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+The Debian project allows some people who are not Debian developers to
+maintain packages in the distribution, This package contains a keyring 
+of GnuPG keys of these maintainers.
+
+If you wanted to add this keyring to gpg, you could add this line to your
+~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file:
+
+keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-maintainers.gpg
+
+The intended use of the keyring is actually by dak on the Debian archive,
+when checking if an uploaded package should be accepted. More details here:
+http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003
+
+keyring maintenance
+-------------------
+
+The keyring is built and maintained by using jetring to manipulate
+changesets. The source package actually contains two keyrings, an admins
+keyring and the debian-maintainers keyring. Admins can add new people to
+either keyring.
+
+To submit an applicant to be added to the debian-maintainers keyring,
+someone (the applicant or their sponsor) should file a bug on the
+debian-maintainers package, attaching a jetring changeset that adds the
+applicant's key. A sample.changeset file is provided for your reference.
+
+The admins will check that:
+
+* The applicant acknowledges Debian's social contract and free software
+  guidelines (http://www.debian.org/social_contract), and machine usage
+  policies (http://www.debian.org/devel/dmup). The applicant should post
+  a gpg signed mail agreeing with them.
+* That the applicant has a valid gpg key, signed by a Debian developer (and
+  preferably connected to the web of trust by multiple paths).
+* That at least one Debian developer (preferably more) is willing to advocate
+  the applicant's inclusion, in particular that the applicant is technically
+  competent and good to work with. Advocacy messages should generally be sent
+  to a Debian mailing list such as debian-newmaint or a more specific team
+  list.
+
+To aid in these checks, please provide all the necessary data in the
+changeset or in followup mails.