From 3de3b0bb699c0040c2f649730ba248e93bd55f7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:53:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve wording of DM-Upload-Allowed description

* Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
  and rewrite its description to be less indirect.  (Closes: #622263)
---
 debian/changelog |  2 ++
 policy.sgml      | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a82cf5c..3882be4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ debian-policy (3.9.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
     or perform the equivalent actions.  Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
     of the wording.  (Closes: #601839)
+  * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
+    and rewrite its description to be less indirect.  (Closes: #622263)
   * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
     directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
     www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 2c0c72a..5a8de36 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -3725,11 +3725,13 @@ Checksums-Sha256:
 	  <heading><tt>DM-Upload-Allowed</tt></heading>
 
 	  <p>
-	    The most recent version of a package uploaded to unstable or
-	    experimental must include the field <tt>DM-Upload-Allowed:
-	    yes</tt> in the source section of its source control file for
-	    the Debian archive to accept uploads signed with a key in the
-	    Debian Maintainer keyring.  See the General
+	    Indicates that Debian Maintainers may upload this package to
+	    the Debian archive.  The only valid value is <tt>yes</tt>.  If
+	    the field <tt>DM-Upload-Allowed: yes</tt> is present in the
+	    source section of the source control file of the most recent
+	    version of a package in unstable or experimental, the Debian
+	    archive will accept uploads of this package signed with a key
+	    in the Debian Maintainer keyring.  See the General
 	    Resolution <url id="http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003"
 	    name="Endorse the concept of Debian Maintainers"> for more
 	    details.
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