Improve wording around package orphaning

Wording suggestion from Steve Langasek.  Also fix another wording
choice.

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index d2f1496cb24d4badd3fb1895358c60d0a0c56f69..8efc74d2800892fc7d630e577f0b4cecf39d8b97 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -937,14 +937,13 @@
 
        <p>
          If the maintainer of a package no longer has time or desire to
-         maintain a package, it is orphaned.  The maintainer then becomes
-         <tt>Debian QA Group &lt;packages@qa.debian.org&gt;</tt>.  These
-         packages are considered maintained by the Debian project as a
-         whole until someone else volunteers to take over maintenance.
-         <footnote>
-           The detailed procedure for doing this gracefully can be found
-           in the Debian Developer's Reference, see <ref id="related">.
-         </footnote>
+         maintain a package, it will be orphaned according to the
+         procedure described in the Debian Developer's Reference
+         (see <ref id="related">).  The maintainer then
+         becomes <tt>Debian QA Group &lt;packages@qa.debian.org&gt;</tt>.
+         These packages are considered maintained by the Debian project
+         as a whole until someone else volunteers to take over
+         maintenance.
        </p>
       </sect>
 
@@ -2733,7 +2732,7 @@ Package: libc6
 
          <p>
            List of the names and email addresses of co-maintainers of the
-           package, if any. If the package has other maintainers beside
+           package, if any. If the package has other maintainers besides
            the one named in the <qref id="f-Maintainer">Maintainer
            field</qref>, their names and email addresses should be listed
            here. The format of each entry is the same as that of the