Source: debian-policy
Followup-For: Bug #688481
Control: tags -1 + patch
Hello.
This suggestion has been delayed for 5 years because it seemed wrong
to change copyright-format without bumping its version.
However, according to the debian-policy history, more intrusive
wording changes have been applied meanwhile.
Please consider again the attached diff.
Thanks.
--- a/copyright-format-1.0.xml
+++ b/copyright-format-1.0.xml
@@ -659,6 +659,17 @@
Exclusions are only supported by adding <varname>Files</varname>
paragraphs to override the previous match.
</para>
+ <para>
+ This syntax does not distinguish file names from directory
+ names; a trailing slash in a pattern will never match any
+ actual path. A whole directory tree may be selected with a
+ pattern like "foo/*".
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The space character, used to separate patterns, cannot be
+ escaped with a backslash. A path like "foo bar" may be
+ selected with a pattern like "foo?bar".
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
