Bug#1140526: link in §2.2.1 to REJECT-FAQ is broken

Bill Allombert <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:17:14 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
Message-ID <ajjviumvTWWb8xwu__11739.2460511596$1782116369$gmane$org@seventeen>
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.

Cheers,