'http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/'.
+ <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/>.
Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version
number. If the Document specifies that a particular numbered
@@ -2593,3 +2594,172 @@
Index
*****
+* Menu:
+
+* $ keywords in web pages: CVS Keywords in Web Pages.
+ (line 1770)
+* '/gd/gnuorg' directory: Copyright Papers. (line 261)
+* advisory committee: Getting Help. (line 122)
+* 'alpha.gnu.org', test release site: Test Releases. (line 1244)
+* announcement mailing list, project-specific: Announcements.
+ (line 1580)
+* announcements: Announcements. (line 1565)
+* announcements, mailing list for: Standard Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1022)
+* assignments, copyright: Copyright Papers. (line 234)
+* 'AUTHORS' file: Recording Contributors.
+ (line 482)
+* automake: Distribution tar Files.
+ (line 1184)
+* beta releases: Test Releases. (line 1244)
+* bug reports, email tracker for: Replying to Mail. (line 1108)
+* bug reports, handling: Replying to Mail. (line 1072)
+* bug reports, web tracker for: Replying to Mail. (line 1108)
+* <address@hidden>: Standard Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1008)
+* 'address@hidden' email address: Preface. (line 88)
+* contents of announcements: Announcements. (line 1586)
+* contributions, accepting: Clean Ups. (line 915)
+* copyright notices in program files: Copyright Notices. (line 558)
+* copyright papers: Copyright Papers. (line 234)
+* creating mailing lists: Creating Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1035)
+* CVS keywords in web pages: CVS Keywords in Web Pages.
+ (line 1770)
+* CVS repository: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* data base of GNU copyright assignments: Copyright Papers. (line 255)
+* development method, open source: Free Software and Open Source.
+ (line 1855)
+* development resources: GNU Accounts and Resources.
+ (line 142)
+* diff: Distribution Patches.
+ (line 1208)
+* Directory, Free Software: Free Software Directory.
+ (line 2059)
+* disclaimers: Copyright Papers. (line 234)
+* distribution, tar files: Distribution tar Files.
+ (line 1159)
+* documentation output, generating: Invoking gendocs.sh.
+ (line 1694)
+* Donations, for packages: Donations. (line 2020)
+* down, when GNU machines are: Getting Help. (line 129)
+* email: Mail. (line 994)
+* ethics: Ethical and Philosophical
Consideration.
+ (line 1800)
+* FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License.
+ (line 2115)
+* 'fencepost.gnu.org' GNU login host: GNU Accounts and Resources.
+ (line 142)
+* formats for documentation, desired: Manuals on Web Pages.
+ (line 1668)
+* Free Software Directory: Free Software Directory.
+ (line 2059)
+* free software movement: Free Software and Open Source.
+ (line 1855)
+* FSF system administrators: Getting Help. (line 135)
+* FTP site: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* ftp uploads, automated: Automated FTP Uploads.
+ (line 1287)
+* 'ftp.gnu.org', the GNU release site: Distribution on ftp.gnu.org.
+ (line 1233)
+* gendocs.sh: Invoking gendocs.sh.
+ (line 1694)
+* generating documentation output: Invoking gendocs.sh.
+ (line 1694)
+* GNU ftp site: Distribution on ftp.gnu.org.
+ (line 1233)
+* GNU system administrators: Getting Help. (line 135)
+* GNU/Linux: GNU and Linux. (line 1880)
+* 'gnustandards' project repository: Preface. (line 88)
+* 'address@hidden' mailing list: Preface. (line 96)
+* help for users, mailing list for: Standard Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1016)
+* help requests, handling: Replying to Mail. (line 1072)
+* help, getting: Getting Help. (line 116)
+* hosting: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* <http://bugs.gnu.org>: Replying to Mail. (line 1108)
+* <http://identi.ca/group/fsfstatus>: Getting Help. (line 129)
+* <http://planet.gnu.org>: Announcements. (line 1573)
+* Hydra: GNU Accounts and Resources.
+ (line 164)
+* 'info-gnu' mailing list: Announcements. (line 1565)
+* legal matters: Legal Matters. (line 228)
+* legal papers for changes in manuals: Copyright Papers. (line 342)
+* license notices in program files: License Notices. (line 658)
+* Linux: GNU and Linux. (line 1880)
+* mailing list for bug reports: Standard Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1001)
+* mailing lists, creating: Creating Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1035)
+* mailing lists, standard names of: Standard Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1001)
+* <address@hidden>: Stepping Down. (line 179)
+* 'address@hidden' mailing list: Getting Help. (line 116)
+* Money, donated to packages: Donations. (line 2020)
+* movement, free software: Free Software and Open Source.
+ (line 1855)
+* open source: Free Software and Open Source.
+ (line 1855)
+* outage, of GNU machines: Getting Help. (line 129)
+* patch: Distribution Patches.
+ (line 1208)
+* patches, against previous releases: Distribution Patches.
+ (line 1190)
+* philosophy: Ethical and Philosophical
Consideration.
+ (line 1800)
+* Piercy, Marge: Preface. (line 102)
+* 'platform-testers' mailing list: GNU Accounts and Resources.
+ (line 164)
+* pretest releases: Test Releases. (line 1244)
+* proofreading: Using the Proofreaders List.
+ (line 2070)
+* quality of changes suggested by others: Clean Ups. (line 915)
+* RCS keywords in web pages: CVS Keywords in Web Pages.
+ (line 1770)
+* recording contributors: Recording Contributors.
+ (line 451)
+* registration for uploads: Automated Upload Registration.
+ (line 1298)
+* release site: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* replacing uploaded files: FTP Upload Directive File - v1.2.
+ (line 1416)
+* repository: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* resigning as maintainer: Stepping Down. (line 170)
+* resources for GNU developers: GNU Accounts and Resources.
+ (line 142)
+* responding to bug reports: Replying to Mail. (line 1072)
+* Savannah repository for 'gnustandards': Preface. (line 88)
+* Savannah, news area: Announcements. (line 1573)
+* 'address@hidden' mailing list: Old Versions. (line 1144)
+* 'address@hidden': Old Versions. (line 1131)
+* shell account, on fencepost: GNU Accounts and Resources.
+ (line 142)
+* source repository: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* spam prevention: Creating Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1055)
+* standard mailing lists: Standard Mailing Lists.
+ (line 1001)
+* stepping down as maintainer: Stepping Down. (line 170)
+* sysadmin, FSF: Getting Help. (line 135)
+* terminology: Terminology. (line 1848)
+* test releases: Test Releases. (line 1244)
+* time stamp in diffs: Distribution Patches.
+ (line 1208)
+* uploads: Automated Upload Procedure.
+ (line 1346)
+* uploads, registration for: Automated Upload Registration.
+ (line 1298)
+* uploads, replacing: FTP Upload Directive File - v1.2.
+ (line 1416)
+* version control: Old Versions. (line 1119)
+* version control system: Hosting. (line 1987)
+* web pages: Web Pages. (line 1605)
+* web pages, and CVS keywords: CVS Keywords in Web Pages.
+ (line 1770)
+* web pages, freedom for: Freedom for Web Pages.
+ (line 1647)
+* web pages, hosting for: Hosting for Web Pages.
+ (line 1626)
+* web pages, including manuals on: Manuals on Web Pages.
+ (line 1668)
+
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diff -u -b -r1.79 -r1.80
--- html_node/Announcements.html 21 May 2012 00:40:45 -0000 1.79
+++ html_node/Announcements.html 27 Oct 2012 18:47:59 -0000 1.80
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
</p>
<a name="index-announcement-mailing-list_002c-project_002dspecific"></a>
<p>You can maintain your own mailing list (typically
-<<code>info-<var>package</var>@gnu.org</code>>) for announcements as
well if you
+‘<code>info-<var>package</var>@gnu.org</code>’) for announcements
as well if you
like. For your own list, of course you decide as you see fit what
events are worth announcing. (See <a href="Mail.html#Mail">Mail</a>, for
setting this up, and
more suggestions on handling mail for your package.)
@@ -102,13 +103,13 @@
purpose of your package.
</li><li> Your package’s web page (normally
-<<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>>).
+‘<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>’).
</li><li> Your package’s download location (normally
-<<code>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/<var>package</var>/</code>>). It is also
+‘<code>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/<var>package</var>/</code>’). It is
also
useful to mention the mirror list at
<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html";>http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html</a>,
and that
-<<code>http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/<var>package/</var></code>> will
automatically
+‘<code>http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/<var>package/</var></code>’ will
automatically
redirect to a nearby mirror.
</li><li> The <tt>NEWS</tt> (see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/NEWS-File.html#NEWS-File";>NEWS
File</a> in <cite>GNU Coding Standards</cite>) for
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
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+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -78,34 +79,33 @@
uploaded via ftp to the host <code>ftp-upload.gnu.org</code>.
</p>
<ol>
-<li> The file to be distributed; for example,
‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’.
+<li> The file to be distributed; for example, <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp>.
</li><li> Detached GPG binary signature file for (1); for example,
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’. Make this with ‘<samp>gpg -b
foo.tar.gz</samp>’.
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp>. Make this with ‘<samp>gpg -b
foo.tar.gz</samp>’.
</li><li> A clearsigned <em>directive file</em>; for example,
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’. Make this by preparing the
plain
-text file ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive</tt>’ and then run
‘<samp>gpg
---clearsign foo.tar.gz.directive</samp>’. See <a
href="FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1">FTP
Upload Directive File -
-v1.1</a>, for the contents of the directive file.
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp>. Make this by preparing the plain
+text file <samp>foo.tar.gz.directive</samp> and then run ‘<samp>gpg
+--clearsign foo.tar.gz.directive</samp>’. See <a
href="FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1">FTP
Upload Directive File - v1.1</a>, for the contents of the directive file.
</li></ol>
<p>The names of the files are important. The signature file must have the
same name as the file to be distributed, with an additional
-‘<tt>.sig</tt>’ extension. The directive file must have the same
name as
-the file to be distributed, with an additional
‘<tt>.directive.asc</tt>’
+<samp>.sig</samp> extension. The directive file must have the same name as
+the file to be distributed, with an additional <samp>.directive.asc</samp>
extension. If you do not follow this naming convention, the upload
<em>will not be processed</em>.
</p>
<p>Since v1.1 of the upload directives, it is also possible to upload a
-clearsigned directive file on its own (no accompanying
‘<tt>.sig</tt>’ or
+clearsigned directive file on its own (no accompanying <samp>.sig</samp> or
any other file) to perform certain operations on the server.
See <a
href="FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1">FTP
Upload Directive File - v1.1</a>, for more information.
</p>
<p>Upload the file(s) via anonymous ftp to <code>ftp-upload.gnu.org</code>. If
the upload is destined for <code>ftp.gnu.org</code>, place the file(s) in
-the ‘<tt>/incoming/ftp</tt>’ directory. If the upload is destined
for
-<code>alpha.gnu.org</code>, place the file(s) in the
‘<tt>/incoming/alpha</tt>’
+the <samp>/incoming/ftp</samp> directory. If the upload is destined for
+<code>alpha.gnu.org</code>, place the file(s) in the
<samp>/incoming/alpha</samp>
directory.
</p>
<p>Uploads are processed every five minutes. Uploads that are in
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@
</p>
<p>One automated way to create and transfer the necessary files is to use
the <code>gnupload</code> script, which is available from the
-‘<tt>build-aux/</tt>’ directory of the <code>gnulib</code> project
at
+<samp>build-aux/</samp> directory of the <code>gnulib</code> project at
<a
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib";>http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib</a>.
<code>gnupload</code> can
also remove uploaded files. Run <code>gnupload --help</code> for a
description and examples.
</p>
<p><code>gnupload</code> uses the <code>ncftpput</code> program to do the
actual
transfers; if you don’t happen to have the <code>ncftp</code> package
-installed, the <code>ncftpput-ftp</code> script in the
‘<tt>build-aux/</tt>’
+installed, the <code>ncftpput-ftp</code> script in the <samp>build-aux/</samp>
directory of <code>gnulib</code> serves as a replacement which uses plain
command line <code>ftp</code>.
</p>
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-0000 1.80
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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</li><li> In the ‘<samp>My Account Conf</samp>’ page on
<code>savannah</code>, upload the GPG
key you will use to sign your packages. If you haven’t created one
before, you can do so with the command <code>gpg --gen-key</code> (you can
-accept all the default answers to its questions).
+accept and/or confirm the default answers to its questions).
<p>Optional but recommended: Send your key to a GPG public key server:
<code>gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --send-keys <var>keyid</var></code>, where
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
</p>
</li><li> Compose a message with the following items in some
<var>msgfile</var>.
Then GPG-sign it by running <code>gpg --clearsign <var>msgfile</var></code>,
and
-finally email the resulting ‘<tt><var>msgfile</var>.asc</tt>’ to
+finally email the resulting <samp><var>msgfile</var>.asc</samp> to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
<ol>
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
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+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
<p>Even image files and sound files should contain copyright notices and
license notices, if their format permits. Some formats do not have
room for textual annotations; for these files, state the copyright and
-copying permissions in a ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file in the same
directory.
+copying permissions in a <samp>README</samp> file in the same directory.
</p>
<p>Change log files should have a copyright notice and license notice at
the end, since new material is added at the beginning but the end
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
<p>Replace the ‘<samp>(C)</samp>’ with a C-in-a-circle symbol if
it is available.
For example, use ‘<samp>@copyright{}</samp>’ in a Texinfo file.
However,
stick with parenthesized ‘<samp>C</samp>’ unless you know that
C-in-a-circle
-will work. For example, a program’s standard
‘<samp>--version</samp>’
+will work. For example, a program’s standard <samp>--version</samp>
message should use parenthesized ‘<samp>C</samp>’ by default,
though message
translations may use C-in-a-circle in locales where that symbol is
known to work. Alternatively, the ‘<samp>(C)</samp>’ or
C-in-a-circle can be
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@
years (‘<samp>2008, 2009, 2010</samp>’) if and only if:
1) every year in
the range, inclusive, really is a “copyrightable” year that would
be
listed individually; <em>and</em> 2) you make an explicit statement
-in a ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file about this usage.
+in a <samp>README</samp> file about this usage.
</p>
<p>For files which are regularly copied from another project (such as
‘<samp>gnulib</samp>’), leave the copyright notice as it is in the
original.
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
contributed to the file (which would be rather inconvenient).
</p>
<p>Sometimes a program has an overall copyright notice that refers to the
-whole program. It might be in the ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file, or it
might be
+whole program. It might be in the <samp>README</samp> file, or it might be
displayed when the program starts up. This copyright notice should
mention the year of completion of the most recent major version; it
can mention years of completion of previous major versions, but that
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -93,13 +94,13 @@
</p>
<a name="index-data-base-of-GNU-copyright-assignments"></a>
<p>To check whether papers have been received, look in
-‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/copyright.list</tt>’. If you can’t look
there directly,
+<samp>/gd/gnuorg/copyright.list</samp>. If you can’t look there
directly,
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> can check for you. Our
clerk can also
check for papers that are waiting to be entered and inform you when
expected papers arrive.
</p>
<a name="index-_002fgd_002fgnuorg-directory"></a>
-<p>The directory ‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg</tt>’ mentioned throughout this
document is
+<p>The directory <samp>/gd/gnuorg</samp> mentioned throughout this document is
available on the general GNU server, currently
<code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>. If you are the maintainer of a GNU package,
you should have an account there. If you don’t have one already,
@@ -126,13 +127,13 @@
</p></blockquote>
<p>If the contributor then wants more information, you can send per the file
-‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/conditions.text</tt>’, which explains per options
(assign
+<samp>/gd/gnuorg/conditions.text</samp>, which explains per options (assign
vs. disclaim) and their consequences.
</p>
<p>Once the conversation is under way and the contributor is ready for
more details, you should send one of the templates that are found in
-the directory ‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright/</tt>’; they are also
available
-from the ‘<tt>doc/Copyright/</tt>’ directory of the
<code>gnulib</code> project
+the directory <samp>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright/</samp>; they are also available
+from the <samp>doc/Copyright/</samp> directory of the <code>gnulib</code>
project
at <a
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib";>http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnulib</a>.
This section
explains which templates you should use in which circumstances.
<strong>Please don’t use any of the templates except for those listed
@@ -144,22 +145,22 @@
these templates occasionally—don’t keep using an old version.
</p>
<p>For large changes, ask the contributor for an assignment. Send per a
-copy of the file ‘<tt>request-assign.changes</tt>’. (Like all the
-‘<samp>request-</samp>’ files, it is in
‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</tt>’ and in
+copy of the file <samp>request-assign.changes</samp>. (Like all the
+‘<samp>request-</samp>’ files, it is in
<samp>/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</samp> and in
<code>gnulib</code>.)
</p>
<p>For medium to small changes, request a personal disclaimer by sending
-per the file ‘<tt>request-disclaim.changes</tt>’.
+per the file <samp>request-disclaim.changes</samp>.
</p>
<p>If the contributor is likely to keep making changes, person might want
to sign an assignment for all per future changes to the program. So it
is useful to offer per that alternative. If person wants to do it that
-way, send per the ‘<tt>request-assign.future</tt>’.
+way, send per the <samp>request-assign.future</samp>.
</p>
-<p>When you send a ‘<tt>request-</tt>’ file, you don’t need
to fill in anything
+<p>When you send a <samp>request-</samp> file, you don’t need to fill in
anything
before sending it. Just send the file verbatim to the contributor. The
file gives per instructions for how to ask the FSF to mail per the
-papers to sign. The ‘<tt>request-</tt>’ file also raises the
issue of
+papers to sign. The <samp>request-</samp> file also raises the issue of
getting an employer’s disclaimer from the contributor’s employer.
</p>
<p>When the contributor emails the form to the FSF, the FSF sends per an
@@ -191,14 +192,14 @@
sometimes distribute the manual separately (for instance, if we publish
it as a book), then we need separate legal papers for changes in the
manual. For smaller changes, use
-‘<tt>disclaim.changes.manual</tt>’; for larger ones, use
-‘<tt>assign.changes.manual</tt>’. To cover both past and future
-changes to a manual, you can use ‘<tt>assign.future.manual</tt>’.
-For a translation of a manual, use
‘<tt>assign.translation.manual</tt>’.
+<samp>disclaim.changes.manual</samp>; for larger ones, use
+<samp>assign.changes.manual</samp>. To cover both past and future
+changes to a manual, you can use <samp>assign.future.manual</samp>.
+For a translation of a manual, use <samp>assign.translation.manual</samp>.
</p>
<p>For translations of program strings (as used by GNU Gettext, for
example; see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Internationalization.html#Internationalization";>Internationalization</a>
in <cite>GNU Coding
-Standards</cite>), use ‘<tt>disclaim.translation</tt>’. If you
make use of the
+Standards</cite>), use <samp>disclaim.translation</samp>. If you make use of
the
Translation Project (<a
href="http://translationproject.org";>http://translationproject.org</a>)
facilities,
please check with the TP coordinators that they have sent the
contributor the papers; if they haven’t, then you should send the
@@ -215,15 +216,15 @@
<p>If you maintain a collection of programs, occasionally someone will
contribute an entire separate program or manual that should be added to
the collection. Then you can use the files
-‘<tt>request-assign.program</tt>’,
‘<tt>disclaim.program</tt>’,
-‘<tt>assign.manual</tt>’, and
‘<tt>disclaim.manual</tt>’. We very much prefer
+<samp>request-assign.program</samp>, <samp>disclaim.program</samp>,
+<samp>assign.manual</samp>, and <samp>disclaim.manual</samp>. We very much
prefer
an assignment for a new separate program or manual, unless it is quite
small, but a disclaimer is acceptable if the contributor insists on
handling the matter that way.
</p>
<p>If a contributor wants the FSF to publish only a pseudonym, that is
ok. The contributor should say this, and state the desired pseudonym,
-when answering the ‘<tt>request-</tt>’ form. The actual legal
papers will
+when answering the <samp>request-</samp> form. The actual legal papers will
use the real name, but the FSF will publish only the pseudonym. When
using one of the other forms, fill in the real name but ask the
contributor to discuss the use of a pseudonym with
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -79,10 +80,9 @@
default configuration for antispam purposes (see below).
</p>
<p>To create and maintain simple aliases and unmanaged lists, you can
-edit ‘<tt>/com/mailer/aliases</tt>’ on the main GNU server. If
you don’t
+edit <samp>/com/mailer/aliases</samp> on the main GNU server. If you
don’t
have an account there, please read
-<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
(see <a href="GNU-Accounts-and-Resources.html#GNU-Accounts-and-Resources">GNU
-Accounts and Resources</a>).
+<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
(see <a href="GNU-Accounts-and-Resources.html#GNU-Accounts-and-Resources">GNU
Accounts and Resources</a>).
</p>
<p>But if you don’t want to learn how to do those things, you can
alternatively ask <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to add
you to the
Index: html_node/Distribution-Patches.html
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
to the installer to recompile the patched sources.
</p>
<p>When you make the diffs, each version should be in a directory suitably
-named—for example, ‘<tt>gcc-2.3.2</tt>’ and
‘<tt>gcc-2.3.3</tt>’. This way,
+named—for example, <samp>gcc-2.3.2</samp> and <samp>gcc-2.3.3</samp>.
This way,
it will be very clear from the diffs themselves which version is which.
</p>
<a name="index-diff"></a>
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-0000 1.80
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -69,12 +70,12 @@
<a name="index-distribution_002c-tar-files"></a>
<p>The tar file for version <var>m</var>.<var>n</var> of program
<code>foo</code> should be
-named ‘<tt>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var>.tar</tt>’. It should
unpack into a
-subdirectory named ‘<tt>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var></tt>’. Tar
files should not
+named <samp>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var>.tar</samp>. It should unpack into a
+subdirectory named <samp>foo-<var>m</var>.<var>n</var></samp>. Tar files
should not
unpack into files in the current directory, because this is inconvenient
if the user happens to unpack into a directory with other files in it.
</p>
-<p>Here is how the ‘<tt>Makefile</tt>’ for Bison creates the tar
file.
+<p>Here is how the <samp>Makefile</samp> for Bison creates the tar file.
This method is good for other programs.
</p>
<div class="example">
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
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+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
<p>As a maintainer, you might want to accept donations for your work,
especially if you pay for any of your own hosting/development
infrastructure. Following is some text you can adapt to your own
-situation, and use on your package’s web site,
‘<tt>README</tt>’, or
+situation, and use on your package’s web site, <samp>README</samp>, or
in wherever way you find it useful:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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the form of a library.
</li><li> Include the module in your package, putting the source in a separate
-subdirectory whose ‘<tt>README</tt>’ file says, “This is not
part of the
+subdirectory whose <samp>README</samp> file says, “This is not part of
the
GNU FOO program, but is used with GNU FOO.” Then set up your makefiles
to build this module and link it into the executable.
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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18:48:01 -0000 1.70
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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data GPG that inserts, which specifies the final destination directory
where items (1) and (2) are to be placed.
</p>
-<p>For example, the ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’ file might
contain the
+<p>For example, the <samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp> file might contain
the
single line:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">directory: bar/v1
</pre></div>
-<p>This directory line indicates that ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’ are part of package <code>bar</code>.
If you were to
-upload the triplet to ‘<tt>/incoming/ftp</tt>’, and the system can
+<p>This directory line indicates that <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> are part of package <code>bar</code>. If you were
to
+upload the triplet to <samp>/incoming/ftp</samp>, and the system can
positively authenticate the signatures, then the files
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’
will be placed in the
-directory ‘<tt>gnu/bar/v1</tt>’ of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code>
site.
+<samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and <samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> will be placed in the
+directory <samp>gnu/bar/v1</samp> of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> site.
</p>
<p>The directive file can be used to create currently non-existent
directory trees, as long as they are under the package directory for
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18:48:01 -0000 1.70
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<a name="FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1-1"></a>
<h4 class="subsection">11.5.4 FTP Upload Directive File - v1.1</h4>
-<p>The directive file name must end in ‘<tt>directive.asc</tt>’.
+<p>The directive file name must end in <samp>directive.asc</samp>.
</p>
<p>When part of a triplet, the directive file must always contain the
directives <code>version</code>, <code>directory</code> and
<code>filename</code>, as
@@ -76,14 +77,14 @@
<p>The <code>version</code> directive must always have the value
‘<samp>1.1</samp>’.
</p>
<p>The <code>directory</code> directive specifies the final destination
-directory where the uploaded file and its ‘<tt>.sig</tt>’
companion are to
+directory where the uploaded file and its <samp>.sig</samp> companion are to
be placed.
</p>
<p>The <code>filename</code> directive must contain the name of the file to be
distributed (item (1) above).
</p>
<p>For example, as part of an uploaded triplet, a
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’ file might contain these lines
(before
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp> file might contain these lines (before
being gpg clearsigned):
</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -93,12 +94,12 @@
comment: hello world!
</pre></div>
-<p>This directory line indicates that ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’ are part of package <code>bar</code>.
If you uploaded
-this triplet to ‘<tt>/incoming/ftp</tt>’ and the system positively
-authenticates the signatures, the files ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ and
-‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.sig</tt>’ will be placed in the directory
-‘<tt>gnu/bar/v1</tt>’ of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> site.
+<p>This directory line indicates that <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> are part of package <code>bar</code>. If you
uploaded
+this triplet to <samp>/incoming/ftp</samp> and the system positively
+authenticates the signatures, the files <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> and
+<samp>foo.tar.gz.sig</samp> will be placed in the directory
+<samp>gnu/bar/v1</samp> of the <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> site.
</p>
<p>The directive file can be used to create currently non-existent
directory trees, as long as they are under the directory for your
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18:48:01 -0000 1.2
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<a name="index-replacing-uploaded-files"></a>
<a name="index-uploads_002c-replacing"></a>
-<p>As part of an uploaded triplet, a
‘<tt>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</tt>’ file
+<p>As part of an uploaded triplet, a <samp>foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</samp> file
might contain these lines (before being GPG-clearsigned):
</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@
comment: hello world!
</pre></div>
-<p>If ‘<tt>foo.tar.gz</tt>’ exists prior to upload, this directive
file will
+<p>If <samp>foo.tar.gz</samp> exists prior to upload, this directive file will
result in an error. Prior to May 2012, the behavior (of v1.1) was
different: any existing files were automatically archived and replaced
with the new upload. Since May 2012, no files are replaced unless the
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
<hr>
<a name="Freedom-for-Web-Pages-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">12.2 Freedom for Web Pages</h3>
+<a name="index-web-pages_002c-freedom-for"></a>
<p>If you use a site other than <code>www.gnu.org</code>, please make sure that
the site runs on free software alone. (It is ok if the site uses
@@ -81,8 +83,7 @@
of its developers, unless it follows that criterion.
</p>
<p>Historically, web pages for GNU packages did not include GIF images,
-because of patent problems (see <a
href="Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration.html#Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration">Ethical
and Philosophical
-Consideration</a>). Although the GIF patents expired in 2006, using GIF
+because of patent problems (see <a
href="Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration.html#Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration">Ethical
and Philosophical Consideration</a>). Although the GIF patents expired in
2006, using GIF
images is still not recommended, as the PNG and JPEG formats are
generally superior. See <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html";>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html</a>.
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
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span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<a name="index-development-resources"></a>
-<p>The directory ‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg</tt>’ mentioned throughout this
document is
+<p>The directory <samp>/gd/gnuorg</samp> mentioned throughout this document is
available on the general GNU server, currently
<code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>. If you are the maintainer of a GNU package,
you should have an account there. If you don’t have one already,
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<h2 class="appendix">Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License</h2>
<a name="index-FDL_002c-GNU-Free-Documentation-License"></a>
-<p align="center">Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
-</p>
+<div align="center">Version 1.3, 3 November 2008
+</div>
<div class="display">
<pre class="display">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free
Software Foundation, Inc.
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
committee at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. See
<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/contact/gnu-advisory.html";>http://www.gnu.org/contact/gnu-advisory.html</a>
for the current
committee members. Additional information is in
-‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg/advisory</tt>’.
+<samp>/gd/gnuorg/advisory</samp>.
</p>
<a name="index-down_002c-when-GNU-machines-are"></a>
<a name="index-outage_002c-of-GNU-machines"></a>
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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-pre.format {font-family: serif}
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+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -66,12 +67,13 @@
<hr>
<a name="Hosting-for-Web-Pages-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">12.1 Hosting for Web Pages</h3>
+<a name="index-web-pages_002c-hosting-for"></a>
<p>The best way to maintain the web pages for your project is to register
the project on <code>savannah.gnu.org</code>. Then you can edit the pages
using CVS, using the separate “web repository” available on
Savannah, which corresponds to
-<<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>>. You can
+‘<code>http://www.gnu.org/software/<var>package</var>/</code>’.
You can
keep your source files there too (using any of a variety of version
control systems), but you can use <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> only for
your gnu.org web pages if you wish; simply register a “web-only”
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@
instance, you can mail them pages to install, if necessary. But that
is more work for them, so please use Savannah if you can.
</p>
-<p>If you use Savannah, you can use a special file named
‘<tt>.symlinks</tt>’
+<p>If you use Savannah, you can use a special file named <samp>.symlinks</samp>
in order to create symbolic links, which are not supported in CVS.
For details, see
<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#symlinks";>http://www.gnu.org/server/standards/README.webmastering.html#symlinks</a>.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
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div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@
<a name="index-hosting"></a>
<p>We recommend using <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> for the source code
-repository for your package, but that’s not required. See <a
href="Old-Versions.html#Old-Versions">Old
-Versions</a>, for more information about Savannah.
+repository for your package, but that’s not required. See <a
href="Old-Versions.html#Old-Versions">Old Versions</a>, for more information
about Savannah.
</p>
<p>We strongly urge you to use <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> as the standard
distribution site for releases. Doing so makes it easier for
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -37,16 +37,17 @@
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+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html#index-_0024-keywords-in-web-pages">$
keywords in web pages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html#CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages">CVS Keywords in
Web Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_symbol-2">/</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
-<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#index-_002fgd_002fgnuorg-directory">‘<tt>/gd/gnuorg</tt>’
directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#index-_002fgd_002fgnuorg-directory"><samp>/gd/gnuorg</samp>
directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-A">A</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Getting-Help.html#index-advisory-committee">advisory
committee</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Getting-Help.html#Getting-Help">Getting Help</a></td></tr>
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Announcements.html#index-announcements">announcements</a>:</td><td> </td><td
valign="top"><a
href="Announcements.html#Announcements">Announcements</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Standard-Mailing-Lists.html#index-announcements_002c-mailing-list-for">announcements,
mailing list for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Standard-Mailing-Lists.html#Standard-Mailing-Lists">Standard Mailing
Lists</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#index-assignments_002c-copyright">assignments,
copyright</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#Copyright-Papers">Copyright Papers</a></td></tr>
-<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Recording-Contributors.html#index-AUTHORS-file">‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’
file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Recording-Contributors.html#Recording-Contributors">Recording
Contributors</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Recording-Contributors.html#index-AUTHORS-file"><samp>AUTHORS</samp>
file</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Recording-Contributors.html#Recording-Contributors">Recording
Contributors</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Distribution-tar-Files.html#index-automake"><code>automake</code></a>:</td><td> </td><td
valign="top"><a
href="Distribution-tar-Files.html#Distribution-tar-Files">Distribution tar
Files</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-B">B</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Free-Software-Directory.html#index-Directory_002c-Free-Software">Directory,
Free Software</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Free-Software-Directory.html#Free-Software-Directory">Free Software
Directory</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Copyright-Papers.html#index-disclaimers">disclaimers</a>:</td><td> </td><td
valign="top"><a href="Copyright-Papers.html#Copyright-Papers">Copyright
Papers</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Distribution-tar-Files.html#index-distribution_002c-tar-files">distribution,
tar files</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Distribution-tar-Files.html#Distribution-tar-Files">Distribution tar
Files</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html#index-documentation-output_002c-generating">documentation
output, generating</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html#Invoking-gendocs_002esh">Invoking
gendocs.sh</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Donations.html#index-Donations_002c-for-packages">Donations, for
packages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Donations.html#Donations">Donations</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Getting-Help.html#index-down_002c-when-GNU-machines-are">down, when GNU
machines are</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Getting-Help.html#Getting-Help">Getting Help</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
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<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-F">F</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#index-FDL_002c-GNU-Free-Documentation-License">FDL,
GNU Free Documentation License</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU
Free Documentation License</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="GNU-Accounts-and-Resources.html#index-fencepost_002egnu_002eorg-GNU-login-host"><code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>
GNU login host</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="GNU-Accounts-and-Resources.html#GNU-Accounts-and-Resources">GNU Accounts
and Resources</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Manuals-on-Web-Pages.html#index-formats-for-documentation_002c-desired">formats
for documentation, desired</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Manuals-on-Web-Pages.html#Manuals-on-Web-Pages">Manuals on Web
Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Free-Software-Directory.html#index-Free-Software-Directory">Free Software
Directory</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Free-Software-Directory.html#Free-Software-Directory">Free Software
Directory</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Free-Software-and-Open-Source.html#index-free-software-movement">free
software movement</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Free-Software-and-Open-Source.html#Free-Software-and-Open-Source">Free
Software and Open Source</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Getting-Help.html#index-FSF-system-administrators">FSF system
administrators</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Getting-Help.html#Getting-Help">Getting Help</a></td></tr>
@@ -265,6 +268,9 @@
<tr><th><a name="Index_cp_letter-W">W</a></th><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="Web-Pages.html#index-web-pages">web
pages</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Web-Pages.html#Web-Pages">Web Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html#index-web-pages_002c-and-CVS-keywords">web
pages, and CVS keywords</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html#CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages">CVS Keywords in
Web Pages</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Freedom-for-Web-Pages.html#index-web-pages_002c-freedom-for">web pages,
freedom for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Freedom-for-Web-Pages.html#Freedom-for-Web-Pages">Freedom for Web
Pages</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Hosting-for-Web-Pages.html#index-web-pages_002c-hosting-for">web pages,
hosting for</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Hosting-for-Web-Pages.html#Hosting-for-Web-Pages">Hosting for Web
Pages</a></td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a
href="Manuals-on-Web-Pages.html#index-web-pages_002c-including-manuals-on">web
pages, including manuals on</a>:</td><td> </td><td valign="top"><a
href="Manuals-on-Web-Pages.html#Manuals-on-Web-Pages">Manuals on Web
Pages</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="4"> <hr></td></tr>
</table>
<table><tr><th valign="top">Jump to: </th><td><a class="summary-letter"
href="#Index_cp_symbol-1"><b>$</b></a>
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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<h4 class="subsection">12.3.1 Invoking <code>gendocs.sh</code></h4>
<a name="index-gendocs_002esh"></a>
<a name="index-generating-documentation-output"></a>
+<a name="index-documentation-output_002c-generating"></a>
<p>The script <code>gendocs.sh</code> eases the task of generating the
Texinfo documentation output for your web pages
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@
<p>where <var>yourmanual</var> is the short name for your package
and <var>yourbuglist</var> is the email address for bug reports (which
should be <code>bug-<var>package</var>@gnu.org</code>). The script processes
-the file ‘<tt><var>yourmanual</var>.texinfo</tt>’ (or
‘<tt>.texi</tt>’ or
-‘<tt>.txi</tt>’). For example:
+the file <samp><var>yourmanual</var>.texinfo</samp> (or <samp>.texi</samp> or
+<samp>.txi</samp>). For example:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">cd .../texinfo/doc
@@ -105,25 +107,25 @@
gendocs.sh --email address@hidden texinfo "GNU Texinfo manual"
</pre></div>
-<p><code>gendocs.sh</code> creates a subdirectory
‘<tt>manual/</tt>’ containing
+<p><code>gendocs.sh</code> creates a subdirectory <samp>manual/</samp>
containing
the manual generated in all the standard output formats: Info, HTML,
DVI, and so on, as well as the Texinfo source. You then need to move
all those files, retaining the subdirectories, into the web pages for
your package.
</p>
-<p>You can specify the option ‘<samp>-o <var>outdir</var></samp>’
to override the
-name ‘<tt>manual</tt>’. Any previous contents of
<var>outdir</var> will be deleted.
+<p>You can specify the option <samp>-o <var>outdir</var></samp> to override the
+name <samp>manual</samp>. Any previous contents of <var>outdir</var> will be
deleted.
</p>
<p>The second argument, with the description, is included as part of the
-HTML <code><title></code> of the overall
‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ file. It
+HTML <code><title></code> of the overall <samp>manual/index.html</samp>
file. It
should include the name of the package being documented, as shown.
-‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ is created by substitution from the
file
-‘<tt>gendocs_template</tt>’. (Feel free to modify the generic
template
+<samp>manual/index.html</samp> is created by substitution from the file
+<samp>gendocs_template</samp>. (Feel free to modify the generic template
for your own purposes.)
</p>
<p>If you have several manuals, you’ll need to run this script several
times with different arguments, specifying a different output
-directory with ‘<samp>-o</samp>’ each time, and moving all the
output to
+directory with <samp>-o</samp> each time, and moving all the output to
your web page. Then write (by hand) an overall index.html with links
to them all. For example:
</p>
@@ -134,9 +136,9 @@
gendocs.sh --email address@hidden -o info-stnd info-stnd "GNU info-stnd
manual"
</pre></div>
-<p>By default, the script uses <code>makeinfo</code> for generating
-<acronym>HTML</acronym> output. If you prefer to use <code>texi2html</code>,
use
-the ‘<samp>--texi2html</samp>’ command line option, e.g.:
+<p>By default, the script uses <code>makeinfo</code> for generating HTML
+output. If you prefer to use <code>texi2html</code>, use the
+<samp>--texi2html</samp> command line option, e.g.:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
<pre class="smallexample">gendocs --texi2html -o texinfo texinfo "GNU
Texinfo manual"
@@ -147,15 +149,15 @@
and chapters).
</p>
<p>You can set the environment variables <code>MAKEINFO</code>,
<code>TEXI2DVI</code>,
-<code>TEXI2HTML</code> and <code>DVIPS</code> to control the programs that get
-executed, and <code>GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR</code> to control where the
-‘<tt>gendocs_template</tt>’ file is found.
+etc., to control the programs that get executed, and
+<code>GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR</code> to control where the
+<samp>gendocs_template</samp> file is found.
</p>
<p>As usual, run ‘<samp>gendocs.sh --help</samp>’ for a
description of all the
options, environment variables, and more information.
</p>
<p>Please email bug reports, enhancement requests, or other
-correspondence to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
+correspondence about <code>gendocs</code> to <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
</p>
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<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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<h4 class="subsection">6.6.5 License Notices for Other Files</h4>
<p>Small supporting files, short manuals (under 300 lines long) and rough
-documentation (‘<tt>README</tt>’ files,
‘<tt>INSTALL</tt>’ files, etc.) can
+documentation (<samp>README</samp> files, <samp>INSTALL</samp> files, etc.) can
use a simple all-permissive license like this one:
</p>
<div class="smallexample">
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span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -73,12 +74,12 @@
change the file, the file is non-free.)
</p>
<p>The package itself should contain a full copy of GPL in plain text
-(conventionally in a file named ‘<tt>COPYING</tt>’) and the GNU
Free
+(conventionally in a file named <samp>COPYING</samp>) and the GNU Free
Documentation License (included within your documentation, so there is
no need for a separate plain text version). If the package contains
any files distributed under the Lesser GPL, it should contain a full
copy of its plain text version also (conventionally in a file named
-‘<tt>COPYING.LESSER</tt>’).
+<samp>COPYING.LESSER</samp>).
</p>
<p>If you have questions about licensing issues for your GNU package,
please write <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
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diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
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1.19
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1.20
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -68,8 +69,7 @@
<h4 class="subsection">6.6.1 Licensing of GNU Packages</h4>
<p>Normally, GNU packages should use the latest version of the GNU GPL,
-with the “or any later version” formulation. See <a
href="License-Notices-for-Code.html#License-Notices-for-Code">License Notices
-for Code</a>, for the exact wording of the license notice.
+with the “or any later version” formulation. See <a
href="License-Notices-for-Code.html#License-Notices-for-Code">License Notices
for Code</a>, for the exact wording of the license notice.
</p>
<p>Occasionally, a GNU library may provide functionality which is already
widely available to proprietary programs through alternative
Index: html_node/Mail.html
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
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+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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+++ html_node/Manuals-on-Web-Pages.html 27 Oct 2012 18:48:03 -0000 1.39
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
-pre.display {font-family: serif}
-pre.format {font-family: serif}
+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -66,20 +67,23 @@
<hr>
<a name="Manuals-on-Web-Pages-1"></a>
<h3 class="section">12.3 Manuals on Web Pages</h3>
+<a name="index-web-pages_002c-including-manuals-on"></a>
+<a name="index-formats-for-documentation_002c-desired"></a>
<p>The web pages for the package should include its manuals, in HTML,
-DVI, Info, PostScript, PDF, plain ASCII, and Texinfo format (source).
-All of these can be generated automatically from the Texinfo source
-using Makeinfo and other programs.
+DVI, Info, PDF, plain ASCII, and the source Texinfo. All of these can
+be generated automatically from Texinfo using Makeinfo and other
+programs. If the Texinfo itself is generated from some other source
+format, include that too.
</p>
<p>When there is only one manual, put it in a subdirectory called
-‘<tt>manual</tt>’; the file
‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ should have a link to
+<samp>manual</samp>; the file <samp>manual/index.html</samp> should have a
link to
the manual in each of its forms.
</p>
<p>If the package has more than one manual, put each one in a
-subdirectory of ‘<tt>manual</tt>’, set up
‘<tt>index.html</tt>’ in each
+subdirectory of <samp>manual</samp>, set up <samp>index.html</samp> in each
subdirectory to link to that manual in all its forms, and make
-‘<tt>manual/index.html</tt>’ link to each manual through its
subdirectory.
+<samp>manual/index.html</samp> link to each manual through its subdirectory.
</p>
<p>See the section below for details on a script to make the job of
creating all these different formats and index pages easier.
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
<p>We would like to list all GNU manuals on the page
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/manual";>http://www.gnu.org/manual</a>, so if yours
isn’t there, please send
mail to <code>address@hidden</code>, asking them to add yours, and they
-will do so based on the contents of your ‘<tt>manual</tt>’
directory.
+will do so based on the contents of your <samp>manual</samp> directory.
</p>
<table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a
href="Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html#Invoking-gendocs_002esh"
accesskey="1">Invoking gendocs.sh</a>:</td><td> </td><td
align="left" valign="top">
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-0000 1.6
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smalllisp {margin-left: 3.2em}
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+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
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work, and to enable per to feel person has done the right thing.”
</p>
<p>This release of the GNU Maintainer Information was last updated
-May 20, 2012.
+October 27, 2012.
</p>
<hr>
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
div.smalldisplay {margin-left: 3.2em}
div.smallexample {margin-left: 3.2em}
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+kbd {font-style:oblique}
+pre.display {font-family: inherit}
+pre.format {font-family: inherit}
pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
-pre.smalldisplay {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
-pre.smallformat {font-family: serif; font-size: smaller}
+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
-span.nocodebreak {white-space:pre}
-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
+span.nolinebreak {white-space:nowrap}
span.roman {font-family:serif; font-weight:normal}
span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
ul.no-bullet {list-style: none}
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
</pre></div>
<a name="index-AUTHORS-file"></a>
-<p>Please keep these records in a file named ‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’ in
the source
+<p>Please keep these records in a file named <samp>AUTHORS</samp> in the source
directory for the program itself.
</p>
<p>You can use the change log as the basis for these records, if you
@@ -111,12 +112,12 @@
(the person who wrote the change, <em>not</em> the person who installed
it), and add ‘<samp>(tiny change)</samp>’ for those changes that
are too
trivial to matter for copyright purposes. Later on you can update the
-‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’ file from the change log. This can even be done
+<samp>AUTHORS</samp> file from the change log. This can even be done
automatically, if you are careful about the formatting of the change
log entries.
</p>
<p>It is ok to include other email addresses, names, and program
-information in ‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’, such as bug-reporting
information.
+information in <samp>AUTHORS</samp>, such as bug-reporting information.
See <a href="Standard-Mailing-Lists.html#Standard-Mailing-Lists">Standard
Mailing Lists</a>.
</p>
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
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+pre.smallformat {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
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+span.nocodebreak {white-space:nowrap}
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<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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pre.menu-comment {font-family: serif}
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
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-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
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span.sansserif {font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal}
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<p>If you would like to use an email-based bug tracking system, see
<a href="http://bugs.gnu.org";>http://bugs.gnu.org</a>; this can be connected
with the regular
bug-reporting address. Alternatively, if you would like to use a
-web-based bug tracking system, Savannah supports this (see <a
href="Old-Versions.html#Old-Versions">Old
-Versions</a>), but please don’t fail to accept bugs by regular email as
+web-based bug tracking system, Savannah supports this (see <a
href="Old-Versions.html#Old-Versions">Old Versions</a>), but please don’t
fail to accept bugs by regular email as
well—we don’t want to put up unnecessary barriers against users
submitting reports.
</p>
Index: html_node/Standard-Mailing-Lists.html
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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pre.menu-preformatted {font-family: serif}
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pre.smallexample {font-size: smaller}
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pre.smalllisp {font-size: smaller}
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-span.nolinebreak {white-space:pre}
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</p>
<p>The package distribution should state the name of all the package’s
mailing lists in a prominent place, and ask users to help us by
-reporting bugs appropriately. The top-level ‘<tt>README</tt>’
file and/or
-‘<tt>AUTHORS</tt>’ file are good places. Mailing list information
should
-also be included in the manual and the package web pages (see <a
href="Web-Pages.html#Web-Pages">Web
-Pages</a>).
+reporting bugs appropriately. The top-level <samp>README</samp> file and/or
+<samp>AUTHORS</samp> file are good places. Mailing list information should
+also be included in the manual and the package web pages (see <a
href="Web-Pages.html#Web-Pages">Web Pages</a>).
</p>
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--- html_node/Stepping-Down.html 21 May 2012 00:40:54 -0000 1.79
+++ html_node/Stepping-Down.html 27 Oct 2012 18:48:04 -0000 1.80
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@
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+pre.smalldisplay {font-family: inherit; font-size: smaller}
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a person is capable of doing the job will carry a lot of weight.
</p>
<p>As your final act as maintainer, it would be helpful to set up or
-update the package under <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> (see <a
href="Old-Versions.html#Old-Versions">Old
-Versions</a>). This will make it much easier for the new maintainer to
+update the package under <code>savannah.gnu.org</code> (see <a
href="Old-Versions.html#Old-Versions">Old Versions</a>). This will make it
much easier for the new maintainer to
pick up where you left off and will ensure that the source tree is not
misplaced if it takes us a while to find a new maintainer.
</p>
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2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
-<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 20, 2012.
+<!-- Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27,
2012.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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2012.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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2012.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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<h1 class="top">Version</h1>
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+<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated October 27, 2012.
</p>
<p>Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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