diff -Nru haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/changelog haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/changelog
--- haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/changelog	2012-10-14 10:00:48.000000000 +0000
+++ haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/changelog	2013-05-25 21:52:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+haskell-failure (0.2.0.1-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Move Haskell blurb to the end of the description, reduces the impact
+    of #708703
+
+ -- Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>  Sat, 25 May 2013 23:52:14 +0200
+
+haskell-failure (0.2.0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Enable compat level 9
+  * Use substvars for Haskell description blurbs
+
+ -- Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>  Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:36 +0200
+
 haskell-failure (0.2.0.1-2) experimental; urgency=low
 
   * Depend on haskell-devscripts 0.8.13 to ensure this packages is built
diff -Nru haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/compat haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/compat
--- haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/compat	2012-10-13 11:26:14.000000000 +0000
+++ haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/compat	2013-05-24 07:53:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff -Nru haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/control haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/control
--- haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/control	2012-10-13 12:19:12.000000000 +0000
+++ haskell-failure-0.2.0.1/debian/control	2013-05-25 21:42:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Debian Haskell Group <pkg-haskell-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Clint Adams <clint@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
   , cdbs
-  , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8.13)
+  , haskell-devscripts (>= 0.8.15)
   , ghc
   , ghc-prof
   , libghc-transformers-dev (>= 0.2)
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@
 Recommends: ${haskell:Recommends}
 Suggests: ${haskell:Suggests}
 Provides: ${haskell:Provides}
-Description: simple type class for success/failure computations
- This package provides a library for the Haskell programming language.
- See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.
- .
+Description: simple type class for success/failure computations${haskell:ShortBlurb}
  This is a simple type class for success/failure computations.
+ .
+ ${haskell:Blurb}
 
 Package: libghc-failure-prof
 Architecture: any
@@ -39,12 +38,10 @@
 Recommends: ${haskell:Recommends}
 Suggests: ${haskell:Suggests}
 Provides: ${haskell:Provides}
-Description: simple type class for success/failure; profiling libraries
- This package provides a library for the Haskell programming language,
- compiled for profiling.
- See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.
- .
+Description: simple type class for success/failure${haskell:ShortBlurb}
  This is a simple type class for success/failure computations.
+ .
+ ${haskell:Blurb}
 
 Package: libghc-failure-doc
 Section: doc
@@ -52,9 +49,7 @@
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${haskell:Depends}
 Recommends: ${haskell:Recommends}
 Suggests: ${haskell:Suggests}
-Description: simple type class for success/failure; documentation
- This package provides the documentation for a library for the Haskell
- programming language.
- See http://www.haskell.org/ for more information on Haskell.
- .
+Description: simple type class for success/failure${haskell:ShortBlurb}
  This is a simple type class for success/failure computations.
+ .
+ ${haskell:Blurb}