Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

Hi Jakub, On 2015-09-01 12:22, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Ole Streicher , 2015-09-01, 11:51: >> when using the Files-Excluded: tag in debian/copyright, in the past >> there was an "+dfsg" suffix added to the version number automatically. >> This seems to have changed; is there a

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

On 01-09-15 12:24, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Quoting Sebastiaan Couwenberg (2015-09-01 12:13:07) >> Add the repacksuffix option, e.g.: >> >> version=3 opts=\ dversionmangle=s/\+dfsg//,\ >> uversionmangle=s/$/+dfsg/,\ repacksuffix=+dfsg \ >> http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/lheasoft/fv/

+dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

Hi, when using the Files-Excluded: tag in debian/copyright, in the past there was an "+dfsg" suffix added to the version number automatically. This seems to have changed; is there a reason for that? Is there any case to use Files-Excluded: *without* actually adding the suffix? What is

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

* Ole Streicher , 2015-09-01, 11:51: when using the Files-Excluded: tag in debian/copyright, in the past there was an "+dfsg" suffix added to the version number automatically. This seems to have changed; is there a reason for that? Is there any case to use Files-Excluded:

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

On 01-09-15 11:51, Ole Streicher wrote: > when using the Files-Excluded: tag in debian/copyright, in the past > there was an "+dfsg" suffix added to the version number > automatically. This seems to have changed; is there a reason for that? > Is there any case to use Files-Excluded: *without*

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

Hi, Quoting Sebastiaan Couwenberg (2015-09-01 12:13:07) > Add the repacksuffix option, e.g.: > > version=3 > opts=\ > dversionmangle=s/\+dfsg//,\ > uversionmangle=s/$/+dfsg/,\ > repacksuffix=+dfsg \ > http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/lheasoft/fv/ \ > fv(.+\..+)_src\.tar\.gz > is the

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 01:37:13PM +0200, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Hi, > > Quoting Jakub Wilk (2015-09-01 12:22:22) > > See #748465. Some people abuse debian/copyright for excluding files for > > reasons unrelated to DFSG... > > My recommendation is to never use Files-Excluded. > > What is your

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

Sebastiaan Couwenberg writes: > On 01-09-15 11:51, Ole Streicher wrote: >> What is recommended way for the watch file that it automatically >> generated to correct version number for a newly created orig.tar file? > Add the repacksuffix option Is the empty default value for

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

On 01-09-15 14:22, Ole Streicher wrote: > Sebastiaan Couwenberg writes: >> On 01-09-15 11:51, Ole Streicher wrote: >>> What is recommended way for the watch file that it automatically >>> generated to correct version number for a newly created orig.tar file? >> Add the

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

Hi, Quoting Jakub Wilk (2015-09-01 12:22:22) > See #748465. Some people abuse debian/copyright for excluding files for > reasons unrelated to DFSG... so am I for my packages. The simple reason: just running "uscan" to check, download and repack upstream sources is just too simple and convenient

Re: +dfsg extension with Files-Excluded: in d/copyright

❦ 1 septembre 2015 13:37 +0200, Johannes Schauer  : > I would argue: so is the whole format of debian/watch. It would've been a much > better idea to have this file in deb822 format so that it would be easily > extensible. In that case we could now just add the Files-Excluded