diff --git a/stuff/debian-package.txt b/stuff/debian-package.txt
index 66cedeb..a69e7d4 100644
--- a/stuff/debian-package.txt
+++ b/stuff/debian-package.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,15 @@ The package files will get copied to ../tags/packages/debian/.
 The version number in src/cryptobox/__init__.py gets updated automatically by
 the make-deb.sh script.
 
+3) double check the package
+Run the two testing programs "lintian" and "linda" with the new
+package.
+	lintian ../tags/packages/debian/cryptobox-server...deb
+	linda ../tags/packages/debian/cryptobox-server...deb
 
-3) upload the package
+Try to install the new package on a system with dpkg and see if it went fine.
+
+4) upload the package
 You should use dupload - it is the preferred uploading program for debian
 packages:
 	apt-get install dupload
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ To upload the latest debian package you could do the following:
 (this will only use the latest changes-file)
 
 
-4) import the package into the repository
+5) import the package into the repository
 It would be nice, if the web interface would work - but it does not.
 Please wait for etch - then we will update reprepro.