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[Iain Lane <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let's just say that there isn't any consensus around the use of that
file, and that text was written by those who seek to promote the use of
3.0 formats.

Nevertheless it could be confusing to users if they are presented with
such a warning (about creating the file), so it might be nice to say
something about it.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792386

Title:
  Source Format Discussion Inaccurate

Status in Ubuntu Packaging Guide:
  New

Bug description:
  http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/packaging-guide/html/debian-dir-
  overview.html

  It says:

  "If for some reason, you wish to keep using the old format, please
  create this file and put 1.0 in it to be explicit about the source
  package version. This allows for the future removal of the 1.0 default
  for the package source format."

  The dpkg maintainers have explicitly abandoned the goal of switching
  the default so this rationale is obsolete.  It's not clear there is
  any reason to add source/format with 1.0 since it will behave the same
  as none at all.  Recommend that this be deleted.