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=back
-Alternatively, this text could be added to README.source. However,
-this might distract from more important information present in the
-latter file.
+If you are using the version 1.0 source package format, this text
+should be added to README.source instead. The version 1.0 source
+package format ignores debian/source/patch-header.
+
+If you're using the version 3.0 (quilt) source package format, you
+could add this text to README.source instead of
+debian/source/patch-header, but this might distract from more
+important information present in README.source.
=head1 BUILDING AND UPLOADING