Update README for gitlab migration

Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>

3 files changed, 46 insertions, 52 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aeacfe6..caddebe 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ ChangeLog:
 	$(CHANGELOG_CMD)
 
 dist-hook: ChangeLog INSTALL
+
+EXTRA_DIST = README.md
diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dede12..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-			Xft
-		X FreeType library
-
-Xft version 2.1 was the first stand alone release of Xft, a library that
-connects X applications with the FreeType font rasterization library. Xft
-uses fontconfig to locate fonts so it has no configuration files.
-
-Before building Xft you will need to have installed:
-	freetype			http://freetype.org/
-	fontconfig			http://fontconfig.org/
-	libX11, libXext, & libXrender	http://x.org/
-
-All questions regarding this software should be directed at the
-Xorg mailing list:
-
-        http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
-
-Please submit bug reports to the Xorg bugzilla:
-
-        https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
-
-The master development code repository can be found at:
-
-        git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXft
-
-        http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXft
-
-For patch submission instructions, see:
-
-	http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
-
-For more information on the git code manager, see:
-
-        http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage
-
-To release a version of this library:
-
- 1.     Update the version number in configure.ac
- 2.     Fix the NEWS file
-                Change version number
-                Set the date
-		add highlights
- 3.     Commit those changes
- 4.     rebuild the configuration files with autogen.sh
-                sh autogen.sh --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
- 5.     Follow the steps listed in
-	http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ReleaseHOWTO
-
-Keith Packard
-keithp@keithp.com
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f459c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+libXft - X FreeType library
+---------------------------
+
+Xft version 2.1 was the first stand alone release of Xft, a library that
+connects X applications with the FreeType font rasterization library. Xft
+uses fontconfig to locate fonts so it has no configuration files.
+
+Before building Xft you will need to have installed:
+ - FreeType                             https://freetype.org/
+ - Fontconfig                           https://fontconfig.org/
+ - libX11, libXext, & libXrender        https://x.org/
+
+All questions regarding this software should be directed at the
+Xorg mailing list:
+
+  https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
+
+The master development code repository can be found at:
+
+  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXft
+
+Please submit bug reports and requests to merge patches there.
+
+For patch submission instructions, see:
+
+  https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+
+To release a version of this library:
+
+ 1. Update the version number in configure.ac
+ 2. Fix the NEWS file  
+    Change version number  
+    Set the date  
+    add highlights
+ 3. Commit those changes
+ 4. rebuild the configuration files with autogen.sh  
+    sh autogen.sh --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
+ 5. Follow the steps listed in
+    https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ReleaseHOWTO/
+
+Keith Packard  
+keithp@keithp.com
+
+