Re: Bug#515856: Debian Policy 4.1.4.0 released
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 04:11:14PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
>
> When the new copyright format was introduced, it was agreed there
> would be no compulsion to migrate to the new copyright format.
>
> There is nothing that prevent to add Files-Excluded stanzas to old
> format copyright files for documentation, though uscan will ignore them.
Its called "machine readable copyright" format. The old one is not
machine readable. Thus if you want Files-Excluded use the modern
format. And if you want some consistent reading experience for your
team mates please use it as well. ;-)
Kind regards
Andreas.
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