Bug#812119: devscripts: uscan; Files-Excluded syntax is not specified anywhere

[Adam D. Barratt]

On Wed, 2016-01-20 at 19:18 +0000, Wookey wrote:
> The uscan Files-Excluded field than can be put into debian/copyright
> is a very nice feature, however it is currently unecessarily difficult
> to use because it's format is not actually documented anywhere I could
> find.
> 
> uscan refers to the existence of the Files-Excluded field in
> debian/copyright in the man page, but does not give any details of its
> format.
[...]
> However
> https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
> does not contain the text 'Files-Excluded' anywhere in it.

#685506 exists to rectify that, although it hasn't seen any activity for
a while.

Regards,

Adam