user guide help (definitions of terms)

[Ian Clatworthy]

Neil Martinsen-Burrell wrote:
> On 2009-08-07 09:34 , Inky 788 wrote:
> [...]
>> What's the proper
>> procedure for cloning, making local changes, and asking to have those
>> changes considered for inclusion?
> 
> The way to do
> this is to make changes to the files in the doc/ subdirectory of the bzr
> source-code.  You can then push those changes as a Bazaar branch to
> Launchpad where they will be reviewed for inclusion.  I think it goes
> like this:
> 
> $ bzr branch http://bazaar-vcs.org/bzr/bzr.dev
> $ cd bzr.dev/doc/en/user-guide
> $ <hack, hack, hack>
> $ bzr ci -m 'Improved documentation'
> $ bzr push lp:~your_lp_username/bzr/20-doc-fixes
> 
> Then go to https://launchpad.net/your_lp_username/bzr/20-doc-fixes and
> select "Propose for merging into another branch" to hand your changes
> off to the developers for merging.

Neil,

Thanks - that's a good explanation.

Did you mind updating http://bazaar-vcs.org/BzrGivingBack to reflect
this (relatively new) process? I've had some offlist feedback in recent
days highlighting that the current material there is neither correct nor
sufficient for users wanting to contribute.

Ian C.