🛠 Add build tools and README.md

[mmorella-dev]

Continued from PR #18, closed prematurely due to user error.

A bold platform for America's financial infrastructure requires a bold project infrastructure!

[Bowero]

I'm on mobile, so my apologies in advance for any errors.

First of all, I love this contribution and I think it'd be extremely meaningful to get this merged, especially if the legislators intend to push their changes here as well. Perhaps it could even be combined with GitHub Actions to automatically run the Makefile once changes are made to bill.

I do have a few minor things I'm not sure about:

1. I completely understand why you removed the bill from the README.md and moved it to the other Markdown file, but I think it would be more useful for the general public if the bill were to be in the README.md
2. The .gitignore seems to exclude .pdf files, but I think it'd be very useful to always have the latest PDF version, since that's now included as well. This would also make things easier for the general public again.

What are your thoughts on this?

[mikuhl-dev]

It would be interesting to be able to build the pdf from the markdown source. README can have link to the source file for reading instead of having to load such a large file visiting this repository.

[Bowero]

It would be interesting to be able to build the pdf from the markdown source. README can have link to the source file for reading instead of having to load such a large file visiting this repository.

I had not realized that you can't generate the pdf in a meaningful way if the installation details are in the same file as the bill. Good catch!

[mikuhl-dev]

I am looking over the pdf we have now trying to wrack my brain with what kind of format they use, honestly seems like they hit the randomize button on Microsoft Word. Maybe someone else knows.

[AlexanderPuckhaber]

The .gitignore seems to exclude .pdf files, but I think it'd be very useful to always have the latest PDF version, since that's now included as well. This would also make things easier for the general public again.

Sure, but the compiled .pdf would clutter up the commits. Usually compiled things aren't included in commits. Maybe putting it in "Releases" and having a download link, or publishing it on GitHub pages would work better.

[mikuhl-dev]

Maybe putting it in "Releases" and having a download link, or publishing it on GitHub pages would work better.

Can use Github Actions for this too.

[ademidun]

I love the idea behind this PR @morellam-dev ! Editing the bill as a markdown then compiling it to PDF is a really great idea!

A couple of comments:

1. It looks like this PR removes the README.md file? I agree with @Bowero comment: 🛠 Add build tools and README.md #26 (review), the README.md should not be deleted. It should be changed to provide instructions on how to use this repo
2. The actual bill can go into an RFIA.md file.
3. Here is my suggestion:
   1. Approve add headings #11 -> Approve add links #12 -> Merge main into 🛠 Add build tools and README.md #26 -> Move README.md into RFIA.md and rewrite README.md with instructions how to: 1. View the RFIA.md 2. View the RFIA.md 3. Build the RFIA.md into a PDF

Also, does anyone know if @responsible-financial-innovation-act22 is going to approve any of our PRs?

[Bowero]

Also, does anyone know if @responsible-financial-innovation-act22 is going to approve any of our PRs?

Judging by the fact they needed 3 commits to get the bill correctly in the repository, and the fact that RFIA.md still has all of that mess in it, I think it's fair to say that there's a reasonable chance they won't be merging anything.

I really hope that they will however, because it would be such an enormous step forward in the area of legislation. If you really care about democracy, this should be a development you should be really excited about.

I actually couldn't care less about the bill itself. As a matter of fact, I'm not even an American citizen. I just want this development to succeed.

[ademidun]

I just want this development to succeed.

Agreed: I'm proposing we fork this repo and make a new one. What do you think? See: https://github.com/responsible-financial-innovation-act22/RFIA-bill/issues/41