Hi David,

David Bremner <da...@tethera.net> writes:

> Xiyue Deng <manp...@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).

Indeed, given that README.Debian is already used in some of the
packages, this could complicate the auto-generation.  How about using a
new file like "README.Debian.Emacsen" for such info?

-- 
Regards,
Xiyue Deng

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