On 2026-02-24 19:05:21 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I agree about directories from the info path, but *not* for
> > directories outside of the info path. The latter occurs when
> > following a cross-reference from an info file that was given
> > on the command line, e.g. in a source tree, typically during
> > the development and testing of software.
> 
> You should put the Info files in the source tree in a separate
> directory, which is reserved only for Info files.

This is not even what texinfo does! In its doc directory:

Makefile                         texinfo.info-4
Makefile.am                      texinfo.tex
Makefile.in                      texinfo.texi
epsf.tex                         tta_api
fdl.texi                         txi-ca.tex
generate_html_doc_texi.pl        txi-cs.tex
html_default_commands_args.texi  txi-de.tex
image.pdf                        txi-en.tex
info-fr.texi                     txi-es.tex
info-stnd.info                   txi-fi.tex
info-stnd.texi                   txi-fr.tex
pod2texi.texi                    txi-hu.tex
refcard                          txi-is.tex
short-sample-ja.texi             txi-it.tex
short-sample-zh.texi             txi-ja.tex
stamp-1                          txi-nb.tex
stamp-2                          txi-nl.tex
stamp-vti                        txi-nn.tex
texi2any_api.info                txi-pl.tex
texi2any_api.texi                txi-pt.tex
texi2oldapi.texi                 txi-pt_BR.tex
texinfo-ja.tex                   txi-ru.tex
texinfo-tex-test.WIDOWs          txi-sr.tex
texinfo-tex-test.texi            txi-tr.tex
texinfo-zh.tex                   txi-uk.tex
texinfo.info                     txi-zh.tex
texinfo.info-1                   version-stnd.texi
texinfo.info-2                   version-texi2any_api.texi
texinfo.info-3                   version.texi

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