Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml

Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:41:47 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
Message-ID <87se9yo6vo.fsf__38959.9457079143$1773758622$gmane$org@josefsson.org>
Sean Whitton <[email protected]> writes:

> I don't know about any of these details either.  But until they are
> figured out I don't think we should document this.  Either Policy
> defines the field and how it works or it doesn't mention it because it
> remains, nominally, an experimental extension.

I agree -- but I'm hopeful that figuring this out is only stalled on my
lack of knowledge, rather than these details not being clear from other
documentation/code.  Let's wait and see if someone steps up to clarify
the implemented semantics.

/Simon
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