[http://www.us.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ Debian New Maintainers' Guide]: Where the Policy Manual is a fairly declarative document, this is more of a tutorial on how to build packages that comply with Debian policy
-[http://debathena.mit.edu/packaging/ tabbott's Packaging Tutorial]: A summary of building Debian packages with CDBS, Tim's tutorial also includes a long list of useful commands for any sort of package development, as well as a list of useful sites
+[http://debathena.mit.edu/packaging/ tabbott's Packaging Tutorial]: A summary of building Debian packages with CDBS, Tim's tutorial also includes a long list of useful commands for any sort of
+package development, as well as a list of useful sites
-== Useful Packages ==
-
-The following Debian packages are useful for doing Debian development:
+[http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/2009/#debian SIPB IAP class on Debian]: A workshop where you can learn more about Debian packaging (the easy way! Some of the packages you may have dealt with go through unnecessary complexity), with lots of hands-on examples.
-{{{
-build-essential cdbs debhelper wdiff devscripts dh-make dpatch dpkg-awk dpkg-dev equivs fakeroot lintian quilt
-}}}
+== Useful Packages ==
-If you're an emacs user, you may also want:
+The following Debian packages are useful for doing Debian development: `build-essential cdbs debhelper wdiff devscripts dh-make dpatch dpkg-awk dpkg-dev equivs fakeroot lintian quilt`
-{{{
-debian-el devscripts-el dpkg-dev-el
-}}}
+If you're an emacs user, you may also want: `debian-el devscripts-el dpkg-dev-el`
== The Bugs ==
See LennyBugsAll for a complete list. Attack one of the bugs that look good, or read through the unclassified ones to find the good ones.
-
-Below, a snapshot of the bugs identified as probable good targets. It may be out of date, so check LennyBugsAll.
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374644 374644] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-ui xine-ui]
-"xine-ui: ctrl/shift key press emulation implementation broken"
-[[BR]](Note: have patch but it's broken. Test? Find a fix?)
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426465 426465]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
-"/init exports MODPROBE_OPTIONS=-qb"
-[[BR]](Note: real bug report is near bottom.)
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476525 476525]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
-"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
-[[BR]](Note: have patch, looks messy, looks like not-too-hard bug to fix well.)
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
-"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
-[[BR]](Note: bug report, little followup. Test, reproduce, debug, fix.)
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