Bug#688481: [copyright-format] Clarify that trailing slashes in directory names are invalid.

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 07:17:22PM +0100, Nicolas Boulenguez wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Followup-For: Bug #688481
> 
> Please also make explicit that the space character cannot be escaped,
> and how to select a path containing a space. Suggestion:
> 
>   This syntax does not distinguish file names from directory names; a
>   trailing slash in a pattern will never match any actual path. A
>   whole directory tree may be selected with a pattern like "foo/*".
> 
>   The space character, used to separate patterns, cannot be escaped
>   with a backslash. A path like "foo bar" may be selected with a
>   pattern like "foo?bar".

This looks like a rather ugly solution ? Proper quoting support might
be in order.

Cheers,
Bill.