[med-svn] r6312 - trunk/community/website/docs

[Andreas Tille]

Author: tille
Date: 2011-03-19 11:41:48 +0000 (Sat, 19 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 6312

Modified:
   trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
Log:
Recommend short dh rules files


Modified: trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2011-03-19 11:28:28 UTC (rev 6311)
+++ trunk/community/website/docs/policy.xml	2011-03-19 11:41:48 UTC (rev 6312)
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@
 			<para>Debhelper uses compatibility levels to control the behaviour of its commands.  We currently recommend to use the level <emphasis>8</emphasis> which
 			is available in current <emphasis>Stable</emphasis> (Squeeze) and backported to <emphasis>Oldstable</emphasis>.  However, there is no urgent need to
 			touch packages only because it has an older Debhelper version.</para>
+			<para>
+			It is strongly recommended to use the short <emphasis>dh</emphasis> notation in <filename>debian/rules</filename> files which makes code factorisation very
+			simple and easy to understand the packaging for other members of the team.
+			</para>
 		</sect2>
 		
 		<sect2 id="cdbs">