Re: RFC: Adding a SECURITY.md document to the Binutils

Eli Zaretskii via Binutils <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.binutils,gmane.comp.gdb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:23:05 -0400
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
> From: Simon Marchi <[email protected]>
> 
> On 4/11/23 09:29, Nick Clifton via Gdb wrote:
> > Hi Eli,
> > 
> >> Thanks.  A minor nit: does it have to be a .md file?  Can it be a .txt
> >> file instead?
> > 
> > Sure - no problem.  In fact until you asked I just assumed that .md == .txt.
> > But I see no need for any markup capabilities so using .txt files is fine with me.
> 
> FWIW, I like .md files, they read well as just text, but are also
> displayed nicely when viewed in contexts like git web views.  I don't
> see any downsides to using it.

The markup gets in the way, unless you use a viewer that supports
markdown.

But I thought Nick said he didn't intend to use any markup? if so, we
are talking plain text anyway, and a .md file name will just mislead.
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