Bug#685506: Suggested DEP5 enhancement: Files-Excluded
Le Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 07:19:23PM +0100, Andreas Tille a écrit :
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> I have proposed a new field Files-Excluded here:
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> https://wiki.debian.org/UscanEnhancements
>
> On this Wiki page I have given a summary of the discussion on
> debian-devel mailing list and the according bug report #685787. Since
> devscripts maintainers included the according patch that regards
> Files-Excluded in uscan I think it might make sense to mention this
> field in Debian policy.
>
> While I initially assumed that it also should be included in
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> http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
>
> Lars advised me that this will not happen because only fixes will
> be accepted. That's fine for me.
Hi Andreas,
I think that the introduction of new fields would be under the scope of a
version update of the copyright format. The Policy bug for adding
Files-Excluded is actually there already.
http://bugs.debian.org/685506
Ideally, such a version update would come with a systematic review of all
the other bugs related having "copyright-format" in their subject, and a
survey of the other extra fields currently in use would be neat as well.
However, if this does not happen because nobody has time to do the work, I
personally would be fine with a 1.1 update that only contains the
Files-Excluded addition. This field was not my favorite solution to the
problem, but experience showed that your solution was implemented, used,
and unchallenged.
Have a nice day, and thanks for your perseverance.
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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