Which unordered list style to use for markdowns

[blumamir]

Which unordered list style to use for markdowns

[pichlermarc]

I usually write dash -, and since most parts of the repo & contrib seem to be using that. So I'm in favor of aligning it to dash. 🙂

[blumamir]

I usually write dash -, and since most parts of the repo & contrib seem to be using that. So I'm in favor of aligning it to dash. 🙂

Thanks @pichlermarc . Do you suggest we do it only for READMEs, or to all markdown files in the codebase? (including CHANGELOG)

[trentm]

Note that the CHANGELOG in the contrib repo is currently generated by release-please which is using *. Not sure if that is changeable.

I'm on team dash, but I'm also not sure how important it is to enforce. I'm easy.

[blumamir]

I'm on team dash, but I'm also not sure how important it is to enforce. I'm easy.

I was trying to aggregate data from the READMEs of multiple instrumentations into single markdown, and then we use mixed style and needs to be corrected. Was thinking that it is better to be aligned upstream instead of modifying tools to correct styling downstream in distributions.

created open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib#2205 to apply in contrib, and will create one for core as well

[JamieDanielson]

Also team dash generally, but fine with asterisks. I don't feel strongly except to have consistency of using one or the other, so any move in favor of consistency is something I'm on board with 👍

[blumamir]

fixed in #4713