According to Matt Zimmerman, there should only be one NEWS file per source

package.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index 687adf955..242d719ff 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ssh (1:3.5p1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+openssh (1:3.5p1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   This version of OpenSSH disables the environment option for public keys by
   default, in order to avoid certain attacks (for example, LD_PRELOAD). If
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ ssh (1:3.5p1-1) unstable; urgency=low
   warning in the sshd_config(5) manual page.
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:41:51 +0100
+
+openssh (1:3.0.1p1-1) unstable; urgency=high
+
+  As of version 3, OpenSSH no longer uses separate files for ssh1 and ssh2
+  keys. This means the authorized_keys2 and known_hosts2 files are no longer
+  needed. They will still be read in order to maintain backward
+  compatibility.
+
+ -- Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Nov 2001 17:43:01 +0000
diff --git a/debian/openssh-client.NEWS b/debian/openssh-client.NEWS
deleted file mode 100644
index 25a62731d..000000000
--- a/debian/openssh-client.NEWS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-ssh (1:3.0.1p1-1) unstable; urgency=high
-
-  As of version 3, OpenSSH no longer uses separate files for ssh1 and ssh2
-  keys. This means the authorized_keys2 and known_hosts2 files are no longer
-  needed. They will still be read in order to maintain backward
-  compatibility.
-
- -- Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>  Thu, 28 Nov 2001 17:43:01 +0000