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+SUPPORT POLICY FOR DEBHELPER COMPAT LEVELS
+==========================================
+
+The current policy for supporting compat levels is:
+
+ * A compat level may be deprecated once the latest oldoldstable release
+ supports a /newer/ compat level. (E.g. compat 9 can be deprecated once
+ jessie becomes oldoldstable).
+
+ * Alternatively, a compat level may be deprecated if a debhelper version
+ supporting a newer compat level is backported to oldoldstable-backports/
+ oldoldstable-backports-sloppy and the oldest supported Ubuntu LTS release.
+
+ * These rules are independent of whether Debian oldoldstable is still
+ supported.
+
+ * Deprecated compat levels may be removed in unstable once it as been released
+ in Debian stable as deprecated (provided that the deprecation has been
+ announced at least one year prior to the freeze of said stable release).
+