#1049462 dpkg-source: Ignore __pycache__ by default (was: Re: __pycache__ directories)

Package:
dpkg
Source:
dpkg
Description:
Debian package management system
Submitter:
Ansgar
Date:
2023-08-16 07:18:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1049462#5
Date:
2023-08-16 07:09:07 UTC
From:
To:
Package: dpkg
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

dpkg-source already ignores various paths for the diff when building
source packages, for example ".git", ".svn", "CVS", "*~", ...

Maybe $diff_ignore_default_regex should just be extended to include
"__pycache__" as well and these would be non-issues.

Ansgar