Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing

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@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ errors.
 </para>
 <para>
 You should periodically get the newest <systemitem
-role="package">lintian</systemitem> from `unstable' and check over all your
-packages.  Notice that the <literal>-i</literal> option provides detailed
-explanations of what each error or warning means, what its basis in Policy is,
-and commonly how you can fix the problem.
+role="package">lintian</systemitem> from <literal>unstable</literal> and check
+over all your packages.  Notice that the <literal>-i</literal> option provides
+detailed explanations of what each error or warning means, what its basis in
+Policy is, and commonly how you can fix the problem.
 </para>
 <para>
 Refer to <xref linkend="sanitycheck"/> for more information on how and when to
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ use Lintian.
 You can also see a summary of all problems reported by Lintian on your packages
 at <ulink url="&url-lintian;"></ulink>.  These reports contain the
 latest <command>lintian</command> output for the whole development distribution
-(unstable).
+(<literal>unstable</literal>).
 </para>
 </section>
 
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ upstream changes into the repository.
 <para>
 These utilities provide an infrastructure to facilitate the use of CVS by
 Debian maintainers.  This allows one to keep separate CVS branches of a package
-for <emphasis>stable</emphasis>, <emphasis>unstable</emphasis> and possibly
-<emphasis>experimental</emphasis> distributions, along with the other benefits
+for <literal>stable</literal>, <literal>unstable</literal> and possibly
+<literal>experimental</literal> distributions, along with the other benefits
 of a version control system.
 </para>
 </section>