</para>
<para>
To ensure that your upload will be accepted, you should discuss the changes
-with the stable release team before you upload. For that, send a mail to
-the &email-debian-release; mailing list, including the patch you want to
+with the stable release team before you upload. For that, file a bug against
+the <systemitem role="package">release.debian.org</systemitem> pseudo-package
+using <command>reportbug</command>, including the patch you want to
apply to the package version currently in <literal>stable</literal>. Always
be verbose and detailed in your changelog entries for uploads to the
<literal>stable</literal> distribution.
<para>
If for some reason you want to completely remove a package (say, if it is an
old compatibility library which is no longer required), you need to file a bug
-against <literal>ftp.debian.org</literal> asking that the package be removed;
+against <systemitem role="package">&ftp-debian-org;</systemitem> asking that the package be removed;
as all bugs, this bug should normally have normal severity.
The bug title should be in the form <literal>RM: <replaceable>package</replaceable>
<replaceable>[architecture list]</replaceable> --
if the removal request only applies to some architectures, not all. Note
that the <command>reportbug</command> will create a title conforming
to these rules when you use it to report a bug against the
-<literal>ftp.debian.org</literal> pseudo-package.
+<systemitem role="package">&ftp-debian-org;</systemitem> pseudo-package.
</para>
<para>
should only add a <literal>Provides</literal> relation if all
packages depending on the obsolete package name continue to work
after the renaming. Once you've uploaded the package and the package
-has moved into the archive, file a bug against <literal>ftp.debian.org</literal>
+has moved into the archive, file a bug against <systemitem role="package">&ftp-debian-org;</systemitem>
asking to remove the package with the
obsolete name (see <xref linkend="removing-pkgs"/>). Do not forget
to properly reassign the package's bugs at the same time.
version <literal>1.5+nmu1</literal>.
</para>
<para>
-If the package is a not a native package, you should add a minor version number
+If the package is not a native package, you should add a minor version number
to the Debian revision part of the version number (the portion after the last
hyphen). This extra number must start at <literal>1</literal>. For example,
if the current version is <literal>1.5-2</literal>, then an NMU would get