Quoting Bill Allombert (2026-06-22 10:17:14)
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 09:59:05AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Source: debian-policy
> > Version: 4.7.4.1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA512
> > 
> > �2.2.1 refers to REJECT-FAQ as the URI
> > https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html but that link is broken.
> > 
> > Raising severity since Debian Policy seemingly at no place explicitly
> > state that source packages must contain the source code that upstream
> > prefer for their modification (as opposed to intermediate autogenerated
> > data). Seemingly that requirement is deferred to that external URI
> > which is now missing (probably since the split of the DFSG team).
> 
> Maybe you should report it against ftp-master, because the Debian policy team
> cannot fix this website.

I did, right after filing this, and Myon pointed me to this git commit:
https://salsa.debian.org/ftp-team/website/-/commit/d538eb8

I interpret that as a deliberate removal (which is what I was expecting
as well, but lacked proof of), and I interpret the commit message as
that team not wanting to discuss that issue further.

 - Jonas

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