[issue27536] Convert readme to markdown

Louis Taylor added the comment: Oh, that's a very good point. Patch updated. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43764/readme-to-rst.patch ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue27536] Convert readme to markdown

Changes by Ned Deily : -- nosy: +brett.cannon ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.pyth

[issue27536] Convert readme to markdown

Ned Deily added the comment: Thanks for the patch. If we do want to use a markup language for the README, we would want to use reStructuredText, the standard markup language for CPython, rather than Markdown, which we currently don't use at all. Github supports both, doesn't it? And, for si

[issue27536] Convert readme to markdown

New submission from Louis Taylor: Since the move to github is happening, the readme should probably be changed to markdown in order to render nicer on the github web interface. Issue 27476 introduced a .github folder, so it seems that preemptive changes for the migration are okay. --