[Bug 11026] New: Documentation not "Debian-ized" / "Ubuntu-ized"

[Tommy Trussell]

On 5/20/05, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can someone take a look at this:
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> Corey
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> On 5/20/05, bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.ubuntu.com
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I'm the instigator here, and I'll chime in on this part of the thread
to ask -- since I actually happen to be a technical writer (though at
this moment not actively making a living as one), is there a FAQ or a
howto describing the "how to get started" updating .deb packaged
documentation, or do I have to jump straight into the deep water on my
own?

The web page I could probably figure out, but I've never looked into
the tools used to write man pages. But even if I did all that, I don't
know the procedure for submitting changes to the package. Oh, and of
course there's always the tiny little issue of a style guide ;-) and
which/whether one applies it or not!

Of course since I can't devote much time to it I might not meet a
tight schedule but I do actually have some clue about how to get the
writing part done.

P.S.: The documentation for backuppc is actually better done than the
average, just not quite "localized" for the distro...