Re: info.info conflict between emacs and texinfo

[Gavin Smith]

On 15 October 2015 at 21:31, Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> Karl Berry <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> It's fine with me for it to be maintained in texinfo, but if the Emacs
>> people are happy with that.  Andreas?
>>
>> For myself, I don't actually care what happens, if anything - included
>> in Emacs, included in Texinfo, included in both, it's all the same to
>> me.  Whatever everyone will be satisfied with ...
>
> This is still not resolved.  Having it installed by different packages
> is bad since you get a file conflict.

My thoughts on the matter:

Emacs should have the necessary documentation included with it for
Emacs, and Texinfo should have the necessary documentation included
with it for Texinfo. info.info potentially is relevant to both, hence
the problem.

There are also texinfo.info and info-stnd.info distributed with
Texinfo, which certainly should remain part of the Texinfo package.
info.info has stuff in it for Info mode in Emacs, and that should
definitely be maintained along with Emacs.

So one option is to remove the info.info file from Texinfo, and let it
be maintained in Emacs. Anything relevant or useful for the Texinfo
package could be copied out of info.info into one of Texinfo's other
manuals. info.info could then focus on Info mode in Emacs, which could
reduce the need to explain differences between the two readers.

Another possibility is maybe the creation of another manual specific
to Emacs Info alone (just as info-stnd.info is specific to standalone
Info), and distribute it with Emacs.

Perhaps something could be done about the problem that "info info"
from the command-line doesn't bring up info-stnd.info at the same
time.

Any other suggestions?