diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 109e741d3..20a049381 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-libosmocore (0.3.4) natty; urgency=low
-
-  * New upstream release 
-
- -- Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:10:33 +0200
-
 libosmocore (0.3.0) natty; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version of libosmocore
@@ -18,6 +12,6 @@ libosmocore (0.1.27) natty; urgency=low
 
 libosmocore (0.1.17-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * Initial release.
+  * Initial release (Closes: #nnnn)  <nnnn is the bug number of your ITP>
 
  -- Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:55:04 +0200
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f07ac3a8d..3f92875c6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), autotools-dev, autoconf, automake, libtool, dh-autoreconf
-Standards-Version: 3.9.1
+Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://bb.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/libosmocore
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.osmocom.org/gitweb?p=libosmocore.git;a=summary
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@ Section: libs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Open Source MObile COMmunications CORE library
- A helper library for mobile communication.
 
 Package: libosmocore-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libosmocore
 Description: Development headers for Open Source MObile COMmunications CORE library
- A helper library for mobile communication.
 
 #Package: libosmocore-dbg
 #Section: libdevel
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 6e3ebd796..c450be584 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -41,5 +41,14 @@ The Debian packaging is:
 
     Copyright (C) 2010 Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
 
+# Please chose a license for your packaging work. If the program you package
+# uses a mainstream license, using the same license is the safest choice.
+# Please avoid to pick license terms that are more restrictive than the
+# packaged work, as it may make Debian's contributions unacceptable upstream.
+# If you just want it to be GPL version 3, leave the following lines in.
+
 and is licensed under the GPL version 3,
 see "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
+
+# Please also look if there are files or directories which have a
+# different copyright/license attached and list them here.
diff --git a/debian/libosmocore-dbg.debhelper.log b/debian/libosmocore-dbg.debhelper.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2742cb47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/libosmocore-dbg.debhelper.log
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dh_auto_configure
+dh_auto_build
+dh_auto_test
+dh_prep
+dh_installdirs
+dh_auto_install
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
index 163aaf8d8..af745b310 100644
--- a/debian/source/format
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0 (quilt)
+3.0 (git)