Bug#685787: devscripts: Enabling uscan to simply remove files from upstream source

[Charles Plessy]

Le Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 04:38:13PM +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
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>  1. If (and only if) the debian/copyright file is
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>      Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/

Hi Andreas,

I think that this is too strict.  For instance, if the format specification is
updated to incorporate the Files-Excluded field, then its version number will
increase and then uscan will stop removing excluded files from the package
where the Format field has been updated accordingly.

Perhaps we should try to find a consensus on the version scheme, for instance
proposing that there will be no backwards-incompatible change without increasing
the major version number, or perhaps you can ignore the version number completely
for the moment ?

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan