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+What to do when reviewing a changeset:
+
+* If you advocate a new DM, ask someone else to add the key. Do not add it
+  yourself.
+
+* Check the changeset. This runs the test suite on it to sanity check it,
+  and if it tests ok, displays a diff of exactly what changes
+  the changeset will introduce.
+  
+  ./review changeset
+
+  Make sure nothing fishy is going on..
+
+* If the changeset is adding a new DM, you'll want to use keycheck to
+  generate a report. The report is put in the KeyCheck field of the changset.
+
+  ./keycheck changeset
+
+* Review the changeset:
+
+  - Does the KeyCheck look ok?
+  - Is the key signed by more than one DD? At least one DD?
+    More than 1 is preferred.
+  - Is there at least one advocate?
+  - Does the applicant acknowledge Debian's social contract, free software
+    guidelines, and machine usage policies?
+  - Does the applicant already maintain at least one package in the
+    archive? (Listed as the Maintainer or in Uploaders) Does the package
+    source have XS-DM-Upload-Allowed: yes set? If not, the applicant isn't
+    ready to upload, and should be told what needs to be done.
+
+* If the changeset and applicant look ok to add:
+
+  1. Fill in the Changed-By field with your name and email address.
+  2. jetring-accept debian-maintainers changeset
+  3. dch "Added Debian maintainer Their Name. Closes: #XXXXX"
+     (Please make sure that the changelog is marked UNRELEASED until
+      a release is made. Set DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC=changelog
+      in ~/.devscripts.)
+  4. git add debian-maintainers/*
+  5. debcommit -a; tagpending; git push origin master
+
+* If the changest has been changed:
+
+  Note that this should rarely be needed. It's better to make a new
+  changeset changing whatever needs to be changed.
+
+  1. mv debian-maintainers/changeset .
+  2. Edit debian-maintainers/index to remove changeset entry
+  3. jetring-accept debian-maintainers changeset
+  4. git add debian-maintainers/* 
+  5. git commit
+  6. git push origin master
+
+* To make a release:
+
+  1. dch -r
+  2. Tag your new version with a signed tag. With devscripts >= 2.10.10,
+     set DEBCOMMIT_SIGN_TAGS=yes in ~/.devscripts and then you can just use
+     debcommit -r to create a signed tag.
+  3. git push origin master && git push --tags
+  4. Upload the new version of the package so changes will go live and the new 
+     DMs can upload their packages. (This will also automatically cause an
+     announcement to be sent.)
+
+
+Adding someone to the DM keyring team:
+
+The procedure is much the same except the changeset is added to the admins
+keyring. When generating the changeset, you may want to install the
+signing-party package and use:
+
+	pgp-clean -s keyid | sed 's/^/  /'
+
+This will strip signatures from the key, saving a lot of space if the
+key has tons of signatures.
+
+Of course the new team member should be given commit access on alioth.
+And team members can add themselves to Uploaders if desired, although
+the initial upload has to be done by one of the prior Uploaders or
+ftp-master will require a manual accept of the package.
+