mention how the vacation notices should include [VAC] in the subject; change the...

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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- common, language independant entities -->
   <!entity % commondata  SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.70 $">
+  <!entity cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.71 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the RCS
        revision of the developers reference here -->
@@ -309,10 +309,14 @@ you're on vacation.
 In order to inform the other developers, there's two things that you should do.
 First send a mail to &email-debian-private; giving the period of time when
 you will be on vacation.  You can also give some special instructions on what to
-do if any problem occurs. Next you should update your information
+do if any problem occurs. Be aware that some people don't care for vacation
+notices and don't want to read them; you should prepend "[VAC] " to the
+subject of your message so that it can be easily filtered.
+       <p>
+Next you should update your information
 available in the Debian LDAP database and mark yourself as ``on vacation''
 (this information is only accessible to debian developers). Don't forget
-to remove the ``on vacation'' flag when you come back.
+to remove the ``on vacation'' flag when you come back!
 
       <sect id="upstream-coordination">Coordination With Upstream Developers
        <p>