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From: Michael Han <hanm@cloudera.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:21:03 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Discuss] Rename README.txt to README.md
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Thanks Pat for the thorough research! I just merged this change in.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Patrick Hunt <phunt@apache.org> wrote:

> I think it's fine to call attention to items on the ML. Not everyone is
> monitoring every jira/pullrequest.
>
> I did some research on Apache pages around releases and while I see the
> README mentioned it doesn't say anything about the particular format
> requirements.
>
> This page in particular mentions the README:
> http://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution.html#public-distribution
>
> The release policy page makes no mention of the readme:
> http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html
> nor this: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html#goal
>
> I also checked LEGAL jira and didn't notice anything there. afaict it
> should be fine to drive through the patch process.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Michael Han <hanm@cloudera.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Patrick,
> >
> > It's pretty common to start a thread on dev list to discuss none trivial
> > changes - e.g. new features, infrastructure, releases, etc; or changes
> that
> > may lead to inconsistent practices with Apache projects. For this
> specific
> > case, it's the latter case that leads me starting this thread - If Apache
> > enforces using README.txt then we should VOTE for such a change if we
> > decide to do so - though that seems not necessary now and we can conclude
> > in this thread that the proposed rename change is OK.
> >
> > Also, a dev list thread usually will get more visibility than a JIRA, so
> if
> > one has a patch that's need attention, dev list is a good place to start
> > the discussion.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Patrick White <pwhite@fb.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This seems pretty reasonable.
> > >
> > > ...Which leads me to a question: Is it common to discuss these kinds of
> > > changes on this list as opposed to just submitting a PR/JIRA and
> debating
> > > the change's merits there?
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Michael Han <hanm@cloudera.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 7:32:26 PM
> > > To: dev@zookeeper.apache.org
> > > Subject: [Discuss] Rename README.txt to README.md
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I propose we rename README.txt to README.md (ZOOKEEPER-2880
> > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
> > > 3A__issues.apache.org_jira_browse_ZOOKEEPER-2D2880&d=DwIBaQ&c=
> > > 5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=V07zLXy_E8PWbo7ELpwwaA&m=
> > > rMAKNQByNx5ZgOKc1c0EWzOJi9ueGgFj1CiEDWpPg8o&s=
> > > GpDQr2jQObgdUuS4nt9NNXcKWmAK_dtAeRkVdTR3oEc&e= >), so github can
> > > render the mark downs which support better and richer formatting
> options
> > > than txt file. There are lots of existing Apache projects (e.g. Spark,
> > > Cassandra, ....) use md file instead of txt file for README, and I am
> not
> > > aware of any constraints that prevent us doing the same for ZooKeeper.
> > >
> > > Please let me know if you have any concern for such a change.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheers
> > > Michael.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Michael.
> >
>


-- 
Cheers
Michael.

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