[gnuastro-commits] master 20fc452: Spellchecks and updates to release checklist

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

branch: master
commit 20fc4528863e7dc78ae509eb2287868f8ff5b848
Author: Mohammad Akhlaghi <address@hidden>
Commit: Mohammad Akhlaghi <address@hidden>

    Spellchecks and updates to release checklist
    
    Several typos in the book were found and reported by Antonio Diaz Diaz
    which have been corrected in this commit.
    
    Also, following the preparation of version 0.3.31 for Debian, the release
    checklist was slightly modified to be more straightforward.
---
 NEWS                      |  2 +-
 doc/gnuastro.texi         | 10 +++++-----
 doc/release-checklist.txt | 13 ++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 194250d..9783341 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ GNU Astronomy Utilities NEWS                          -*- 
outline -*-
   Pixel scale measurement when dimension scale isn't equal or doesn't
   decrease (bug #51385).
 
-  Inproper types for function code in MakeProfiles (bug #51467).
+  Improper types for function code in MakeProfiles (bug #51467).
 
 
 
diff --git a/doc/gnuastro.texi b/doc/gnuastro.texi
index 46f4c6c..6684ed7 100644
--- a/doc/gnuastro.texi
+++ b/doc/gnuastro.texi
@@ -17739,7 +17739,7 @@ it, please see @ref{Library demo - reading a image} for 
a demonstration.
 @cindex C: @code{restrict}
 The @code{restrict} keyword was formally introduced in C99 and is used to
 tell the compiler that at any moment only this pointer will modify what it
-points to (the a pixel in an image for example)@footnote{Also see
+points to (a pixel in an image for example)@footnote{Also see
 @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrict}.}. This extra piece of
 information can greatly help in compiler optimizations and thus the running
 time of the program. But older compilers might not have this capability, so
@@ -17920,9 +17920,9 @@ acceptable values to this element are defined in 
@ref{Table input
 output}. Based on C's @code{printf} standards.
 
 @item gal_data_t *next
-Through this pointer, you can link a @code{gal_data_t} with other datasets
-related datasets, for example the different columns in a dataset each have
-one @code{gal_data_t} associate with them and they are linked to each other
+Through this pointer, you can link a @code{gal_data_t} with other related
+datasets, for example the different columns in a dataset each have one
address@hidden associate with them and they are linked to each other
 using this element. There are several functions described below to
 facilitate using @code{gal_data_t} as a linked list. See @ref{Linked lists}
 for more on these wonderful high-level constructs.
@@ -20556,7 +20556,7 @@ Blank value in the type of @code{INPUT}.
 @end table
 @end table
 
-You can use a given tile (@code{tile} on a dataset that it was not
+You can use a given tile (@code{tile}) on a dataset that it was not
 initialized with (but has the same size, let's call it @code{new}) with the
 following steps:
 
diff --git a/doc/release-checklist.txt b/doc/release-checklist.txt
index 3105b43..8239932 100644
--- a/doc/release-checklist.txt
+++ b/doc/release-checklist.txt
@@ -192,11 +192,14 @@ Steps necessary to Package Gnuastro for Debian.
 
      $ tar xf ../gnuastro_$ver.orig.tar.gz --strip-components=1
 
- - Update the ChangeLog (similar to previous entries).
+ - Update the ChangeLog. But first get all the changes in this version from
+   the NEWS file.
 
-   IMPORTANT: if this is not a final release (just for making sure Gnuastro
-   builds on all systems), change `unstable' to `experimental'.
+   IMPORTANT: An official release should have `unstable' after the
+   version. But if you just want to making sure Gnuastro builds on all
+   systems, it should be `experimental'.
 
+     $ git diff NEWS
      $ emacs debian/changelog
 
  - Check the current Debian policy version at
@@ -215,9 +218,9 @@ Steps necessary to Package Gnuastro for Debian.
 
      $ sudo pbuilder update
 
- - Run `pdebuild' to build the package (it might need sudo password).
+ - Run `pdebuild' to build the package (needs sudo).
 
-     $ pdebuild
+     $ sudo pdebuild
 
  - Run Lintian to check the build.