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Re: Debian specific instruction in upstream README



Hello,

On Sat 10 May 2025 at 09:42pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:

> 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.

I think that we ought to feel free to modify upstream files.  That's one
of the things that makes Debian different from other distributions,
which latter prioritise minimising changes to upstream's code.

README.Debian is the correct place for instructions that are essentially
Debian-specific, indeed.  But then I think README ought to be patched to
contain a reference to README.Debian so the user knows to look there :)

I'd prefer not to install a README to /usr/share/doc at all, than to
leave it full of things that aren't relevant to Debian users.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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