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authorMax Kratz <account@maxkratz.com>2021-10-06 12:05:07 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-10-06 10:05:07 +0000
commit6744273f0b92457247166299981d69e9f4219601 (patch)
tree3274831f36fc62183ef782decdbe6612723e9f6c
parentFix potential leak of per-room profiles when the user dir is rebuilt. (#10981) (diff)
downloadsynapse-6744273f0b92457247166299981d69e9f4219601.tar.xz
Remove "reference" wording according Synapse homeserver (#10971)
-rw-r--r--README.rst7
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/10971.doc1
-rw-r--r--docs/README.md6
-rw-r--r--docs/welcome_and_overview.md5
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 524a3a5142..63deb06eac 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -55,11 +55,8 @@ solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the building blocks for a new
 generation of fully open and interoperable messaging and VoIP apps for the
 internet.
 
-Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core
-development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted.  It is intended to
-showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of a
-codebase and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the
-ecosystem.
+Synapse is a Matrix "homeserver" implementation developed by the matrix.org core 
+team, written in Python 3/Twisted.
 
 In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix clients, which connect through to
 a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and
diff --git a/changelog.d/10971.doc b/changelog.d/10971.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc6cfe4164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/10971.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change wording ("reference homeserver") in Synapse repository documentation. Contributed by @maxkratz.
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index e113f55d2a..6d70f5afff 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Please update any links to point to the new website instead.
 ## About
 
 This directory currently holds a series of markdown files documenting how to install, use
-and develop Synapse, the reference Matrix homeserver. The documentation is readable directly
-from this repository, but it is recommended to instead browse through the
-[website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse) for easier discoverability.
+and develop Synapse. The documentation is readable directly from this repository, but it is 
+recommended to instead browse through the [website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse) for 
+easier discoverability.
 
 ## Adding to the documentation
 
diff --git a/docs/welcome_and_overview.md b/docs/welcome_and_overview.md
index 30e75984d1..9882d9f159 100644
--- a/docs/welcome_and_overview.md
+++ b/docs/welcome_and_overview.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Welcome to the documentation repository for Synapse, the reference
-[Matrix](https://matrix.org) homeserver implementation.
\ No newline at end of file
+Welcome to the documentation repository for Synapse, a 
+[Matrix](https://matrix.org) homeserver implementation developed by the matrix.org core 
+team.