Re: [ALL] README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md

2023-10-25 Thread sebb
On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 11:28, Gary Gregory wrote: > > In older times, we were more concerned with providing a somewhat self > contained source zip/tar. Not sure how that is relevant. > I am concerned that hyperlinking these files > would add another step and be a hassle to GitHub users, like mys

Re: [ALL] README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md

2023-10-25 Thread Gary Gregory
In older times, we were more concerned with providing a somewhat self contained source zip/tar. I am concerned that hyperlinking these files would add another step and be a hassle to GitHub users, like myself. I really like having at least all top level type of information in the Readme such that t

[ALL] README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md

2023-10-25 Thread sebb
These files can be generated by the build plugin. As such, most of the information is duplicated across all the repositories. This is convenient for users - provided that it is up to date. The problem is that making any changes is very time-consuming: - update build-plugin - vote on release - rel