Bug#685506: debian-policy: Please add field Files-Excluded to machine readable copyright files definition

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

user debian-policy@packages.debian.org
usertags 685506 normative discussion
retitle 685506 copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field
thanks

Le Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 02:34:50PM +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> 
> I would propose the following addition to 
> 
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> 
> ----------------------- 8< ---------------------------------------------
> Files-Excluded
> --------------
> 
> Whitespace-separated list: list of patterns indicating files removed
> from upstream source.

Hi Andreas,

thank you for your work on this.  I think that it is a good idea to open a bug
as a point for tracking further discussion.

At this moment, I would recommend to look how the situation evolves in the next
months, in particular:

 - How the idea is adopted,
 - if un-anticipated shortcomings are found, and
 - if other tools (git-import-orig for instance) implement the parsing if this
   new field.

Then, once the usage of this field is established, let's re-open the discussion
of the integration in the next revision of the format.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan