On su, 2010-08-15 at 12:48 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Uh, kind of. It's always *possible* to do that, but that can turn into a > more complex way of expressing which files are involved in an exception > with overrides. Consider: > > Files: * > License: BSD > > Files: extra/* !extra/foo.[ch] > License: GPL > > Without an exclusion syntax, you now have to reiterate the Files: * stanza > in an additional specific stanza for Files: extra/foo.[ch]. I don't know > if the additional complexity is worth it, but it does address a problem.
When I did the experimental conversion of the kdebase-workspace debian/copyright file to DEP-5, I ran into this several times. It would, I think, be worthwhile to have an exclusion pattern for Files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1282080907.12989.184.ca...@havelock