* Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>, 2012-08-23, 19:47:
This is valid DEP-5 syntax as well: Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Source: http://susy.oddbird.net/ Repackaged, excluding non-DFSG licensed fonts and source-less JavaScript # Exlude source-less JavaScript Files-Excluded: docs/source/javascripts/jquery-1.7.1.min.js docs/source/javascripts/modernizr-2.5.3.min.js
No, it's not valid. # comments are not allowed in control files other than debian/control. See last but one paragraph of Policy §5.1.
Please note that adding a machine-readable header section does *not* force you to rewrite the whole copyright file: You are free to add non-machine-readable chunks below the machine-readable parts.
If you don't mind lintian warnings… -- Jakub Wilk