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3. By Andreas Barth <email address hidden>

* mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
  Closes: #350792
* fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
* use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
  Closes: #376411
* better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
  the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
* irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
  Closes: #382721
* Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
  Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
* Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
  Closes: #361311
* Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
  Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
* Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
  to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
* Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
* delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
* stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
  Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
  Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
* add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
* add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
  20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
  Closes: #382477
* section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
  Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
* binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
  Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
* Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
* Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
* Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
* pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
* clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
* more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
  Closes: #356643

* Frédéric Bothamy
  - French translation updated to version 3.3.8

2. By Andreas Barth <email address hidden>

* Andreas Barth
  - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
  - madison is on merkel.
  - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
  - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
  - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
  - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
  - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
  - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
    Closes: #285458
  - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
  - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
  - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
  - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
  - sync NM rules with reality.
* Frédéric Bothamy
  - French translation updated to version 3.3.6

1. By Adam Di Carlo <email address hidden>

* Antoine Hulin:
  - some grammar corrections
  - update French translation
* Martin Michlmayr:
  - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
    anymore; closes: #135559
  - also talk about dput a tiny bit
* Adam Di Carlo:
  - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
    - improve the intro
    - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
      that would be welcome)
    - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
    - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
    - dput: new section, closes: #129378
    - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
    - dpkg-dev-el: new section
    - other minor wording changes
  - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
  - Ch "Package uploads":
    - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
    - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
  - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
    - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
    - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
    - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
* old bugs closed out, closes: #110573

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