Package: debian-policy Version: 4.7.3.0 Severity: wishlist Hi! The copyright specification
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ do not mention Files-Excluded/Included which are supported for a long time by uscan and other tools. What do you think about the attached patch to fix this? /Simon
From 8c3605b91938ed78f554569696581a4935ae4e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:01:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention Files-Excluded/Included in copyright-format --- copyright-format-1.0.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/copyright-format-1.0.xml b/copyright-format-1.0.xml index 954a65b..8e1345b 100644 --- a/copyright-format-1.0.xml +++ b/copyright-format-1.0.xml @@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ <link linkend="copyright-field">Copyright</link>: optional. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="files-excluded-included-field">Files-Excluded, Files-Excluded-*, Files-Included, Files-Included-*</link>: optional. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> The <varname>Copyright</varname> and <varname>License</varname> @@ -498,6 +503,18 @@ License: MPL-1.1 </para> </section> + <section id="files-excluded-included-field"> + <title><varname>Files-Excluded, Files-Excluded-*, Files-Included, Files-Included-*</varname></title> + <para> + Formatted text, no synopsis: these fields are used by <ulink + url="https://manpages.debian.org/testing/devscripts/uscan.1.en.html#COPYRIGHT_FILE_EXAMPLES";>uscan</ulink> + and <ulink + url="https://manpages.debian.org/testing/devscripts/mk-origtargz.1.en.html";>mk-origtargz</ulink> + to automatically repack an upstream tarball, see the + documentation for details. + </para> + </section> + <section id="license-field"> <title><varname>License</varname></title> <para> -- 2.52.0
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