Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.0.3 Severity: wishlist Jakub stumbled into the "No hard links in source packages" requirement added around 1996 and couldn't make sense of it. Neither could Christoph nor myself. tar does support hard links just fine. lintian does not check this property. sugar-log-activity/38 is an example package violating the property. It is shipped in buster and technically rc-buggy though no bug is filed about it.
I believe that the requriement needs a rationale. Failing that, it should be dropped. Helmut