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All README's should begin with some sort of mission statement. What is the goal or reason for the existence of this? I can imagine some, but I am not sure where
by waynecochran 6y ago
All README's should begin with some sort of mission statement. What is the goal or reason for the existence of this? I can imagine some, but I am not sure where this is heading.
- warpech 6y agoExcept that the README of this project answers all your questions. A list of distinctive features and a list of project's principles make up half of the README.
- waynecochran 6y agoI read it. It does not say "why" anywhere.
- grafelic 6y agoWhy care about "why" when there is "why not".
- DoofusOfDeath 6y ago> Why care about "why" when there is "why not". Life is short. As I've gotten older, I've seen the importance on focusing my time and attention on what matters. So, personally, I'd want to know "why" so I could decide where the project ranks in my priorities.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoOkay, how about this: Why are you on Hacker News? It clearly doesn't align well with your self-professed interests.
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- mforney 6y agoIt exists because I wanted a complete system where I could easily experiment with various minimal/alternative software. I wanted this so that I could easily understand and hack on any component without spending weeks/months familiarizing with massive code-bases and waiting for things to compile. I made it for myself, and honestly that's all there is to it. I tried to describe the things that make oasis unique in the README, and I think some of those are pretty cool, but I'm not trying to market this to anyone. If it doesn't sound interesting to you, then feel free to disregard the project.
- waynecochran 6y agoI definitely do not want to disregard. It think its cool. I just wanted to know what the target was and I think its helpful for README's to include their purpose.