Upstream doesn't impose anything. ubuntu has made the choice to keep that setting via the Dpkg::Vendor infrastructure. Thus marking it as wontfix for dpkg.
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234901 Title: Please apply upstream patch for dpkg-buildsource -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs