Branches for Jaunty

Author: Lucas Nussbaum
Revision Date: 2008-06-13 13:45:49 UTC

[ Lucas Nussbaum ]
* Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
* Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
* linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
* Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
* Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
  is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
* debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
* Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
  Closes: #483225.
* README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
  Closes: #278267.
* build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
  Closes: #376582.

[ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
* Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
* In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
  release codenames in <literal>
* Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
  doesn't exist anymore.
* Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
  thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
* Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
  and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
* Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
  the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
  fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
  about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
* Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
  distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
  team before upload. Closes: #459343
* Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
* Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
  need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
  hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
  on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
* Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
  pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
  #467102
* Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
  description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
  at it.
* Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
  have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
  debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
* Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
  ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
  Thomas. Closes: #485837
* debian/control:
   + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
   + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!