[GNC-dev] README Overview; was: Gnome HIG

[John Ralls]

> On Sep 15, 2018, at 9:55 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 15, 2018, at 5:29 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> As we are already there,
>> 
>> one of you Davids might also review
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/maint/README section overview,
>> 
>> and probably  files in
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/tree/maint/doc
>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/blob/maint/gnucash-docs.spec.in
>> ...
>> which borrow the intro
>> 
>> There have been "shiny new features" of 1.x which no one any longer
>> would mention for the 3.x series.
>> 
> 
> Honestly, I think the text in the README would more accurately reflect John’s concerns about the breathless tone found in the Guide, and so I am more likely to put *that* text into the Guide, rather go the other way. 
> 
> Furthermore, in the interest of eliminating bit rot and in using the right tool for the right job, I would strip the README back drastically to cover only basic technical details on downloading, installing, and running GnuCash. Everything else should go, IMHO.

With pointers to where to find the other information, of course...

Regards,
John Ralls