diff -Nru abacas-1.3.1/debian/changelog abacas-1.3.1/debian/changelog
--- abacas-1.3.1/debian/changelog	2017-09-21 20:55:11.000000000 +0000
+++ abacas-1.3.1/debian/changelog	2018-10-04 12:07:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+abacas (1.3.1-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Steffen Moeller ]
+  * debian/upstream/metadata:
+    - References to registries
+    - yamllint clean
+  * debian/control: improved description
+
+  [ Andreas Tille ]
+  * debhelper 11
+  * Point Vcs fields to salsa.debian.org
+  * Standards-Version: 4.2.1
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:07:23 +0200
+
 abacas (1.3.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Steffen Moeller ]
diff -Nru abacas-1.3.1/debian/compat abacas-1.3.1/debian/compat
--- abacas-1.3.1/debian/compat	2017-09-21 20:55:11.000000000 +0000
+++ abacas-1.3.1/debian/compat	2018-10-04 12:07:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10
+11
diff -Nru abacas-1.3.1/debian/control abacas-1.3.1/debian/control
--- abacas-1.3.1/debian/control	2017-09-21 20:55:11.000000000 +0000
+++ abacas-1.3.1/debian/control	2018-10-04 12:07:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 Uploaders: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
 Section: science
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10)
-Standards-Version: 4.1.0
-Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/abacas.git
-Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-med/abacas.git
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~)
+Standards-Version: 4.2.1
+Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/abacas
+Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/abacas.git
 Homepage: http://abacas.sourceforge.net/
 
 Package: abacas
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 Depends: ${perl:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          mummer
-Description: Algorithm Based Automatic Contiguation of Assembled Sequences
- ABACAS is intended to rapidly contiguate (align, order, orientate),
- visualize and design primers to close gaps on shotgun assembled contigs
- based on a reference sequence.
+Recommends: primer3
+Description: close gaps in genomic alignments from short reads
+ ABACAS (Algorithm Based Automatic Contiguation of Assembled Sequences)
+ intends to rapidly contiguate (align, order, orientate), visualize and
+ design primers to close gaps on shotgun assembled contigs based on a
+ reference sequence.
  .
  ABACAS uses MUMmer to find alignment positions and identify syntenies
  of assembled contigs against the reference. The output is then processed
diff -Nru abacas-1.3.1/debian/upstream/metadata abacas-1.3.1/debian/upstream/metadata
--- abacas-1.3.1/debian/upstream/metadata	2017-09-21 20:55:11.000000000 +0000
+++ abacas-1.3.1/debian/upstream/metadata	2018-10-04 12:07:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Reference:
-  Author: Samuel Assefa and Thomas M. Keane and Thomas D. Otto and Chris Newbold and Matthew Berriman
+  Author: >
+    Samuel Assefa and Thomas M. Keane and Thomas D. Otto and Chris
+    Newbold and Matthew Berriman
   Title: "ABACAS: algorithm-based automatic contiguation of assembled sequences"
   Journal: Bioinformatics
   Year: 2009
@@ -9,4 +11,12 @@
   DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp347
   PMID: 19497936
   URL: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/15/1968
-  eprint: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/15/1968.full.pdf+html
+  eprint: "http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/\
+    25/15/1968.full.pdf+html"
+Registry:
+  - Name: bio.tools
+    Entry: NA
+  - Name: OMICtools
+    Entry: OMICS_06933
+  - Name: SciCrunch
+    Entry: NA