Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send

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+developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  [ 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
+
+ -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org>  Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
+
 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Andreas Barth ]
@@ -43,8 +97,10 @@ developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
   * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
   * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
     #445642
+  * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
+    repository.
 
- -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
+ -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
 
 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low