Hi all,

I did some tests and found that adding a README.md file to the project’s
root directory is not sufficient to prevent GitHub from displaying the
README located in the ./github directory on the main OFBiz repository page.
What actually solves the problem is renaming the README file in the
./github directory. I have just submitted a PR (#1071) to rename the file
to README-CI-CD.md

https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/pull/1071

For your information, I have started working on converting the .adoc file
and will submit a PR as soon as it’s done.

Best regards
Anahita


Il giorno mar 7 apr 2026 alle ore 09:22 Jacopo Cappellato <
[email protected]> ha scritto:

> As a temporary solution, while we work on the conversion, we could create a
> README.md file in the root of the project that tells the user to open
> README.adoc: this new file (README.md) will be shown on the GitHub's
> landing page of the project (instead of .github/README.md).
>
> Jacopo
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 7:57 AM Jacques Le Roux via dev <
> [email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Anahita,
> >
> > I don't know if it would work, we could have done the inverse.
> > Rewrite .github/README.md to Asciidoc. The file is quite shorter (59
> lines
> > vs 974). If you did not try already, we could using a dummy file
> > .github/README.adoc to see how it goes?
> >
> > Jacques
> >
> > Le 05/04/2026 à 20:24, Jacques Le Roux via dev a écrit :
> > > Hi and thanks Anahita (for some time now, I tend to forget even my
> > birthday, but Easter is really something you can't ignore. Nature shows
> it
> > to
> > > you, more than Christmas I'd say, at least in this part of the
> > hemisphere),
> > >
> > > Actually, as you may know I'm ageing, (it's not so bad though :). I
> > forgot my 1st answer and the sense of Jacopo's proposition that I just
> > reread,
> > > with my answer then.
> > >
> > > Of course you are right. I guess it's the solution.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your work
> > >
> > > Jacques
> > >
> > > Le 05/04/2026 à 18:38, Anahita Goljahani a écrit :
> > >
> > >> Hi Jacques (happy Easter),
> > >>
> > >> I agree with you that the content of the README.adoc should be
> displayed
> > >> when you land on the project’s GitHub page.
> > >> However, as far as I understand, if we convert the current README.adoc
> > >> (AsciiDoc) into .md (Markdown) format, the problem should be resolved
> > and
> > >> the correct content should be displayed.
> > >>
> > >> Just so you know, I’m planning to convert the file in the next few
> days.
> > >>
> > >> Best regards
> > >>
> > >> Anahita
> > >>
> > >> Il giorno sab 4 apr 2026 alle ore 10:32 Jacques Le Roux via dev <
> > >> [email protected]> ha scritto:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi Jacopo,
> > >>>
> > >>> BTW, that changed when you added
> > >>>
> https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/blob/trunk/.github/README.md
> > .
> > >>> Before
> > https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/blob/trunk/README.adoc
> > >>> showed.
> > >>>
> > >>> So the question is: should prefer one or the other?
> > >>>
> > >>> I believe the README.adoc should be preferred.
> > >>> Because it shows what OFBiz is and its status.
> > >>> When README.md is only about our GitHub CI/CD Configuration.
> > >>> The second is of less interest for new comers and visitors.
> > >>>
> > >>> Jacques
> > >>>
> > >>> Le 31/03/2026 à 16:42, Jacques Le Roux via dev a écrit :
> > >>>> We can try
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Jacques
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Le 31/03/2026 à 12:29, Ashish Vijaywargiya a écrit :
> > >>>>> +1
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Thanks,
> > >>>>> Ashish Vijaywargiya
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 at 15:25, Jacopo Cappellato <
> > >>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Hi all,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I’ve noticed that because we currently have a README.md file
> inside
> > the
> > >>>>>> .github/ folder, that file is being displayed on the landing page
> of
> > >>> the
> > >>>>>> project (https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework) instead of
> the
> > >>>>>> README.adoc located in the root directory.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> One possible workaround would be to rename .github/README.md to
> > avoid
> > >>> this
> > >>>>>> unintended behavior. However, I’d like to propose a different
> > approach:
> > >>>>>> converting the root README.adoc (AsciiDoc) into a README.md
> > (Markdown).
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> This change could improve compatibility with GitHub’s default
> > behavior
> > >>> and
> > >>>>>> make the project more accessible to a wider audience, since
> > Markdown is
> > >>>>>> more commonly used and immediately rendered as expected on GitHub
> > >>> project
> > >>>>>> pages.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Of course, this would also require evaluating any
> AsciiDoc-specific
> > >>>>>> features currently in use and ensuring they are properly
> translated
> > or
> > >>>>>> adapted.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> What do you think about this approach?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Best regards,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Jacopo
> > >>>>>>
>

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