Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml
Bill Allombert <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:12:39 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy |
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| Message-ID | <abj-57iv0IXg4VI0__28549.4542143837$1773731732$gmane$org@seventeen> |
On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 11:51:33PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.7.3.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi! The copyright specification > > https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ > > do not mention Files-Excluded/Included which are supported for a long > time by uscan and other tools. This is the opposite: Files-Excluded/Included was never part of the copyright-format specification, and packaging tools should not require the use of copyright-format since it is an optional format. They should have used another file instead. Cheers, Bill