README files invisible on http://freedesktop.org

[Felix Kühling]

I just wanted to add a README.Xorg in
http://freedesktop.org/~dri/snapshots/extras when I noticed that there
are two older README.* files which do not show up in http. A new
README.Xorg didn't show up either. However adding an empty file with a
different name (I tried `touch xorgstuff`) was reflected on http.

Is there something in the httpd configuration that makes README files
invisible in directory listings? Why would anyone want to hide README
files?

Regards,
  Felix

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