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-rw-r--r--build/entities/urls.ent1
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
-rw-r--r--en/post-install/orientation.xml13
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/build/entities/urls.ent b/build/entities/urls.ent
index 6ea96c2fa..7648e6d7e 100644
--- a/build/entities/urls.ent
+++ b/build/entities/urls.ent
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
misc
-->
<!ENTITY url-osd "http://opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html">
+<!ENTITY url-debian-wiki-software "http://&wiki-debian-org;/DebianSoftware">
<!-- GPL -->
<!ENTITY url-gnu-copyleft "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e8f724564..f91255534 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ installation-guide (2011xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Update chroot manual into using grub2.
* Document that installing makedev is needed to get MAKEDEV.
Closes: #620881, #656939.
+ * Document the availability of other apt sources, thanks Karl for the
+ patch. Closes: Bug#608828.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Fix typo in example preseed. Closes: #612631
diff --git a/en/post-install/orientation.xml b/en/post-install/orientation.xml
index c2342f401..ff060adb6 100644
--- a/en/post-install/orientation.xml
+++ b/en/post-install/orientation.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ as well as standard versions.
</para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2><title>Additional Software Available for &debian;</title>
+<para>
+
+There are official and unofficial software repositories that are not
+enabled in the default &debian; install. These contain software which
+many find important and expect to have. Information on these
+additional repositories can be found on the &debian; Wiki page titled
+<ulink url="&url-debian-wiki-software;">The Software
+Available for &debian;'s Stable Release</ulink>.
+
+</para>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2><title>Application Version Management</title>
<para>