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   Debian bug tracking system / Debian BTS — developer info

Information regarding the bug processing system for package maintainers and
bug triagers

   Initially, a bug report is submitted by a user as an ordinary mail
   message to submit@bugs.debian.org which must include a Package line
   (see Bug Reporting Instructions for more information). This will then
   be given a number, acknowledged to the user, and forwarded to
   debian-bugs-dist. If the Package line contains a package which has a
   known maintainer, the maintainer will get a copy too.

   The Subject line will have Bug#nnn: added, and the Reply-To will be set