Release 8.4: Support DEBIAN/conffiles excludes

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,21 @@ to `semantic versioning`_.
 .. _Keep a Changelog: http://keepachangelog.com/
 .. _semantic versioning: http://semver.org/
 
+`Release 8.4`_ (2021-03-09)
+---------------------------
+
+Enhance :func:`deb_pkg_tools.package.update_conffiles()` with exclude support:
+If an entry in the ``DEBIAN/conffiles`` starts with an exclamation mark
+(optionally followed by whitespace) that entry will be omitted from the final
+file.
+
+Rationale: In general I like the automatic ``DEBIAN/conffiles`` updating but
+I've encountered circumstances_ in which it is really inconvenient not being
+able to exclude one or two specific files.
+
+.. _Release 8.4: https://github.com/xolox/python-deb-pkg-tools/compare/8.3...8.4
+.. _circumstances: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363524#17
+
 `Release 8.3`_ (2020-05-11)
 ---------------------------
 

deb_pkg_tools/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Debian packaging tools.
 #
 # Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-# Last Change: May 11, 2020
+# Last Change: March 9, 2021
 # URL: https://github.com/xolox/python-deb-pkg-tools
 
 """
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 """
 
 # Semi-standard module versioning.
-__version__ = '8.3'
+__version__ = '8.4'
 
 debian_package_dependencies = (
     'apt',        # apt-get