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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
-available in the Debian LDAP database and mark yourself as « on vacation »
+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>
<sect id="rc-bugs">Managing Release Critical Bugs
<p>
-Release Critical Bugs (RCB) are the bugs of severity
-« critical », « grave » and
-« important ». Those bugs can delay the Debian release
+Release Critical Bugs (RCB) are all bugs that have severity
+<em>critical</em>, <em>grave</em> or <em>serious</em>.
+Those bugs can delay the Debian release
and/or can justify the removal of a package at freeze time. That's why
those bugs needs to be corrected as fast as possible. You must be
aware that some developers who are part of the <url
<url id="&url-debian-lists-subscribe;"> for a list. Cross-posting
(sending the same message to multiple lists) is discouraged.
<p>
-&email-debian-private; is a special mailing lists for private
+&email-debian-private; is a special mailing list for private
discussions amongst Debian developers. It is meant to be used for
posts which for whatever reason should not be published publically.
As such, it is a low volume list, and users are urged not to use
<list>
<item>
Fixes for bugs of severity <em>critical</em>, <em>grave</em>, or
-<em>important</em> severity are always allowed for those packages that
+<em>serious</em> severity are always allowed for those packages that
must exist in the final release
<item>
-<em>critical</em>, <em>grave</em>, and <em>important</em> bug fixes
-are only allowed for non-necessary packages if they don't add any new
+<em>critical</em>, <em>grave</em>, and <em>serious</em> bug fixes are
+allowed for non-necessary packages but only if they don't add any new
features
<item>
-normal bug fixes are allowed (though discouraged) on all packages if
-and only if there are no new features
+important, normal and minor bug fixes are allowed (though discouraged)
+on all packages if and only if there are no new features
<item>
wishlist fixes are not allowed (they are, after all, not really bugs)
<item>
package (i.e., do a source NMU).
<p>
During the release freeze (see <ref id="upload-frozen">), NMUs which
-fix important or higher severity bugs are encouraged and accepted.
+fix serious or higher severity bugs are encouraged and accepted.
Even during this window, however, you should endeavor to reach the
current maintainer of the package; they might be just about to upload
a fix for the problem. As with any source NMU, the guidelines found
none of this is Policy, just mutually agreed upon guidelines.)
<p>
Secondly, porters doing source NMUs should make sure that the bug they
-submit to the BTS should be of severity `important' or greater. This
+submit to the BTS should be of severity `serious' or greater. This
ensures that a single source package can be used to compile every
supported Debian architecture by release time. It is very important
that we have one version of the binary and source package for all