"Basil L. Contovounesios" <[email protected]> writes: > 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. > > 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.
My preference would be not listing Markdown as an alternative, and just allowing any format that is readable as plaintext. And allowing an optional file extension. Some people might prefer reStructuredText, Org mode, etc. and I don't see a problem with it. Collin
