Re: Documentation of /usr/src directory layout

Ed Maste <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.documentation,gmane.os.freebsd.architechture
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 at 12:07, Mitchell Horne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I propose that we reduce the maintenance overhead by keeping one of
> these lists as the source of truth. README.md is the more natural option
> here: being located at the root of the src tree it is more discoverable
> (especially for those new to the src tree), and the raw markdown text is
> much more human-readable than mdoc. Of course, the added benefit is that
> README.md is presented front-and-center when browsing the git repository
> on GitHub, GitLab, etc. See it on my fork [2].

Thanks Mitchell, overall I think this is a great idea. One question,
is README.md the right place for this or should we add a
CONTRIBUTING.md or similar?
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