doc: update README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md in response to review comments
I didn't 'add' these files before my final mail.
Change-Id: Id6f25629638e58421a3dee7632aec38aad9b1970
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/1340
Reviewed-by: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f6dc311..6444e76 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
**We do not accept GitHub pull requests**
(we use [Gerrit](https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/) instead for code review).
-Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files ared istributed under
+Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under
the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 478021e..53d42c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
# The Go Programming Language
+Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple,
+reliable, and efficient software.
+
For documentation about how to install and use Go,
-visit http://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html
+visit https://golang.org/ or load doc/install-source.html
in your web browser.
Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go.
(There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.)
-Please report issues here: https://github.com/golang/go/issues
+Please report issues here: https://golang.org/issue/new
Go is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help!
To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines:
- http://golang.org/doc/contribute.html
+ https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html
Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed
under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.
@@ -25,9 +28,9 @@
If you have just untarred a binary Go distribution, you need to set
the environment variable $GOROOT to the full path of the go
-directory (the one containing this README). You can omit the
+directory (the one containing this file). You can omit the
variable if you unpack it into /usr/local/go, or if you rebuild
-from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install.html).
+from sources by running all.bash (see doc/install-source.html).
You should also add the Go binary directory $GOROOT/bin
to your shell's path.
