> Richard Stallman [2025-12-07 22:31 -0500] wrote: > > > > As markdown is good readable as plain text as well _and_ it is kind > of > > > an industry standard - why not actually suggesting markdown as > *default* > > > _text file_ format in GNU with an option to use plaintext if wanted? > > > > Because that would require every package to be changed and every > > maintainer to learn markdown format. It would not make any great > > improvement -- just a minor improvement for users that set their editors > > to display markdown files as formetted. > > I don't think anyone is proposing we change existing packages. > > If package maintainers deem switching worthwhile, I think the > GNU Coding Standards should allow it. > > The GNU Coding Standards prohibits very little. > > Even today, a different, ASCII friendly, format is fully allowed. > > > But this list is about bike shedding than anything useful. > > That is why the proposed patch merely lists NEWS.md as an alternative > name for NEWS, and README.md as an alternative name for README. > > That is a good idea, hopefully the maintainer of the GCS will do > something (or would delegate that responsibility, in a > non-micromanagment fashion to others).
I would say this is an easy decision. Obviously no existing packages shall change their READMEs, file extension nor contents, if they don't want to. +1 from me, FWIW.
