Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright
Hi Jakub,
On 2015-09-01 12:22, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>, 2015-09-01, 11:51:
>> when using the Files-Excluded: tag in debian/copyright, in the past
>> there was an "+dfsg" suffix added to the version number automatically.
>> This seems to have changed; is there a reason for that? Is there any
>> case to use Files-Excluded: *without* actually adding the suffix?
>
> See #748465. Some people abuse debian/copyright for excluding files for
> reasons unrelated to DFSG...
>
> My recommendation is to never use Files-Excluded. It's a broken design.
could you elaborate, or point to a discussion, on why this design can be
considered broken?
Regards,
Christian
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