Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field
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Hi,
FWIW, prior to DEP-5 adoption, I actually also made a proposal akin to
this:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/12/msg00046.html
which, at the time, was rejected on the ground that documented removed
files is not explicitly mandated by Policy.
I actually used it in some of my packages :
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.
(Its possible that some of it remains but I believe I removed it when
switching to the adopted standard with routine uploads. See:
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/y/yorick-optimpack/yorick-optimpack_1.3.1+dfsg1-1/yorick-optimpack.copyright)
I think having a "Rationale" is good. It helps the (next?) maintainer
decide whether the restrictions still apply to the new upstream release.
To me, Removed-Files sounds clearer: those files have been removed
from the package, not simply excluded from... perhaps the copyright
notice above? Files-Excluded could be interpreted as "the following
applies to all except those files". No strong feelings about this
though, you may paint the bike shed whatever color you see fit ;-)
Hope this helps.
Kind regards, Thibaut.
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