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[Tim Cross <612222@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that we need to ensure the NEWS file is not lost and is
available to users when they install a packaged version of VM.

However, not sure if <prefix>/share/emacs/etc is the correct location.
Not all distros have a <prefix>/share/emacs/etc directory. Ubuntu and
Debian certainly don't.

I also notice that many packages do include a NEWS file in
<prefix>/share/doc/<package> i.e. /usr/share/doc/vm. This directory also
often contains a distro specific README file i.e. README.debian and
other related files. The debian and ubuntu packages include such
directories and files.

Another problem with using <prefix>/share/emacs/etc is that I don't
think many users would actually look there for documentation. Much more
likely to look in /usr/share/doc/vm.

Perhaps a better approach would be to put a note in the README file
asking distro package maintainers to include the NEWS file and to log
bugs with distros if they forget to do this.

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Wishlist: Install NEWS in builds
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612222
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Status in VM (View Mail) for Emacs: Triaged

Bug description:
The VM NEWS file gets lost when distros install VM.  Change the build process so that it gets installed in emacs/etc.  

Ulrich thinks all VM-related files should go into a subdirectory $(prefix)/share/emacs/etc/vm.  Other files that could go into this subdirectory are 

CHANGES
README
TODO

Perhaps the images files should go here too?