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Bug#1107137: Distinguish "native source packsge" from "native version number"



Hello,

On Sun 22 Jun 2025 at 09:57am -07, Russ Allbery wrote:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> Also, you removed and them re-added "Most source packages in Debian are
>> non-native." between patches in the series.  I'm not sure why that was
>> done but I would also like to suggest replacing it with "Most source
>> packages in Debian use non-native version numbering." because that seems
>> to me like the more important point.
>
> I'm fine with *also* saying the latter, but I would like Policy to
> continue to say the former. I think it's helpful for readers of Policy to
> be told explicitly that the non-native source package case is the normal
> case and therefore the case they should be paying the closest attention to
> if they want to understand the current archive.

Mentioning both makes sense to me, too.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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