Re: Debian specific instruction in upstream README
Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
> As a preliminary thought, I think a better place to add Debian specific
> instruction is probably the README.Debian file, which is a natural place
> for Debian specific information, and avoids the previous mentioned
> downsides by not touching upstream files.
This was my first thought also.
> We may also make it a template and generate the installation, removal,
> and bug reporting sections if desired. I understand that some
> packages already make use of this file for package specific
> instructions, so this would need some care to avoid any conflicts.
I think it will probably cause a few problems (maybe fixable, but I
don't know how others feel about this) to automatically update
README.Debian. This is already pretty widely in use in Debian at large
(I did not count within the team).
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