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+The types in this directory were submitted / thought to be
+included into cdist, but for some reason did not make it into
+conf/type/.
+
+The reason for the type not being included into conf/type/
+is documented in README.inclusion.
diff --git a/other/types_pending_inclusion/__init_script/README b/other/types_pending_inclusion/__init_script/README.inclusion
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diff --git a/other/types_pending_inclusion/__package_zypper/README b/other/types_pending_inclusion/__package_zypper/README.inclusion
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rename from other/types_pending_inclusion/__package_zypper/README
rename to other/types_pending_inclusion/__package_zypper/README.inclusion