fix 261464

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@2565 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 54c25926e673e6650b8466da67510dfce9166e2a..e5b6c4553bd62e19d3cc47e5c55d3db50ff8d30b 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
     - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
     - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
     - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557
+    - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
   * Matt Zimmerman
     - Security uploads get urgency=high
     - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index b3e967b2a7110325fe3c6a7300ae98700047b2f0..08d332289cfb0fc5a3a11c307a9e6106471feb54 100644 (file)
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % commondata  SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.227 $">
+  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.228 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the original developer's reference in cvs-en-rev -->
@@ -1718,6 +1718,10 @@ your package can be included in <em>stable</em>. Please be clear (and
 verbose, if necessary) in your changelog entries for uploads to
 <em>stable</em>, because otherwise the package won't be considered for
 inclusion.
+         <p>
+It's best practice to speak with the stable release manager <em>before</em>
+uploading to <em>stable</em>/<em>stable-proposed-updates</em>, so that the
+uploaded package fits the needs of the next point release.
 
        <sect1 id="upload-t-p-u">
           <heading>Special case: uploads to <em>testing-proposed-updates</em></heading>