Debraj-80 opened a new pull request, #11362: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/11362
### Description This PR **comprehensively refines the `README.md` file to be more engaging, concise, and marketing-oriented**, directly addressing feedback and suggestions. **Key changes include:** - **Updated Tagline/Overview:** Transformed into a dynamic, benefit-driven statement for immediate impact. - **Enhanced Key Features:** Rewritten as a "Features at a Glance" section with clear, scannable, and benefits-oriented bullet points. - **Improved Quick Start/Try It Now:** Created a "🚀 Try CloudStack in Minutes" section with clear, frictionless paths for evaluation (including Docker). - **Detailed Ecosystem & Integrations:** Expanded to highlight key integrations and explain their value. - **Refined Project Maturity & Release Cadence:** Clarified the project's stability, active development, and predictable release cycle. - **Streamlined Getting Involved & Contributing:** Restructured to be more inviting and provide clearer guidance for various types of contributions. - **Polished License & Security:** Consolidated and rephrased for better clarity, professionalism, and accessibility. - **General Markdown Fixes:** Corrected minor formatting issues, spacing, and link syntax throughout the document for cleaner rendering. This update aims to significantly improve the first impression for new users and contributors, making information more accessible and compelling. Fixes: #11312 ### Types of changes - [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change) - [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality) - [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [X] Enhancement (improves an existing feature and functionality) - [X] Cleanup (Code refactoring and cleanup, that may add test cases) - [ ] build/CI - [ ] test (unit or integration test code) ### Feature/Enhancement Scale or Bug Severity #### Feature/Enhancement Scale - [X] Major - [ ] Minor #### Bug Severity - [ ] BLOCKER - [ ] Critical - [ ] Major - [ ] Minor - [ ] Trivial ### Screenshots (if appropriate): *Not applicable for a README.md text update.* (If you had visual changes, like a new screenshot image, you would upload it here). ### How Has This Been Tested? The changes are entirely confined to documentation (`README.md`). * **Local Rendering:** Verified the Markdown renders correctly using a local Markdown previewer (e.g., in VS Code). * **Link Validation:** All external and internal links within the `README.md` have been checked for correctness and accessibility. * **Content Review:** The text has been thoroughly reviewed for clarity, conciseness, grammar, and alignment with the project's updated messaging goals. #### How did you try to break this feature and the system with this change? As a documentation-only change, this PR does not introduce functional changes to the software system. Testing focused on ensuring the document itself is well-formatted, accurate, and enhances user experience, without any negative side effects on readability or information access. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
