Hi, I think some of the README files currently present in the php-src repo would be better kept in the wiki and some of them are already duplicated/made redundant by our existing wiki pages.
- README.MAILINGLIST_RULES -> this should be in the wiki or on php.netsomewhere, this doesn't belong to the code and is always the same between branches/versions. - README.WIN32-BUILD-SYSTEM -> this already points to the wiki as the info in this file was outdated, so removing this file should be fine. - README.namespaces -> I think that namespaces are already well-known and covered in the docs, so removing this should be fine. - README.input_filter -> this could be moved to the internals docs maybe. - README.UNIX-BUILD-SYSTEM -> I think this contains some info where nowhere else is mentioned, but it was last changed in 2003 so somebody should update if we want to keep it. Should be moved to the wiki imo. - README.TESTING2 -> it is somehow covered by http://qa.php.net/phpt_details.php and I think that it would be better having it in the wiki or on qa.php.net - README.TESTING -> also covered on the wiki and on qa,php,net but the information is scattered around, so I think it would be a nice thing to have central place where we can have everything in one place. - README.SUBMITTING_PATCH -> another thing that would be better having on php.net or in the wiki (or both), it is slightly outdated (no mention of git, still references http://pecl.php.net/bugs/, etc.). - README.STREAMS -> no update since 2003, it would be better in the internal docs or in the wiki. - README.SELF-CONTAINED-EXTENSIONS -> no update since 2002, and already covered in the internals docs: http://php.net/manual/en/internals2.buildsys.configunix.php - README.PHP4-TO-PHP5-THIN-CHANGES -> should be safe to drop imo. - README.NEW-OUTPUT-API -> duplicated by https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new-output-api but it would be nice having in the internals docs also. - README.GIT-RULES -> this isn't php version specific and we have a bunch of other git/git workflow docs in the wiki so I think it would be better removing it from here. - README.EXT_SKEL -> I think we could keep this, but would be nice if the docs at http://php.net/manual/en/internals2.buildsys.skeleton.phpcould be synced. - README.EXTENSIONS -> no updates since 2001, only states php 4 specific changes so I think it would be save to remove. btw. if we could come up with a solution to have php version specific documentation of the internals (we already do this for the userland api) then we could move every other technical docs also from the repo too. what do you think about this? -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
