On 2012-08-21 14:34:50 +0200 Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> wrote:> I would propose the following addition to > > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ > > ----------------------- 8< --------------------------------------------- > Files-Excluded > -------------- > > Whitespace-separated list: list of patterns indicating files removed > from upstream source. It appears as if Files-Excluded in d/changelog has become a de facto standard in the meantime, so I'd like to ping the Policy Team and ask whether/when we can expect an official blessing of this standard :-)
I've been updating my crufty packages and lintian has repeatedly reported debian-rules-contains-unnecessary-get-orig-source-target. Most of my targets were indeed simple calls to uscan, but I used to maintain a dedicated d/files-excluded file (which I'd pass on with the --copyright-file option) just for the Files-Excluded data. I moved everything to d/copyright now, but having this sanctioned officially would be welcomed by us pedants. Regards, Christian
