Thanks Pat for the thorough research! I just merged this change in. On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@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 <h...@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 <pwh...@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 <h...@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.
