sebb> OK to drop the version if it really is too much trouble to update, but sebb> the file needs to be kept.
I guess the less complicated release process is the better. Those readme/header are not under https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jmeter/trunk/ source control, and it is not clear where they appear. I don't like the idea of manual updates here and there. "download jmeter" results into https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi for me, so I don't think having up to date version for "directory listings" matters much. Vladimir
