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documents for &DISTRO; users around the world. The flexibility of
XML allows for a single document to be used many times for many
purposes, like reusable code for a programmer.</para>
- <para>DocBook is iself very well documented. For more information
+ <para>DocBook is itself very well documented. For more information
about DocBook, visit <ulink url="http://www.docbook.org/"/>. The
- DocBook site also features complete browseable and downloadable
- copies of <citetitle>DocBook: The Definitive Guide</citetitle>,
- the canonical source for DocBook information.</para>
+ DocBook site also features complete copies of <citetitle>DocBook:
+ The Definitive Guide</citetitle> to browse and download, the
+ canonical source for DocBook information.</para>
<note>
<title>DocBook XML Versions</title>
- <para>DocBook XML, like a computer progam, has version numbers.
+ <para>DocBook XML, like a computer program, has version numbers.
The version used by &FDP; right now is &DBVER;. The DocBook web
site may document a slightly newer version, but the majority of
the schema still applies.</para>
@@ -149,10 +149,17 @@ documentation-guide documentation-guide &docs-common]]></computeroutput></screen
linkend="ch-cvs"/>.</para>
<para>Note in the listing above that the
<systemitem>about-fedora</systemitem> module has two branches
- avalable. One branch is for &DISTRO; 7 and one is for forward
+ available. One branch is for &DISTRO; 7 and one is for forward
development to match the current work of developers. On the other
hand, the <systemitem>documentation-guide</systemitem> module is
not branched.</para>
+ <tip>
+ <title>Modules Labeled <filename>-dir</filename></title>
+ <para>Modules ending with the suffix <filename>-dir</filename> are
+ not usually helpful to checkout directly. These modules do not
+ include the common build tools and thus do not provide many of
+ the functions contributors require.</para>
+ </tip>
<section id="ch-getting-files-naming-modules">
<title>Module Names</title>
<para>Choose a module name that accurately reflects your