[Biopython-dev] Using markup for the README file on GitHub

Peter Cock p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com
Wed Jun 6 13:33:26 UTC 2012


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> In terms of reStructuredText versus Markdown, I don't have a strong
>> opinion. I get the sense GitHub better supports Markdown but as long as
>> the rst looks fine it doesn't matter.
>>
>> Brad
>
> Anyone fancy trying an rst version quickly for comparison?
>
> Peter

Unless anyone does, we could just go with Markdown for the README
file, at least in the short term, and merge this branch (you can see the
rendered README file here too):
https://github.com/peterjc/biopython/tree/markup

Peter



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