On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 11:31:19AM -0600, Andrew Atkinson wrote:
> Hello Hackers. We’re proposing an improved README for PostgreSQL that
> includes more helpful links for prospective PostgreSQL contributors and has
> a nicer presentation.
>
> Although development does not take place on GitHub or GitLab for
> PostgreSQL, many developers might view the PostgreSQL source code using one
> of those mirrors (I do myself). Since both support Markdown files, a
> Markdown version of the README (as README.md) gets presentational benefits
> that I think are helpful.
I think this would be nice. If the Markdown version is reasonably readable
as plain-text, maybe we could avoid maintaining two READMEs files, too.
But overall, +1 to modernizing the README a bit.
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Nathan Bossart
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