1) I download the exclude list in cron.daily as I saw this is what's done for the blacklist. Makes more sense than having it local-only or in the source tree.
2) I was considering adding a new, separate count of 'excluded' but I couldn't find any real use for something like that. There's always risk of one forgetting that some packages are excluded, yes, but the exclude file should anyway be always kept up-to-date.
Two things:
1) I download the exclude list in cron.daily as I saw this is what's done for the blacklist. Makes more sense than having it local-only or in the source tree.
2) I was considering adding a new, separate count of 'excluded' but I couldn't find any real use for something like that. There's always risk of one forgetting that some packages are excluded, yes, but the exclude file should anyway be always kept up-to-date.