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Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package


From: Jean Louis
Subject: Re: Convert README.org to plain text README while installing package
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:32:09 +0300
User-agent: Mutt/+ () (2022-05-21)

* Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com> [2022-06-11 14:17]:
> What you describe as "garbage" package authors consider essential to
> providing high quality documentation in a variety of formats.  The
> README.org is converted into an Info manual and has a corresponding HTML
> page both on GNU ELPA and the author's (me) website:

I do not doubt good intentions. I use the word "garbage" from a
viewpoint of user who does not know Org mode and who is interested to
understand package description.

Markup impairs the understanding of package descriptions. Markup does
not belong in package description.

-- 
Jean

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