On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 02:31:30PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Bill Allombert <[email protected]> writes: > > >> Although what do you mean packaging tools shouldn't require the use of > >> copyright-format? There is no requirement here, everything is opt-in. > >> The patch document these to be optional fields, for those who want to > >> use them as they are supported by uscan and mk-origtargz. > > > > Getting uscan to call mk-origtargz to remove files requires using the new > > copyright-format. Otherwise the maintainer need to call mk-origtargz > > manually. We should do better. > > I'm not sure I follow here. How? From a design point of view, having a > Files Excluded/Included wildcard list seems like a reasonable approach. > And people will need to opt-in to use some mechanism, or do things > manually.
mk-origtargz does not process Files-Excluded in debian/copyright if debian/copyright is not in the new copyright-format. > Is your concern that the existing fields hi-jack the debian/copyright > file, when those fields could have been put in a different file? Indeed. Cheers, Bill.
