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<title>Further reading</title>
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<p>
This section lists some recommended further reading. These are real
recommendations, not padding designed to make this document look important.
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<section>
<title>Books</title>
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<dl>
  <dt>
    Mastering Regular Expressions
  </dt>
  <dd>
    "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl (3rd edition,
    O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN 0-596-52812-4) is <b>the</b> book on regular
    expressions. Very readable and devoid of the usual mathematical jargon
    that tends to fill up these kinds of books.
    <uri link="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-regular-expressions/0596528124/">
    Publisher's page</uri>
  </dd>
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</section>

<section>
<title>Articles</title>
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<dl>
  <dt>
    Making Packager-Friendly Software
  </dt>
  <dd>
    <uri link="https://jmmv.dev/2005/03/making-packager-friendly-software-1.html">
    Making Packager-Friendly Software</uri> by Julio M. Merino Vidal describes
    various things that can be done by upstream software providers to make life
    easy for the distribution people (that means you).
  </dd>
  <dt>
    How to Report Bugs Effectively
  </dt>
  <dd>
    <uri link="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html">How to Report Bugs
    Effectively</uri> by Simon Tatham is a good overview of effective bug reporting.
  </dd>
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