On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 11:51:33PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > 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.
This is the opposite: Files-Excluded/Included was never part of the copyright-format specification, and packaging tools should not require the use of copyright-format since it is an optional format. They should have used another file instead. Cheers, Bill
