[wp-hackers] Plugin metadata

[jeff at jrm.cc]

Matthew Mullenweg wrote:
> Could people start adding readmes to their plugins following this format:
> http://svn.wp-plugins.org/staticize-reloaded/trunk/readme.txt
> 
> You can also put screenshots in, for example:
> http://svn.wp-plugins.org/staticize-reloaded/trunk/

I did this for mine, but now that I'm looking at it, it's kinda messy. I 
don't want people to be coming to the page and thinking they need to 
download the read me and/or screenshots - or have those there just to 
make them stop and think.

Why not place these things in the root of the plugin?
http://svn.wp-plugins.org/staticize-reloaded/readme.txt

Jeff Minard