Reference policy regarding dynamic system users

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   <!ENTITY % dynamicdata  SYSTEM "dynamic.ent" > %dynamicdata;
 
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@@ -4164,7 +4164,10 @@ to system users.
 <package>base-passwd</package> package that provides the user.
 
 <p>In the second case, you need to create the system user through maintainer
-scripts.
+scripts. <url id="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.9"
+name="policy"> requires you discuss an appropiate user and group name on
+<emv>debian-devel</em> and make sure it is unique and does not overlap
+with other packages.
 
 <p>Running programs with a user with limited privileges makes sure
 that any security issue with the program makes limited damaged to the