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+# GitHub Profile and Wiki for Eclipse SimRel
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+This repository contains the profile files for the Eclipse SimRel organization and the wiki pages.
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+Please see these key pages for more information:
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+- [Main entry point](https://github.com/eclipse-simrel)
+- [wiki pages](./wiki)
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+# Eclipse IDE Simultaneous Release (SimRel)
+
+The [Eclipse Foundation](https://wiki.eclipse.org/Foundation) and its community of projects and contributors produce releases on a coordinated schedule that are often referred to as *simultaneous release*, *coordinated release* or *release train* of Eclipse.
+
+This folder provides the "wiki" for the Eclipse SimRel and Eclipse Planning Council.
+The main pages on this wiki are:
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+- [Eclipse Simultaneous Release](Simultaneous_Release.md)
+- [Eclipse Planning Council](Planning_Council.md)
+
+Pull requests are welcome for these pages.
+
+#### Why this format?
+
+You may be wondering why this format for the pages?
+The information in this folder used to be stored at [wiki.eclipse.org](https://wiki.eclipse.org/), but in early 2024 that wiki [will be made read-only](https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/wikis/Wiki-shutdown-plan).
+The GitHub built-in wiki was determined to be insufficient (non-committers can't easily contribute - no PRs, folder nesting is not fully supported and overall navigation is somewhat limited), therefore simply storing the files as markdown directly in this repository seemed the best solution.
+Contributions that turn these markdown files into HTML, using technology like Jekyll and GitHub pages would be very welcome.