[haiku-development] [RFC] ReadMe vs. ReadMe.IntroductionToHaiku

  • From: Augustin Cavalier <waddlesplash@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 20:00:45 -0500

Hi all,

Currently we have 2 READMEs in the root of the repository: "ReadMe" [1] and
"ReadMe.IntroductionToHaiku" [2]. The former mostly describes how to build
/ use Haiku, the latter is an introduction to what Haiku is, why it exists,
etc.

I propose we rename "ReadMe" to "ReadMe.Compiling" and
"ReadMe.IntroductionToHaiku" to (after some cleanup), "ReadMe" for the
following reasons:
  * Most users, when presented with a new repository, will just go for
"ReadMe" for a general overview of the contents
  * Code search engines tend to target the main ReadMe for a description /
overview of the project
  * GitHub displays the contents (in full) of just one ReadMe.

Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?

-Augustin
[1]: http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/ReadMe
[2]: http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/ReadMe.IntroductionToHaiku

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