docs: slim the README, split out known issues and roadmap #85

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opened 2026-08-27 02:02:18 +00:00 by jcoffey-dev · 0 comments
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The README had grown to 330 lines and was serving three audiences at once — installing, using, and working on ihasmail. docs.ihasmail.org covers the first two and ihasmail.org covers the feature tour, so the README now links there rather than restating them.

Split out, verbatim

  • Known issues / pending QAKNOWN-ISSUES.md
  • Roadmap / not yetROADMAP.md (its "see Quick start" pointer now aims at the install docs, since that section no longer exists)

Dropped from the README, with links in their place

Was Now
Configuration env-var table docs.ihasmail.org/configure
Quick start (Docker) docs.ihasmail.org/install
Keyboard shortcut list docs.ihasmail.org/shortcuts
~40 lines of feature detail ihasmail.org/#features + a six-bullet summary

Kept, tightened, because it is only true of this tree: architecture, dev commands, the mock, version numbers, deploying. A nav table near the top points at both sites and the two new files.

330 → 168 lines. Version examples refreshed from 2.16.57 to the current 2.16.84. Every docs and site link in the new text was checked against the built docs-site/site/ output and sections/*.php.

Merged 2026-08-26 as coffey-labs/ihasmail@906d17a48b

Rebuilt from: git history, session transcript.

The README had grown to 330 lines and was serving three audiences at once — installing, using, and working on ihasmail. docs.ihasmail.org covers the first two and ihasmail.org covers the feature tour, so the README now links there rather than restating them. **Split out, verbatim** - `Known issues / pending QA` → **KNOWN-ISSUES.md** - `Roadmap / not yet` → **ROADMAP.md** (its "see Quick start" pointer now aims at the install docs, since that section no longer exists) **Dropped from the README, with links in their place** | Was | Now | | --- | --- | | Configuration env-var table | [docs.ihasmail.org/configure](https://docs.ihasmail.org/configure/) | | Quick start (Docker) | [docs.ihasmail.org/install](https://docs.ihasmail.org/install/) | | Keyboard shortcut list | [docs.ihasmail.org/shortcuts](https://docs.ihasmail.org/shortcuts/) | | ~40 lines of feature detail | [ihasmail.org/#features](https://ihasmail.org/#features) + a six-bullet summary | **Kept**, tightened, because it is only true of this tree: architecture, dev commands, the mock, version numbers, deploying. A nav table near the top points at both sites and the two new files. 330 → 168 lines. Version examples refreshed from 2.16.57 to the current 2.16.84. Every docs and site link in the new text was checked against the built `docs-site/site/` output and `sections/*.php`. **Merged** 2026-08-26 as coffey-labs/ihasmail@906d17a48b8e <sub>Rebuilt from: git history, session transcript.</sub>
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