Copy summary of supported SFTP protocol versions from upstream's PROTOCOL file into the openssh-sftp-server package description (closes: #766887).

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1b89f013a..f5e5c6b2b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ openssh (1:7.2p2-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/watch: Switch to HTTP (thanks, Nicholas Luedtke; closes:
     #822997).
+  * Copy summary of supported SFTP protocol versions from upstream's
+    PROTOCOL file into the openssh-sftp-server package description (closes:
+    #766887).
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:29:20 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4b9610a1b..ae060a5ce 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ Description: secure shell (SSH) sftp server module, for SFTP access from remote
  This package provides the SFTP server module for the SSH server. It
  is needed if you want to access your SSH server with SFTP. The SFTP
  server module also works with other SSH daemons like dropbear.
+ .
+ OpenSSH's sftp and sftp-server implement revision 3 of the SSH filexfer
+ protocol described in:
+ .
+  http://www.openssh.com/txt/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-02.txt
+ .
+ Newer versions of the draft will not be supported, though some features
+ are individually implemented as extensions.
 
 Package: ssh
 Priority: extra