Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field

2013-01-16 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 05:47:13PM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote: > > I guess it boils down to how much detail we need (your "Rationale"); > while I understand your point, so far I was quite happy with writing > one free-form line in a (Header) Comment field and be done with it. Finally if yo

Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field

2013-01-16 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:23:17 +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 04:54:13PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > > This probably belongs into the "Header paragraph (once)" section > > as an additional bullet point "Files-Excluded: optional". > I don't agree: I find it better to allo

Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field

2013-01-16 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Thibaut Paumard , 2013-01-16, 14:23: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/y/yorick-optimpack/yorick-optimpack_1.3.1+dfsg1-1/yorick-optimpack.copyright Of course this goes together with the idea of documenting the rationale behind removing a file. As exemplified, the Rationale wou

Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field

2013-01-16 Thread Thibaut Paumard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 04:54:13PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > > This probably belongs into the "Header paragraph (once)" section > as an additional bullet point "Files-Excluded: optional". Hi, I don't agree: I find it better to allow several

Bug#685506: copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field

2013-01-16 Thread Thibaut Paumard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, FWIW, prior to DEP-5 adoption, I actually also made a proposal akin to this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/12/msg00046.html which, at the time, was rejected on the ground that documented removed files is not explicitly mandated by P