XPost: linux.debian.policy   
   From: guillem@debian.org   
      
   Hi!   
      
   On Mon, 2026-02-23 at 22:35:30 +0100, Stéphane Blondon wrote:   
   > Package: developers-reference   
   > Severity: minor   
   > Tags: patch   
      
   > '*.list' files are now replaced by '*.sources' files. The provided   
   > patch (in attachment) replaces the example by the new file format. It   
   > also adds some highlights.   
   >   
   > I don't know if the 'Signed-By' line is necessary. I added it based on   
   > '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources' file on 'testing' system.   
      
   > diff --git i/source/pkgs.rst w/source/pkgs.rst   
   > index 2e7679f..74d048b 100644   
   > --- i/source/pkgs.rst   
   > +++ w/source/pkgs.rst   
   > @@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ quite easy:   
   >     ``Uploaders`` field in the first paragraph of the ``debian/control``   
   >     file.   
   >   
   > -   ::   
   > +   .. code-block:: debcontrol   
   >   
   >        Uploaders: John Buzz , Adam Rex    
      
   This change seems unrelated to this bug report?   
      
   > diff --git i/source/resources.rst w/source/resources.rst   
   > index d26b6c5..f636d42 100644   
   > --- i/source/resources.rst   
   > +++ w/source/resources.rst   
   > @@ -695,12 +695,15 @@ it nevertheless). Users who download and install   
   packages from   
   >  ``experimental`` are expected to have been duly warned. In short, all   
   >  bets are off for the ``experimental`` distribution.   
   >   
   > -These are the sources.list 5 lines for ``experimental``:   
   > +These are the debian.sources lines for ``experimental``:   
   >   
   > -::   
   > +.. code-block:: debian.sources   
   >   
   > -   deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main   
   > -   deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ experimental main   
   > +   Types: deb deb-src   
   > +   URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian/   
   > +   Suites: experimental   
   > +   Components: main   
   > +   Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg   
      
   Please use the «.pgp» extension, as the «.gpg» one is currently a   
   symlink for backwards compatibility, that will eventually go away.   
   (And this is not a GnuPG artifact, but an OpenPGP one. :)   
      
   Thanks,   
   Guillem   
      
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