Author: tille
Date: 2012-03-30 16:18:58 +0000 (Fri, 30 Mar 2012)
New Revision: 10200
Modified:
trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
Mention debian/upstream in Debian Policy
Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml 2012-03-30 15:52:56 UTC (rev
10199)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml 2012-03-30 16:18:58 UTC (rev
10200)
@@ -661,6 +661,22 @@
<para>Packages hosted in our Subversion repository,
that have been modified but not uploaded must use <literal>UNRELEASED</literal>
as a distribution name. This can be done automatically by declaring
<literal><varname>DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC</varname>=<replaceable>changelog</replaceable></literal>
in <filename>~/.devscripts</filename> and using <command>dch</command>.</para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="debian-upstream">
+ <title><filename>debian/upstream</filename></title>
+ <para>
+ We use the <ulink
url="http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata#Fields";>bibliographic
information</ulink>
+ which should be stored in the file
<filename>debian/upstream</filename>. The purpose of specifying this
+ is to enhance the contact to upstream which
thus gets an extra reward of their work if their citations
+ show up on pages inside the Debian domain and
if users more popularly are asked to cite upstream when
+ working with the program in question.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="debian-changelog">
+ <title><filename>debian/changelog</filename></title>
+ <para>Packages hosted in our Subversion repository,
that have been modified but not uploaded must use <literal>UNRELEASED</literal>
as a distribution name. This can be done automatically by declaring
<literal><varname>DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC</varname>=<replaceable>changelog</replaceable></literal>
in <filename>~/.devscripts</filename> and using <command>dch</command>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="debian-gbp.conf">
<title><filename>debian/gbp.conf</filename></title>
<para>
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