Bug#685506: Suggested DEP5 enhancement: Files-Excluded
Hi Charles,
On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:12:33AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 07:19:23PM +0100, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> >
> > I have proposed a new field Files-Excluded here:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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
Ahhh, it was soooo long ago that I even forgot this bug. Next time I'll
reread the documentation I have written in Wiki myself better. Sorry for
the noise.
> 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.
The compensation will be a saving of work when there is a need for removing
files from upstream. :-)
Kind regards
Andreas.
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