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Re: Debian specific instruction in upstream README



Hi Sean,

Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Sat 17 May 2025 at 03:55am -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>
>> Another of my concern is that this is not done for all addons (which was
>> what I meant by inconsistently): some packages do this, some don't, and
>> this could confuse users.
>
> Yeah I know that's what you were referring to there.  I don't see it as
> a big problem.
>
>> I don't think whether to allow patching README conflicts with what I'm
>> proposing.  After all, patching README should be allowed for any fixes.
>> I'm just thinking that if we want to provide Debian specific
>> information, it's better to do it for all addons (which DDPO reports 346
>> packages as of now), and being able to do it automatically would be most
>> cost efficient for maintainers.  Also, if the Debian instruction changes
>> (e.g. apt-get -> apt), it becomes a single point of fix.
>
> Yes, sure, having something additional that's automatic would be cool.
>

Sounds good.  Filed bug#1106182 for tracking.

> -- 
> Sean Whitton

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Regards,
Xiyue Deng

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