Here are development helpers.

These helpers are neither invoked by the build nor
installed with the binary package, but are kept here
for the maintainer's use during development.

The package's changelog does not usually record changes
to these helpers.

The helper script 'extend-changelog' adds a new dummy
entry to the top of the package's changelog, using the
file changelog.t as a template.  If invoked with
the --only-update-date option, however, it does not add
a new entry, but rather updates the date at the foot of
the topmost existing entry.  Either way, the date is as
specified by the top directory's build.conf.

The helper script 'replace-copyright-years-by' finds
the year or years of copyright as posted in various
spots in the source, and updates the year or years.
The maintainer should probably run this helper once a
year, but if you are not Mirrorrib's original author,
then please read the read the helper's help
message, 'replace-copyright-years-by -?', before you
run the helper.

The helper script 'find-specious' flags files that are
in the source tree but should probably be deleted
before the software is packaged, such as backup files
emitted by text editors and the like.

The helper script 'switch-standards-version' does to
debian/control what the script's name suggests.
Although a backported package is not to have a
lowered Standards-Version, the script may be useful
during the preparation of a backported version of the
package, among other times.
