diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 85deb9d7..f42a1717 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -49,22 +49,6 @@ If you'd like to run unit and end-to-end tests, run the tests like you'd normall $ zig build test ``` -## Why did you decide to unarchive this repo? - -Excellent question! If you recall, back in March 2021, I've moved the development of the linker directly -to upstream (Zig master), and since then, `zld` (or `zig ld` in fact) has been able to link a variety -of projects targeting Mach-O file format. Now I am in the process of implementing a traditional ELF linker, -so I've decided to repeat the process which in my humble opinion worked out pretty well for Mach-O. The idea -is to start small by adding basic linking in a standalone repo (separate from Zig master), and when the linker -matures enough, upstream it into Zig. I think this approach makes sense and allows me to focus on the target -file format only rather than try and tackle both a new file format and challenges of incremental linking. - -Having said that, I've also decided to downstream all latest developments to the traditional Mach-O linker -back into this repo, thus making `zld` a capable standalone linker when it comes to linking Mach-O. I'll strive -to make it a direct replacement for any system linker, however, note that my priority will always be advancing -of `zig ld` (which is not to say that I won't backport fixes from one to another). At the end of the day, the idea -will be to swap in `zig ld` in place of any other linker. - ## Supported backends - [x] Mach-O (x86_64) @@ -78,5 +62,4 @@ will be to swap in `zig ld` in place of any other linker. ## Contributing -You are welcome to contribute to this repo, but ask you to see if you could also contribute the same fix -to Zig too. This will make my life easier and you will have made many Zig developers happy! +You are welcome to contribute to this repo.