Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 04:54:13PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote:
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> This probably belongs into the "Header paragraph (once)" section
> as an additional bullet point "Files-Excluded: optional".
Hi,
I don't agree: I find it better to allow several such paragraphs, when
the rationale behind removing several files differs, as in this
real-life example:
Removed-Files: yorick/lbfgs*
Rationale: Not DFSG
Those files are not used in the plug-in. They bear no clear copyright
statement.
Removed-Files: idl/*
Rationale: Not DFSG
The idl/ directory of the original source contains files meant for
building a plugin for a commercial product. These files are not used
in the Debian package and some have a dubious copyright statement,
presumably non-DFSG.
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/y/yorick-optimpack/yorick-optimpack_1.3.1+dfsg1-1/yorick-optimpack.copyright
Of course this goes together with the idea of documenting the
rationale behind removing a file.
As exemplified, the Rationale would have a short and a long
escription. The short description should be standardized with a few
typical values:
Not DFSG
Big but not used
other
purely for statistical purposes. Not sure whether that's useful.
Kind regards, Thibaut.
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