On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Yuri Takhteyev <qarama...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'll second that. Though it would be best if we could still use the >> Markdown name; a different one would just make one more confusing >> text-markup specification for people to ignore. If we could call it >> Markdown2 or something similar, it would be obvious that it expands on, >> and supersedes, the original Markdown. > > Required reading: > > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2008-February/thread.html#1021 > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2008-February/thread.html#1031 > http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2008-March/thread.html > > Of course, there are many many other relevant threads, but this would > give you a taste. > > - yuri
Yuri provided some good reading, but I thought it important to point out a specific comment by J.G. regarding the name of such a project: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2008-March/001189.html If anyone wants to undertake this effort, they may say it is "inspired by markdown" but they are going to have to name is something different. I get the impression that the name "Markdown2" is not quite different enough here. There's another interesting comment he made regarding a specific markdown implementation here: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2008-March/001163.html I don't point these comments out to discourage such an effort from happening (maybe it should). However, if it does happen, imo it will either need J.G.'s blessing or will need to happen separate from this community/list. Although, I would imagine an announcement of and link to such an effort wouldn't be objectionable. Additionally, I did not point those comments out in an effort to reflect negatively on J.G. He created Markdown and is entirely entitled to such a position. I would very likely take a simple position if I was in his shoes and/or shared his opinion. Currently, my opinion regarding the need for a fork/restart/refresh is 'undecided'. -- ---- \X/ /-\ `/ |_ /-\ |\| Waylan Limberg _______________________________________________ Markdown-Discuss mailing list Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
