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https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/patches-to-packages.html#patch-headers

We recommend that you tag every patch with DEP-3 headers by putting them at the top of patch file. Here are some headers that you can use:

Description: Description of what the patch does. It is formatted like Description field in debian/control: first line is short description, starting with lowercase letter, the next lines are long description, indented with a space.

Author: Who wrote the patch (i.e. “Jane Doe packager@example.com”). Origin: Where this patch comes from (i.e. “upstream”), when Author is not present.

Bug-Ubuntu: A link to Launchpad bug, a short form is preferred (like https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/XXXXXXX). If there are also bugs in upstream or Debian bugtrackers, add Bug or Bug-Debian headers.

Forwarded: Whether the patch was forwarded upstream. Either “yes”, “no” or “not-needed”.

Last-Update: Date of the last revision (in form “YYYY-MM-DD”).