Skip to content

Trimming README and docs landing page - #778

Open
maximelucas wants to merge 15 commits into
devfrom
readme-trim
Open

maximelucas wants to merge 15 commits into
devfrom
readme-trim

Conversation

@maximelucas

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator

No description provided.

@codecov

codecov Bot commented Oct 29, 2026 •

Copy link
Copy Markdown

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 94.92%. Comparing base (6743633) to head (f9b3f79).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on dev.

Additional details and impacted files
@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##              dev     #778      +/-   ##
==========================================
+ Coverage   94.87%   94.92%   +0.04%     
==========================================
  Files          65       66       +1     
  Lines        5382     5473      +91     
==========================================
+ Hits         5106     5195      +89     
- Misses        276      278       +2     

☔ View full report in Codecov by Harness.
📢 Have feedback on the report? Share it here.

🚀 New features to boost your workflow:
  • ❄️ Test Analytics: Detect flaky tests, report on failures, and find test suite problems.

@nwlandry

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator

@maximelucas let me know when this is ready to review or if you need help!

@leotrs leotrs left a comment

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Overall this is a big improvement. The nav pill, the Quickstart with inline comments, and BibTeX wrapped in <details> are all good moves.

Two substantive things worth thinking about before taking out of draft:

  1. Feature breadth. The old bullet list ("XGI can create / read / represent / analyze / manipulate / draw") did more work than it looks: a visitor scrolling fast walked away knowing the library covers all five areas. The new one-paragraph intro is terser but harder to scan at a glance. Worth keeping some condensed version, maybe as a short list right under the Quickstart or as the first line of the intro.

  2. Intentional drops to confirm. Mailing list, Mastodon handle, and the OTHER_RESOURCES.md pointer are all gone. If they're dead or deprecated, fine. If OTHER_RESOURCES.md is still a live file in the repo, a one-line footer link would keep it discoverable.

Timing-wise, this lands well with the v1.0 story.

@maximelucas

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator Author

Thanks guys. It can be ready very quickly but can you have a look at #779 which is kinda blocking? The online doc preview doesn't seem to work anymore.

@nwlandry

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator

Hey @leotrs @maximelucas --- I fixed #779. I agree with Leo that the issues he pointed out should be addressed.

@leotrs leotrs left a comment

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Updates look good. My two earlier concerns are addressed:

  1. Feature breadth: the new intro ("data structures, generative models, measures, datasets, and drawing tools") covers scope in a scannable sentence. Good.
  2. Mailing list / Mastodon drops: confirmed intentional, keeping the trim.

One remaining decision and one small flag:

  • OTHER_RESOURCES.md is still a live file (listing other higher-order network packages across Julia / Python / R) but nothing in the README points to it anymore, so it's effectively orphaned. Pick one: delete the file, or add a one-line footer link under Contribute (something like "See also other higher-order network software"). Fine either way, just needs a call.
  • The PR title mentions "docs landing page" but the diff only touches README.md and .readthedocs.yaml. Was the docs/source/index.rst trim intentionally deferred, or did it get dropped from scope?

Nothing blocking. Happy to approve once the OTHER_RESOURCES.md call is made.

- Keep the feature list (data structures, generative models, measures,
  datasets, drawing tools) in the intro, framed as covering the whole workflow
- Link OTHER_RESOURCES.md from the end of the README so it is no longer orphaned
- Split License and Support into separate sections
Shorter intro, feature cards, and a getting-started section with the
same quickstart example as the README.
Use the README's first two sentences, replace the General purpose card
(now covered by the intro) with Easy to use, and add Built by researchers
and Open source and community-driven cards.
@maximelucas
maximelucas marked this pull request as ready for review November 1, 2026 10:44
@maximelucas

maximelucas commented Nov 1, 2026 •

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Collaborator Author

Thanks guys.
In Readme:

  • brought back "other resources"
  • dropped mailing list and Mastodon because we don't use them?

In docs landing page:

  • roughly matched the Readme
  • added cards to highlight XGI's features
  • dropped academic refs because they are on the page about HON that we link

This branch has not been deployed

No deployments
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

3 participants