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Added README.source to our group policy.



Hi all,

I added the following paragraph to our Policy.
(I suppose it is consensual)

anx159《docs》$ svn diff
Index: policy.xml
===================================================================
--- policy.xml	(revision 2575)
+++ policy.xml	(working copy)
@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@
 			<title><filename>debian/changelog</filename></title>
 			<para>Packages hosted in our Subversion repository, that have been modified but not uploaded must use <emphasis>UNRELEASED</emphasis> as a distribution name. This can be done automatically by declaring <emphasis>DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC=changelog</emphasis> in <filename>~/.devscripts</filename> and using <command>dch</command>.</para>
 		</sect2>
+		<sect2>
+			<title><filename>debian/README.source</filename></title>
+			<para>This file is recommended by the Policy (<ulink url="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-readmesource";>§ 4.14</ulink>) from version 3.8.0 for documenting source package handling. You can start from the following template, and add other necessary informations about patch systems and sources in other format than gzipped tar achive:
+				<literallayout>
+This package is maintained by the Debian Med packaging team. Please refer to
+our group policy if you would like to commit to our Subversion repository. All
+Debian developpers have write acces to it.
+				</literallayout>
+			</para>
+		</sect2>
 		
 		<sect2>
 			<title>Debhelper</title>

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan


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