guidelines and information for Debian developers

 This package contains the Debian Developer's Reference, a set of
 guidelines and best practices which has been established by and for
 the community of Debian developers and maintainers. If you are not
 maintaining Debian packages, you probably do not need this package.
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 Table of Contents:
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    * 1. Scope of This Document
    * 2. Applying to Become a Member
    * 3. Debian Developer's Duties
    * 4. Resources for Debian Members
    * 5. Managing Packages
    * 6. Best Packaging Practices
    * 7. Beyond Packaging
    * 8. Internationalization and Translations
    * 1. Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools
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 This package contains the English version of the Developer's
 Reference. The French, German, Italy, Russian and Japanese translations are
 available in developers-reference-fr, developers-reference-de,
 developers-reference-it, developers-reference-ru and developers-reference-ja.