control: tag -1 +patch Hello,
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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``
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Sean Whitton
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