control: tag -1 +patch Hello, Seeking seconds: diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst index 3c6c9d5..821010f 100644 --- a/policy/ch-source.rst +++ b/policy/ch-source.rst @@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ according to this convention, the C source code of an executable ``checksum/util`` is to be located at ``debian/missing-sources/checksum/util.c``. +Vendor-specific patch series +---------------------------- + +Packages in the Debian archive using the 3.0 (quilt) source package +format should not contain a non-default series file. That is, there +should not exist a file ``debian/patches/foo.series`` for any ``foo``. + .. [#] Rationale: diff --git a/policy/upgrading-checklist.rst b/policy/upgrading-checklist.rst index 70b31bd..97ae91a 100644 --- a/policy/upgrading-checklist.rst +++ b/policy/upgrading-checklist.rst @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Unreleased. Required targets must not write outside of the unpacked source package tree, except for TMPDIR (or /tmp if that is not set). +4.17 + Packages should not contain a non-default series file. That is, + dpkg's vendor-specific patch series feature should not be used for + packages in the Debian archive. + 10.1 Binaries should be stripped using ``strip --strip-unneeded --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note`` -- Sean Whitton
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