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+Packaging TODOs:
+
+* clean up the help2man output for findbugs and fb, or simply
+  replace these with hand-written manpages.  (See the generated
+  manpages for examples of the issues in the Description field,
+  etc.)
+
+* organize/combine the patches into categories, such as:
+  - build system changes
+  - porting for Debian
+