RFR: 8251551: Use .md filename extension for README

[Erik Helin]

On 8/13/20 10:24 PM, Joe Darcy wrote:
> Looks fine Erik; thanks,

Thanks for reviewing!
Erik

> -Joe
> 
> On 8/13/2020 12:45 PM, Erik Helin wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> please review this patch that adds the .md filename extension to the 
>> README file. The README already utilizes the Markdown [0] markup 
>> language even though it doesn't use the .md filename extension.
>>
>> I also tweaked the Markdown syntax slightly, I primarily made use of 
>> Markdown for the links. Source code forges that support rendering 
>> README files (e.g. GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket, SourceHut, Gitea) will 
>> now display the README a bit better. For an example, see my personal 
>> fork [1] and compare it with how the current README is displayed [2].
>>
>> Issue:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251551
>>
>> Webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ehelin/8251551/00/
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erik
>>
>> [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
>> [1]: https://github.com/edvbld/jdk/tree/readme
>> [2]: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk